THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30' p.m.
FTONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
M.T.A. DIRECTORS, MTA Of
fice, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
PALMER SQUARE DANCE,
Carp, hall, 8-11 p.m.
ARM CHAIR PROSPECTORS,
M. King’s home, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 13
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
hall, 2 p.m.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
PALMER KIWANIS, C? range
hall, noon
XI ETA, BSP., B. Rice’s home,
8 p.m.
THETA, BSP.,_home, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY, Hos
pital, 1:30 p.m.
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall, 8
p.m.
PALMER P-TA, High School, 8
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Marada cafe, noon
PALMER ELKS, Elks hail, 8
p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY. Craft
room, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
Denali Highway
Conditions Reported
The Bureau of Public Roads i
has advised the public as to con- J
ditions to be encountered on the j
Denali Highway between Paxson J
and Ml McKinley National Park.
Effective September 8 the Den
ali Highway between Paxson and
Cantwell will be maintained for1
traffic until October 1. Snow can j
be expected on this route any- j
time after the first of September,
so be equipped with a shovel and
chains.
Bureau of Public Roads camps
along the route are government
property and are not available
for public use, nor can they fur
nish fuel, supplies or services to
the public.
EXPLORERS, Elks hall, 7:30
p.m.
SPECIALS FOR SEPTEMBER 12 -13 - 15
LIBBY'S—HA WHAN— CRUSHED—No. 2'2 tin LIBBY'S — WHOLE KERNEL
Pineapple 45c
Corn 3 m 69c
OCEAN SPRAY
Cranberry Sauce mm 31c
NALLEY'S — QUART
Mayonnaise 83c
CAMP’S Csfsup
DOODLE DANDY
Hof Garlic Dills
ASHLEY'S REFRYING & MEXICAN STYLE
Pinfo Beans
414 oz. bottles
32 oz. jar
No. 303
1.00
61c
55c
2
BOY-AR-DEE
NABISCO
Dessert Sticks ,3i oz. 49c
M. D Tissue 4 roll pack 59c
OCEAN .. “ .' ‘
Perch Fillets lb. 55c
Ground Beef
f
MATANUSKA
MAID
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Notebook
Sally Harrison will be hostess
for the September 15 meeting of
Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi.
This will be the first fall meet
ing of the chapter and will begin
at 8 p.m.
Board members of the Palmer
Provisional League of Women
Voters will hold their first meet
ing of the fall at the home of
Mrs. Bertran Curry, league presi
den, on Friday, September 12 at
8 p.m. All board members are
urged to attend.
City Councilor and Mrs. Ber
tram Duff leave for San Francis
co next Monday. The extent of
their trip has not yet been de
termined. Following a stop in
San Francisco where Duff will
see an eye specialist, the couple
plan a little visiting.
Making a brief stop in Palmer
on Monday of this week were Mr.
and Mrs. Edward L. Keithahn of
Juneau. Mr. Keithahn is curator
and librarian of the Alaska His
torical Library and Museum at
Juneau.
Midshipman J. Howard Es
slinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Esslinger, left last Tuesday
for Annapolis where he will re
sume his third-year studies at
the U. S. Naval Academy. Also
leaving for school last week was’
Gretchen Esslinger, his sister.
Gretehen will take a five-year
study course at Methodist-Kahler
(Mayo Clinic) at Rochester, Min
nesota. She will take her degree
work at the Uiversity of Minne
sota in administrative nursing.
Before enrolling in school she
visited her grandparents in Ohio.
Terry Schroeder, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Schroeder, left Friday,
September 5. for Fort Ord, Cali
fornia for eight weeks basic
training. Schroeder was a mem
ber of Co C., 180th Engr. Bn.
USAR.
Members of X: Lta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi will be meeting
at the home of Betty Rice on
Monday evening, September 15.
Members of the Palmer P-TA
executive committee were hosts
at a get-acquainted picnic for
Palmer school teachers on Sep
tember 5. The picnic was held at
King’s Lake Camp and games
and group singing were enjoyed.
Four area youths left this week
for Pius X Mission, at Skagway
where they have enrolled for
the 1958-59 school term. They
are Wayne Lacher, Lief Loberg,
Gordon Smart, all attending for
their first year: and Louis Kay
wood, attending for his second
year. Kay wood’s brother Richard
who graduated from the school
last year, was awarded a four
year full scholarship to a college
in Washington.
Mrs. Irene Benson is back at
work in the dry goods depart
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11 A. M., GRANGE HALL
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WRIGHT’S TRAVEL
AGEMGY
Phone PI-41500
NEIL WRIGHT BLDG.
ment at the Trading Post, fol
lowing a five-week vacation
spent in the States, during which
time she visited in Minnesota,
Chicago, and Seattle.
Bruce Graham, well-known lo
cal sportsman, is taking it with
a grin when friends tease him
about forgetting to vote an ab
sentee ballot on the Statehood
referendum before leaving for a
hunting trip. Wouldn’t have been
so bad, but Bruce didn’t get any
game.
Members of the Valley Bowl
ing League will hold their ban
quet-dance on Saturday evening,
September 13 at Moose hall. Dini~
ner will begin at 7:30 and danc
ing at 9:30. The league recently
completed their summer bowling
schedule.
A birthday dinner, observing
Henry Ohnstad’s 74th birthday
anniversary, was held by Mr. and
Mrs. Carl O’Brien in their home
last Saturday evening. Helping
Henry celebrate was Tony Step
ich. Henry plans to leave for Sit
ka September 15, where he will
spend the winter, returning to
the valley in the spring.
Among visitors in Palmer this
week were Olga Curtis, associate
editor Women’s News Service, of
New York City and James H.
Winchester of King Features
Syndicate, also of New York.
They were accompanied to Pal
mer by the Rev. James P. Snead
of Anchorage.
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Fall Program
Planned by Church
The fall program of the United
Protestant Church, designed tc*
minister to the spiritual and so
cial needs of its members and
friends in the community, has
been planned and part already
put into action.
A nursery supervisor has beet*
added to the church program to
enable parents of pre-school age
children to. participate in the
weekly worship service and •*
junior sermon will be offered by
Rev. Bertram Rutan for children
of primary and junior age. A.
Church Officers' Conference has
been set for Septefnber 19 at
.King’s Lake Camp, starting with,
an informal supper.*
The youth group, which begaa
with a “back-to-school round-up**
last Sunday, will hold it’s elec
tion of officers this Sunday eve
ning, followed by an Anchorage
roller-skating party Monday
night. Young people from Wasil
la and the Presbyterian youth,
groups of Anchorage also will at
tend.
TRADING POST
ON WINTER HOURS
The Co-Op Trading Post will
go on their winter schedule, be
ginning this week. The store
will not be open Thursday even
i ings during the winter, as they
have been this summer.
The Co-Op Building and Farm
Supply will continue on their
summer schedule until further
notice, and will be open until 3
p.m. Thursday evenings.
IF YOU NEED
• READY MIX CONCRETE
• CEMENT BLOCKS
• BAG CEMENT
• SAND AND GRAVEL
SEE US
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VALLEY CONCRETE PRODUCTS
Mile 42 — Palmer Hiway Phone PI-4062
ailcfi Lodge
Lake Lucille, Wasilla
Saturday, September 13-9 P.M.
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Like the little dog in the old song, our dollars
just seem to disappear . . . especially these days.
The easiest way to keep track of those dollars
is to pay all bills by check. It simplifies record-keep
ing, and your cancelled check serves as a legal
receipt.
Pay all bills the EASY, SAFE way—open your
account today.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Daily 10 A.M. - 3 PJM
Open Thursday Evening* 6 - 8 PJ4,
PALMER. ALASKA