Reporters—
Notebook.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis
and 12-year-old son, Mark, of
Poukeepsie, N. Y., have arrived
in the Valley and are living in
Palmer. The Lewis’, cowboy-style
musicians, are known profession
ally as Chuck and Mickie. They
made their trip to Alaska by
plane and hope to make the val
ley their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Kleen
hanz and family of Oconomwac,
Wisconsin are visiting for two
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Diedrich of Sutton. The vis
itors are greatly impressed with
the beauty of Alaska and the
salmon fishing.
Afrs. Robert Crites and daugh
ters Virginia and Diana, return
ed to Palmer this week-end fol
lowing a week’s vacation spent
on the beach at Kenai where Mr.
Crites is fishing this summer.
C. Ivan Branton, agriculture
engineer at the Alaska Agricul
ture Experiment Station, and a
board member of the Matanuska
Electric Association, left Palmer
Wednesday for a three-week trip
to the States where he, during
his leave time, plans visits at
Portland, Corvallis, his wife’s
family at Yachats, and a trip to
Rose burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Soder
strom of Detroit, Michigan, are
visiting the Sandvik families in
the valley. This is their first trip
to Alaska and was made by car
over the Alaska highway. The
Soderstoms and Sandvik families
are long-time friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Logs
don and children returned to
Palmer this past week-end fol
lowing a visit in the States. The
Logsdons returned over the
highway.
Mrs. Hazel Byham plans to
spend a few days in Seattle,
planning to leave tomorrow and
return in about 10 days. She will
be making the round trip by
plane.
Dr. Lyle T. Alexander, soil
survey laboratory U. S. D. A., of
Beltsville, Maryland, was a
guest speaker at the Palmer Ki
wanis meeting Aug. 6. Program
speaker was Ed Smith, manager
of the Palmer branch Ketchikan
Spruce Mills, who spoke on the
lumber business. Members of the
Kiwanis club voted to back the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce in requesting the
special school milk program be
extended to Alaska. Also a guest
at the meeting was Bridgie
Wright, Valley Fair queen con
testant.
Superintendent of Schools
William T. Zahradnicek return
ed to Palmer last week follow
ing several weeks spent in the
States. While Outside Zahrad
nicek visited at several schools
and colleges.
On Tuesday evening of this
week 30 members of the Palmer
Elks lodge attended the Anchor
age Elks Lodge and presented a
check for $15,000 -borrowed from
that lodge when the local group
built Elks hall in Palmer. A big
evening was planned in celebra
tion of the event and another
celebration, the burning of the
note, is planned for a later date
at the local lodge.
Representatives of 34 church
Alaskan Youths
To Compete in
National Pie Contest
Cherry pies will be on Alaskan
menus frequently this summer
and fall as young cooks practice
for district contests to win the
trip to the national cherry pie
baking contest.
The national contest is sched
uled for February 21, 1957 in
Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Lydia
Fohn-Hansen, of the University
of Alaska Extension Service,
said today. Alaska extension ag
ents and staff are arranging the
sectional contests which are
open to all Alaskan boys and
girls between the ages of 14 and
21. The young cooks need not be
4-H members to enter this con
test, Mrs. Fohn-Hansen said.
The first sectional cherry pie
bake-off is to be held in Anch
orage during the All-Alaska 4-H
Fair, August 17-19. The winner
of this bake-off will compete
with winners from other sections
in a territorial bake-off to be
held later.
The Palmer area bake-off will
be held Saturday, September 1,
at the Matanuska Valley Fair.
Judging is based upon the
method of preparation, quality
of pie crust and filling, the
contestant’s personal qualifica
tions.
Any young person interested
in this contest may contact the
Palmer extension agent for more
information.
All-Alaska 4-H Fair
Premium Lists Ready
Premium lists for the A11-Al
aska 4-H Fair are now available
in the local Extension Service of
fice, Marylou Rideout, home
agent, said today.
The extension office is located
in the Legion building and 4-H
members and leaders interested
in exhibiting at the fair will
find divisions for all 4-H pro
jects. A few changes have been
made from last year’s premium
list, Mrs. Rideout said.
She warned 4-H’ers to be sure
their exhibits meet the require
ments in the premium list. If
the premium list requires six
carrots, then have six, not five or
seven, on the plate, she said.
Judges mark down or refuse to
judge entries that do not meet
these requirements.
Four-H landscape members
will have the opportunity to ex
hibit their flowers, Mrs. Ride
out said. A new class has been
es in Alaska, affiliated with the
Southern Baptist convention,
are attending the 11th annual
Baptist convention in Anchorage
this week. The Rev. and Mrs.
John Dickerson of the Faith
Baptist Church of Palmer are in
attendance. Mrs. Dickerson was
re-elected president of the Wo
mens Missionary Union. Approxi
mately 1,000 persons attended
the convention sessions.
Marvin Slaughter and Art
Seldal of the U.S.G.S. office re
turned to Palmer yesterday fol
lowing a survey in the Susitna
river area where the department
is planning to install stream
gauge equipment.
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School Registration
All students in the Palmer
school system will register for
the 1956-57 school year on Mon
day and Tuesday, August 27 and
28, according to William T. Zah
radnicek, school superintendent.
Grades one through eight will
register at Central School; high
school students at the new high
school. Pupils entering the first
grade for the first time are re
quired to have a birth certificate.
These may be obtained for Al
askan-born children, by writing
to the Vital Statistics Depart
ment, Juneau.
First graders will register in
the first grade room at Central
School where Mrs. Helen Maze,
school health nurse, will be in
attendance to talk with parents
about the child’s health record
All students are required to
register, Zahradnicek pointed
out. Registration points will be
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
the two dates. Teachers will be
added to the garden products di
vision. Flower entries may be
made as specimens or as arrange
ments.
The handicraft division has
been enlarged with 11 classes
open to 4-H members. Knitting,
crocheting, copper tooling, alum
inium etching, block printing,
textile painting, leather, fur sew
ing, wood work, miscellaneous
and best of 4-H’ers work are the
classes.
if Federally Insured to $10,000.
^ Open an account for any
amount. You have the right
of withdrawal at ail time*.
if FHA Title 1 loan*
for modernixation.
if Purhase of Real
Estate contract*.
if Mortgage loan* to
buy, build or remodel.
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in attendance at the high school
to offer guidance in the selec
tion of subjects.
School opens in Palmer Sep
tember 4.
PLANE DAMAGED IN
SAND BAR TAKE-OFF
Pilot Vic Vukovich of Goat
Creek and two passengers were
flown out of the Lake George
area by the 71st Air Rescue
Squad this past week-end when
Vukovich’s Piper Super Cub
plane was damaged in a take-off
attempt. The trio had flown to
the area on a sight seeing tour
and in an attempted take off
from a sand bar the landing
gear was damaged. When they
failed to return from their
flight to CAA and 71st Squad
were notified. No personal in
juries were reported.
Hops to Top 1955
Cancer Fund Total
“We hope to top last year’s
figure of $417.10 in the 1956
campaign”, said Mrs. C. A.
Brewer, local unit chairman.
Savinfe lives is the most im
portant job of the American
Cancer Society, Mrs. Brewer
stated this week. Of the money
raised during the fund cam
paign which is under way this
month in the Palmer area, the
largest percent will remain in
Alaska.
“Educating the public through
literature, films and lectures, to
encourage them to seek early
diagnosis and treatment, is the
first big step”, said Mrs. Brew
er. “Other services of the Can
cer Society in this field include
the Professional Education Pro
gram for Alaskan doctors, den
tists and nurses, and scholar
ships at the annual Refresher
Course in Cancer in Portland.
To date 57 doctors from Alaska
have attended this course”, she
pointed out.
Since Alaska has at present no
treatment centers for radium,
Xray and isotope therapy, a
large percentage of local money
is used to make this type of
treatment available to Alaskans.
With the cooperation of the pa
tients’ own physician and the
unit chairman, the Society can
help finance transportation to
treatment centers in the States,
and in some cases, part of the
expense of the treatments.
“We have been able to give
generous aid to cancer patients
in the past,” emphasized Mrs.
Brewer, “however the Juneau
central office warns us that if
our fund drive falls short of last
year's total, that service may
have to be curtailed. The Pal
mer area contributed $417.10
last year, and we hope to top
that mark in the 1956 drive”, she
added.
Mrs. Brewer was appointed
unit chairman for 1956, replac
ing Mrs. Stewart Durrant who
spent the winter in Utah. Mrs.
Durrant returned to Palmer
just in time to accept the job of
campaign chairman, and has
been busy mailing the hundreds
of personal requests for dona
tions which make up an impor
tant part of the fund drive. Both
Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Durrant
repeated their request that any
one who does not receive such
a letter send their donation to
COURT NEWS
Commissioner's Court
Darerll E. Sellers of Fort
Richardson was fined $25 where
he was found guilty on a speed
ing charge brought by territorial
police. He entered a plea of
guilty when he appeared in court
August 8.
Answering a territorial police
charge of driving under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquor,
Thomas L. Gardner was found
guilty and fined $125 and had
his driver’s license revoked for
a 30 day period.
City
Five drivers paid a total of
$+8.50 to the City of Palmer as
forfeitures when they failed to
appear for a hearing. They were
John Porter, H. Oberg, excesive
speed, each $10; Virgil Thayer,
speeding, $25; Glen Burnett,
overtime parking, $1; and Mrs.
Howard Roush, failing to stop
at a stop sign, $2.50. A number
of summons have been mailed to
other violators, it was announc
ed.
^RAINBOW RAYS_
The Order of Rainbow for
Girls held a short addenda hon
oring their fathers at their July
23 meeting. Non-Mason and East
ern Star parents were invited to
attend. Clarence Hoffman was
crowned king and throughout
the ordeal “His Highness” was
presented various royal gifts.
Court jesters, Betty Schaefer,
Karen Cottrell and Sharon Ham
lin entertained “His Majesty”.
Betty and Karen sang soJos and
Sharon did the hula in typical
Hawaiian style. The script, writ
ten in poetic form by the girls,
was read by Pat Schaefer. FoL
lowing the addenda reports of
the Grand Assembly were givens
by LeAnn Hoffman and Colleen
Teel and.
On August 1 the Rainbow
Girls met at Murial Hank's for
a swimming and slumber party
At 7 p.m. members went to Was
ilia Lake where swimming was
enjoyed, and then back to the
Hank’s residence for a pot-luck
supper. The girls enjoyed the
evening and thank their chaj»
rons, Mrs. Lew Hanks and Mrs,
Clayton Esslinger. The next
meeting will be held August 11
at 3:30. All Rainbow Girls are
urged to attend as there will be
initiation practice.