Men's, women's bas
ketball teams go to
Vsrfdez on Feb. 10, 11.
Halley Mrontiergmnn
PHS seniors' Snow
Ball in Gym on Sat
urday, Feb. 4.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
VOL. THREE—NO. 20
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26. 1950
PRICE 10
Local Woman Seeks Legislative Seat
Matanuska Milk Flows
In Anchorage Through
Two Valley Suppliers
Latest battle of the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Co-Qperating As
sociation dnd Dairy,-IHC;,
milk war appeared to be ti 'dt'aw
at press-time^-;'with' 'both sides
fallin q baek>yfrom this • ;ff*6rit • to
await- reinforcement and re-group
their fortfgs:-; -v »->
At press-time, both' the M VFC A
and Alaska Dairy, The!,“were sell-'
ing Matanuska Vallfey milk ' in
Anchorage. However, the source
of supply of that- milk was con
siderably changed from -this time
last week. The two wholesalers
had, in effect, just exchanged
milk producers, but each was re
ceiving about the- same amount
of milk.
The original six straying dairy
men, Leonard Moffitt, Arvid
Johnson, Ernest Harrington, Ar
thur Holbrook, A. A. Rempel, and
Frank McAllister, have returned
to the folds of the Co-Op, at least
temporarily, by reason of a court
order. James Wilson, MVFC A
general manager, said he had no
reason to believe that the six
would remain Co-Op members,
and market through its facilities,
any longer than the waiting per
iod for legal withdrawal from the
membership and the marketing
contract.
The dairymen may petition for
withdrawal from their Co-Op, be
tween Feb. 15 and March 15 of
this year- Once the MVFCA
agrees to that withdrawal and
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HONOR STUDENTS
NAMED
Honor students of the Palmer
School; for the past six weeks of
work, were announced' today "by
William T. ZaKradnicek,. superin
tendent. V^Top; scholars., for- ..the
period.were: ......... ..
Seventh grade: Larry Bpntti,
Thomas,Yurbich, Donna. McKech
nie, -Cdrl Zaborac;- . . . •
Eighth graded Alma Roark; Vir-'
gina Boulter, Mary Graves, Don
na Harris; Annie - Havem&ister,
Dorothy Hoffman, Ralph Kirch
eri -
Freshmen: Geraldine Kindgren,
Robert Hartman, Larry Beck;
Sophomores: Gus Klem, Doyle
Ross, Jerry Rune;
Juniors: Joyce Hardage, Char
les Hoffman, Rose Miller, Lavon
Roetman, Stanley Zaborac;
Seniors: Charles Collins, Ramo
na Davis, Helen Havemeister.
The juniors stood highest in
class rank for the grade period.
Seniors were at the bottom of the
class list.
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Freshmen: Geraldine Kind--"
Yr'veen. Robert Hartman, Larry^
>rBeck; JA
Sophomores: Doyle Ross; ^
'' Juniors: Rose Miller, Lavon^
^Roetman, Stanley Zaborac;
Yr Seniors: Charles Collins, Ra-^
umona Davis, Helen Havemeis->'
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UP CHURCH WILL BRING
DISPLACED FAMILY NORTH
185 King Covers Feel
Need For Organized
Government
King Cove, which became an
Alaskan city on Dec. 7, 1949, has
a population of just 185 inhabi
tants, according to Jens Forshaug
of that city. There is a post of
fice, three general stores, a foun
tain, a school, a theatre, a dance
hall, two liquor stores, 15 fishing
boats, a dock and a cannery in
the'infant city.
The five trustees df King Cove
plan a program of community
improvement that will extend to
sidewalks and a community hall,
and possibly a light plant and
water system, Mr. Forshaug said.
NENANA GETS NEW STORE
A new and completely modem*
store building was recently fin
shed at Nenana to house the
ausiness of the Coghill enterpris
es there. Built of glass blocks
with an exterior finish of asbes
tos shingles and equipped with
fluorescent lighting, the store's
interior houses a cold storage!
slant as well as large stocks of i
groceries and merchandise.
xx uispiaueu lauiuy ui uie rc
cent war, probably from one of
Europe’s Baltic states, will be on
its way to the Matanuska Valley
very soon. The family is being
brought north under the sponsor
ship of the United Protestant
Church here.
The church hopes to welcome a
family of four, a father, mother
and two children. The family
will live on the James Hurley
farm, in a cabin now being read
ied for them. The father will
work as a farm hand for Mr.
Hurley.
Under the sponsorship plan for
displaced persons, the family is
brought to the United States by
the World Church Service Organ
ization. The sponsoring agency
must provide transportation to
the ultimate destination and
rptfst guarantee work and a home
for the family.
Rev. Victor Alfsen of the Unit
ed Protestant Church said the
transportation cost to Palmer, to
be borne by the church, would be
between $500 and $600.
The church expects to welcome
their ward to the Valley in the
next four or five months. Exact
time of their arrival is still un
certain. -
MRS. MEARS FILES
FOR HflfSl SEAT
AT NEXT SESSION
Betty Mears, Palmer housewife
and business woman, this week
announced that she would seek a
seat in the Territorial House of
Representatives at the coming
election.. Mrs. Mears is.to file op. ■
the Democratic: ticket. She is the
second: woman> in the Third.Di-..
vision,' and the only Palmer resi-.
dent, to file for a*seat this session.
Mrs. Mears has been: active in..
Valley civic work since her ar
rival in Palmer three years ago.
She has been prominent in Cham
ber .of Commerce activities, Girl.
Scout work, and teen-age enter
tainment- She is currently inter
ested in obtaining some type of
housing for the Valley.
Before coming to Palmer and •
Alaska, Mrs: Mears lived in Yer
ington, Nev., where she was a
cartographer with the Soil Con
servation Service at Yerington.
Married and the mother of two
children, she has made her home
in a number of small mining
towns in Colorado and the moun
tain states. Her husband, Lester
Mears, is both a miner and me
chanic by trade.
Asked her reason for seeking
the legislative seat, Mrs. Mears
said, “I think the Matanuska Val
ley needs more representation in
Juneau. If I win, I will be going
in the interests of the Valley.”
WRIGHTS ARE OUTSIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Wright of
Bert’s Drug, left last week on a
short business trip Outside. They
expect to be gone only two weeks.
PRINCESS AURORA (Miss Marjorie Gropp), the Alaska Railroad's j
candidate for queen of the coming Fur Rendezvous, will be the guest'
of Palmer High School seniors at the coming Snow Ball on Feb. 4. |
Appearing with the Princess above are Miss Iris Wofford, left, and ;
Miss Mary Ferrell. —ARR Engraving
Food Handlers School
Will Be Sponsored
By Health Council
The discussion of a proposed
set of by-laws and the planning
of a school for food handlers oc
cupied the time of the 17 mem
bers attending last Thursday’s
Valley Health Council meeting.
The group studied a sample set
of by-laws issued by the Terri
torial Department of Health and
then voted to leave closer peru-1
sal to the attention of Joseph;
Hudock, Mrs. Lucy Mick and
Francis Henry, rules committee.
The membership recommended
that the rules committee give
consideration to by-laws calling
for a quorum of six, to a stagger
ed term of office for representa
tives, so that there always would
be hold-over memberships on the
Council and to a 7 p. m. meeting
time, to allow attendance at later
Thursday meetings.
James Wilson, who announced
that the food handlers’ school was
tentatively planned for the end
of February or the first of March,
was named chairman of the ar
rangements committee. Ivan
Branton will assist in planning
the school.
| It was suggested that the
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ARR PRINCESS INVITED
TO ATTEND SNOWBALL
LUEBCKE OBJECTS
Territorial highway patrol
man A1 Luebcke, rose to dis
pute the use of the little three
letter word 'not' in a phrase of
last week's Bailey Hill editor
ial. which editorial apparently
has set the welkin a-ringing in
the far places of Juneau.
The particular word to which
Patrolman Luebcke objects ap
peared in the following phrase:
"He replied that he did not
consider the highway safe, al
though it is probable that sev
eral of the accidents were the
result of careless driving and
unfamiliarity with winter driv
ing conditions in Alaska."
That sentence should have
read, says Mr. Luebcke. as fol
lows: "He replied that he DID
consider the highway safe, and
it is probable that several,
etc. . .
We could say it was a poor
telephone connection, but we'd
rather just say that we were
wrong. We didn't hear it cor
rectly. so we didn't write it cor
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The Queen of the Snow Ball of
Palmer High School, to be held
in the Palmer Gym on Feb. 4,
this week issued a royal invita
tion to attend the Ball to Miss
Aurora (Marjorie Gropp), Alaska
Railroad candidate for queen of
the Fur Rendezvous. The invita
tion also is extended to all other
Rendezvous queen candidates.
Although the queen of the sen
ior-sponsored ball is still not
known, all candidates for the
title joined in extending the in
vitation to the Anchorage con
tenders. Visiting contenders will
be introduced to their public, fol
lowing the coronation of the
Snow Ball queen.
Seniors announced today that
the top three contenders for the
Snow Ball crown are Roberta
Hemmer, Genevieve DeLand and
Betty Blunck, ranked in that or
der. The other four candidates
are bunched closely behind the
leaders.
Ticket sales, through which the
queen contenders pile up votes,
will end at 3:30 p. m. on Jan. 30.