FIGHTER BOMBER SQUADRON AUTHORIZED
FOR FIRST ALASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
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“The Territory of Alaska has
been authorized to organize a
fighter bomber squadron and sup
porting units of the Alaska Air
National Guard,” Major General
Earl T. Ricks, chief, air force
division, national guard bureau,
announced today. They will be
the first Air National Guard units
in Alaskan history. Authorization
by the National Guard Bureau or
ganizing the air units has been
given to Alaska’s Governor Ernest
Gruening. Effective date for acti
vation of the new combat or
ganization, with federal recogni
tion as part of the National
Guard of the United States, will
be July 1. 1953. The new Alaska
Air National Guard headquarters
at the Territorial capital in Jun
eau will be organized September
1, 1952.
Lt. General W. E. Kepner. Com
mander-in-chief, Alaska, in com
menting on the announcement
said:
“The new Alaska Air National
Guard fills a long-standing need
in the Alaskan defense picture.
I am happy .to welcome the new
unit into the Alaskan military
family."
“An Air Base squadron will, be
formed in Anchorage next month
to recruit key personnel and es
tablish equipment requirements
and training programs. Personnel
and equipment of that unit will
be absorbed by the fighter-bom
ber squadron next July,” Gen
eral Ricks emphasized. “Forma
tion of the Alaska National Guard
is a significant development in
the defense planning of this
strategic northernmost frontier
Territory of the United States.
With the activation of the Alas
ka Air Guard every state and
Territory of the United States
will have air guard units.” he
said. “The Alaska squadron is the
85th tactical squadron established
by the Air National Guard since
its organization in 1946. It repre
sents the first increase in flying
units authorized for the air guard
since that date.
“The unit will be assigned
fighter aircraft and supporting
cargo craft in early spring. Train
ing facilities will be included in
the proposed construction pro
gram for Anchorage’s Internation
al Airport. Such construction nor
mally includes hangar and ware
house facilities, a motor mainten
ance building, and various smaller
structures.”
The result of several years’
planning by Territorial authorit
ies. National Guard Bureau offici
als, and ASAF representatives,
the Alaska Air National Guard
was approved following a compre
hensive survey in Alaska in July
by USAF and National Guard
MISSING MAN LOCATED
IN CABIN THREE MILES
FROM SEARCH AREA
Fred C. Hasekoester, 53-year
old homesteader who was re
ported missing in the Big Lake
area last week was found Aug
ust 15 in a cabin at Echo Lake
three miles west and two miles
south of the area where an in
tensive search was conducted for
five days.
Hoeskoester told of having los1
his bearings when his dogs rar
into the woods after a rabbit anc
he set off to find them. Althougt
he was weak and hungry wher
found, his only injuries wen
bruised and cut feet and legs.
HAM DINNER TO MARK
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
ANNUAL CHARTER NIGH]
Palmer Post American Legioi
and Auxiliary will hold their an
nual charter night dinner Thurs
day, August 21 at Carpenters
Hall.
Scheduled for 7:30 p.m., a han
and sweet potato dinner will b
served. Those planning to attem
have been asked to furnish some
thing in the line of a green salac
cookies, olives, jelly or pickles
Everything else needed to rouni
out the dinner will be furnisher
—even to baby sitters, it was an
nounced. To enable the whol
family's attendance, baby sitter
have been arranged for by th
committee. Alaska’s favorite gam
will be played during the eve
ning.
Bureau officers. The survey team
was headed by General Ricks.
Youngest in the reorganized post
war National Guard, first units of
the Alaska National Guard were
organized in May, 1949. They
currently consist of two Eskimo
scout battalions, the only such
units in the Alaska Guard units
in the United States armed forces
and two infantry battalions. Alas
ka Guard units draw' their Arctic
i bred-and-trained personnel from
! a Territory one-fifth as large as
that of the entire United States.
“Every effort will be made to
bring the Alaska Air Guard to
strength with the least possible
delay,” General Ricks said, “so
that it can play its full part in
the expanded M-Day and contin
ental defense mission assigned the
Air National Guard.”
ALASKA DEVELOPMENT
BOARD MEETS TODAY
at mckinley park
Aluminum, pulp, iron, birch
timber, petroleum, chromite, tin
and other products new to the
Territory will be subjects of dis
, I cussion at a meeting of the Alas
ka Development Board which is
being held today, August 21, at
. McKinley Park, according to Don
H. Goodman, Chairman, of Anch
[ orage.
! Tax incentives, community sur
veys and a review of basic de
velopment problems of the Terri
tory are other subjects on the
11 agenda of the meeting which is
. being held in conjunction with
• the all-Alaska Chamber of Com
merce session at the same place
. August 22-24.
In addition to Goodman, mem
. bers of the Development Board
. who are attending are Wilfred
, C. Stump of Ketchikan. R. Booch
[ ever of Juneau, A. Polet of Nome
, and Robert I. Sachs of Fairbanks,
' George Sundborg, General Man
r ager, and Ralph Browne, Assis
i tant Manager, will be presenl
from the Board’s Juneau head
[ quarters.
- 1,215 HUNTERS
1 APPLY FOR 25
BUFFALO PERMITS
FAIRBANKS-More than 1,
215 applications to hunt bulfalc
had been received by the Fist
: and Wildlife Service here Iasi
, i wreek.
Deadline for applications wa:
' I Aug. 10, but letters from remote
" places wefe still arriving this
" week bearing the Aug. 10 post
1 mark.
Only 25 permits to hunt buf
' falo are to be issued by the FWS
* this year. A drawing is sched
uled Aug. 25 to determine w'hicl
nimrods will get their chance a
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MISDEMEANOR5 AT
CITY GARBAGE DUMP
All was clear on the garbagi
dump until Wednesday morning
After repeated complaints abou
conditions at the city-owned gar
bage dump, Mayor Carl Meie
commissioned George Small t
doze off the mess that litterec
the approach to the dump am
move it over to the river ban]
whec^ it belonged. That was las
week Wednesday. It cost the cit;
nearly S100 to get the job dom
but it was well worth it, accord
\ ing to the Mayor. For several day:
I to quote one councilman, th
dump was “clean as a whistle.
; Came Wednesday of this wee
| and there was a load of garbag
dumped squarely in the middle c
1 the road.
I Indignant, the Council decide
to invoke the misdemeanor 01
dinance against persons foun
' committing such acts hostile t
i the public health and well-beinj
PAIN LATE CANCER
. SYMPTOM
Pain is seldom an early symi
torn of cancer, the American Car
cer Society points out. But, th
‘ ACS says, there are early sigr
that everyone should know. As
; about the seen danger signals <
| your local ACS headquarters an
support the 1952 Cancer Crusad
i Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mrs. Star
ley Laird, and Mrs. Howard E:
’ telle are members of the loc;
I cancer education committee.
»Reporters—
Notebook
Fred and Sara Machetanz head
ed down Kenai Peninsula way
Tuesday and expected to be in
Seward today to meet Sara’s
mother, Mrs. Horace Burleson of
Johnson City, Tennessee, who is
arriving on the Aleutian. This is
her first trip to Alaska. She will
stay until mid-September when
they will all drive Outside togeth
er—with Seegoo—via the Alaska
Highway.
Arriving via Northwest Air
lines Saturday will be Mrs.
Fred Zieke, wife of the new
Co-Op manager.
Dr. and Mrs- F. R. Sims left this
week on vacation, he to go hunt
ing and she to New York City for
the National Convention of the
American Legion and Legion
Auxiliary. Looking off at the
steep, rugged hills last week. Doc
wondered if maybe he shouldn’t
change his intinerary and head
for the big city, too. With Dr.
Charles Pearson taking charge oi
the dentists’ office in his absence
Dr. Sims hopes to have a twc
j months’ vacation this year.
Helen Criles relumed lo her
i duties at the Co-Op office this
week and reported that the
whole family is home from va
cation—and summer school.
Mrs. Theresa McMichael
l daughter of Pat Hemmer, en
planed for Spokane, Washington
Friday, after having resigned hei
job at the SCS office. Her hus
band. Dalen, drove the car Out
side a week ago and will meet hei
there. The McMiehaels arrived ir
the Valley for an extended visit
last January in the midst of thf
big blow', having come particular
ly for the wedding of Theresa’;
sister. Bobbie Jo to Phil McRae
Mrs. Isabel Severhs is back
at the MEA office, where she
is replacing Mrs. June Murphy,
who resigned last Friday.
Dr. Myron F. Babb, horticul
turist at the Alaska Experimen
Station, leaves Monday for Ith
aca, New York, where he wil
attend the National Horticuitura
Society meetings.
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Mrs. Leslie Green, accom
panied by her three children
and her mother, Mrs. May
Trumbo, recently arrived in the
Valley following a motor trip
over the highway from Van
couver, Washington. Mrs. Green
and children had been visit
ing Mrs. Trumbo since the last
part of May. This is Mrs.
Trumbo’s third visit to the
Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ree<
and children Anne and Mac hav
returned to Ellis, Kansas follow
ing a nine day vacation spent witl
the John Reeds. Mrs. Anna Ree;
of Topeka, Kansas also was
recent visitor at the Reed home
She is mother of Lawrence am
John Reed.
New manager at the Vi-Ro
Cafe is Mrs. Eva Campbell.
With Mrs. Anita McGiboney as
new night-cook at the cafe
their '‘home-style" dishes will
be served from early morning
to midnight.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cook w'i.
leave Alaska on the Denali Sep
tember 2 for another Bureau c
Reclamation project at Rivertor
Wvoming. Both of them hav
been working on the Eklutn
Project staff since headquartei
were first set up in Palmer Octc
ber, 1950.
Friends of the Les Greens
gathered Sunday to help poui
the foundaton of the couple's
contemplated new home neai
Wasilla Lake. Short a few sacks
of cement, the pouring had tc
be called off just short of com
pletion. The Greens hope to b«
able to move in before winter
. FINED *fcOR DRIVING
3 VEHICLE WITHOUT
D OWNER'S CONSENT
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William Ratliff of Jonesvil
was fined $100 by U. S. Corrmi
sioner Dorothy Saxton Tuesdc
morning after pleading guilty
court to charges of driving a v
hide without the owner’s conser
A 30-day sentence was suspem
ed.
Ratliff was accused by Hari
O’Donnell of having driven tl
latter’s 1949 Ford from Jone
ville cfn August 15 between tl
hours of 4:15-12 p.m. without tl
owners consent, thus deprivii
the owner of possession.
Palmer Teachers
Returning As
Labor Day Approaches
Labor Day and the first day of
school are not far away, and this
week found fewer and fewer Pal
mer teachers far away either.
Already arrived in town are
Lois Thompson, Betty Jo Riddle,
and Margaret Conway. Miss Con
way drove up the highway with
Leona Burton of Cimarron, New
Mexico, a newcomer to the Pal
j mer School staff who will teach
; second or third grade. The new
| bandmaster, Leo Getsgo, arrived
I with Mrs. Getsgo on Monday, and
| they are settled already in the
Irwin apartment on Wasilla Road.
Keith Stanton, Norman Rousey,
and Gottfried Stephan left North
Dakota August 18 to drive up the
highway in Stephan’s new car.
They are expected to arrive any
day.
Two popular members of the
Palmer school staff will not be re
turning to teach this year, it wai
learned this week. Nettie Smitl
will remain Outside to continue
1 her schooling, and Fred Stasse
j has accepted other employment
FIRST PASTOR OF
ST. MICHAEL'S
RETURNS FOR VISIT
The first pastor and builder o
St. Michael’s Church has been it
; Palmer this week greeting forme
^ parishioners and friends.
He is Father Merrill Sulzman
! who is presently serving at th<
1 Catholic School at Skagway. Jo;
I of reunion has been mutual fo
i the visiting pastor and his long
’ | remembering friends and associa
’! tes.
He left Palmer Wednesday fo
j Anchorage, but it is expected tha
I he will return to his room at th<
Matanuska Hotel later this weel
and possibly remain for the Sun
day service at the church he help
ed to build. Oddly enough, he re
turns to the church on the evi
, of new building progress. Thi
parish he founded is now growl
| beyond the limits of the church
Building of a basement to adi
1 more room for church activitie
j will begin almost immediately.
URGES ACS SUPPORT
The American Cancer Societ
had only $10,000 for caneer con
trol in 1913, the year it was found
ed. Last year more than $15,000.
000 was given ACS by the public
The 1952 Cancer Crusade goal i
j $16,000,000 for triple programs o
' research, service to patients an
' education. Your support is need
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
RICHARD T. BLUE
The first frost of the season,
, fortunately a light one, was re
j ported from some farms south
| of Palmer. The temperature dip
! occurred late Friday night. One
thing potato farmers aren't look
ing forward to now is an August
killing frost.
ACP Official to Visit
According to word received
from Associate Director, Lynn O.
Hollist, Mr. Jordre from the ACP
Branch, Washington, plans to
visit the Territory the latter part
of August. He will review the
ACP program in Alaska and is
j anxious to meet the local ACP
! farmer committees.
PHS Football
Not Being '‘Dropped”
Contrary to suggestion impliec
j this wek in an Anchorage news
1 paper, Palmer School will no
I ; “drop” its projected football spor
| this fall, Superintendent Willian
1 T. Zahradnicek asserted,
i Actually football will be an in
novation this year, since it ha
not been offered previously as ai
I extra-curricular sport. It was re
ported that non-arrival of foot
1 ball equipment would force Pal
[ mer to drop the sport this veai
1 Zahradnicek said the only equip
' j ment that has not arrived is th
| necessary head gear and shouide
• pads. These items are expecte<
* my day. Upon their arrival am
’ that of Coach Norman Rousey, h
said, football practice will begir
Zahradnicek said he hoped
' few games could be arranged be
tween Anchorage and possibl
r some small army team after th
1 local boys have had sufficier
? practice.
CANCER 'CURE' CAUTION
Surgery and radiation, used
singly or in combination, can cure
i most cases of early cancer. The
; American Cancer Society warns
; that any other claims of “cures”
should be thoroughly investigat
: ed.
TRAVEL
&ISFUNj
™ VIA^I
ALASKA
PASSENGER LINERS
From Seward
S.S. ALASKA S.S. BARANOF
Tues., Aug. 26 Thurs.. Aug. 28
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Valdez
Sitka
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
From Seattle
M. V. SUSITNA
Sailing August 26, calling at
Sitka, Cordova, Seward, Sel
dovia, Homer. Kodiak and
Larson Bay.
S. S. NADINA
Sailing August 27, calling at
Seward and Valdez.
FOR INFORMATION
T J. MALONEY. AGENT
OFFICE WESTWARD HOTEL
Phone 22001
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
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Sheet Metal Work
Furnaces Stokers Pre-fab Chimneys
Stainless Steel Work
— Free Estimates —
PALMER S;:ET METAL & HEATING
Box 1797
John Weisenberger
Phone: 62J3
Palmer
ATA IS IMDESPENSA6LE.
TO US! m MUST DEPEND
OK LOW-COST AlK-FRElC-HT*
AND TRANSPORTATION
for our standard
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