Nurse Tells Health Deficiencies
Revealed By School Examinations
The following deficiencies were
discovered in 400 Valley school
children, during recent school
physical examinations, it was an
nounced this week by Miss Mar
jorie Myren, local public health
nurse. Figures include children
from both Wasilla and Palmer
schools, in grades one through
six:
Children Needing Medical
Attention:
Tonsils 94
Eyes 7
Ears 14
POSTURE: Fairly good, 91;
fair, 165; poor, 52.
NUTRITION: Fairly good, 48;
fair, 71;. poor, 26.
FEET AND ANKLES: Slight
defect, 73; moderate defect, 103;
severe defect 67 .
Miss Myren said all of the
cases listed in the above tabua
tion of figures were considered
below par and in need of atten
tion. Parents have received a
form summarizing examination
results for the children, together
with the physician’s recommen
dation for care.
HEALTH COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Health Council are re
minded that election of officers,
postponed last month, will be
held at Council meeting tonight.
A general business meeting is
also on the evening’s agenda. The
meeting will be called to order at
8 o’clock in the Health Center.
for your Valley Health Council
Give Enough—
LIBRARY MEMBERS
BAKE TO BUILD
WASILLA—The local Library
Club held a bake sale at Tee
land’s store last week, to help
add to their building fund.
DAUGHTER VISITS
MRS. THORPE
WASILLA—Mrs. Clyde Thorpe
is now enjoying a visit from her
daughter, Mrs. Florence Agerter
of Tiffin, Ohio. Mrs. Agerter ar
rived last Sunday. She plans to
spend the holidays with her
mother.
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Invitation
We wish to extend a special
invitation to the following
groups to attend the wedding,
of our daughter. Mary La
Vonne,, and Pat Cullison:
Teachers of Palmer School,
the members of the Twelve
Thirty Homemakers’ Club,
members of St. Michael’s
Catholic Church and to all of
our friends and their families.
The wedding will take place
at 7 o’clock Saturday evening,
Nov. 26, at St. Michael’s Cath
olic Church in Palmer. Later
we would like to have all of
the guests come to our home
one mile south of Palmer, just
above Moore’s Garage, for a
reception immediately after
the wedding.
(Signed)
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Blunck.
GRANGE HARVEST
DINNER TONIGHT
The annual harvest dinner of
Northland Pioneer Grange is to
be held tonight, it was announced
this week by Mrs. Ralph Good
rich of the planning committee.
The dinner will be served at the
Grange Hall between the hours
of 5:30 and 8 p. m. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
DAUGHTER FOR K. MEIERS
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Meier (the
former Evon DeLand) on Nov. 6,
it was announced this week The
baby, named Donna Lorraine,
was born at Providence Hospital
in Anchorage. She weighed six
pounds, 12 ounces.
Book Farming
Appeals To Vets
Sprouting like mushrooms over
night are the veterans’ on-farm
training classes in south central
Alaska, according to Eugene
Kirsch, instructor for the Palmer
and Anchorage areas.
Students in Anchorage, all of
them homesteaders, now number
21. The class has only recently
been organized. Mr. Kirsch said
he expected the enrollment to
reach 30 in the near future. The
class meets each Tuesday night
in the Anchorage High School.
At present. Mr. Kirsch drives to
Anchorage to instruct that group,
but the registration has reached
a point that permits the employ
ment of another instructor, as
soon as a qualified man can be
found.
The Wasilla veterans’ class,
which meets each Friday at Com
munity Hall, now has an enroll
ment of 48 farmers. This group
also is to be split in the near fu
ture, with a new class organized
in the Knik area, homesteading
center.
There are 22 Palmer veterans
who are going to school each
Monday night to learn efficient
farming methods. This class
meets in the former library at
the Rec Hall.
Mr. Kirsch said there are ap
proximately 160 veterans in the
territory who are enrolled in the
farm classes. He estimated a
class of 15 at Seward and 30 at
Fairbanks. There are 60 students
in the Homer-Kenai area, with
instruction duties divided be
tween two professors.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Falk of
Anchorage, became the parents
of a child, born in the Valley
Hospital on the morning of Nov.
11.
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