Mistrial Committee
To Meet 8 P.M. Tonight
The industrial committee of the'
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight at
8 p.m. in the library at the Ex
periment Station. Reports from
the volunteer committees will be
continued and a discussion will
be held on industrial possibilities
in the Matanuska Valley.
All persons interested are cor
dially invited to attend the meet
ing and participate in the dis
cussions.
PALMER GIRL NAMED
TO KAPPA DELTA PI
Margaret Cope, Palmer, was
initiated into Willamette Univer
sity’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi,
at ceremonies held this week.
Ten students and two faculty
members were initiated into the
national education honprary.
A senior majoring in journal-,
ism and social science, Miss Cope
is editor of the school paper. She
has also served as treasurer of
her dormitory.
She is daughter of Mrs. Mar
garet Cope of Palmer.
SINGSPIRATION SET i
FOR MAY 5 AT WASILLA
The Wasilla Singspiuation will
be held a week early this month,
it was announced this week. The
program will be presented May
5 at the Wasilla Assembly of God
Church at 8 p.m. Tommy Thomp
son of the Valley Christian Chil
drens’ Home will be the speaker.
Churches participating include
the Assembly of God, the Church
of Christ and the First Presby
terian Church, all of Wasilla. The
public is invited to attend the
program.
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Retail Trade Group
Planning Meetings
A special meeting of the Ma
tanuska Valley Chamber of Com
merce retail tfades committee
will be held Friday noon during
which plans will be outlined for
merchant participation in a buy
at-home campaign being consid
ered by the Chamber.
Another meeting will be held
at noon next Wednesday to which
every merchant in the city is ask
ed to make plans for attendance.
At that time it will be decided
just what will be done to pro
mote home trade. All merchants
are urged to attend the meeting
and participate in the program.
“Such a program will take the
cooperation and support of each
and every merchant”, Stewart
Durrant, Chamber president
pointed out.
Among committee reports made
at the May 1 meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was a re
port from the industrial commit
tee. The chairman, H. P. Gaza
way stated between 15 and 30
persons have been attending the
meetings being held by the com
mittee. However, he said, very
few Chamber members or busi
ness men are attending. We
would like to have their interest,
also, he said. The committee has
proposed that tiie Chamber offer
a cash award of $50 for the best
prospectus for an industry or ex
pansion of an existing industry
in the valley area.
Palmer Day
Members of the local Chamber
have been invited to attend the
Anchorage Chamber meeting on
May 20 at which time the neigh
boring Chamber will observe
Palmer Day. The invitation was
extended to all Chamber mem
bers and includes wives and hus
bands. A special program is
planned.
Thanks Group
A vote of thanks was extended
to the members of the Mental
Health Hospital steering commit
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IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
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Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include
Reuben Larson, Ole Johnson,
Marylou Seitz, James Shaginoff,
James Stewart, ,Clay Prewitt,
Nancy Carney, Mrs. Howard
Smith, Sharon Sexton, Mrs' Etta
Wilmoth of Wasilla, Bonnie Jean
Bouwens, and Jasper Skok.
• Hospitalized but now out were
Mrs. Patrick Ryan, Dennis Ryan,
Robert Johnson of Wasilla, [Mrs.
Claude Harter* Sharon Lovejoy,
Leann Gardner, 15 mos., George
Johnson of Sutton, Richard Joh
ansen, 1, Anthony Pippel, 3, and
Mrs. Edwin Hartner. •
tee who spent many hours com
piling a brochure on the valley
and much time in correspond
ence in an effort to have the
Territorial mental health hospital
located in the valley.
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ALL VALLEY WOMEN
INVITED TO
HOMEMAKERS’ TEA
Everyone is welcome to attend
the annual Homemakers’ Tea at
Elk’s Hall, Thursday May 9, 1:30
to 3:30. “Maytime” is the theme.
Homemakers and guests will
be taken on a journey of fumand
make-believe into Never-Never
Land. Conducting the journey
will be the fourth grade of Swan
son school, who with their teach
er, Mrs. Alma Blunck, will pre
sent a puppet show of Peter Pan.
Creating the puppets and pre
paring the show has been a pro
ject of this fourth grade during
the past two months. This presen
tation will be the main program
feature of the Homemakers’ Teal
Other program numbers will
include “A Maytime Circle of
Colors”, a sketch which will re
view the Home Demonstration
program in this district. Also,
there will be an exhibit of center
pieces, appropriate for Maytime.
All valley women are invited to
attend the tea and bring a friend.
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