MOOSE VS. ALUMNI
Ff'HJAY NIGHT
Basketball fans will have an
opportunity to see the high sch
oo: '.earn tangle with the Alumni
groi p this Friday night. From
the appearance of the Alumni's
ro1 ter it looks like they have re
i waited some of the younger play
ers who are home on vacation
ftrr.m college. Familiar names ap
pear, which last year were on the
PHS roster, such as Jack Wor
letlge and Haul Campbell, both
of Class of 56. Others on the
alumni team are Bob Lacher. '52,
■ John Brown, Jack McKechnie,
Monte Larsh, and Richard Gei
witz, all of ’53. Also Bill Harris,
'55 Don Ingalls, ’54, and Vic
XiDyor, ’51.
The high school Moose who
will see action are Bob Estelle, L.
TYuwbridge, F. Loyer, M. Leek,
B. Verrall, J. McKechnie, N. Her
man, ,T. Pearson, R. McKechnie,
D. Boulter, and J. Wilson.
The Palmer junior varsity will
•open the evening play in a game
against the Wasilla team at 7 p.m.
The varsity game will start at 8
mam. Admission will be 25 cents i
Singspiration to
Be Held December 30
The public is cordially invited
to attend the singspiration being
planned for Sunday evening, De
cember 30 at the United Protes
tant Church. Singspirations are
held the last Sunday evening of
each month and are sponsored by
the Matanuska Valley Ministeri
al Association The program will
begin at 8 p.m.
Speaker at the December 30
singspiration will be Leo Powell,
teacher-missionary visiting this
area from South Naknek. The
program will continue with a
Christmas theme with the Church 1
of God choir singing excerpts
from their Christmas cantata.
Members of the junior choirs of
the area churches will also pre
sent part of the program. Elaine
Pinkham will tell the scriptural
Christmas story.
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for high school and adults.
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laboratory and the administrative
staff. In a genera! economy re
port the population of Palmer
and the valley is outlined. It
points out facilities of police and
fire protection, water and tele
phone system, health center,
modern hospital, garbage dis
posal, schools, churches, and
civic and fraternal organizations
and Palmer's excellent supply of
;ood water.
Other features of the valley
pointed out include the stable
climate, the fact that an ideal
building site is available at no
cost to the Territory. The land,
consisting of 600 acres, is located
about three and one half miles
east of Palmer.
The people of the community
are highly in favor of the loca
tion of the Mental Health Hos
pital in the Valley, as demonstra
ed by correspondence received by
the steering committee. Many of
these letters are printed in the
brochure, another, from the Ter
iory’s Civil Defense Director,
Harold Pomeroy, received too
late for printing, is enclosed with
the brochure and serves to fur
ther enlarge upon the eommitee's
contention that decentalization,
from a military standpoint, is an
extremely important considera
tion in deciding upon the loca
tion.
Summarized, the brochure
points out why the Alaska Men
tal Health Hospital should be lo
cated in the Matanuska Valley:
Militarily decentralized. Popula
tion center. Economically sound.
Climatically adapted. Modern
Medical facilities. Community
accepted, and last, but by no
means least free land.
Carpenters. Remember 1
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
Reporters—>
Notebook
Jack Cather of Nampa, Idaho,
is making a Christmas holiday
visit with the Ethan Paey family
| of Palmer.
Patients in the Valley Presby
terian Hospital, as well as hos
ptial staff members who were on
’ duty Christmas day, had their
husbands, or wives, as Christ
| mas dinner guests at the hospital.
: Mrs. Myrtle Spencer, public
health nurse, is spending the
holidays in the Spokane area,
; visiting family and friends.
Kathereen Huntley was hostess
at a Christmas party held in her
home for the Missionary Society
| of the Church of God. Guests
| spent an enjoyable evening re
| miniscing about past Christmas
events exchanged gifts, — sang
Christmas carols, and told the
Christmas story.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Leach of
j Anchorage were holiday guests
: of Mrs. Leach's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rodney Johnson of Sutton.
Other guests included Private Hi
ram Tackett and Private William
Eagen of the 23rd Infantry of
Fort Richardson.
Earl Barry was awarded the
•television set being offered by
the Co-Op Warehouse. Someone
holding ticket number 42761 will
be awarded the portable saw,
also offered by the Warehouse.
Among students visiting the
valley from the Brigham Young
University are Virginia Boulter
i and David Paey. This is David’s
{ first visit to Alaska. He and Vick
| ie Durrant also home for Christ
mas, will be returning to the Uni
versity this Saturday.
New members received into
the United Protestant Church
; this past Sunday were Mr. and
; Mrs. Donald Coate, Mr. and Mrs.
John Schreiber, Mr. and Mrs.
Noel Wood, Mrs. William Wake
j land, and Mrs. Bert ran Rutan.
j Baptism was administered to
Mark Halos Doherty, son of Mi
and Mrs. Vincent Doherty, and
Barbara Branton, daughter of
Richard Branton. The annual
meeting of the congregation has
been called for the second Sun
day afternoon of January Re
ports of the organizations of the
church are being prepared for
mimeographing and distribution
prior to the meeting.
Roy E. Hooper of Spring Creek
Farm is spending the holidays
with his parents in Fletcher, Ver
mont. While there he is being
kept busy showing some 150 slid
es of Alaska which he has taken
during his two years here. He
returns to the farm January 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Woolcock of
Palmer entertained a number of
friends as a holiday greeting on
Sunday afternoon.
The Palmer High School paper
the "Banana Belt Breezes,'1 was
published this month just in time
for the students to receive their
copies before vacation. An inter
esting article in the December
issue is one on a “department
store-’ being operated as a pro
ject of Mrs. Alma Blunck s fourth
grade at Swanson School. The de
partmetns included sports, drugs,
groceries, and toys Approximate
ly 156 articles were brought in
and priced for the store. The
students also had a wholesale
house.
Young people of the Sutton
Community Church made the
rounds in the Sutton and Eska
area Sunday evening, singing
Christmas carols for the com
i munity. The youngsters rode
! around in the back of the Rev.
| A. B. Compton’s pick-up truck.
Bob and Ann Rehard who have
: been up at Red Devil Mine in
Sleetmute for several months are
spending the balance of the win
i ter in Long Beach, California.
They write that they have gotten
tickets to the Rose Bowl foot
ball game.
Among the lucky valley resi
dents who have most of their
family living in Alaska, are the
Archie Moffitts. On Christmas
Lday the elder Moffitts entertain
cfl, n oti(i with their daughter
Mi-: Ann .Joiner, other members
of tin Moflift family. Attending
were Mi and Mrs Mill Ilecker
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
( hi .mi and family; the Tom Mof
lill family, the Owen Moffitt
family, the Leonard Moffitt fam
ily, thi- Wallin Moffitt family.
Mill Diana, and Ernie Butler of
MeCJrath, Minnesota. Visiting at
her parents home the day before
Christmas was another daughter,
Mrs. John Durand of Whittier,
and her family. Mr. and Mrs.
Durrand spent Christmas day at
the Durrand home in Anchorage.
Also attending that family din
ner were the Miles France fam
ily and the Stenko Zaborac fam
ily.
MARGARET SHARROW
NAMED HEAD NURSE
Margaret Sharrow', RN (Mrs
William) on staff at the Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital, was
ently named by the Board of
Directors to assume duties as
supervisor of nurses at the
hospital, according to Dr. Al
lan Mick, board president.
Mrs. Sharrow' replaces Mrs.
Marion McIntyre who resent
ly resigned the position.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
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