THE FRONTIERSMAH
Altered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879
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Preaching Mission
Planned by Church;
Public Invited
The public is invited to attend
tthe United Protestant Church
'^reaching mission which will be
'£(B Sunday, October 20 and con
tinue through October 27. There
’'will be four general preaching
aservices and four dessert-discus
asSbn hours.
The guest leader of the 1957
Preaching Mission will be the
Hev. Harold Van Zee of the First
Presbyterian Church of Elko,
Nevada. Rev. Van Zee received
tils undergraduate degree from
the University of California and
'his theological degree from San
Prancisco Seminary.
Following a pastorate in Port-:
land, ‘Oregon, Rev. Van Zee besA
ifceen minister of the Elko church'
for the past 10 years. He has been
active and interested in com
munity and civic affairs. At pres
ent he is president of the Elko
Knife and Fork Club and a past
president of the Elko Rotary
Club. He has a family of three
boys.
General preaching services:
Sundays, October 20 and 27, 11
a.m. and 8 pm. Church family
night supper: Monday, October
21, 6.30 p.m. Dessert-discussion
hours: October 22, 23, 24, and 25
in the church social hall. These
discussion hours will be held as
follows: Tuesday, 8 p.m., rural
and agricultural people. Wednes
day, 7:30 p.m., young people (col
lege, senior high and junior high
age groups), Thursday, 7:30 p.m.,
business, trade and professional
people. Friday, 7:30 p.m., young
married couples.
A nursery will be provided on
Sunday morning and evenings
and on Friday evening.
RE-ORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF L.O.S.
SERVICES, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
# Church SchcoS — 10;00 A.M.
• Missionary Service — 11:00 A.M.
Assembly Room, MEA Building
Services Held Every Sunday
PALMER CAP CADETS
TO MEET OCT. 22
Twenty-nine high school stu
dents have signed up for the
Civil Air Patrol cadet squad
which is being formed in Palmier,
it was announced this week by
Lt, Margaret Betts, CAP Cadet
Training Officer.
Considerable interest is being
shown by Palmer youth of CAP
cadet age with students in the
junior high school having sighed
uo for the program. Youths in
terested, 14 years of age or older,
who have not had an opportun
ity to enroll are invited to attend
a meeting to be held next Tues
day, October 22 at 7 p.m. in the
high school cafeteria. Interested
youths who were unable to.sign
up prior to the meeting are in
vited to attend and pick up reg
istration blanks at that time.
Mrs. Betts has been named act
ing commander of the Palmer
Cadet Squadron by the Civil
Air Patrol and commissioned a
second lieutenant.
BUTTE FIRE ASS'N.
PLAN DINNER SAT.
Members of the Butte Fire As
sociation today reminded valley
residents of the public harvest
dinner they will sponsor Satur
day night, October 19 in the
Butte Community Hall.
Dinner will be served between
5 and 8 p.m. Tickets are now on
sale at $1.50 per adult and 75
cents for children They may be
obtained from members of the
Fire Association. Proceeds from
the dinner will go toward the As
sociation’s fire department oper
ational expenses.
The Community hall is locat
ed on the Butte loop road. Per
sons going down from Palmer
should turn in at the first Butte
road, and stay on the main road
to the hall which is located to
the left of the road, directly
across the road from the Lee
McKinley home.
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Local Grange Names
Officers for Year
Members of the Northland
Pioneer Grange No. 1 elected new
officers for the coming year dur
ing their regular meeting October
10. Named for the coming year
were:
James W. Wilson, master; Bill
Hoskins, overseer; Wanda Wil
son, lecturer; Johan Johnson,
steward; Bruce Graham, assis
tant steward; Vera Rorrison,
chaplain; Lila Newville, treasur
er, Nina Stock, secretary; Hugo
Rasmussen, gatekeeper; Myrtle
Graham, Ceres; Ida Hoskins, Po
mona; Elita O’Connor, Flora;
Karla Duff, lady assistant stew
ard; Ed Christensen and Henning
Blunck, executive committee;
Vivian Goodrich, home economics
chairman; and Carol Stephan,
pianist.
A booster night program, at
which Grangers and their guests,
will have a pot-luck dinner and
orogram, is planned for October
24.
LEGION & AUXILIARY
JOIN FORCES ON
O. B. TABLE PROJECT
A Stineway mahogany piano
will be awarded soon to some
fortunate person it was announc
ed this week. The American Le
gion and Auxiliary are accepting
donations toward their fund
raising project which will be
turned over to the Hospital Aux
iliary toward the purchase of a
new obstetrics table. Some lucky
donor will be awarded the piano.
Tickets are available from Leg
ionnaires or Mrs. Frank Clark,
hospital auxiliary president, at
$1.00 donation each.
The piano, an upright console,
was made available to the Legion
and Auxiliary by Bill and Ruby
Miller who sold the piano to the
groups at very low cost as their
contribution to the project. Tick
ets are also available at the
Sourdought Bar.
Come in and “PERFORMANCE TEST” a new
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But just to be sure you are really con
vinced, we have set up what we call our
“Performance Testj^
This consists of taking a new Golden
Anniversary International to places of
your own choosing—the most rugged
locations you know of—and giving the
truck “the works.” Thke it off the road.
See how it performs for you!
And as you test the truck, remember
that, over the years, International
Trucks cost least to own—cost records
prove it!
Take our “Performance Test” any time!
INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS cost least to own! „
MATANUSXA VALLEY FARMERS COOPERATING ASSN.
Palmer, Alaska Phone PI-2170
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HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Sourdough Club
Sourdough Homemakers met
October 11 at the nome of Bess
Johns. Sixteen members were
present and we welcomed one
new member. Pot-luck lunch
was enjoyed and the meeting was
called to order at 1:30 p.m.
Committees reported on new
club program and Homemakers
Council meeting. We discussed
and made plans for the Christ
mas Workshop and Achievement
Day. Two volunteers will demon
strate at the workshop. A com
mittee was appointed to make
winter centerpiece for Achieve
ment Day.
was voted to contribute $10
to the fund for the O.B. table for
•the hospital. Margaret Snodgrass
conducted the installation of of
ficers for the coming year. Out
going president Karla Duff made
a welcoming speech to the new
officers and we thanked the out
going officers for their work and
leadership during the past year.
Our next meeting will be at
Doris McKinley’s home Novem
ber 12.
FROM THE ALASKA LINE
NEWSLETTER: Henry “Eskie”
Clark, Alaska Line’s well-known
Washington representative, has
just completed his annual tour
through the Territory, visiting
points all the way from Ketchi
kan to Kotzebue. Some of Henry’s
observations . . . Alaska business
men are concerned over military
cut backs and the poor fishing
season . . . 1957 summer weather
the best in years in all sec
tions . • • Alaska’s traditional op
timism is justified by develop
ments in oil, pulp, and increased
interest in mineral development
Nome and Sitka are outstand
ing for their lively progress.
FROM SEATTLE
MS TAT ALINA scheduled
from Seattle Friday, Octo
ber 25. calling at Southeast
ern ports and Seward
SS CHENA scheduled from
Seattle Tuesday, October
29, calling at Seward and
Valdes.
T. J. Maloney
agent
Phone
Anchorage
22001
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