VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Wednesday
Palmer, Alaska
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates.75c month, $8 a year
Viola Daniels ..Editor
Walter Freeman ..Associate Editor
Beverly Larsh .Advertising Manager, Palmer
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reproduced except by permission of the editor.
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DANIELS -- In the Lion's Den
Your Palmer Parent-Teacher’s Association needs your help.
It is currently conducting a membership drive, which is scheduled
to end this week. Its hope is to enlist a membership which will be
large enough to give the P-TA, an organization concerned directly
and solely with the youth ol the Valley, the backing it needs to
put into effect one of the most important programs ever planned
here.
This year, for the first time, the P-TA has turned its attention
to a teen-age recreation program. That program will stand or fail
in the first few months of its being. For its success it will require
many things of the P-TA. Not the least of these is adequate chap
eronage from P-TA members, much assistance in the preparation
and serving of food, and later on, perhaps even greater assistance
in the planning of parties, game nights and teen-age outings.
Also on the P-TA program this year, is the proposal to actively
sponsor a plan lor the organization of an independent school dis
trict here. These two projects, in addition to the regular P-TA
work ol teacher assistance, are a heavy burden for any organization
to carry. It cannot be carried by a few—if P-TA membership falls
too low this year, then its program ol work cannot help but fail.
The P-TA needs members—it needs members who are willing to
work, when asked.
Membership in the organization is not restricted to those who
have children in school. Any interested adult may join the P-TA.
Men as well as women are needed in the organization. Family mem
bership is in no way restricted. Fathers and mothers both may be
come active and contributing members of the P-TA.
Dues are only 50 cents a year. Meetings are at a minimum with
only nine regular meetings scheduled each year. Business of the
group, in so far as is possible, is conducted by the executive com
mittee, leaving meeting time free for matters of general interset
and for programs of education and information.
Your interest in your P-TA reflects your hope and interest in
the future of Palmer and the Valley. No forward-looking and think
ing adult can allord to neglect this opportunity to help. It is a
privilege which is extended to all.
In addition to the help you may be giving all valley children
through your affiliation with the P-TA, you are giving specific
and required help to your own child which he may need to suc
you may avert a crisis of a young child's world.
Children who have left the home to enter school, have taken
the first step away from parents and home dependence. Your al
liance with an organization concerned with his school will bring
you into closer touch with your child.
Join the P-TA—it will help you serve the best interests of your
child and of your neighbors’ children.
ceed in his school work. Your affiliation with a school organization
indicates to him your interest in school affairs, and hence renews
his faith in your interest in him.
In the PTA, where mothers and teachers meet to discuss com
mon problems and common policies, you may learn of physical and
social needs of your child, as observed by his teacher, who super
vises so many of his daytime hours. Working together, the two of
McCOOL'S BARBER SHOP
(In Rec Hall)
SPECIALIZING IN
HAIRCUTTING, SHAVING, SHAMPOOS AND MASSAGE
Weekday business hours from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Saturday business hours from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE
SINGER SEWING machines, re
built; portable type; immediate
delivery. Machine on display at
Grasser’s Hardware. Call Free
man at Frontiersman or at
61Y1 or call Schmidt in An
chorage. Main 165, evenings.
ROADHOUSE, doing excellent
business, on Palmer Highway
at Mile 36. First-rate location
on trout stream. Must sell due
to ill health. Write P. O. Box
713, Palmer.
’35 CHRYSLER, good condition,
good tires. Tost’s Service.
ALTO SAXOPHONE; Roadmaster
bike; Elto outboard motor (re
pairs needed). Inq. Gene Marsh
at Co-Op Garage.
THESE HARD-TO-GET items:
8 m.m. Kodachrome magazine
film; 8 m.m. Kodachrome roll
film; Clarus 35 m.m. camera
w/case and flash, $136.08. Our
photo department is full of
lasting Christmas gifts. Pal
mer Photo Art.
GMC CAB-over engine bus; P. M.
chain saw; 600 tires, $1, up;
600 tubes; lots more articles.
A1 Huebner, Mile 40, Box 648,
Palmer.
FOR RENT
CABINS; located opposite Hart
ley Bros. Garage. See A. H.
Marsh.
LOST
6:16 TIRE CHAIN, vicinity Pal
mer. Call or leave at Frontiers
man office.
NOTICE
GIVE personalized stationery for
Christmas this year. 24 sheets
stationery, 24 envelopes with
name imprinted, 69c. Some
boxes with additional notepa
per at 79c. Inq. Valley Fron
tiersman office.
NOTICE
BEGINNING Dec. 1, 1948, the fire
fighting equipment and facili
ties of the Valley Volunteer
Fire Association will be on call
to members of the organiza
tion only. Membership is open
to all Valley residents at a
very nominal yearly charge.
•Signed)
AL V. HAGEN, Chairman
JACK MAZE
O. R. MITCHELL
RAY LANCASTER
BOB PETERSON
NOTICE
REWARD for return of blue suit
case, lost between Palmer and
Chickaloon. Return to Steve
Ward at Frontier Bar.
NOTICE
I USED to be a poet
And write all kind of stuff;
Now I devote my time
eradicating dandruff,
So you can really shout,
You can really sing
After you have paid a visit
To the Palmer dandruff king.
D. S. Meeks
Valley Barber Shop
Still Don't Know
If Chest Is Full
Although drive proceeds had
not been counted by presstime,
Les Ray. chairman of this year’s
Community Chest drive, estimat
ed that at least $1,500 had been
received at an early hour Satur
day afternoon. At that time, only
a very few of the appointed soli
citors had turned Chest drive
proceeds to Clayton Esslinger,
treasurer.
Although the drive officially
closed on Saturday, a few late
payments still were coming in
early this week. One or two re
turns were slowed to await a late
November paycheck.
School interest in the drive
was expressed last week, when
the seventh grade art students of
Charles Dillon contributed pos
ters to be used in advertising the
drive. Variety Vogues also donat
ed an entire window, complete
with mechanical sign, to furth
ering the Community Chest ef
fort.
Reeders Have Girl
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Reeder of Palmer
on Monday, November 15. The
little girl, who weighed seven
pounds, 15 ounces, was born at
the Valley Hospital. She is the
first child for the couple.
NOTICE
NEED A SECRETARY but can’t
afford one? You can get your
letters written, or statements
typed at the Valley Frontiers
man office. All types of steno
graphic work.
NOTICE
Paper Hanging
SEAL ’ER up tight for the win
ter; average room, labor and
paper, $20. H. A. Braden, Pal
mer Cabins, or P. O. Box 664.
NOTICE
SUNSHINE Christmas cards are
now in stock. They’re prettier
than ever and more varieties
are arriving all the time. Mrs.
George Geiwitz.
Green's Flying Service
•At Palmer Airport)
STUDENT INSTRUCTION
CHARTER FLIGHTS
GI TRAINING
M. D. SNODGRASS
REAL ESTATE ’
Hairy and Vegetable Farms
City Lots Acreage
Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc.
For Power Distribution
DON McKECHNIE
For all digging and
back-filling jobs
Write or phone him your
excavating orders
P. O. Box 796 Palmer