Elks May Change
Meeting Nights
At the last regular meeting of
-the Palmer B. P. O. Elks Lodge
No. 1842 a motion was introduced
and passed to change the meet
ing night from Wednesday to
Friday. Regular meetings are of
ficially set in the by-laws which
must be amended before the
meeting night can be changed.
The proposition will be balloted
on at the regular meeting on
Wednesday, May 21. All mem
bers are urged to be present for
this important vote.
Sunday, May 18 has been
chosen for the first picnic of the
year to be held at Duff s Lake
beginning at 1:30 p.m. The lodge
w'ill furnish bread, butter, cof
fee and pop. Members should
take casseroles, meats or salads
for the tables. In case of bad
weather, the picnic will be held
in the lodge room. All Elks and
their families are invited to at
tend.
INTERESTING PROGRAM
HEARD AT RECITAL
A n appreciative audience
heard piano students of Eton W.
Waind in a recital presented May
3 at the Church of God. The
numbers were presented by be
ginner, intermediate and more
advanced pianists and included
the following:
“Chimes”, “Funny Bunny” by
Lloyd Bailey; “Chief Thunder
cloud”, “Steamboat Round the
Bend” by Jewell Dean Bailey,
“The Fairies’ Harp”, “The Busy
Mill Wheel”, Kerry Mick; “The
Swallow,” Bonnie Bush; “The
Puppet”, Diana Crites; “The Tin
soldier’s March”, Virginia Crites;
“Andantino”, Mrs. Robert Crites;
“To A Wild Rose”, Mrs. K. A.
Smith; Liebestraume", Jerry
Harrison; “Minuet in G”, Mrs.
j Jerry Harrison; “Old Refrain”,
Mrs. Arley Skinner; “A Little
| Polish Dance”, Lynn Skinner;
“At Daybreak”, Carol Covich;
“Aragonaise”, Grace Hurt; “Pre
lude in E Minor”, Nancy Poe,
and “Clair de Lune”, Mrs. C. C.
Bailey.
Jill Cope Name
Worthy Advisor In
Rainbow Girls
Jill Cone was elected as wor
thy advisor of the Palmer As
sembly Rainbow for Girls during
the assembly’s May 10 meeting.
Also named to office were Joan
Stephan as worthy associate ad
visor; Joan Hurley, charity; San
dra Driggars, hope, and Muriel
Hanks, faith.
These officers and those to be
appointed by the worthy advisor
will be installed in office later
this month.
THETA CHAPTER
TO MEET MAY 18
Donna France will be hostess
for the May 18 meeting of Thea
Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi.
The meeting will be held at
her home, beginning at 8 p.m.
Members are reminded that this
is the final meeting before sum
mer recess and all are urged to
attend to complete chapter busi
ness.
i SPECIALS FOR
MAY 16- li
JACK AND THE BEAN STALK
S'Corn 4&89c
FANCY. WHOLE
Carrots 3 m 89c
(
FANCY. WHOLE
Gr. Beans 3w89
Filling Z 47°
Cherry
Pie
STOKELY SPINACH
Nu-House Peaches
Grapefruit Juice
PILLSBURY — LOAF SIZE
CAKE MIX
THE ORIGINAL
PIZZA
Appian Way
Dale & Nut Cookies
U &I SUGAR
Kleenex Tissue
No. 303
21c
LIBBY'S — SUGAR ADDED
4 $4 00
No. 303 I
47c
46 Oz.
4 $4.09
9 Oz. Pkg- S
pkg.45
16
oz- 53c
Si .00
10 lbs.
3
400’s
$1.00
Picnic Hams
Corned Beef
Spare Ribs
BARS
,,55
ib.83‘
MONTEREY
Aged Cheese
WWW
lb.
lb.
65
75'
OPEN THURSDAY EVENINGS :
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THURSDAY, MAY 15
OPEN HOUSE, Valley Hos
pital, 2:30-4 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
XPLORER SCOUTS, Elks
hall, 8 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Craft
room, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. MAY 16
MOTHER - DAUGHTER Ban
quet, St. John’s Church.
VALLEY PAYCEES, Marada
Cafe, 8 p.m.
VALLEY RIDING CLUB, 8
p.m.
SCHOOL PICNIC, Grades 1-8,
Barry’s Lake.
NURSES ASS’N., Health Cen
ter, 8 p.m.
HOSPITAL BOARD, Hospital,
8 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 17
CAP CAR WASH, Near city
hall, 10:30 a.m.
JAYOEE ROAD-E-O
ARMED FORCES DAY
SUNDAY. MAY 18
BACCALAUREATE, School
gym, 8 p.m.
CLEAN UP WEEK OPENS
MONDAY .MAY 19
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange
hall, noon.
BETA SIGMA PHI, Member’s
home, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 20
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall,
8 p.m
PALMER CAP CADETS, Cen
tral school, 7:30 p.m.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY, Hos
pital, 1:30 p.m,
WEDNESDAY. MAY 21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Marada Cafe, noon.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
BUTTE FIRE ASSN., 8 p.m.
THURSDAY. MAY 22
8TH GRADE PROMOTION,
Central School.
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks
hall, 7:30 p.m.
AIRMEN’S ASSOCIATION,
Quonset, 8 p.m.
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.U*D . iLiVEY SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE
It pays to do the market bas
ket shopping in Palmer, accord
ing to the most recent quarterly
report on Alaska’s food prices,
prepared and distributed by the
University of Alaska Agriculture
Extension Service.
According to the March aver
age retail prices of 40 food items
in Alaska cities and Seattle, a
comparable basket of food costs
$23.10 in Anchorage and $22.56
in Palmer. Some individual
items carry lower shelf prices in
Anchorage, but on the average,
the entire 40 items balance out
to the lesser amount in Palmer.
The “basket” costs $17.01 in
Seattle; $19.75 in Ketchikan,
$20.83 in Sitka; $20.54 in Juneau;
$21.98 in Seward; $25.60 in Fair
banks, and $28.35 in Nome.
The quartely reports, prepared
by H. P. Gazaway and J. R.
Parks, economists with the Ex
periment Station and Extension
Service at Palmer, are collected
by a volunteer enumerator from
three days of the week containing
each Alaskan city reported in
the table. The collections occur
in each city during the first
thre days of the week containing
the 15th day of the month sur
veyed. The average price of an
Alaskan market basket was
$22.84, a little higher than the
average found in Palmer.
However, Alaskan food con
sumers paid six per cent more
for the 40 food items in March,
1958. The five cities for which
comparable prices are available,
show an increase of 62 cents.
For these cities, -the increase
over a year ago ranged from 29
cents at Anchorage to 89 cents
at Palmer and Fairbanks. The
general price level increase, ac
counts in part for the rise in
price of the Alaskan market bas
ket. Meats affected this increase
the most. Of the seven meat
items reported, prices were up
an average of five cents per
pound at Sitka, Juneau five
cents, Anchorage four cents.
Palmer 10 cents and Fairbanks
11 cents.
The increase in the price of
the Alaskan market basket was
due largely to a rise in fruit,
vegetable and meat prices af
fected by seasonal highs further
influenced by extremely un
fawrable weather conditions in
fruit and vegetable producing
areas. Meat prices are beginning
to show the effects of reduced
numbers of cattle on farms as
reported by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Since prac
tically all red meats consumed in
Alaska are shipped in from the
states, prices are affected sim
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