Scoots to Present Program at P-TA Meet
Palmer Girl Scouts and Cub
Scout Pack 354 will present the
program at the regular Palmer
P-TA meeting to be held in the
high school cafeteria at 8 p.m.
March 18.
The program will precede the
business meeting to permit the
participants to return home ear
lier. Refreshments will be serv
ed at the close of the meeting.
President Charles Marsh will
be installed in office along with
his officers and members of the
1958-59 board will be announced.
The remedial committee will
make a report of the recent sur
vey made in the entire school
system of pupils reading prob
lems. Proposals to remedy the
situation have been drawn up
and will be reviewed by the
membership and recommended
to the Board of Education.
The Alaska P-TA convention
will be held in Anchorage April
18. In addition to the new presi
dent, Palmer is allowed one dele- '
gate for each 100 members,
which means four delegates will
be elected at this meetihg. Mrs.
Vera Gaza way. state membership
chairman, will accompany the
delegation. The proposed state
objectives were reviewed by the
board and will be read with sug
gested corrections.
25 SURPLUS BUILDINGS
OFFERED TO BIDDERS
Twenty-five surplus buildings
at Fort Richardson are being of
fered to the highest bidders by
the U. S. Army Engineer Dis
trict, Alaska. Bids on the build
ings will be opened at 11 a.m.
March 28. All buildings must be
removed by May 31.
Included in the sale are 19
Quonset huts. One of the huts,
used as a theatre, includes a
projection booth and stage. Other
surplus buildings in the sale in
cludes a messhall, three skid
shacks, latrine, and auto mainten
ance shop. Also included is 1,320
linal feet of No. 8 wire mesh
fence with 6 by 6 posts.
Bid forms and further infor
mation may be obtained from:
WASILLA MEN NAMED
BREWERY SALESMEN
Frank (Swede) Sorensen and
Carl D. Riddels of Wasilla have
been appointed stock salesmen
for Old Knik Brewery Inc., of
Anchorage, it was announced
this week. The Wasilla men are
the only local representatives of
the new firm.
The firm is offering Alaskan
residents 295,000 shares of com
mon voting stock of $1.00 par
value. Each stockholder will
share in the undivided profits
equally in respect to the num
ber of shares held. Each share is
fully voting and non-assessable.
A minimum of 25 shares has been
set to enable all residents to pur
chase stock if they desire.
Officials of the firm were
guests at the Chamber of Com
merce meeting last week and
spoke to the group on the brew
ery. It is expected the plant will
be in operation in a little over
one year.
Real Estate Division, U. S. Army
Engineer District, AJaska; P. O.
Box 1288, Anchorage.
SPECIAL PRICES FOR MARCH 14, 15, fi 17
■£ Sardines_37c
CAMPBELL'S
Tomato Soup_4«“ 59c
Apricot Halves « „„ 49c
LIBBY'S — HAWAIIAN
Pineapple Tidbits 4 V 99c
HUNT'S
FRUIT COCKTAIL
2 f 85c
OYSTERETTS
6 oz.
Del RICH
SHORTENING
3 lb. can 89C
SCOTT TOWELS
Big Roll 39t
BETTY CROCKER — CAKE MIX
Lil’ Angel Food 3 «<«. 99c
3?' 99c
Pork , Beans
TAYSTEE
Elbow Macaroni
N.B.C.
Dessert Sticks
DEL RICH
Margarine
14 oz.
22c
ikg. 45c
3 80c
z Nippy Cheese 75c
CHOICE
Chuck Roasts 73c
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CO-OP TRADING POST
"BUILD ALASKA — BUY THE BEST — BUY MATANUSKA MAID—
ALASKA'S BEST"
WASILLA NEWS
By Jane Browne
There are just lots of things
going on this week in Wasilla,
to start the week-end, “The
Glenn Miller Story” will be the
movie for this week at the school.
First showing will be Friday
March 14 at 7:30 P. M. and again
Sunday afternoon at 2:00 P. M.
At that time the money doll will
be awarded. All proceeds will go
to the fund to help our band at
tend the Music Festival in Fair
banks.
• * *
Saturday afternoon at 5:00 P.M.
the Rich Man’s Dinner at the
Community Hall will start. Tur
key and all the trimmings plus
smiling waiters, you just can’t
miss it. Dinner will be served un
►til 8:00 ip. M. Proceeds will be
divided between the Wasilla Li
brary Association and Wasilla
Grange No. 2. The library will use
their funds for books and the
Grange plans to use their’s for
more building improvements.
* * *
! Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m.
the Wasilla Health Council is
sponsoring a two and one half
hour program of color slides tak
en by our Public Health Nurse,
Miss Mary Rowley. The slides
will include the Bethel, Aniak
and St. Lawrence Island country.
Miss Rowley has a short explana
tion of each picture and believe
me they are well worth seeing.
Proceeds will be turned over to
the Health Council for supplies
at our Health Center in Wasilla.
# * *
Mr. Ray Holtz wishes to remind
everyone again that the Univer
sity of Alaska Choir will present
a program for everyone interest
ed, at the Wasilla School Gym,
Wednesday, March 19 at 8 p.m.
Admission will be $1.00 for adults
and 50 cents for children. The
choir will make Wasilla their
headquarters and will be housed
in private homes.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Wenter Harvey
announce that the Junior and
Senior Young People of the
Church of .Christ are having a
vamp rally at the Church March
16 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
A surprise to everyone will be
the pictures to be shown, taken
by Ollie B. Jarman at camp last
year. Potluck supper will be serv
ed at 5t00 P. M. with program
to follow. All junior and senior
young people are welcome.
* * *
Seems I made a mistake in Iasi
weeks news, the Big Lake Home
makers Club meets the 2nd Wed
nesday of every month at 11:00
a.m. This week’s meeting was
held at the home of Sylvia Lew^s.
* # *
The regular P.T.A. meeting was
held last Monday night at the
school cafeteria The. Follies
scheduled for March 28 at 8:00
p.m. was discussed. There will
be a variety of acts from Big
Lake, Wasilla and Palmer area.
Mr. John Blissard, Chairman of
the program and Ray Holtz, music
instructor have been spending all,
their sapre time getting music
and acts together along with some
rehearsals.
The nominating committee was
chosen to elect officers for the
coming year. The men handled
the refreshments at this months
meeting Mr. Perly prepared deli
cious raised doughnuts during the
meeting and after a film on Cos
mic Rays shown by Mr. Line the
■men served coffee, tea and fresh
doughnuts.
* $ *
Robert (Bob) Johnson is at the
Virginia Mason Hospital in Seat
tle. Spoke to Rose last night and
she said Bob is doing fine since
surgery two weeks ago. When
Bob will return home is still in
definite but he would like to
thank the V.F.W. for the lovely
flowers and many thanks to
everyone who remembered him
with cards.
House guests at the Oscar John
Whan someone you love passes
on, you'll appreciate the com
forting and dignified way in
which we handle things- Our
peaceful service will do much
to lighten your burden of so
row and help you find the com
fort you need. Let us be of
service when you need us.
PALMER
FUNERAL CHAPEL
WM. BOUWENS, Mgr.
SriOUND SCHOOL
TO BE HELD HERE
A ground school is being plan
ned for interested persons in the
valley area, it was announced
this week. The Barton Flight
School of Anchorage will offer
a private pilot ground school
course to residents of this area,
with the school to be conducted
in Palmer, starting in early
April, and continuing for ap
proximately six weeks.
The course will include basic
and advanced navigation, radio
navigation, basic and advanced
meterology and radio, and will
be conducted for beginners as
well as licensed pilots.
Locally applications are avail
able from Harve Cooper.
The course will be offered two
nights per week from 6:00 to 9:00
p.m. The total cost of the course
will be determined by the num
ber of participants, i.e. the great
er number of participating stu
dents the lower the fee. ,
If sufficient interest is shown
in the commercial course, the
school will be extended for those
persons at the completion of the
private pilot course.
sons this last week-end were Mr.
and Mrs. Verle R. Wilkerson of
Anchorage. Wilkersons are for
mer residents of Wasilla.
* * •
Mr. Hugh L. Hutchinson, Rail
road agent in Whittier for a num
ber of years is being transferred
to the Wasilla depot to take the
place of the late E. T. Wyse. "Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchinson will raovf^
to Wasilla in the next week or so..
Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Art
Madison of Palmer are sisters.
Temporary agent in Wasilla
until the new agent arrives is
Mr. T. D. Boe formerly of Healy.
♦ * *
Sixteen V.F.W. and Auxiliary
members of Susitna Post 9365 of
Wasilla traveled to Chugiak last
Friday evening for the institut
ing and installing of officers of
the new Chugiak Post No. 9785.
Joe Hong, Department Command
er for Alaska was installing offi
cer and Joe Walsh, Department
officer from Anchorage com
manded the new post until offi
cers were installed. The Depart
ment Chaplain was just a little
late, seems he thought the cere
mony would be in Wasilla, but
he did arrive just in time for re
freshments. Post 9365 to V.F.W.
and the Auxiliary wish to thank
the members in Chugiak for a
very nice evening and especial
ly the wonderful food.
♦ $ *
As of March 10th the Wasilla
Roadhouse is under the manage
ment of Mrs. Ed Hartner, Mar
tina and Joyce. Mrs. Harter will
specialize in home-made bread
and pastries, besides the regular
restaurant fare after the official
opening on March 15. Business
hours will be 6:30 a.m. to 10:00
p.m. daily. Stop in anytime and
say hello.
RAIL, HIGHWAY
COMMISSION PLANS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Residents of Palmer have been
invited to appear before the Al
aska International Rail and High
way Commission public hearing
which will be held in Anchorage
April 4. A committee from the
Matanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce will attend the hear
ing.
The Commission will hold pub
lic hearings in nine Alaskan cit
ies in early April, Chairman
Louis S. Rothschild, Under Secre
tary of Commerce for Transpor
tation, announced this week. The
Commission is studying the mil
itary and economic advantages of
additional rail and highway fac
ilities between the United States
and the Territory.
“The Commission will hear
testimony of Alaska residents to
obtain first hand knowledge of
additional transport needs of cit
ies and towns in the Territory,’*
Rothschild said.
Senator Warren G. Magnuson.
vice chairman and author of the
law which established the Com
mission said,, ‘If northeast Nctrth
America were all one country,
railroads and highways to Alas
ka would have been built long
Ago. Borders between two friend
ly countries should be no barrier
to through transportation, so vi
tal to the economic development
of the north country,” he added.
Hearings will begin in Peters
burg on April 1. April 2 hearings
are slated for Juneau. Skagway
and Haines residents will be
heard on April 3. The Commis
sion will then conduct hearings
in Anchorage on April 4, and
Fairbanks on April 7. Nome will
be visited April 8 and Cordova
on April 10. Ketchikan, the last
city on the schedule, will be visit
ed April 11.
The Commission plans to make
an inspection trip into British
Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon
Territory and Central Alaska lat
er this year.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
TO MEET ON MARCH 17
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Womens’ Republican Club
will meet Monday, March 17 at
1:30 p.m. at the home of V. Louise
Kellogg on Spring Creek Farm.
WASILLA ROADHQ3SE
Now Under Management of
MRS. ED HARTNER
Specializing in
Homemade Bread ctnd
Pastry
Regular meals and
Sandwiches
Hours: 6:30 A.M. lo 10 P.M.
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Open Thursday Evenings 6 - 8 PJ4.
PALMER. ALASKA