VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH THURSDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio .. Publisher, Manager
gB^itnr..Lucille Kennedy Mick
Associate Editor .*. Virginia Gallant
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Notebook
Byron G. Felkner, Ekluina
Project construction engineer,
and Ward Harrington, account*
ant, are in Washington D. C.
this week. They'll probably be
back by the end of next week.
The Ben Hudgins family lost
most of their house-full of guests
this past week-end. Back to the
States went Fair guest L. H.
Leonardi and his two children,
Louise and Henry of San Rafael,
California; and summer guests
Mrs. Glen Eagan and three daugh
ters, Linda, Patricia, and Deborah
Ann. Mr. Eagon is sold on Alaska;
he will stay on here and his
family will rejoin him next year.
Margie and Laddie Huntley
leave next week-end for the
Prairie Bible Institute in Three
Hills, Alberta for the school
year. Laddie, who recently was
awarded membership in the Or
der of the Arrow will have to
postpone his Scouting work
until he gets back next sum
mer.
Looks like A1 Stein and his
carnival concessionaires have
packed up and gone Outside for
the winter. Misfortune dogged
their trail all over Alaska this
year with the first blow falling
even before they had crossed the
border from Yukon Territory.
After the complete loss of one
huge truck and all its contents,
and damage to three or four
others, the final catastrophe was
the conking out of the motor used
in assembling the ferris wheel
towers the night before the 1952
Valley Fair began. A burned out
magneto could be replaced neither
in Anchorage nor through a long
distance SOS to a Seattle sup
plier. The motor had to be com
pletely rebuilt with generator,
distributor and batteries. It was a
miracle of carnival efficiency and
overtifhe work by the B and C
Electric Company that succeeded
in getting the biggest carnival at
traction in operation on the first
day of the Fair.
New nurse on night duly at
Valley Hospital is Mrs. Merwin
(Agnes) Forbis. She is the wife
of an Air Force officer now
stationed in the States and ex
1
peeling overseas assignment*
They used to be at Elmendorf
AFB and one of their sons is
in training there now; another
son enters the University of
Alaska this fall.
Back from their trip Outside,
looking sleek and rested, are Neal
and Marie Wright and daughter
Bridgie.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miner of
Fairbanks are visiting the Bob
Burkholders for a few days.
Mr. Miner is Assistant District
Agent in charge of predatory
control with the Fish and Wild
life in the Fairbanks area and
has been working in the Eureka
area at the Caribou check sta
tion.
High Ridge, out-of -this-world
home of Fred and Sara Machet
anz, was the scene of a lovely tea
given Saturday afternoon to hon
or Mrs. Machetanz’ mother, Mrs.
Horace Burleson of Johnson City,
Sara and Mrs. Burleson left High
Ridge and the Valley to motor
over the Alaskan Highway for the
States. Fred’s lecture and movie
tour begins October 15 this year
and will continue through March.
Come spring, Fred and Sara will
be back again at High Ridge.
Leaving Monday for an extend
ed trip Outside are Maud Hosier
and her mother, Mrs. Edith Ben
son. Arriving in Seattle by plane,
they will pick up a Nash Rambler
' and ramble across country to Van
i Etten, New York, where the es
! tate of Maud’s late father must
| be settled. While Outside, the
local florist plans to attend a
florist’s school to get new ideas
and techniques for Valley trans
; planting. Maud plans to be back
! before the Christmas rush for
poinsettas, and she hopes her
mother will be with her when she
' returns. Co-workers at the Co-Op
i honered Maud with a farewell
luncheon today.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO SEE ACCA SLIDES
Mrs. Margot Hoppin president
of the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association will be in Palmer
Monday night Sept. 15, to show
slides on the development of
ACCA.
Sponsored by the Cheechako
homemakers the showing-is open
ed to the public. Place is the Co
Op Club Room; time, 8 p.m.
Ready for Winter!!
Visit Our
“COLD WEATHER”
DEPARTMENT
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OIL CANS — FUNNELS
ELECTRIC HEATERS
AIR-TIGHT STOVES
WEATHER STRIPPING
Plan Early for Comfort this Winter
KOSLOSKY'S DEPARTMENT STORE
“Moose Hunters-Goat, j
Caribou and Sheep. J
Stiff Backs, Lame Legs I
Hours of Lost Sleep” ,
As the parody goes so goes the t
Valley these past weeks. Men ^
(and several women) have been r
leaving the comforts of home be- ,
hind in attempts to run down the j
wary game. Many have been suc
cessful many have only the hard- t
luck tales to return with. Accord- (
ing to figures from the Palmer ]
Cold Storage more than eleven ,
ton of moose had been checked .
in at Monday noon. This figure .
represented some 80 families,' <
proving the pack-sack hunters \
are out in the field also. By work- ]
ing late at night the crew at the (
cold storage plant is trying to (
keep abreast of the game being ,
brought in. The cooling room is (
nearly full to capacity all the ,
time. j
Indicating there have been
many successful hunting parties •
out are additional game figures ;
from the storage plant. Caribou .
weight is second to the moose i
with 4,741 pounds checked in by
30 persons, the heaviest of these •
being 414 pounds. Nearly all the <
i other figures would indicate that ]
more than one family was shar
ing a single caribou. Seventeen <
lockers will be filled with a total j;
of 1504 pounds of sheep.
This year seems to find a prev- j
alence of “week-end” hunters1 :
fellows who have never gone
Mention Creditors
Ind Prize Winners
)f 1952 Valley Fair
The Board of Directors of the
fatanuska Valley Fair Associa
ion requests that all bills against
he association be turned in im
nediately so that a complete re
tort of Fair finances can be made
n the near future.
It is also requested that win
ters of the Queen contest awards
ontact A1 Hagen, president of the
''air Association for a letter of
luthorization to pick up their
>rizes. The special merchandise
twards were set up by Fred
'ieke, manager of the MVFCA,
hrough the courtesy of Albers
Killing Co., Glen Carrington and
:o., Goodyear Tire and - Rubbei
Zo., and Chas. H. Lilly Co. It is
lecessary to get a letter of auth
irization before the merchant will
;um over these merchandise
jrizes.
There were 261 people who en
ered items at the Fair in 1952
md 231 who received premiums
noose hunting before have at
tempted the rigors of the chase
md a surprising number have
:ome back triumphant. Junioi
nembers of several Valley famil
es have succeeded where then
lads have failed. With ten days tc
»o there’s still time for one more
hunt before the season closes anc
vho knows perhaps the snow or
the mountain tops will drive the
‘Big” ones down. _ _
MILLIE SCHWANDT (formerly Millie Allmon) WISHES TO
ANNOUNCE SHE AND AL HAVE TAKEN OVER THE
HITGHEN POST CAFE
SPENARD, ALASKA
Home Cooked Dinners and Lunches and
Millies Home-Made Pies
'HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON'
Open Daily Except Monday
New Zealand Visitors f,
Leave Camera and
Valley Film Behind
The Valley’s recent visitors j
from New Zealand are missing a
camera containing a good share of
the pictures they took in this
irea, and they’re hoping that this
story will help them get it back.
Leaving Palmer on Saturday.
August 16, Miss Timmy Taylor
and Miss Lydia Morgan accepted
a “lift” for a few miles north on
the Glenn Highway. When they
got out of the car, they left their
camera behind. It was a Hawkeye
620 Brownie containing a used
roll of film.
If the kind driver who gave the
New Zealand girls a lift will bring
the camera to The Frontiersman
office, Mrs. Bud Lebing will for
ward it to its owner.
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