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The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
CHAMBER SETS DATE
FOR COLONY DAY

The date for the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce
sponsored Colony Day celebra-
ton has been set for Sunday, May
26. Members of the Chamber
special events committee will be
in charge of arrangements for the
celebration which each year hon
ors the original colonists and set
tiers of the Matanuska Valley.
The date was announced at the
April 3 meeting Of the Chamber.
Eugene Reid, Chamber vice
president, reported on a recent
trip to the States during which he
visited the offices of the Doane
Agricultural Service at ST. Louis,
Mo-, in regards to survey pro-
gram being considered by the
Chamber.
Reid stated that he spoke to
some of the firms officials in re-
CARDS to the possibility of an in
dustrial potential survey in the
valley area, as well as COM
munity development survey. Of
ficials pointed out to him that if
such survey should be decided
upon and carried through that
there should be some reliable and
capable person, such as Cham
Der of Commerce manager, to SUI
pervise operations and see that
recommendations are carried out.
They also told him that such
surveys could be made in the
valley but pointed out that the
Chamber should decide what they
want to do and made three sug-
gestions: Do nothing. Undertake
the project and rely on volunteer
help (they did not encourage this
method). Enlist the interest of
Anchorage and offer this areas
support and cooperation.
Mrs. Lucille Mick, secretary of
the League of Alaska Cities,
pointed out that new Act Glib
1867 provides for a tax incentive
for new industries in Alaska. She
pointed out that under the Act
new industries are provided a
very beneficial tax incentive pro-
gram under which they will be
tax exempt, both in the territory
and in the city, for period of
time ranging from three to 10
years, depending upon the
amount invested in the industry.
1--WE should prepare now for such
a program in the event interest
is shown in locating a new indus
try within our taxing area, she
pointed out.
Members Of the Chamber agri-
culture and industrial commit
tees will work jointly on the pro-
Continued on page Al
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
Bill Puts Teeth
lin Trespass Law

Property owners are invited to
become familiar with House Bill
No. III in relation to the law of
trespass on improved lands. The
bill provides for fines from S. up
to $3.50 for trespass on improved
lands such as gardens, orchards,
etc. In default of payment inn
prisonment is provided at the
rate Of one day for each So in
fines imposed by the court.
The bill spells out require
ments that must be met by the
property owner in regards to the
posting of lands against trespass.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
TYPHOID CLINIC
FOR ADULTS SET

A typhoid clinic for adults will
be held Tuesday, April 9 from
500 to 600 pm. in the Valley
Health Center, located in the Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital. Series
and boosters will be given, Mrs.
Myrtle Spencer, public health
nurse, announced.
Everyone is urged to avail
themselves of this opportunity to
bring their typhoid shots up to
date.
Childrens' clinic will be held
the afternoon of the same date
from 100 to 400 pm.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
Local Scouts
Going To Camp
In Mid-JuIy

Boy Scout Troop 654, which is
sponsored locally by the Matan-
uska Valley American Legion
Post, is formulating plans for a
weeks outing at Camp Gorsuch
during the week of July 22-27, it
was announced this week.
Scouts who recently passed
their Tenderfoot requirements in
the troop are: Stanley Smith,
Victor Johns, Ken Bouwens, Dee
Woods, and Peter Want.
Boys desiring to join the Boy
Scouts are invited to attend a
meeting. Meetings are held at Lee
gion hall at pm. Thursday eve
nings.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
JOHN DEERE DAY
PROGRAM DRAWS
LARGE AUDIENCE

There was standing room only
at the John Deere Day program
staged at Elks hall last Thursday
evening, according to Al Brooks,
area representative. In addition
to several interesting films Ham
Hubbard, John Deere representa-
tive from Seattle, and Gragg
Gielke, Northern Commercial re-
preventative, were in attendance
to comment on the new pieces Of
farm equipment featured in the
films.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
Little League Group
To Meet Tonight

Summer must be in sight. The
local Little League baseball group
is arousing from their winter lull
and adults of the group will meet
tonight to elect directors and
plan for the 1857 Little League
season in Palmer. The meeting,
to start at pm, will be held
in the Central School cafeteria.
Parents of all Little Leaguers
and potential Little Leaguers as
we'll as representatives from in
terested organizations are urged
to attend the meeting tonight.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-04-04
LOCAL MAN LOSES
FOOT IN ACCIDENT

Clay Pruitt of Palmer is a pa
tient at the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital where he was taken fol-
lowing an accident at the Jones'
vile mine last Friday. Pruitt was
struck by the rear end of power
shovel which crushed his foot,
necessitating its removal.
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
MIKE STRATTE
HONORED AT OSLO
ON r
ON 75T

The Herald has the following
information from Mr.. Sur Dug
stad, %, B. Ovre Smestad vel
Oslo, Norway, which will interest
the many friends of Mike Stratte
former resident of Sidney, who
returned to his native land a
number of years ago:
MIR. Magnus (Mike) P. Stratte,
formerly living in Sidney, Mon
tana, became rs years old on
March 10, 1857. At a dinner for
his relatives and friends in Oslo,
he was given flowers, kilograms
and gifts for the day. From his
native parish Waller in Solor, his
brother Svein had come to cele-
brate the birthday. After dinner
the party continued in Stratte's
comfortable flat Nordvelen 80 in
Baerum. The hero of the day en-
tertained his guests in a pleasur-
able manner. He told about his
pioneer era in the USA and
about his time in Sidney, where
he had spent the best time of his
life and where he made several
good friends"
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Patch have
moved to Sidney from their farm
three miles south of Brockton in
Richland county where they have
been located since 1888. They re-
Gently bought the Sam King
residence property on 10th Ave.
S. w. in Sidney to make their
home here.
Royce Milne, who has spent the
winter in Sidney, recently went
back to his farm in the Richey
territory to start spring opera
tons.
v. A. Miller and two daughters
and his son were in Sidney Tues
day from Richey, where he is a
rural route mail carrier. He also
works in the Richland Lumber
Co. office there during his spare
time from the carrier job. He
said everybody in the Richey
area will be glad when the Sid
ney-Circle road is completed, and
especially they are looking for
ward to completion of the con-
struction to Richey for which the
contract was recently let by the
State Highway Commits
sion.
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Richland County
Cancer Fund
Drive Opens

More than 125 volunteers OF
the Richland County Cancer Unit
of the American Cancer Society
will this week begin their month
long educational and fund-rais-
ing drive.
Hubert Johnson, campaign
chairman, said that the unit seeks
$4,000 here, as part of the ma
tion-wide effort to raise s30,000,-
600 for research, education and
service.
"In addition" Mr.. johnson said,
people will also be urged to
have regular health examinations
as protection against needless
death from cancer"
Volunteers will be serving I'M
der the following committee
chairmen: Individual canvass -
Mrs. Ben HUXLEY, Mrs. John
Winter, Mrs. Leo Anderson, Mrs.
Lee Potts, all of Sidney; Mrs.
VIM. G~ustafson and Mrs. Huber
of Fairview; Mrs. Roland Nevins
and Mrs. Grant Burgess of Lam
bert; Mrs. D.. L. Howard and two
assistants of Savage; Mrs. Asa
Bradley of Crane; Mrs. Kennetf
Clark Of Breezy Flats; Mrs. Pat
MacGrady of Gossett; Mrs. Ster-
ling Swigart of Bonnie Pier area;
VIM. Baue of Sioux Pass area;
Mrs. Walter Baumann and assis-
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04

and drove up the coast to San
Francisco, where we spent two
nights and a day at the home of
Glen Anderson, son of Mrs. Pc
ter Anderson of Sidney (and a
cousin of Mrs. Verhasselt). Glen
and his wife took us on a lovely
sightseeing trip on which we Wis
tied the famous San Francisco
Zoo, Fisherman's Wharf, the Cliff
House, and the aquarium.
Continuing up the coast from
San Francisco our next stop was
at Grants Pass for an overnight
visit at the home of George and
Pearl Josephson. George is the
son of Louie Josephson, old time
resident of Sidney. (He is also
a cousin of Mrs. Verhasselt).
At Corvallis, Oregon, our next
stop, mother visited Mrs. Herge-
tina DeLarm, formerly Mrs. VIM.
Jensen of Sidney, while we went
on to Independence to spend a
couple days with a former girl
friend (of Mrs. Verhasselt's while
attending school in Minneapolis)
and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. H. Scjoll. We also visited the
Floyd Fishers, formerly of Saw
age, at their home in Monmouth,
Oregon.
In Portland we stopped to see
Mrs. Dale Blackburn, ice Maxine
Hart, and met her parents, the
Jesse Harris of Sidney, who were
also visiting at their daughters
home. In Portland we were over
night guests at the home of Mrs.
Bob Anger, nee Anna Anderson,
formerly of Sidney. Returning
from the coast we made stops at
d'Alene, Idaho; Living
,ton, Laurel and Billings, Mont.
We visited briefly with the
Alvin Morans at Laurel, and with
lean Ann Ward and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kasper in Billings.
We had a grand trip with good
weather and roads and everything
hat goes to make a wonderful
yacation, and n long to be
remembered"
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
kiwanians Enjoy
Birthday Party
For Members

Celebration of the birthdays OF
members whose anniversaries fell
within recent months was the
program feature of the Kiwanis
club weekly luncheon at the
Lalonde hotel banquet room to-
day noon. This is always a rather
hilarious occasion greatly enjoy
ed by all present with the honor
ees contributing according to
their respective ages to the youth
fund.
c. O. Strom, chairman of the
birthday committee, presented a
program on astrology. Keith
K~rebsbach read the horoscopes of
the Kiwanians whose birthdays
fell in January, February and
March.
Past district governor for Mon
tana Kiwanis, Harry Mikelson
announced that the clubs board
OF directors will give about sup
port to Otto Habedank for lieu
tenant governor of Division D at
the state convention this fall.
Bob Hall introduced the guests,
Ralph Gebhardt and Knut Knut-
son, Kwanians from Billings.
Harry Mikelson presented Jack
Marion as student member of the
Sidney club for the month of
April. Jack is president of the
Sidney high school senior class.
Harry Mikelson reminded the
members of the interclub meet
ing with Regina Monday, April
20. Dick Tippett presented Clint
Fulkerson, The Quiz Master,
who read many interesting ques-
tons concerning club policies,
practices and programs.
President Al Johnson officiated
in that canacitv
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Mrs. Oluf Erickson
Is N. D. Mother
Of The Year

OF interest to the many friend.
of the family here is the naming
of Mrs. Oluf Erickson of WatforC
City, as North Dakota's Mother
of the Year" Mrs. Erickson is 81
years old and the mother of sever
children, several of whom have
resided in Sidney at various times
The children are o. S. Erickson
rancher in the Skaar community.
Ralph a pharmacist at Superior
Wisconsin; Left, a former Sidney
attorney and now of Helena, the
youngest man ever elected to the
Montana Supreme Court; Donald,
a vocational agricultural teacher
for the past 16 years at Rugby,
N. OAK; Mrs. Roy Jensen of San
Francisco; and Mrs. Sizer of West
Virginia. The daughters both
taught school before their mar
riage.
Mrs. Erickson will represent
North Dakota at the American
Mothers conference in New York
City, May 6 to 9 when the Ameri-
car Mother of 1857 will be chosen.
Mrs. Erickson's name was SUBJ
mitted by her daughter, Mrs.
Esther Sizer of Morgantown, w.
Va, and by Erling Rolfsrud of
Watford City. The initial applica-
ton was followed by many letters
of recommendation by Mckenzie
county residents.
Mrs. Erickson earned her way
through school by working in var
ious capacities and later taught in
rural communities until her mar
riage. The family located on a
farm at Skaar, N. Oak, in 1919
and later moved to Watford City
Here Mrs. Erickson was appointed
to the office of deputy county SUI
perintendent of schools, a position
which she held for nine years,
the time that the McKen-
zie county seat vas located at
Schafer.
Mrs. Erickson is in splendid
health. She is now fund chairman
Tor the County Red Cross Chap
.er, secretary of the Watford City
church, an active mem
Der of the church's missionary So
the Woman's Christian Tenn
'erance Union, the hospital guild,
he North Dakota Education asso-
iation and a number of Watford
lily civic organizations. Besides
hese outside activities she does
. of her own homework and
considerable time for her
avorite hobbies, reading and tele-
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Wheat History
Preservation
Forms Available

Wheat growers who may mo-
wish to plant or place in the
Soil Bank all their 1857 whea,
allotment can preserve their his
tory by signing an agreement
form nov available at all Coun-
ty Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation offices, Leo S. Kol-
stad, State ASC administrative
officer, has announced.
This provision for preserving
acreage history will replace the
underplanting tolerances which
have applied under previous al
lotment programs, he explained
For example, a producer who
seeded at least rs percent of his
1856 allotment was considered
for wheat history purposes to
have planted his entire allotment.
This year, however, only those
producers who sign a request
to have their history preserved
will be considered as having
planted their entire wheat allot-
ment regardless of the amount
by which it may be underplanted.
Farm operators and owners will
have until May l to sign requests
for the 1857 crop. Requests will
not be approved covering farms
on which 1857 new wheat allot-
mentS have been set.
Kolstad also pointed out that
producers who have stored excess
wheat of a previous crop which
they intend to release by under
planting in 1857 may not sign
requests. If a producer haping
stored excess wheat does sign a
request which is approved and
he later decides to release excess
wheat by underplanting the form
will be cancelled and the farms
acreage history will be only the
wheat acreage on the farm plus
any allotment acreage entered in
the Soil Bank.
Producers need not know the
acreage of wheat they will have
for 1857 in order to sign a pres
ervation request. The request,
MQ-31, automatically COW
ers any amount of acreage by
which the wheat acreage, plus
allotment placed in the Soil Bank,
IS less than the farm allotment.
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Gartner-B Bradley
Marriage At St.
PhilOmena Church

Miss Margaret Gartner, daugh-
ter of MI. and Mrs. Joe Gartner
of rural Sidney, and Gordon
Bradley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Bradley of Crane, exchang-
ed wedding vows in a simple
Lenten ceremony at 400 D. m,
March % in st. Philomena's
Catholic church here. Rev. Jo-
seph McDermott performed the
double ring ceremony with the
immediate relatives of the bridal
couple as guests.
Miss Roberta GladoWski play
ed background organ music.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore. a
cadet blue two piece dress with
short bolero jacket, white hat,
shoes and accessories, and car
ried a white rosary. Her corsage
was Of pink roses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Denowh,
sister and brother-in-law of the
bride, were attendants. Mrs. De-
nowh o navy blue with white
accessories and a pink rose cor
sage.
Cecil Gartner, a cousin, usher
ed.
A wedding dinner at the home
Of the brides parents followed
the ceremony. The three TERED
cake, trimmed with pink rose
buds and topped by a miniature
bride and groom, was cut by Mrs.
Russell Johnson, sister of the
groom. Donna Bradley and Karen
.artner, sisters of the bridal
registered the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley left i'm
nediately on a wedding trip TO
3ozeman, where they are stu
at Montana State College.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley are
raduates Of Sidney high school
nd the groom is a navy veter-
Prenuptial entertainments in
luded a shower at Crane church
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Louis Verhasselts
Report Recent
Vacation Trip

Mr., and Mrs. Louis j. Yer.
hasselt and children, Ricky anc
Toni Faye, and Mrs. Verhasselt':
mother, Mrs. Laura Anderson
arrived home Sunday, March "a
from a three weeks vacation trip
to California and up the west
coast. The following is a report
of their trip:
"We went from Sidney to Long
Beach, California, making the
trip by way of Salt Lake City.
In Long Beach we visited for
nine days at the home of Mr..
Verhasselt's sister and her hus-
band, M. Sgt. Ernest Davidson
and his wife and their two chill
dren, Patty and Bonnie. Our first
sightseeing trip was to the Pike,
where the children saw the ocean
for the first time. The same day
we looked up Mrs. Bill Dixon,
nee Marion Hart, at Rivera. Mrs.
Dixon, formerly of Sidney, is the
daughter of Jesse Hart. We had
a wonderful dinner and very
pleasant evening at her home.
The next day we visited Forest
Lawn, which is one of the most
treasured memories of our entire
trip. On our way there we stop
ped at the glass church in Glen
dale. This church, built entirely
of glass, is a memorial to the
boats and ships that have been
wrecked off the west coast shore
line.
Our next trip was to San Di-
ega, where the children enjoyed
a visit to the wonderful zoo, and
from there we went to Tijuana
in Old Mexico. On our return
from Tijuana we stopped at
Oceanside to visit Sarah Freed,
formerly of Sidney, who now
lives at Oceanside with her two
daughters and operates a beauty
salon at Camp Pendleton.
On March 10 we took the chill
dren to Disneyland, a wonderful
amusement resort for both young
and old, and spent most of the
day there. Here we had the pleas
ure of meeting Charlie and vi
olet Matheson of Sidney, who are
On an extended vacation trip. We
went from Disneyland to the ia
nous Knox Berry Farm, which
mas been visited by many vaca-
toners from throughout this area.
Mary Margaret Healow, who is
.eaching at San Bernardino, spent
most enjoyable week with us
1t the Davidson home.
We left Long Beach March is
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Buchholz Hosts
Kiwanis Directors
Meet At Lalonde

The regular monthly meeting OF
directors of the Sidney Kiwanis
club was held March rs at the
Lalonde hotel with President Al
Johns presiding. Director VIM
Buchholz, host for the occasion,
served a delicious ham dinner.
1t was announced that the club
would again be entertaining the
Kiwanians from Regina, Sask.,
this year and that an exchange
interclub would be held in Re-
gina April 20. This is always a
very fine affair and it is expect
ed that a good many Kiwanians
and wives from Sidney will be
attending. 1t is hoped that the
Regina club will visit in Sidney
sometime in June.
Also discussed at length was
the the recent Girl Scout Drive
on which the Kiwanis club as
sisted the local Girl Scout lead
ers. This drive received excellent
cooperation from the people in
the town and it is anticipated that
the finance goal will be achieved.
The members present included
AL Johns, VIM Buchholz, Dick
Tippet, George Patterson, Keith
Krebsbach, DR.. j. S. Pennepacker,
Clint Fulkerson, Hurry Carey,
Gerald Homstad, Rex Smelser,
Rod Hanson, Otto Habedank and
Harry Mikelson.
Announcement was made that
Rod Hanson will be moving to
Montana on May l,
and the board, on behalf of the
club extended its best wishes to
Rod in his new position.
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04
Arthur Nelson
Supervisor State
Safety Council.

HELENA - Arthur Nelson of
Helena, former state director for
the u. S. Savings Bond Division,
has been appointed field super
visor of the Montana Council for
Traffic Safety.
The announcement was made
Saturday by Dean Chaffin, Boze-
man, president of the Council.
Nelson's appointment is effective
Monday.
He is the first man to hold the
job. The statewide organization
was created in 1856 in an effort
to curb highway accidents.
Nelson, a civic leader in Hell
ena, formerly served as chairman
for the Red Cross and USO, and
is a past president of the local
Community Chest.
The Sidney herald., 1957-04-04

tants of Girard and Three Butte
area; MI. and Mrs. Garfield Lind,
of Hay Creek area, Mrs. Georg'
Blubaugh of Kingbay Housing
Project; Mrs. Joe GARNER o
Bronson area; Mrs. Eldridge Pc
terson, southwest of town. Al
appeal will be made for worker
in other outlying communities.
Mr. Johnson declared: GAS fal
as cancer is concerned, we are
much more hopeful. This would
not have been possible withou'
the generous support of the
American people in past cam
paigns.
THE funds they have contrib
uted have enabled researchers &c
better the cure rates of many
kinds of cancer through improved
methods of diagnosis and treat
ment."
IF we can make our goal To-
cally, we will be helping to put
scientists to work today on prob
lens which must be solved if we
are to save more lives tomorrow"
Campaign publicity is being di-
rected by Tom Sherlock, chair
man, and will be assisted by Ray
Wright of Station KICK and
Charles Hurry of The Sidney Her
aid.
Mrs. H. V. Ross, education
chairman, has charge of posters
and window displays and has
placed educational pamphlets in
some of the business places down.
town. Watch for the ANGER dis
play boxes with Informative pam
on lancer. Please take
them, as they have been placed
in The Valley Hotel, Safeway,
Thornton's Jewerly Store for
your convenience.
If your club or society is in
crested in scheduling a cancer
lin, will you please contact Mrs.
Ben Hubley, county chairman.
films are available for a mixed
,roup or the Breast Self-Exami-
film may be had for wo-
mems groups only.
Charles EvanSon, treasurer for
he Richland County Cancer Unit,
sill receive the volunteer work
rs kits when they have finished
overing their assigned area to
.nvass.
DR.. H. Carlson, medical advisor
or the unit, and DR.. M. F. Ger
assisting on the educa-
onal committee are giving their
me toward the Embarrassing
ampaign.
Mrs. Axel Anderson, service
lairman, will be willing and able
explain the service program
Id what services T available
cancer patients within the
:
When you open your door to
lie of the volunteer workers on !
cancer drive, please remem- ;
II - they are volunteer work. [
S who out of the goodness of >
cir hearts and concern for the
elfare and happiness of their 7
r giving of their !
ne without remuneration !
"If you learn to heed the 81 T
Signals" and contribute to :
e drive in whatever way you /,
n, you may save the life of /
income. That person may be d,
income who is very dear to {
~"