Lodge Members Hear
Of Hospital History
In a program following the re
gular Moose and Women of the
Moose meetings May 12, National
Hospital Week was observed by
the WOM hospital committee.
Theme of the program was
“Our Hospital, Past, Present and
Future.”
Interesting stories, illustrated
with pictures, were given by Mr.
and Mrs. Max Sherrod who told
of students graduating from Pal
mer High School this year who
were born in the first “hospital”
in Palmer. This was a tent affair,
followed by the hospital which
later burned. Hospital patients
and workers in the earlier days
had very few comforts, with
with quarantine patients bedded
in the comunity hall, which con
sisted of only a shiplap shell.
Many amusing stories of the early
hospital were related by the Sher
rods.
Helen Maze, superintendent of
the present Valley Hospital, told
of conditions now existent and
spoke of visitors in relation to
patients.
Bringing the program to a
close was Rev. Brian Cleworth
who told of the start of funds
for the new Valley Presbyterian
Hospital, now in construction sta
ges, and stressed the importance
of the community’s responsibility.
Rev. Cleworth urged that all who
can, purchase membership in the
hospital association and lend
their support in any way possible.
Funds now acquired for the new
hospital, he pointed out, will not
cover the furnishing of all rooms.
“The hospital belongs to the com
munity,” he said, “it is up to the
community to make it the type
hospital they want.”
At the close of the interesting
talks, Mrs. Sara Moffitt, chair
man of the WOM hospital com
mittee, presented Rev. Cleworth
a $25 check. This money was
raised within the committee
through various means. Part oi
the funds raised had previously
been spent for gifts for the ill
She gave the check to Rev. Cle
worth with the promise of more
to follow. The women’s organi
zation plan a membership drive
;3 TO GRADUATE FROM
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
Thirty-three students are ex
ed to receive their degrees at the
Jiversity of Alaska’s commence
ment ceremony this year. Twen-1
ty-five are regular bachelor can
didates, two expect to receive
tneir nfth year degrees, three
their Masters degrees and three
Military Branch student degrees,
the first of these to date.
Commencement, by special vote
of the Board of Regents, has been
advanced one week over the cat
alog date and will be held at 10
a.m. Monday, May 11 in the Uni
versity gymnasium. Two speak
ers, former Dean Ernest N. Patty
and Dr. Merle Tuve, scientist
have been chosen to give ad
dresses appropriate to the occa
sion.
RAILROAD TO OPERATE
PARK HOTEL FOR A WHILE
The Alaska Railroad intends to
operate Mt. McKinley Park hotel
until a contract can be awarded
a private operator, a spokesman
for the railroad declared this
, week.
Door of the park will be open
to the public on May 14. Mem
bers of the military will be on
hand temporarily at the hotel, but
there will be sufficient room for
guests when the hotel opens,
i Meanwhile, the railroad is
j drafting a contract to turn the
operation of the hotel and bus
| line over to E. W. Lauesen, a for
! mer resort operator ,who bid on
the railroad proposal when it was
I offered last fall.
The Community Orchestra is
• developing Don Irwin’s “Where
!the Matanuska Flows,” Juan Mil
ler announced this week. The
piece is being rehearsed in prepar
I ation for public performance, he
said.
within their lodge.
! I The talks were given at the
: close of the business meetings
during which time refreshments
. were served. Members of botl
lodges expressed their gratitude tc
s the speakers for heping mak<
■ their National Hospital Week ob
s servation such a success.
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FWS to Increase
Stream Watchers
With an all-time high in the
number of fishermen expected to
be operating in Alaska waters
during the coming season, stream
watching programs this year will
be greatly increased, Clarence
Rhode, Fish and Wildlife region
al director for Alaska announced
this week.
Watchers will patrol river en
tries in 55 small boats this year,
Rhode said. Manning the skiffs
to maintain a 24-hour guard will
require 150 employees this year.
“This increase may seem impres
sive compared to our underman
ned staff of last year, but actually
it’s only a dribble. In the early
1930’s we used to have more than
200 stream watchers,” Rhode
said.
The skiffs are being freighted
north along with materials for
constructing salmon weirs in Al
aska.
DR. MARTORANA TO TEACH
AT UNIVERSITY
SUMMER SESSION
Dr. S. V. Martorana, associate
professor of education and con
sultant for community colleges at
the State College of Washington
has accepted an appointment tc
the 1953 summer session faculty
at the University of Alaska. He
will teach two courses, Junior
College Education and The Sec
ondary School. Dr. Martorane
with Mrs. Martorana and their
ADDITIONAL STRING
PLAYERS NEEDED IN
COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA
Juan P. Miller said this week
that it is always a pleasant sur
prise to discover an unusually tal
ented young person and doubly
surprising to discover a good vio
linist in a frontier community
where string instruments have
been neglected. He said the Com
munity Orchestra has already
brought to light some excellent
young musicians.
The music, he said is mostly of
medium difficulty, being the
identical editions used by great
orchestras and concert bands, but
that Miss Carol Colberg, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Colberg,
plays most of the music at sight,
with good expression and exel
lent taste as first violinist.
There is a need for additional
string players like Miss Colberg
he said.
three children will drive over the
Alaska Highway and will arrive
shortly before the summer ses
sion opens on June 29.
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FOUR VALLEY MOTHERS
GET SPECIAL AWARDS
Mrs. M. D. Snodgrass was one
of the winners in the Mother’s
Day contest soponsored last week
by the Trading Post. As the old
est mother registered during the
contest, Mrs. Snodgrass was the
recipient of a three dollar credit
award, as were three other Valley
mothers.
The youngest mother award
was given Mrs. Richard Geiwitz.
Mrs. Joseph Loyer received her
award as the mother with the lar
gest number of children, and Mrs.
William Bouwens award was for
being grandmother with the larg
est number of grand children.
Members of the Trading Post of
fered their heartiest congratula
tions to the winning mothers, this
week.
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We wish you success!
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We are proud of your achievement, graduates of the class of 1953> and we con
gratulate you upon attaining your goal. We know that receiving your diploma is a
thrilling experience for you. Your graduation is an important milestone in your life
and marks the way to the future which you have planned. We wish you every success
in whatever you undertake and promise you our cooperation and help in making your
life a happy one.
This greeting is sponsored by the firms and individuals whose names appear here.
They appreciate the important place of these graduates in our community life.
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