WasiHa Students
To Offer 3-Aol Plan
Friday Evening
Students of the fifth md sixth
grades of the Wasilla Sdhool will
present “Hansel and Gretel,” a
full three-act, play, ron Friday,
May 10 at 8 p.m. in the school
gym. Admission, which will be
' Paid at the door, will be $1.00 for
adults and 50 cents for students
and children.
Karen Olson, a fifth grade stu
dent, wrote the following item
about the presentation:
‘Hansel and Gretel is an old
legend dating back centuries ago
in a remote region of ancient
Germany. It is an old favorite
handed down by word of mouth
through the past centuries. Many
children have long been entranc
ed by Witch Wicked’s cunning
and magic and Hansel and Gret
el’s cleverness.
“Samuel French’s creation of
Hansel and Gretel includes minor
characters such as Frederica,
Katherine, Helga, Johann, Peter,
Fritz, and Mr. White Cat. Their
bad faults make them exceeding
ly humorous. Tl\e characters of
Hansel and Gretel are portrayed
by Eloy Garcia and Kelline Palm
quist. Barbara Clarke portrays
Witch Wicked.” j
Others in the cast include: Glen
Barnes as Father Hans; Renee
Barnes, Stepmother Gertrude;
Ruth Roth, sandman; Richard In
gram, White Cat; Katharine
Coghlan, Katherine; Karen Sikes,
Frederica; Ida Hjellen, Helga;
Neil Browne, Peter Hjellen, Fritz;
and Terry Roth, Johann. The an
gel roles will be played by Ruthy
Byers, Joyce Pitka, Sharon Kir
schner, Rose Casey, Peter Ste
phan, Elaine Richards, Elizabeth
Richards, Sandra Minnick, Edian
ne Olson, Ruby Larson, Larry
Tunahun, Eleanor Rickteroff,
Alice Hjellen, and Karen Olson.
Prompters will be Carolyn Nel
son and Linda Bergman. Edianne
Olson is stage .manager; Karen
Olson and Earl Erickson assistant
directors; Eleanor Rickteroff,
publicity chairman; Parents of
the students and Mrs. Ted Mom
mson, costumes; Raymond Holtz,
music; and Franklin Roth and
Kathleen Symth will assist in sev
eral ways.
Howard McCallister is the tea
cher of the students in the fifth
and sixth grades.
There will be the evening per
formance only and the public is
cordially invited to attend the
presentation.
MOTHER-DAUGHTER
BANQUET PLANNED
AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
Members of St. John’s Lutheran
Church will hold a mother-daugh
ter banquet in the church social
.hall Sunday evening, May 12 at
5 p.m. Dinner costs will be $1.25
for the mothers and 75 cents for
each of their daughters.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
I
LITTLE LEAGUERS
TO MEET SATURDAY
All prospective Palmer Little
League baseball players are re
minded of the meeting being
planned for them Saturday, May
11 at 10 a.m. at the Little League
field in the Co-Op area. AM boys
are urged to turn out for the
meeting ,and boys who have not
yet turned in their uniforms are
strongly urged to take them to
the meeting.
Adults to Meet
Members of the Little League
board of directors and other in
terested persons are invited to a
meeting to be held Monday, May
13 at 8 p.m. in the Central School
cafeteria.
EXTENSffiniiwS^
AND NOTES
Lew E. Hanks
Planting time is here and
everyone is busy. We still have
some fertilizer recommendation
bulletins, available for use. If you
were troubled with the burn or
leaf dieback that affected pota
toes last year, I suggest you try
1 fertilizing some fields following
the recommendations developed
from Dr. Scarseth’s visit. This rec
ommendation is broadcast 300 or
more pounds of sulfate of potash
and 50 to 100 pounds of ammoni
um nitrate per acre before work
ing the field. Drill in 400 more
pounds of ammonium phosphate
11-48 per acre at seeding time;
This might provide a cure for our
fertilizer troubles on potatoes.
On grass seeding, the Palmer,
Soil Conservation District has a
new 8-foot Brillion grass seeder
for rent at $1.50 per acre. Use
it rather than drilling brome
grass through your grain drill.
You’d be more happy with the re
sults.
400 STUDENTS
TO ATTEND ANNUAL
SCHOOL PICNIC
The annual school picnic for
all students in grades four
through eight will be held at
Barry’s Lake on Monday, May 13,
it was announced this week by
William Benyish, principal at
Central School.
The picnickers will number
around 400, Benyish said, and
will come from the Swanson and
Central Schools. The picnic will
get under way about 10:30 a.m.
and conclude at 2 p.m. School
buses will leave the school for
j their homeward runs at the regu
| lar 3:30 p.m. time.
"
WELL CHILD CLINIC
TO BE HELD MAY 14
Parents are reminded that the
only Well Child Conference to
be held at the Health Center this
month will be held next Tuesday
from 1-4 p.m. There will be no
conference on May 28.
YOUR TIME IS OUR TIME ...
YOU’RE WELCOME ANYTIME!
Choose your own time to drop in for any
thing from a quick drink to a leisurely
meal. You're always welcome, and we're
always ready to cater to your mood.
Many New Styles
Displayed in
ESP Style Show
The Ityle show, presented in
,Palmer last Friday, by members
of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority
was well attended and well re
ceived, members of the commit
tees reported this week.
This year the show was pre
sented on a “home made—home
purchased” basis. Clothing was
supplied from the following local
merchants: Bettys’, Co-Op Trad
ing Post, Koslosky’s Department
Store, Minnesota Woolen Mills,
and the Matanuska Valley Sports
men. Flowers, including corsages
which were presented at random
to members of the audience, were
supplied by Maud’s Flower Shop
and hair styles, featured by sever
al of the models, were done by
Lavonne Johnson of the Valley
Beauty Shop.
Members modeling apparel from
the local shops were Helenmae
Weiderhekr, Judy Buzby, Gladys
Jones, Mildred Marple, Bonnie
Bettine, Pat Sandvik, Audrey
Childers, Shirley Kelly, Gladys
Hayes, and Joan Hurley.
Modeling the MV Sportsmen
garments were Ginger Lawton
and Carol Hartung.
In the group of childrens’ wearJ
were the following child models:.
Barbara Buzby, Sandy and Becky
Weiderhekr, Kathy Hurley, Su
san and Sharon Marple, Nanette
Bouwens, Jim and Joe Childers,
Johnny Flint, and Karen Harri
son.
Of great interest to tne aucu
encse was a group of clothing that
has been made by the models
either in their homes or in the
Extension Service workshops.
Modeling in this group were
Marge Bouwens, Letha Kruscav
age, Joyce Metz, Marion Duff,
Gladys Jones, Priscilla Bacon,
Stephanie Gardner, Karla Duff,
Marge Heddle, Barbara Bentti,
Frances Hulbert and Oreen Zan
ona. Children who showed home
sewn garments were Jenet and
Kathy Hulbert, Cindy Bettine,
Patricia Hartung, and Sally Nor
ris.
Throughout the show back
ground organ music was furnish
ed by Gwen Morley, organ teach
er in the Hammond Organ Com
pany of Anchorage. This firm
furnished a standard Hammond
for the background music, as well
as a chord organ which was play
ed as part of the entertainment
by Mack Kain.
Students of Gloria’s School of
Dance, with studios in Anchorage
and Mt. View, presented a varied
program of tap, ballet and novel
ty dancing. Participating were
Fraya Petranovick, Mary Ann
Tofson, Jeanne Flint, Vickie John
son, Teresa1 Pyles, Linda Rankin,
Justin McCarroll, Betty Jo Ray
mond, and Thomas A. Cross, all of j
Chugiak and Anchorage. The
group was under the direction of
studio proprietress, Gloria Cross.
Light refreshments were serv
ed at the close of the show.
Federal Child Labor
Requirements Explained
For Farm Work
The $1.00 minimum wage and
overtime requirements of the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
do not apply to workers in agri
culture but the employment of
children under 16 years of age in
farm work during local school
hours is specifically prohibited.
Sven Janson, investigator with
the U. S. Department of Labor’s
Wage and Hour Division, made
that statement this week as farm
ers and growers in Alaska were
recruiting workers for their
spring vegetable crops.
“The Fair Labor Standards
Act makes it illegal to employ
children under 16 years of age in
agricultural work during the
hours the school for the district
where the children are currently
living is in session,” Janson ex
plained. “This provision does not
apply, however, to the farmer’s
own children working on their
parents’ farm or to children work
ing for a farmer selling to deal
ers who market exclusively with
in the same State.”
“During fiscal 1956, Wage-Hour
investigators of the Labor De
partment found 4,285 children
under 16 illegally employed on
1,910 farms in 40 States while
school was in session” Janson re
ported. “Almost half of these
"children were only 10-13 years of
age and about a third of them
were 14 and 15.
“Farmers can easily stay with
in the law”, Janson said, “by hav
ing an unexpired age certificate
showing the young boy or girl
they hire to be at least 16. Al
though there are no restrictions
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
VWVV<SAA'
Patients on the in-list at Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital, this
week include Ole Johnson, Reu
ben Larson, Nancy Carney, 6,
Wasilla, Mrs. Etta Wilmoth, Was
illa; Tony Pippel, 3, John Ste
phan, 8, Mrs. Delbert Anderson,
Mrs. Anr^a Parry, Mrs. Irving
Sawby, Jasper Skok, and Clay
Prewitt.
Hospitalized but now out were:
Mrs. Howard J. Smith, Sharon
Sexton, 6 mos., Marylou Sietz,
15, Bonnie Jean Bouwens, , An
drew Culligan, Spenard; Bruce
W. Edwards, 6, Sutton; Amy Line
6, Wasilla, Mrs. Carl Fritzlar,
Wasilla, Richard Miller, ‘Mrs. Ed
mond Vickaryous, Star Route,
James Shaginoff, James Stewart
and Mrs. Charles Bairn.
on employment of boys and girls
age 16 and over, it is necessary
for the farmer to obtain proof
of age of each minor and keep a
record of their names and home
addresses as well if they work on
days when school is in session.”
Janson urged those commercial
growers who are in doubt about
the application of the Fair Labor
r Standards Act to their operations
to make inquiry of the U. S. De
partment of Labor, Wage and
Hour Division, 214 Wilholth
Building, 610 C Street, Anchorage.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Wouldn’t You
The shiny big Cadillac seemed
out of place parked in the slums
of the city. When the man came
to drive it away a loitering street
urchin touched the car timidly
and with wondering eyes asked,
“Is this your car, Mister?”
The man smiled. “Yes it is
mine. I am poor but my brother
is rich. He gave it to me.”
“Oh,” exclaimed the boy, “I
wish I could be a brother like
that!”
We would have expected the
lad to say, “I wish I had a broth
er like that.” He had learned a:
lesson this world sorely needs;
one that has been taught in the
Word of God. We must be more
concerned about being than hav
ing.
We all have access to just
such a “Brother” as the boy wish
ed he could be. Christ has pro
vided the supply of our deepest
needs in Himself. He offers
abundant life to all who will re
ceive Him, for He is the way, the*
Truth, and the Life.
It is not the abundance of pos
sessions that determines our hap^
piness, but rather, our relation
ship to God. I would rather pos
sess the peace of God in my heart
now and the assurance of eternal
life, than to have all the things
this world counts so dear*
WOULDN'T YOU?
Wes Lancaster.
Pd. adv.
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