Local Man Attends Special Meter School
John Somerville of Palmer has
returned home following attend
ance in the sixth annual Electric
Meter School held at Oregon
State College. Fifty-seven elec
tric power workers from through
out the Northwest were enrolled.
The school is sponsored as an
educational service for the elec
trical power industry by the col
lege’s department of electrical
engineering and the Northwest
Public Power Association. Four
programs of training were offer
ed, including basic, intermediate,
standard, and advanced groups.
Somerville was enrolled in the
intermediate course.
The course covered instruction
on fundamentals arid theory of
electricity, various types of
household and industrial meters,
advaned mathematics, metering
problems, instrument transform
ers, and meter adjustment and
safety. Its purpose is to keep
workers abreast of new develop
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p.m. will be followed during the
winter months.
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Notebook
Wilson R. Woods of Palmer
field representative for Mutual
Of New York has returned from
a special training forum held in
San Mateo, California. Through
meeting certain company require
ments, Woods was invited to at
tend the forum, a specialized
course for MONY field represen
tatives.
Virgil Eckert, manager of the
Co-Op Building and Farm Sup
ply, is enjoying two weeks an
nual vacation.
Gus Klem. son of Bob Klein
of Palmer, has returned to the
University of Washington where
he ,will enter his senior year.
Klem is majoring in chemical en
gineering and had spent vacation
time with Mr. and Mrs. Klem
in Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Huntley
are making their home in Port
land, Oregon, where Duane has
enrolled in the Pacific Bible Col
lege. Huntleys went to Port
land, via the Alaska highway.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bouwens
entertained 30 family members
at a goirtg-away dinner held last
week in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Farmer who have now
left for Tacoma, Ga. Mrs. Farmer
is the former Jeanne Onkka,
granddaughter of the Bouwens.
The dinner also observed the
wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert; Varrell.
Mary Rowley, local public heal
j th nurse, last week Thursday re
; eived shipment of a 1958 Ford
| sedan from the Alaska Depart
ment of Health ..This is the first
I new car assigned to the valley
area by the health department.
Mrs. Bill Roark, grand regent,
Mrs. Eino Wertinen, junior grand
regent, 904? Mrs. Louis Bureher,
recorder, all of Palmer Women
of the Moose, left Tuesday for
Fairbanks where they will attend
the W.O.T.M. convention.
Fred Joiner of Whittier flew
into Palmer Wednesday of this
week to pick up his son John
; who hasl been visiting since Sat
urday with his grandparents, Mr.
; and Mrs. Archie Moffitt.
Valley residents are reminded
I that the Ladies Aid of St. John’s
Lutheran Church will be hold
ing their annual public tqrkey
supper on Thursday, October 16
at the church. Serving will be'
from 5-8 p.m. and there will be
i a pre-supper ticket sale and tick
j ets will be available at the door.
Because of make-up work in
1 school, Muriel Hanks, 1958 Ma
tanuska Valley Fair Queen, has
| not yet had an opportunity to
j outline her fabulous trip to Cali
fornia, however, a picture, receiv
ed from the Los Angeles Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and a re
port on her trip, will appear in
j next week’s newspaper.
Police Chief and Mrs. Bernard
! Bouwens are planning to spend a
few days visiting at Tok. Accom
panying them will be Mrs. R.
Bruce Graham who will be visit
ing Bruce’s cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Terwilleger of Tok.
One case of chicken pox was
[ reported in the Palmer area for
j the week ending September 19,
according to the communicable
disease report for Southcentral
region.
The Bureau of Public Roads is
extending an invitation to bid on
construction of the Kaliforsky
Beach Road. The project consists
of <8.175 miles of grading and
drainage and is located on the
Kenai Peninsula beginning south
of the Kenai River Bridge at
Soldotna on the Sterling High
way and ending on the shore of
; Cook Inlet.
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Church to Observe World-Wide Communion
Members and friends of the
United Protestant Church will
join with families of Christians
throughout the world this Sun
day in the observation of World
Wide Communion. Introduced
about a decade ago as a symbol of
the fellowship of Christians every
where, the World-Wide Commun
ion observance has been shared
by an increasing number of
churches ever since.
In anticipation of this impor
tant occasion, and as part of a
nationwide crusade for church at*
tendance, over 20 members of the
United Protestant Church spent
part of this week visiting every
home of the congregation to en -
courage attendance and demon
strate the concern of the church
for its people.
The Sunday service will begirt
at 11 a.m. nursery care will he
provided for pre-school children.
The Rev. Bertram Ruitan’s ser
mon title is “You Don’t Standi
Alone!”
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Many daily habits are such a part of us we’re
hardly aware of them. But you’ll find it a wise
FINANCIAL HABIT to pay all bills by check. Look
at these advantages:
1. Your funds are safeguarded
2. A cancelled check is a legal receipt
3. You have an accurate record of payments
4. You save extra bill-paying trips
Open your checking account today.
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Daily 10 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Open Thursday Evenings 6-8 Pit
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