FHIST FOOTBALL GAME TOMORROW
1'aimer
- rugin school football
players will have the backing of
their fellow students when they
meet the Anchorage Eagles to
morrow morning in the first foot
ball game of the season. Ap
proximately 175 high school stu
demte will be making the trip
to the neighboring city for the
which is slated to start at
10:30 am.
The Pioneer Band and cheer
leaders will be making their first
appearance this year during the
game. Buses are being provide*!
for transportation of the football
players, cheer leaders, band, and
OLYMPIA
with
pleasure!
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THAT MAKES
IT SO REFRESHING
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•one bus of students.
The Palmer Moose will be
fielding six lettermen out of
their squad of 25 players, accord
ing to Robert “Chip” Chatterton
coach.
Friday evening a welcome
dance is being planned in honor
of all freshmen students. It will
be held in the high school cafe
teria records will provide music
for dancing and refreshments
will be served, according to
Keith Smith, high school prin
cipal.
Admission to the dance is lim
ited to high school students only.
There will be no charge for ad
mission and the dance will run
from 8-11:30 p.m.
PLANNING ANNUAL
PUBLIC DINNER
The Ladies Aid of St. John’s
Lutheran Church has announced
they will hold their annual tur
key dinner on October 10 in the
church social room. Further de
tails will be announced at a lat
er date.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALAS-'
KA, THIRD DIVISION, PAL
MER PRECINCT.
In the Matter of the Estate of )
JACK WILSON, Deceased. )
No. 169
Notice of Hearing of Final Ac
count, Report and Petition for
Distribution and Discharge
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that JOE ARMSTRONG, admin
istrator of the estate of JACK
WILSON, deceased, has this day
i filed in the Court his Final Ac
count and Report and Petition
for Final Distribution and Dis
charge in the above entitled es
tate, and the Court has designat
ed Saturday, the 2nd day of No
vember, 1957, at the hour of 10
A.M. of said day, as the time,
and the office of the United
States Commissioner, Ex-Officio
Probate Judge, of the Palmer
Precinct, Third Division, Terri
tory of Alaska, at Palmer, Alas
ka. as the place, when and where
said Report, Account and Peti
tion will be heard; and all per
sons interested in said estate are
hereby required to file their ob
jections to the . said report, ac
count and petition, if any they
have, in writing, on or before
the said day, in the Court, and
to appear at the time and place
aforesaid and present their ob
jections.
DATED at Palmer, Alaska this
31st day of August, 1957.
DOROTHY B. SAXTON,
Probate Judge
Published September 5, 12, 19, 26,
■*'1957.
Record Attendance
At First P-TA Meet
A record number of parents
and teachers turned out for the
Palmer P-TA’s first meeting of
this school year on Tuesday night
of this week. Mrs. Lee McKinley,
president, presided at the meet
ing and called for reports from
Mrs. Frank McKenzie, secretary;
Mrs. Samuel Rieger, treasurer,
and committee chairman.
Announcements included the
purchase of a small piano for
Swanson School by the School
District. The P-TA donated $200
toward this purchase. A report
was given by Mrs. James Wil
son, who with Mrs. McKinley,
was a delegate to the State Con
gress convention held in Anchor
age this past summer.
P-TA members voted to join
the State Congress, which in turn
is a member of the National
Congress through which helpful
literature is made available to
members of the Congress. It was
all P-TA organizations who are
announced that Mrs. H. P. Gaza
way of Palmer has been named
membership chairman in the Al
aska Congress.
Committee reports were given
by Mrs. William Wakeland, mem
bership chairman who reported
membership in the Palmer P-TA
has already reached 200; Mrs.
Clarence Krause reported on her
duties as publicity chairman;
Mrs. Ed Smith, room representa
tive chairman reported addition
al representatives were needed
for several class rooms; Rev. J.
Einar Bach reported on the Cub
Scout program as sponsoring
agent representative; and Mrs.
Gazaway reported a workshop is
being planned in Palmer on Oc
tober 15. Mrs. James Hamlin wik
serve as general chairman for
the workshop and time and place
will be announced later.
The program for the evening
was presented by four P-TA
members who answered the ques
tion of “What is P-TA?” Rev.
Bach spoke first and told of his
introduction to P-TA by being
“drafted” into the chairman’s
chair a few years ago. He report
ed he was “sold” on P-TA by
participating and being a part of
the association and recommend
ed that if a person wished to be
come “sold" on the P-TA pro
gram on the whole to participate
in the programs. He pointed out
that this year there are 19 able
assistants serving on the P-TA
committees and predicted a suc
cessful year.
'Mrs. Ed Smith brought out
achievements of P-TA, highlight
ing her talk with the relation
ship which P-TA creates between
LICENSING EXAMS
FOR NURSES SET
FOR OCT. 12 AND 13
Licensing examinations for
professional and practical nurses
will be given in Anchorage, Octo
ber 12 and 13. Nurses who have
sent their applications and cre
dentials to the secretary of the
Alaska Board of Nursing will be
notified of the time and place to
report for these examinations.
The professional or the practi
cal nurse desiring to take the
examinations is required to sub
mit a diploma of graduation
from an accredited school of
nursing together with a trans
cript of school record.
Persons desiring to take the ex
aminations for license of practi
cal nurses under the waiver pro
vision of the law will not be per
mitted to take the examinations
in October. The waiver provides
that persons who have lived in
Alaska 12 months out of the last
three years, and have been em
ployed in nursing in Alaska dur
ing that same period of time may
apply to take examinations for
license as a practical nurse.
These applications may be re
ceived by the secretary of the
Board up to November 1, 1957.
the parent and teacher. We have
the same purpose in mind, she
pointed out . . . working for the
child, together.
Mrs. Bertrum Curry’s subject j
was based on what P-TA can do
for a child and brought out the
important relationship at home
and in the school where parents
may talk, and mix socially with j
teachers, thereby creating better '
cooperation through the pro- j
grams and a better understand- j
ing of the school administration.
She pointed out that much crit
icism results from lack of under
standing . . . through P-TA she
said, she can help combat harm
ful conditions in the community
—promote adequate laws for the
I care and protection of our youths.
Mrs. James Wilson, past presi
dent of the Palmer P-TA spoke
on local P-TA plans which will
create better and closer relation
ships between parents and teach
ers.
During the reading of the Exe
cutive Board meeting minutes it
was brought out that the Board
will request the Alaska Bailroad
install signals at the corssings.
Charles Marsh, P-TA vice
president, entertained with a bit
of wit and led group singing.
Following the meeting refresh
ments were served under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Stewart
Durrant.
Reporters—
Notebook
Army Sergeant First Class Wy
man D. Conn, 24, son of Mrs.
Steve Trudell, Star Route, Pal
mer, recently was awarded the
second class gunner badge in
Germany, after qualifying as an
antiaircraft artilleryman with
the 10th Infantry Division.
M/Sgt. Ralph Huntley station
ed at the Army Base near Ros
well, N. Mex., visited relatives
and friends in the Valley over
the last weekend. He is the son
of C- O. Huntley long-time val
ley resident. The M/Sgt. left Sun
day for Fairbanks via air liner
for several days on routine army
matters before returning to his
camp at Roswell.
The social security law says
there are two retirement ages,
65 for men and'62 for women.
But the average age at which
people retire is still 68%.
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