One-Act Play
Contest Planned
For High Schools
Representatives from 11 Alas
ka high schools attended the
Western Alaska High School Ac
tivities Association meeting held
in Seward this past Saturday.
Activities for high school stu
dents were discussed at length
by the igroup and a number of
suggestions were made for the
coming year and among them
was a decision regarding partic
ipation in the annual Music Fes
tival which this year is to be
held in Fairbanks.
It was voted that the Festival
will be held in that city and that
all schools whose funds permit
will participate. A large group
of smaller schools were of the
opinion that because of the high
cost of transportation of chorus
and band students, it would not
be feasible to participate in
Fairbanks this year, and it was
suggested that a smaller festival
be held elsewhere for these
smaller schools.
School representatives are
promoting a one-act play contest
and Palmer will be the first host
school for the contest. Each
school will be invited to enter
a 20 to 35 minute one-act play
with from one to 10 in the cast
in either the comedy or drama
divisions. They pointed out this
will offer an opportunity for a,
ggreat number of students to do
good work.
Representatives were in at
tendance from high schools in
Fairbanks, Kodiak, Palmer, An
chorage, Seward, Cordova, Was
illa, Valdez, Seldovia, Eielson Air
Force Base, and Fort Greeley.
Attending from the Palmer'
school were William T. Zahrad
Jiicek, school superintendent,
Keith A. Smith, high school prin
cipal, Lee Plumbley, band mas
ter, ^and Chip Chatterton, coach.
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SPORTSMEN ANNOUNCE
NEW DINNER PLANS
A number of innovations are
planned for the October 26 Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen annual
wild game dinner it was an
nounced this week.
Eugene Kirsch, program chair
man, has been busy preparing
what he hopes will be very en
joyable entertainment. The com
mittee states, “Something new
has been added to this depart
ment”.
Mary Louise Johns, decoration
chairman, is brimming over with
new ideas and plans, and the
committee says they are sure
everyone will be enthusiastic
with the results.
The co-chairmen believe they
have found a way to keep the
food warm! They have requested
that all roasts, or other hot dish
es, be carved or cut into serving
portions before being taken to
the hall. All hot dishes should
be wrapped in foil as these foods
will be served from the dishes.
There will be no meat cutters
this year. By eliminating this
chore the committee hopes guests
will be able to eat much earlier
than past years. All members are
asked to have their food at the
hall before 6 p.m., and to “take
plenty”.
Tickets are available at Maud’s
Flower Shop and members are
reminded they are entitled to
take a guest. The dinner is to be i
held in the Central School gym
nasium.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO L.D.5. CHURCH
OPEN HOUSE OCT. 20
Open house is being planned at
the new Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints on Sunday,
October 20 and the public is cor
dially invited to attend.
The church will be open to vis
itors from 2 to 6 p.m. and re
freshments will be served.
The new church, located on
Springer Road, near the fair
grounds, is now completely fin
ished and one of the most at
tractive buildings in Palmer.
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Ross Sheeley Dies
Foliowing Accident
Word was received in the val
ley this past week of the death
of Ross Sheeley former Palmer
resident. Mr. Sheeley died at
Phoenix on October 11 from in
juries received two weeks pre
vious in an automobile accident
near that city. Survivors include
his daughter Mrs. Jay (Dorothy
Aim) Bush of Anchorage, for
merly of Palmer.
Bom in Colorado, Mr. Sheeley
was County Agriculture Exten
sion Agent for the Big Horn
County in Wyoming from 1925
to 1931. He came to Alaska in
1931 following his selection at
the County Agriculture Extension
Conference in Chicago, as the
first Alaska director of Agricul
ture Extension Service.
At that time the present Uni
versity of Alaska became a land
grant college and the University
accepted the responsibility of
agriculture research and exten
sion service, with Sheeley as the
first director.
He continued in this position
until 1935 when he became the
general manager of the Alaska
Rural Rehabilitation Corporation |
in the Matanuska Valley. He
continued in this capacity untilJ
1937 and the following year pur
chased land south of Palmer and
farmed for a few years and then
operated the Step-and one-half
farm in Anchorage for two and
one half years.
For the past 20 years he had
lived in Arizona where prior to
his death he was very active in
farm bureau work serving as j
chairman of the Arizona State
Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation Committee and a
member of the Board of Gover
nors of the Salt River Valley
Users Association. In 1954 the
Valley of the Sun Kiwanis Club
named -him Agriculture Man of
the (Month.
He had done considerable j
farming in cotton, castor beans, i
maize, and barley.
Mr. Sheeley is survived by his
wife, Charlotte; two sons, Jack
and Joe, his daughter Mrs. Bush
and eight grandchildren and four
sisters. His wife and sons make
their homes in Arizona.
Interment took place in Phoe
nix, Arizona.
GREAT BOOKS GROUP
TO MEET ON MONDAY
The Great Books discussion
group will meet Monday, October
21, at 8 p.m. in the library at the
Experiment Station. Interested
persons are invited to attend.
The discussion this week will be
on “Moby Dick”.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
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Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include
the following:
Mrs. Roy Lundin, Richard
Courtney, Lawrence Sawle, Eil
don Finkbeiner of Anchorage,
Garnet Withey, 9, Dixie Cole, 7,
of Chugiak, David DeVries, 13,
Philip Frey 6, Star Route, Pal
mer, Mrs. Clarence Lamay, Star
Route, Anchorage, Mrs. William
Church and infant son, Wasilla,
John Gazaway, 8, David Vaselli,
4, Mrs. Neil Michaelson, Maxine
Bear, 7% months, Sutton, Dennis
Hamann, Mrs. Ray Sund, Eska,
Mary LaPlante, 3 mos., Glenallen,
Randy Lazenby, 4%, Star Route,
James Bear, 2, Sutton, Thomas
Lepak, Mrs. Thomas Lepak,
Thomas Lepak, Jr., Mrs. Odis
Elder, Paula DeLand, 2 mos., and
Heinie Gene, 11, Star Route, Pal
mer.
Hospitalized, but now out,
Frank Colobuffalo, Don Moore,
Mi's. Ray Harrison, Donald Por
ter, 15 mos., Mile 94, Patricia
Jahr, 2, Mi. 21, Philip Withey,
11, Theresa Barnes, 3, Wasilla,
Dorothy Tyone, Joseph Haik,
Star Route, Anchorage, Mrs.
Richard Demming, Mrs. Oscar
Johnson, Wasilla, Ronald Stevens,
Mi. 21%, Norma Newby, 6, Jamie
Carney, 5, Wasilla, Deborah
Stineburg, Keith Bentti, 9 mos.,.
Henry Hill, 9, Edmond Vickary
ous, Star Route, Frederick Vas
elli, 15 mos., Mrs. Ernest Peck,
Wasilla, James Palyefko, 5, Mi. 17
Mrs. Robert Reed, Chugiak, and
Mrs. Hubert Reid, Mi. 23.
Flu Hits Local
Schools; 349
Students Out Today
The flu bug, which last week
seemed to have missed Palmer
has arirved and the highest rate
of absenteeism in the local schools
occured today with a total of 349
students absent. This is about
40 percent average of the total
enrollment. Of these students 214
are absent from Central school:
84 from the high school, and 1>1
from Swanson school. The teach
ing staff has not yet been hit too
hard, officials said.
Officials reported that the ab
senteeism has increased from day
to day this week. At Swanson
school on Monday there was a
19.5% absence; Tuesday, 24%;
Wednesday, 30%, and today, 39%.
At the high school from 60 to 70
students were absent the first
three days with the high figure
today.
Creamery Employees—
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gest portion of the bill by the
insurance company.
There are two definite reasons
why the hospital is so extremely
short of cash at the present time,
according to Allan Mick, Associa
tion president. First, he explain
ed. insurance payments from the
companies are lagging about 60
days and secondly, there has been
a big influx of self pay patients.
This term ,self-pay patient is
ambiguous, Mick pointed out, in
that in many cases these persons
who are not covered by insur
ance and are directly responsible
for the payment of the bill, do not
have the money with which to
pay it. Consequently, the costs of
the patient’s care falls on the hos
pital until such time as the pa
tient can make payment. In the
meantime the costs of operating
the hospital continue and bills
must be met as presented.
Creamery employees were re
ported to have felt that it was
important to “keep our customer
(the hospital), and that it was a
community duty to see that pa
tients received their whole milk
each day.” Eighteen employees
took part in the contribution.
Creditors to Meet
Letters were mailed this week
to all creditors inviting them to
attend a meeting of the directors
of the Valley Hospital Associa
tion tomorrow night. The meeting
will be held in the hospital din
- ing room at 8 p.m.
Basketball Schedule
Set for Season
The basketball schedule for the
1957-58 railbelt conference was
set by school officials during the
Western Alaska High School Ac
tivities Association meeting heM
in Seward this past Saturday.
Opening games will be held ok»
December 6 and 7 when Seward!
travels to Anchorage and the
Fairbanks Malemutes come to
Palmer. Other games are schedul
ed as follows:
December 13: Palmer at Anchor
age
Dec. 20 and 21: Seward at Palmer
Jan. 10 Anchorage at Palmer
Jan. 10 & 11: Fairbanks at Sew
ard
Jan. 17 & 18 Anchorage at Fair
banks
Jan. 24: Palmer at Anchorage
Jan. 24 & 25: Seward at Fair
banks
Jan. 31 & Feb. 1: Palmer at Sew
ard—Fairbanks at Anchorage
Feb. 7 & 8: Anchorage at Seward
Feb. 14 & 15: Palmer at Fairbanks
Feb. 21: Anchorage at Palmer
The basketball tournament will
be held in Anchorage February
26, 27, 28, and 29 with single elim
inations and consolation play
offs.
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