1ND0ME TAX FORMS AVAILABLE JAN. 1
individual income tax forms
for 1957 will be available after
January 1, it was announced this
week by William E. Frank, dis
trict director of Internal Revenue.
All taxpayers are requested to
defer ordering the forms until
after that date.
It will be unnecessary for most
taxpayers to request forms from
the Internal Revenue Service.
Duplicate copies of forms and an
instruction book will be mailed
to all taxpayers who filed their
returns in Tacoma last year. Any
taxpayer who does not receive
the 1957 income tax forms by
mail can pick them up at the lo
cal Internal Revenue Service of
fice or Post Office. Mail requests
for forms should be addressed to
Internal Revenue Service, Ta
coma 2, Washington.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
• IMPORTED CAR STYLING
• TWICE THE MILEAGE
• TWICE THE SPUNK
• HALF THE COST
Why Pay More With No More Comfort
See Your HILLMAN DEALER
PALMER AUTOMOTIVE
LOCAL AUTHOR
HAS JUVENILE
BOOK PUBLISHED
Charlotte Kruger Bryant,
whose husband, Dale Bryant
teacher at Palmer’s Swanson
School, has recently had her first
juvenile book published.
The book is titled “The Terry
Twins in Alaska” and is primar
ily for boys and girls between
the ages of 8 and 12. The setting
is in the coastal town of Valdez
where Mrs. Bryant made her
home from 1943 through 1947 be
fore coming to the valley with a
group from the El Nathan Chil
dren’s Home.
Mrs. Bryant is the secretary
and treasurer for the Lazy Moun
tain Children’s Home. She has
had five adult fiction books pub
lished but this is her first juvenile
book. Cowman Publications of
Los Angeles has asked for more
in the series and at present (Mrs.
Bryant is working on the second
story about the Terry twins.
Copies of “The Terry Twins in
Alaska” may be purchased at the
Treasure Chest, the price is $1.25.
YOU SAVE
EVERY DAY AT
SPECIALS DECEMBER
The Trading Post
&
6-7-9
SMALL. WHITE
Beans 211* 39c
LIBBY'S QUARTERED
Dills 3 T
DUDE RANCH — PURE
STRAWBERRY 46
PRESERVES oz.
OSCAR. MAYER
WEINERS
(Plain Pack) 12 oz.
97c
59c
ALBER'S,
Oats
HUNT'S —
QUICK
2 lbs. 10 oz.
NEW
Potatoes 7 m *1
JACK AND BEANSTALK
GREEN
BEANS
LIBBY'S — SECTIONED -Na 303
Grapefruit 27c
(with
beans)
HORMEL'S
(hilkon-Carne
3 151 $430
oz.
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tail tins " cans
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cans
LYNDEN
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CARSTEN'S HYGRADE — FULLY COOKED
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"BUILD ALASKA — BUY THE BEST — BUY MATANUSKA MAID—
ALASKA'S BEST"
Dance Festival
To Feature
Local Youngsters
A dance festival will be pre
sented to the public next Sunday
afternoon by students of the Pal
mer Dance Academy, under the
direction of Beverly C. Adams of
the Colombany School of Dance.
The Festival will be held at 2:30
p.m. in the school gym.
The program is being sponsored
by the Kiwanis Club of Palmer,
with proceeds to go toward the
club's Youth Activity Fund which
is used to aid children of this
area.
The Dance Academy was start
ed this past Spring through com
bined efforts of Mrs. Robert Jen
sen of Palmer and the Colombany
dancing school of Anchorage.
Since that tiipe Mrs. Adams has
held weekly classes at Carpen
ters’ hall.
In addition to many local chil
dren, the Festival will include the
participation of 55 Anchorage
students of the dancing school
school and Elmendorf Dance Aca
demy. Ballet, tap, and acrobatic
routines will be presented by
children ranging in age from "2%
years to teen-agers. The presen
tations will involve 24 costume
changes.
Many hours of work have gone
into the designing and making of
the 145 costumes which will be
worn in the various presentations
which include dancing dolls,
dancing in fantasy land, national
dances, and others.
Palmer students who will be
participating are: Ivy Jensen,
Betsy Bacon, Janet Hulbert,
Joanne Campbell, Deana Ben
sen, Guy, Neil, and Ray Bacon,
Dorothy Campbell and Kathleea
Hulbert. Some of the original 25
students are out of town and
others have dropped out of the
course.
Dance classes are scheduled to
resume in April. Interested par
ents may enroll their children at
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IT'S WISE
TO SEE US
Mistakes cost money when
you travel . . . but there are
no misfakes when we handle
the details . . . and no extra
charge either!
See us today to get the
most fun out of your trip.
Complete arrangements
made at no extra charge
WRIGHT’S TRAVEL
AGENCY
NEIL WRIGHT BLDG.
UNITIZED
CARGO SERVICE
via The Alaska line
- SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
, ||SS ILIAMNA scheduled
; ' from Seattle Tuesday, De
cember 17, calling at Sew
||| ard and Valdez.
MS TANANA scheduled
; ; from Seattle Friday, De
cember 20, calling at Soulh
fl i sastern ports and Seward.
.
>/'< T. J. Maloney
agent
, < Phone
T- - Anchorage
22001
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
33 NAMED TO
PHS HONOR ROLL
Thirty-three high school stu
dents made the honor roll dur
ing the second six weeks, it was
announced this week by Keith
Smith, high school principal
Students meeting the require
ments are as follows:
Grade 12: Clara E. Ayers, Jill
Cope, Gretchen Esslinger, Doro
thy Lentz, Colin Mick, Walter
Phillips, Roberta Sharp, and
Betty Jo Wilson.
Grade 11: Pat Black, Vadney
Bledsoe, Ray Carroll, and Joan
Hurley.
Grade 10: Karen Cottrell, Barry
Dearborrt, Larry Dearborn, Jerry
Fogg, Sharon Hamlin, Laverne
Lindsey, Robin Niemann, Lynn
Skinner, and Delores Whitt.
Grade 9: Rhonda Baugh, Diane
Britton, Carol Covich, Kathleen
Harrington, Carol Hartung, Klaus
Jade, Phoebe Martin, Shannon
Mick, Sylvia Sisley, Patricia
Wallace, Dennis Wegner, and
Nancy Wirtanen.
BETROTHAL TOLD
AT SORORITY MEETING
At a Kappa Sorority meeting
the engagement of Grace Victoria
McGiboney of Palmer and Robert
Wright of Los Angeles was an
nounced. Miss McGiboney is the
daughter of Mrs. Anita Nolan of
Palmer. A June wedding is plan
ned.
Miss McGiboney and her fi
nance are students at Pepperdipe
College in Los Angeles. Her ear
lier education was received in the
Palmer schools and Album Aca
demy at Album, Washington.
the Festival, or contact Mrs. Jen
sen. Because of distances and
time involved enrollment will be
limited.
Children participating in the
Sunday program will be perform
ing again on December 14 at a
presentation to be sponsored by
the Alaska Crippled Childrens
Parent’s Council,
Tickets for the Dance Festival
’ may be purchased from any Pal
mer Kiwanian and will be avail
able at the door. Admission will
be 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for children.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Nursing Course
Offered to
Native Youths
The need for trained practical
nurses in Alaska is critical, ac
cording to Carl J. Mankinen, M.D.
af the Mt. Edgecumbe Alaska Na
tive Hospital. Practical nurses
fulfill an essential need in round
ing out nursing service and it is
becoming more and more urgent
teat they be adequately trained.
About one out of every 30 per
sons in the Alaska Native popu
lation is under hospital treat
ment. Native Alaskan young men
and women must help to raise
the health standards of their
people.
Mt. Edgecumbe School of Prac
tical Nursing offers a practical
nursing training course to young
men and women who meet these
qualifications: (1) good health;
(2) one-quarter or more native
blood; (3) between 17-45 years of
age; (4) completion of 10th grade;
(5) 'ability to use English and
make a passing grade on the en
trance examination; (6) evidence
of desirable character and good
habits of study; and (7) are inter
ested in an interesting and chal
lenging career. The Practical
Nursing course covers 12 months
training in classroom and hospit
al. Students remain residents of
the school throughout the entire
period. Students uniforms, books,
meals and room are furnished at
no cost to the student. Each stu
dent receives a stipend of $30 a
month for expenses for 12 months.
Two weeks vacation is given at
the end of the course.
Classes are admitted twice a
year, in January and September.
Applicants desiring consideration
for the January 6, 1958 class
should apply by December 12,
1957. They may contact the Di
rector of the Mt. Edgecumbe
School of Practical Nursing or
the Public Health Service Per
sonnel Officer at Mt. Edgecumbe
for application forms and obtain
additional information. '
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No mass
There will be no mass offered
at St. Michael’s Catholic Church
this Sunday, (December 10) due
to the illness of the Rev. James
P. Snead.
i
Thrifty Variety
JEWELRY — IVORY — JADE — BLACK DIAMOND
CHRISTMAS CARDS — GIFT WRAP
Lay-away now for Christmas
Box 1812 Phone PI-3061 Palmer
WE WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS 'TIL 8
, BEGINNING DECEMBER 9 |
A PIGGY THAT
SHOULDN’T STAY HOME
It's a fine idea to tuck your spare
change into a piggy bank at the end
of the day. But, don't stop there.
Best way to keep piggy bank and
other savings on the grow is to
bring them to us. Open ar> account
here . . . where your money grows
faster!
I Where your $ earns more
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Daily 10 A*M. - 3 P.M
Open Thursday Evenings 6 - S PJ4.
PALMER, ALASKA
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