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Thought of the Week:
Taxpayers wonder why they
should be compelled to pay
rehabilitation of other na
tions.
VOLUME 15. NUMBER 34
The Frontiersman
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE AAATANUSKA VALLEY
PALMER, ALASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 16. 1963
TEN PAGES
BACCALAUREATE
CLASS OF 1963
CENTRAL SCHOOL AUD.
MAY 19 « p.m.
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Notebook
Hoyal C. Johnson, son of
W's. LaVonne Goodrich of
Palmer, completed basic train
ln2 at the U.S. Naval Training
Base at San Diego on April
and is now stationed at the
Great Lakes Naval Base in Ill
inois. Royal, a 1962 graduate of
Palmer high school, is now at
tending electrician’s mate’s
school.
‘drs. Jerry Hoskinson (Cathy
J. oobson) and small son Kelly
are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Winifred Jacobson of
Palmer, and will be here for
si.-ter Judy's high school grad
uation next week, when her
husband will join her here. The
young couple will then drive
back to their home in North
H llywood, Calif. Judy plans
to accompany them to Califor
nia.
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Robert McCartney, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCartney
of Palmer, is home on leave
from the U. S. Navy, arriving
here May 14 for about a three
week’s stay. He is stationed
.. lard the U. S. S. Talladega,
now cruising in Pacific waters.
After several tries, Bill and
Ruby Miller’s correct address
in s at last been obtained. It is
5 4 35th St., Union City, New
Jersey. Ruby writes that Bill
is in school, doing well and
p.eased with his classes, and
that she is working in a de
p. rtment store. Both send re
u.'.rds to their friends in Pal
mer.
* * *
Sara and George Brewster.
IV merly employed at Spring
Cheek Farm, have settled on a
puebred Guernsey 'farm in
Oregon. Mail to them should be
dressed in care of C. B. Fish,
R .ute 1, Box 70, West Linn,
O egon.
EIGHTH GRADERS
TO GRADUATE
Graduation exercises for
Pilmer eighth graders will be
held on Wednesday, May 22, at
1-0 p.m. in Central school
a. ditorium. according to prin
cipal Norman Rousey.
The 80 graduating eighth
graders will be awarded their
diplomas, with some receiving
special recognition by the Am
erican Legion, Kiwanis, and
the Palmer PTA.
A Palmer high school student
w.il speak briefly to the group
on behalf of the National Hon
or Society, and several musical
selections will be presented
under the direction of Lee
Piumbley and Mrs. Lois Wel
don.
Following the ceremonies,
refreshments will be served by
the PTA.
All parents and friends of
eighth grade students are in
vited to attend.
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Palmer Dragway Is Part of Master Plan
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the community
of Palmer, Alaska, be cleaned up and the rubbish and
junk be removed from the property of the citizens.
AND WHEREAS high school students are desirous of
helping out with this project.
AND WHEREAS, considerable numbers of people
will be visiting the community during the next few weeks.
NOW, I, Ralph C. Moore, Mayor of the City of Palmer,
Alaska, do hereby proclaim that May 18 through May 24.
1963 be and is hereby declared to be “CLEAN-UP WEEK”,
and that the public is hereby urged to clean up in and
around his home or place of business, said trash and
junk to be placed in containers and put out for collection.
I also proclaim that the high school students be given all
the support of the public in the execution of their duties
as leaders of the Clean up Week.
Given under my hand this 14th day of May, 1963.
/s/ RALPH C. MOORE
Mayor, City of Palmer
Slate Deeds Palmer
Airport lo City
Norman Schwahb, acting di
rector of the division of avia
tion, state department of pub
lic works, turned over the quit
claim deed to the Palmer air
port to the City of Palmer at
the regular meeting of the
city council on May 14. He was
accompanied by Lars Johnson
and Glen Clarke, members of
his staff.
The official changeover ir.
ownership of the airport cli
maxed negotiations that began
late last year with the city of
Palmer and the Matanuska
Valley Airmen’s Association,
when the state offered to turn
over ownership of the airport
to the city of Palmer, and
agreed to an arrangement
whereby the local airmen
would maintain and manage
the property.
The maintenance and man
agement agreement between
the city of Palmer and the
airmen was presented to the
council by a delegation of air
men, and was approved unani
mously.
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Robert Gray, district pre
construction engineer for the
state department of highways,
appeared at the meeting to an
swer questions from council
members concerning the grade
level of the proposed Springer
Loop paving project within the
city of Palmer.
Gray said that the proposed
engineering plans will give the
city better drainage than now
exists, and that the cost of con
struction, a share of which will
be paid by the city, will be
less.
Councilmen. however, ex
pressed concern that if the
proposed roadway plans are
carried out now, the city will
be faced with expensive
changes in the future if storm
drains, gutters and curbing
should be constructed, and sug
gested that greater expense
now' might result in more de
sirable conditions in the future.
The state proposal was tabled,
with the promise to give Gray
an answer on the plan in a
week’s time.
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After Lawrence Mielke ap
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Accepting Limited Enrollment Now
For Term Beginning Sept. 9, 1963
MR. RAY HOLTZ, M.A.
MRS. MARION MdNTYRE, R.N.
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peared at the council to say*
that he is selling his garbage;
collection business to Barney,
Anderson, the council passed a 1
motion that it is the intent of
the council to do business with
Mr Anderson on the same bas
is as with Mr. Mielke.
Final plans for preliminary
engineering for the sanitary
sewer proiect were presented
by Jack O'Malley, who said he
would have the specifications
completed by next Wednesday.
It was agreed to compile fi
nal information for an ordi
nance authorizing the calling of
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Legion Committee
Meeting Here May 19
Palmer American Legion
Post No. 15 will be host to an
executive committee meeeting
of the Western District, on
Sunday, May 19, Commander
Harry Hientz has announced.
The meeting has been called
for 1 p.m. in the office of Dr.
Foster Sims in Palmer.
Commander Heintz urged all
Legionaires, whether commit
tee members or not, to attend.
Heintz warned post com
manders and post adjutants to
have their resolutions in order,
typed and double spaced, for
the Department Convention.
Those who have resolutions to
discuss at the executive com
mittee on Sunday are asked to
bring or send them to the West
ern District Adjutant, Ameri
can Legion, Box 296, Glenallen.
Final Plans Are Made For
Sports Car Racine Flere
Sports car enthusiasts are
making final plans for the rac
es to be held in Palmer on Col
ony Days, May 25 and 26, many
investing as much as $250 to
$300 in readying their vehicles
for the contest.
Saturday’s races will begin
at 1 p.m. and continue until
late afternoon. The races on
Sunday, May 26, will begin at
noon and continue to 5:30 p.m.
There will be sports car and
motorcycle racing both days,
and a drag exhibition on Sun
day, to be presented by the
Anchorage Ghost Riders’ Club.
Tar and chip paving of the
track in the area between Rail
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PALMER mayor RALPH MOORE, businessmen
Ralph Koslosky and LeRoy Johnson, Police
chief Louis Bencardino, and chamber of
commerce president Barney Fish break
ground for the Palmer Dragway, to be
located on the new Alaska State Fair site
Thieves Rob
Serfs Drug
Bold thieves, believed to be
two men and a woman, made
off with a cash drawer contain
ing an undetermined amount of
money from the safe at Bert’s
Drug sometime between 5 and
7 p.m. last evening.
Clerks on duty are be
lieved to have been decoy
ed to distant parts of the store
by accomplices, giving the thief
an opportunity to slip in
through the side door and re
move the cash drawer, the only
one unlocked in the safe.
A trio were seen loitering at
B & B Market yesterday after
noon which are thought to be
the same group.
Local police are investigating
the case.
LICENSE FEE
DEADLINE NEARS
With mid-month pay day
just past, it might be well to
remember that 1962 license
plates expire on May 31, Mrs.
Dorothy Saxton, deputy dis
trict magistrate, warned this
week.
She estimated that about
half of the vehicle owners in
the area have not yet purch
ased their plates, and pointed
out that they are liable to cita
tion after the May 31 dead
line.
The cost of licensing vehic
les is $30 per passenger vehicle,
$35 for trucks under 3800
pounds. $60 for trucks weighing
between 3800 and 12000 pounds.
$30 for farm plates, and $4 for
trailers except for those used
commercially.
Walls Emphasizes
Optimistic Approach
“With your optimistic ap
proach rests the future of the
town,” Paul Walls, appraiser
and consultant for Butler and
j Walls, American Institute of
; Real Estate Appraising, told
: members and guests of the Ma
; lanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce at the luncheon
meeting yesterday.
Walls' topic was "A Realis
tic Approach through Realty to
the Future Development of the
Matanuska Valley." He named
several future projects which
he said should be considered to
add to the growth of the city,
and added that leadership and
capital are Palmer’s greatest
I need.
I
“I know of no other location
j in Alaska with a more natural
j location for a state fair,” he
| said.
Palmer should push to ob
I tain the borough seat. Walls
j stated. A title company and an
i abstract company could be lo
cated here, he said, and added
I that radio and television sta
1 ions do well in small towns. He
: mentioned an urban renewal
I project in the form of a shop
ping center, and said he could
visualize a college here, per
haps an extension of the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Walls appraised the recently
approved zoning ordinance as
an aggressive step forward, but
cautioned that while the area
within the city limits is con
trolled, property owners lust
outside the city do not have
the same restrictions. He warn
ed against driving business out
side the city limits by placing
an inordinately high value on
property within the city.
"Competition made America
what it is," he said. "If we lose
our competitive spirit, we have
suffered our worst blow."
BAGPIPE BAND
TO PLAY HERE
Bonny Scotland will lend a
bit of its historic music to
Palmer listeners on Tuesday.
May 21. when the famed Mid
night Sun Pipe Band of White
horse, Y. T. will perform at a
Lions Club sponsored noon
luncheon at the Elks hall
The group, recent performers
on the Ed Sullivan show, will
stop at Palmer enroute to An
chorage for performances
there. Hoy Cameron, governoi
of the Yukon Territory, is a
member of the band.
The bagpipers will be met at
Hartley Motors by a delegation
from the local Lion Club, and
will march through town on
their way to the Elks hall, giv
ing local high school students
in opportunity to see them
perform.
i road St. and Valley St. is pro
gressing well, with numerous
volunteers contributing their
time and a number of local
businesses assisting with the
use of their equipment. Mem
bers of the sports car commit
tee said that the only expense
being incurred is the cost of
materials, which will be paid
for out of proceeds from the
race.
Still needed are about four
tons of baled hay, committee
members said this week. The
hay bales will be used as a
safety measure along the race
course. Farmers who can lend
hay are assured that it will be
picked up and returned to their
farms, and that they will be
paid for damaged bales.
“Without hay we can't race,"
said Rudy Kreybig, a member
of the commitee.
Curs from Soldotna. Fair
banks, Whittier, Anchorage,
and Palmer have already been
entered, with others expected
from as far away as White
horse, Y. T. About 40 cars are
estimated to enter the race.
May 19 is the closing date for
entry in the contest, after
which a late fee will be charg
ed.
A wooden overpass is being
constructed at the railroad de
pot, which will be the only
I spectator entrance to the racing :
I area. Spectators will be confin
ed to the infield, the central
area around which the track
runs.
The infield concessions will
be operated by the Boy Scouts
and the Alaska Crippled Chil
dren's Association.
Committee members, all
from the Alaska Sports Car
Club, are Rudy Kreybig, Vir
gil Gillespie, Bill Woodward
(chairman), and Monte Grigs
by. i
Members of the Palmer Ki
wanis Club will operate the
parking lot, in the same loca- !
tion as that used for the Alas
ka State Fair.
t
Fair Site,
Coliseum
Included
Ground was broken last
week for the Palmer Dragway,
the first step in a move to
create the Palmer Dragway.
Sports and Recreation Center
Enterprise. Inc.
The dragway is part of a plan
conceived by the Palmer Busi
nessmen’s Association at a May
1 meeting, when a committee
was appointed to organize a
corporation dedicated to the fu
ture development of Palmer
Named to the committee were
Dick Jones, Jan Koslosky, Le
Roy Johnson. Lee Hartley, and
Mason LaZelle.
The drag strip will be locat
ed on the proposed new Alaska
State Fair site, on the Glenn
Woods and Clair Patten pro
perty in the Springer system
BUSINESSMEN HOLD
GENERAL MEETING
A general meeting of the Pal
mer Businessmen’s Association
will be held Friday. May 17, at
8 p.m. in the Frontier Cafe.
Everyone interested in fur
thering the economic develop
I ment of the Valley, whether at
; present engaged in business or
I not, is invited to attend.
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about two miles south of the
present fair grounds location.
It is hoped that the first race
; can be run the weekend of
July 21.
The fair site, which has been
planned for some time. will,
after complete development,
bring an annual attendance ‘
Palmer of 60,000, committee
I members said.
It will house a coliseum with
a seating capacity tor 6000 pc. -
sons, which will be used fi t
professional basketball games
and ice hockey, as well as high,
school basketball games and
tournaments, music festivals,
art shows, and any other civic
activity needing considerable
space.
All types of auto racing, also
horse racing, can be held on the
grounds.
“We are just about assured
of a year-round income from
the project." planners said.
An initial investment of
S250.000 will be needed, the
businessmen said, with an over
all investment of $500,000.
However, approximately half
of this figure can be accumulat
ed from proceeds as the pro
ject develops, it was stated.
An announcement of a spe
cial meeting will be made soon
for the purpose of issuing stock
(Continued on page 7)
PUBLIC INVITED
TO TOUR NIKE SITE
Area residents will be the
guests of military personnel at
the Goose Bay Nike site on
Sunday. May 19. at the invita
tion of Capt. James R. Tyler,
commander at the site.
The missile site will be open
to the public from 1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Visitors will see demonstra
tions by sentry dogs and will
have an opportunity to tour the
battery and see the long-range
missiles.
FLOWERS
for
MEMORIAL DAY
Maud’s Flowers
PI 5-4056
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