Church Plans
< Annual Bazaai
An indoor country fair i
planned for the gymnasium a
Palmer school on Oct. 18, whei
parish members of St. Michael’
Catholic Church hold their an
nual bazaar.
Food booths, costume jewelry
linens of all types, kitchen knick
knacks and many other house
hold necessities wil be sold. Ir
addition, a fish pond, Binge
games and perhaps a fortune tell
, ing booth will provide enter
tainment for fair-goers that eve
ning.
Four prizes will be given away
during the course of the evening.
Tickets are now on sale which
will send home with someone, a
washer, a radio, a satin quilt
and an afghan. More of these
tickets will be available in the
gym on the night of the bazaar.
Many of the items on sale in
the fair's booths have been se
lected because of their suitabil
ity as Christmas gifts. Linens
and aprons all are hand-worked.
Prices, which have been fixed by
members of the Altar Society of
the church, are “Sears & Roe
buck” rates according to Father
James Snead, church pastor.
The annual bazaar of St.
Michael's is the church’s one
method of raising funds for par
ish work. Last year’s bazaar re
ceipts totalled SI,600, according
to Father Snead.
Church Land
Is Harvested
• Minister and congregations of
the United Protestant church of
Palmer and Wasilla met together
5 last week to harvest the potato
t crop of the Lord's Acre projects
1 of the two towns.
; The Palmer plot, which was
- planted on land contributed by
Neil Miller, yielded a bumper
crop of 93A ton's. The Wasilla
’ acre was new ground, and the
first-crop yield was not so pro
lific.
| Rev. Victor Alfsen, pastor of
the United, Protestant church, ex
plained that the Lord’s Acre plan
is a project through which rural
churches raise funds. Land, seed
and fertilizer are donated by
church members.
Members of the congregation
meet together to plow and seed
the land, and take turns at the ,
necessary chores from planting
to harvest. The crop is marketed
locally after harvest and the pro- !
ceeds are divided between local
church needs and foreign mis- 1
sions. ’ 1
Engagement Announced 1
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard R. <
Eouwens of Palmer this week 1
announced the engagement of ?
their daughter Delores Alice to t
Robert O. Ray. Mr. Ray is the i
son of Mrs. Fred Starr of Olym
pia, Wash. He is at present an 1
employe of the Shamrock Bak- r
ery in Palmer. c
Miss Bouwens has not yet 1
fixed the date of her marriage
to Mr. Ray. t
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Fair Board
Dear Friends:
Now that the Matanuska Val
ley Fair Association’s business
has been completed for the year,
it is only fitting to express the
appreciation of the Fair Board
and Management for the fine
displays which were exhibited
at the Fair this year.
The exhibits of clothing, art.
needlework, pastries and canned
goods by the women in the
school basement were especially
good. Needless to say, much
painstaking thought and work
went into the preparation and
exhibiting of these products.
The exhibits of flowers at the
fair building were excellent.
They showed wide variation and
good taste in arrangement. It
has great educational value in
the possibilities presented for
beautifying the yards and lawns
of the homes. Vegetable and
iarm crop exhibits were not as
extensive as could be wished
but the quality cf exhibits was
excellent, especially in the Four
H department. These boys and
girls are to be commended fo*
the time and effort taken to
make these exhibits.
The farm exhibits were good,
but there should be more peo
ple entering exhibits in this
class and also in the garden ex
hibit.
Especially do we wish to
thank Frank Betschart of Fair
banks for the loan of a very
excellent exhibit of farm crops.
His exhibit shows what can be
done when time and effort are
laken to make quality selections
for exhibition. Such an exhibit
would place at the top in any
fair in the states. The display
was not competitive, but was
sent down, after competing in
-he Tanana Valley Fair, to
show what can be produced in
he neighboring agricultural
-•ommunity to the north.
Thanks are also due George
V. Gasser, territorial commis
lioner of agriculture, for the
:ine display of grains, wild fruits
md other plants which were ex-1
libited individually in glass cov
ered cases. These exhibits were
abelled so that they were of
;reat educational value to the
>ublic. It has taken considerable
ime and thought to select, pre
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:indness in loaning these exhib
ts and in taking the time and
ffort to ship them to the Val
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Harmons Feted
Before Leaving
A farewell party and dinner
last week honored Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Harmon of Palmer. The
Harmons left Sunday for their
home in Compton, Calif.
Last Tuesday evening, Mrs.
Peggy Ryan of the Circle R ranch
of Palmer was hostess at a din
ner and farewell evening. Guests
for that occasion were Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs.
William Roark, Mr. and Mrs.
George Black, the honor guests
and Mrs. Ryan.
The evening was spent in mak
ing records of original songs and
toasts and concluded with the!
serving of a buffet supper.
Wednesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Roark entertained the Har
mons at dinner, and Thursday
they were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Anderson.
The departing couple said they
regretted leaving their Valley
friends, but promised they will
be back in the spring with “new
ideas for the future development
of the Matanuska Valley.”
Mrs. Harmon will undergo
surgical treatment during her
winter Outside. Real estate busi
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Harmons to California.
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