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The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
LEGION, AUXILIARY OBSERVE MEMORIAL DAY WITH SERVICE

Memorial Day services were conducted at the Palmer Gene tery on May 30th by members of the American Legion, Matanuska Valley Post No. Is. Commander Ray Lancaster was in charge of the service.
 Flags of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxil- iary were carried by post mem bers. Tn addition Brownie Scout Veronica Trudell and Girl Scouts Carol Jean Wilson and Margaret Brewer carried flags of Girl Scout Troop Fl for the first time. The long row of colors whipping in the wind were an impressive sight.
 Legion and Auxiliary members this week expressed their thanks to the firing squad of Co. c 180th Engr. Bn., U. s. Army Reserve, which was headed by Sergeant John Dunlap; to Howard Camp bell, bugler, and many others who helped with the services.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
PARC Pleads for Playground Volunteers

Unless parents of children aged four to eight years old ex- press an immediate desire for a supervised playground this sum- mer, the Palmer Area Recreation Council will be forced to aban- don ready-made plans for this age group, to devote their time to the teen-age group, it was an nounced this week.
 Because of a limited budget it will be necessary to ask some parents to volunteer one three hour morning a week to help the full time teen-age director the PARC hopes to have. In order to keep insurance rates at a mini mum, adults must be present at all times. A nominal registration fee of 10 cents per day, per child, would be charged to cover insur- ance, craft supplies, and play equipment. An adults volunteer services would automatically pay their child's fee for the six-week period.
 If you want a playground for
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The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
DISTRICT AGENT RESIGNS POSITION

Grayson (Pat) Murphy is re- signing his position as district agricultural agent for the Ma tanuska Valley. The resignation becomes effective June Is, Ar thur s. BuSwell, associate direc- tor of the University of Alaska Extension Service, said. Illness in the family requires them to move to a warmer climate, Mur- phy explained in his letter to Buswell
 Buswell is accepting applica- tions for the position. Applica- tions from Matanuska Valley residents will be considered first, he said. Since the Extension Ser vice is an adult education pro- gram of the university, appli- cants are required to have col lege degree in agriculture.
 Murphy joined the Extension Service staff June l, 1854, sue ceeding Richard Blue in the Ma tanuska Valley. He had had ev- tension experience as a county agent in Kansas after his gradu- ation from Kansas State College He was a soil conservationist with the Soil Conservation Ser vice in North Dakota, Nevada and Palmer. He operated the Frank B. Linn daiy farm at Ma tanuska for two years prior to joining the Extension faculty.
 ''The Extension Service regrets losing such an experienced and capable agriculturist," Buswel said.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
LUCKY WASILLA FISHERMAN GETS LIMIT TROUT CATCH

The smile of a proud fisherman almost tells the story. Ralph Brothers got his limit in rain bow trout at Rocky Lake on May 28 and was happy to pose for this picture for Alex McRae of the Department of Fisheries, who was making check on catches that day. Brothers eight fish was limit catch, with the largest measuring 161a inches.
 Although fishermen getting their limit are few, several good catches of three to five fish were reported out of Echo, Rocky and Wasilla Lakes, McRae said. John Wymesich of Anchorage got his limit at Echo lake, fishing from the bank; two other fishermen got their limits at Rocky lake, and Bob Peterson brought a beautiful catch home from Echo. Approximately 20 fishermen at Rocky lake were checked for their catch and licenses. All were found to have their territorial fishing stamp. Out of 45 fisher men checked at Echo and Rocky lakes, three were found at Echo to be without the required li- cense stamp.
 McRae stated that fishermen reported their catches were all taken within one hour and a half of their first take and predict ed better fishing as soon as the warmer weather gets here.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
Butte Residents Get Sfor Route Delivery

In addition to residents along the Palmer-Anchorage highway, beginning June l, residents on the Butte Loop road are receiving star route mail delivery, Postmistress Beatrice Huntley announced this week. With the change in the delivery route, air mail coming into the Palmer post office will not arrive until noon, she added.
 Mrs. Huntley expressed her thanks this week to members of the American Legion Post 15 who have volunteered to supervise flying of the flag on appropriate holidays on the post office.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
GERRITT SNlDERS LEAVE FOR HOLLAND

Tomorrow morning former Senator and Mrs. Gerrit (Heinie) Snider leave their home at Was fila on the first leg of a journey that will take them back to their home country of Holland for visit of three to four months.
 Flying from Anchorage to New York, the Sniders will board the s. s. New Amsterdam, flagship of N.A.S.M., and will arrive in Rotterdam nine days later. On their arrival they will be greet ed by Heinie's 90-year-old moth CT, Mrs Elizabeth Snider, and several sisters, brother-in-laws neices and nephews. Heinie will be greeting his family for the first time in AT years and will see sisters who were two, six and and eight and ten years old when he left for America.
 Mrs. Snider will visit her fos- ter mother, 92-year-old Miss De hoop Scheffer at Amsterdam and cousins who are still living in that town.
 During their European visit, the SniderS will travel around France, Switzerland and Ger many. They will be taking nov ing pictures of the II provinces of Holland and film of engin- eering work being done to dry up the Zeider Zee.
 They are taking with them 24 rolls of Alaska film, 100 slides of the Matanuska Valley and other Alaska points of interest, two 14-minute reels of Bob Reeves Pribilof Island seal nov ies and a 40-minute film, This is Alaska" provided by the Al aska Development Board.
 The Sniders will be returning to Alaska via the KIM Airlines -a trip that will require but two days from Holland to Alaska.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
HOSPITAL SETS COLLECTION POLICY

Following action Iaken at the May 27 meeting of the
 Valley Hospital Association board of directors, the policy has been established that ac- counts will be automatically considered delinquent after 90 days and turned over for
 collection. This policy will ap- ply to all accounts except those who have previously made satisfactory arrange ments for payments and who are keeping up payments as agreed.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
Record Crowd Attends Colony Day Fefe

Little more than half a cen- tury ago the sourdoughs began to make history in Alaska. Only a few of those giant men and women remain today to intimate ly remind us of the romantic era", Don Irwin, speaker at Ded- ication ceremonies held during Colony Day, told thousands of listeners.
 ''In the wake of the sourdoughs came the pioneers who settled permanently in Alaska and con- tributed immeasurably to it's de- velopment and economic stabil- ity. They came into rough, new country fully realizing that toll, privation and hardship would be their lot. Those who 20 years ago came into our midst as Colonists have long since proved them selves and are making a valuable contribution to the spiritual, ec- onomic and social welfare of AL aska. The sourdoughs, pioneers, and Colonists, each have handed down to US rich and valuable heritage which we and later gen. erations can well regard as a sacred trust to be increased and protected.
 Today we pause for a brief moment in humble appreciation for what these three groups have bequeathed to us and in some measure to do them honor. Their deeds have been written indel- ibly on the pages of history"
 George Munford, president of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation told the large crowd gathered at Colony Park for the dedication that Tt seems to me to be very fitting and proper that this Colony Day celebration be co-sponsored by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation. It was 20 years ago that the Corporation was created to hand le the colonization project.
 Until 1851, the corporation was responsible for many of the public services that citizens ex- pect from a city government. After the organization of the City of Palmer these services were taken over by the new city and expanded. For many years, land clearing and development work was a principle activity. but as private cat operators be- came available the Corporation gradually retired from this work. Today our main activities center around farm financing and land management.
 ''The development of parks and recreational areas is a part of this program. This is the first of a series of public areas that we hope to establish for future en- joyment. The plaque which we will unveil today is fitting tri- bute to those people that have contributed to the present devel- opment of this area.
 The two prominent Alaskans who were among the speakers at the dedication ceremony at Col
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The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
Credit Union Official Chamber Visitor

Damon Roemer, examiner for Federal Credit Unions, was a guest of H. P. Gazaway at the June meeting of the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce. Roemer is in the Territory mak- ing annual audit checks on Fed eral Credit Unions.
 Speaking to Chamber members briefly, Roemar pointed out that a Credit Union is not a bank. It offers thrift and loan services and set by the Federal Credit Union Act and promotes thrift and the use of funds benficial to credit purposes.
 ''As the Credit Unions have grown, the picture has become more complex" he said, and gave as an example that in many rural areas when neighbor's home burns, everyone pitches in and helps the family rebuild the home In a large city, such as San Diego where Roemar makes his home, he said such thing would not even be thought of. We like to feel the Credit Un- ions make such help available members can save small amounts of money to do things such as this that in the past has been done by the community. House building is out of the realm of Credit Unions, he pointed out. Loans are provided for emergen- cies such as doctor bills, hospital bills and refinancing of small loans. Banks make commercial type loans and perform where a Credit Union couldn't enter. The two work quite harmonously tor gether.
 He pointed out that Credit Unions are generally operated by amateurs. Investors are pro- tected by a 20 percent earnings that must, by law, be kept in re- serve to cover any possible loss.
 In referring to the local Credit Union, Roemar pointed. out that two insurance benefits are avail able through participation. Sur vivors of persons with savings accounts receive double the in vestment; at the time of death. Should a person die before a loan is paid off, the insurance would automatically pay up the remain ing balance.
 Credit Unions do promote thrift security" he concluded.
 Business conducted at the meeting included reports from Colony Day committee chairmen and a suggestion from Chamber President Everett Adams that action must be taken to increase not only financial but personal interest in the local Chamber.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02
City Council prOCeedinqS sKsmmWM

The City of Palmer received an invitation to participate in the Fourth of July parade to be held in Anchorage Council members authorized the City Clerk to turn the invitation over 10 the Chamber of Commerce.
 A letter from the Administra- tive Director of the Department of Public Health was read at the May 31 meeting of the Common Council which stated that the De- partment is seeking a replace n1ent for Mrs. Dolores Heinie, public health nurse who resigned her position several months ago. The letter stated that the Depart nlent is now interviewing pros pect and that if she accepts the position, she should be in the valley by September l.
 Alaska Public Works officials were city visitors last week, Acting Mayor Betty Mears re- ported. While in Palmer they hoped to establish priority of a gymnasium or sewer system. In asmuch as the property owners have already bonded themselves sufficiently to build a gymnas- jun, they felt another at tempt should be made on the sewer proposal and suggested a citizen's committee be named to make study of the sewer pro- posal, following which. APW of ficials and the City Council would meet with the committee for planning. Acting Mayor Mears announced she will ap point citizens committee next week.
 A report from members of the street committee showed pro- gress made on street improve rnents the past week. The classi- fled gravel is about in; the street section from the Glenn Highway Go Wards building has been fill ed with pit-run gravel, ready to lay crushed rock. A section near Ketchikan Spruce Mills has been filled and on Thursday of this week the street section from Hor- tons corner to Tost's Service will be torn up by the city grad CT and gravel will be put down. II was estimated that this street section would be closed to traf- flee one day only. Classified rock will be dumped on Bailey Hill street.
 Nate Smith appeared before the Council for approval of the T. A. Smith subdivision plat. Following a discussion, council members approved the plat, as approved by members of the City Planning Commission on May Is, 1855, contingent on the inclusion
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The frontiersman., 1955-06-02

The Rev. James F. Snead of St Michaels Catholic Church writes of his plans to return to the Valley June A. He is spend ing vacation in Oregon, with a trip to some of the Eastern states.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02

Robert Diltz, fifth-grade teach CT at Central School the past two years, left for his home in Saltwater, Pa. today. He plans to make the trip by car over the Alaska Highway.
The frontiersman., 1955-06-02

The City of Palmer received an invitation to participate in the Fourth of July parade to be held in Anchorage. Council members authorized the City Clerk to turn the invitation over 10 the Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

fesSon has lost an outstanding
figure, and sports great leader" F."
On Wednesday night. Ward
was to have received a citation
for an outstanding contribution
to Americanism" from the Shrine
convention in Chicago.
He was vice president of the
Football Writer'S Association of
America and was slated to be-
come its president on August IL,
the date of the All-Star football
game at Soldier Field, another
of his promotional masterpieces.
He inaugurated in 1884 this
classic, which pits top collegiate
graduates against professional
champions.
His other promotions included
the development of the Golden
Gloves Tournament Of Cham
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pions and international bouts.
Silver Skates ice skating meets.
all-star bowling and charity
horse racing.
Born in Irwin, H., December
q, 1896. Ward attended Colum-
bia Academy in Dubuque, Iowa.
studied at Columbia College
See ARCH WARD, Page C-6
Evening star., 1955-07-10
ALL-STAR GAMES
Ward, Famed Promoter
Of Sport Classics, Dead

CHICAGO, July 9 (P.-Arch
Ward. So, sports editor Of the
Chicago Tribune for Is years
and a wizard at promoting en-
terprises for charity, died in his
sleep early today of a heart at
tack.
The affable, mild-mannered
organizational expert, who was a
friend of many of the worlds
famous sports figures and shared
their confidence, was pronounced
dead at $3.50 am. A fire depart
ment inhalator squad, sum-
moned by his son, Thomas, had
worked over him for 80 minutes.
He died at his Lake Shore
Drive home. Tom Ward, an en-
ploye of the United States Steel
Corp, said his father had had
several heart seizures in the last
five years.
The funeral, with solemn re-
quiem mass sung by his close
friend, Bishop Bernard j. She'll.
founder of the Catholic Youth
organization, will be at 10 am,
Tuesday at Our Lady Of Mount
Carmel Church. Burial will be
at All Saints Cemetery.
The wake will be held at Car
roll Undertakers tomorrow and
Monday.
The veteran sports editor,
whose promotional endeavors
have netted some $5 million for
the Chicago Tribune Charities,
Inc, had planned to leave tomor-
row for Milwaukee and the ALL
Star baseball game which he
originated in 1888.
He had recorded a film tele-
vision interview yesterday with
Will Harridge. president of the
American League. for use in
connection with the game to be
played Tuesday between the
pick Of the two major leagues.
Harridge was shocked by his
death.
Baseball and all sports has
lost Q great champion" he said
ITO me, his death comes as a
sad and personal loss, for we
were associated closely for many
years. even before he conceived
and made possible by his many
talents that first All-Star game
in 1888. The newspaper pro-
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Charleston Sells
VoIImer to Buffalo

CHARLESTON. w. Va. July
9 (P.-The Charleston Senators
today sold Clyde Vollmer, former
major leage outflelder. to Buffalo
of the International League and
recalled Outflelder Johnny Kropf
from Tulsa.
Vollmer, with Washington last
year, has hit at a .270 pace this
year and has been in and out
Of the lineup.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
WHITE SOX BEAT WYNN, so
Tribe Loses Ground .
As johnson Fans Il

CHICAGO, July 9 R.-Big
Connie johnson struck out II
and allowed only six hits today
as he pitched the White sDox
to a 60 win over the Indians.
The 6-foot-4 highlander had
an easy time of it after Walt
Dropo hit a three-run homer of
Early Wynn in the second inning.
The White Sox got eight hits
in all of Wynn, Bob Feller and
Bill Wight.
The victory moved the Sox
within game of the second
place Indians, who dropped five
games behind the leading Yank-
ees.
A single by George Kell and
"a walk to Bob Nieman got the
second-inning scoring in motion.
Sherm Lollar forced Kell at third
on an attempted sacrifice and
then Dropo drove his homer into
the leftfield lower deck.
When Wynn hit Nelson Fox
with a pitch with one out in the
third it marked the 18th time
this season the little second base
man had reached base this why
Singles by Kell and Nieman
brought him around.
a double by Jim Busby, a
single by Minnie Minoso and "a
walk to Kell finished Wynn in the
fifth, and Nieman greeted Feller
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Red Sox Shade Orioles
In Uphill Struggle, 81

BOSTON, July 9 B.-Grady
Hatton broke up a relief pitchers
duel between Ellis Kinder and
the Orioles Jim Wilson today
with an eighth-inning single as
the Red Sox edged Baltimore,
'5-4.
Hatton's single scored Sammy
White, who opened the inning
with a triple off the wall near
the flagpole in left-center.
Kinder pitched himself in and
out of trouble as the Red Sox
regained their winning ways
with victory No. 13 in their last
Is starts.
Kinder, third and winning
hurler for Boston, entered the
game in the seventh with the
bases loaded and two out. He
got Pinch-hitter Hank Majeski
to ground out.
In the eighth, he yielded q
pair of singles to put runners
on third and first with one out
then bore down to strike out
Gil Coan and get Dave Philley
to pop up.
Wilson. who shut out the
Yenkees On a four-hitter We'd
nesday. tired from the 95-degree
heat in his 32s-inning stint but
was sharp until White got to him
IN the eighth.
The win was Kinder's fourth
against one loss. He was pre-
ceded by Ike O'clock and Tom
Brewer Wilson's record is SO.
Ted Williams batting streak
was halted at nine games. The
Red Sox slugger grounded out
twice. popped up and walked.
HIS average now stands at 400.
Norm Zauchin'S two-run single
Evening star., 1955-07-10
NEVER HEADED
1872 Pounds
Can't Stop
High Gun

NEW YORK, July 9 (P.-The
King Ranch's High Gun led from
start to finish today under a
crushing 1872 pounds to win the
$4,000 Brooklyn Handicap ano
become the fifth horse to take
the famous stake with an impost
of more than 130 pounds.
Eddie Arcaro was up in the
brown and white silks of Robert
]. Kleberg and he and High Gun
romped under the wire a 32-
length winner. High Gun ran
the mile and one quarter in
I2:033s over a fast track.
The crowd of 27.829 had to
squeeze its thrills out of the
duel for second place as Mrs
Ethel D. Jacobs Paper Tiger.
packing only lot pounds
charged up in the final eighth
to nose out the Greentree
Stables Straight Face for the
$4,000 second money. Straight
Face carried 116 pounds and was
IL lengths ahead of E. M
|OBrien's Galdar. who had only
SO pounds up. Fifth and last
was Travis M. Kerr's Bassanio
with 105 pounds.
No Show Betting
Because Of the small field, the
Aoueduct management restricted
betting to win and place only.
High Gun paid So and $40
while Paper Tiger, the 9-to-2
third choice, returned So to
place. Straight Face was the
3-to-1 second choice.
This was a powerful race for
High Gun, who won the Metro
politan Handicap in May at Bel
mont but was nosed out by Hell
ioscope in the Suburban. In the
Suburban. High Gun carried 1873,
five more than Helioscope. Last
Monday High Gun toted 1873 in
the Carter Handicap but broke
badly at the gate and finished
sixth. Helioscope, also carrying
1873. was 10th.
High Gun earned $4,000 to-
day and sent his total earnings
to s40O, ,425 with 10 victories in
21 starts. This was the eighth
major stakes victory for last
years 3-year-old champion.
"He certainly could run to-
day" saiG Arcaro, who was rid
ing his fourth Brooklyn winner.
"y got tired holding him back
at the head of the stretch"
Takes Lead at Start
Breaking from the starting
gate at the head of the stretch,
High Gun quickly showed his
head in front and when they
went past the stands the first
time, he was leading Straight
Face by two lengths, with Paper
Tiger third.
That was the way they pa
raded up the back stretch,
around the turn and into the
home stretch. The only excite
ment for the crowd was occa-
stoned by the duel for second
place.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

in the fifth inning pulled Boston
even with the Orioles, A, after
Erv Palica walked Williams and
gave a single to Jackie Jensen.
Jim Piersall's second-inning
triple and Brewers fourth-in-
ming single scored the first two
Boston runs.
Baltimore broke loose for pairs
of runs in the first and second.
Gus Triandos singled home the
first run with the bases loaded
on a double, single and walk.
Wayne Causey was hit by a pitch
to force in another.
In the second, doubles by Pail
ca and Bob Hale produced one
run and an infield out the other.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
WARD RITES DELAY
ALL-STAR GAME FOR
HALF AN HOUR

NEW YORK, July 9. Up
Commissioner Ford Frick
announced today that the
starting time of Tuesdays
major league All-Star Game
has been changed to 2 pm.
Central Standard Time a
pm, Washington Time).
Frick said the game would
be delayed a half-hour from
the original 1880 (CST) start
to allow baseball figures
attending the funeral of
Arch Ward, Chicago Tribune
sports editor who died today,
time to reach Milwaukee.
The funeral is scheduled for
10 am. Central Daylight
Time) in Chicago.