dance planned
FOR FRIDAY EVENING
™e0 junior class at Palmer
High School will sponsor a school
nance this Friday evening from
11 p.m. at the high school
cafeteria. Although they have not
announced the theme of the
dance, they are planning some
type of entertainment, it was an
nounced.
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Notebook
The Alaska Board of Health
annual fall meeting is scheduled
to convene in Juneau October 17.
On its agenda are overall health
' department policy matters and
i regulatory and legislative ques
i tions for consideration.
Myles Hyland, son of Mr. and
i Mrs. James Smith of Hyland
Hotel, visited at his home this
I past week-end. Hyland is a stu
dent at Edison Electonics School
in Seattle.
Word has been received in Pal
mer that William Elliott, former
local school teacher, is recover
ing from injuries received sever
al weeks ago. He is a patient at
the St. Francis Hospital in Jersey
City, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Sven Gantzel of
Pasadena, California, are visit
ing at the home of Mr. Gantzel's
sister, V. Louise Kellogg. The
Gantzels visited in the valley in
1950 and plan to remain here this
time for several weeks. They
made the trip over the Alaska
highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Johns of Pal
mer are spending a vacation in
Detroit, Michigan where they
plan to stay until around the
holiday time and then plan to
spend the winter months in Flor
ida.
Mrs. William Weiderkehr of
Salem, Oregon is making her
first visit to Alaska and is visit
ing at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs.
Loren Wiederkehr. Mr. Weider
kehr was called to Salem at the
death of his father last week.
His mother returned to Palmer
with him this past Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Puhl have
returned to live in Palmer from
Gleason, Wisconsin where they
have been living. The Puhls will
take over the manager’s duties
at Pioneer Apartments. They
reported they were “glad to be
back”.
Rev. and Mrs. Bertram Rutan
and Dr. Winston Laughlin of
United Protestant Church and
Rev. and Mrs. Vic Urban of the
First Presbyterian Church in
Wasilla, attended the two-day
Yukon Presbytery held at Big
Delta on Tuesday and Wednes
day of this week.
In a note received by The
Frontiersman subscription de
partment this week Mr. and Mrs.
Earl J. Smith, former Palmer
residents, reported their inter
est in noting the growth and
! changes that are taking place in
Palmer. The Smiths now’ make
their home in Kearney. Nebraska.
All valley organizations are re
minded that an advance social
calendar is kept in the office of
The Frontiersman. Any group
planning a special event is wel
come to check the calendar to
avoid conflicting with some other
event. Organizations are also in
vited to list their events in ad
vance so that other groups will
know' what is planned on specific
dates.
The Alaska Department of
Health communicable disease re
port for the week ending Septem
ber 28 showed one case of polio
in the Palmer area and two cases
of trench mouth, the only com
munity reporting either disease
during that week. Measles were
high in occurance in the Kodiak,
Homer, Kenai and Bethel areas.
None were reported in Palmer.
Fred Rungee of the Bureau of
Land Management Forestry Di
vision h%s been spending a few
days with Forester Bill Adams
at the Palmer Fire Guard Sta
tion. He has been working with
John Bowers on camp ground
work in the area.
Patients and personnel at the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
have expressed their gratitude to
the Palmer Garden Club who re
cently planted two Colorado Blue
Spruce at the corner of the hos
pital. The trees were given by the
club in memory of Mrs. Edith
Small.
Dr. Robert E. Garrett, former
ly of Palmer, visited in the val
ley area for a few days last week.
Carl C. Blain, REA auditor
from Washington, D. C. is spend
ing three weeks in Palmer mak
ing a pre cut-over audit for the
Matanuska Telephone Associa
tion.
Four Alaska Army Reservists
left Anchorage by air last week
for Fort Ord, California to take
six months active duty training.
Three of the four, Robert Gersh
mel, 18, Ronald Aklestad, 18, and
Jeremy Gallagher, 18, w'ere from
! Palmer. The fourth youth was
Jim Moody, 24, of Bethel. All but
■ Moody are members of the 180th
Engineer Battalion in Palmer.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Legislative Council
Chairman Richard J. Greuel,
Fairbanks, has called a meeting
of the Legislative Council in
Juneau beginning next Monday.
The meeting will be the third
meeting to be held in Juneau
and has been called to review
Council studies relating to liquor
legislation, election laws, bank
ing laws, local government pro
blems, and tax laws. The Council
will also review measures for im
plementing federal highway and
mental health legislation.
The Legislative Council is a
permanent committee of Alaska
legislators from all parts of the
Territory which meets periodical
ly between sessions to study leg
islative problems that are ex
pected to come up at the next
session of the Legislature. The
Council recommends a legisla
tive program based on its studies
and public hearings.
Members of the Council in ad
To Meet Next Week
dition to Chairman Grouel are
Senators James Nolan, Wrangell;
Earl Cooper, Anchorage, Charles
Jones, Nome; and Representa
tives Burke Riley, Haines; Wen
dell Kay, Anchorage: and Edith
Bullock, Kotzebue. At present
there is one vacancy on the
Council. Senator Ralph Rivers of
Fairbanks has resigned from the
Legislature and Council to run
for the office of Representative
under the Alaska-Tennessee plan.
High school students who
would normally be taking PE
classes at this time of the year
are taking American Red Cross
first aid training as well as class
es in physiology and health. When
renovation work on the Central
school gymnasium is completed
it is expected that regular PE
classes will be resumed. The bas
ketball season is expected to get
under way sometime next month
It
Bread Pastries
AT YOUR
LOCAL GROCERS
ORDER YOUR DECORATED
CAKES BY PHONE
Palmer 2181
Palmer Baking Co.
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FISHERS
Biskit-Mix S'2 2 T
LIBBY’S, CUT
Green Beans "Sif 91c
Clorox Vi 8.1.59c
LIBBY’S
Sauerkraut !!y2 2 fCr56c
WELCH’S
Grape Juice M «. 49c
N.B.C., SNOWFLAKE
Crackers 2 lb. 57c
“Norpac”
RED RASPBERRIES
LOGAN BERRIES OR
BOYSEN BERRIES
No. 303
3 ^ 94c
LOYAL — 16 OZ.
Chili
CON CARNE
with beans
2 for 56c
PRICES GOOD
October 12,13 & 15
HOLIDAY
Margarine 4 «*. 99c
BARS
Weiners
2 It 99c
FARM FRESH — CUT UP
Fryers
lb.
56c
ROYAL
Pudding Mix
DARK ’N SWEET, CHOCOLATE OR BUTTERSCOTCH
2 ibs. 55c
BETTY CROCKER’S
Cake Mix
HONEY SPICE OR MARBLE
M.V.F.
C.A.
CO-OP TRADING POST
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MOST AT
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