VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH THURSDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc. 1 <
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio . . Publisher, Manager
Editor .,..Lucille Kennedy Mick
Associate Editor. Virginia Gallant
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Annual Bazaar and Te<
At Grange Hall Sunday
Starting at one o'clock Sundaj
afternoon, August 10, members o:
Northland Pioneer Grange home
economics department will hole
their annual bazaar and tea ai
the Grange Hall, east of the Fail
Grounds.
Special feature of this year’s
event will be the sale of pottec
plants and flowers. The commit
tee anticipates a large variety ol
flowers in spite of the late sea
son this year.
Proceeds from the sales wil]
go toward the Grange building
fund.
Mrs. William Hoskins, chair
man of the Grange home econ
omics department, said that the
tea and sale would continue until
the crowd thinned out Sunday
-evening.
Fair Space Requests
And Changes Should
Be Made by Aug. 15
All Fair superintendents, local
organizations and civic groups de
siring exhibit and concession
space at the Fair should contact
Fair Manager Parker Lester at
the Fair Grounds before August
15.
Any changes in space require
ments for exhibits should be giv
en at this time also. The Fair
Manager must know how much
overall space is needed before it
can be ‘subdivided among ' the
several exhibitors.
It is expected that the Co-Op
will have a much larger industrial
display than ever before. A num
ber of industries from all over
Alaska have indicated interest in
display space this year.
Condition of City—
Continued from page 1
(9) That because the city has
authorized the issuance of only
$300,000 worth of bonds, the city
bind itself to pay in cash at the
time of transfer of the project,
the portion of the purchase price
of the project which exceeds
$300,000, unless the city shall
therefore have authorized an is
sue of additional bonds which
equals the amount of the purchase
price.
Examination of the individual
conditions and preparation of a
Resolution and/or a reply was re
ferred to the water committee. In
the discussion which followed the
reading, however, it became ap
parent that condition 6, in particu
lar, would be protested on the
grounds that it was never a part
of the city’s original agreement
with APW.
The city’s responsibilities in re
gard to the Co-Op water system
under condition 7 were described
by F. Riley, APW counsel present
at the meeting. Under this con
dition, he said,- the City Council
would be enjoined against taking
any action such as granting of a
franchise or permission to cross
a city street that would permit ex
pansion of the Co-Op water sys
tem within the city limits. Such
action, he said should be directed
toward the ultimate goal making
the Co-Op a city water user, a
goal which Mr. Riley thought
would be mutually beneficial to
the city and to the Co-Op.
Under the last condition, the
city will probably choose the
latter alternative, adding $50,000
to the bond authorization to cover
the city’s additional share of the
cost ($37,500) and allowing $15,
000 to cover possible extensions
of the water system project be
fore the project is completed.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Beyers of
Seattle are visiting their daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob May. for a few weeks.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Pd. Adv.
'• 4-H CLUB NEWS
• | To date there are three indi
.; viduals and one team who have
entered the Alaska 4-H Bread
Baking contest. They are: Joyce
Dinkel, Allayne Nelson. Ethel
i Smith. Neola Sandvik and Doro
thy Hoffman. These contestants
attended a meeting last Tuesday
at which time the essentials of
; good bread baking were discussed
Iand demonstrated. At noon the
! lunch was served consisting of hot
i yeast rolls, a casserole dish, tossed
salad and cereal bars, Mrs. Henry
Hanson, Mrs. Harold Dinkel and
Mrs. Clay Johnson were guests.
Butte Club
The Butte 4-H girls met at the
home of Mrs. Eva Plumley. Joan
i Stewart was a visitor. President
Rebecca Brown and Song Leader
! Virginia Brown left for the States,
j The Vice president took over. The
j next meeting will be held at
Joyce Hartner’s.
Reporter, Leona Rippy
Bureau Beavers
The regular meeting of the
I Bureau Beavers was held Friday
I at the home, of Ann Jennings.
Ann and Jean Suess gave a dem
j onstration on making sponge cake.
Tootie Shook presided over the
business meeting in the absence
of our president. The delicious
sponge cake and lemon-ade were
served as refreshments and the
meeting was the adjourned.
Reporter, Judith Inman
Collusion Charges—
Continued from page 1
He told the Comptroller that a
special board of the Department
of Commerce spent several weeks
conducting a complete investiga
tion of the Palmer Airport pro
ject and the activities of CAA
personnel concerned with the
transaction. According to the re
port of this board, Scott stated,
“No evidence has been found
whieh will support a charge of
collusion insofar a^ CAA person
nel are concerned.”
Scott further cited a letter of
July 23, 1951 from the director of
FBI in which the criminal divi
sion of the Department of Justice
,had advised FBI “that no further
investigation was warranted
after careful consideration of the
Bureau’s (FBI) investigation, to
gether with the testimony given
by various witnesses before the
Senate investigating committee.”
| Scott concluded that in his con
sidered judgment “there is no
foundation in fact for the finding
of the sub-committee” referred to
the Comptroller General’s explan
ation of his refusal to release the
federal funds to the Territory.
I Whether or not the Commerce
secretary’s report will influence
the Comptroller General to re
! verse his decision regarding the
federal refund to the Territory is
problematical. It is manifest in
above statements that the Com
merce Department was concerned
mainly with exonerating CAA
personnel in Alaska of any
charges of collusion with
Territorial officials in con
nection with Palmer Airport
Transactions. In clearing the CAA
officials of such collusion, it
would seem logical to assume that
no collusion existed and that the
proven falsity of the charges
would apply also to the Territorial
officials.
Meanwhile in Palmer a move
has been under way recently to
remove all charges of attempts to
bilk the government in connection
with the airport transactions, to
the end that the Territory will be
refunded the money due under
the Federal Airport Act and that
all stigma will be erased from
the name of Palmer.
Organizations which spearhead
ed action to obtain an airport in
Palmer during the early ’40’s be
lieve that they should do every
I Reporters—
j Notebook
Their survey work in the
upper Chena area east of Fair
banks completed, Tom Day and
his Soil Conservation Service
crew stopped briefly at the
local office this week before
heading for the Kenai Penin
sula where they will continue
survey work in the Kenai-Kas
ilof area.
Mrs. Helen Ray Rogriguez.
daughter of the late Lawrence
Arndt, is visiting in the Valley
this week with her husband.
Mrs. J. E. Schafer of Seattle
Washington, sister of Ed Blom
was a Valley visitor last week
with her daughter Jeannine.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Hendershot
of Maple Grove on Camano
Island, Washington, parents of
j Mrs. Dick Anderson are cur
recently enthusiastic visitors,
I but rumors have it that they
are mulling the possibility of
settling in the Valley perman
ently.
Martha and Frank Trainor,
who are now making their per
manent home on Government
| Hill in Anchorage, spent a few
j days in Palmer this week.
Mr. Homer Otts of Glenallen
is a patient at Valley Hospital
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Newell Talcott
left yesterday for a short vacation
on the Kenai Peninsula, where
they hope to get in some fishing.
Mrs. Ruth Pierson and Edna
| Wehking have been visiting
Ray Pierson's fishing camp on
the Kenai Peninsula this week.
Alice McCann, Palmer school
secretary and Marge Myren,
Public Health Nurse are making
a week’s trip to Fairbanks, via the
highway. They plan to extend
their trip to Circle and Circle Hot
Springs before returning to Pal
mer.
Bill Remple and Ray Nelson
of Palmer Realty. Inc. left Pal
mer Monday for a business trip
to Seattle. They expect to re
, turn within a week. During
their absence Carl Kunckel of
the Dow-Harding Insurance Co.
of Anchorage will be at the
Realty office handling the busi
ness.
thing in their power to help the
Territory get its money so that
Alaska’s continuing airport pro
gram will not suffer. They fear
that the cloud surrounding the
airport must be lifted before any
further improvements will be
considered by the Department of
Aviation. Tony Schwamm, Ter
ritoral director of aviation, stated
last May that lights would be in
stalled on the Palmer Airport
this year. These lights, however,
are acquired from CAA and feder
al funds go into their pucrhase. It
is feared that they will not be
forthcoming until the cloud is
removed. That Palmer has suf
fered a lot^of unfavorable public
ity through association of its
name with the airport deal is
another worry. It is felt that in
the future discrimination against
Palmer, on the basis of the stigma
attached to the name, may be
brought to bear on federal pro
jects or funds considered for this
area.
Already letters and telegrams
have been sent to the Comptrol
ler by the American Legion Auxil
iary, the Northland Pioneer
Grange, and the Valley Home
makers Council. The communica
tions ask that the unfavorable de
I cision be reversed and that a com
plete investigation be authorized
to establish the truth for once and
for all. Other organizations are
considering or in the process of
drafting similar telegrams and
letters.
WASILLA CLUB
TO SELL BONDS
Within another week, the Was
illa Community Club, Inc. will
start sales on bonds worth $2,000,
the amount the club voted re
cently to indebt itself for.
Bonds will be in $5 denomina
tions, redeemable as funds are
available, and will be non-interest
bearing.
The money will be used for
repairs on the Community Hall.
Although the building has been
used for meetings, it is unsafe for
dancing. A new cement founda
Agent Admits FWS
Error in Overlooking
Personal Use Fishing
! Because from 60-80 days are re
quired to make a change in a
! Fish and Wildlife regulation,
there will be no salmon fishing
! in this area previous to August
14. Holger Larsen. FWS agent,
announced at the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsman’s meeting held
Wednesday night, August 6.
After that date, through a new
interpretation of the regulation,
personal use salmon fishing will
be permitted in the commercial
fishing areas. There will be no
| salmon stream fishing.
“We do make errors,” Larsen
admited, “but we have done the
j best we can to rectify them. Our
| intent was not to hurt the per
sonal use fisherman, but to con
' trol the commercial fishermen.”
Larson went on to say the FWS
j welcomes constructive criticisms.
“Our department can not operate
without the cooperation of the
sportsmen,” he added.
Any future changes in the regu
lation will have to come from the
office of Secretary of Interior
Oscar Chapman, Larsen stated.
Touching briefly on a letter re
ceived by Clair Stock from Re
gional Director Clarence J. Rhode
in which salmon bootlegging on
the streams was referred to, Lar
sen said all violations, whenever
possible. ■ are being prosecuted.
{ “Snag hooks are pretty expensive
! when the user must pay from $25
! to $100 fines,” he stated.
Accompanying Larsen on his
j Palmer visit was Col. John Me
I sick, USA in charge of Special
! Services. Following an explana
I tory talk about the trail being
| constructed by the army into
Lake Louise, Col. Mesick answer
i ed several questions pertaining to
i civilian and Army use of the area.
' “There will be no hunting in this
area for the GI”, he stated. “Our
purpose in establishing this trail
is to provide a training area with
j limited recreation with a mini
mum of disturbance to the area.”
The trail will not be put in pass
able condition for vehicles, Col.
Mesick stated. The men will hike
the 20 miles into the lake over
this trail. The practical experience |
men of the 197th are getting in;
constructing this trail has im- j
proved their ability 200% in the;
past four weeks he stated.
|
Fishing at the lake will be un
| der supervision at all times with
| regard to conservation and the'
practice of good sportsmanship, he
added. “We will have but five
three-men boats at the lake. After!
a 20-mile hike those boys won’t,
feel like too much fishing and we |
do not feel the lake will be j
j “fished out” as some have ex-;
pressed. Our lake front will be,
only a few hundred yards.” hej
said. The only firearms permitted
in the area will be for protection,
possibly two rifles to a company,
he added.
Civilian rights to the area will J
not be disturbed, both he and i
Larsen pointed out. Civilian hunt
I ing and fishing will continue,
[however, there will be no vehicle \
travel over the trail.
tion, floor joists and side logs will
enable the use of the building for
a much wider variety of enter
tainment.
All Valley residents have been
invited to participate in the bond
sales.
M. D. SNODGRASS
REALTY
Phone 62J11, Palmer, Alaska
CHOICE CITY LOTS—ACRE
TRACTS — POULTRY
FARMS — DAIRY FARMS
and. UNDEVELOPED
LANDS — SUBURBAN and
RURAL PROPERTIES.
WAREHOUSE SITE ON RR
SPUR. To those desiring
building lots; TERMS may
be had. Demands for prop
erties increasing daily—list
now if you want to sell. To
those wanting farm land or
farms .... I can aid you.
Production records can be
furnished. 30 years experi
ence and advise on Valley
farming for the asking.
SEE M. D. SNODGRASS at
"Brix Office/' Wasilla Rd.
MRS. GEO. NELSON
OF WASILLA DIES
AT VALLEY HOSPITAL
Mrs. Leona Lillian Nelsoq, 72.
wife of George Nelson of Wasilla, j
died of cerebral hemorrhage al J
Valley Hospital early Wednesday
morning. August 6.
Mrs. Nelson had had a stroke
while visiting at her son's home
in Spenard earlier this summer. 1
She was taken to the hospital j
Sunday following another attack (
j that left her completely paral- j
ized.
Mrs. Nelson was born in Che- !
boygan, Michigan, but she was a
| real Alaskan old-timer. She came i
! to Alaska with her husband early
; in the century. She is well know !
alj over the Territory, particular- !
ly in the Copper Center and An- '
chorage areas where she lived be- !
fore settling in Wasilla.
She is survived by her husband
and two sons Kenneth M. Nelson,
who is with the Alaska Road
Commission in Juneau, and Gor
don Nelson of Spenard, who is on
the Highway Patrol.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nel
son will be held in Anchorage, ac
cording to report. The exact time
and place will be announced later. !
Four New Directors—
Continued from page 1
year and,plans for the coming
year.
Election of four new members
to the Board of Directors will fol
low. Elected will be one member
each for a one-year and a two
year term and two members for
a three-year term. Outgoing
members will be John Nash, who j
was appointed to fill Roy Brock’s i
unexpired term last January, Roy !
Newell; A. R. Carson; and John J
Church, Sr. Each of the present j
Co-Op officers has one more year j
to serve on his unexpired term, i
These officers are: president, Rex !
Kibbe; vice-president. Harold
Winegarner; and secretary-trea
surer, Patrick Hemmer.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Pd. Adv.
i
BEAUTY EXPERT AT
BERT'S DRUG STORE
Direct from New York’s Richard
Hudnut beauty salon is one of
their beauty experts, Louise Winn,
who will be at Bert’s Drug store
for one week, starting Monday.
Mrs. Myrtle Osborn of Wasilla
is still a patient at Valley Hos
pital after her serious hay
mower accident three weeks
ago.
PASSENGER LINERS
From Seward
S. S. ALASKA S. S. DENALI
Tues, Aug. 12 Tues., Aug. 19
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Cordova
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
From Seattle
M. V. FLEMISH KNOT
Sailing August 13 calling at
Alitak Shignik False Pass,
Naknek, Nushagak, Good
news Bay and Bethel.
S. S. GEORGE PRENTICE
Sailing August 13, calling at
Valdez and Seward
FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY, AGENT
OFFICE: WESTWARD HOTEL
Phone 22001
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Corsages, Plants
and
Cut Flowers
For All Occasions
Anchorage Music and Flower Shop
746 4th Ave. Anchorage Tel. 42325 or 23351
T & T SOURDOUGH STAGE BAR
AGAIN PRESENTS THE
FINEST IN ENTERTAlNMENT
Appearing Nightly
Tke Cotton Pickers
featuring Dave and John Carpenter
and Vivacious Lois Grover
MUSIC - FUN - DANCING
- The Best in Drinks -
PAYROLL CHECKS CASHED
T & T Sourdough Stage Bar
PALMER. ALASKA