PUN TO NAME
OFFICIAL
“AUSKA BIRD”
A plan to name, by the Alaska
Legislature, a bird as the official
bird of Alaska has been proposed
by Territorial Sportsmen, Inc. of
Juneau. The plan is being spon
sored jointly by the Department
of Education, the Governor’s of
fice, the Territorial Sportsmen,
Inc., and any local sportsmen or
other organizations interested in
participating.
Schools will be requested to
vote on their choice of birds and
on the basis of this vote, the legis
lature will be asked to enact leg
islation to name a bird as the of
ficial bird of Alaska. Each of the
48 states have “state birds”. A
check list show's that a total of
348 birds are found in- Alaska.
In order to reduce the number to
a workable list from which an
Alaska bird may be selected, cer
tain birds have been eliminated
from the list, mainly rare or un
common birds—those w-ith a poor
distribution---birds which are of
ten considered predaceous—birds
■which are secretive in habits, dull
:n color, or otherwise not general
ly observed by people—and birds
having names w'hich would be in
eorsistant writh the “Alaska bird”.
Members of the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen have indicated
their interest in the plan and are
willing to offer a prize if the con
test is staged in the local schools.
Neloa Sandvik, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chet Sandvik of Palmer,
is expected home for the holidays.
She is attending the University
of Washington.
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SCOUTS GET AWARDS
AT COURT OF HONOR
Last Tuesday evening the Boy
Scouts of Troop 654 held a Court
of Honor at their regular troop
meeting in the United Protes
tant Church. About 15 boys and
a number of parents were pres
ent.
To give the parents some idea
of the procedure at the troop
meetings the Court of Honor was
in • the form of a regular troop
meeting. The flag raising cere
mony and other opening exercises
were followed by the presenta
tion of awards. Whenever parents
were present they were asked to
present the awards to their sons.
A compass relay game follow
ed the presentation. This game
is played regularly at troop meet
ings and is used as a contest to
teach the different points of the
compass. Following the relay,
closing ceremonies were perform
ed after which refreshments were
served.
The following scouts received
awards: Tenderfoot rank—Jerry
Combs, Leif Kopperrud, Norris
Cornelius, Pat King, and Roger
Everett; Second Class rank—|
Jerry Fogg. i
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past few days for the Special Oc
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while preparing that Christmas
Dinner for all the family!
After being assured our red j
lingerie would not arrive in time
for Chirstmas, we were very
pleased to receive it yesterday—
1 so if you still have a yen for
Red Pajamas in easy-to-wash
nylon, we have them, as well as
gowns, petticoats and slips and
shorty gowns.
The Lyons-type velvet skirts,
halters and a few jumpers have
come and are going fast—And
when you come in, don’t fail to
see the quilted bright printed
acetate full circle skirts—And
new nylon blouses to go with
them all.
We also have beaded sweaters
for all girls from size 3 to 40 as
well as innumerable other items.
We don’t need to remind all
our regular customers that they
are privileged to come in and.,
charge their purchases, and need
not pay before next year—
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Presents—
“The Valley Hour”
11:45 A.M. to 12:00 Noon
MONDAY — TUESDAY — THURSDAY — FRIDAY
Moose Lodge Plans
“Operation Carlifl”
For Christmas Day
Palmer Moose lodge No. 793,
will cooperate in a nation-wide
“Operation Christmas Carlift,”
inaugurated by the National
Moose Civic Affairs department,
on Christmas Day, according to
Don Parks, Jr., civic affairs
chairman of the local lodge.
“Operation Christmas Carlift”
is being offered by the Moose to
all persons who, because of illness,
disability or similar cause, might
be unable to attend the church of
their choice on Christmas because
of lack of transportation.
National headquarters of the
Moose at Mooseheart, 111., the fra
ternity’s Child City, estimate that
more than 40,000 automobiles will
be placed at the disposal of these
persons in the more than 1,700
communities where there are
Moose lodges.
The civic affairs chairman of
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each lodge, with the help of his
committee, is now contacting
every clergyman in his commun
ity to determine how many par
ishioneers might require trans
portation. If any local residents
desire a ride to and from church
on Christmas, they are urged to
contact Ralph Moore, either by
telephone or letter at the local
Moose lodge.
“We believe many more per
sons will attend the church of
their choice this Christmas if only
they have transportation,” said
Carl A. Weis, national director of
civic affairs for the Moose. “This
opinion was confirmed last April
when Moose lodges throughout
the entire country conducted a
tremendously successful ‘Opera
tion Easter Carlift’ ”.
He explained that the Moose
fraternity, whose precepts are
based on the “Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man”
wants to see the North American'
people brought closer to God dur
ing these troublesome times. “If
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we Moose can help, in a small tion Christmas Carlift’ will be
way^to bring this about, 'Opera- well worth the effort,” he said.
DECEMBER 19TH
10:00 Christmas Program by the Sunday School
11:00 Christmas Worship—Music by the Choir
Sermon, "Christmas Without Christ"
7:00 Westminster Fellowship Groups
A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL
Brian H. Cleworth. Minister
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