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Vol. lit I aimer. Alaska. January 19» 1951* No. 3
CHOTBER ffiEEElOB HELD
The regular meetinr of the Cham
ber of Commerce was held Wednesday
noon in the Co-op. Club Room,where
luncheon was served. Due to the
Railroad fire in Anohorare, Col.
Johnson, General Manager of the
Alaska Railroad was unable to at
tend. He was to have been the
ruest speaker.
Fresident J. Hurley '-ot the meet
inr under way b-<T askin~ Matt Fer
kins to rive a report on the mem
bership drive. Matt said that he
had been --ettinr rood results. How
ever, as he and other speakers
have pointed out, business men and
other interested persons should
make it a point to come and join
without beinr asked.
The committee headed by Miss L,
Kellc^a:, appointed to ret pictures
for the folder, have tentatively
selected several. Thev v'ill be
used in conjunction with the mat
erial which has been prepared by
Viola Daniels. Rusty Dow has pre
pared a cover picture fop the fold
er, which will be ready for the
printers in a week or two.
Fob Klem was a ruest of the Cham,
her and read several poems which
con't. on pa ^e 3»
nuHSES' ns:vn ramie
Sixteen graduate nurses in the
Valley met Fridav, January 12, in
the Health Center to form the fir
st Matanusba Valley Nurses* Ass'n.
lalmer, v<asilla and Sutton were
represented at the meeting. The
following nurses were present:
The Misses Florence 0. Eby and
Marjorie Mvren, both,of lalmerjthe
Mesdames Claire Kopperud, Ihyllis
Lony, Carmen Johnson, Marion Laird,
Grace Reid, Gladyce Furrell, June
Leibinq, Lillian ihillips, Alice
V'ever, Ann Demminc?, Jessie DeVries
and Julia Graves all of ralmer,Mrs.
Mary Fames of Wasilla and Mrs. R.
Callison of Sutton.
The elected officers are:
Coft't. on pacre 3»
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ROCKETS HOLD GROCE
The Railbalt Conference basket
ball f^ame scheTulei here January
*20 between the I aimer Hl-'h School
team an”? Seward will be followed
by a bio dance, it was announced
here this week. The dance is to
be sponsored by the Rockets, local
oirls’ basketball team, and w'11
be held in the gymnasium at 10:30.
. Everyone is invited to turn out
for the affair which the Rockets
predict will be a Victory ^ance
for the 1 aimer team. Tickets may
be obtained from members of the
"iris' team or at the door the
ni 'ht of the dance.
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rtEUJ LIBRfljW OPEHW
The Primer Library~-was-operay*
for business Mon-lay, January IS, at
2 pm. Monday also marked the an
nual meeting of the I-almer Library
Association, which was held at 8pm.
in the new building.
Evenin'! h^urs f'-r the library
will be from 7 pm. to 9 pm., Mon
day through Friday. Dally h'-urs
will alternate with hours from 1
to R pm. and 2 to I4. pm.
The following schedule was an
nounced by Mrs. Graves, president:
Monday..2 to i| pm. with Mrs. I.
Sranton.(Mrs. D. Ingalls, evenins-s.)
Tuesday.1 to 5 pm. with Miss F.
Eby. (Mrs. Foster Sims, evenings.)
Wednesday. 2 to 1; pm. with Mrs. A
D. rurr. (Mrs. Graves, evenings.)
Thursday. 2 to I4. pm. with Mrs. M.
Steelman. (Mrs. H. hyan, evenings.)
Friday. 1 to S pm. with Mrs. Geo.
Geiwitz. (Mrs. C. Dell, evenings.)
Membership may be had in the li
brary with the privilege of check
ing out books for a fee of $2 for
adults and $1 for children. Mrs.
Graves also stated that book cases
and a desk are badly needed at the
new library.