Thought of the Week
It is comparatively easy to
find an excuse for not doing
what you do not wish to do.
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 25, 1963
BIG LAKE REGATTA
RACES DRAWING
QUEEN CONTEST
JULY 27 and 28
VOLUME 15. NUMBER 44
EIGHT PAGES
PRICE 15 CENTS
Reporters—
Not&boak
Joe Rice, son of Mrs. Betty
Rice of Palmer, is home on
leave from the U. S. Navy. Joe,
who will be here until Aug 5
arrived home July 2. He is sta
tioned with the Amphibious
Construction Battalion I. U.S.
Naval Base, San Diego, Calif.
* * *
» Cub Scouts of Den 7, Pack
354, toured the Frontiersman
office and shop on Tuesday,
July 16. Scouts in the group
w e r e Gordon and Robert
Smith, Rodney and Richard
Isaacson, Mike Chowaniec,
Jerry Quesenberry, and Ted
Luther. Accompanying the
group were acting den chief
Fred Luther, den mother Mrs.
Joyce Luther, and her assist
ants. Mrs. Annabelle Chow
aniec and Mrs. Ruby Isaacson.
♦ * *
Mrs. Winifred Graham of
Seattle, arived in Palmer Mon
day evening to visit her daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Schmidtke.
• * •
E. V. Fish, proprietor of the
Thrifty Variety store in Pal
mer, returned here Saturday
after several weeks’ stay in
Cedro-Wooley, Washington.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John Schreiber
and their daughters, Marjorie
and Elizabeth, returned to Pal
mer last week after visiting
West Coast friends and rela
tives. Mr. and Mrs. Schreiber
and Liz met Marjorie in Los
Angeles on June 12, when she
returned from a year of study
at the University of Hawaii.
Theron Compton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Compton of
Palmer, is visiting friends in
the Oakland area, including
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Smith and
their son Richard. Theron will
then go on to an uncle’s home
in Costa Mesa, California,
where he plans to attend
school during the coming year.
* * *
Mrs. Les Maynard was hos
tess at a coffee hour this morn
ing in her home for wives of
the members of the Matanuska
Valley Lions Club. Plans to or
ganize a Lioness group were
discussed.
* * «
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ricker
left this week for Pasadena,
Calif., where they plan to
make their new home. Mrs.
Ricker (Bobbi) has been book
keeper at the Frontiersman for
the past three years. Her duties
have been assumed by Mrs.
Sally Worledge.
• * •
Myles Hyland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Smith of Palmer,
left last week on an over-the
pole flight to Sweden, here he
made arrangements to have a
new Volvo shipped to Seattle
for later pickup. He will'visit
aunts and uncles in England
and Ireland, and will also tour
Belgium and France before re
turning home about a month
from now. Hyland is a Pacific
Sbrthem Airlines employee.
• * *
' Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Compton
have received news of the
Jbirth of their first grandchild,
a daughter born to Mr. and
Mrs. Bythel Compton of An
derson, Indiana, on July 23.
Bythel will complete a college
course in physical education
during the 1963-64 year at An
derson College.
* * *
Bridgie Wright, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Wright of
Palmer, and Emogene Reid,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Reid of Four Corners, are
spending their vacations here.
Both are employed in Seattle.
* • *
Two Experiment Station
families have recently moved
to new homes. They are Dr.
and Mrs. Allan Mick, who are
now living in their recently
completed home off Matanus
ka Road, and Dr. and Mrs. C.
H. Dearborn, who have built
a home located just beyond
the Matanuska Station. The for
mer Mick residence in Palmer
will be occupied by the Roscoe
Taylor family.
* * *
Dr. Arvo Kallio and family
have returned from their vaca
tion in California, where he at
tended horticultural meetings
at Stanford.
Petitioners Take Steps to Begin Suit
REGATTA QUEEN
TO BE CROWNED
THIS WEEKEND
I
One of eleven young women
will be crowned queen of the
sixth annual Big Lake Regatta
on Saturday evening, July 27,
at 8 p.m. at Big Lake Lodge.
| The coronation of “Miss Big
Lake Regatta of 1963” will be
one of a number of spectator
events scheduled for this week- I
end at the popular resort area.
| Names of all the contestants
! in the queen contest were not
I available today. Known candi
j dates are Janet Compton of
Anchorage, representing Bur
keshore Lodge; Pat Nelson,
Big Lake, Big Lake Lodge;
| Nancy Mitchell, Big Lake,
Pasttime Lounge; Linda Lake,!
Wasilla. Yacht Club; and Re- ]
nee Huber, Big Lake, Island
Lodge.
Candidates in the Miss Al
aska State Fair contest will be
introduced during the corona
tion ceremony, and a comple
mentary luncheon will be serv
ed to the contestants and to the
public following the ceremony.
Other events in the two-day
Regatta include short course
races at the Yacht Club, be
ginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday:
the Big Lake Marathon on
Sunday, starting at 12:30 noon
at Ship Ahoy; and the award
ing of trophies and the ticket
drawings at the Call of the
Wild Lodge at 5:30 p.m. on
Sunday.
Cash prizes will be award
ed at the drawing, with the
first place winner to receive
$500; the second place winner,
$250; and ten third place win
ners will each receive $25.
This year’s Regatta is dedi
cated to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Anderson. Big Lake pioneers.
HOLDSWORTH REPORTS PRODUCTIVE
SESSION WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS
“We accomplished more in
one two-day session than we
have in several years of corres
pondence,” Phil Holdsworth,
Alaska commissioner of natur
al resources, said Monday at
the Palmer Kiwanis club lun
cheon meeting. Holdsworth
was speaking of a two-day
train trip from Fairbanks with
Assistant Secretary of the In
terior John A. Carver, Jr., dur
ing which Alaska state re
source problems were discuss
ed.
The session proved to be
“very productive,” Holdsworth
said. He mentioned between 10
and 11 million acres of land
which until now have been
held in a sort of “no man’s
land.” This land, he said, may
soon be given tentative appro
val for state selection.
Other problems discussed in
the two-day session were state
selection and survey problems,
the determination of navigabil
ity of state waters, and objec
tions the federal government
has received by native groups
; concerning state selection of
! lands.
Also discussed were the gen.
i eral situation on oil and gas
leases throughout, the state,
and the controverrsy between
the state and federal govern
ments on disposition of gas and
i oil deposits under Cook Inlet.
Holdsworth said interest is
being shown by the federal
government in oil and gas ex
ploration north of the Brooks
Range.
Accompanying Secretary
Carver on the train trip Bob
Coote, administrative assistant,
and Robert Bennett, director of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
for Alaska.
Representing the state of Al
aska were Holdsworth; George
Hayes, attorney general for Al
aska; and Roscoe Bell, director
of the Division of Lands.
Road Runners Offered
Race Sponsorship
The Road Runners, Palmer
car dub, were approved Tues
day by the Palmer city coun- j
cil as sponsors of sports car
races to be held on city streets
on Aug. 24 and 25.
The motion which offered
sponsorship to the club car
ried several provisions: that
the majority of property own
ers along the race track route
agree to holding the race; that
the Valley Concrete Products
bill, left over from the pre
ceding races, be paid before
any other obligations; that ade
quate insurance be obtained
and approved by the Palmer
city manager in advance; that
no concession be allowed to op
erate at the races unless ap
proved by the Road Runners;
that permission to race on state
highway portions of the city
KING SALMON
FISHING STOPS
IN MOOSE CREEK
Moose Creek was closed to
king salmon fishing yesterday,
and will remain closed to fish
ing for this species through
Dec. 31. 1963. commissioner
Walter Kirkness of the Alaska
department of fish and game
has announced.
Kings are now spawning in
Moose Creek, fish biologist
j Frank Stefanich said. He point
ed out that the run in this
stream is much reduced this
year, and that continued fish
ing for kings would be detri
i mental to the already reduced
‘ stocks of this fish.
Moose Creek is located about
seven miles north of Palmer.
streets be obtained from the
department of highways; and
that approval be granted by the
Alaska Railroad.
Skip Schroeder, representing
the Road Runners, said the
group is interested in sponsor
ing the race, but would need
help from the city and from
service organizations in use of
equipment, crowd control, traf
fic control, etc.
The Road Runners’ decision
on the sponsorship offer will
be made alter a meeting o\ a
club committee with a city ;
council committee.
The council authorized the
city manager to instruct police
chief Louis Bencardino to
make arrangements with the
U. S. army for assistance in
crowd 'and traffic control by
the military police.
Asked about the possibility
of an ordinance to keep people
off of rooftops during the races,
city attorney Burton Biss said
that, since private property is
involved, this cannot be done;
however, owners could be ask
ed to cooperate by putting up
"No Trespassing” signs, and
| police action could be taken
against violators.
VETERANS PLAN
PICNIC JULY 28
Plans for a statewide Veter
ans of Foreign Wars picnic are
being made by Susitna Post
9365 of Wasilla for next Sun
j day, JuJy 28. Henry Katkus,
post commander, said this
; week.
The picnic, designated as
the first of what will become
' annual get-togethers, will start
at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The
day’s recreation will include
dancing (with an open-air
dance floor being constructed),
baseball games, and a cham
pionship horseshoe pitching
contest, for which a perpetual
trophy will be awarded the
i champion post in the Alaska
' Department. An entry fee of
! $1 will be charged for the
j horseshoe pitching event.
Because of the inconvenience
! of bringing food from a dis
! tance, the Wasilla post has
I arranged to provide refresh
ments. There will be hot dogs,
j salads, ice cream, and pop,
j with a buffet dinner to be
l served in the evening. The ad
i mission fee, which will cover
food and recreation for the
day, will be $3 for adults, $1.50,
for children, and children un
der five years of age will be
admitted free.
Housing and breakfast ar
rangements have been made
for those who will come from
a distance and who will arrive
in Wasilla on Saturday even
ing.
QUEEN HOPEFULS,
SPONSORS TO MEET
All candidates in the 1963
Alaska State Fair, Inc., queen
contest and their sponsors
will meet tonight in the Pal
mer Elks hall at 8 p.m., Mrs.
Libby Martin, contest chair
man. announced this week.
The young women will
have an opportunity to get
acquainted with their spon
sors' representatives during
a coffee hour, and questions
either the girls or their spon
sors may have will be an
swered.
The contestants will make
their first official appearance
when they attend the Big
Lake Regatta this weekend.
VALLEY INDUSTRY
SHOWN IN TOUR
REA officials who toured
the Matanuska Valley last
Thursday appeared to be very
favorably impressed by the de
gree of development in the
com unity. James Wilson, chair
man of the power development
committee, said today.
The committee, which is
working under the area rede
velopment program, is dedicat
ed to promotion of low-cost
power development, the chair
man said.
Wilson, who escorted the
j REA group on their tour, said
i he felt that their visit to the
| valley revealed to them the
economic potential of the area
and estabished the fact that
local residents represent a sub
stantial population, using up
to-date and progressive meth
ods to put their economic as
sets to work.
“I believe these men were
| not aware until they saw the
valley what the extent of our
’ farming operations are. or that
we have a streamlined mining
industry, geared to greater
production,” Wilson said.
The group saw the Matanus
; ka Valley from the air, includ
ing the outlying areas where
the efforts to pioneer homes
i and businesses are evident, and
were given an extensive tour
1 of the Sutton mines. One mem
ber of the group was also
shown the Sherrod truck farm,
with Mr. Sherrod explaining
his farming methods which
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NEW BIG LAKE
BUSINESS OPENS
The Sunset Ranch Bar, a
; new busines located in the Big
: Lake area a half mile beyond
Fish Creek, is now open, pro
’ prietors A1 Hibbard and Lee
Twing announced this week.
Area residents are invited
I to visit the new establishment,
j which advertises reasonable
j prices and a friendly atmos
phere.
A grand opening for the Sun
1 set Ranch is planned soon. Hib
■ bard and Twing said.
Council Makes New Offer to ARRC
Pushing to meet construction
deadlines on which hinge fed
eral funds grants, the Palmer
city council made several
moves at their Tuesday meet
ing dealing with various phas
es of city sewer system plan
ning.
After George Crowther, Al
aska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration manager, told the
council that the directors found
the council’s first offer of $10,
000 to buy the ARRC sewer
system was unsatisfactory, a
motion was approved to offer
$15,000 for the system, with
the stipulation that outstand
ing assesments be turned over
to the city (Crowther said they
amount to about $3100, half of
which he estimates would be
collectable), and that payment
for the system be deferred un
til after the bonds are sold.
Paul Stutzman, project en
gineer, said that the $15,000
figure (suggested by Crowther)
appeared reasonable.
Stutzman presented cost es
timates of the sewer system,
one based on incorporation of
the Co-op outfall into the sys
tem, the other including costs
of constructing an entirely new
outfall. The engineer estimat
ed that the existing line could
be used for 25 to 30 years, and
that a new line would be en
gineered to last for 50, but that
the second alternative would
mean more money out of pock
et now. The city manager was
authorized to continue nego
tiations with Matanuska Maid,
Inc. for purchase of the out
fall.
The city manager was also
authorized to proceed with ne
gotiations to purchase a site for
the sewer lagoon, and to make
arrangements for the necessary
easements inside the city lim
its where sewer lines will cross
private property.
Meeting with Anchorage
Council. School Boards
A letter was read from the
City of Anchorage, inviting the
Palmer city council to meet
with representatives of the An
chorage city council, the Pal
mer Independent School Dis
trict, and the Anchorage Inde
pendent School District to dis
cuss the problems entailed in
organization of borough gov
ernment. Several councilmen
said they plan to attend the
meeting, which will be held to
night in the Anchorage city
council chambers in the Lous
sac Library building.
City Manager's Report
City manager Winston Gil
christ said he is working on
arrangements with Corbin and
Sons to repair the ceiling tile
job and make changes in doors
which do not fit properly.
These items were part of the
city hall remodeling job done
last winter.
The manager said that the
Alaska Railroad has authorized
the city to go ahead with the
parking project on Colony
Street, but that the poles and
lines in the area must be mov
ed first. Railroad crews will do
the work, but the city will bear
the expense.
Gilchrist said that notices
have been sent to holders of
garbage permits who have vio
lated the provisions of the or
dinance, and that several have
complied with the provisions.
Those who have not still have
a few days in which to settle
their garbage problems, after
which legal action will be tak
en against them if they have
not complied with the ordin
ance provisions.
Councilmen were asked to
inspect the condition of the
sidewalk in front of Koslosky’s
department store in prepara
tion for a decision on steps to
take to have it repaired.
The manager reported that
work is going ahead on con
struction of toilets at Deneke
Park.
Gilchrist suggested that the
council employ the provisions
of the new anti-nuisance or
dinance in dealing with a
building being used as hous
ing in a downtown block
which presents a health haz
ard. (The city went ahead with
condemnation procedures yes
terday, following the owner’s
recommendations to raze the
building. Other living arrange
ments will be made for its
occupant.)
Other Business
The council approved a mo
tion to adopt the personnel
regulations drawn up by the
city manager, with the changes
recommended by councilmen.
Included was a stipulation that
members of the police depart
men familiarize themselves
with the city code.
A motion was approved to
ask the garbage contractor to
pick up the garbage at the Lit
tle League ball park during
the baseball season.
An application for games of
skill and chance from the Mat
anuska Valley Flying Club was
approved.
Citizens Contribute
To Pay Court Costs
Funds are being collected in .
the Matanuska and Susitna j
valleys to pay legal fees and j
court costs for a suit against!
the State of Alaska. Secretary
of State Hugh Wade, and the
Local Affairs Agency.
The purpose of the suit will
be to obtain an injunction to j
stop the Captain Cook borough
election, two spokesmen for
the Matanuska-Susitna peti
tioners, Mrs. Robert Vroman j
and Harold Newcomb, told
Palmer city councilmen Tues
day evening.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs
(the Matanuska-Susitna peti
tioners) began preliminary
work on the case last Monday,
council members were told.
Mrs. Vroman said that the
I petitioners' decision to sue was
made last Ihursday, and that
since then $800 have been con
tributed to pay legal costs. "We
are confident that we will soon
reach the $1,000 mark," she
said.
She asked that the city of
Palmer and the Palmer Inde
pendent School District each
undertake to raise a like sum.
with a total goal of $3,000 in
mind.
Councilmen reaffirmed their
support of the petitioners, as
outlined in a recently passed
resolution, but emphasized (as
did R. C. Carter, Palmer schools
superintendent, also present at
the meeting) that neither city
nor school board funds can be
expended to support the suit—
that the money must come from
| voluntary contributions.
Mayor Ralph Moore, speak
ing as a private citizen, said
he was willing to head up a
committee to set up collection
points and to solicit contribu
tions.
Palmer pickup points for
contributions were named yes
terday—D & A Grocery, Hart
ley Motors. Automotive Parts
and Equipment Co., Betty’s
Dress Shop, and Thrifty Var
iety.
Wasilla area businesses who
are receiving contributions for
the legal battle are the Won
der Shop, Smith Automotive
Service, Teeland’s, and the
Houston Market.
The aggrievance of the
plaintiffs will be based upon
the inclusion of the Matanus
ka-Susitna area in the Captain
Cook boundary proposal, and
the failure of the Local Affairs
Agency to process the Matan
uska-Susitna petition.
Work Starts on
National Guard
Unit Building
Construction began last
weekend oi a prefabricated
building on the Alaska State
Fair grounds, which will be
used to house the Palmer unit
of the U. S. Army Reserve, the
second platoon of Company B.
813 Engineer Battalion.
The National Guard unit
was transferred to Palmer on
July 1.
„ h': building at the fair
grounds. which will become the
! permanent home of this re
i serve unit, is expected to be
ready for occupancy about
Sept. 1. Members of the unit
will complete the interior of
the building as part of a train
ing project during their fall
1 drill periods.
FINAL ENTRANTS NAMED IN 1963
ALASKA STATE FAIR QUEEN CONTEST
With the acceptance of two
final contestants, the Alaska
State Fair. Inc. queen contest
was closed to further entries
this week, bringing the total
number of entrants to eight.
Mary Louise Boothby of Pal
mer and Linda Kay Bozinoff,
Wasilla, are the latest young
women to declare their candi
dacy.
Others are Carol Wilson.
Palmer: Suzi Moffitt. Palmer;
Caralee Kammermeyer, Pal
mer; Leslie Whitt. Palmer;
Terri Granger, Palmer; and
Melody 'To— -
Mary Boothby. the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Boothby
of Palmer, was born Aug. 8,
1945. in Merced. Calif. She is a
1963 graduate of Palmer high
school.
Only five feet , two inches
tall, she weighs 90 pounds and
measures 32-22M:-33l£. Her
red-brown hair sets off her
fair complexion and blue eyes.
Mary was secretary of her
high school chorus group and
was a member of the pep club.
Of particular interest to her
were her homemaking and
public speaking courses. She
has also held offices in Palmer
Assembly No. 7, Order of
Rainbow'.
Mary, who enjoys horseback
riding, homemaking, and oil
painting, would like to con
tinue her education.
She will demonstrate her
sewing ability in the talent
portion of the Miss Alaska
State Fair pageant. Her spon
sors are the Mrak Coal Co.
and the Evan Jones Coal Co.
Linda Bozinoff, who has
brown eyes, and a fair com
plexion, is a musically minded
young woman who was a Was
llla high school majorette and
a member of both chorus and
band. She is a 1963 graduate of
the Wasilla area high school.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Bozinoff, Linda w’as
born May 4, 1945. in Detroit,
Mich. She is at present em
ployed at the Matanuska Maid
Creamery in Palmer.
Linda, also a petite young
woman, is five feet, two inch
es tall and weighs 113 pounds.
Her vital statistics are 34-24
35.
She enjoys office work, for
which she received background
training during her high
school years by working in the
school office. Her hobbies are
cooking and sewing. She is un
decided as yet what talent she
will demonstrate during the
pageant.
Miss Bozinoff is sponsored
by Benson’s Department Store
and Matanuska Maid, Inc.
Other sponsors are Matanus
ka Telephone Association, Miss
Wilson; Kirk’s Sales and Ser
vice and Walt Briggs Fuel, Miss
Moffitt; Bert’s Drug, Miss
Kammermeyer; Johnson’s Fuel
Service, Miss Whitt; B & H
Supply, Miss Granger; and
Teeland’s Country Store and
Cottle’s Trucking & Fuel Ser
vice, Miss Toomey.