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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-06-06
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By BETTY BEALE
Innpromptu Show Is Put on
AT Cav Farewell for Perle
By BETTY BEALE

sons estate on the Patuxent.
Annually one of Washing
tons regular square dance
groups HES itself down to
"Davy's" plush country place
in Maryland and parties from
S o'clock on. Some play ten
mis-. some swim or sun by the
pool, others simply take the
rosy view over a martini.
Admiral Brownie" Temple
and his wife, Priscilla. were
there and the Alden Sibleys,
the Carroll Morgans, Slocum
and Marian Kingsbury, Julie
Sibley. Betty and Jack Hopes,
George Doole, Toby Palms,
and Noel and Elena Macy who,
fresh from three months in
Germany, hoped a plane to
their boat on the Chesapeake
and cruised up to the party.
Ruth Door was also in the
group but sans husband Rus
sell who's on a world trip for
the World Bank. Compare
lively recent corners to Wash
ington, they have bought
Lower Ranleigh in Mclean,
Va.
X X x X
And yesterday morning Bill
and Beulah Foster brought
their Four Star II cruiser into
the harbor of Annapolis long
enough for some Washington
friends to board for a days
spin. 1t was a dreamy sail
with clear skies, pleasant COM
pany and only two mishaps.
Both Gen. Frank Harris and
Bill McComb's hats blew into
the drink. It's possible, too,
that Assistant Secretary of
Defense Wilfred Mcneil got
enough sunburn.
Betty and Jim Barnes were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-06-06
Miss Cohen Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus o.
Cohen announce the marriage
of their daughter Doris Elaine
to Mr.. James Montgomery.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Montgomery of North Bergen.
N. J. on May 81 in Alexandria.
TIL. couple will reside in North
Bergen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-06-06

ated at the ceremony. The
bride was escorted by her
father and was attended by
Mrs. Ben Kopelberg as matron
of honor. Mr.. Raymond Ellis
Lassen was his brothers best
man.
The bride attended the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and
George Washington University.
The bride groom also attended
the University of Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-06-06

ated from Madeira School, at
tended Wellesley College, ands
graduated in 1851 from Bryn
Mawr College.
The bridegroom to-be gradu-
ated from Yale University in
1850, where he was a member
of Delta Kappa Epsilon and
Skull and Bones, and from
Harvard University Law School
in 1858, where he was a men,
Der of Lincoln's Inn Society.
The wedding will take place
in midsummer.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
URGES REGISTRATION
 FOR XMAS CONTEST

Area residents planning to par- ticipate in the Palmer Garden club Christmas lighting contest are urged to register as soon as possible at Maud'S Flower Shop in the theater building. Six prizes are being offered by the club for the most attractive outdoor and indoor Christmas decorations by valley homemakers.
 Registration will be held open until December IT. Participants will have until December 18 to complete their decorations. Judg- ing will begin the evening of the 18th. Places not contacted that evening will be done on the 18th, and winners announced as soon as possible. The date was select ed one week in advance of Christmas to enable the judging committee to get around the val ley for complete coverage of all entries. Themes for decorating may be of a general holiday or religious motif.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
GIRL SCOUTS REMAKINC TOYS, GATHERING CLOTHING FOR NEEDY

Girl Scouts of Troop B are preparing toys and clothing for Christmas donations to needy families, under the leadership of Mrs. Keith Lovejoy. Anyone having clothing or toys they wish to donate may leave them at the office of the U. s. Comnis- sioner, The Frontiersman, or may call Mrs. Lovejoy and they will be picked up.
 The Scouts are remodeling the toys-making new faces on old cloth dolls, washing them, restuf- fling where needed and making new doll clothing. So how about cleaning out the toy box-sort through outgrown clothing, and helping the girls in their Christ mas project.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
MEA MANAGER
 WDRNS OF " lNTEE::::s'NA DANGER

Cy Brewer, Matanuska Electric Association manager, this week repeated a warning to owners of teJevision sets who have antennas erected on or near their homes.
 AFIf the antenna blows down on an electric line. grave consequent ces could result". he stated. Tn fact, tbe contact could cause inc TW set 10 blow out-could result i'm the house being set on fire. he added. The MEA manager urued all television owners 10 be sure inc antennas are securely braced. al all times and that all antennas be checked now for .dE naged or loose bracing caused by the recent wind storm. A num- Der of antennas were knocked down or bent during the heavy storm that swept through the val ley on Tuesday and Wednesday eot fhis week.
 Brewer reported that not too much damage was suffered in the MEA system during the storm. Our biggest problem was in try ing to get to the trouble spots" he said. Drifted snow made roads impossible. One drift, about 150 feet in length, on the Wasilla hill just outside Palmer would have prevented a crew from re- turning from work in the Wasil- Ia area if it hadn't been for the MEAS new truck. "The new four wheel drive truck was a life saw CT for us," Brewer said. The crew had tried to return to Palmer by two other routes but were block ed off by unsurmountable drifts. The new truck, driven by Stan Lowe, broke through the drift on Wasilla road and pulled the sec- ond MEA truck on through. No other traffic was able to get through the drift that night. Leo
 Continued on page 8)
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
Palmer Elks Plan
 Annual Charity Ball

All Elks and their ladies are invited to attend the annual charity ball being held by the Palmer BP.O. Elks lodge Satur- day December 10 at Elks hall. Dancing will begin at 10 pm. and continue until 2 am. Formal dress will be optional, it was an nounced.
 Proceeds from the annual fun etion will go toward the lodges Christmas baskets and children's party. The local Elks lodge plan to have their own Christmas tree and party, as in the past, and will also participate in the com munity party being planned for valley children.
 Tn addition to local Christmas plans, the Elks, with the coopera- ton of the Matanuska Valley Airmens Association, will send Santa Claus to Talkeetna and Glenallen where he will distri- bute food baskets and bags of goodies.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
HEAVY GALES
 HIT AREA IN
 TW0-DAY BLOW

Residents of the Palmer area are busy repairing damages suf- fered earlier this week during severe wind storm.
 Strong gusts that accompanied gale winds that did considerable damage in the Palmer area early this week were officially clock ed at SO miles an hour Tuesday afternoon. Lesser winds showed a speed of 35 miles an hour. These figures were obtained by c. Ivan Branton of the Alaska Agricul- tural Experiment Station from an Amor Velometer, an air speed checking device. The winds were clocked at the laboratory here in Palmer.
 A great number of television antennas were snapped off-as many more were damaged by the winds. The small building, which until very recently was occupied by the Palmer Shoe Repair, was blown off it's foundation, and the warm-up shack at the PARK skating rink was turned over twice by the force of the gale.
 Telephone services were among the first casualties reported dur ing the storm.
 Robert Partridge, manager of the Matanuska Valley Telephone sytem, reported the new cables held up well. Our trouble was mainly from the drop lines. We had about $ ousages repcrtkd by id-afternoon Tuesday and sew eraI more have come in since that tiIne'', he said. Prior to the wind storm the MTA work crew were in the midst of com pleting rural lines. Considerable wind damage was suffered on this incompleted work, Partridge said.
 Through Civil Defense an aux Hilary power plant has been se- cured for the telephone inside
 Continued oh page 8
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
Chamber May Conduct AVA Membership Drive

Everett Adams, president of the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce, has named "a com mittee from the Chamber to study the feasibility of conduct ing a membership campaign for the Alaska Visitor Association in the valley. Named to the com mittee were Richard Jones, Lucille Mick, Betty Mears, and Stewart Durrant.
 The election of officers, origin ally scheduled for the December ' meeting of the Chamber, was postponed to December IA at which time a special meeting will be held. Members voted to dis pense with the regular December 2I meeting.
 The local Chamber of Com merce urges all organizations, churches, and individuals who plan to contribute Christmas box es for the needy, to clear through the office of U. $. Commissioners Dorothy B. Saxton to avoid du- plication and omission.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
S437, ,384 AGRICULTURE LOANS MADE DURING PAST TWO YEARS

A total of $124,376.82 was loaned for the acquisition of chattels and $42,255.09 to aid in crop financ- ing, the report showed. Presently on loan, in all three classified tions is $11, ,46O.23 iii the Panama Valley; the Matanuska Valley Anchorage area has $11,841.10 outstanding; and other areas Gall outlying regions), $94,880.94.
 The 1853 Legislature set up the Alaska Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund and appropriated $2OO,000 at that time. Some of the original provisions of the bill were expanded by the 1855 Leg islature and an additional sum of $150, ,OO0was appropriated, mak- ing total of $350,000 available for loan. The object of the bill was to set up a fund from which Alaskan farmers, unable to Se- cure necessary credit through reg ular credit channels, could bor- row. According to Lang three types of loans are available: Farm development, chattel, and crop loans.
 Loans to date have been made on all types of agricultural en- terprises. Geographical distribu- ton of the loans have ranged from Southeastern Alaska, Kodi- ak and the Aleutians, through the Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska Valley and the Panama Valley in the north.
 Loan applications are available at the Palmer office of the Alas ka Department of Agriculture where they are processed.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
r. A. MOVER REELECTED PRESIDENT
 MATANuSKA VALLEY FAIR ASSOCIATION

made, rather than before. (N Complete projects started before starting new ones. Those include the new office building, finish setting fence already on hand, Fair Museum in shape, level, landscape, and seed ground and make repairs; fix grandstand faults, more adequate toilet re- pairs, complete electric accomo- dations, condition concrete build ing, and name buildings and re- number huts. (5) Work out a five year plan for construction and expantion. This would include another concrete building, ade- quate toilets, shooting gallery building, permanent concession booths along midway, and plan ming and charting of grounds for the future.
 (6) Better midway facilities permanent concession booths. Carnival equipment; (possibly, encouragement of private enter prize.) (7) An AIl-Alaska fair at Palmer. Objectives for 1856: A name and organization. Channel ling of best exhibits to Palmer. Advertising and publicity. Unity of purpose of all Alaska fairs.
 Continued on page 8
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
SALK VACCINE
 STILL AVAILABLE

A limited amount of Salk vac cine still remains to be distribut- ed in the Valley region, it was announced this week. The vac cine, available to all children aged five to nine and to all preg- nant women, may be obtained through family physicians with no charge made for the vaccine. Physicians are permitted to make nominal charge for service. Those who have had their first vaccine injection may now have their second, providing at least one month has elapsed since the first injection, it was announced.
 Anyone else, desiring vaccine injections, who does not fall in the specified age group, may purchase the vaccine from a druggist and have it injected by their family physician. A limited supply has been made available to druggists for this purpose
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
SKETBALL FANS HAVE CHANGE TO SEE FIVE GAMES

Palmer High School basketball coach, Chip" Chatterton, an nounced today there will be five basketball games played in Pal mer tomorrow and Saturday night. At 6 pm. Friday the Jun for High team will play the fresh men team; at 7:30 pm. the junior varsity will take on the Wasilla team; and at pm. the Moose will meet the Seward Seahawks. On Saturday the games will open at 7:30 pm. when the teen-a age club from Anchorage visits Pal mer for a game with the Palmer junior varsity team. The Moose and Seahawks play again at 9 pm. following this game.
 Starting line up for the Moose, Chatterton said, will see team captain Jack Worledge in the center berth, Johnny Bob Reed and Neil Hermon in the forward positions, and Mike Leek and Paul Campbell in the guard spots. Moose reserves who will probab- ly be seeing action during the games are: Lane Rice, f; Larry Trowbridge, f; Jerry McKechnie, c; Bert Varral, g; Tosh Pearson, g; Keith Smith, f; and Bob Estel- le, c.
 All games will be. played in the Central School gymnasium. Admission prices are 25 cents for junior high; 50 cents for senior high; and $1.00 for adults.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08

T. A. Mover was reelected president of the Matanuska Val ley Fair Association at a board of directors meeting held Decem- Der 5. Others named to office were Rusty Dow, vice president; Alfred Hagen, secretary; and William Adams, treasurer.
 Five valley residents were named to the board of directors of the association at the annual membership meeting held De- cember l. Stewart Durrant, who was named to fill a vacancy on the board last year, was elected to complete that term, which has one year to run.
 Elected to serve two-year terms were T. A. Mover, William Adams, forester at the local Fire Guard Station; and Dr. R. F. Fo- lev, who is affiliated with the Ex- pertinent Station. Robert Part ridge, Matanuska Telephone As sociation manager, was elected to serve a one-year term. Board members Rusty Dow and Alfred Hagen complete the board of di- rectors. Each has one year to com plete their two-year terms.
 Following the board presidents annual report given at the mem bership meeting, various sugges- tions offered by Mover were dis cussed by the membership. Pro- posals made by Mover included Q) A four-day Fair in 1856. Be gin on Friday, close on Monday. @ A revision of the premium book. (3) A balanced budget. Be able to spend the money after
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
Extension Service
 Office Now Located Over Berf's Drug Store

The Extension Service office has been set up in quarters formerly occupied by the De- partment of Agriculture over Bert's Drug store, it was an nounced this week. Since the fire that damaged the office in the Legion building, the Ser vice has. been carrying on business from the basement of the Matanuska Electric Asso- citation business office. Regular office hours will be observed in their new location in the Wright building. The Depart ment of Agriculture recently moved to space over the Val ley Bank.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
VflLEy REC0VERlNG FR0Ill ujIND ST0RnIl
DELEGATE HURLEY TO BE HOME FOR HOLIDAY RECESS

James Hurley, local dele gate to the Constitutional Con- vention now in session at Col lege, will be home from De- cember 20 through January l, according to word sent down this week. During his recess period ne will he available to clubs, organizations, or other groups, for Constitution dis cussions. It was suggested that. advance plans be made for dis cussion periods to avoid con- flicting dates, by calling Mrs. Dorothy Woods, secretary, at the Alaska Rural Rehabilita- ton Corporation office.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
wo Houses Total Losses in Separate Fires This Week

Fire hit twice during the se- were wind storm that struck Palmer Tuesday and Wednesday, of this week. Tuesday night, with extremely high winds blowing, a one-story house owned by Ferb Bailey burned to the ground while Palmer volunteer fire fighters concentrated on prevent ing nearby buildings from catch ing fire from sparks which were flying many feet through the air. The fire was discovered by Roy Felix and the alarm sounded at 6:45 pm. Fire Chief Joseph Gal lant said the fire was apparently caused by wiring in the upper part of the house. The house was unoccupied.
 Wednesday morning at 6:30 Mir and Mrs. Allen Richie of the Glenn Highway were burned out of their home. As near as can be determined the fire started in the basement, Richie said. This is the second severe fire the coup le have suffered in the past year and one half. Previously the lar ge log home, located about a mile. above the site of their second home, burned to the ground. The Richies had rebuilt in the new location. Their house, furnishings, garage and automobile were to- tai loss. Because of the distance, fire fighting equipment could not be moved to the fire in time to have prevented the loss. Lack of electricity at the time of the fire prevented the use of the water pump at the Richie home. The couple have takn an apart ment at Christensen's Apart mentS.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08

One hundred and seventy three loans have been made by the Al aska Agricultural Loan Board, according to James Wilson, ad- YIlinistrator of the Loan program who made this report during the annual meeting held at the new offices of the Alaska Department of Agriculture November 29.
 President Paul Greimann of Fairbanks presided over the meeting. Also in attendance were Vern Mutch, vice president of the board, from Homer; Richard Jones, secretary, from Palmer; Burt Simple from Fairbanks; Leonard Kyger from Palmer; Wilson, and Herbert Lang, loan agent. Items of business includ- ed a review of all loans outstand- ing. discussion of loan policy, election of new Board officers and consideration, of several new loan applications.
 Of the 173 loans made, PA are currently outstanding. A total of 437.384.48 has been loaned in the two years of operation. The Board now has $317,182.27 out on loan with $16,0O0 in loans pend ing. Farm development comes in for the largest share of these loans with a total of $150,550.36.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08
KIWANIANS SEEKING TALENT FOR ANNUAL MINSTREL SHOW

Members of the Palmer KIWan- is minstrel show committee have started preparations for the clubs annual show which will be pre- sented sometime in the early part of 1856.
 Anyone with ideas for the 1856 show-anyone knowing of local talent-is asked to contact Char les Logsdon, The Frontiersman office, or any Kiwanian. The committee is working hard to make the coming show one of the biggest and best ever pre- sented to the valley.
The frontiersman., 1955-12-08

MONDAY, DEC. l2 MEETING GREAT BOOKS, Sextus and Elm
 piricus. Exper. Station, 7:30
 pm.
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Miss PiIIsbury's Estate
Valued al S241,339

Miss George B. Pillsbury. for
many years a Washington resi-
dent, left an estate valued at
$241,339.
A petition for probate of her
will was filed yesterday in the
Register of Wills Office in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Miss Pillsbury, who had been
socially prominent here, died on
January II at her home in the
Brighton Hotel, 2123 California
street NV. She was 95. Her
home formerly was in Mon
mouth, Ill.
Under terms of her will, the
bulk of her estate is to be di-
vided between Monmouth Col
lege and the Monmouth Park
District, after a few special be-
quests are taken care Of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
u. 5. and Italy Sign
Double taxation Pact

The United States and Italy
yesterday signed agreements in
tended to avoid double taxation
and to prevent fiscal evasion re-
lating to taxes on income and
taxes on estates and inheritances.
The conventions were signed
by Secretary of State Dulles and
Italian Foreign Minister Gaetano
MARITIME. who is in Washing
ton with Prime Minister Mario
Scelba.
The conventions are similar to
those already existing between
the United States and a number
of other countries. They do
away with practically all double
taxation on Federal income and
eliminate double taxation con-
nected with the settlement in
one country of estates in which
nationals of the other country
have interests.
The agreements do not apply
to taxes imposed by the District
of Columbia or the States, terri
tories and possessions of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Churchill Retirement
Held Delayed by
Newspaper Strike

LONDON. Mar. 81 (R.-The
Manchester Guardian speculated
today that London's week-old
newspaper strike may delay
Prime Minister Churchill's an
ticipated retirement.
The Guardian, which favors
the Liberal Party, said that "all
the plans have been prepared
for the 80-year-old Conservative
leader to hand over the govern
ment reins to Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden next week. But
it added:
ut is widely and firmly be-
lieved by some Conservatives
that this fundamental change in
government would not be allowed
to happen while the London
press is silent. ~
IF, therefore, the newspaper
strike continues throughout next
week, the announcement of the
government changes may be
deferred.
All 13 of London's big morning
and sevening newspapers have
suspended publication because of
a wage strike last Friday by some
700 maintenance men and cleo
tricians. There has been no sign
of a break in the union-publisher
deadlock.
Reports that Sir Winston's re-
tirement is imminent revived
recently, with April 5 or 6 49,
orally considered the most likely
date. That would be just before
Parliament's Easter recess and
before he leaves for a spring
holiday in Sicily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
LeeMonsion Sought
As Memorial to
Confederate Hero

Congress yesterday was asked
to memorable Gen. Robert E.
Lee by legislation dedicating the
Lee Mansion in Arlington Gene
terry as permanent memorial to
the Confederate leader.
A joint resolution backed with
bipartisan sponsorship was in
PRODUCED in both Senate and
House. 1t was sponsored by
Senator Kefauver, Democrat,
of Tennessee and Representative
Broyhill, Republican, of Virginia.
The legislation would memo
.rialize the general in connection
with the Goth anniversary of the
ending of Civil War hostilitieS at
Appomattox, April 8, 1865.
The Lee Mansion has already
been restored as far as possible
to pre-Civil War condition, but
the act directing such restora-
ton by the Secretary of War did
not formally dedicate the man
sion as a permanent memorial to
Gen. Lee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-31
Vicar Hits Publicity
In Graham Crusade

MANCHESTER, England. Mar.
81 (P.-An Anglican clergyman
complained today that the publi-
city Billy Graham's crusade is
getting creates the impression
Britain is a pagan country. hear
ing and responding to the gospel
for the first time.
The Rev. Fred Hoyle. Vicar
of Baguley, wrote in his parish
magazine that combinations in
the Church of England compared
favorably with the number of
decisions for Christ" Mr..
Graham's listeners make at the
end of each of his meetings.
The Vicar said Mr.. Graham
claimed 5000 decisions" in his
greater London crusade last
year.
"But the (Angliean) Man