BSP STYLE SHOW
TO BE HELD MAY 3
Rivera Hiber of Eska, membei
*»f Xi Eta chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi, will be the commentator foi
the sprority’s annual Spring Style
i&how which will be staged in the
^school gym on Friday evening,
May 3. Mrs. Hiber will comment
<©n the great number of ensem
bles which will be modeled by lo
cal women and children. Many
*af these presentations will fea
ture items of wear that may be
.’purchased in local shops. Others
will be items of wear that have
been made at home. This is in
bne with the local Chamber of
Commerce “buy at home” slogan.
Entertainment will include
special organ presentations. The
Hammond Organ Company from
.Anchorage will bring two organs
Hn Palmer for the show, one of
^feese will be their new chord mod
«L Mrs. Gweri Morley, former
Palmerite and well-known organ
ist, will present a program and
jplay the organ during the style
Ipresentations.
Posters are being made and
wall be put up throughout the
city. Tickets will soon be on sale
(and may be purchased at local
shops or from any member ofthe
sorority. Proceeds from the style
show will go into the two BSP
chapter’s general funds from
which monetary support is given
tl© all community campaigns and
$irom which this past year the
sorority contributed a sizeable
(amount for the operation of the
^community ambulance .
SPORTSMEN TO SEE
TOLM ON AFRICA
-Members of the Matanuska
Sportsmen will meet ;to-'
*Mght in the organization’s indoor
Orange, located in the basement
£he Co-Op rec hall. An inter- j
nesting film will be shown on Afri
ca which has been made avail
able by the Standard Oil Com
5*cmy of California. The film will
.‘sb.ow wild animals in their na
tural haunts, African natives, the
tlgsilri industry and lush scenery.
All members and interested per
-3»ns are invited to attend. -
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Beautify Palmer—
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<srad are hoping to share the i.
‘Galley Hospital Grounds as a
l with another group or
* aiher groups/ -
The Northland Pioneer Grange
•* amd’the Church of Jesus Christ
* af /Letter Day Saints have an
Enwmceh pfr&hs to landscape aroudd
feheir buildings.
► A major improvement in the
•appearance of the city will come
•alb*mt when city employees move
'£he barrels of asphalt from the
irity lot near the MEA building to
Jess conspicuous spot. The bar
will be moved as soon as
■^Baifeter permits.
Plans are being discussed for
* an -Arbor Day at which time
J ^iObr ehildren would be invited
''Sen participate in planting native
tsrees and shrubs around the
-schools.
JThe Girl Scouts, who have
, shown considerable interest in
ithe campaign, are discussing
holding a “litter-bug” poster con
taesSt m the near future.
It was announced this week
$faat the grounds and buildings at
St- Michael’s Catholic Church are
going to be spruced up within
ttfoe next month.
In Fairbanks a similar cam
gxaigr. is under way, with one var
iation. Sponsors of the Fairbanks
beautifying project hope to have
iiheir city designated as the del
phinium city of Alaska, and
planting projects are now under
way. It was stated at one of the
harden Club meetings that Pal
mer could well become the rose
cehter of Alaska—eventually ex
panding to the point where rose
bushes could be shipped on a
<romercial basis to the States. The
•Statement was made by a former
landscape gardener who lives in
the valle£- He stated that there
sire many types and varieties of
roses that will grow very well in
‘ the iMatanuska Valley climate,
and that he felt there would be
a ready market if someone would j
; put in an acre of rose bushes, j
A numebr of public areas have.
not yet been chosen as projects
by any of the participating organ
izations and individuals. How
ever, Dr. Bailey said he is
‘certain that with the sincere in
terest being shown by the entire
-c«*mmunil;y that Palmer will cer
tainly be one of the most beau
tiful spots in the Territory with
in a year.
With the paving of the main
streets in Palmer a great many
more tourists are expected to be
'visiting in and around the valley
Wis summer. “The street paving
itself -wijl be a very great im
provement to our area’s appear
ance,” Dr. Bailey pointed out.
Basketball Players
Honored at Dinner
Approximately 85 youths and
adults were served at the turkey
dinner held by the Palmer Moose
lodge last week in honor of the
Palmer and Wasilla basketball
teams and their coaches. The din
ner was highlighted by a talk
presented by Lt. Colonel Arthur
Washburn who is in charge of all
recreation and athletics for U. S.
Army troops in Alaska. Lt. Col.
Washburn congratulated mem
bers of the Wasilla and Palmer
teams and their coaches on hav
ing won the sportsmanship tro
phies in their respective classes in
the recent Western Alaska Tour
lament. He emphasized the im
portance of displaying sports
manship over the importance of
winning the game. Attending the
dinner with their teams were
Coaches Robert Chatterton of
Palmer and William Lambert of
Wasilla.
The dinner, which was prepar
ed by Women of the Moose, was
served by the girl cheerleaders
of the Palmer school under the
direction of Miss Ann Johnson,
girls’ PE leader.
The local Moose lodge has re
ceived letters of thanks from both
schools in which their apprecia
Palmer C-D Gets
Surplus Buildings
Five buildings were this week
signed over to the Greater Pal
mer Area Civil Defense organ
ization by the Bureau of Public
Roads, according to A1 V. Hagen,
CD area director. They consist of
one quonset hut, 16- by 45-feet;
a warm-up shed, 24-by 40 feet;
cook house, 16- by 40 feet; tool
shed, 8- by 10-feet; and a storage |
shed.
The quonset hut has been re
assigned to the local Airmens’ As
sociation with the provision that,
a five-year lease, or better, be
secured for ground upon which
it will be located. The tool shed
frill be turned over to the Pal
mer Cemetery Association for use
at the Palmer Cemetery. The
other three buildings will be used
by the area CD organization for
storage of CD supplies and equip
ment.
The buildings are located south
of the Glenn highway.
tion was expressed, not only to
the lodge but to the Women of
the Moose and the cheerleaders
and their leader as well.
Also guests at the dinner were
members of the Moose lodge
sponsored basketball team who
recently completed a fine season
of play in the City League.
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ICE CREAM
Flavor-of-the-month
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Cooperating Association
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.
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Neal Wright Building
Notice to MEA Members
The following rules regarding voting members
were accepted by the Board of the MEA at a
special meeting held March 6, 1957:
1) A voting member is one who has met the
following requirements:
. (a) the payment of a $5 membership fee
(b) agreeing to purchase electricity from
the Association
(c) agreeing to comply with and be
bound by the Articles of Incorpora
tion, the By-laws, and the Rules of
the Association.
(d) being accepted for membership by
the Board of Directors or the mem
bership.
(Acceptance by the Board is not accomplished
until after the applicant is receiving electricity
from the Association).
2) Only one membership may be held per
person but a husband and wife may joint
ly hold a membership if they both sign
the membership application. In the event
that both have signed the membership
application, either may vote, but not both.
The Board ordered all duplicate membership
fees previously paid to be transferred to meter
deposits under the same names.
/S/JAMES J. HURLEY, Secretory
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