Alpine Group Plans
Public Dance On
Thanksgiving Eve
A public dance is being plan-'
ned at the Alpine Civic Center
for Thanksgiving eve, it was an
lounced this week.
There will be live music for
dancing and all members of the
family are invited to attend. As
no liquor is sold on the premises
minors will be permitted to at
tend and the program is planned
for the enjoyment of dancers of.
all ages it was pointed out. > -
The large civic center provided
•one of the largest dancing halls
in the valley and is located just
to the rear of the Alpine Service
Station at Sutton.
Refreshments of sandwiches,
coffee, and pop will be offered
for sale during the dance.
Proceeds will go toward the
building fund.
LATEST MACHETANZ
BOOK NOW ON MARKET
“A Puppy Named GIH” has
trrived in Palmer and is available
at the Treasure Chest, according
to Mrs. Hose Kirsch, shop owner.
■The book, written for children
; six years of age or under, is the
latest work of Sara and Fred
Machetanz and is a story of the
training of a team of sled dog
puppies in Alaska. One of the
puppies is “Gih” which is the
Eskimo word for “Go”—and he
is the liveliest of the group.
The story, written by Sara
Machetanz, and delightful pic
tures done by Fred Machetanz,
were made from life.
The Machetanz’, who make
their home here in the Matan
uska Valley, raised and trained
a team of sled dogs, staying in
Northern Alaska all through one
winter and making both a docu
mentary movie and this new
book.
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Flu Vaccine
No Longer Limited
In Availability
Influenza vaccine is no longer
limited by specific allocations to
states and territories because
enough is now being manufactur
ed to supply demands, according
to word received this week from
the U. S. Public Health Service
by Dr. Charles R. Hayman, act
ing commissioner of health. He
said that previously manufactur
?rs were packaging and shipping
the Asian influenza vaccine al
most as fast as it was tested and
released by the U.P.H.S., and
that each state was allocated a
>ercentage that corresponded to
its percentage of the national
population.
“Though the peak of the in
fluenza epidemic may appear to
have passed in many Alaska com
munities, cases of this highly in
fectious disease continue to de
velop throughout the nation and
it is recommended that residents
who have not been vaccinated do
so as soon as possible,” Dr. Hay
man said.
Two weeks are required to es -
tablish immunity after vaccina
tion, he said, and protection of
the vaccine is believed to last
about a year.
“History of past epidemics of
influenza shows a tendency for
other waves of the disease to fol
low the first outbreaks,” he said,
“and sometimes the later waves
have been of a more severe type
of illness. Now' if Alaska physi
cians and pharmacies obtain all
the vaccine they need it be
hooves residents to avail them
selves of the protection the vac
cination affords against influ
enza.”
-NATIVE LIFE FEATURE
OF COLORED SLIDE
SHOWING DEC. 14
An extensive collection of col
ored slides showing Native life
in Anvik, Bethel, and on St.
Lawrence Island will be shown
by Mary Rowley, public health
nurse, on December 14.
The showing of Miss Rowley’s
collection is being presented by
District 6, Alaska Nurses Asso
ciation at 8 p.m. in the high
school cafeteria.
Tickets will be available at
$1-00 each from all members of
the association or may be pur
chased at the door.
Miss Rowley spent several
years in the mentioned Native
villages and has what is regard
ed as one of the finest collections
of this type slides in Alaska.
The public is invited to attend
the showing.
W.C.T.U. TO MEET
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
The Womens Christian Tem
perance Union will meet on No
vember 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the
Church of Christ in Palmer. The
proram will include a devotional
period and the showing of a new
16 mm sound film, “That Boy
Joe”. All interested persons are
invited to attend.
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100 Attend Grange
Booster Night Event
Over 100 members of North
land Pioneer Grange No. 1, Wasil
la Grange No. 2 and guests en
joyed a booster-night program
held in the Pioneer Grange hall
in Palmer last week Thursday.
The evening program started
with a pot-luck dinner.
During the evening a joint in
stallation of officers of the two
Granges was held with L. C.
Stock as installing officer, Har
riett Bell as installing marshal,
and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Rasmus
sen as regalia and emblem bear
ers.
Entertainment during the eve
ning included accordion selec
tions by Ida Hoskins and Jerry
Combs of Palmer and vocal pres
entations by Ted Mommsen of
Wasilla.
Film “Martin Luther”
To Be Shown Sunday
The Singspiration program
time, slated for Sunday evening,
November 24, has been set up
half an hour to allow for a
longer than usual program, it
was announced this week.
The program, to be held in the
Church of God on Matanuska
Street, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
and will include the showing of
the motion picture, “Martin Lu
ther”. The film runs for approxi
mately one hour and 40 minutes.
The same film will be shown
Sunday afternoon, starting at 3
p.m., in the United Protestant
Church. The public is cordially
invited to attend either program.
SECOND ANTHOLOGY
OF ALASKAN POETRY
HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
The second Anthology of Con
temporary Alaskan Poetry has
been published and copies are
available locally from Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Klem.
The table of contents lists 55
works of Alaskan poets, including
five poems by Palmer resident,
Bob Klem: “Nectar Is My Morn
ing Coffee”, “Ready To Move!”
‘Missed Us!”, “Snug”, and “Son
net Number Two”, also a poem,
“Old-Timer”, by H. L. Grantham,
also of Palmer. Included is a
work by William Beser of Anch
orage “The Discovery of A New
Kind of Gold” which pays tribute
to the valley farmers; “Autumn
in Alaska” by Jim Nail of Anch
orage who spent several months I
in Palmer a year ago; and “Acco-"'
lade To The Bard Of The Beer
Can Saga” by Maj-gy R. Call of
Ohugiak.
These and many other interest
ing works of Alaska poets are
found in the anthology which is
on sale in Palmer and Anchorage
at $1.00 per copy. Klem stated
this week he still has a very j
few copies of the first anthology.
These are believed to be the only I
copies now available of the first j
publication.
Mr. and Mrs. Klem attended j
the Alaska League of Western I
Writers meeting held in Anchor
age this past Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. The meetings were
held in the KENI studio with
the exception of the tea on Sat
urday which was held in the
Loussac Library. The Klems re
ported that members have agreed
that next year sonnets and lime
ricks will be eligible for publica
tion in the anthology, with, as
Bob put it, “no restrictions on
artistic ability”.
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