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VOLUME *. NUMBER 2t
PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY. MARCH t. !»2
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World Around Us
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IN ANCHORAGE 17 nurses left
Providence Hospital this week
following repercussions from a re
cent wage increase won by the
nurses. According to a nurses'
spokesman Tuesday, five nurses
who led the move to secure high
er wages were fired last w'eek
Thursday and Monday of this
week Twelve others walked off
the job Monday night in protest
against the action.
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IN CORDOVA a recent $100,000
bond election was declared in
valid because of a vote cast by an
improper elector. Another bond
election has been called for April
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IN KODIAK a Naval Epidemic
Control Team began this week a
city-wide clean up campaign to
eradicate rats which are causing
Weil’s disease. Reports of about
100 cases in the Kodiak area re
sulted in the Navy' sending the
control team to Kodiak. The
:lean-up campaign will be fol
owed by phase two—the Warfar
n poisoning program. In the
hird phase of the over-all pro
gram all domestic animals must
>e tied up or confined; strays will
be eliminated. Fourth phase is
ship to shore rat control.
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IN NOME well known bush
pilot Reggie Joule and his bride
of 15 days were killed in a crash
just outside of the city last week.
Another passenger, Emil Fisher,
* local head of the Alaska Native
Service, was also killed in the
crash.
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IN KOTZEBUE Saturday visit
ors are invited to stop for lunch
at the Louis Rotman residence,
vhere the newly organized Kot
zebue Chamber of Commerce will
meet weekly at that time.
March of Dimes Nets
$821.98 in Palmer
Mrs- Betty Mears, chairman of j
the local March of Dimes drive, j
announced this week that a total;
of $821.93 was raised in Palmer:
through the efforts of interested !
persons and organizations.
} Of this total.'$459.30 was real-!
ized from the Beta Sigma Phi j
sponsored Valentine Ball; $59.15
from the Iron-Lung can at the j
Palmer school; $278.56 from lung j
cans throughout the city and $24.- j
97 from the Women of the Moose..
Mrs. Mears expressed her
thanks and appreciation to the
sorority, the Kiwanis Club, Pal
mer teachers, and the many
ethers who contributed their time
and help.
WILSON GOES TO PORTLAND
Charles W. Wilson, Territorial
Conservationist, left today for a
two-week stay in Portland, Ore
gon. where he will attend the
regional conference of state con
servationists.
COUNCIL EXAMINES
FINAL DRAFT OF NEW
CITY WATER SYSTEM
The final draft for the city
water distribution and supply
system received a thorough going
over by Council members at la.-t
night's meeting.
Councilmen were heartened bv
a comment in the accompanying
letter that suggested an early "con- :
druction start on the city’s new
water system. The letter from
Thomas Bourne Associates, the
engineering firm which has been
'mng the survey work and draw
ing up plans, stated that Alaska
^ublic Works is very anxious to
-'all for bids on the project so
♦hat work can be begun the first
♦hing this spring.
The plans provide for the in
clusion of some recently installed
distribution lines such as the
A.RRC line serving the subdi- i
vision where the AHA houses
now stand. These lines will have
♦o be purchased by the city or
out of the APW allotment if it
can be stretched far enough to in
clude them. Previous Council re
commendations allowing for larg
er water lines for greater fire pro
jection had been incorporated for
‘he most part in the final draft,
but it was pointed out that these
hanges made for a more expen
'ive over-all system than had
been planned originally.
Who is a contractor?
Who is ^contractor? Thi^oues
‘ion was asked by John Vveisen- !
berger at the Council meeting last
night in connection with the city I
business licenses. The contractor's ;
icense is the fanciest of the lot
on«ts $100 as compared with
considerably lesser fees for re
tailing and services. Some busi
nessmen who had no contracts at
the time the license was due had
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IMMUNIZATION
AGAINST TYPHOID
"MALLPOX ADVISED
The local Health Center will
hold a series of special immuni
sation clinics beginning next
week to give typhoid series and
>ooster shots as well as smallpox
vaccinations, Public Health Nurse
Marjorie Myren announced this
week.
F-iday. March 14, from 1:30-5
p.m. is the first clinic date.
Special emphasis is attacned to
the importance of immunization
against both smallpox and ty
phoid this year Although no
cases of smallpox have been ra-!
ported in Alaska, two cases were I
reported in Idaho and one in
Wyoming within one week in
January. Four typhoid cases have
been reported already this year
in the Bristol Bay area.
“Suspected smallpox represents
one of the few disease emergen
cies that can occur at any time in
any paid, of the country,’’ Health
Commissioner C. Earl Albrecht
warned recently. He said that 100
percent immunization is desir
able.
Miss Myren stated that anyone
who has not had a vaccination for
smallpox in the last five to seven
years should get one in order to
>e completely immunized. Per
sons who have had the typhoid
series of three shots need only a
booster shot this year if no more
than three years have elapsed
since the series v.as obtained.
Others will need the series of
three shots, spaced one week
apart.
Immunization of school chil
dren will take place at the school.
Miss Myren said. Parent consent
slips will be sent home with the
children next week
Kiwatiians Commend
Council for Averting
Phone Tie-up Here
The- Kiwanis Club voted Mon
day to send a letter of commen
dation to the City Council for its
recent emergency action in tak
ing over the operation of the Ma
tanuska Valey Telephone Com
pany when a seizure of the con.- j
pany facilities was threatened by
creditors.
It had been revealed that had
the city not acted swiftly on Sat
urday. February 23, with prelim
inary decision to take over opera
tion of the lines, the entire com
munity in all probability would
have been without telephone ser
vice by the following Tuesday.
And this discontinuance might
have lasted indefinitely while
creditors tried to liquidate com
pany holdings in order to satisfy
their claims.
Details concerning city manage-1
ment of the Matanuska Valley
Telephone Company during the!
90-day trial period together with;
the feasibility of purchase there-1
after were discussed at the Mon-;
day noon meeting of the Kiwanis’
Club by City Councilman Allan *
Mick in the absence from the
city of the telephone committee'
chairman. Lloyd Severns.
Of interest to Kiwanians and
members of the community ct
large was the disparity between
the present $1200 monthly income
and the $1400 minimum expensd
of operating the 24-hour service. •
Mick observed that the income
represents the monthly rates;
charged 150 customers less the
amount that several customers
have held back to apply on debts
owed them by Maynard Sands.
Under terms of the agreement
for city management, he said, all
telephone users will be required
o make their payments each
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REPUBLICAN WOMEN
ORGANIZE CLUB IN
MATANUSKA VALLEY
A new Valley organisation way
born last week Thursday as a re
sult i.i a lovely luncheon given by
Mrs. Lee McKinley at her Butte
farm home
Following a discussion of the
possibility and the need by sev
eral members of the Anchorage
Republican Women’s Club, the 22
local women present voted to or
ganize as the Women’s Republi
can Club of the Matanuska Val
ley.
Present from the Anchorage
club were Mis. Margaret Rut
ledge, president; Mrs. John Gor
sueh Territorial Republican com
mitteewoman: Mrs. Barbara Di
nock. candidate for nomination
to the Territorial legislature; Mrs.
Bob Reeves; Mrs Wells Ervin,
and Miss Irene Welch
Mrs. Rutledge told the local
group something about the pres
ent status of the Anchorage club
and the activities sponsored. Mrs.
Dimock described how the An
chorage club was organized in
October of 1950 and the functions
of the club as a working part of
the party campaign. Mrs. Gorsuch
offered details about how women
should inform themselves on
political issues that are so im
portant to them and how to dis
seminate this information in
‘grass roots” campaigning. When
the .local women were asking
themselves whether or not they
had time to take on another club.
Mrs. Gorsuch offered a fiery de
fense of the importance of work
ing in politics even at the ex
pense of the usual activities hav
ng a claim on the woman who
does her part in school, church,
and club. She said participation
of informed women in political
activity is important to the home,
the community, to Alaska, the
country, and the world—especial
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Extension Service Workers Conclude
Valuable Four-Day Conference Here
The University of Alaska Ex
tension Service today concluded
a valuable four-day conference
here in Palmer for agricultural
agents, home demonstration ag
ents, and Veterans’ on-the-farm
training instructors from all over
the Territory.
Extension Director Lynn Hollist
declared that Extension workers
received a lot of useful informa
tion regarding agricultural re
search work in progress They
heard talks and observed demon
strations from every department
head of the Alaska Experiment
Station. The value gained was
not limited to the information
received by the workers, but also
included training given by the re
search men such as the insemin
ation instruction given by W. J.
Sweetman Tuesday night and the
farm engineering demonstrations
given by Ivan Branton.
From the opening day talks
given Monday by U. of Alaska
President Terris Moore, Dean of
Agriculture Neil W. Hosley, and
Experiment Station Director Don
Irwin, they gained invaluable in
sight into the interelationship be
tween the University, the Exten
sion Service, and the Experiment
Station.
From the main conference
speaker, C. A. Svinth, State Ex
tension agent from Washington
State College, the Extension
workers received many practical
lints on building their education
programs and the dynamics of
' working with people to put these
programs across for the better
i ment of agricultural development
; in Alaska.
Speakers during the four day
I conference have been Dr. Terris
Moore, Dr. Dean Hosley, and Ar
thur Buswell of the University of
Alaska; Don Irwin. Hugh John
! son, William Sweetman, Ivan
Branton, H. J. Hodgson. R. L.
! Taylor and Drs. M. F. Babb, A. H.
■ Mick, Donald Coe. and Richard
; Washburn—all of the Experiment
Station; Charles Wilson of SCS;
Lucille Mick of the Valley Front
iersman; Norman Wigutoff of the
i Bureau of Fisheries, C. A. Svinth
| of Washington State College; and
Lynn Hollist, Edith Hablutzel,
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, Kath
; leen Richard, and Irving Abbott
| of the .Extension Service; and
Ernest Lincoln, manager of the
! Veterans’ Administration for
Alaska.
Extension and V. A. workers
present represented all parts of
I the Territory—Ruby Browne and
C. Hallene Price from Southeast -
| ern Alaska; Berniece Luthro, Ed
ward Liebenthal, John Hard
castle, Walter Palmer, and Jess
Davis from Seward and the Kenai
Peninsula; Marylou Rideout, Mel
vin Bjorn, Eugene Kirsch, Parker
Lester, John Wood, and James
Yocum from the Anchorage-Ma
tanuska Valley area; and Mar
garet Goodfellow, Daniel Bemis,
Henry Gettinger, and Joe Lawlor
from the Fairbanks area.
iuv'id NickoSosky Killed 5 Miles
From Palmer Between 4-6 a. m. Wed.
Demonstrations Show
/hat to Do with Fish
Once You Catch 'em
What to do with the fish after
: they've been caught?
That's a common question in
i community where nearly every
j one enjoys fishing or has a spouse
•vho is so inclined.
How local fishermen and their
wives can derive epicurean bene
fits from this pleasant pastime
will be learned from two im
portant demonstrations this week
end that no one can afford to
niss. That the demonstrations
come at this time is a special
boon to those who are now on
serving Lent.
Fish demonstrations will bo
given by Mrs. Edward Browne,
home demonstration agent from
Ketchikan and Norman Wigutoff
education and marketing special
ist from the Bureau of Fisheries.
They will take place on Friday,
March 7, at 1 p.m. and again at
at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday,
.March 8 at 1 p.m.. All three dem
; onstrations will be given in the
' Grange Hall. The demonstration'
on Friday afternoon and evening
1 will be on the preparation of va**
ious fish dishes, utilizing local
fish. On Saturday afternoon the
demonstration will be on preser
; vation of fish. The demonstrations
; will be practical ones.
By beginning these demonstra
tions at one o’clock and 7:30 p.m.
■Friday evening) ample time will
be allowed to taste the prepared
dishes and ask questions. These
demonstrations have been arrang
ed by the Extension Service.
They are free! Everyone is wel
come, men especially.
Any questions concerning these
scheduled demonstrations will be
answered at the* Extension office.
GRANGERETTE, FOLLIES
TO BE PRESENTED IN
WASILLA NEXT WEEK
Wasilla will shine next week
Friday night, March 14, when a
whole new galaxy of local stars
make their appearance in the first
annual Grangerette Follies at
Wasilla Community Hall.
Nearly all of the stars will be
males of the species. Dancing in
the Grangerette chorus line will
be “Dimples” Dinkle, “Kewpie”
Combs, “Bootsy” Boucher, “Can
dy” Hanson, “Kitty” Knutson, and
—of course—“Bubbles” Paulson.
A. few women, namely, Ruth Cus
ter, Esther Hanson, Allayne Nel
son, and Ola Grafton, appear in a
special skit having the refreshing
title “Fresh Fish ” Glen Barnes,
Laddie Dinkle, and Emil Gustaf
son are also in the cast. Another
billing features a Hawaian dance
by Lemon and Barnes—a pas de
deux.
For music lovers, solo numbers
are scheduled by Emil Gustafson,
Florence Dunlap, and Harry Bou
cher. But the main interest in the
Grangerette Follies centers on the
style show where the latest in
women’s fashions will be modeled
by males.
Heinie Snider, Wasilla’s incom
parable teller of tales, will be
master of ceremonies.
The Wasilla Grange plans to
make the Grangerette Follies an
annual affair, and this will be the
first year performance. Proceeds
will go toward the Wasilla
Grange Hall building fund. Tick
ets may be purchased at the door
at one dollar for adults and 50
cents for children.
The Highway Patrol and the
U. S. Marshal's staff joined for
ces yesterday to search for the
hit-run driver v. ho killed David
S Nickalosky, local Native, early
yesterday morning five miles
from Palmer near King’s cement
block plant.
The body of the 31-year-old
man was discovered lying in the
road shortly before 6 a.m. Wed
nesday by David Aud and Wil
liam Hood, who were driving
along the Palmer-Anchorage
Highway in a truck.
Investigation by the Highway
Patrol and the U. S. Commission
er immediately after notification
suggested that death had been
caused by a severe blow on the
head and that the body had been
I dragged for some distance under
j neath a motor vehicle. Dr C. C.
Bailey subsequently confirmed
this when he was called to ex
amine the body. He said that
death had probably been instan
taneous from a severe blow to
the head and other parts of the
body.
Authorities placed the time of
the acident at some time between
4 a.m. and the time the body
was discovered. No clues have
been uncovered regarding the id
entity of the hit run driver. An
inquest will be held following
preliminary investigations.
Joe Mazy of Wasilla. Palmer
i cab driver, stated that he had
j driven the hit-run victim out to
, the Butte roadhouse, where he
had asked to be let out, about
112:30 a.m.
Nickalosky told Mazy that he
v. anted him to bring back some
friends whose car had over-turn
ed on the highway. Nickalosky
had been riding with them and
had been elected to go to Palmer
and bring back transportation.
However, on the way out toward
i the Butte, the hit-run victim
could not locate the overturned
car On the return trip to Palmer.
I Mazy located the overturned car
with the occupants still inside.
He summoned Palmer Police
Chief Bernie Bouwens for help.
, and they brought Nickaloskv's
friends back to town.
Nickalosky reportedly had been
working at odd jobs about Pal
mer, but he had worked season
ally for the Alaska Railroad from
November 1947 until March of
1951. He had served in the Army
from September 22, 1944 until
October 6, 1947, with a two
month break in service at the
end of the first year.
An 11-year-old son. Raymond,
survives him. The boy is living
with relatives near Knik. The
boy’s mother died some time ago.
$13 Million Eklulna
Boost is “Old Staff’’
The r e c e n t announcement
i screamed from Washington re
garding the $13,000,000 added cost
to the Eklutna Project was not
.news but history to Eklutna
authorities and most of the people
j in this area.
The local engineers knew short -
, ly after their arrival here in
October of 1950 that the 1943 es
timate of $20 million was an un
realistic one that did not take
into account the huge disparity
between building costs in Alaska
and those in the States. A rude
confirmation of this knowledge
came with the opening of bids on
every contract. The adjusted es
timate has been provided for in
appropriations recommend
ed since by President Truman and
the Bureau of the Budget.