JACOBSON ■ ROUSH RITES
■eartst
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MR. AND MRS. HOWARD ROUSH
MARRIED IN PALMER on Aog. 24 were Judith Marie
Jacobson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Jacobson of
Ketchikan, and Howard Lynn Roush, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fay Roush of Palmer. The young couple are now at
home in Spenard.
COUNCIL APPROVES 1964 BUDGET
Members of the 1962-63 Pal
mer city council approved the
1964 budget at a special meet
ing Monday, Oct. 7, its last act
before swearing in the newly
elected members who will
serve during the 1963-64 year.
The total budget estimate
for 1964 is $178,146.19, $200
lower than last year’s estimate
of $178,346. Actual expendit
ures during the 1963 fiscal
year w'ere $172,837.36.
The 1964 budget shows $44,
670 allotted for the street de
partment, whereas last year’s
budget allowed $29,720. The
increase reflects cour.cilmen's
pledges to continue to upgrade
Palmer city streets.
The 1964 budget includes
$600 for health officer and
$700 for the Health Center, for
which no allowances were
made in 1963.
The 1963 budget included the
cost of remodeling the city hall
and $10,000 for sewer im
provements.
New members of the city
council were sworn in at the
Oct. 7 special meeting. They
are Ted Schmidtke. mayor;
Darrell Frank and Merritt
Long, councilmen (three-year
terms); and Walt Briggs, coun
cilman (one-year term). Other
members of the council are
Richard Geiwitz, William Her
mann, and Willard Johnson.
WASHINGTONS ARMY
Towards theeno of the REVOLUTION
ARY WAR, GEORGE WASHINGTON
COMMANDED 40,000MEN. HtS
ARMY CONSISTED OF 9,000
OF HIS OWN CONTINENTAL S - -
AND 3/ OOP FRENCH SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS •%
WITH NO PREJUDICE...
To ADMINISTER JUSTICE
WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
JUDGE JAMES PECK OP
MISSOURI MOULD WEAR
A WHITE BANDAGE
OVER H/S EYES /
A PEACEFUL FUTURE...
... IS WHAT YOUR COUNTRY WANTS-AND WHAT K>U
yOURSE-EAND YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS. TO HELP A<
THIS END- START BUYING AND CONTINUE BUYING
US. SAVINGS BONDS.
Moore's
Garage
• Automotive and tractor repair and
rebuild
• Tire truing and balancing
• Crankshaft Grinding
• Precision pin fitting
PHONE 745-3180 Palmer, Alaska
SAFETY TO BE
PTA TOPIC
Safety will be the watch
word at PTA this month, Dis
cussions of pedestrian safety,
school bus safety, and highway
safety will be featured at the
regular meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association at the
High School cafeteria on Tues
day, Oct. 15, 8 p.m.
Palmer police chief Louis
Bencardino will show a film on
safe driving, and an insurance
adjuster will speak on the pro- i
blem of teen-age driving.
A short business meeting
will precede the program. Re- !
freshments will be served af- I
terwards. i
Membership in the local
PTA organization now stands <
at 225. A drive to push the I
membership total above 400 1
will be launched this week, ;
with notices to be sent to all (
parents. The membership fee
for the school year is one dol- I
lar per person. i
Council Finds Storage Costly -
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i
>e able to renew the lease;
lowever. that the city wdll
issist the military to find suit
ible storage space within the
corporate limits of the city of
i’almer.
Other Business
A motion was approved to
>rant expenses co Emilie St.
3ierre, city clerk, and council
nan Johnson to attend the Al
iska Municipal League con
/ention in Seward Oct. 23-26.
The city manager reported
hat the line to supply steam
leat to the city's shop building
s about two-thirds complete.
The Alaska Railroad has re
luested the city to move a por
ion of the bumper guard along
he new parking area on Col
iny street back about 18 in
hes from the telephone poles.
The city manager called at
ention to the need for larger
vater pipe to be installed in a
now portion of the Smith sub- ^
division. ,
Many,'.'or Irwin noted several ^
damage problems which have
been recently improved, in- *
eluding the ‘Snodgrass eul- I
vert" area, and mentioned sev. a
era! others which remain to i j
be corrected.
The manager was authorized
to negotiate a contract with
Matanuska Maid, Inc., for heat
ing installation and supply for
the shop building.
General fund bills in the1
amount og $5,154.78 were ap
proved, also $2,597.88 for water
bills.
Balances in the Matanuska ^
Valley Bank on Sept. 30 were
reported as follows: general
fund, $17,784.42; water fund,
$(>,443.56; property tax fund, f
$8,023.33. r
General fund savings were t
reported as $7,422.99; water ' ,c
Hospital Patients
Patients listed on the Valley
’resbyterian Hospital rolls on
Wednesday, Oct. 9, were Au
urn Parks. Maurice Pelletier..
,ulu Belle Bouwens, Melvin
'ersing, Peter Walker. Mary
leaver. Mrs. Frank Gagnon
nd infant son, and Mrs. James
)oifi and infant son.
and savings, $26,405.30: pro
erty tax. $10,604.25; deprecia
,on fund, $2,703.90; and ac
rued leav'e, $3,939.23.
CHECK PASSER
SERVES FINE
Arrested .n Anchorage by
Palmer chief of police Louis
Rencardino on Oct. 3 for is
suing checks without funds or
credit was Herbert H Stocking.
Stocking, a former employee
of Bert's Drug in Palmer, pass
ed bad checks at the Tropical
Gardens. Bert's Drug, and the
Matanuska Hotel, Bencardino
said.
Appearing in deputy district
magistrate's court on Oct. 5.
Stocking pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to a $100 fine,
w hich he served in the Palmer
city jail.
On Oct. 4, Machantash Wil
son Reinhardt, 48, of Hillside
Cabins in Palmer, was fined
$25 and 10 days in jail for being
drunk in public.
Pined $30 for negligent driv
ing on Sept. 29 was Leonard
Berger Reid. 19.
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