Department Heads
Named For #49 Fair
A special committee of mem
bers of the Fair Association
board met last Friday evening
to select department heads, who
will be asked to serve for the
coming Valley fair on Sept. 3, 4
and 5. One or two departments
were combined, and new ones
were added as the result of the
two-hour meeting.
Board members named the de
f
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MATANUSKA
VALLEY BANK
PALMER, ALASKA
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Open Friday evinings 5 to 7
partment head, and then listed
several names as suggested dep
uties. Actual selection of those
deputies will be left in the hands
of the department head.
Department heads in the
various classes are as fol
lows:
Vegetables (to be divided
into classes for greenhouse
and outdoor products) —
Alvin Weil; individual farm
and garden display—Frank
Linn; poultry-Stan Balloun;
handicraft and hobbycraft
Mrs. Vivian Goodrich; nee
dlework—Mrs. Don Irwin;
dressmaking — Mrs. Paul
Martin;
Exhibitors under ten —
Mrs. Neal Miller; home can
ning—Mrs. Fanny Werner;
flowers—Mrs. Emma King;
art—Mrs. Ed Blom; Four-H
exhibits—Miss Marylu Lash
brook; educational — Mrs.
Ruth Hodgson; native craft
and furs-Mrs. Frank Brown;
dairy products—Miss Louise
Kellogg.
It was decided to omit exhibi
tion space for clubs and organi
zations, and instead to permit
them to rent concession space in
which to conduct any money
making project on which they
may want to embark.
This year’s department super
intendents held their first meet
ing last Tuesd^r evening.
Bruce Heir Christened
Ralph William Bruce, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bruce of Gulkana, was chris
tened at a baptismal service held
in St. Michael’s Catholic Church
last week. The Bruces are CAA
employes at Gulkana.
GOODYEAR
Bicycles and Tricycles
ALL SIZES .From $48.95 Up
A new shipment* of seat* covers has just arrived
Will fit nearly every make of automobile .
GOODYEAR
Outboard Motors
V/i h. p. ..,...$ 66.50
3 h. p. 100.50
5 h. p. 139.50
Co-Op Garage
PALMER
PETERSON FUNERAL
HELD LAST SATURDAY
Lars “Slim” Peterson of Jones
ville, victim of a shooting at the
mine recently, was interred at
the Palmer cemetery last Satur
day. Funeral services, conducted
from the Palmer Gymnasium,
were under the auspices of the
Anchorage Elks’ lodge, of which
Mr. Peterson was a member.
Many friends from both Anchor
age and the Valley were present
at the rites.
Will Vacation at Home
Robert Graham and Don Ir
win, Jr., who have just complet
ed their first year of college at
Willamette University, will be
home late in June, it was learn
ed this week. The pair have de
layed in Oregon in order to at
tend R. O. T. C. camp there.
They plan to drive back to Pal
mer for their summer’s vacation.
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Several Anchorage-ites
Visit in Valley
Valley visitors whose names
appeared on the guest books of
the Matanuska Valley Hotel re
cently included M. P. Mullaney,
tax commissioner, Mr. and Mrs.
Con Benson, Clara M. Eagleson,
and Col. and Mrs. L. V. Castner,
all of Anchorage.
Mr. Mullaney was in the Val
ley on a business trip which ex
tended from Wednesday through
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson, owners
of the Idle Hour Country Club,
stopped over night en route to
Anchorage. They were returning
from a six months stay in the
states.
Both Mrs. Eagleson and the
Castners were weekend guests
who were enjoying a Sunday
outing. Colonel Castner is now
completely recovered from the
illness which hospitalized him in
the states several months ago.
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