Surprise Farewell
Parly Honors
Clyde King Seniors
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde King, Sen
ior, were the surprised and hon
ored guests of a farewell surprise
party Saturday evening at the
John King home near the Butte.
Their quiet family dinner with
the John Kings turned out to be
a ruse. Quickly it developed into
gala celebration as neighbors,
friends, and old-timers “just hap
pened” to drop in. The quiet was
shattered by resounding laughter
from all kinds of gags and long
remembered jokes. Games were
played and a friendly “send-off”
guaranteeing to bring them back
was accorded the guests of honor.
Mr. and Mrs. King will leave
Friday morning for their winter
in the south. This year they leave
behind them no property worries,
no business worries. Their share
of Valley Concrete PrQducts, Inc.
was sold to the Frey brothers
several weeks ago, and Mr. King
announced this week that all de
tails had been completed in the
purchase of their attractive home
on the Anchorage-Palmer High
way by Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hunt
ley.
The Huntleys have been vaca
tioning in the States for the past
few months, but they reportedly
left Seattle August 4 on their
return trip to Palmer via the new
Hart Highway and the Alaskan
Highway.
The Clyde King Seniors plan to
leave Alaska by the same route.
They plan to visit the sunken
gardens in Vancouver and after
a quick trip to Portland, Oregon, ;
will take in the famous “Pendle
ton Round-up” before proceeding.
on to Santa Barbara, California;
their winter home.
The Kings invite everyone to
stop in and see them at 1108 Los
Olas Avenue when they're in or
near Santa Barbara. “We hold
open house all the time for Alas
kans,” they said.
Saying “Goodbye” to all their
friends in the Valley they promis
ed to return again next May or
June to spend their summer at
home in Alaska.
SERVICEMAN FINED
FOR SPEEDING AND
RECKLESS DRIVING IN CITY
Phad D. Parker, serviceman
from Elmendorf AFB was fined
530 in City Magistrate’s Court
Monday afternoon after pleading
guilty to speeding and reckless
driving within the Palmer city
limits.
The serviceman was stopped by
Acting Police Chief Don DeFolo
about 3:25 p.m. Saturday evening
after he was apparently racing
with another serviceman.
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Homemakers' News
Cheechako
The Cheechako Homemakers’
club met in regular session on
August 11, at the home of Mrs.
Evelyn Bush.
Roll call, pre-school hints, was
answered by fifteen members.
Mrs. Lee was our guest for the
evening.
Project leaders Mae Thompson
and Loretta Talcott prepared and
served two vegetable dishes,
sweet and sour beans and cab
bage tomato cheese casserole. The
hostess then served carrot cook
ies and ice-cream.
President Mrs. Lucille Wimmer,
presided during our business ses
sion.
The Crippled Childrens’ Booth
is now located in “Bettys’ ” and
we invite everyone to come in
and see our display of articles for
sale. Half of all proceeds go to
the Alaska Crippled Childrens’
Association and the rest goes to
the Valley Hospital Fund.
Our Fair booth project is now
well under way and we hope it
will be a winner.
Suggestions for next years pro
gram were discussed.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Dorothy Hurley,
with election of officers and a
social hour planned.
Be sure and be present with
your ideas for Achievement Day.
Butte Club
Butte Homemakers will meet
at the home of Mrs. Loren Mc
Kechnie on Thursday August 21.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. , Pd. Adv.
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New Wright Building
SUIT AND SILVER CLUBS
FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS
A new Bureau of Internal
Revenue ruling effective July 1
tolled the death knell of suit and
merchandise clubs.
According to the new ruling the
plans under which such suit and
merchandise clubs operate comes
within the definition of a wager.
As such it is within the jurisdic
tion of the Bureau under the
anti-wagering tax law passed last
November by the Congress of the
United States.
Although no such clubs are
known to be operating in Palmer
stores, there are several in An
chorage. These are being discon
tinued because operators say they
cannot possibly pay the taxes re
quired under the law.
The Anchorage office of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau says that
there would be a $50 license for
each store plus a $50 license for
j each deck who accepted cash for
, the club, plus a tax of 10 per
i cent on each dollar taken in by
I the club or clubs.
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Bill “Better still, see Bill” Rem
pel returned Saturday from a
j week’s business trip Outside.
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FAIRBANKS C OF G SPEARHEADS MOVE
TO KEEP SHIPS MOVING DURING STRIKES
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A resolution unanimously pass
ed by the Fairbanks Chamber of
commerce last week proposes a
constructive idea toward main
taining uninterupted steamship
service to Alaska during strikes
and will be presented for dis
cussion at a point meeting of the
Alaska Chamber of Commerce at
McKinkey Park next week Aug
ust 22. 23 and 24.
The idea was “fathered” a
month ago by Stanley Tatom of
Fairbanks. During talks with
civic and C of C leaders in Seattle
and Portland recently he was as
sured of their co-operation in
promoting the idea. Tatom’s idea
simply takes a leaf from the pres
sent railway act, which provides
for service during strikes, and
legislatively applies it to steam
ship service from the West Coast
to Alaska.
“BE IT RESOLVED, by the
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce,
through its officers, that the
Chambers cf Commerce of the
City of Portland and the City of
Seattle and all of the Chambers of
Passengers Escape
As Bus Burns On
Paltner-Wasilla Run
Driver and passengers on the
regular Matanuska Valley Bus
Lines run from Palmer to Wasilla
Friday evening miraculously es
caped injury and loss of baggage
when an explosion in the bus
motor was followed by fire that
destroyed the vehicle almost com
pletely.
The bus was about seven miles
outside of Palmer on Wasilla
Road—almost to Green Acres—
■when driver and passengers heard
the noise of the explosion. When
the driver got outside to examine
the cause, flames, fed by gasoline
coursing through the gas line were
already making headway. Quickly
the passengers vacated the bus
and helped the driver to remove
baggage. Efforts to control the
fire with a small hand fire ex
tinguisher were useless.
The Palmer Fire Department
responded to the call for help with
two fire trucks, but by the time
the city volunteers had covered
the seven miles, the bus was al
most ruined. Palmer Fire Chief
O. R. Mitchell said that the only
possible salvage would be the two
front tires, the motor and the
transmission.
Stranded passengers continued
their trips to Wasilla via private
cars through the courtesy of their
drivers.
FAIRBANKS CITY
COUNCILMAN NAMED
TO DEVELOPMENT BD.
Governor Ernest Gruening to
day announced the appointment
of Robert I. Sachs. 30, of Fair
banks as the Fourth Division
member of the Alaska Develop
ment Board, succeeding Herb'
Hilscher, who resigned recently
when he moved to Anchorage.
Sachs is partner in and mana
ger of Sachs Men’s Shop. He is
a member of the Fairbanks City
Council and active in the local
Chamber of Commerce, Lions
Club and Elks Club.
A graduate in business admin
istration from Syracuse Univer
sitj, Sachs is a veteran of World
War II; having served for four
years as a Lieutenant in the
Navy. He is a former Commander
of the Fairbanks Naval Reserve
unit. His wife. Katherine Gilles
pie Sachs; is the daughter of Dr.
F. B. Gillespie, long time resident
of Interior Alaska.
Other members of the Alaska
Development Board are Don H.;
Goodman of Anchorage Chair- :
man. Wilfred C. Stump of Ketchi
kan. R. Boochever of Juneau and
A. Polet of Nome.
COST OF LIVING INDEX
REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH
Cost of living, as measured by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
soared to an all-time high in
mid-June, it was revealed recent
ly in Washington, D. C.
The bureau’s statistics showed
that on June 15 the price of food,
clothing, rent, entertainment and
other daily living costs was 189.6
Commerce in Alaska be invited to
join with the Fairbanks Chamber
of Commerce in attempting to !
i solicit the aid of the Congress of
1 the United States to enact appro
priate legislation which will guar
antee the continued flow of water
traffic between United States
ports in Alaska during any ship
ping strike and thus doing away
with the tremendous hazard to
the economic welfare of the Ter
ritory of Alaska.”
Home Demonstration
Notes
Again this year there will be
a booth at the Fair for the sale
of articles anyone wishes to bring
to sell. This booth will be operated
by two Homemaker clubs, Chee
doughs and the Homesteaders. A
both of this nature is a service to
the community. It will require
much time and hard work. A 15%
commission will be asked: ten
; percent to go to the club and 5%
I to Fair Association for payment of
; booth space. On each of the three
l Fair days this booth will be sell
' ing farm produce, baked goods, or
j handiwork, from the time the
Fairgrounds open at 10 a.m. until
16 p.m. A grand opportunity for
you to sell (one sets his price on
the article he brings to be sold)
or to buy.
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The Homemakers’ Clubs this ]
month are enoying words of wis- j
dom from their project leaders j
on “Vegetable Cookery.” The dis- i
cussion is based mainly on the j
Extension bulletin by Mrs. Fohn
Hansen, Home Demonstration
Leader, entitled “More Vegetables, j
Please.” At a recent well attended i
project leaders meeting, it was'
learned that “cabbage can be!
classy” and that praise of the
vegetables a homemaker prepares
should be as loud as for her pies
and cakes. For better prepared
vegetables, avoid overcooking.
Past is the day when—as the wash
boiled so did the beans.
Now is the time to stop in at the
Extension office and pick up the
“Pickles, Relish and Kraut” bul
letin that is chuck full of many
delightful recipes that you will
want when canning this season.
percent of the 1935-1939 base
period. That was 11.4 percent
higher than two years ago, just
before the Korean fighting start
ed.
WANTED: Young men for civic
leadership. Pd. Adv.