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The frontiersman., 1963-07-18
Aug. Y Is Petition Dead|ine For Cook Borough Offices

the city clerk in Anchorage.
 The boundaries of the pro- posed Captain Cook borough, as amended by the Boundary Commission, include all of El- ection District 8 except the area south of Turnagain Arm and west of Spencer; a portion of Election District 10 in the Tyonek area; all of Election District ' except the area south of the Glenn highway and east of the Matanuska glacier; and the area in and about the port of Whittier.
 The precincts and polling places will be substantially the same as those established in the last general election, Wade said.
 The legal notice pertaining to the incorporation of the bor- ough appears elsewhere in this issue of the Frontiersman.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18
mEA, CEA to Resubmit Loan Applications
CANCER CRUSADE OPENS MERE

Letters are being mailed this week to Matanuska Valley residents, urging their support of the Cancer Crusade, Mrs. James Hurley, chairman of the Crusade. has announced.
 She called atention to the following report, received this week from Mrs. E. E. Ras- muson, state Crusade chair man:
 The need for funds to con trol cancer in Alaska is great CT than before. In April, 14 out of l05 deaths reported were caused by cancer = 1883 per cent For the year, the percen- age IS ten per cent. The major budren of providing education, service, and professional infor- nation is being carried by the Alaska Division through the financial backing Of voluntary contributions. In addition. 28 cents out of each dollar IS allo- cated for the national research program
 A goal of $l.000 has been set for the Valley. The local unit is most anxious that this goal be met, Mrs. Hurley said, in order to bring aid to cancer patients, to continue the edu- cation program and to help with research.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18
.REA To Make Final
 Decision By Sept. 1

be built by CEA, and operated by that cooperative, for a lim- ited time. A cutoff period would be established when CEA would no longer operate the plant, and the G and T would take over.
 John Shaw. attorney for MEA, said in a final statement before the group that the Sut- ton Electrical Center IS still very much in the running. The REA delegation, asked if they concurred, gave a unanimous affirmative.
 Asked by V. Louise Kellogg if the Sutton plant should be turned down by REA whether this area would be blocked in plans for private financing, La Zelle said that MEA will either be in G and T or not in it. if we enter into the c and T agreement and the Sutton plans are turned down. CEA will build the Knik Arm plant The Sutton plant plans will have to be based on the sound est possible engineering con- cepts in order to compete. he said.
 Questions from the audience established that REA will take into consideration the econ omic situation created by loss of the coal mining industry Git was pointed out that welfare and area redevelopment sche- mes are also government ex- pense), also the resource po- tential of the Matanuska Val ley and its potential load pre- dictions.
 The REA group argue that a plant best serves its purpose in lowest power costs when To- cated close to its largest loao center.
 It was stated that as long as coal remains a competitive fue 1t will be considered as C source of power, no matter where the plant is located.
 Members of the REA group were Richard H. Wood, assist ant administrator; Louis Cor rin, office of the general coun- sel; Gerald F. Diddle, western area director (electric); and James Goodwin, power supply division.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Matanuska Electric Associa- ton and Chugach Electric As sociation will be asked to sub- init new loan applications for plants large enough to supply area generation needs, and the Rural Identification Admins tration will consider both ap- plications on their merits. with decision on which plant is to be built promised by Sept. l
 The above plan was advanc- ed by REA officials yesterday in Anchorage meetings with area electric power agencies, and discussed at length in a luncheon meeting today at the Palmer Elks hall with the REA delegation and capacity crowd of Matanuska Valley residents.
 Plans were formulated yes terday for a pooling agreement with the area electric coopera- tlves. the city of Anchorage. and the Bureau of Reelama- ton $ Eklutna plant. The three co-ops, MEA, CEA and HEA (Homer Electric Association) would participate in the pool as a generation and transmits sion cooperative. The overall aim it was stated, is to provide power at lower cost.
 Operation of the pool would be under the supervision of a committee made up of three representatives. one each from the G and T, the city. and the Bureau
 Each member of the pool would provide capacity te meet its own load and it's share of pool reserves through self i generation or purchase con- tract. and each member Woule bear the cost of expanding it. i own system.
 The pooling plan has beel submitted to the city of An chorage for study.
 Details of the c and T re- main to be worked out, it was stressed by Mason LaZelle, MEA manager, and Phil O'Neill. president of the board of directors. However, it was stated that since CEA has al ready had experience in oper- ating generating plants, which ever plant is constructed would
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Persons wishing to run for the office of borough assembly, man, borough chairman, or borough school board member of the proposed Captain Cook borough must file petitions with the Alaska Secretary of State by Aug. IT, according to a legal notice now appearing in area newspapers. The election will be held Tuesday, Sept. IF.
 Of thirteen borough assem- blymen, seven are to be elected from the seven borough sec tions set up by the Local Af- fairs Agency. Five will be ap- pointed by and from the An chorage City Council, and one by and from the Palmer city council. Of the seven to be elected, one will represent the Talkeetna-Big Lake-Matanus- ka-Wasilla- Willow -Tyonek-E ka-Sutton Borough Sec. No. 1,
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Two more young women this week joined the race for queen of the 1863 Alaska State Fair, Inc. They are Bermel (Melody) Irene Toomey, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Toomey of Star Route, Wasilla, and Terri Carmel Granger, daughter of Mrs. June Withey of Palmer.
 Melody, who was born March 5, l945, is a 1862 gradu- ate of Wasilla high school, and has completed her first year of college at the University of AL aska.
 This petite young woman is only five feet tall and weighs l06 pounds. Her measure
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18
Properly Tax DeadIine Nears

Thursday, Aug. l, at 5 pm. is the deadline for the payment of property tax bills, John w.. Marshall, tax assessor-collec- tor. said this week. If the first half of the tax bill is not paid by that time it becomes delin- quent.
 The assessor emphasized that failure to receive a bill will not be considered an excuse for non-payment. Persons who have not received bill or who have lost their bill should con- tact the tax office during regu- lar business hours.
 The tax office is located on the second floor of the Matan- uska Valley bank building. Hours are from 8:3O am. to 12:30 pm. and from l pm. to 5 pm. Mondays through Fri days.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

John Rader CD, state repre- sentative from the Anchorage area, agreed last evening in a televised panel discussion that the Matanuska-Susitna peti- tioners have a good legal case and that the courts should stop the Captain Cook borough el- ection, set for Sept. IF.
 Rader said that he person. ally favors the large borough and would like to see it put to vote of the people, but the rights of any group cannot be ignored.
 Also appearing on the panel were Rrobert Vroman, chair man of the Matanuska- Susitna petitioners. and Brad Phillips tR), sate senator from the An chorage area.
 Phillips also expressed the opinion that the legal rights of the Matanuska-Susitna peti- tioners have been ignored in action taken by both the Local Affairs Agency and the Bound ary Commission.
 The petitioners were inform ed last week by Ronald Cease, director of the Local Affairs Agency, that the Matanuska- Susitna petition will not be further processed.
 The Matanuska-Susitna pe- titioners are gong ahead with plans to seek a court injunction to stop the Sept. IT election, Vroman said this morning.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Cash prizes will be awarded at the drawing. The first place winner will receive $500; sec ond place, $250; and there will be ten third place winners who will receive $25 each.
 An extra attraction will be the rat races, to be conducted by the Palmer Elks Lodge No. l842.
 Big Lake. fast-growing recreational area, has 38 miles of shore line and IT large ls- lands. There are nearly 300 cabins and homes on it's shores, with about 750 boats based there during the sum mer months.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

oHL lo. NUMBER 43
 "">"~"~-ee~~~
 Reporters 3 ] No1e4ook
 Mrs. Pete Clayton Dorothy Lentz) and her two small dau- ghters, Tammy and Lynette, are visiting at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. William Lentz of Palmer. Mrs. Clayton and the children made the trip over the Alaska highway, driv- l'1g from their home in San Diego. This is her first trip to Palmer in five years. She plans to stay about week.
 Mrs Hazel B. LaGier, of Norfolk, Conn, is visiting in the Palmer area. She is the mother of Mrs. Earl Payne.
 Mrs. Rose A. Goodman of Palmer, daughter of MT. and Mrs. G. Ivan Branton, is list ed on the spring term honor roll from Oregon State Univer- sity. To qualify for honor roll listing, students must make at least a B plus average for the term. Mrs. Goodman was grad uated last month in home ec- onemies.
 Mrs. Grace Black and dau- ehter Susan, former residents of Palmer who now live in Seattle, are visiting here for a short time. Susan is student at the University of Washing ton in Seattle.
 Bill and Ruby Miller write that they are now living in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Bill is working in sales promotion with Nj & M Sales, and that they expect to be there for some time. Their new address IS 133 Garbe Ave, St. Paul, Minn. 55119.
 A recent visitor to the Mat anuska Valley area was Clyde Gummow, the one-man cham Der of commerce. from Fallon. Nevada. MT. Gummow is tour ing Alaska and promoting the Fallon area while travelling.
 Kenneth R. Condict, son of MT. and Mrs. K. R. Condict of Palmer, is among prospective students at Idaho State Uni yersity in Pocatello who have been issued permits to regis ter for the first semester of the 1963-64 year. The permits are required of all students who will be attending the Univer- sity for the first time.
 Master Sergeant Joseph Prunier of the U. S. Army Re- cruiting Service, well-known in the Matanuska Valley area, visited the Frontiersnan office recently. Prunier will retire from the service on Oct. 31, 1863, after 21 years with the U. s. Army, F of which were spent in the recruiting service. During his Palmer visit, the sergeant made arrangements for a U. S. Army exhibit at the 1863 Alaska State Fair.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Barnes of Burley, Idaho, left last week after two-weeks' visit with their son-in-law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Ben Dansie of Palmer. Also a wis itor in the Dansie home is Ben Dansie, ST. who will spend the summer here.
 Mrs. L. A. Jones of Glendale, Calf, arrived here last Friday and will spend several weeks visiting her son and daughter in-law. MT. and Mrs. Richard Jones.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

A recent visitor to the Mat anuska Valley area was Clyde Gummow, the one-man cham Der of commerce. from Fallon, Nevada. MT. Gummow is tour ing Alaska and promoting the Fallon area while travelling.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Bill and Ruby Miller write that they are now living in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Bill is working in sales promotion with Nj & M Sales, and that they expect to be there for some time. Their new address is 133 Garbe Ave, St. Paul, Minn. 55119.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18
Reporters
 No1ehook

Mrs Hazel B. LaGier. of Norfolk, Conn.,, is visiting in the Palmer area. She is the mother of Mrs. Earl Payne.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Mrs. L. A. Jones of Glendale, Calif.. arrived here last Friday and will spend several weeks visiting her son and daughter in-law. MT. and Mrs. Richard Jones.
The frontiersman., 1963-07-18

Mrs. Grace Black and dau- ehter Susan, former residents of Palmer who now live in Seattle, are visiting here for short time. Susan is a student at the University of Washing ton in Seattle.
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Wilmington Dollar
Days Start Feb. 9Th

February Dollar Days arrive
in Wilmington next week to
brighten the winter mer-
chandising scene for scores of
stores and thousands of thrifty
shoppers.
Sponsored by the Retail Com
mittee of the Delaware State
Chamber of Commerce, the four
day cavalcade of bargains starts
Wednesday, February 6, and con-
tinues through Saturday, Feb. 9.
During that time, according
to Retail Promotion Chairman
Mark Jacoby, merchants
throughout the Wilmington area
are featuring mid-winter mer-
chandise at drastically reduced
prices, and introducing spring
items at substantial savings.
"This is the 91st semi annual
Dollar Days event in Chamber of
Commerce history" Jacoby
said, "and it may well prove
to be the greatest"
Continued on Page A5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Presbyterians
Hold Meeting

Mr.. John H. McWilliamS, Jr.,
was elected to the office Of Elder
here last Wednesday evening
when the First Presbyterian
Church held its Annual Business
meeting. Mr.. ]. Holland Pretty
man and Massey Laremore of
Milford and Mr.. Robert w.
Richardson of Magnolia we're re-
elected to the Session for three
year terms. Mrs. John McWil-
liams and Mr.. Paul Monroe were
reelected to new terms on the
Board of DeaconS.
Mrs. Carrie Bowman, Mr..
Curtis Callahan, Mr.. Ralph Cats
and MIR. Charles Hammond we're
elected to the Board of Trustees
for three year terms also.
The Congregation under the
leadership of the Reverend James
H. Lappen also adopted new high
er budgets for both local Current
Expense (nearly $2l, ,000) and
Benevolence Budget of SO, ,270.
Continued on Page A5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Ray Berry
Will Speak
Feb. II
Famed End For Balti-
more Colts Will Ad-
dress Second Annual
Patterson Banquet.

Raymond Berry, End for the
Baltimore Colts professional
football team, will be the speaker
for the second Annual Patterson
Banquet in Avenue Methodist
Church on Monday evening, Feb
ruary 18th, at $50 pm.
Berry is a graduate Of Southern
Methodist University and is a
native Of Paris, Texas. He has
been with the Colts since 1854
and holds nearly every Baltimore
pass receiving record. His total
receptions over a nine year
period are over 375 for a total
yardage of more than {, 5,530yards
and almost so touchdowns. He
has been named on the Profess
sional Bowl Teams for 1958-59-
81 and ALI Professional in 1853
$3.50.
Continued on Page AID
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Statewide
Effort To
Whip Polio
Dread Malady Now On
The Run Will Be
Subject Of Effort On
February IL.

A state wide effort to wipe
out polio in Delaware will be
launched by the Delaware State
Board of Health, the National
Foundation, Delaware Chapter
and the Medical Society of Della
ware, on February II, it was
announced by DR.. Floyd I. Hud-
son, Executive Secretary.
DR.. Hudson urged all persons
from the ages of three months
through forty years to turn out
at immunization stations on Feb.
II to receive their first dose
of the new Sabin oral polio vac
cine.
"While there has been a
dramatic decline in the number
of cases of paralytic polio," DR..
Hudson said, "the disease is
not yet defeated" In the United
States, there were more than
1900 cases of polio in 1861.
More than 800 of these suffered
either death or some sort of
paralysis from the disease.
Continued on Page AID
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Dollar Days
In Milford
Are Due On
February 80
Local Merchants Are
Preparing For An
nual Mid : w inter
Sales Fete; Many
Bargains Listed.

Milford merchants are fully
prepared for semi-annual
Dollar Days which are
scheduled to be held here on
Friday and Saturday of next
week, February 8 and 9.
The Milford merchants are
putting forth a mighty effort
to make this years mid-winter
Dollar Days the greatest sales
fete ever held in Milford.
Early next week they are
placing in the mails several
thousand circulars which will
go into many homes in the lower
part of the state.
Plans for Dollar Days have
been developed and carried to
fruition by Wayne Kline, chair
man of the Mercantile Division
of the Chamber of Commerce,
and Robert H. YerkeS, Sr.,
secretary to the Board of Di-
rectorS.
Continued on Page AID
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Otis II. Smith Gets
Brotherhood Award

Otis H. Smith, mayor of Lewes,
has been named winner of the
1868 brotherhood Award of the
Delaware Region Of the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews. The announcement was
made recently by Benjamin Vim
ton, Jr., Co Chairman of NCCJ.
The award will be presented
at a dinner to be held in Whining
ton In late February or early
March. It Is given annually to
the individual or group Of in
dividuals who, in the opinion of
judges, have rendered disting-
uiShed service to the state by
exemplifying the ideals of good
citizenship and brotherhood.
Chairman of the Award Dinner
this year is John w. Rollins.
Mr.. Smith is President of Fish
Products Company, which he
founded in 1888 when he came to
Lewes. He has served as mayor
since 1850.
Smith was born In Brooklyn,
December 8, 1909. He graduated
from New York Military Aca-
deny, Cornwall, New York; took
a pre-laW course at Washington &.
Lee University and graduated
from Brooklyn Law School in
1882 with LIB, LII. NJ; was
admitted to the New York Bar
in 1888. He is trustee Of the
University Of Delaware; a Di-
rector Of the Delaware Indus
Continued on Page B5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Heater Pipe Cause
OF Milford Blaze

A heating device used by many
families to prevent water pipes
from free zing during cold
weather was blamed by a state
deputy fire marshal for the fire
that last Thursday almost totally
destroyed the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Boyd CLANCY on Tubmill
Road, near Milford.
Delaware Deputy Fire Marshal
J. Benjamin Roy, Jr., who in
vestigated the fire along with
Deputy Marshall G. Edward Wyatt
said such a device attached to
water pipes at the rear of the
Clancy home, apparently shorted
out and caused the fire.
William Chandler, chief of the
Milford Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, which answered the alarm
said the fire was the second one
in a little over a week In which
the devices we're believed to have
been the cause.
Continued on Page B5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Al Foundation Is
Providing Funds

More than half a hundred
corpor ations, foundations and in
terested citizens provided over
81 million through the National
All Service Committee for the
support and advancement of the
All programs, according to the
organizations 1862 annual re-
port just released.
In the report, Chris L.
Christensen, president of the
Committee, says: "Those of us
in the business and civic world
regard All work as an unusual
educational program which en-
bodies the basic principles Of
free enterprise. We believe we
have an obligation to help young
people develop their abilities to
the highest degree"
And, from the All donor point
Of view, Raymond G. Firestone,
president, Firestone Tire & Rub
ber Company, adds: "We are
Continued on Page B9)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
February 4
Set AS Day
For SOlOns
To Convene
Leaders Of The Two
Houses Have Estab-
lished Return Date
For General Assem-
bly, For Monday.

Monday, February A, has been
established as the date for the
return Of the General Assembly
by leaders of the two houses.
House Speaker Sherman w.
Tribbitt, D-Odessa, said that If
the assembly is to remain away
from Dover for a prolonged
period because of the hearings
of the Joint Legislative Finance
Committee, then he wants it to
be by decision of the members.
GAS it stands now," Tribbitt
said, "they are in recess at the
call of the chair. That means
that If they are kept from meet
ing, 1t is by our decision. /
think that if they want a lengthy
recess they should quit until a
specified date"
Tribbitt has made no secret
Of the fact that he thinks the
Joint Finance Committee hear
ings keep other members of the
assembly too long away from
the work they have to do. Sen.
Curtis w. Steen, D-Dagsboro,
president pro tempore of the
Senate, shares that view.
Continued on Page BOZ
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Lorenz Attending
Chicago Meeting

Mr.. G. r. Lorenz, Admins
traitor of the Milford Memorial
Hospital, has been invited to
participate in three ID a y
management meeting being held
at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel in
Chicago.
The invitation was extended
by DR.. Frank c. Sutton, presi-
dent Of the American College
Of Hospital Administrators, the
professional society that is spon-
soring the meeting.
Known as the Sixth Congress
on Administration, the meeting
will attract more than ], 900 hos
pital administrators and chair
men and members of hospital
governing boards from all parts
Of the country.
Continued on Page BID
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01

nave Deen appointed VINO Will
be responsible for collection of
dues. Won't you help by giving
your $1.00 when you are called
upon by a solicitor? Many solici-
tors will be working with the
area captains, however, all of
their names cannot be listed.
Here are the captains and the
areas they will serve:
NORTH MILFORD Mrs. H. c.
Mitten; MILFORD NECK Mrs.
Harold Davis and Mrs. Vinal
Kirby; N. w. FRONT STREET :
Mrs. Carl Allen; SLAUGHTER
BEACH Mrs. H. L. Hollen-
beck; CEDAR BEACH Mrs.
William Kenton; SOUTH MIL
FORD Mrs. Byron Gibson;
NORTHWEST RURAL MILFORD
Mrs. Garrett Grier; HAVEN
LAKE AND CHESTNUT KNOLL
ACRES Mrs. A. M. Devenis;
SOUTH OF LAKEVIEW AVENUE
SCHOOL Mrs. J. William Wells;
Continued on Page A5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Milford Buc's
.ROut Dover
In Court Tilt
Highlets Remain Tops
After 6O-3O Win Over
Capital City Team
Tuesday Evening.

Milford High remained among
the ranks of the states unbeaten
schoolboy basketball teams by
routing Dover in Milford Tuesday
night, 60-30, in the Henlopen
Conference.
The league e-Ieaders, held to a
80 tie in the first period, found
the range with a point barrage
in the second quarter for 31-12
lead at intersection.
Although the Milford bench was
cleared in the third period, the
home forces widened the gap to
49-17, entering the final quarter.
Milford'S conference record
now is TO to Dover's 2-5 mark.
Dover is 2-7 overall, while Mil
ford has taken eight.
Don Mears' % points paced
the Milford attack. Dicky Wynder
had IL for the losers.
Continued on Page A5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-02-01
Sixteen Courses
Offered At Wesley

Sixteen courS SeS will be offered
in the second semester of the
current session of the Wesley
College Evening School, be-
ginning February A. Registration
for the courses, which may be
taken with or without college
credit, will take place Thur sday
and Friday evenings, January
80, and 81, in the Registrar's S
office in Old Main.
Course offerings are:
Monday evenings: Psychology
of Adjustment, Accounting for
Small Business, Life and Teach
ings of Jesus, State and Local
Government, Physical Science.
Wednesday evenings: Introduc-
tion to Music Theory, Invest
ments, World Geography, Busi-
ness English.
Thursday evenings: Shorthand,
Introduction to Publicity and Pub
lie Relations, Engineering Draw
ing, European History, General
Psychology, and Conversational
Spanish.
Monday and Thur Sday: General
Zoology.
Courses in the Wesley College
Evening School are given one
night a week for Is weeks.