JUNIOR PLAY
TO BE “UNUSUAL”
Members of the Palmer High
• School junior class will be pre
sent ng an unusual play this
.year, it was announced this week.
The play will be presented to
■tbe public on December 14 in
•tlb^ Central School gymnasium.
Jt is titled “The High School My
Jst- ry”, ,a mystery-comedy written
by Robert St. Clair and publish
er! by Northwestern Press of
"Minnesota.
The presentation, under the di
rection of Miss Elizabeth Gaines,
wi 1 be a play within a play and
most of the players will be tak-,
mg two parts. The unusual play
takes place on the stage and
co.ild take place anywhere in the
gym.
A look at the parts being takjn
by the cast indicate that the
ytt rd “unusual” may be an un
de statement. Betty Jo Wilson
rm 1 take the part of the drama
‘coach; Charmain Sawby, is the
Jit mine; Bridgie Wright the
maid; Gretchen Esslinger a char
acter woman; Jill Cope takes the
role of assistant director; Roberta
Sharp is mother of the villian;
Steve Hamilton is the hero, Dean
Parks the villian, Colin Mick a
•character man, Bob Estelle, stage
manager; Aliyn Wilson, author;
-John Maze, policeman; and Wal
ter Phillips, maniac.
Supporting the actors will be
•Cordon Gansehow as student di
rector, and Sharlene Samasel as
jpempter and understudy.
Tickets will be available from
members of the Junior class.
ALTAR SOCIETY PLANS
CHRISTMAS SALE
Members of St. Michael’s Cath
•olie Church Altar Society are
planning a two-day Christmas
sale. It will be held Friday and
Sa urday, December 7 and 8 at
the Shamrock building from 10
University Dean
Named AAAS Fellow
Earl H. Beistline, dean of the
University of Alaska school of
mines, has been elected a Fellow
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
Members of AAAS are eligible
for fellowship if they contribute
to the advancement of science
either by the publication of orig
inal research or in some other
significant manner. This can in
clude advanced teaching and
guiding of research, or accom
plishment of work not shown by
publication, as in engineering or
other projects in the fields of ap
plied science.
Named Tanana Valley
Extension Ageni
James W. Matthews of Minot,
N. D„ will assume duties as ex
tension agricultural agent in the
Tanana Valley February 1, exten
sion associate director, Arthur
S. Buswell announced this week.
Matthews succeeds Walter Duf
fy who resigned in August from
the Fairbanks office.
The North Dakotan was gradu
ated in March 1952 from North
Dakota Agricultural College at
Fargo. He majored in animal
husbandry with a minor in agron
omy. He gained practical experi
ence on the family’s North Da
kota farm where beef was the
major industry. Grains and for
age crops were important, along
with a sideline of a 70-cow dairy
herd. He is a veteran of the sec
ond world war.
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Included in the sale will be
new articles, fresh baked food
items, and clean rummage. The
public is invited to participate in
the sale. •
ALASKA WRITER'S
FIRST PLAY GETS
UNIVERSITY PREMIERE
Capacity crowds this week at
tended both University of Alas
ka presentations of the world
premiere of a well-known Alaska
writer’s first play.
Tlje arts and letters depart
ment’s drama workshop, direct
ed by Prof. Lee H. Salisbury,
presented Miss Sally Carrighar’s
“As Far As They Could Go”.
This three act play shows a bal
let dancer’s adjustment to life
at Wales, a small Eskimo settle
ment on the Bering Strait, while
ner teacher-husband is unable
»o tace tne discomforts imposed
by this far north life.
The play’s cast included sever
al Eskimos. They include Chester
Seveck, one of the territory’s top
dancers. He directs the native
dances which are presented at
Kotzebue during the summer for
the tourists.
Miss Carrighar wove into the
alay impressions she has gained
during her many years in Alaska,
some of them spent in remote
settlements. She has written sev
eral books, and her articles have
appeared in leading national pub
lications.
Other theatrical groups, some
in foreign countries, already are
contracting Miss Carrighar to let
them present the play.
LOCAL COUPLE WED
IN QUIET CEREMONY
In a quiet double-ring cere
mony performed in Anchorage
>n November 21 Agnes Isely, tea
cher in the fourth grade at Cen
tral School, became the bride of
Ralph Farnsworth. Attendants
for the Palmer couple were
Dorothy Batterton and John Ap
ar, both of Palmer. The Farns
worths are now at home in the
Saxton apartment. The bride
groom is employed as mechanic
at Hartley Motors, Inc. and is
president of the Matanuska Val
ley Airmens Association.
Council Notes—
(Continued from page 1)
the sale of goods or articles to
another for resale in the same
form purchased. Council mem
bers did not feel the sale of farm
equipment would come under the
term “wholesale sale”. No pro
visions are made in the Ordin
ance for tax exemption on goods
sold to be used outside the city.
“If that was the case”, one Coun
cil member said, “then each and
every sale made to a person out
side the city would be tax exempt
and the entire structure of the
sales tax collections would be
broken down”.
♦ * *
An inquiry made by the Ma
tanuska Electric Association
sometime ago to purchase the
city owned land adjacent to the
MEA property located near the
fairgrounds was again discussed,
with Council members expres
sing the opinion that it would not
be wise at this time to dispose of
the city property. “Most cities
tre short of land”, Mayor Wil
son pointed out. Councilman Ha
gen said the M. V. Fair Associa
tion is on record against the sale
of the land. Other reasons voic
ed against the sale were based
on the future value of the land
for community-type buildings.
Councilman Logsdon reported
on the budget. Although not yet
completed he said that the bud
get committee has estimated the
city income during the current
year will be $105,318.41. This
amount includes $15,000 income
from the new three mill property
tax; the bank balance at the time
the budget was figured; and lic
enses from two card tables
(which were not paid this year
but had been the previous year).
Anticipated expenditures have
not yet been compiled, Logsdon
said. A more complete report
will be made at a subsequent
meeting.
Dr. A. J. Colberg was appoint
ed city health officer by Mayor
Wilson and his appointment ap
proved by the Council.
• • •
Eratic garbage collections in
the city were discussed and terms
of the contract will be brought
to the attention of the collecting
company.
* • •
Visitors at the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kirsch who
inquired about snow removal
policies in regards to berms left
along driveways, etc. in the city
during snow removal. The re
quest was turned over to the
street committee for study.
* * * *
The final lengthy discussion at
the November 27 meeting was
again in regards to the sales tax.
Councilman Hagen brought it to
the Council's attention that sales
tax is not being collected by the
local Elks lodge on fees charg
ed for public games operated
weekly at the club. He stated that
he felt that Section 3, paragraph
J should compel the lodge to col
lect the sales tax. Section 3 stat
es the tax levied shall apply to
the following sales and services;
Paragraph J states that “the sale
of tickets or admissions to places
of amusement, entertainment, re
creational or athletic events, or
dues or fees for the privilege of
having access to or the use of
amusement, entertainment, ath
letic or recreational facilities, in
cluding free or complimentary
passes and tickets, admissions,
dues or fees, such free or com
plimentary passes and tickets,
dues or fees are hereby declared
to have a value equivalent to the
price or value of said tickets,
passes, admissions, fees or dues.”
In spite of the discussion be
ing long, and at times firy, no
definite action was taken by the
Council.
Mayor Wilson announced a
joint meeting of the City Coun
cil and City Planning Commis
sion will be held at City Hall No
vember 30 at which time Elmer
Heavy Snow—
(Continued fro** page 1)
teers who answered the call as
well as street and water depart
ment personnel soon set out giv
ing assistance wherever possible
in pumping flooded areas. The
Co-Op maintenance crew who
were attending a meeting that
night were called out to block
a sewer man hole where surface
water was running in. The vol
ume of water running in was
more than the sewer line could
handle and it consequently was
backing up through floor drains
in at least two of the Co-Op
houses.'Volunteers and city em
ployees worked until early morn
ing hours.
School buses were arriving this
morning at various times, rang
ing from on-time to one half hour
late. Some of the more distant
runs may be made earlier this
afternoon, William Zahradnicek
said this morning.
Sportsmen's Course—
(Continued from page H
the entire four-week course. This
fee will go toward the costs of
targets and ammunition. There
will be no additional fees for
range use or instructions.
“If there are people men or
women—in the ■ valley who are
interested in learning to target
shoot with the rifle, we exend a
cordial invitation to them to turn
out tonight”, Woods said. “We
hope eventually to find addition
al shooters for our rifle team”,
he added, “and we think that this
! four-week offer will be an op
1 portunity for interested men and
women to determine whether or
| not they would like to join our
team and shoot with us during
the coming winter season.”
Classes will be held at the or
ganization’s shooting range in #
: the basement of the Co-Op ree
hall.
Gagnon of the Alaska Housing
| Administration will be in attend
S ance to discuss with city officials
| over all planning for the city.
Bam! Wham!
Spam WH,T AM
12 oz. can
39c
Free! Free!
3 MINK STOLES
Worth Drawing
$l,QOO. each Dec. 24th
Stop in and register
WYLERS
ONION
FLAKES
ONIONS WITHOUT TEARS
i
WHY PAY MORE
Schilling’s
COFFEE
99c
lb.
GOOD QUALITY
I - lb. Sliced
In Cello phg.
LOOK LOOK
A HOLIDAY TREAT
Sexton
Instant
Dessert Powder
ASSORTED FLAVORS
Mb. ? $1
8 oz. pkg. J for ^ I
HUNT’S SPECIAL
Apricots
4 - 300 size tins
Peaches
4 - 300 size tins
Tomatoes 29'
Lettuce
ib. 39c
Lynden Medium
Egp 55,
D6ET SAVERS
Skippy 20 oz. Tfl#
PEANUT BUTTER § W\
Dennisons 40 oz.
CHILI AND BEANS
Libby’s - 12 oz.
CORN CREOLE
4 cans
SACRAMENTO TOMATOES
3 *Vi size QQfl
J tins VVV
Sunny Jim - Assorted
JELLY & JAM
2 Zr 89c
Halo Shampoo
Family Size OQ#t
Was $1.35 Owl
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