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Vol. 14
Primer, Alaska.
February 16, 1951
No. 7
communiiy chlst oieeiiop
The third Rnnual _ eeting cf the i" liner
Community Chest is to be held cn Febru' ry
27th, 1951, st 8 p.m. in the Co-op Club
Room. This is important meeting -nd
it is essential that everyone be there.
There will be the nnmrl election of off
icers, evaluation cf the Community Chest
ns o. service tc the community, end re
ports of the pr.rticipo.ting agencies.
The Palmer Chamber of Commerce appoint
ed r committee to organize a community
chest in November of 1947. The first meet
ing of the Chest was held November 19,
1947, with Les R°y, Jack .laze, Clayton
Esslinger, Walter Me.u, Carl Rasmussen and
i£rs. Foster Sims elected to the first
board.
The campaign to r'lse funds for the year
1949, took piece in the f^ll of 1948, with
gross receipts at $2,098.60.
The first annual nesting was held on
September 27th., 1949. During this meet
ing, election cf b rd members and the a
dopticn cf by-laws, took place.
The following agencies benefited from
the funds <^f the 1950 chest drive: Met
anuska Valley Health Council, Alaska. Crip
pled Children’s x_ssocir ti^n, Boy Sc-uts,
Girl Scouts, Fulmer Library and the Dis
aster Council, Mr. Flitt stated.
shoyj si!;
With James Hurley acting as :i£ ster of
ceremonies, the big March ‘-f Dimes Talent
Show got under w* y at 8 p.n. last Tuesday
evening, as the community-wide project in
the drive to fight polio.
Cc-spcnsored by the Beta Sigma Fhi sor
ority and the t lnor Klwanis Club, the
show which lasted a full two. hours, vr\s
declared a huge success. The show in
cluded singing, dancing, r'nd comedy skits,
instrumental solos, band numbers by the
Palmer High School Br nd many other acts.
The Talent Shew was made more enjoyable
by the use of the new Public Address sys
tem belonging to the Kivrnis Club, and
made available to the Beta Sigma Fhl, by
them.
The entire proceeds of the show, which
amounted to $250, went to the March of
Dimes Drive for i aimer.____
pRisontRS np infill sns
Attention of all prisoners of war of
World. War 11, their widows, children and
parents is called to the following release
by Lew. M. Williams, secretary cf Alaska.
The deadline for filing claims for the
ftl-a-dcy payments to prisoners cf war or
their survivors is March 1, 1951. Thew
final date, March first, was fixed by law
lrnd c nnot be changed oy the War Claims
|Commissi on.
If you, or a member cf your family, were
held a prisoner of war during World War 11 y
you may be entitled to these special Pri- '/
saner of War payments.
For official claim forms, ^nd further
information, wire, write, telephone or see
iSECKfSTARY OF i.LASKA, Juneau, Alaska, or
jwrlte the War Claims Commission, Washing
ton £5, S.C.
j Don’t delay. March First is not far s
iwr.y.
snvEnnoi? .ms pfiotiPinfinon
WHEREAS, the Alaska Crippled Child
ren’ s association n*~s carried on ? most
ipra.isew rthy work in rehabilitating un
fortunately stricken persons; and
WHEREAS, children as well as adults
suffering from paralysis and other crlppl
jing diseases have been given hcspitallza
jtion and needed treatment through the ef
forts of the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association; and
WHEREAS, this year, with the scd&Fge,
infantile paralysis striking in almost ep
idemic form in cur Territory, and bringing
home to xUnsknns as never before the dread
nature of this disease, the ^Inskn Crippl
ed Children’s Association hs been most
helpful in assisting in combating it; -nd
WHEREAS, during the period from Feb
ruary 25 to March 25, the Association will
conduct its annual Easter Seal sale, funds
thus derived going toward the further work
of helping the crippled;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest Gruening,
Governor of Alaska, urge the people of A
laska to purchase Easter Se°ls in support
vf this worthy cause, sc that its humani
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