STYLE SHOW DATE
ANNOUNCED DY
BETA SIGMA PHI
Committees were this week
named for the Beta Sigma Phi
annual Spring Style Show, which
this year, will be presented at
he Central School gymnasium or
Iriday evening, April 20. Spring
and summer wear for the adult,
'teenager, and toddler will be
mown by models. Admission to
the show will be by tickets which
will go on sale in the valley
very soon. Following the show
refreshments will be served.
Merchants in the Palmer and
Anchorage areas will be contact
ed for showing at the annual
event, in an attempt to bring a
wide and varied presentation of
spring and summer styles to the
public.
Committees were named as fol
lows, with first named to serve
as chairman of the respective
committee: Contacts: Vivian Sha
ver and Betty Rice. Selection of
rlothes and fitting date arrange
ment. Dolores Pommier, Rivera
Hiber, Marion 0uff. Preparations
Helen Mae Whitekhr, Vivian Sha
ver, Betty Rice, Clara Buzby.
Decorations: Marge Bouwens:
Sally Harrison, Joyce Metz. Mod
e's helpers: Clara Kopperud,
Alice Snodgrass, and Eileen Bran
ton. Refreshments: Helen Maze,
Gladys Jones, Glady Hayes, Mil
dred Marple.
Properties: Lee Ehrhart and
Norma Richie. Publicity: Virginia
Gallant, Joyce Metz, Helen Crites.
Tickets: Sally Harrison.
All merchants, interested in
showing their garments in the
show, are invited to contact Mrs.
Shaver or Mrs. Rice.
NURSE'S ASSOCIATION
SEEKING DATA ON
EARLY ALASKAN NURSES
Former Alaskan nurses, now
living in New York, California,
Indiana, and Texas have respond
| ed to the Alaska Nurses’ Asso
! ciation’s appeal in the American
Journal of Nursing for material
to be included in the History of
Nursing in Alaska which the As
sociation is planning to publish.
Every effort is being made to
make the book as complete as
possible, and of interest to the
general public and profession
alike. Health agencies, the Ameri
can Red Cross, Mission Boards,
the Armed Forces, transportation
companies, hospitals and individ
ual nurses are contributing auth
entic facts and amusing anecdotes
to the collection of historical data.
Mrs. Catherine Gair. Box 1213,
Douglas, Alaska, is serving as co
chairman and secretary of the
book committee, which will soon
have representative in all Alas
kan communities, according to
Mrs. Martin Johnson, also a co
chairman. In the local area, Jessie
DeVries, Box 222, Palmer is col
lecting information for the pro
ject. The committee is particular
ly desirous of learning the names
and addresses of nurses who serv
ed in Alaska before 1940. It is
expected that it will take months,
and perhaps several years, to as
semble and edit all material, but
it is hoped that this history of
nursing will become a valuable
and interesting addition to Alas
kan literature.
'‘WHEN WILL LIGHTENIN'
STRIXE PALMER"?
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WE SHALL BE GLAD TO HELP WITH YOUR
ITINERARY
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Starting a cold motor in cold weather is a
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top condition all the time. Have it checked
regularly and charged when it needs it. Bring
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HOURS — 7 A.M.— 10 P.M.
rv: ay -wMt-:.
The regular meeting of the
Glacier View Homemakers club
was held at the home of Ruth Es
telle February 21, with eight
members attending. Mrs. Rideout
was also present, helping with
various clothing make-over pro
jects and giving suggestions for
practices which will help to save,
especially on the food budget.
Memebrs showed articles which
they have made for next year’s
Fair Booth. Pearl Trowbridge was
elected to fill the office of vice
president, due to the resignation,
of Anna Knutsen. It was decided
to resume silent auctions at club
meetings.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Priscilla Bacon
March 20.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at Valley Presbyterian
Hospital this week include Mrs. j
Helen Stephan and infant daugh
ter of Wasilla, Mrs. Dewey Welch, !
Earl Myers of Sutton, Mrs. Char
les Bairn of Sutton, Mrs. Vernon !
Dryden of Wasilla, John Bugge, ,
James Reddington of Wasilla, !
Mrs. Paul Philo, Patricia Black.
George Venne, Sr.. Mrs. Karl
Fritzlar, Oscar Kertulla, Mrs. Al- :
bert Bannon and infant daugh- ]
ter, Bruce Murray, Waldo Fox, !
'Mrs. Peter Walker, and Ole John- !
son.
Hospitalized but now out, were: |
Mrs. Jack Mastrude of Goat j
Creek, Mrs. Elsie Tyone, William ;
Smith, Linda Hanson (20 mos. i
old), John Burkholder (19 mos. '
old), Mrs. Tatsuo Gosho and in
fant daughter, J. R. Elmore, Wil
liam Pattereson, Jr. (9 yrs. old),
Willie Wasilli, Howard Erickson
(2 yr. old), Mrs. Paul Aklestad,
Jerry LaWalters, Harvey Ander?
son, and Frank Colobuffalo.
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YOUR NEIGHBOR
.... AND MINE
By Joann Hanson
Eugene is an alert, friendly
i teenager. Andy is a minature
! cowboy, with Roy Rogers hat and
i a swagger. Happy takes seriously
his responsibilities of being an
older brother. Little Archie’s
boundless energy has classed him
as an “eternal squirmer”. His
brown eyes often glow with
childish joys and he has and im
pish grin.
These are four of the nine boys
who wrork together, play togeth
er, grow together at Children’s
Farm Home. The farm, located on
Fishook Road off Mile 50 of the
Glenn Highway is owned and op
erated by the Rev. and Mrs. Ray
Cather. The roomy frame house
and white barn with its concrete
silo nearby reflects an atmos
phere of homeyness, efficiency,
and travel-folder charm.
The Cathers, who came to Al
aska in 1941 from Lebanon, Ore.,
became interested in starting such
a home through visiting a neigh
bor who managed one. Rev. Cath
er, an experienced farmer, felt
the Valley offered the essentials
for succes, excellent farming po
tentials and a good rural environ
ment for rearing children.
The chief means of support for
boys who are placed here by the
Alaska Department of Welfare
and the Alaska Native Service, is
from 17 dairy cows. “We aren’t
getting rich,” Mrs. Cather said
modestly, “but the farm has turn
ed out well.” Some additional
support comes from the Christian
Assembly of God, and clothing is
contributed at Christmas time by
the Womens Missionary Society
for Christians and the Air Force.
Mr. and Mrs. George (Bill)
Whitfield have been assisting at
the home since last summer. They
have two children and a teen age
foster daughter, bringing the ju
venile population to twelve.
The boys lead a busy life with
a minimum of rigid regulations.
Each boy is required to work
three hours per day on the farm
in summer end he may work ad
ditionally for an increase in al
lowance. Overtime help is rather
sparse,-Mr. Cather reported.
In leisure time the boys can
often be found shooting baskets
indoors. Television is always a
favorite pastime. Ping pong and
parlor games such as Kings and
Cabbage are popular.
Discipline is not a serious pro
blem at the home. "We have not
found self government by the
boys too successful”, Mrs. Cather
stated, ‘‘but we do find talking
through our difficulties helpful.”
A merit system is used with each
child awarded a yellow ribbon
for no demerits. For each demerit
the wayward one is fined five
cents and lowered on the con
duct scale. For six demerits a
child has earned an ill-fated black
ribbon and is barred from the
TV set next evening.
Training in Christian attitudes
and ideals and development of
wholesome, self-sufficient citizens
are major objectives of the Home.
Besides the full-time job of
caring for their present foster
family, Rev. Gather drives a
school bus and Mrs. Cather finds
time for church and civic activ
ities. She was enrolled in a prac
tical first aid course last fall.
They have a grown son and
daughter of their own and have
adopted three of the children
who came to them. The three
girls are married. Their son will
win his Navy wings soon at Pen
sicola, Florida. The foster son is
a fisherman out of Seattle.
When asked if they intend to
take more children, the Cathers
t!
LASTING TRIBUTE OF
LOVE AND RESPECT
True dignity and beauty in a ;
monument of granite or mar
ble .. . fitting way to pay iri- ;
bute to the memory'of a loved
one.
PALMER FUNERAL
HOME
WM. BOUWENS, Mgr.
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Agriculture Trends
To Be Seminar Topic
The next to final Alaska Agri
culture Experiment Station sem
inar will be held this Friday af
ternoon at 4 p.m. at the Experi
ment Station in Palmer. Director
Don L. Irwin will be chairman
I of the program, “Future Trends
of Alaska Agriculture”. All inter
ested persons are invited to at
tend. The seminars have been
held once a month on Friday af
ternoons and next month’s pro
gram will be the final one for
this year.
The University of Alaska de
partment of arts and letters last
week received a parcel of books
and valuable recordings from the
German Federal Government.
Dr. Wei ner Oppel, German con
sul at Seattle, sent the gift to
Dr. Minnie E. Wells, head of the
department.
The recordings include poems
and tragedies by the German poet
Friederich Schiller, and works by
the Vienna Philharmonic Orches
tra, Berlin Philharmonic Orches
tra, Berlin Symphonic Orchestra,
and the Vavarian Radio Orches- i
tra.
indicated “yes”. “We~~always j
have our dreams”, the mother i
mused, and it is dreams such as j
theirs that bring home and hap- i
piness to Alaska’s homeless chil- i
dren.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT,
Legion hall, 8 p.m.
VOL. FIRE FIGHTERS, Fire hall,
7-8 p.m.
FRIDAY. MARCH 9
SQUARE DANCE GROUP, Car
penters’ hall, 8 p.m.
MONDAY. MARCH 12
PALMER KIWANIS, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER CEMETERY ASS’N..
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
MINING COURSE OPENS, Cen
tral school, science room, 7:30
p.m.
CITY COUNCIL, Citv Hall, 8 p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE, Moose
hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8 p.m.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Carpenters. Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
Mine and farm communities thrive on
chsap power and good distribution systems.
Next b roadsj pcwsr lines are probably
tbs most important factor in economical
development
ASSOCIATION OF FARM & MIKE
Paid Advertisement
ESKNIK MIKES
AN ALASKAN CORPORATION
Offers for Sals to Bona Fide Residents
Only of Alaska
Offers for sale to bona fide
residents only of Alaska 2500
shares of the capital stock of
Esknik Mines, par value $10.00
per share.
Revenues from such sale and
investment to be used in pros
pecting for radioactive . and
other strategic minerals.
JAMES FREY
Star Route
Palmer, Alaska
We wish io thank our many
friends for the interest they
have shown in mining and es
pecially in Esknik Mines.
We like to think it reflects
faith in our organization.
For information on any
phase of past operations or fu
ture plans write
ESKNIK MINES
JULESLEON
FINE FURS