Reporters— .
Notebook.
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Teters
and son left Palmer Tuesday of
this week for Billings. Montana,
where Mrs. Teters and son will
live while Teters is serving in the
U. S. Army. Coming to the Val
ley from Billings a year and one
half ago, the Teters have made
many friends during their stay.
Teters was employed by the
Bureau of Reclamation as an in
spector on transmission lines and,
with his family, has been living at
the Eklutna Project.
Looking very well since her
recent return from a series of
medical treatments in Colorado is
Mrs. Adelaide “Toots” Kezak,
former owner-operator of the Kut
’n Kurl Beauty Shop now living
in Jonesville.
Mrs. George Macek has re
turned home from Providence
Hospital.
Word has come from New York
that Sara Machetanz has had the
draft of a new juvenile story ac
cepted by her publishers, Charles
Scribners and Sons. It could be
that the locale of the new story
will be near the Matanuska Val
ley this time, if not in it. Local
guessers point to the exciting
Lake George Break-up as a dis
tinct possibility.
At least three local would-be
travelers were stranded in Anch
orage Sunday when their planes
failed to take off all day. Off for
Juneau Monday morning were
Hugh Johnson and Tom Day. Off
for Seattle and the regional Girl
Scout conference was Mrs. Char
les Wilson. Fearful of what the
spiteful weather might have in
store for the roads, Johnson had
taken a bus into Anchorage Satur
day night to be on hand for the
early Sunday fight.
H. J. Hodgson, Experiment Sta
tion agronomist left for the
States Monday on vacation.
While Outside he will attend
the national agronomy meetings
in Cincinnati. He and the rest
of the family will be back in
the Valley before Christmas.
Credit Union auditor Mar
Rogers of San Francisco was
in Palmer October 23 and 24
to audit the local credit union
/ books. He found the books in
good order, and proceded on
his tour of the Territory to
audit credit union books from
Juneau to Fairbanks.
Clayton Esslinger has been in
Juneau this wek attending the
regular meeting of the Territorial
Board of Public Accountancy.
Dr. Charles J. Pearson has
given up his practice in Palmer,
where he has been associated
with Dr. Foster Sims. He opens
up a new dental office in An
chorage at 500 K Street Novem
ber 1.
Earl Brown and A1 Dickow of
the Matanuska Air Trading Ser
vice have had the land bulldozed
for their new shop at the inter
section of the runways of the Pal
mer Airport.
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immediate action being taken,
chances of rescue and survival
are greatly increased. If pilots
have filed a flight plan, they
should be sure to close the plan
when they finish the flight.
The CAA and Weather Bureau
hope that all pilots in the entire
Matanuska Valley area will make
full use of this new service. They
would like to point out that pilots
do not have to know any special
phraseologies or methods to use
this “fastline.” If the pilots will
just make the original call, ex
perienced CAA Airways Opera
tions Specialists or Weather Bur
eau Forecasters will be on duty
to assist the pilot in any way
possible to plan for that safe
flight.
This type of service is another
“first” in CAA service to pilots.
Similar installations are found in
the U. S. but they utilize one tele
phone at a central location. Pal
mer is the only known community
where a person can use then
home telephone to contact a CAA
station via “fastline.”
STORY OF THE
CHRISTMAS SEAL
In Denmark Einer Hoboell
worked in a postoffice. One day
as he sorted the heavy Chirstmas
mail, a thought struck him: “Sup
pose I could get people to buy a
special Christmas stamp while
the holiday spirit of giving is
strong. There are so many letters
and packages—just a penny seal
on each one would bring a lot of
money to help sick and needy
children.”
The Danish postmaster liked
the idea, and the king himself
asked his people to support the
plan. Thus, the first seal sale in
the world took place in Denmark
in 1904, the same year that the
National Tuberculosis Association
was organized in this country.
Holboell’s Christmas stamp soon
brought in enough money to build
a TB hospital for children.
In this country Jacob Riis re
ceived one of these stamps on a
Christmas letter. He wrote an
article about it for a magazine.
He pleaded for someone to borrow
the Christmas stamp idea to fight
tuberculosis in this country.
About this time some doctors
had erected on the banks of the
Brndywine a small shack to be
used as a tuberculosis hospital.
The patients were doing well, but
money to keep the hospital open
was exhausted. All efforts to raise
more funds had failed. The doc
tors appealed to a Miss Bissell of
of Delaware to raise $300 to keep
the hospital open. She agreed to
h,elp. Remembering the article
about Christmas stamps in Den
mark, she thought, “If Denmark
can fight TB with Christmas
stamps, the U.S.A. can do the
same.”
Miss Bissell drew the design for
its first Christmas seal in Ameri
ca; a printer supplied 50,000 seals
on credit. With the help of a large
Philadelphia newspaper three
thousand dollars instead of three
hundred dollars were raised for
the Branywine hospital.
In 1908 and 1909 the Red Cross
sponsored the seal sale across the
nation. In 1910 the National Tu
berculosis Assn, was invited to
join forces with the Red Cross in
the seal sale; by 1920 the NTA
had grown large enough to carry
on alone.
Since the time of the first seal
the death rate from that dread
disease in the United States has
dropped from nearly 200 deaths
per every 100,000 population to
less than 40. Tuberculosis dropped
from No. 1 killer to the low spot
on the big ten. But nere in Alaska
1952 Tuberculosis is still the No. 1
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cants for loans under, this act
mu$t comply: He or she must be
a resident” Alaskan; must show
evidence of farming ability and
experience; must show owner
ship of land upon which loan is
requested or show evidence of
priority right as a homesteader;
must show that land under con
trol is adequate in size for the
enterprize to be developed; must
agree to work the land as a farm
er; must have $2,500 in cash,
buildings, equipment, livestock or
other resources of such value use
ful in developing and operating
an Alaska farm. Applicants must
also agree to develop a plan of
operations acceptable to the loan
board and to follow such plan by
mutual consent. They must show
certfication from the Alaska Soil
Conservaton Board that the land
is suitable for agricultural de
velopment and must use conserva
tion practices certified as neces
sary by such board. Members of
the Agricultural Loan Board are
not disqualified for loan bene
fits if they are otherwise eligible
Section 7 creates an Alaska re
volving loan fund which shall not
exceed one million dollars to
carry out the purpose and pro
visions of the act. Section 8 car
ries the appropriation of $200,000
for deposit in the Alaska Agricul
tural loan fund.
Possibility that the act might
be in time for operations next
year is contained in a final em
ergency clause that would make
the act take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval.
Present members of the Alaska
Soil Conservation Board are C.
C. Hoffman of Palmer, chairman,
and Bert Stimple of Fairbanks.
Secretary to the board and the
Alaska Soil Conservation District
is Emmett Ellington of Palmer,
Charles W. Wilson is Territorial
Soil Conservationist
Permanent Appointment
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has used his own office supple
mented by an adjoining office
loaned temporarily by former
Councilman Lloyd Severns.
Shaw advised against putting
the new City Clerk in a new city
office immediately. His offer of
help in getting the new appointee
oriented to the maze of city busi
ness—the regular and special dut
ies, the records, and the backlog
of information—was predicated
on the assumption that he would
be close at hand to advise. He
said he could not take time from
his own practice to spend a large
amount of time in another office.
He suggested that the City Clerk
work in the loan office of the
Severns building for a few weeks.
Members of the Council pointed
out that the city had no furniture
to equip an office immediately.
Even the electric light fixtures
had not arrived. Shaw’s sugges
tion was finally approved, it was
decided to give Severns one
month’s rent for loan office. The
city has had the use of this office
free for four months.
In the meantime the Council
hopes to get the new office in
the Neal Wright building equip
ped and ready for occupancy by
December 1 at the latest.
Other, Council action last night
included the appointment of Ray
Lancaster as Fire Chief begin
ning November 1. Present Fire
Chief O. R. Mitchel had indicated
that he did not desire re-appoint
ment. The appointment carried a
monthly stipend of $50 and allows
an extra $10 for all runs, “wet or
dry.” Hagen said that Lancaster
plans to work out a system of
training firemeti and enlist more
volunteers. A fire committee is
presently drawing up regulations
as to what is expected of the Fire
Chief.
Throttling of activity in city de
partments because of red tape
restrictions was another, subject
that brought about spirited dis
cussion between the mayor and
Council last night. Telephone
Superintendent Melvin Haugen
appealed to the Council for help
in getting some telephone post
holes dug, • poles erected, and
cable repaired and strung before
freeze-up He said his problem was
urgent since only one to three
weeks remained. Hiring of a quali
fied helper on an hourly basis
was thwarted by a letter of in
struction from the mayor in which
employees were warned against
incurring expenses for the city
without definite authorization by
the Council. Hagen said that em
ployees should first go with their
requests to the Council commit
tee in charge of the department
and then have the committee
“front” for the employee to get
Council approval for, temporary
employment or purchase of equip
ment. While some members of the
Council observed that this run
around might not be in the best
interests of City service, they did
agree that organized procedures
should be set up to give the de
partment heads some lee-way. O.
K. Kincaid went so far as to put
the whole blame for the stale
mate on the Council for not hav
ing set up such procedures al
ready. It was pointed out that
departments in Anchorage work
under the budget system and all
vouchers for payment of services
and supplies come up for Council
approval each month. If any
voucher is questioned it is tossed
out. i
Temporary authoriation for
Haugen to get the help he needs
for the next three weeks was
granted by the Council. A per
manent solution to this problem
This week-end
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CO-OP WAREHOUSE
Former President
Of Buffalo Coal
Company Sues
The former president of the
Buffalo Coal Mining Company,
Inc., filed suit in the Anchorage
iistrict court this month against
:he corporation for $39,000 in back
wages.
The plaintiff, Frank Colabuf
falo, says that he originally stak
sd and developed the mine, was
formerly president and is now a
stockholder to an unknown ex
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Colabuffalo says that when the
federal government completed its
use of the mine June 1, 1945, and
turned it back to the corporation,
tie took personal charge. Since no
me was operating the mine he
lived at the mine, served as
watchman and maintenance man
all with full knowledge of the
stockholders.
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Recently the corporation has
seen reactivated and mining has
seen resumed, but Colabuffalo
says he has been refused any job
with the mine.
He says that $500 a month would
have been a fair charge for the
work he performed and that the
total now due would be $39,000.
still remains, however. Police
Chief Bernie Bouwen’s repcpjt
showed that the solution is far
overdue as far as the police de
partment is concerned.
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The afghan to be given away
at the showing of Dr. C. C. Bail
ey’s bear hunt films Tuesday
night, is on display in one of our
windows—with less than a week
left, DO remember to buy your
tickets very soon.
At long last we again have
Maidenforms in both Curtsy gird
les and the very popular Maiden
ette nylon bra in all sizes.
A big shipment of Jantzen bras
has also arrived, as well as more
Jantzen Karafleece sweaters.
Ski pants of wool gaberdine for
the 10’s to 20’s came from North
Shore—and separate snow pants
for the small fry from three up
to 14. These are just the thing
to fill the youngsters need for a
slack to go with the separate
jacket for play—
See you soon,
—BETTY
Pd. Adv.
[ASONS TO PRECEDE
EGULAR MEETING
HTH TURKEY DINNER
Members of Matanuska Lodge
o. 293, F and AM, will have a
irkey dinner preceding the regu
ir meeting Tuesday, November 4,
: Carpenter’s Hall. Serving will
sgin at 6:30 p.m.
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nd the two alleys and the new
loose Creek Road. Titles for all
le property changes involved
dll be worked out by the city
ttorney.
RONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
ALWAYS GET RESULTS
SUPPORT YOUR
Alaska Crippled
Childrens Association
Booth
NOW AT BETTYS'
PROFITS are divided be
tween Volley Hospital
and ACCA.
To Show Evangelist's
Film, "Mr. Texas"
T5uUjCv~u
REDD HARPER
CINDY WALKER
IMEZIS
presents_
) Biily^Gfdham-Cliff Barrows
THE WORLD'S FIRST
CHRISTIAN WESTERN
Evangelist Billy Graham’s
film, “Mr. Texas” will be the
closing feature of the Baptist
Revival which closes this week
following a very successful
two-week session.
The interesting film has
been shown in several other
cities and has received many
favorable comments. The pub
lic is invited to view the film
which will be shown at the
Palmer School gym Sunday
evening, November 2 at 8 p.m.
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