Reporters—
Notebook.
Virgil Meehan announced this
week that he took over the oper
ations of Brown’s Garbage col
lection business, as of March 1.
During the cultural program
presented at the Xi Eta Chapter
meeting March 19 Helen Maze
spoke on the subject of pictures
and mirrors as used in the home.
Helen Crites presented a book re
port on “The Man in the Gray
Flannel Shirt”. The chapter’s
next meeting wall be held at the
home of Frances Hulbert, April 2.
Customers of the Co-Op Trad
ing Post are expressing pleasure
over the changes being made in
the store lay-out. New over
head lights, new tile on the floor,
and re-arrangement of the shel
ves to allow wider aisles seems
to be meeting everyone’s appro
val. Businss is going on as usual
and Manager Irene Benson this
week thanked the customers for
their patience during the reno
vation period.
Another local business who re
cently completed renovations is
the T & T Sourdough Bar. Sev
eral changes have been made by
the new management, Glen and !
Katherine Burnett. The lighting]
system has been changed, the
stage moved to the far end of the
dance floor as well as several ad
ditional changes that have added
to the club’s attractiveness.
Acquaintances of the Robert
Wendt family, former Palmerites,
will be interested in a news item
that recently appeared in the Kal
i spell, Montana newspaper. It
was a report on an airplane ac
cident in which the pilot, Carl
ton C. Mickens of Poison, crash
ed his cabin plane on the ice near
Rollins where the Wendts are
now making their home. The
crash was heard by Robert Wendt
and his daughter Betty Jo, who
were the first to arrive at the
scene. Mickens was still alive
when the two arrived, although
his head was severely injured.
Betty Jo climbed into the wreck
age and unfastened the safety
belt and then aided her father
in lifting the plane to free the
pinned pilot. The pilot died en
route to the hospital.
M. D. Snodgrass and Dave Por
ter were guests at the noon lun
cheon meeting of Palmer Kiwanis
this week. Mr. Snodgrass present
ed a proposal to the Kiwanians
Whereby the local Kiwanis Club
would sponsor a 4-H Day at the
1956 Valley Fair. His proposal
was referred to the agriculture
committee who will meet with
Mr. Snodgrass and the Fair Board
for further discussion. Mr. Porter,
director of this year’s Minstrel
Show, gave a progress report on
the show.
Stewart Durrant, Co-Op gener
al manager, Virgil Eckert, purch
aser, and Frank Clark of mainten
ance, are on a business trip to the
Fairbanks plant. They expect to
return this Saturday.
Lew Hanks, district agent with
the Extension Service, and Cliff
Marcus of the Soil Conservation
Service, were guests on tjje
Homemakers program on tele
vision station KTVA on Wednes
day of this week.
Councilman and Mrs. Robert
Peterson and son Robert have
returned from a motor trip to the
States.
There will be no school on
Good Friday, March 30, William
T. Zahradnicek, school superin
tendent announced this week
Although still a patient at
Providence Hospital in Anchor
age, the Rev. James P. Snead has
sent word of his improvement.
During his convalescence Father
Nugent from Anchorage will of
fer the 10:30 a.m. mass each Sun
day morning.
The Palmer BP.O. Elks Pur
ple Bubble Ball, sponsored an
nually by the local lodge, was
declared a big success in spite of
bad road conditions last Satur
day. The orchestra secured for
the evening was stranded for a
short time on Eagle River hill
where snow had fallen and drift
ed to a heighth of five to eight
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“Heine of Drieh Boy Potato”
inches. However, they did make
it and chose attending reported a
wonderful time.
The young people of Westmin
ister Fellowship of the United
Protestant Church who attended
the weekend retreat at King’s
Lake Camp returned very en
thusiastic for the wonderful time
they had. Adults who made the
activity possible were Mrs. Jessie
DeVries, Mrs. Virginia Newman,
Mrs. Irene Cleworth, Robert Row
land, and Arthur French. A
snack-supper will be served at
5:30 p.m. this Sunday for VF
members, followed by recreation
and meeting.
Coach Robert Chatterton has
started track practice sessions in
the gymnasium in preparation for
the track meet which will be held
in Palmer May 5. Until the
grounds are in such condition as
practical, practice sessions will
be held in the gym.
FIRST AID CLASS
SEES INFORMATIVE
TRAINING FILM
First aid movies were shown at
the first meeting of the new first
aid training course which is being
conducted by Bill Adams, Red
Cross First Aid instructor. Six of
the nine persons registered for
• the course were in attendance.
Th three who were unable to at
tend, and all others interested in
taking the course, are asked to
contact the instructor at the local -
Fire Guard Station so that they
may see the films before the
next class meeting which is slat
ed for Monday evening, March 26.
WHAT WILL MAKE
LIGHTNING SICK?
Nine Teachers
Attending
3-Day Convention
Nine teachers and the school
superintendent from the Palmer
School syitem are attending the
Teachers Convention being held
in Fairbanks, Thursday, and Fri
day of this week.
Those who went via The Alas
ka Railroad are: Mrs. Barbara
Smart, Mrs. Lois Weldon, Mrs.
Alma Blunck, and Norman Rous
ey. School Superintendent Wil
liam T. Zahradnieek, and teach
ers, Mrs. Margaret Cope, Miss
Margaret Wever, and Mrs. Ruth
Schaefer went via plane; and
Miss Bessie James and Miss
Gloria Wilson made the trip by i
car.
Regular classes are being held
throughout the school system,
with substitute teachers taking
over the classes of those teachers
attending the convention. The
only exceptions to this arrange
ment, are those classes where a
substitute teacher may not be
available. These classes will be
dismissed. All high school clas
ses will be conducted as usual.
NURSES TO SHOW
TWO CANCER FILMS
District No. 6, Alaska Nurse As
sociation, will hold their meeting
in the Craft Room at Legion
building on Friday evening,
March 23 at 8 p.m. During the
evening two films will be shown
on Cancer. All interested persons
are invited to attend.
Business Manager
Named io Raise
College Funds
William S. Reasonover, 28, of ;
Luraberton, N. C-, has been nam
ed to the combination financial
and promotional position by the
Division of National Missions of
the Board of Missions of the
Methodist Church. The Division
is the sponsoring agency for the
Alaska College, which is tenta
tively scheduled to open in the
fall of 1957.
In announcing the appoint
ment, H. Conwell Snoke of Phila
delphia, treasurer of the Division
and coordinator of the over-all I
college development program,
said Reasonover will manage the
financial operations in Anchorage
and will be in charge of further
financial promotion and cutiva
tion throughout Alaska. The pro
motional work in the United Stat
es is carried on by Dr. H. L. Johns
of Philadelphia, an associate sec
retary of the Division.
As of the first of March, the
Division of National Missions re
ported that $2,574,352.21 for the
college either is on hand, pledg
ed, or in the form of estimated
goals. That includes $715,000
pledged in the 1955 campaign in
Anchorage, $238,152.72 in cash in
Philadelphia and $1,620,199.49 in
pledges and accepted goals thr
oughout the United States.
Are YOU interested?
Competent work deserves appropriate pay.
We propose paying 5 M. E. A. board of
directors $50.00 each for attending the
regular board meetings.
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