SCHOOL DAYS AT MT.
EDGECUMBE con'td.
studios in classes con
ducted right in the hos
pital which are attend
ed by the young patients
during the timo they arc
hospitalized. Tho
school, operated by the
hospital, had its in
coption two years ago
and owes a great deal of
its success to tho ACCA
which assisted in the
procurement of much of
its equipment. The ACC/J
volunteers also provided
such items as attract
ive curtains for tho
windows and other ac
cessories that increase
both the value and a
ppcal of tho school
rooms.
Ono of the graduates
had left her class in
anchorage in November to
enter the hospital for
surgery and was ablo to
complete her grammer
school studies by the
time she was ready for
discharge in May. A
second young graduate
had been hospitalized
since January of I9I4.8.
Although suffering from
serious deformities as
a result of Pott's dis
ease, the boy's unusual
ly bright mind vras stim
ulated while attending
the hospital school and
he was soon able to
catch up with his stud
ies. The third of the
graduates, a teen-aged
boy who had been hos
pitalized outside since
19i|i+ and transferred to
tho hospital at Mt. Edge
cumbe in June of 19^9>
was able to gain almost
his entire education
while hospitalized. AIT
throe youngsters,,
though physically hand
icapped, have made great
strides towards a more
secure future by having
had the opportunity to
finish their elementary
education.
Mrs. M.Hoppin
President.
RECOMBINED MILK cont’d
od to stores in Anchor
age this week, and- it
was found that people
will buy recombined
■nilk when Grade A is
not available. Thcro is
a definite shortage of
nilk on the V/ost Coast
this fall also, so that
the Anchorage merchants
are unable to obtain an
added supply there.
i
COMMUNITY CHEST ccn't.
Only two supervisors
remain to be choson to
cover the nine districts
included in the Matanu
ska Valley Community
Chest. The total Comm
unity Chest aroa approx*
imates that of the Pal
mer School District.The
following supervisors
have offered to serve
in this year's campaign
to receive offerings
from neighbors in dist-l
ricts as named: District
1 (South of town). Mrs.
Brooks; District 2(Mat
anuska Expt. Sta. area),
Mrs. Dearborn; District
5 (Four Corners), Mrs.
C. Schaefer; District 1|
(Bailey Hill aroa),
still open; District 5
(Incorporated city of
Palmer) Mrs. F. Trainer
and Mrs. T. Day; Dis
trict 6 (Falmer busi
ness district) Matt Per
kins; District 7 (Anchor
|age Hi-way, Lazy Mt.)
still open; District 8
(Butte area) Mrs. Hur
ley; District 9 (Jones
!viile) , Mrs. H. Hib^r.
j Those supervisors will
select assistants to
help cover the areas in
which each district is
divided. Marvin Slaugh
ter, president of the
Community■Chest Board, \
asks Valley residents
to remember that these
Chest representatives
are •volunteering many *
hours of their timo to
make the drive a suc
cess, and th'at a prompt
response from generous
givers, will help both
to conserve the repre
sentative's time and to
keep the drive within
its prescribed deadline.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
'.nderson returned to
the Valley this.weck,
after an absence of sev
eral years. Mrs. ’Ander
son is the former Grace
Smith of Palmer. Bob is
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after hours
SUNDAYS.HOLIDAYS
CALL
VERNON FRIDLEY
OFFICE CLOSES NOON,Sat.
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SHOP
LOtiERCi'S VARILT)'
HOSPITALIZED
. . .Russollrsmall son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Onkka of Palmer, is im
prov-ing -niooly in Prov
idence Hospital in Anch
orage. Russell entered
the hospital last week
where- he underwent sur
gery.
"Kit” Patten is a
patient In.Valley Hos
pital this week. She
is employed in the Hard
ware department of the
Trading Post.
a brother of Deb. Ander
son of Palmer.