THE FRONTIERSMAN
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Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, FARM-CITY WEEK is now of National interest
‘throughout the United States, and
WHEREAS, the week of November 18-24 has been designated
Iby the sponsors thereof as FARM-CITY WEEK in the United
States, and
WHEREAS, the City of Palmer is located in the heart of the
Matanuska Valley, Alaska's greatest agriculture area, and its j
residents therefore having a vital interest in the said Matanuska i
Valley and in the welfare of the resident thereof,
NOW, THEREFORE, I Charles W. Wilson, Mayor of the City !
■at Palmer, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me do :
fc teby proclaim and declare the week of November 18-24, inclu
«ve, to be FARM-CITY WEEK in the City of Palmer and urge all
ffilizens to participate in the spirit which FARM-CITY WEEK
m plies.
Witness my hand and the official seal of the City of Palmer ;
.Done at Palmer, Alaska, this 19th day of November, 1956.
CHARLES W. WILSON
Mayor of the City of Palmer
COURT OF HONOR
PLANNED FOR SCOUTS
A Boy Scout of Honor will be
;beld at Legion hall tonight. All
parents and friends of area Boy
Scouts'are invited to attend. The
meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Dur
ng the Court of Honor local
Scouts who were recently review
ed by a board of review, will re
ceive their awards.
Barry and Larry Dearborn,
tfwin brothers, will receive their
Star Scout awards. Ernie Stine
berg will be awarded his First
■Class Scout award and Second
Class awards will go to Claus
Jade, Stephan Merrick, PUilia
Li( bing and Russ Onkka.
Dick Anderson is Scoutmaster
«>f the troop which is sponsored
by The American Legion Post 15.
■Marvin Slaughter is assistant
Scoutmaster and Ray Lancaster
is chairman of the sponsoring
unit.
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IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include
Ronny Seldahl, Ole Johnson,
Mrs. Sam Boyd, Mrs. Mary Vel
lar, Mrs. Sophie Smulick, Mrs.
Ernest Utt and infant daughter,
Mark Carl Fritzler, Mrs. Andrew
Cullison, Mike Ulrich, Randy
Neweombe, 1, Garnet Granger
Withcy, 8, James Cottrell, Den
nis Pete Polis, of Wasilla, and
Philip Edelman.
Hospitalized during the past
week, but now out, were Susan
Mrstrude 7, William Diana, 15, I
Michael F. Combs, 2, Mrs. Diet
rich Remple and infant daughter,
Harley Toomey, Mrs. Donald Red
man of Spenard, Andrew Culli
son, Randy Kockritz, Donald
Calkins 1, Harry Collett of An
chorage, Allan Stowe of Wasilla, i
Albert Knocdler, Mrs. George ;
Plumley, Nick Uzelac, Mrs. Ber- j
nard Bouwens, and James E. Wil- j
son.
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AREA 4-H’ERS
RECOGNIZED AT
ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT
In spite of the weather 4-H
Achievement Night was well at
tended by members and parents
last Saturday night.
Well received was Jack Crow
ner. a former I.F.Y.E. delegate
who showed slides and talked in
terestingly of his experiences in
New Zealand.
Recognition was given 4-11'ers
who succesfully completed their
4-H projects. In addition to pins
received for each year of com
pleted 4-H work, recognition was |
paid those members who complet
ed more than one project.
In the Boyd family, the six
members completed 18 projects.
For their fine work the Boyd
girls: Margaret, Mary and Nancy, i
won the girl’s bicycle, awarded
by the Goodyear Company throu
gh the Co-Op Warehouse. David
Martin, for his garden and yard
improvement projects, won the ;
boy’s bicycle. Others who com
pleted more than one project
were: Rose Ann Branton, Betty Jo
Wilson, Elaine Pinkham, Barbara j
Brewster, Ediana Olson, Ginger !
Lawton, Audrey Dinkel, Poebe i
.Martin, Lila Hoskins, Carol Co
vich .Grace Hurt, Nancy Knut-|
son, Janet Rupp, Diana Sump,
Larry Sharp, Craig Trowbridge,
Freddie Barnes, Vadney Bledsoe,
and LeRoi Heaven.
District medals were awarded
to Roberta Sharp, Phoebe Mar
tin, and Larry Sharp in garden
ing; Ida Hoskins, LeRoi Heaven
and Stephen Wallace, dairy; Vad
ney Eledsoe, meat animal; LeRoi
Heaven, achievement; Elaine
Pinkham, home improvement;
Betty Jo Wilson, bread demon
stration: Rose Ann Branton, Phoe
be Martin, Nancy Boyd, Grace
Hurt, Lila Hoskins, Florence Car
roll, Ediana Olson, Wythlc Hea
ven, and Barbara Brewster, food
preparation; Glee Ellen Casler
and Li’a Ann Woods, dress revue,
and LcAnn Hoffman and Carol
Splettstoezer Huntley, leadership.
SCHOOLS TO HAVE
HOLIDAY VACATIONS
Students in the Palmer school
system (and their teachers) will
have a four-day week end during
Thanksgiving time, William Zah
radnicek, school superintendent
said todpy. There will be no
school November 22 or 23. Sch
ool will resume on Monday, No
vember 26.
The Christmas holiday will of
fer them a longer vacation. Sch
ool will close the afternoon of
December 21 and will not re-open
until January 2.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Announcements
Christinas Crafts and Ceramic
Workshop, Extension office Fri
days, November 16, 23 and 30;
9 a.m. to 4 p.m, and 7 to 10 p.m.
Workshop Check Sheets are
due in the Extension office no
later than Friday, November 16.
See Extension Agent Carol
Winey on TV Wednesday at 4:15
p.m. for good Christmas gift
ideas.
Glacier View Club
The Glacier View Homemakers
club met at the home of Jessie
Klem on October 17, with eight
members and two guests present.
Plans were made for the Christ
mas Workshop and for Achieve
ment Day. Mrs. Klem reported
on the Short Course.
The next meeting will be No
vember 20 at the home of Evelyn
Sharp.
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PALMER TEACHERS
TO BE REPRESENTED
AT AEA CONVENTION
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District HI which lm Imh * I'al
mer, Chugiak, and Wawllln
Mrs Hluock will work oo three
committee.*!; Siihoics Tin* com
mittee will study needs for wo j
increase in the base sahoy foi :
teachers and also no Increase in!
tile annual increment Teachers';
retirement law to determine
whether or not revisions in the
law are necessary at ibis lime
Constitution this committee
will revise the constitution of the
Alaska Education Association in
order to make the delegate as
sembly an official part oi the
organization ,and also draw up a
constitution for the delegate it
self.
Mary Titus, of the* Washington
D. C office of the National Edu
cation Association will be feat
ured speaker at a dinner meet
ing. Other speakers will include
Howard Matthews, director of
vocational education and trans
portation and high school super
1 visor for the territory; John Dap
cevich, accountant in charge of
the territorial Teachers’ Retire
ment System; John Coghill, presi
dent of the Alaska School Hoard
Association; and Dr. Dorothy No-j
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