THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,!
7:30 p.m.
AM EH 1C A N LEGION, Leg ion '
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
room, 8:30 p.m
GRANGE CARD PARTY, Gran
ge hall, 8 p.m.
SOCIAL SECURITY REPR. Mat.
Hotel 6 - 9 p.m
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19
VALLEY IIOSP, BOARD, Hosp,
dining room, 8 p.m.
NURSES’ ASSOCIATION, Health
Center, 8 p m.
ELKS KIDS’ CHRISTMAS PAR
TY, Elks hall, 4 p.m,
LEGION & AUXILIA R Y j
CHRISTMAS PARTY, Legion
Via 11, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20
ELKS COCKTAIL HOUR, 8 - 9
p.m., JUKE BOX DANCE'
FOLLOWS
ST. MICHAEL’S Altar Soe. &
Men’s club Christmas party,
bsmt., 8 p.m.
RAINBOW GIRLS Christmas
party. Carpenter’s hall, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21
CHRISTMAS PARTY, Talkeetna,
Elks
MONDAY. DECEMBER 22
PALMER K1 WANTS, Grange
hall, noon
M E A DIRECTORS, ME A office,
8 p.m.
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
liall, 7:30 p.m.
I .PISCOPAL Cl 1URCI1 WOMEN,
8 p.m.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23
CA.P. CADETS, High school,
7:30 p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL, City hall, 8
p.m.
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE,
Health Center.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24
MIDNIGHT MASS, St. Michael’s
Catholic Church
MEDITATION SERVICE, Church
of God, 7-00 p.m
C mil STM A S PI iOG RAM, Bap
tist Church.
RAINBOW GIRLS' PARTY
TO BE MILD SATURDAY
Palmer Assembly Rainbow for
Girls will hold a Christmas party
Sat., December 20 at Carpenters
hall, starting at 7:30 p.m. All
Masons, Eastern Star and Rain
bow members are eordtally in
vited to attend. The program will
include a gift exchange, a visit
from Santa Clause and refresh
ments.
NEW BABIES
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Mr. and Mrs. Frances Longwell
of Grafton, Ohio are being con
gratulated on (he birth of their
first child, a son, whom they have I
named Frances Vince Longwell,
HI He was biHii in Grafton on
December 9. Mrs. Longwell is
the former Claire Ayers, daugh
ter of Mrs. Wilson R, Gray of
Palmer Paternal grandparents,
Mr, and Mrs. Frances- Longwell,
Lve in Grafton. 7
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Mrs. Grace Hamilton of Lyn
den, Washington, has arrived in
Palmer for a holiday visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Richard Jones,
an4 family, and renew acquain
tances made on previous visits.
Walter T Phillips, director of
Lazy Mountain Children’s Home
and his family left December 11
for a vacation Stateside. During
his absence Dale Bryant, of the
board of trustees, will serve as
acting director. The Phillips’
have been with the home since its
incorporation in 1947 and this is
their first visit to the States since
that time. Rev. and Mrs. Ken
neth Hughes, now located at Big
Lake, were founders of the home
which was originally a branch of
the El Nathan Children’s Home
of Valdez.
Visitor at St. Bartholomew’s
Episcopal Church this past Sun
day was Dr. Robert Smithson of j
Anchorage who spoke to the con
gregation on his recent attend
ance at the 12-day Episcopal con
vention in Miami.
Mr. and Mrs. Cy Brewer and
children leave this week for the
holiday vara t i o n Stateside.
Spending the holidays with them
will be Mrs. Brewer’s mother and
the Brewer’s son Oliver who is
employed in Seattle.
Home for a three-week holiday
vacation is John Wears, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wears of
Palmer. He is a student at Cali
fornia Tech.
Eva Duby Boyd, bookkeeper
in the office of The Frontiersman,
will spend two weeks at her for
mer home in Plastered* Virginia
during the holiday season,
O. K. Kincaid, former Palmer
City Councilman, who with his
family now makes his home in
Kodiak, was a recent Palmer
visitor. He was a house guest of
Mr. and Mrs, James Hurley and
had an opportunity to renew ac
quaintances throughout the val
ley during his brief stay.
Army Recruit Roger H. Moore,
son of iM'r. and Mrs. Harold
Moore of Palmer, recently com
pleted eight weeks of basic com
bat training at Fort Riley, Kan
sas. The 23-year-old soldier at
tended Palmer High school.
Mrs. Tess McMichael and three
sons of Spokane arrived in Pal
mer Tuesday for a holiday visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Hemmer, her brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hem
mer, and sister and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Weisenberger.
This is Mrs. McMichael’s first,
visit to the valley for about six j
years. j
j
The World Book Encyclopedia
reports that the cat gets special
treatment during the Christmas j
season in the French section of
Canada. Tabby is well fed, be- j
cause it’s supposed*to be bad luck
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By Fiances Halbert
Home Demonstration Agent
A workshop in Self Develop
ment will be open to women of
the Valley in January. Sara
Graves, home demonstration
agent of Fairbanks, and special
ist in self development, will con
duct the two-day workshop.
Afternoon and evening sessions
will be held Wednesday and
Thursday, January 21 and 22. All
homemakers are invited to attend
this special workshop. The time
and place will be announced
later.
Mrs. Goves is presenting this
workshop at the special request
of homemakers who attended the
short course at the University of
Alaska in October and participat
ed in her workshop there. They
felt it so worthwhile they wanted
it made available for all home
makers of the Valley area.
if a cat meows in the house on
Christmas Eve,
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