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VOLUME 15. NUMBER 29
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The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1963
TEN PAGES
EASTER ART FESTIVAL
Entries Received
April 12, 7 - 9:30 p.m.
April 13, 9 - 10:30 a.m.
PALMER HIGH SCHOOL
CAFETERIA
PRICE 15 CENTS
Holdsworth To Speak At MEA Annual Meeting
Reporters—
ij Natelwo-k
Mrs. Richard J. Miller, Jr.
left Palmer Sunday for a Euro
pean tour, her first stop in an
over-the-pole flight being Cop
enhagen. She plans to visit
Stockholm, Zurich, and Paris,
and will arrive in London the
latter part of April for the
Baha’i World Conference. She
will return to the United States
via New York, and will visit
relatives in Dayton, Ohio be
fore her return home about
May 10.
Word was received at the
Frontiersman this week of an
exciting trip from another
European traveler, Mrs. Marie
Guffey. She reported a scenic
ourney by train from Milan,
Italy, to Zurich, Switzerland,
and “am enroute to Frankfort,
Germany now, then on to Lon
don.”
* * *
Airman Third Class Clinton
N Thomas of Wasilla is being
reassigned to Okinawa, follow'
ing his graduation from the
United States Air Force techni
cal training course for ware
housing specialists at Amarillo
AFB, Texas.
Thomas is the son of Mrs.
Jean Thomas, Wasilla, and is
a graduate of Wasilla high
school. He entered the service
in October, 1962.
James Hurley, acting man
ager of the Alaska Hardwoods
Company of Wasilla, left today
for a business trip to the Paci
fic Northwest.
* * ♦
Darrell M. Frank. Jr., avia
tion ordnanceman third class,
USN, son of Darrell M. Frank
of Palmer, is serving aboard
the attack aircraft carrier USS
Hancock, enroute to Pearl Har
bor, Hawaii, for three weeks’
operations to train ship’s per
sonnel and qualify Navy pilots
for carrier deck landings. The
Hancock is homeported at Ala
meda, Calif.
PTA Topic h
Health Program
The final meeting of the Pal
mer PTA for this school year
will be held in the high school
cafeteria Tuesday, April 16, at
8 p.m.
The program will consist of
a film and a discussion of the
health program in the Palmer
high school. Mrs. Jack Maze,
the school nurse, and Walter
Ward will lead the discussion.
Following the meeting, there
will be a social gathering to
honor William Zahradnick
and Keith Smith, who are
leaving our community, and to
welcome Richard Carter, the
newly appointed superintend
ent of schools. All parents and
teachers are invited to attend.
RYAN’S LYNES
' By Jack Ryan
Baseball season is almost
here. I haven’t followed the
game for a long time. Why, I
don’t even know what Babe
Ruth’s batting average was last
season.
* * *
When I was in high school,
I turned out for shortstop.
The coach said I was built
for that position. My batting
average was short and I
couldn't stop anything.
* * *
Then I turned out for track,
and did real well. I’d already
been taught how to run, by
the traunt officer.
* * *
I was pretty fair at boxing,
too. The coach said I was at
my best sitting on the stool
between rounds.
Sports Car Racing
Proposed for Palmer
Plans for sports car racing
on Colony Days, May 25 and
26, were presented to the Pal
mer City Council at the April
9 meeting by members of the
Anchorage Sports Car Associa
tion. A plan which would pro
vide parking space for 40 cars
on the east side of Valley street
from Pioneer Peak Ave. to
Wasilla Ave. was also brought
to the attention of the council
by a delegation from the Mat
anuska Valley Chamber ol
Commerce. And final reading
of the city zoning ordinance
was followed by passage. Work 1
on a zoning ordinance for the
city began in 1957.
James Woodard, spokesman
for a four-man delegation from
the Anchorage Sports Car As-1
Wasilla Pickup
Point Announced
Items for the MVCCA bene
fit auction to be held on Val
ley Street in Palmer on Satur
day, April 17, may be left at j
the Fire Association quonset
hut next to the fire hall in
Wasilla on Fridays, Saturdays,
and Mondays, it was announc
ed this week.
The Palmer dropoff point is
in the former barber shop in
the Ehrhart Building from 12
noon to 4 p.m. each Saturday
before the auction. Items may
also be dropped off at Thrifty
Variety.
Arrangements to have dona
tions picked up may be made
by calling Mrs. Lowell Simp
son or Mrs. Ralph Koslosky.
The Mrak Coal Co. has don
ated six tons of coal to the auc- j
tion.
Art Festival Opens Saturday; Entries
Received Tomorrow Evening, Saturday
Artists of the Palmer, Was
illa, and Sutton areas may en
ter their work in the Easter
Art Festival tomorrow between
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Satur
day morning, April 13, from 9
a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Mrs. Marie
Van Auken, chairman, said this
week. The Festival will be
held in the Palmer high school,
and will be open to the public
Saturday from 2 p.m. to 10
p.m.; Sunday, from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m.
She reminded artists who
plan to enter their work that
paintings, except those in the
children’s group, must be ap
priately framed and wired for
hanging. Children’s work may
be mounted on cardboard or
matted with paper border. An
entry fee of $1 for each adult
and 50c for each child’s entry
will be charged. Up to three
pieces of art may be entered
per person. Trophies will be
awarded through the courtesy
of MEA and MTA, and child
ren’s prizes will be donated by
local merchants.
Ten per cent of the proceeds
of the show, and ten per cent
of the purchase price of all
paintings sold during the show,
will be contributed to the Ma
tanuska Valley Crippled Chil
dren’s Association.
Harve and Henne Goodale
will send six paintings to the
show for exhibition. These will
not be entered in competition,
but some may be for sale. Fred
Machetanz will also exhibit
paintings for sale, but wiil not
enter competition. The Good
ales plan to be here sometime
during the show tc meet the
public.
Paintings will be exhibited
in the high school cafeteria
sociation, asked the council for i
approval of a plan which would \
bring sports car and Go-Kart j
racing to the downtown streets
of Palmer during the two-day
Colony Days observance.
He presented a map of the
proposed route, which would
follow Valley Street and Rail
road Avenue, and would also
utilize a portion of a street and
alley in the north end of the
area between Valley and Rail
road. Every precaution would
be taken to protect spectators
and property owners along the
route, he said.
A portion of the streets on'
the north end of the route j
would have to be black-topped j
or surfaced with tar chip, he;
stated, but added that between
3,000 and 4.500 spectators could
be expected, and that admis- j
sion fees for this year’s races
might meet the cost of black
topping; if not, a contract ar-1
rangement could probably be j
made on a two-year basis.!
Aside from permission from the 1
city to hold the races, the coun-1
cil might also be asked for
assistance in the way of equip
ment, Woodard said.
Traffic tnrougn r’almer could j
successfully be rerouted dur- j
ing race hours to permit clos- j
ing of the down town streets, he
said. Since only paying specta
tors would be allowed in the
area, merchants would have to
close their doors facing on the j
street during the races, but
access to the stores could con
tinue through the back doors,
it was pointed out.
The question of noise during
church service hours on Sun
day morning was discussed.
Woodard said that modern
sports cars are equipped with j
and the study hall, and, if the
show is large enough, a class
room will also be utilized, with
each classification (profession
al, amateur, and children) hav
ing its own display room.
Children’s winning entries
will be exhibited in the display
window at the old Koslosky
building next to Lea’s Dress
Shop.
(See story on judging, inside
page.)
very efficient mufflers, but that
Go-Karts are noisier It was
suggested that trials time be
moved from 11 a.m. to 12 noon
on Sunday mornings, with rac
es to begin at 1 p.m.
Woodard read letters from
Greater Anchorage. Inc., the
Anchorage News, KTVA, and
Chief of Police Flannigan of
the city of Anchorage, praising
the manner in which the sports
car races have been handled in
Anchorage during the Fur Ren
dezvous.
(Continued on page 10)
EASTER SEAL
DRIVE HITS
HALFWAY MARK
With SI,000 received to date,
the Matanuska Valley Cnppled
Children’s Association has
reached the half-way mark in
their campaign for a $2,000
goal in the annual Easter Seal
Campaign.
Several fund-raising events
are planned for the final weeks
of the campaign, Mrs. Lowell
Simpson, MVCCA president,
noted this week.
On Saturday, April 13. paper
Easter lilies, symbolic of
ACCA, will be sold on the
streets, in business places, and
from door to door.
Both adults and teen-agers
are invited to attend the closing
dance of the MVCCA drive, to
be held at the Wasilla Com
munity Club on Saturday.
April 20. The dance is sponsor
ed by the Ladies’ Auxiliary,
VFW Post No. 9365. and the
Wasilla Grange No. 2 Dancing
to live music will begin at 9
p.m. Refreshments will be
served and there will be door
prizes.
A special feature at the
dance will be the drawing for
the “Barbie” doll with her
wardrobe. This raffle is spon
sored by the Palmer Emblem
Club. “Barbie” and wardrobe
will shortly move to Wasilla,
where she will be displayed in
the window of the "Wonder
Shop.” Mrs. Simpson urged
those who have not yet purch
ased a ticket to do so as soon
as possible. From April 15 to
20, tickets will be available at
the Wonder Shop only.
BEN BOLEN BUYS
PIGGLY WIGGLY
The Palmer Piggly Wiggly
supermarket changed hands i
this week, with the Barrett and i
Lesh-owned food store sold to
Ben Bolen, former Soldotnu
groceryman.
Bolen, who is married and '
is the father of six children, 1
was associated with the Albert
son chain of food stores in Ida- 1
ho for ten years before coming
to Alaska. He has been engag
ed in the grocery business in
Soldotna for a year and a half
His family will follow him to
Palmer shortly.
There will be no changes in
policy or personnel, Bolen said,
with the exception of Harry
Evans, manager of the Piggly
Wiggly store here for several
years. Evans will stay with the
Piggly Wiggly chain and is be
ing transferred to Anchorage.
Barrett and Lesh, who have
been in business in Alaska
over 25 years, said that they
appreciate the support they
have received from Valley resi
dents and will in turn continue
to support the Valley to the
fullest extent, as they have in
the past.
The sale of the Palmer store
was made because the firm
wishes to concentrate on its
Anchorage area stores, the
owners stated. The Piggly Wig
gly store was opened in Palmer ;
about ten years ago.
The name of the store has j
been changed to the B & B i
Market. Bolen said. It will not
be affiliated with any grocery
chain, and will be independent- j
ly owned and operated, he ad
ded.
SPRING CONCERT
IS TONIGHT
Patrons of the annual spring
concert of the Palmer junior
and senior high school chorus
es are asked to note that the
tune for tonight’s presentation
has been changed from 8 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m., a more convenient
time for those attending Holy
Week observances earlier in
evening, Mrs. Lois Weldon, di
rector, announced yesterday.
The concert will be held in
Central school auditorium.
Besides presentations from
the two choruses, there will be
several solo numbers, the girls'
triple trio will sing, and the
Madrigal Singers will perform.
Mrs. Weldon said.
Both sacred and secular sel
ections will be presented, as
well as several spirituals.
There will be a charge of $1
for adults and 50c for students.
Tickets may be purchased at
the door.
Local Cliurclies Pi
an
Three sunrise services are
planned by Palmer churches
for Easter morning, with the
Palmer Church of God Youth
Fellowship and choir to pre
sent an Easter drama entitled
‘‘The Road to Emmaus” at 6
a.m. St. John Lutheran Church
will hold its service at
6:30 a.m. The theme of Pastor
Rolland Fritz's sermon will be
“Beyond Hope to Certainty.”
United Protestant Church plans
a 7 a.m. service for the young
people of the church.
All three services will be
followed by breakfasts served
at the churches.
The United Protestant
Church will hold a Maundy
Thursday communion service
tonight at 7:30, and a Black
Friday service tomorrow at
7:30 p.m.
St. John Lutheran plans a I
Good Friday Tenebrae service 1
tomorrow at 7:30 p.in., during i
which 15 candles are extin
guished one by one, until only
one remains, symbolizing the
remembrance of the Resurrec
tion.
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
Church will present a Good
Friday service at 11 a.m., to be
conducted by lay readers.
United Protestant Church
will hold two worship services
on Easter morning, at 9 o’clock
and 11 o’clock. Church school
will be at 10 a.m. The junior
choir will sing during the early
service, and the adult choir
during both services.
At St. John Lutheran, chil
dren of the Sunday school will
meet at 10 a.m. to view a movie
entitled “A Child’s Faith.” All
children of the community are
cordially invited. The Easter
morning service will begin at
11 a.m., with the Rev. Fritz
preaching on the theme, “From
Death to Life."
Pastor Miller’s 11 o’clock
service at the Church of God
will be preceded by the Sunday
school pre-session at 9:45. The
pastor’s topic will be based on
the final words of Jesus on the
cross.
St. Bartholomew’s Holy j
Communion Easter service will
be conducted at 7:30 p.m. on
Easter Sunday by the Rev.
Dennis Walker.
Holy Week schedules of the
Church of Christ and St. Mich
ael's Catholic Church are list
ed in stories on inside pages.
All area pastors invite resi
dents of the community to
their services.
Eleven Run for
Three Board Posfs
Phil R. Holdsworth, commis
sioner of the state department
of natural resources, will be
guest speaker at the annual j
membership meeting of the
Matanuska Electric Associa
tion on April 12, according to
Mason LaZelle, MEA manager.
The meeting will be held in
Central School Auditorium at
8 p.m.. with resgistration be- I
ginning at 7:30 p.m.
Eleven candidates have been
nominated for the three vacan
cies on the board of directors. ;
They are Phii O'Neill (incum
bent) Sutton; C. Ivan Bran
ton (incumbent). Palmer-Was
illa; Henry L. Corbin. Butte;
Lew E. Hanks. Palmer: L. F.
tJoe) Martin. Wasilla; Richard
J. Miller, Jr., James Frey.
Butte; Clair Johnson. Big Lake;
James Carson, Wasilla; James
Ekstedt, Eagle River: and Wil
liam R. MacPherson (by peti
tion), Wasilla,
The agenda for the meeting
will include ascertainment of
quorum and call to order at
8 p.m.; reading of notice of the
meeting and certification that
due notice has been given qual
ified members: report by the
chairman of the subcommittee
appointed for approval of the
minutes of the 1962 annual
meeting; address by Commis
sioner Holdsworth; reports of
officers and manager; election
of three directors for two-year
terms; unfinished business
(none on record); new business:
and adjournment.
A number of door prizes will
be awarded throughout the
evening including a 21-cubic
foot freezer. Refreshments will
be served by the Valley Hospit
al Auxiliary.
PLANS FOR CHAIR LIFT, LODGE LOAN
APPLICATION HEARD AT ARA MEETING
Plans for an application for
an area redevelopment loan to
the Willow Creek Recreation
and Development Corp. were
revealed at the Seventh Elec
tion District Area Redevelop
ment Committee meeting on
Tuesday. April 9.
Funds would be used to con
struct a chair lift and lodge in
the Independence Mine ski
area.
The Recreation and Tourism
committee reported that the
loan application is now being
prepared. After being approv
ed on the local level, it must
have state and national approv
al before funds can be granted.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
NEEDS RECRUITS
Recruits for the Palmer Vol
unteer Fire Department —
about ten of them — are need
ed, Noel Woods, fire chief, said
this week.
Several volunteer firemen
are being lost to the draft, and
others are being transferred to
other localities. Woods said.
He pointed out that the city
of Palmer has set up an ex
pense reimbursement program
for members of the fire depart
ment which takes care of out
of-pocket expenses incurred
during fire and ambulance
calls, and mentioned the per
sonal satisfaction gained from
working with a group dedicat
ed to service to others.
Recruits should be about 18
years of age or older, and
should live within four miles
of the city limits, the fire chief
said.
Those interested in serving
with the fire department may
report to the Palmer city hall
any Monday evening about 7130
for an interview with Woods.
BENEFIT MOVIE
TO BE SHOWN
The popular movie. "No Time
for Sergeants." will be present
ed at the Center Theatre on
April 10 anu 17 at 7:30 p.m. as
a benefit for the Civil Air Pa
trol Squad. Admission will be
$1 for both students and adults.
James Hurley has been nam
ed permanent chairman for
the Seventh Election District
committee. Chairmen of sub
committees are Stewart Dur
rant. Agriculture; Laura Bar
i nes, Tourism and Recreation:
Betty Mears, Industrial Sites,
i Roads, and Power; Myrtle
Bang, Human Resources; James
Frey, Mining; and Douglas
* Hunt, Timber Resources.
All committees reported on
their progress at the April 9
meeting. Committee chairmen
I are looking for ideas from resi
dents of the election district,
i and would like to know of de
velopment plans of organisa
tions or individuals, in order to
I avoid conflict or duplication.
I The next overall committe'*
meeting will be held May 14 at
i the Extension office in the Le
i gion building in Palmer. Sub
committees hold their meetings
in the weeks between the over
all committee meetings, which
are scheduled for the second
Tuesday of each month.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
FOR EASTER HOLIDAY
Palmer schools will be
closed on Good Friday, April
12, and on Monday, April 15.
in observance of the Easter
holiday season, Richard C.
Carter, Palmer Independent
School District superintend
dent, announced this week.
Say
: "HAPPY EASTER"
: With Flowers From
MAUDE’S
; Kodiak Orchids and
Corsages
; Easter Lilies
i; Cineraria
Azeleas
!; Roses
Pot Mums
Arrangements to
Order
PI 5-4056
M.E.A. MEMBERS
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0 Better communication between mem
bers and board.
# Member representation on the board
in proportion to areas and members.
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