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of Children", an Alaska Depart
ment of ’Health film, will be
shown at the April 15 meeting of
the Palmer P-TA in the: high
school cafeteria. Mrs. Mary Lou
Marsh, pychology teacher in the
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Palmer Community College, will
lead the discussion following the
film.
The new president, Charles
Marsh, will preside at this last
meeting of the school year. At a
recent meeting in his home the
president made the following ap
pointments:
WAYS AND MEANS Mrs. C.
C. Bailey, chairman; C. C. Bailey
and Mr. and Mrs. John Aper.
BUDGET: H. P. Gazaway, chair
man; Paul Martin and Mrs.
James Wilson. MEMBERSHIP:
Mrs. Miles France. PROGRAM:
Ed Smith, and Mrs. H. P. Gaza
way, co-chairman. PUBLICITY
AND PUBLICATIONS: Mrs.
Richard Jones. ROOM REPRE
SENTATIVE: Mrs. Eugene Reid,
Central School chairman; Mrs.
John King, Swanson School, co
chairman. TEACHER REPRE
SENTATIVE: Mrs. Barbara
Smart, chairman. JUNIOR HIGH
SERVICE: Mrs. Frank McKenzie,
Research Grants
Made by Legion
Additional grants for tesearch
into problems related to the wel
fare of children and youth have
been made by The American Le
gion’s national child Welfare
foundation, Mrs. Mary Steelman,
child welfare chairman of the
Matanuska Valley Unit of the
Legion Auxiliary, has been in
formed. The foundation is largely
supported by contributions ffom
Auxiliary units.
The new grants announced in
clude: $1,500 to Tulane Univer
sity, School of Social Work, to
pay partial expenses of 10 staff
memebrs working, with adoles
cents in correctional fields to at
tend a short training course; $5,
000 to Boston Children’s Medical
Center fbr research in endoctrine
section of metabilic division, and
$2,500. to Delinquency Control In
stitute^ University of Southern
.'California, to provide TO expense
grants to help finance police offi
cers attending a special course
there!
chairman. HIGH SCHOOL SER
VICE: Mrs. Curtis Dearborn,
chairman, and Curtis Dearborn.
GIRL SCOUT INSTITUTIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE: Mrs. Rich
ard Mohan. CUB SCOUT INST
ITUTIONAL REPRESENTA
TIVE: Ernie Inman. LJASON:
Mrs. Bert Rutan, chairman; Mrs.
Bertram Curry, and Charles F.
Marsh. REFRESHMENTS: Mrs.
Ted Buzby, chairman.
P-TA members are requested
to return books that have been
checked out of the P-TA lending
library. They may be turned in
at the April 15 meeting.
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ALASKA P-TA PLANS
FIRST CONVENTION
The first annual convention of
the Alaska Congress of Parents
and Teachers will be beldLin An- ,
chorage April 18, according to
an announcement made by Mrs.
James Orr, Jr., convention com
mittee chairman. More than 100
persons are scheduled to attend.
Representatives from the Palmer
P-TA organizations are planning
to attend.
To be held in the Loussac Li
brary the conclave will open at
■ 9 a.m. with the registration of
delegates representing over 50
elementary and secondary schools
in Alaska. Election of new terri
torial Parent-Teacher Associa
tion officers will be held during
the business meeting.
“EPareht-teachfer annual get-to
gethers are held by each state
congress in the United States.
This will mark the first such
meeting in Alaska and will repre
sent an important step for local
educators,” Mrs. Orr said.
Theme of the meetings ’pro
gram highlight will be a sym
posium “Views from several van
tage points” at which guest
Speakers will discuss education
on local, national and internation
al levels. Mrs. John Homing, ter
ritorial P-T|A president, will pre
side. The symposium will be held
inthe Sydney Lawrence Auditor
ium following a delegates din
ner at the Westward Hotel.
Mrs. Homing said, “We have,
tried to plan a program that will
give everyone as much informa
tion as possible during the one
day session. I know that if the
delegates put into practice the
ideas that are presented, parent
teacher work will be easier, more
interesting, and will help stimu
late work being done by mem
bers throughout Alaska.” ’
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Singer Sewing Company Instructor
ANN GOULD will be at
Palmer High School Home Economics Dept.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, AND SUNDAY, APRIL 13
Between Hours of 9 a.m.-12 noon ami I p.m.-4 p.m.
To instruct in use of Singer Machine and Attachments. THE INSTRUCTION IS FREE
Singer Sewing Company repairman Pat Billingsley will also be in the Valley on April
12 and 13. Any customers wishing repairs may leave their name and address at the
Maianuska Hotel
Singer Sewing Co.
519 E. STREET
PHONE 24371
RAINBOW SUNDAY
TO BE OBSERVED
Members of the Palmer Assem
bly Order of Rainbow for Girls
are reminded that Sunday, April
13, is Rainbow Sunday and all
members are requested to attend
church on that day.
Rainbow Sunday is observed
each year and this year the First
Presbyterian Church in Wasilla
has been chosen by the Assembly.
Cars will leave the Central
School at 10:30 a.m., sharp. Mem
bers are requested to provide
their own transportation, as far
as possible. However, anyone not
having a ride is asked to be at
the school before 10:30 where
they will be picked up.
aska Congress of Parents and
Teachers convention were sent
to Lieutenant General James M.
Gavin, U. S. Army (Ret.), Gover
nor Mike Stepovich, and Don Da
foe, territorial educational di
rector. The names of guest speak
ers will be announced later, said
Mrs Orr.
University Asks
95-Acre Withdrawal
The University of Alaska hair
requested the withdrawal of 95
acres of. land in Section 28 near
Goose Lake, it has been announc
ed by the Bureau of Land Man
agement. The land is requested
to provide for further high edu
cational needs of the Anchorage
community.
The university board of re
gents in 1953 recognized the need
for additional college level edu
cation in the rapidly growing Al
askan communities. To be cer
tain that enough land would be
available in reasonably conven
ient locations when needed, the
regents established a land selec
tion policy. This policy has been
to select a few parcels of land
in the vicinity of the major Alas
kan communities.
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Doris McKinley for Representative
Janies Frey for Representative
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