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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Machine Tool orders over the
Nation in October totaled s99,-
$50, 700, highest in more than
seven years, compared with
S7S, 800, 900 in September and
81, 10000 in October a year
ago.-Ntl. Machine Tool Builders
Assn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK (AP) Noon over the
counter us. Government Treasury bonds,
bid, asked, net change and yield for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
Of People
New Vice Presidents Named

Three vice presidents have been named for Capitol Car
Distributors Ltd Vokswagen distributors for the District
Of Columbia, Maryland Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina and eastern Tennessee They are: Cy Shelton
vice neutrality-suspicious. Raymond H. Stevenson finan
cal vice president and John Gonela vice presdentpubc
relations Mr. Shelton formerly with VolkSwagen at
EnglewoOd Cliffs, N j., and Mr. Stevenson with
Capitol oldsmobile before joining the firm in 1859
as controller. Mr.. Gonea formerly with the Wash
ingtOn Board Of Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26

NEW YORK (AP).-Ira Haupt
and Co., a S6-year-Old Wall
street securities firm, will go
out of business in the first
liquidation ever arranged by the
New York Stock Exchange and
carried out under exchange su-
perviSion.
Late yesterday the exchange
announced a liquidation plan
beginning promptly" 1t calls
for the exchange and large New
York banks to advance a max
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
METALS

NEW YORK lAPD.-Spot nonferrous
metal prices today: Copper 81 cents !
pound. Connecticut Valley. Lead i2is
cents a pound, New York. Zinc 12k
1.2Sis a pound, New York ForeiEn
SILVER 1928 per troy ounce. New York
Flttsourgh scrap steel No. / heavy was
quoted by Iron AGE a. 94.0O-25 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE


tgs:t s: Ass'si ss'is LIST s I Ass fG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-26
SeuItest Promotes Orthner

Sealtest Foods has named Milton L. 0rthner Of Bowie,
manager Of contracts and distributors for the Washington
district Mr. 0rhner Joined Sealtest year ago and
formerly credit manager for the firm. Previously he
worked for 10 years with the companys accounting depart
men in Philadelphia. He is a veteran Of the Marine Corps
and holds certificate from Temple University.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
DR.. ALBRIGHT
SPEAKS HERE

DR.. Earl Albrecht, first phys
ician for the Matanuska Valley
colonists and first commission
er of health for the territory of
Alaska, was honor guest and
featured speaker at the joint
city-school district banquet on
Saturday, Sept. 81.
DR.. Albrecht, in the Valley
on business, said he was in
formed that he was TO speak
at the dinner when he arrived
at the Don Irwin home an hour
or two earlier that evening.
However, lack of notice did
not deter him from entertain
ing long time residents and
brand-new teachers alike with
spritely account of early-day
problems in medicine, includ-
ing delivering babies in a tent
hospital. He told the new
teachers of the immense strides
made in the past % years to
bring the area from frontier
community to a modern one,
and cited the local museum as
a record of the growth of the
Valley.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Annual Meeting Of
mvC(A IS Monday

Four persons will be elected
to the board of directors of the
Matanuska Valley unit of the
Alaska Crippled Children's As
ISOLATION at the annual meeting
of the local group on Monday,
Sept. 80, at 7:30 pm. T h e
meeting will be held in t h e
ACCA clinic in Palmer.
The president and treasurer
of the association will make
their annual reports.
The nominating committee
has presented a slate of NOM
inees, and further nominations
may be made from the floor
for the three three-year terms
and one one-year term (crea-
ted by the resignation of Ma
RE Hulke, the balance of whose
term was one year,.
On the nominating commit
tees slate are L. ]. Smith, Lib
by Martin, and Ann Stow,
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Polling Places
Remain UNCHANGED

Polling places for the Oct.
school election will be h e
same as for the recent borough
election.
Palmer voters will vote in
the city council chambers al
the Palmer city hall. Matanus-
ka precinct voters will mark
their ballots at B & H Supply.
just beyond Ketchikan Spruce
on Matanuska Road. Butte
precinct residents will vote at
the Butte fire hall, and Eska-
Sutton voters will go to the
Sutton community hall.
Polling places will be open
from 8 am. to 8 pm.
To vote in the bond election,
voters must h We previously
registered, they must be at
least 10 years of age, t h e y
must have lived in Alaska for
a year preceding the election,
and in the school district for 30
days preceding the election.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26

Smith and report back to the
council.
Heat for Metal Building
Manager Irwin quoted bids
from Macs Plumbing $500
and A B & ] ($768) for a hot
air coal furnace with stoker
(not in place. to supply heat
for the city's equipment stor-
age and shop building. He also
reported that Matanuska Maid,
Inc. has decided to keep its
central heating steam plant and
would be willing to sell heat
to the city for the building
Total installation costs were
quoted as 81 ,638, and the cost
per month to buy steam at peak
load as $114.48. It was pointed
out that generally the need
would be about half of peak
load, and that during some
months of the year heat would
not be needed at all. The
amount of steam heat used
would be metered. unc |
moved to accept the Coop bid
with the proviso that a contract
be negotiated for not less than
a five-year period, and that if
service should be discontinued
during this time that the city
be refunded on a pro rated
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
SERVICES HELD
THIS AFTERNOON
FOR TY ROWSEY

Funeral services were held
at the First Baptist Church in
Palmer today at 2 pm. for Ty
Darnell Rowsey, three-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
RoWsey of Wasilla.
The child died Monday at
Providence Hospital in Anch-
orage following an attack of
pneumonia.
The Rev. John T. Dickerson
officiated at the services, which
were followed by interment in
Aurora Cemetery at Wasilla.
The Rowsey child was born
May IA, 1860, in Shelton, Wash.
Besides his parents, survivors
are three brothers, Rodney,
Jimmie and Lyle, and a sister,
Cherlin, all of Wasilla. Other
survivors are his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman
of Mt. Sterling, H., and Mr..
and Mrs. William Rowsey of
Sunnymead, Calf.
Arrangements were handled
by the Anchorage Funer |
Chapel.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26

pany will purch ase that
amount.
Council members passed a
motion to make Mr.. Irwin the
authorized representative of
the city to sign all documents
with HHFA, and to give Ste
fano and Stutzman authorize
ton to amend previous appli-
cation from the city to HHFA.
Emergency Hospital
Irwin outlined to the coun-
ell a proposal from Loren Grit
fin, public health advisor from
the US. Public Health Service,
which would install in Palmer
sufficient equipment and med
icines for a 200-bed hospital to
be set up in case of emergency.
Needed would be 1,165 square
feet of disable floor space, $50
feet of which would have to be
heated, and 80 cubic feet of
which would be used for re-
frigeration. The city manager
suggested as possible space the
basement under the building
Occupied by Betty's Dress Shop.
Councilman M axe suggested
that the city manager discuss
the problem of storage space
with civil defense director Ed
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Don ingalls, Is
Only Candidate

Don ingalls,, incumbent, is
running unopposed for t h e
five-year post on the Palmer
Independent School Distric'
board of directors.
Actual length of the term is
uncertain, since mandatory
borough incorporation may cut
short the terms of the existing
school board.
ingalls,, who is an equipment
operator for the State Depart
ment of Highways, makes h S
home in North Palmer w t h
wife Haleen and a son who is
a student in the Palmer high
school. The ingalls, have two
older sons, both married.
The school board candidate
taught school for 20 years be-
fore engaging in h is present
occupation, IA of them in Al
aska.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
PROPOSITIONS Are For
School Construction

cation program for number of
years.
Proposition 4 is for an audi
forum designed to seat 500
people. The estimated cost is
S430,000. This plan also calls
for large classroom for med
iumsized groups such as Choir
Us. A folding partition will di-
vide this classroom into two
smaller areas for such curric-
ular activities as speech.
The millage estimate 600
per cent evaluation) for Prop
osition 3 is 1as mills, and for
Proposition 4, 15s mills.
School officials list adVant-
ages of the new construction
program, pointing out that it
will take children out of poor
~ ventilated and inadequately
lighted basement classrooms in
Central school which are con-
sidered to be fire hazard.
They add that the program
will enable high school stu
dents to take full advantage of
the laboratories and home eco
Monies rooms now doubling as
classrooms, and it will provide
regular classrooms for high
school classes now being con-
Quoted in the cafeteria, a stor-
age room, and half of the
nurses office.
! The program would provid,
adequate library space for tn,
elementary children at Swan
son school, and would provide
facilities for a full physical ed.
ucation program for the Cen
trail elementary children, who
are now restricted to one per-
iod per week, as we'll as save
time and costs of transporting
high school students to a n d
i from Central school
At the present rate of
growth, schoolmen say, class
room space will h ave to be
rented beginning with the fall
term of 1864, or classes will be
d r a S i cally overcrowded. A
double shift may be necessary
in the fall of 1865.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26

Palmer city council men,
bers at the Sept. "a meeting
passed motion to hire Don
Irwin as city manager on a
temporary basis for As days,
and to recommend that the
new council Ito take office in
the week following the Oct. l
electioD extend Mr.. Twins
employment for an additional
80 days. Irwin outlined several
reasons why he cannot consld-
er the post on a permanent
basis.
Sewer System
The city manager reported
that sewer project engineers
Ralph Stefano and Paul Stuff
man, now in Seattle, are nego-
tiating with Housing and Home
Finance Administration Off
Gals and that a Sc per cent
APW grant for collector sewers
looks hopeful. The Public
Health Service has assured
Palmer of a so per cent grant
for interceptors and lagoons. II
the grants are made, Palmer
will need to sell bonds in the
amount of $421 900. The engi-
neers said that Meyers of the
Marshall and Meyers bonding
agency stated that his COM
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
YOUNG SITTER
AVERTS TRAGEDY

Two m a I children were
ushered to safety by a quick
thinking ten-year-old baby sit
ter last Friday afternoon when
fire broke out in the Hinkel
home in North Palmer.
The sitter. Letha Luster, was
tending her two nieces, Kathy
Lou and Roxanne Hinkel, when
she smelled smoke and took
the two children to the nearby
home of Richard Miller, where
the Palmer volunteer fire de-
partment was called.
Firemen reported that one
wall of the home had ignited
and burned as a result of an
over-heated oil stove. They es-
timated damage at about 500.
Local firemen were called to
the Al Whitney home at Mile
2 Y, Wasilla Highway, on Mon
day, Sept %, about 8 p. m.
when Phil Withey's car caught
fire. The youth was making
repairs on the automobile with
the aid of an extension cord
and spilled gasoline on the
bulb. The car was reported a
total loss.
Possible fire was averted in
the early morning hours of
Sept. l6 when Palmer police
officer Larry Connolly smelled
smoke while making a routine
check at Pioneer Texaco. In
Vestigation located a plugged
up stoker. The trouble was cor
.ected without a fire call.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26

three-year terms; and Wayne
Bouwens, one-year term.
The terms of Agnes Zaborac,
Ethel Colberg, and Wayne
Bouwens are expiring. Board
members with two years left
to serve are lola Sims, Verne
Stout, and Eloy Garcia. Marion
Duff and Doris Simpson have
one year remaining to serve of
their three-year terms.
Anyone interested in the ac-
Invites of the local chapter of
ACCA is urged to come to the
meeting and to volunteer h S
help, Mrs. Simpson, president
of MVCCA, said.
Mrs. Simpson pointed out
that active membership in the
unit is very small, and h t
more members are needed to
keep the clinic open for h e
coming year. The membership
fee is 81 per year.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Bond Election Voters Must
Register Tomorrow Saturday
Dinner, DANCE
TO Benefit
CEREBRAL PALSY

Proceeds from the Elks
Lodge barbecued spare rib din
ner and dance on Saturday.
Sept. % at $50 pm. will 60 to
the cerebral palsy program,
lodge members announced this
week.
The public has been invited
to share in this social event,
the charge for which will be
$3.50 per person. T h dinner
will be followed by dancing to
live music, and a floor show
is also being planned.
Aside from youth activities.
Christmas fund, and memorial
services, each state organiza-
ton of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks has a
major project known as h e
Mos. Worthy Project. The Al
aska state associations cerebral
pa1sy program IS It's M o S
Worthy Project, chosen be
cause of concern for handicap
ped children living in areas
where they could not receive
the benefits of physical Their.
apy.
Cerebral palsy IS not single
disease, but group of condi
lions resulting from damage t
the areas of the brain that con
troll the motor or voluntar,
muscles of the body.
Paralysis resulting from thi
damage makes it difficult G
! impossible for the individu;
to properly utilize the muscle
and control their activity. Cere
bral palsy is one of the majo
cripplers of children today
However, it is a treatable con
dition, and with the aid o
medical resources the child cal
learn to adjust to his handicap
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
City Election Is
tuesday, 0cf. /

United of Omaha, and Jack
Maze, manager of Hartley Mo
tors, are seeking the two three
year posts on the city council.
Frank, who lives with his
wife Ann on Matanuska Street,
made the following statement:
Now we have the sewer prof.
ect we'll under way, l feel it is
time to upgrade our streets
While m any Improvements
have been made, we still have
a long way to 60. Your present
city council plans on a street
improvement program in the
coming year, and this will be
accomplished with no increase
in taxes.
Il stated last year that | was
opposed to any increase IN
taxes. | am of the same opinion
today. With honest, efficient
city government, we can live
within our budget"
Goodrich and his wife La
Vonne live on Matanuska
Street with their teen aged
daughter. A son. 10, IS in the
navy. Goodrich said that al
though ne has made his home
/ IN Palmer for the past eight
years, his work has taken him
away from the city a good deal
f Since establishment of his shoI
on Bailey Hill Street, however
Continued on Page IL
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Beta Sigma Phi,
Women Voters
To Hear Garter

R. c. Carter, Palmer indie
pendent School District super
intendent of schools, will adj
dress a joint meeting of both
local chapters of Beta Sigma
Phi and the League of Women
Voters on Monday, Sept. 80, at
8 pm. in the Palmer h G h
school library.
Carter will discuss the school
bond issues which will appear
on the ballot in the school cleo
ton on Tuesday, Oct. l.
All interested persons are
urged to attend, including hus-
bands of members of the two
women's groups.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Council Hires Don irwin
As Temporary Manager

basis for initial costs of install
lation. The council also speci-
fled that the doors of the build
ing are to be insulated. The mo-
ton was passed with one mega
tive vote, that of Councilman
Long.
Health Exam for Employees
A motion that any new en-
ployee going to work for the
city be required to have a ply
steal examination at his own
expense, and that present en-
ployees who cannot produce a
medical report made up with
in the last six months also be
required to have physical ex-
ans Cat city expense) was ap-
proved unanimously.
Street Cleaning
The city manager reported
that Lee Budd has been en-
ployed to clean the city streets,
but has run into the problem
of cars parked on downtown
streets at night, making it i'm
pissible to clean some areas in
the early morning hours before
traffic becomes heavy. The city
clerk said that an order has
been placed for signs designat-
ing mo Parking between the
Continued on Page 7
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26
Eight File For Vacancies on Palmer City Council
Reporters
Notebook

Mrs. Rod (Helen) Cottrell
was honored on Sept. 10 at a
reception given by Mrs. Rich
ara Jones at the Jones home
on Valley Street. The Cottrell
family recently moved here
from Anchorage and are max
ing their home at the former
Hugh Adams farm on Scott
Road, Mr.. Cottrell is cashier at
the Matanuska Valley Bank.
The Lloyd Watts from Shell
byville. Tenn, write they are
getting settled in their former
home and that their bowling
alley IS keeping them busy.
They report that Mary Lou
and Bob Johns visited them
last winter and that they en-
Joyed a visit with the Puddi-
combes this summer. I'VE hope
more OF our trends from Pal
mer can drop in on u.s." Mrs.
Watts said.
Mrs. A. B. Edith Compton
former linotype operator at the
Frontiersman, writes that they
are now living in Anderson,
Indiana, where their son The
ron is attending high school.
Anderson is also the home of
the Comptons' elder son Bythel
and his family.
1863 graduates of Palmer
high school now attending the
University of Alaska are jamie
Hanks. Jack Snodgrass, David
Schneider, and Wayne Eckert.
Attending Alaska Methodist
University are David Martin
and Chuck Felzien.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26

Eight candidates have filed
for the four vacancies on the
Palmer city council, to be filled
by election on Tuesday, Oct. l.
To be elected are the mayor,
two councilmen for three-year
terms, and one councilman for
a one-year term.
Polling place will be the Pal
mer city council chambers,
with the polls to be open from
8 am. to 8 pm. To vote in
the election you must be a citi-
zen of the United States, 10
years of age or older, resident
of the state of Alaska for one
year and of the city of Palmer
for 80 days. and you must be
able to read and write the Eng
lish language. Pre-registration
is not necessary for this cleo
ton.
Seeking the office of mayor
are Ralph Moore, power use
advisor at MEA, and Ted
Schmidtke, Frontiersman pub
Usher.
Moore came to the Matanuska
Valley in 1885 and has lived
here since then. He and his
wife Kathleen live in North
Palmer They have two mar
ried daughters and four grand
children.
Moore has been a member Of
the city planning commission
and the plating board for sew
eral years, and was chairman
of the committee which drafted
the city charter. In late 1861 he
was appointed to fill vacanc.
on the city council, and in DC
tober, 1861. was elected to tn
city council for a three-yea
term. lie served in that capa
city until November, 1867
when he was appointed by tn
city council to fill the unes
S pired term of Mayor Billy !
Miller.
During the months that
have been councilman an
mayor, l have seen the begin
ming of several new develop
ments for the city of Palmer
one of which is the new sewer
system. At this time it is my
wish to have the privilege OF
having a part in bringing some
of these new ventures to their
completion" Moore said.
Ted Schmidtke, a resident of
Palmer for the past three years,
makes his home with wife
Billie and three Sabotage chill
dren on Matanuska Street. He
is a member of the city plan
ming commission and plating
board, is vice-president of the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce, and serves on the
Power Development Commit
tee.
Darrell Frank, proprietor of
the D & A Grocery, Earl Good
rich, owner of a plumbing
and heating shop, Merritt Long,
owner-manager of the Matan-
uska Valley Credit Bureau and
insurance agent for Mutual
The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1963-09-26

Palmer Independent School
District taxpayers have only
two days remaining in which to
register for the school bond ell
ection on Oct. l, John Marshall,
tax assessor, emphasized today.
The office will be open this af-
teroon until 5 pm, tomorrow
from $3.50 am. to 5 pm. and
Saturday from $50 am. until
9 pm. BY Wednesday after
noon 322 persons had register
ed. In the bond election year
ago. 884 registered
In the Oct. l school election,
voters will elect one director to
five-year term and will ae-
cept or reject four separate
bonding propositions for school
construction.
Proposition No. / would pro-
vide six classrooms, library and
auxiliary room S, bookroom,
storage room, 1avatories, and
janitor's supply room at Swan
son school. The six rooms
would house $50 children. Es-
timated cost is $195, 900, and the
estimated tax increase Chased
, on 100 per cent of assessed val
uation) is "a mill.
Proposition No. 2 is for 81,
classrooms and a storeroom a
the high school. Estimated cos
of the addition, which woult
house $50 students, is $l95, 000
Two of the six rooms will b,
larger in size and will hav,
plumbing and electrical con
duits roughed in so that they
may be converted from regu
lar classroom use to science ane
language laboratories later
The millage estimate is the
same as for Proposition /.
Proposition 3 is for a high
school gymnasium, estimated
cost of which is $3.50, 900. Plans
call for a regulation-sized court
and a seating capacity of 1900.
Space can be divided into four
manifestations, which school
directors estimate will allow
for an adequate physical edu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24

Saturdays the hours will be
from 8 am. to 5 pm.
The subject of the exhibit
is "Glass Flower Containers
and Paper Weights" Also dis
played will be glass from the
Amelung glassworks, which
operated from 1785 to 1795.
Lately interest in Amelung
glass is being aroused by a
current excavation of the old
factory site, conducted by
the Corning Museum of Glass
in association with The
Smithsonian Institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
Antique Glass
Exhibit Set

The annual exhibition Of
antique glass conducted by
the Early American Glass
Club will be on display during
the month Of April in the
Silver Spring Public Library.
The hours during the week
are from Q am. to 8 pm. On
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-24
Anniversary
Fete Slated

The executive chapter Of
the National Secretaries AS
ISOLATION will celebrate its
18th anniversary Tuesday at
7p.m. in the Lorraine Room
of the Lafayette Hotel.
DR.. william Shelley Of the
American Psychiatric Asso-
citation, will speak on the
topic Just Salary Isn't
Enough"
DR.. Shelley is chairman Of
the Washington Psychiatric
Society Committee on Liaison
with the American Academy
of G. neral Practice. Also, he
is the associate editor of Psy-
chosomatics.
, 1963-02-08

Jets 49,.
by Raphael T. Bostic and the
Centipedes coached by Var
grave Tutein. Things picked
up after a slow and dull open
ing with the score at the end
Of the first half Monarchs
ahead 1920.
As a result of this score the
fans were anticipating a very
close ending. But the champs
fell back to their old custom of
ball control and set back the
Centipedes to their first defeat
to the score of So to 46
Top scorer for the entire
game, even though his team
lost, was Hugo Penn with 10
points. Rawle Watson of the
Monarchs topped his team
TIE day