PALMER, ALASKA
Published every Friday at Palmer, Alaska, for the Matanuska Vail
ey Farmers Cooperating Association, for the purpose of giving news cf
the Association's work, problems, and accomplishments.
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*-or M. Johnson, school custodian,
has placed the school plant In the
best possible condition and the op
ening day will find rooms and hall
wavs thoroughly cleaned, repainted
and repaired from attic to boiler
room.
School busses will generally
follow the same schedule of routes
and hours as last school year, ex*
cept that it is expected a somewhat
lorer noon hour will be used, thus,
making busses depart from school a
rc’-nd 3:50 p. m. or possibly 4:00
o. m.
A new. Health Nurse Is slated
to rrlve in Palmer soon and aid
terchers in handling pupils* health
problems, arrange clinics, and as
sist the local health officer in'
'aking the annual physical examina
tions of each pupil, said Miss Dor
othy Whitney, Public Health-Nurse
in charge of the Anchorage area, who
was in Palmer this week conferring
with loc^l officials.
Elementary school deplonas have
been received from the office of- Dr.
C. Rvan, Commissioner of Education,
and may be obtained from the Super
intendent's office, or from Mr. Mill
er. These pupils were awarded di-,
plomas:: Bernard Bouwnes, Sonbia
Vandsrpool, Alice Eouwens, Donald
Barr^, Wavne Bouwens, Marie Bowen,..
Evon DeLand, Ted Poland, Marvin Drfg
seth, Evelyn Foster-, Norman Francs,
Mary Oalaktionoff, Robert Graham,
Phyllis Hanson, Theresa Hemmer,
Stanley,.^offman, .piiane Huntley, Dorr
aid Irw'in, Lucille^ Klem, Beverly
Larsh, Ramona Len1^,- Helen McClaf
ferty, Gwendolyn McNeese, Shirley
Monroe, Earl Onkka, Donald Parks,
Duane Peterson, Gust Allen Scheibl,
Roger Seiber, Georgia Small, Nancy
Smith, Billy Snyder, Hilda Stenvall.
Also Certificates of Award for De
lores Foster, Geraldine Kindgren,
fleine H^nry eri’d Jean Mae Sandvik.
Elaine Henry and Jean Mae Sandvik.
High school athletic awards may
now 'be obtained at the school
office. '
Under Territorial School Law,
every child between the ages of 7
and 16 years is, in general, re-,
quired to attend school, unless
physically or mentally handicapped,
or has completed the Eighth Grade,
or has a written excuse signed by
a majority of the school board, :
Mr. Shaw pointed out, and parents
and guardians, are urged to enroll
children on the opening day as well
as provide for pvinctuB1 and re,
lar attendance, health peinittT ,
Every effort will be made to hr e-.
a school of compelling,interest to
each pupil as an incentive to good
attendance and awards -for perfect
attendance will be made' publicly.
Plans arebeinb developed for
a hot ^unch prograjn-which, if suc
cessful-, .will enable each pupil to
procure a nourshingi well-balanced,
generous noon meal at u noninal
cost. In general, the plan is to
serve each child with a hr. If pint
of whole, milk, a hot dish, a vege
table, bread, and fruit. This lunch
program would be carried out in the
school lunch room which is well
equipped for such service, and would
be entirely separate from the home
Economic deportment.
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•LOYAL-ORDER OF MOO&E L0tx5E s7?'5
MEET SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNT3
DAY OF EACH. MO^TH AT 8:00 P.M
IN.THE GRANGE HALL.
VISITING' 'MJJMBIRS WELCOME,
ATTEND THE MOOSE DANCE SATIE •
DAY NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 2 in
THE COMMUNITY HALL AT PALMER*