PEA Chooses Teacher
Of Year Nominee
SHOWN REGISTERING at the National Association of Class
room Teachers' Study Conference on Teaching as a
Profession, held in Washington, D. C. in 1960, is Mrs.
Alma J. Blunck, center, of Palmer. At left is Mrs. Buena
Stolberg, 1960-61 president of the National Association,
and right, Margit Stevenson, executive secretary, both of
Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Alma J. Blunck was
•chosen as candidate for Alaska
representative for the national
Teacher of the Year award at
a special meeting of the Palmer
Education Association on Oct.
18, according to a recent an
nouncement.
Mrs. Blunck, with the Palmer
Independent School System
since 1950, taught the fourth
grade for eight years, and for
the past five has taught a
special grade at Swanson
school. Before coming to Alas
ka, she taught in Illinois for six
years.
She holds both a bachelor’s
and master’s degree in educa
tion, and plans to work toward
a doctorate next year at the
University of Arizona.
Mrs. Blunck is president of
the Palmer Education Associa
tion, and is also retirement con
sultant for the Alaska Educa
tion Association, a position she
has held since 1959. Her mas
ter’s thesis is entitled, “A His
tory and comparative Study on
Teacher Retirement in Alaska.”
She is very active in teachers’
professional organizations on
the local, state, and national
level.
Active in 4-H work, St. Mi
chael’s Catholic Church, North
land Pioneer Grange, PTA, and
League of Women Voters, she
is also vice-president of the
Palmer chapter of the Univer
sity of Alaska Alumni Associa
tion.
For the past 11 years the
Council of Chief State School
Officers has cooperated with
the U. S. Office of Education in
conducting the national Teach
er of the Year project, which
was sponsored by McCall’s
magazine until taken over by
Look two years ago.
Each year a state teacher is
selected by a committee or by
a state-wide contest, the state
winner then becoming the
nominee for the national con
test. Ten finalists are selected
from different parts of the
country, with staff members of
the NEA serving on the screen
ing committee. The Look in
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alist to observe the teacher in
the classroom and the commun
ity. The reports of these visits
are considered by the screen
ing committee, and the top two
teachers are chosen. The final
decision is made by Look mag
azine.
The winner is brought to
Washington, D. C., to meet the
President and the state’s con
gressional delegation, and to
be honored by the NEA.
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Pioneer League
Won Lost
Piggly-Wiggly-22 14
Lakers_2o 16
Pioneer Texaco_15Vfe 16Ms
Bovey Trophy _17 19
Palmer Washeteria_16^ 19V4
Knik Arms Lodge_13 19
High team series (three
games), Pioneer Texaco, 2718;
second high, Lakers, 2665; high
independent series, Bob Peter
son, 585; second high, George
Dodge, 575. High team game.
Lakers, 958; second high, Knik
Arms Lodge, 936; high inde
pendent game, Bob Peterson,
226; second high, George Dod
ge, 222; third, Jim Perecz, 222.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
Patients at the Valley Pres
byterian Hospital during the
week of Nov. 1-7 were Betty
Mclntire, Franklin Stewart,
Bonnie Dinkel, Elaine Lucas,
Marcella Hartley, Ramona
Towner, George McFeeley,
Frank Colobuffalo, Hildegard
McLaughlin, Paula Kucera,
Sarah Moffitt, Adalgisa Swo
boda, Peter Gallagher, ad Roy
Meritt, Sr.
BOWLING NEWS
In the Pinpoppers Mixed
Doubles, Paul’s Chevron still
holds a very slight lead of one
half game over A B & Me
chanical. Irene Vasanoja of the
D and A Grocery team had a
nice 224 game, and Laura Sten
berg of Bush Lanes rolled a
615 series. The D & A Grocery
team had a high game of 849.
In the Housewives morning
league, the Frontiersman still
leads Cotten Drilling by three
games. Mrak Coal Co. is creep
ing up and is only one-half
game behind Cotten Drilling.
Charlene Kockritz of the Cot
ten Drilling team bowled a 200
game, and Neola Bowers a 192.
The Sunday Handicap Trio is
bowling along with team No.
5 still leading with 5l/i games
over Teams No. 2 and 4. Ruby
Baker of Team No. 3 and Ruth
Saulsbury of Team No. 4 tied
their high series with 482 each.
Leola Rush of team No. 5 roll
ed a 184 game.
The 4 Aces leads the Knik
Breezes by four games, with
the Glass Bar and Dizzy Dames
following. Jan Fritz, a new
bowier, rolled a 183 game
scratch, giving her 229 with
handicap. Marcina Carlson
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of the
7th District
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wishes of my constituents in the
furtherance ef good government.
frigene Reid
bowled a 570 series. Mac’s
Plumbing is proud of these two
girls.
The D & A Grocery still leads
the King Pins with two games
over MONY. Irene Vasanoja
of the D & A team rolled a nice
209 game and a 583 series. Lu
Whittaker of Palmer Washet
eria and Libby Martin of
Wright’s Travel Agency each
had a 208 game to their credit.
There was a little upset in
the Scratch Trio with Ham
rick’s Accounting taking the
lead over Bess’ Beauty Bar by
1 Vi games. Bernie Kuoppola of
the Retail Clerk Union team
rolled a pretty 226 game, and
Midge Hudgins of the Matan
uska Telephone Association
rolled a 223. These are Scratch
scores. Jerry Perecz of Hamrick
Accounting had the high ser
ies of 666.
In the Pinbusters mixed dou
bles the Palmer Sand and Gra
vel is leading the league by a
nice margin of seven games.
Whitfield Trucking moved up
from fourth to second place
All women are asked to at
tend an open meeting on
November 17th, at 2 p.m. at the
Bowling Center to vote on the
tournament rules.
LEGION PLANS
POTLUCK DINNER
Matanuska Valley Unit No.
15, American Legion Auxiliary,
will celebrate the 42nd birth
day of the national organiza
tion with a pot-luck dinner to
be held at 7 p.m., Thursday,
November 15, at Legion Hall. J
All members of the Post and 1
Unit are invited to attend.
The program will stress cur
rent Civil Defense plans, with
Area Director G. E. Smith, City
Director Winston Gilchrist and
Police Chief Louis Bencardino
in attendance. A question and
answer period will follow their
reports.
FIRST WHITES
First whites to reach Ore
gon’s shore were Spanish ex
plorers under Bartolome Fer
relo in 1542.
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