VALLEY WOMEN INVITED TO JOIN
RECENTLY FORMED HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
AJi valley women are invited
to attend the March 20 meeting
and become affiliated with the
recently formed Valley Presby
terian Hospital Auxiliary. A
group of interested women havV
formed an Auxiliary and at; a
meeting held March 6 drew up
by-laws which will be presented
for approval at the VPH Board
of Directors meeting tomorrow
night.
Regular meetings will be held
each first and third Tuesday of
the month, at 1:30 p.m. For the
present time the meetings are be
ing held in the MEA meeting
roan.
Membership in the Auxiliary is
open to the public in two class
ifications: Active and Associate.
Active members are those who
are available to work with the
Auxiliary in committees; attend
meetings; they may hold office,,
and are entitled to vote on mat
ters pertaining to Auxiliary ac
tivities. Active membership fees
are $1.00. Associate members Will
consist of those unable to at
tend the regular meetings. Mem
bership fee in anas group is $2.00.
These members are entitled to
attend two meetings a year.
Officers of the group are Mrs
Frank Clark, president; Mrs. Ben
Hudgins* vice-president; Mrs.
Don Irwin, secretary; Mrs. Pat
Hemmer, treasurer; Mrs. I. M.
Sandvik, Mrs. Harry Duff, and
Mrs. Frank Bruckbauer, board
members.
The Auxiliary has been formed
to assist the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital and it’s board of direc
tors, in many phases of volunteer
work, including sewing, mending,
or other assigned work. In ad
dition to the board of directors,
committees will be set up in the
neighboring towns and are to be
designated as branches. WasilLa,
Sutton, Butte, Experiment Sta
ton region, and Goat Creek will
be represented as branches.
Volunteer work has beeft don
ated to the local hospital during
recent weeks and include several
pair of pajamas cut and sewn by
Mrs. Mike Ulrich; fifteen draw
sheets made by the Auxiliary;
and considerable mending done
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POUNDS OF PUBLICITY
GOING TO STATES
FOR ALASKA TOURISTS
Frank Whaley, managing direc
tor of the Alaska Visitors Asso
ciation, announced today thbt
during the past two weeks over
260 pounds of publicity on Alaska
has been sent to stateside news
papers and magazines. The pub
licity materials included an over
all total of 2500 pictures of Alas
ka’s tourist attractions and a to
tal of 3150 pages of news stories,
and features prepared by the
AVA Travel News Bureau.
Whaley said this is only a small
part of the promotional job
planned by the AVA News Bur
eau. During March and April
travel editors of every newspaper
of 100,000 circulation in the
States will each receive a new
and different story on Alaska to
ether with photos. Special articles
and full page spreads are all
ready scheduled for leading me
dia in Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chi
cago.
THETA CHAPTER
TO AWARD
MACHETANZ PICTURE
Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi,
has announced they will award
a Machetanz lithograph to some
lucky person on April 2. Tickets
nay be obtained from all chap
ter members, for a 25 cents dona
tion, each ticket. The picture is
now on display in the window at
Bert’s Drug store.
by Mrs. Frank McKenzie. Materi
als for the sewing projects were
furnished through a linen fund
which had previously been do
nated to the hospital by various
groups and organizations.
r Al-CNDAR
OF EVENTS
THURSDAY. MARCH 15
IDES OF MARCH
FRIDAY. MARCH 16
VALLEY HOSP. BOARD, VPH,
8 p m.
ARCTIC TRAILS RIDING CLUB
Branton home, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY. MARCH 17
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
ELKS BALL, Elks hall
SR. CLASS PLAY, Central
School, 8 p.m.
WINTER RETREAT, Westminst
er Fellowship, King’s Lake
Camp.
SUNDAY. MARCH 18
WINTER RETREAT, Westmin
ster Fellowship, Kings Lake
Camp.
MONDAY, MARCH 19
PALMER KIWANIS, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
THETA CHAPTER, BSP, M.
Bouwens home, 8 p.m.
XI ETA CHAPTER, BSP, B*
Rice, home, 8 p.m.
LIBRARY BD., Palmer Library;
8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS. U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
A & & SOCIETY
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
PALMER P-TA
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall, 8
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters’
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange hall, 8 p.m.
AM. LEGION Birthday Party,
Legion hall, 8 p.m.
MISSION SOCIETY
TO OBSERVE
WEEK OF PRAYER
Beginning March 19 and con
tinuing through March 23, a
week of prayer has been schedul
ed at the First Baptist church by
the Womens Mission Society.
Meetings will be held each after
noon, except Wednesday when an
evening meeting will be held, at
the Baptist Church. A film strip
will be shown Tuesday after
noon and on Wednesday evening
a pantomine, "Learn to Pray”
will be presented.
The public is invited to attend
any or all of the meetings. Those
desiring transportation are asked
to call Mrs. Dick Thompson, Mrs.
Glen Hardage or Mrs. George
Hanson.
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MARCH 18
10:00 Sunday School Classes
11:00 Morning Worship
"OVER TO HEROD'S COURT"
"A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL"
Rev- Brian H. Cleworlh, Minister
FAITH FOR OUR TROUBLED TIMES
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PAY BY CHECK-HERE IS WHY:
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fountain pen!
• You save time and steps, paying bills. No standing on
lme. No bother.
• Your cancelled checks are receipts that stop arguments
before they start.
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