LITTLE SUSITNA
CROSSING BUILT
BY HOMESTEADERS
With the last plank nailed
down last Sunday evening,
homesteaders on the Edgerton
Parks road on the west side
of the Little Susitna River are
now driving to their homes ac
ross a sturdy bridge of their
own making.
Residents there have had to
park their cars on the east side
of the river and get across the
stream in a number of make
shift ways for the past year.
Floods in September, 1962, took
out the homesteaders' bridge.
A pontoon foot bridge lent
by the U.S. Army was washed
out during last spring’s floods.
The people living on the west
side of the river have depended
chiefly on a cable car for cross
ing and to bring in their sup
plies. When the river was low
enough, makeshift log bridges
served to get them to their
homes.
The new 160-foot span is a
concrete and steel structure
which the families of the com
munity feel is capable of with
standing the twice-yearly rush
of high water.
The homesteaders who built
the bridge are A1 and Ina John
son, Jim and Jan Edgerton,
Russell and Vella Samson, Jack
and Kay Linton, Doug Jones,
Bob and Margaret Rehus, John
and Glenn a Mitchell, and
Denny and Dorothea Harrison.
“We think this one will hold
up,” one community resident
said, “but we’re going to leave
the cable car up for a while,
just in case.”
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Dinner to Climax
American Art Week
Climaxing the activities of
American Art Week, a dinner
is planned at Williwaw Lodge
on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m.
“This is not a dinner for art
ists alone,” stated Mrs. Vern
on Van Auken, local art club
president, “but for everyone
who enjoys art in any form.
Teachers, business people and
everyone who is desirous of
helping to develop Alaska’s
culture is invited."
Art work now being shown
throughout the Matanuska
Valley will be exhibited at
Williwaw Lodge on Saturday
to give everyone an opportun
ity to view and to discuss the
work of Alaskan artists.
Reservations may be made
by calling Mrs. Van Auken at
745-3610, or Williwaw Lodge at
376-3330. The charge for the
dinner will be $4.50 per plate.
Local and Anchorage resi
dents are urged to visit all of
the locations listed below to
view the work of Alaskan art
ists.
Betty’s Dress Shop in Palm
er is displaying the work of
Harvey Goodale, and the Mata
nuska Valley Bank is showing
the work of Ruth Shaw, Rus
ty Dow, Helen Pownall, Doro
thy LaZelle, Marie Van Auk
en, and Stephen Ede.
At the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital in Palmer may be
seen work by Ruth Shaw, Hel
en Pownall, and Dorothy La
Zelle, also work by pupils of
the Pied Piper School (Starr
Hume, Anna Kerttula, Denise
Davis, Kathy Wilton, and Chris
Barry's Resort
on Beautiful Finger Lake
O Have Dinner in a Warm
Friendly Atmosphere
0 Enjoy Dancing and Visiting
With Your Friends
BANQUETS and WEDDING PARTY FACILITIES
Phone 376-3342
Mclntire). The D & A Super is
showing the work of Bob Nich
ols and Doris Helenthal, and
from the Pied Piper School,
that of Deno Larson, Deana
Turner, Dwight Buzby, Chris
Mclntire, and Kathy Wilton.
Paintings by Dorothy La
Zelle and Bob Nichols are
shown at the B & B Market,
also more work of young artists
from the Pied Piper school —
Deana Turner, Kathy Wilton,
Deno Larson, Leslie Lee, and
Starr Hume. At Lea’s Dress
Shop may be seen the art work
of Helen Pownall.
Alaska Title Guaranty is
showing paintings by Pusty
Dow, Brenda Hartley, Ruth
Shaw, and Fred Machetanz.
In the Wasilla area, Willi
waw Lodge is showing the
work of Rusty Dow, Marie Van
Auken. and Stephen Ede. Ste
phen Ede work may also be
seen at Wasilla high school, as
well as work by Signe Hartley
and Judy Nichols. Teeland’s
Country Store is displaying
work by Helen Pownall, Gill
ow’s is showing Dorothy La
Zelie’s paintings, and the Wa
silla post office is exhibiting
work by Ruth Shaw.
Swanson grade school in Pal
mer and Wasilla grade school
are exchanging art work to
commemorate American Art
Week.
Fee Increase To
Take Effect in ’64
University of Alaska stu
dents will pay an additional
$7.50 in consolidated fees next
year, University President Wil
liam R. Wood announced today.
The fee raise, adopted by the
University Board of Regents in
their regular fall meeting on
campus Oct. 17-19, will go into
effect the fall semester of 1964.
“The increase,” Dr. Wood ex
plained, “will be placed in a
special fund to assist in retir
ing $245,000 in bonds sold to fi
nance equipping student facili
ties. The bonds were sold to
the State to help pay for furn
ishings in the new University
Commons, and the new mar
ried student apartments and
138-unit women’s dormitor>
now under construction.”
The increase will raise the
consolidated fee from $75 tc
$82.50.
Rural electric power is rarely ofT
when modern equipment like this
“boom and basket” are in use.
The man in the basket works faster
and safer than ever. Because the
equipment makes him electrically
safe, the power doesn’t have to be
shut off when he is working on the
]:ncs. This is one of many ways in
which rural electric systems like ours
manage to keep costs down while im
p roving service to consumer-owners.
Mafanuska Electric Assn.
STATE GETS
HAINES REPORT
The Alaska department of
highways is now receiving a
regular report or. the condition
of the Canadian portion of the
Haines Cutoff, state mainten
ance engineer Sam E. Johnson
said this week. These reports
are then passed on to the dis
trict highway offices through
out the state for use in answer
ing travelers’ inquiries.
The most recent report re
vealed that a new foot of snow
has fallen on the pass, but the
road is open and receiving con
tinuing maintenance. Chains
are advised, howe er, Johnson
said, and travelers are encou
raged to check with the Mount
ed Police station at Haines
Junction for current road con
dition information.
Willis L. Walker, assistant
state maintenance engineer,
drove over the Canadian por
tion of the highway recently
and reported the crews were
sanding and performing other
work in preparation for ‘he
first all-winter maintenance of
the highway. Walker said there
were approximately three feet
of snow on the sumnvt.
Hi-School Hi-Lites
By LINDA SHELTON
i ruiuie iNurses oi t'aim
er High School are now engag
ed in a self-help first aid train
ing course. After they have
taken this course, they will in
turn present it to the physical
education classes. The course
involves treatment of radiation
burns, general overall first aid
knowledge, and child birth.
* * *
Seven students took the ACT
test given last Saturday, Nov.
2. Students from Wasilla came
to Palmer to take the test
through the Palmer program.
The Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT) of the college entrance
examination board, will be giv
er. Dec. 7, 1063. This test is re
quired by many schools for ad
mission purposes and also for
the selection of scholarship re
cipients.
We are anticipating charter
ing a plane to go to Kodiak,
I providing enough students and
; adults are interested in p u r
chasmg a ticket. The cost is
i $25 for a round trip ticket. The
j plane would leave Friday aft
ernoon and return Saturday
A-1 MOVING
6 DAYS A WEEK FREIGHT SERVICE
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SERVING ANCHORAGE AND
THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
FOR PICKUP AND DELIVERY
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night This is to take place in
January if it goes through.
The first game of the year
will be held Nov. 15. It is to be
between the varsity and fac
ulty The faculty hasn’t lost a
game in the last 10 years. The
Palmer Moose will be out for a
big upset.
The Frontiersman — Page 7
Thursday, November 7, 1963
TAYLOR, DENALI
HIGHWAYS. CLOSED
The Taylor and Denali high
ways in Centra! Alaska were
closed Oct. 31 for the winter
season, highway commissioner
D. A. McKinnon has announ
ced. Both highways are usual
ly closed earlier in the year,
but were kept open for a longer
period this year at the request
of the Alaska department of
fish and game.
Drifting snow and high
winds forced the closure at tiiis
time, McKinnon said .
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Minnesota is well-known for
i its lakes, being the “Land of
10,000 Lakes.”
You never know when you may need
first aids. Better check your medicine
chest and stock up. We carry a complete
supply of top-quality first aids and drugs
that will help you meet any home emer
gency.
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Here is the new Super Torque FORD for 1964
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