EXTENSION NEWS con'td
deadline to sign up for
Homemaker Short Course
to be given at the U
niversity from October
26th. through November
2nd. Information con
cerning this Course was
given in a recent issue
of this paper, but, if
you failed to read it,
all questions can be
answered at the Extens
ion office.
The Homemakers' Coun
cil had a well a.t.tjonded
meeting last Monday.The
newly elected Council
officers are: President
Mrs. Newell Talcott;Vice
President,Mrs. Howard
Estelle;Secretary,Mrs•
Bob MieIke;Treasurer,
Mrs. Charles Nelson.
There v/ill be a candle
light installation serv
ice for these new Coun
cil officers and Club
officers. achievement
Day plans were made.
Homemakers' Clubs were
again invited to. tho
Butte Hall on October
lkth, beginning at 11
o'clock, with a pot
luck lunch at noon. Mrs.
Harold Thuma, Mrs. Don
Irvin and Mrs. Newell
Talcott are on the pro
gram committee. They
will welcome any suggest
ions for the program. It
is hoped that several of
the clubs will give of
their talent through
means of skits.
The club's program for
the year was discussed.
It was a arced to divide
the club year into
thirds. Demonstrations
to be given by the Home
Agent at four meetings,
Froject leaders in
charge of four meetings,
and the other four meet
ings purely social.
October begins the new
year. The Home Agent
will attend each club
meeting giving suggest
ions on "Colors-and what
they can do". C’lubs are
beginning a new year. If
you are a member,- please
give your support by at
tendance and suggestion;
if not a member of a
Homemakers' Club, your
neighbor or the Exten
sion Service will help
you to become a member.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Grass
er are the parents of
a son born to them on
September 29th at Vall
ey hospital. He has
been named Joseph Pat
rick.
A daughter, weighing
seven pounds, eif^it
ounces, was born on
September 29> to Mr.
and Mrs. A* Weatherboe
of Eska. The baby has
been named Jcannine.
ENTERS JOHN
HOPKINS
Miss Dorothy K. l/hit
ncy, hardworking young
director of nursing for
the ^laska Health de
partment since I9I4.5 t
loft Alaska in Septem
ber to enter Johns Hop
kins graduate school in
Ealtimorc. She will
take work for a Master
of Public Health de
gree and plans to be a
way for about ten
months.
The development of
the Health department's
nursing service program
has been simultaneous
with Miss 'Thitney’s
work during the past
seven years. Beginn
ing her work in /.laska
12 years ago as public
health nurse in palmer,
she was transferred as
PHN to Anchorage in
l^l, was acting direct
or of nursing with
headquarters in Juneau
from 1914-3 to 19144, and
then returned to anchor
age as the Health de
partment's first dis
trict nursing super
visor until her appoint
ment as nursing direct
or in the fall of 19^4-5*
Miss Josephine Hawes
arrived in Fairbanks in
September to fill the
position of district
nursing supervisor at
the Alaska 'Health de
partment District off
ice there. Miss Hawes
takes the position left
vacant with the depart
ure of Miss Esther Kauf
man, U.S. Public Health
Service nurse, who
transferred to the sta
O.A . K[RTTULA
GENERAL
HAULING
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box 888
PALMER
* NOTICE *
For "POWER OFF"
after hours
SUNDAYS.HOLIDAYS
••.CALL.••
VERNON FRIDLEY
OFFICE CLOSES NOON,Sat.
M.E.ASS'N.PALMER
PALMED
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LChLh'C;,S MlilLiY
Rex Ehrhart and son
Jimmy, drove up from
inchorage on Thursday zo
spend the day with Mr*
md Mrs. Carl Rasmussen.
Mrs. Ed. Johns is con
fined to her home in
'forth Palmer, this week,
vlrs. Johns is ill with
sneumonia.
tos •
Since I9U8 Miss Hawes
aas bc^n a territorial
supervisor for the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance
Company. Frior to that
time she vras nursing ed
ucation director •