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The Nome nugget., 1954-12-06
Salisbury Will Autograph
Copies of Poems of Alaska"

The special autograph service
at Polet's Store Saturday, intro
ducing Harold Salisbury and his
book Poems of Alaska" was cur
tailed due to the storm. Several
people have expressed regrets at
beng unable to have their books
autographed for Christmas gifts.
Requests for autographing may
be left at Polet's Store and they
will be taken care of, stated the
author, or he would be glad to
do it at his home on D Street.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-06
Home Arts Club Xmas Party

Home Arts Club Xmas Party
Members of the Home Arts
Club are planning a Christmas
party tomorrow evening at the
home of Jessie Barber with Velma
Coins at co-hoStess.
The members are showing their
ingenuity with an exchange of
handmade gifts.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-06
NOME WEATHER DELAYS
5000 POUNDS OF MAIL

Over 5000 pounds of mail was
scheduled to arrive over the
weekend, the post office has re-
ported, and about 1000 pounds
did get through the storm.
The balance is enroute and may
get in today if the weather mod
crates sufficiently.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-06
WIEN AIRLINES

The delayed Saturday flight of
Wien Airlines arrived Sunday,
bringing E. Nelson an M. E. Wier.
Passengers for Fairbanks were:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cannon,
Father Neil Murphy, Thomas
Boucher, Mrs. Jay Lyon, Jay
Lynn Lyon, Capt. F. Stillman, and
Grace CrosSon.
To Kotzebue: Steve Stephenson
and Ethel Karmun.
To Deering: Wilbur Karmun.
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-06
November Traffic On Alaska's
Airline's me-Anchorage Run

Figrues released by Alaska Air
lines show that the company
carried the following traffic on
the Nome-Anchorage run during
November:
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
EVERETT ADAMS
 NAMED NEW
 CHAMBER PRESIDENT

Recently elected members of the board of directors of the Ma tanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce named officers for the 1855 year at a recent board meet ing.
 Everett Adams, Piggly-Wiggly manager, was named president of the Chamber Serving with him will be John Gore, co-oWner of Tost's Service as vice-president, and Marie Britton, owner of Marie's Style Shop as secretary treasurer.
 Committees for the coming year will be appointed at the next reg. ular meeting, which will be held January 5 in the Coop club room.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
SLED DOG RACES SET FOR SUNDAY

Any newcomer to Alaska, or the valley, who has never seen sled dog race is invited to attend the sled dog races planned for Sunday, January at Lake Lucil- le in Wasilla.
 The races are scheduled to get under way at pm. with all the color and excitement that accom- panies this type race. It will be patterned after one held at the lake last winter and will see All aska champs vieing for the top honors.
 Ample parking space will be found around Hallea lodge, how ever spectators are urged to dress warmly if they plan to watch the races.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
U. }. Army Reserve Co. Activated in Palmer

The U. s. Army Reserves at Palmer have functioned very well with a great amount of in- terest shoWn," according to Cap tain James H. Pierce, of Anchor age and commanding officer of the local unit. Because of the growth in size and the general ability of the men, company will be activated in Palmer the first of January" he announced.
 The local company will be de- signated as e" Co.,, 180th Com bat Engineer Battalion. In obser- vance of this activation, open house will be held at the armory Wednesday evening, January 5 from 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Films of general interest, distributed by the U. s. War Department will be shown, along with displays of special and general engineer ing equipment. The public is in- vited to drop in during the visit ing hours and see for themselves just what is being done by the Reserves in the Palmer area. It. Col. Ed Brunner, Senior Army Advisor of U. s. Army Reserve in Alaska will be present, along with It. Col. Michael Burke, commanding officer of the 180th Combat Engineer Battalion. Re treatments will be served dur ing the evening.
 First in Alaska
 This is the first locality in Al aska to support company of a Reserve unit, Captain Pierce stated. The local unit originally was part of B" Co.,, and prior to that time was a military intelli- .gence detachment. More recently, and until the end of this year, the unit is a detachment of Headquar- ters and Service Company of the 1a0th Combat Engr. Bn. Because of the interest of the men, the actlvatlon of the new company is possible, he added.
 PFC Byron Eldridge was re- gently promoted to the rank of Corporal and George Campbell, Paul Campbell, Gene A. Dinkel, and Gus J. Knutsen, all Privates, were advanced to Private First Class grade. Two new members, both holding Sergeant ranks, joined the unit on December 20. They are Barry D. Fernbach and
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
ALIENS MUST REPORT ADDRESS

Aliens are reminded that they must report their present address during January, 1855.
 Federal law requires that every alien who is within tn United States on the first day of Janu- ary of each year shall within 30 days following such date, report his address to the Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service and shall furnish such ad- dress information as may be re- ouired by regulations. Any alien who is temporarily absent from the U. s. during the report period should report his address within 10 days after his return.
 Deportation is a penalty for failure to report. Any alien who willfully or inexcusably fails to report as required is liable to be taken into custody and deported. In addition, imprisonment or fin es may be levied before deporta- tion.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
Jack Dragseth Enters U. 5. Navy

Jack L. Dragseth, IF, son of Mrs. Velma L. Dragseth of Pal mer, has enlisted in the U. S. Navy, the Navy Recruiting Sta ton in Seattle has announced.
 Jack is undergoing recruit training with Company 364 at the U. s. Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. He will be granted Christmas leave from De- cember 18 to January l, 1855. He plans to spend his leave at 4755 Bond Street, Seattle. Upon com pletion of his Christmas leave he will return to the Naval Train ing Center and complete his nine weeks of recruit training.
 Young men and women in the Palmer area who are interested in enlisting in the U. s. Navy may obtain information by writing to Officer in Charge, U. s. Navy Recruiting Station, no Union Street, Seattle l, Washington.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
Edward 0. Martin
 Killed in Accident

According to word received in the U. S. Marshal's office in An chorage today Edward o. Martin, about 23, son of MT. and Mrs. Harrison Martin, ST., was believed instantly killed when a pistol he was handling discharged when dropped to the floor. The bullet struck Martin in the head. Because of poor connections clear details of the accident have not yet been received.
 MT. Martin is survived by his parents with whom he was mak- ing his home, and three brothers, Ernest, who is attending school in Indiana; Lester who recently joined the U. s. Marines and Harrison, Jr. who lives in Michi- gan. Also four sisters, Mrs. Ralph Plumley of Palmer and three sisters all of whom make their homes in Michigan.
 The Martins, who formerly liv- ed at the Butte, are proving up on their homestead in the Kenai area. The accident was reported to have happened at the home stead of MT. and Mrs. Robert E. Daniels of Boulder Point. Funeral arrangements are pending.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
PUBLIC INVITED TO GAME HEARING ON JANUARY {

All hunters and fishermen of the valley area are reminded of the annual game hearing to be held next Tuesday night, Janu- ary at pm. in the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen quarters, locat- ed in the basement of the Coop Rec Hall.
 Officials of the Fish and Wild life Service will be in attendance to discuss any proposed dlanges that may be presented during the evening.
 All persons interested in assist ing in the planning of the 1o55-56 fish and game laws are urged to attend. Recommendations made at such meetings do not neces- sarily mean that the change will be adopted in the next years reg ulations, but it is chance for the general public to voice his or her choice in changes or additions to existing regulations.
 Hearings are held throughout Alaska during the winter months, recommendations correlated and then sent to the Washington of. flee of FWS where final regula- tions are established.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
Over 500 Attend ChiIdrens' Annual Christmas Party

Approximately 500 youngsters in the Valley attended the annual Christmas party sponsored by the merchants of the area. Santa Claus arrived rigth on time, drop ping down the chimney of the candy house and popping out the door amid the jingle of his bells and the delightful greetings of the children.
 Each child attending was given a bag of goodies which had been packed by members of the local Women of the Moose. Surplus bags were sent to the various childrens' homes in the valley.
 The committees in charge of the party extended their thanks this week to the Women of the Moose, members of Moose Lodge who acted as ushers during the party, George Small, Al, Imogene and Pat Hagen who donated the use of the theatre and who set up and decorated the candy house and 20-foot Christmas tree, mem bers of Beta Sigma Phi who so- licited funds for the party, and the many merchants and individ' uals who make the annual affair such a success.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
Eastern Star
 Plans Installation

Clarence C. Hoffman and Mrs. June Murphy will be installed in their respective offices of worthy patron and worthy matron at an installation to be held by the Ma tanuska Valley O. E. Star on Wednesday evening, January 5 at 8 pm. in Carpenters Hall.
 Officers for the coming year were elected at the December 15 meeting and in addition to the above named include the follow ing: Grayson Murphy, associate patron; Marive Laird, associate matron; Dorothy Onkka, secre- tary; Lula Sandvik, treasurer, Katheryn Wilson, conductress, and Isabelle Severns, associate conductress. They also will be in- stalled in office at the January 5 meeting.
 Installing officer will be Marne Hanks, past matron, who will be assisted by other officers.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
FOOD COSTS
 CONTINUE 1 D0WNWARD TREND

Family food budgets in Alaska now cost from five to eight per cent less than they did six months ago, according to Hugh A. John- son, Experiment Station econ- omist; and there is no indication of sudden rise ahead.
 Meats, eggs, apples, canned juices, coffee, fats and oils led the general price decline which was noted in September when the last quarterly survey was made. Of the 30 food items in- cluded in the survey, only lemons and cocoa were consistently higher than in September, kohn- son said. Fresh and evaporated milk, bread and banana prices generally were unchanged. Most other foods fluctuated above and below September prices with a general downward trend.
 Sitka was the only one of the six cities now included in the re- opening service to show a slight rise of 0.7 percent over Septem- Der Is price levels for the 30 grocery items. According to John son, the nature of the items caus- ing this rise at Sitka seems to indicate that the recent shipping situation may have been involved as a cause.
 Greatest net change from Sep tember IS levels was a 70 percent decline at Fairbanks. Its food price level was highest of all cit ies surveyed and it's downward adjustment to date has been the greatest. Food prices in Fair banks have dropped 8.2 percent from the high of last June. They were 5.l percent below December IS, 1853 and 40 percent below
 Continued on Page D
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
ASSESSMENT FORMS MAILED THIS WEEK

Self assessment forms were mailed this week by the City As sessor to all owners of personal property in Palmer.
 A notice accompanying the form points out that January l, 1855 is the date on which all per sonal property owners in the city should access their personal pro- perty for the purpose of taxation to help support local schools.
 To save an expense, the same forms used last year are being used again this year, a substan- tial number having been left over. Whenever the year 1854 appears on the forms, the year 1855 should be substituted.
 All personal property located in the City on January l, 1855 is subject to taxation, as well as real property. The purpose of the form is to assist the taxpayer in listing all his personal property for assessment and taxation pur- poses. All personal property of a tangible nature, such as itemized on the form, is taxable.
 With one exception the value of all personal property is to be set by the person filling out the return. The one exception being motor vehicles. The taxpayer is required to enter the description of his motor vehicle but the value of the vehicle will be entered by the Assessor, based upon valua- tiors contained in the current Ma tional Automobile Dealers Asso- citation, official used car guide, western division.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
Mobile x-Ray Unit In Valley Next Week

unit, under the direction of Dr. and Mrs. Johan Weinberg will be set up at the Alpine Inn in Sut- ton. Residents of that area, ex- cepting school children, may get their x-rays between the hours of 300 and 500 pm. Mrs. Harvey Hiber is program chairman.
 The following day the unit will be moved to the health center at Wasilla School where Mrs. May Carter and Superintendent Ernest Line are local chairmen. X-rays will be given to school children and adults on that day
 On Wednesday the equipment will come to Palmer, where it will be set up for the remainder of the week in the Home Econ omics room of Central School basement. After processing films taken at Sutton and Wasilla, the mobile unit staff will be ready to begin X-raying in the Palmer area early the next morning.
 Palmer school children will be x-rayed by grades on Thursday and Friday from am. to noon and from 1:30 to 300 pm. Adult X-rays will be taken on these same days between 300 and 400 pm. All adults who are able to attend the clinic at this time are urged to do so by Palmer pro- gram chairman Mrs. Richard An drews and Mrs. Charles Wilson. Because of a recent change in schedules, the only other day re- maining for adult X-ray in the [ Palmer area will be Saturday, January 8.
 On Saturday adults may get their X-rays in the basement of Central School from 200 to 500 pm. or from 6:30 to 800 pm. Pre-school children are not be- ing X-rayed at this time except for known or suspected contacts of active tuberculosis cases.
 Assisting the mobile unit staff and the local program chairmen in the Palmer area will be the following committees: Facilities, Ray DePriest; hostesses for school children, Wanda Wilson, chair man, Ida Stadler, Cloycine Drig- gars, Sal Esslinger, Midge Hud- gins, Kathleen Moore, Marian Persinger, Norma Bensin, and Leanne Dodds; hostesses for adults-all members of Beta Sig ma Phi-are: Mildred Buzby, chairman, Dorothy Saxton, Vir- ginia Gallant, Marylou Rideout, Clara Buzby, Helen Critics, Lee Ehrhrt, Gladys Jones, Ann Wood ruff, Bonnie Bettine, Helen Maze, Marne Hanks, Eileen Branton, Vii vian Shaver, Betty Rice, Norma Ritchie, Bernice Kuoppola, Claire Kopperud, Hazel Harris, Dorene Asay, and Frances Hubert.
 The transportation unit of Pal
 Continued on page 10)
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
Commissioners Office Closed on Jan. 5, 6, 7,

The office of U. $. Commis- sioner Dorothy B. Saxton will be closed on January 5, 6, and 7 while Mrs. Saxton attends the U. s. Commissioners con- vention to be held in Anchor age on those dates.
 For the benefit of those un- able to get into the office to purchase licenses during work ing hours, the office is open until 6 pm. each day and will be open Friday morning, De- cember 31, until noon.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
LOCAL MEN ACCOMPANY RANCHERS ON TOUR
 OF CATTLE RANGE LAND

Roscoe Taylor, William Sweet man, both of the Agriculture Ex- pertinent Station, and I. M. C. Anderson of Anchorage, repre- senting the Territorial Depart ment of Agriculture accompanied Cline KoonZ of Fairbanks and three cattlement from Texas on
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The frontiersman., 1954-12-30

Elmer Kelly, both of Star Route.
 "The new Company calls for five officers and one warrant of fieer," Capt. Pierce pointed out. "The officers will be assigned from the Anchorage area for the present time, but it offers an op- portunity, for men qualified, to fill these vacancies"
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30

The mobile X-ray unit Of the Alaska Department of Health moves into the Matanuska Valley next week for a full weeks sch edule as part of the territory wide drive to have every Alas kan get chest X-ray.
 On Monday, January 3, the
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
CITY BUSINESS
 LICENSES DUE JAN.

All persons conducting a business in the City of Palmer are reminded that payment of business licenses are due on January l, 1855. City business licenses are issued under City of Palmer Ordinance 14, 31 and Il and are scaled, according to .ype of business operation.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30

Russ and Rusty Dow plan to leave Palmer today for a trip over the highway to the States. They said they plan to be gone about two months and are head ing flor the sunshine. Their trip may include a visit to Miami, Fla.
The frontiersman., 1954-12-30
PRACTICE GAME
 SLATED FOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM

All members of the Palmer High School basketball team are notified of a practice game Saturday evening, January l at g pm. in the school gym nasium. An Army team has been scheduled to meet the To- cal hoopsters in the first game to be played on the new gym nasiun floor.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-09
Milford New Century
Club Notes

For the past two years it has
been the aim of the local Board of
Education, in conjunction with the
State Board of Education 10 assist
boys and girls of junior high school
age in their selection of courses of
study that will best prepare them
for their place in the business
world. This guidance program was
the basis for the very fine talk
given on Monday by Mrs. Charles
Summers before the members of
the Milford New Century Club. Mrs.
Summers, member Of the local
faculty, was presented to the
members by Mrs. Herman Z. Phil
lips, member of the school board
This guidance program is fast be-
coming one of the most valued
aspects Of youth education. in that
1t eliminates much of the guess
work in the right choice of pat
terms of vOcatiOns and profess
siOns, and could avoid misfits i'm
adult life. Questions followed. A
group of young boys and girls of
one section of the third grade. and
taught by Mrs. John Jewell, was
present to give its Interpretation
VI TWO musical numbers as they
danced for the members. Mrs. J.
Raymond Bennett explained that
the pupils had worked out their
own Interpretation of the music.
These visits or school pupils give
the members some insight into the
several phases of school work.
One hundred and twenty knitted
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-09
Never Tell A Secret
To A Man
BY CYNTHIA LOWRY
APP Newsfeatures Writer

There's a lovely little myth, pas
sionately maintained by all red
bloOded American males, that Cos
sip, like sewing, is wOmen's work.
Busy, career-minded, no-time-
fOr-nOnsense men have for years
been able to preserve the illusion
that when THEY get together for
conferences, the talk is of (a) bus
mess, (b) golf scores and (c) stag
jokes unfit for shellike ears.
Whenever their believing spouses
relay some fine and fancy piece of
information - factual or deduced
from circumstantial evidence-the
traditional male response had been
to listen keenly but with a bored
expression and at it's conclusion
never in midstream, mind you-tO
remark in a lOrdly and superior
fashion that gossip isn't a nice
thing to indulge in.
Don't you women have anything
better to do all day than gOssip?'
is, l understand, a cliche to con-
clude such conversations.
1t has long been the suspicion
of many on the distaff side that the
apparently disdainful male is at
least as big a gossip as any of the
opposite sex. 1t has long been the
innermOst conviction of most work
ing women that those jolly cOnvo-
cations around the water-cooler
aren't entirely devoted to bowling
scores and last nights television
jokes.
Well, girls and boys. 7 don't
know how things are in your office
and around your house, but with a
little adrOit plotting which would
have done credit TO Sherlock
Holmes, Joe Friday, Mike Barnett
and Martin Kane in concert. we
have managed to trap the season s
limit of Office gossips, and to no
bOdy's surprise, the bag was en-
tirely male.
The bait available 10 us was d
stork-lype secret, a future blessed
event perhaps suspected but in no
way confirmed. The owner of said
secret cOnfided it to three persons.
all Of whom were under instruc-
tions of secrecy. l was one; the
other two were presumably nom
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-09

squares, five by five inches. are
being done by several members Of
the club and will be used for an
afghan to be sent to Korea, Mrs.
Lynwood Taylor, chairman for this
work, has set April Is as the dead
line for the completion OF the
knitting. Miss Ella May MeCrearv
OF Newark, was present to acquaint
the members with the purpose of
the League of Women Voters. with
the hope Of having a branch estab-
lished in Milford The art prize
a picture that was awarded to the
club for achievement in art, has
been framed and was placed on
view at the meeting. Several
members have entered the literary
contest conducted each year bv
the State Federation. They are
Mrs. Joseph J. Pearce, Mrs. M. A.
Glasmire, Mrs. DemOnd Lyons.
Miss Edna Barker, Mrs. S. Willis
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-09

gossippy gentlemen. Then the
owner of the secret and | staked
out the Office, waiting for the word
to leak out.
Evactly "a hours after the mark
ed message had been strategically
cOntided, it was being whispered
enthusiastically around the water
cooler and in the coat closets: Of
iicial CONTINUATION of a suspected
situation had been received. BY the
next day, the news had been fash
ed outside the office, and this in
vestigatOr was fatty told of the
secret by (male) confidant Of one
of the suspects, one who works far
on the other side of town. Source
OF information was readily traced
because the willing guinea piE in
the experiment had skilliully in
serted certain exclusive informa-
uOn-Which came down the line
completely in its original form.
At the moment, all the Office
wives, when they drop in to bunch
with their husbands, or telephone
them to pick up an extra pound
OF lamb chops, tenderly and inter-
estedly inquire after the health of
the central figure in our little test.
RMS, OF course, can only indicate
that some men pass along such fas-
clnating tidbits to their wives, al
though if asked directly about re-
laying trivia and dealing in per-
sonalities, any one of the bows
would snort that they hadn't time
for such things.
i don't for one minute claim
that this isolated experiment
proves cOnclusively that all men
are gossips. But at least we're