Church Services
This Week . . .
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
W. A. Zeile, Pastor
Sunday
Morning worship, 9 a. m.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.
Lutheran Hour, 12:30 p. m. (Sta
tion KFQD)
Holy Communion is celebratec
on the last Sunday of ever}
second month.
UNITED PROTESTANT
* CHURCH
Victor I. Alfsen, Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Young People’s Service, 7 p. m
Evening Service, 3 p. m.
Friday
Prayer Meeting, 7:30 p. m.
ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
* Rev. James A. Snead, Pastor
Sunday
Mass, 10 a. m.
Confessions heard before Mass '
Sodality Communion held the
first Sunday of each month.
VALLEY THEATRE
Protestant Church services.
All welcome. 11 a. m.
Mrs. Gagnon Plans
Winter Outside
Mrs. Frank Gagnon and chil
dren, Dorothy Marie and Frank,
planned to leave the Valley this
week on the first lap of a trip
to the states They will-go first
to visit Mrs. Gagnon’s mother in
Vancouver, Wash., and then plan
to .continue on to Michigan to
visit other relatives.
Mrs. Gagnon expects to be
gone all winter, but will return
in the spring. Mr. Gagnon will
remain in Alaska. He is at pre
sent employed by B J & L at
Fort Richardson.
The winter trip will be Mrs.
Gagnon’s first glimpse of the
states since she was a baby of
two and a half years.
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Remember —Adv.
Advertise the Valley. Send a
Frontiersman back home.
Student Paper
To Be Published
Next Friday
The “Banana Belt Breeze”,
student publication of Palmer
high school, will hit the streets
here next Friday, it was an
nounced yesterday by Miss Jean
Dickson, faculty adviser.
The staff plans to publish
nine issues this term. Although
scheduled to appear monthly,
there will be two issues in Oc
tober in order to meet the pro
duction schedule.
Subscriptions to the student
publication will be sold for the
first time this year. Readers
may subscribe for the full term
for a rate of 75 cents or may
buy individual copies at 10 cents
each.
Although a full staff has not
been named for this first issue,
these students will be the motive
power behind Volume One,
Number One, when it appears
next week:
Evon DeLand and George
Hermon, co-editors; Georgia
Small and Peggy Yohn, adver
tising and business managers;
Lloyd Plumley, circulation man
ager.
Services To Be Held
In Valley Theatre
A special Protestant church
service is planned for Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock in the
Valley Theatre, it was an
nounced here this week. The
church service will be conduct
ed by the Reverend Sullivan,
Baptist minister newly come to
the Valley from Mississippi.
Mr. Sullivan, who is at pres
ent employed at the Koslosky
department store here, extended
a welcome to attend. He empha
sized that the services are not.
confined to members of any
special church. No collection
will be taken at the service, he
said.
Mr. Sullivan comes to Alaska
after 10 years of ministerial ser
vice in Texas. He has no definite
plans for the establishment of
a church in the Valley at pres
ent. i
Records show' there was a 40
percent increase in . the number
of man-caused forest fires last
year.
j Announcing
THE OPENING OF A COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE
TO SERVE ANCHORAGE AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA ■
Complete service on all transportation, hotel, resort, and !
< tour needs. Operated by Pan-Pacific Good Neighbor Tours J
i of Seattle. ■
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We handle both commercial and pleasure travel. i
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j ANCHORAGE TRAVEL OFFICE I
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Lloyd C. Olsen, Manager
{ Phone Black 30 Lobby, Anchorage Hotel ■
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SHEEPSKIN
PARKAS
Health Tests
Begin Tuesday
Physical examinations for the
children of Palmer school will
be conducted at the school, com
mencing Tuesday, Oct. 7, Mrs.
W. A. Zeile, public health
nurse, announced today. Exam
inations this year will be given
by grade.
The first grade will be exam
ined ori opening day and one
grade each day will be complet
ed thereafter. Parents will be
notified by a letter from Mrs.
Zeile the day preceding their
child’s scheduled examination.
All parents are requested to
be present at the examination.
MrSi Zeile said this was most
important, for health recom
mendations for the child and
necessary remedial treatment
will be discussed. If any parent
cannot be present at the physic
al examination, it is requested
that a note be brought to Mrs.
Zeile informing her.
Parents are asked to meet in
the lobby outside of the gym
nasium at 9 o’clock on the morn
ing when their child is to be
examined. It is requested that
parents do not come to the
child’s classroom nor do not
come to school except on the
day named as date of the physic
al examination. The examina
tion will be held in the gym
nasium.
Dr. R. E. Garret, assisted by
Mrs. Zeile, will conduct the ex
aminations and will discuss
needed treatment for the chil
dren when the child is exam
ined.
Community Club
Votes to Join
Cemetery Group
WA3ILLA—Members of the
Community Club here voted last
Thursday to enter tlse club in
to membership with the Wasilla
Cemetery Association. Heinie
Snyde*3\vas selected as the
club’s representative in the
Cemetery Association.
The Community Club’s deci
sion now makes the Veterans
of Foreign Wars the only group
in Wasilla not allied with the
Cemetery Association, according
to Community Club president
Ray Bergmann. However it is
expected the VFW also will
seek membership at its next
regular meeting.
Mrs. Peter Nelson outlined
the background, of the Cemetery
Association’s history at the
Thursday meeting. Rev. Victor
Alfsen of Palmer instigated in
itial plans for the project, she
said.
The Community Club also de
bated the pros and cons of the
qualifications of several plots
of land as a cemetery site. Five
separate parcels of land have
been offered as donations for a
site, and one site, most central
ly located, is available for pur
chase.
No decision lias been made
on the cemetery’s site.
Only other business discussed
at the. Thursday meeting of the
Community Club was that of
needed repairs at Community
hall. It was decided that the
present rental, $2.50 for an non_
profit meetings held in the hall
and $5 for dances and money
making enterprises, must be in
creased. It was pointed out that
winter light, heat and mainten
ance costs must be carried by
rental fees. •
Married In Anchorage
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ryan of
Palmer are honeymooning today
following their wedding in An
chorage last Sunday. They were
married in a service at the Me
thodist church there. Mr. Ryan
is associated with the Palmer
Cold St orage and Locker Serv
ice here, and the pair will make
their home in Palmer.
In 1046 there was a grand
total of approximately 1,700,000
fires. Close to 600,000 of those
were building fires and more
than a million did not involve
buildings. I
Reception Honors
Two Teachers
WASILLA—A, reception wa:
held in the Wasilla school a
2:30 last Tuesday afternoon ir
honor of Miss Lee Mason anc
Miss Margaret Cronk. Miss Ma
son left Wasilla on Thursday, er
route to her home near Seattle
where she soon will be married
Miss Cronk will replace Mis;
Mason as intermediate grade
teacher In the Wasilla school
She arrived in Wasilla last Sun
day and has been working ir
the classroom with Miss Masor
this week.
The combined welcome anc
farewell reception was plannee
Homemaker, Four-H
Councils To Meet
Two important meetings for
; Homemakers and Four-H club
■ members are scheduled for next
j Monday, Mrs. Bernice Johnson
of the Extension office said to
day. The Homemaker’s Council
is to meet in the Extension of
fice at 10:30 a.m. Monday. Four
H Club Council members will
meet in the Extension office at
S o'clock Monday evening. Much
important business is scheduled
for both groups.
by Mrs. Anna Borden and Mrs.
Gladiolus Getzloff, also teaching
in Wasilla.
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keep excess cash at home or on your person.
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stop payment. If cash is lost, it is usually
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Friday Evenings G lo 8
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