Flower Culture
Course Being
Offered at College
A course in flower culture is
’being offered at the Palmer Com
munity College, it was announc
ed this week. Instructing in the
■course will be Dr. Richard Wash
burn who has had wide experi
ence in growing and evaluating
hundreds of varieties and species
•of flowers in the -Matanuska Val
ley. Also, he has travelled ex
tensively throughout the Terri
tory and has become well versed
-on the native flora. The enroll
ment fee for this course is $10.
•Classes will meet two evenings
-each week.
Topics to be covered include:
Sources of information on flow
ers; sources of seed and how to
order; culture including seeding,
fertilization and transplanting;
•propagation by seed, cuttings,
bulbs and division of plants; how
to arrange plantings with special
attention to spacing, exposure
and plant height; detailed infor
mation on annuals, perennials
and biennials including colors
available, size, etc.; alpine and
rock types of flowers and -their
culture; how to identify wild-and
■cultivated flowers using idenMfi
oation keys. .
Interested persons may register'
.for this course at the high school
office any evening February 4-7
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Nay Conference
¥ery Successful
The first annual One Act Play
Conference held in Palmer last
Friday was very well received
by interested audiences during
$>oth the atfernoon and evening
performances.
The conference, sponsored by
the Western Alaska High School
Activities Association, brought
favorable comments from persons
viewing the plays as well as
from those participating in the
presentations. Participating sch
ools included Palmer, Wasilla,
Fairbanks, Seward, Valdez and
JKenai. Each school presented a
■one-act play in either a comedy
or drama. Judge and critic was
JLee Saulisbury, professor of
speech and drama at the Univer
sity of Alaska. Professor Saulis
bury offsatfcd individual com
ments to the casts and directors
uf each play and demonstrated
the' art of make up.
\Wiiiiam Zahradnicek, superin
tendent of schools, said that
enough money was realized to
. offset the local expenses and that
■ there may be some refunds over
thi^ amount which will be divid
• cd among the participating
schools.
Many 'Hear Talk
By Early-Day Pifoi
T.ou Leavett, early-day beli
• copter flyer, drew a large crowd
' fit January 30 meeting of the
rtnuska Valley Airmens Asso
ciation. Introduced by Ralph
Farnsworth, association presi
dent, Leavett spoke briefly to the
fproip on the early experimental
days of helicopter flying and then
showed a valuable collection of
authentic early-day movies
which recorded the many, many
attempts to fly helicopters. Lea
vet!. pointed out that many of the
findings of the early-day experi
aments are today incorporated in
ihe very successful helicopters
wsed by both the military and
civilian population.
• Among visitors at the meeting 1
were CAA representatives and
members of the 99’s, the latter, a
national organization of women
pilots.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lang are
now at home on Wasilla High
way. The recently married coup
le returned from their wedding
trip on Monday of this week.
PALMER MOOSE
OFF FOR FAIRBANKS
With six selected students, four
cheerleaders, Keith Smith, high
school principal, Chip Chatterton,
coach, the basketball team and
manager, all up in Fairbanks,
traffic in the high school halls
seems a bit light.
The Palmer Moose will play
two games with the Fairbanks
high school team on Friday and
Saturday and may meet the Uni
versity of Alaska freshmen on
Monday. The entire group will be
returning to Palmer Tuesday
morning. Although the Seward
Seahawks took both games away
from the local cagers last week
in the port city, the Moose are
hoping to bring back at least one
win out of the two game series
with Fairbanks.
Tournament
Palmer drew a bye in the
drawing for play in the annual
Western Alaska Basketball Tour
nament which will be held in
Anchorage starting February 26.
Anchorage will play Seward in
the first round of the “A” brack
et while Fairbanks will meet
Nome in the first game of the
“B" bracket. Winners of the Am
chorage-Seward game will meet
Palmer while the winner of the'1
Fairbanks-Nome tilt will play
Kodiak.
Finalists of each bracket will
meet in the finals on the 28th to
determine who will meet the
Southeast Alaska champion for
the All-Alaska title. This game
will be played in Ketchikan.
Camera Club
Membership Crowing
Several new members, includ
ing a number of women, attended
the February 3 meeting of the
recently organized Camera Club.
Colored slides were shown by
John Dryden, followed by a dis
cussion. Howard Campbell spoke
on camera lenses—their uses and
/imitations. This topic will be
continued at the February 19
meeting. Club members stated
they feel very fortunate in hav
ing his assistances as he has hau
extensive training in this field.
Some thought is being given j
to dividing the class; one for
beginners and the other for more
advanced photographers. Regard
less of which class a photograph
er is in, it was pointed out that
he will have to study his camera
sod accompanying literature —
then experiment by taking pic
tures and remembering or record
ing the various settings used so [
that faults may be corrected.
Anyone interested in photo
grahpy is welcome to attend the
meetings which are held in the
Co-Op rec hall.
Territorial Police
Seek Land Withdrawal
In Glenailen Area
The Department of Territorial
Police has filed an application for
withdrawal of five acres of land
at Glenailen, it was announced
this week by the Bureau of Land
Management. The land is describ
ed as Lot 14 of Section 24, T 4. N.,
R. 2 W., C.R.M. It adjoins the
present Territorial Police station
it Glenailen and will allow for
expansion and future develop
nent of the station.
8ig Turnout
(Continued from page 1)
:ards when full hold $10.40 in
limes.
Other contributions which have
jeen received include those of
he Happy Valley Homemakers
Hub and Dr. and Mrs. Winston
^aughlin.
Smith reminded valley resi
ients that all proceeds from the
Slks March of Dimes dinner
iance will go toward the current !
campaign. i
Public Responds
To Appeal for
Resuseitaior Funds
Contributions to the resuscita
tor fund which is being sought
jointly by the local Beta Sigma'
Phi chapters and the Palmer Vol
unteer Fire Department, are com
ing in very well, it was reported
this week by the two organiza
tions.
The firemen are contacting
business establishments in the
valley, as well as organizations,
and the sorority is concentrat
ing their efforts on individual
contributions.
The community ambulance,
which is sponsored locally by the
BSP, was parked in the business
section on Thursday and Satur
day last week and sorority mem-,
bers who were in charge of the
collection cans reported very
good response from the public.
It is planned to park the ambul
ance downtown each Thursday
and Saturday until a sufficient
sum of money is realized to pur
chase the resuscitator.
Anyone not contacted by either
organization may mail contribu
tions to either group, with such
contributions to be earmarked
for the project. The purchase
, price of the resuscitater is $650.00
—rrs-*
NEW PRODUCERS
GROUP FORMED
BY AREA DAIRYMEN
Matanuska Valley dairy pro
ducers who sell their milk to
the Alaska Dairy, Inc. of Anchor
age, have organized and will op
erate under the selected name of
Independent Dairy Producers.
The meeting, which was held
February 1 at the Henry Hett
home, was called for the pur
pose of exploring the possibility
of forming such an organization.
The meeting was moderated by
Allan H. Mick.
Among those present at the j
meeting were representatives of
the Anchorage-Palmer Fresh
Milk Association, an organization
which was recently formed to
represent all dairy producers in
the entire valley area.
An organizational committee T
was named, including: V. Lo'uise
Kellogg, Ernest Harrington, Rich- ;
ard Tunnicliffe, Raymond De
Priest and Henry Hett. This com
mittee will make recommenda
tions regarding the organization
and will announce the date of the
next meeting.
National Guard
(Continued from page 1)
community in case of a civil em
ergency; and in a position to be
called to active duty if a nation
al emergency arises.
At the present time the local
unit has a nucleous of Lt. Shar
row and three enlisted men: Pfc.
Eugene Jacobs, Pvt. Leroy Hen
age, and Pvt. William Boyd. All
youths of the Palmer-Wasilla
Sutton areas are invited to stop
in at Legion hall Wednesday eve
ning and learn more about the
National Guard. Lt. Sharrow
pointed out that youths planning
to enter military service carry
the grade which they hold in the
Guard at the time of entrance in
to active service. The Guard has
a career program, with many
technical schools available for
eligible Guard members.
For Message
Equipment See
NIAGARA GYGLO
MASSAGE SET
Free demonstration
CALL FOR APPOINTMENTS
INA B. McKENZIE
Consultant
Palmer Ph. PI-3010
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Sweet Peas
Tomatoes
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Indian River
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TOMATOES
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Oranges
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Golden Harvest
GRAPEFRUIT
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Plums
303 $
tins
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PICKLES i/C
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POWDER ROOM
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3 400s $400
for
POWDER ROOM
Toilet TISSUE
4 rolls 59c
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SALE
8 cubic foot
FRIGID AIRE
Refrigerator
Reg. $229.95
$4 Oft 95
now
189'
Refrigerator
& Freezer
COMBINATION
REG. $469.95
Electric
STOVE
REG. $189.95
1958
Model
Reg. $229.95
Dryer
$
now
189
95
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