SOROHITY PLANS
TEA THIS SUNDAY
Beta Sigma Phi members will
attend a preferential tea at the
home of Mrs. Harold Thuma this
Sunday afternoon between 2 and
4 p.m. All members of Theta and
Xi Eta Chapters, as well as Theta
fi
Chapter rushees are invited to
attend and take their mothers Otr
a guest.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Pre-Inventory Sale
of Dry Goods
From Friday, May 18 until the 31st of May
ONE LOT, WOMEN'S
COTTON DRESSES.$2.00
ONE LOT. WOMEN'S
SKIRTS.$2.50
MATERIALS
PILLOW CASE PRINTS.yd. 49c
DARK
DAN RIVER PLAIDS.yd. 70c
GERMANTOWN, KNITTING
WORSTED YARN.skn. 59c
BOTANY
SPORT YARN.skn. 85c
FADED BLUE
DENIM JACKETS.$2.50
ODD LOT. MENS
DRESS SHOES.$5.00
Also: REDUCTION on Flyweight SPORT
RUDDERS - in time for fishing
WATCH SALE TARLE FOR SPEQIAL ITEMS!
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Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Assn.
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GLEN ALLEN NEWS
By Martha Prater
The last meeting of the Home
makers for the year of 1955-56
was Thursday eveiuig May 3 at
the C.A.A. Station at Gulkana.
Mrs. Sfebbins was hostess Elec
tion of officers was held and new
officers for 1956-57 are: Mrs.
Stebbins, president: Mrs. Georgia
Rogers, vice-president; Mrs.
Edythe Flower, secretary-trea
surer. Games were played and
refreshments served, including
Bavarian cream pies of different
flavors.
The Copper River Ice Jams!
Seven Jets, on May 4, flew in
from Fairbanks Air Force to
bomb the Copper River ice jam,
which flooded several Native
homes in the Village of Copper
Center. People from all over the
area gathered to watch the spec
tacular event. All of Copper Cen
ter was evacuated while bombing
was taking place, with the A.C.S.
and the Alaska Road Commission
standing by in case of fire or
communication system cutoff.
'Mrs. Audrien Lind and pupils
of - the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades of Glenallen School, had
planned a picnic for Tuesday May
8th, but rain and snow forced
them to have an inside lunch in
the recreation hall. The first
sunny day they will go to the
C.A.A. station at Gulkana and
visit the weather bureau there,
and go to the Coppe” Center Air
field for a picnic. Mrs. Lind,
Mrs. Prater and Mrs. Ballard of
Tolsona Lake Resort will provide
the transportation.
Mrs. Blanche Champoux left
for a six weeks visit with rela
tives in Canada and the States
on May 6.
The American Legion Auxil
iary Unit No. 27 held their mon
thly meeting Thursday May 10
with the following new officers
Wood Preservation
Methods Recommended
In New Bulletin
Farm and home builders may
ado. years to their wood build
ings and fence posts by treating
the wood with a preservative.
Green or dry wood, finished
lumber or greenhouse lumber
may be treated by methods list
ed in a new University of Alaska
publication, Preserving Wood for
Alaska’s Farms and Homes”.
Bulletin 803 was written by C.
Ivan Branton and Harry Wim
mer of the Alaska Agricultural
Experiment Station.
New methods will be suggested
as research results become avail
able, Agricultural Engineer Bran
ton said. In the bulletin, the auth
ors compare advantages and dis
advantages of five methods of
treating wood. Farmers and
homeowners may choose from
these methods: dry chemicals
poured into holes bored at ground
line, tire-tube application, dou
ble-diffusion methods, capillary
pull-up method and oil soaking
method.
Bulletin 803 is available, with
out charge from the Agricultural
Extension Service Office.
presiding: Martha Prater, unit
president, Sara Luebke, secretary,
Jean Speerstra, treasurer, Thel
ma Schoonover sergeant-at-arms
Lucy Brenwick, historian. There
were eight members present at
the meeting. Three delegates,
Lucy Brenwick, Sara Luebke
and Martha Prater were appoint
ed the American Legion Auxil
iary Convention at Anchorage
July 11 through the 14th.
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by Chamber of Commerce
may be coming your
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AUXILIARY URGES
RESIDENTS DISPLAY
FLAG ON HOLIDAYS
The American flag waving
over every home and place of
business on patriotic holidays is
the goal of a nation-wide cam
paign of the American Legion
and Auxiliary, it has been an
nounced by Mrs. Dorothy Tru
dell, Auxiliary Americanism
chairman. She is urging house
wives of Palmer to make sure
that their families have a flag
ready to display on Memorial
Day and other patriotic days
which follow.
Days on which flags should
be flown were listed by Mrs. Tru
dell as follows: January 1, New
Year’s Day; February 12, Lin
coln’s Birthday; February 22,
Washington’s Birthday; Third
Saturday in May, Armed Services
Day; May 30, Memorial Day;
June 14, Flag Day; July 4, In
dependence Day; September 17,
Constitution Day, and November
11, Veterans Day.
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by Chamber of Commerce
may be coming your
way, soon!
Upon no other occasion is it so
important that "everything be
as it should be" as in the con
duct of a funeral service. We
are faithfully attentive to
every detail.
PALMER FUNERAL
WM. BOUWENS, Mgr.
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