RflNDDM RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
it
If you’d ever seen Puyallup
' (Washington) at this time of year
• —with the acres of daffodils
making all fields yellow—you’d
feel the strength of something
; powerful drawing you to an area
of beauty. Minnie Harstad broke
' the mood, tho, to come up here
for a visit with Ilah and Bill
< Senske—long time friends.
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Here’s Wasilla’s April honor
: roil—school, that is.
First grade: Roger Lincoln and
Judy Bergman; second grade:
Katharine Coghlan, Judy Betts,
. Barbara Clarke, Ida Hjellen, Jos
ephine Rouse and Michael Motti.
Th-rd grade: Susanna Henry,
Eleanor Rickteroff, Earl Erick
: son. Ruth Ann Byers, Edith Ol
r sen and Cheryl Woody. Fourth
. grade: Howard Ayers, Andrew
. Ask ins, Fred Barns, Helen Car
ter, Billy Combs, Carol Gersh
-mcl, Janet Mathieson, Joan Nun
ley and Grace Miller- Fifth grade:
Linda Bergman, Carolyn Nelson,
. Flcyd Morrison, Joyce Gislason,
' Patricia Green, David Henry,
Violet Kneff, Raymond Nickelas
ky. and Sherron Wright. Sixth
. grade, Sally Betts, Lawrence
. Dryden, Joe Fleckenstein, Erling
Nelson, and Ann Wilkes. Seventh
: grade Vadney Bledsoe. Eighth
..grade, Clara Ayers, Elmer Mc
Donald, Wally Teeland and Skip
py Coghlan. High School, Col
Ileen Teeland. Notice some addi
; tions—that’s good.
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Teacher: How could a single
1 person make so many mistakes?
Junior. Father isn’t single.
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More space is needed in Tee
i land’s store. To overcome this
1 lack, Walt and Vivian are hav
ing Carl Polsen contract to ex
cavate and enlarge the basement
. for additional warehouse space.
With the help of Gene Coghlin
; and Harold Byers, Jr., Carl will
-also be adding a display room
;anc rest room in the back. Rex
Kibbe is walking his John Deere
■ doier forth and back in the ex
cavating. A septic tank will be
: sunk and a connecting ditch dug
with a No. 2 dredge. A ditch is
the only thing I can think of that
.gets longer as the ends are cut
(Off.
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Fat Carney was busily work
ing on his house during the per
iod that the Eklutna Project
• workers had a holiday with pay.
►Seems there were some discus
: sions between contractors, the
agency and the workers.
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A home is preferable to a
' house. .
That “sparkler” that has been
■-dazzling you from the third fin
ger—left hand, is being flashed
by Ethel Smith. Dan Carney is
the lucky, accepted guy. Didn’t
• catch the date.
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Wc are assured by May Carter
"that it’s normal for stamp sales
'to rise in the Spring.
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Bill and Virginia Westfall,
‘from out the Great Dare’s (Mel
Biorne) way will be taken into
•our right little—tight little com
'TOimity. Too. they’re joining the
V. F. W. and its auxiliary.
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Senior Senator of the Third
Division, Gerrit “Heinie” Snid
er, has been chosen “Honorary
’ Citizen” by the townsmen of his
birthplace — Monnikendam, Hol
land. The town will be six hun
■ dred years old next year.
On the twentieth of May Mr.
and Mrs. Snider will be cele
brating their 39th wedding anni
Nversary with their daughters and
'their husbands. Grandchildren
• will be arriving by car, bike,
: scooter and kiddie car.
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At the last Court of Review
Explorer Scouts passed examina
' tions for the following awards.
LeRoi Heaven; Agriculture and
Rabbit care. Gilbert Hjellen; Ex
plorer Apprentice. Fred Nunley
massed the same. Gerrit Hjellen
s passed his physical fitness rating.
Vivian Teeland served refresh
ments to the troops and the com
mittee members. TV was watch
ed between chomps.
All the Explorer Scouts who
’hare been attending meetings
••and trying for awards were tak
•en to the M.V.F.C.A. dairy last I
Thursday. Mr. Walker showed »
the boys around the plant—also
gave them a sample of their new
confectionery—ice cream bars on
a stick.
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One of the hardest things to
understand is how a mosquito
can get along without sleep.
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Talked to “Cad” Cadwallader
on his return from Cantwell
about the roads up north. One
can now drive from Cantwell to
Summit to McKinley Park.
Maybe this summer—maybe next
the last forty miles to connect
the road from Cantwell to Pax
son’s will be completed. One of
these days—an excursion to the
Park by car will be possible.
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The roof of the Community
hall has been patched by Ed
Baker.
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Two fellows that are back
around our little resort town—
and can be found out Williwaw
Lodge way are Carl Johnson,
retired foreman of the Alaska
Road Commisison and Gus Nord
jren. Gus just returned from a
two months visit with his family
at L. A.
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John Zak and Bill Davies are
back in the country. They have
been working at Whittier—now
back to rebuild out Pittman way.
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Boyhood is a period through
which all males pass once or
twice.
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WASILLA TERRITORIAL
SCHOOL GRADUATION
Activities will begin with a
Baccalaureate service conducted
by Rev. Brian Cleworth in the
Wasilla Presbyterian Church at
8:00 P. M. on the evening of May
16, 1954.
Commencement exercises will
be held in the Wasilla Commun
ity Hall on May 19, at 8:00 P.M.
Invocation will be by Rev. Har
old Richards of the Valley
Christian Children’s Home. Bene
diction by Rev. Cleworth. The
main address of the evening will
be delivered by J. Ellsworth Mc
Carthy, principal of Fairbanks
High School. Salutatorian is
James Wilson, Valedictorian,
Ethel Smith.
Eighth grade students to re
ceive diplomas are: Clara Ayres,
Don Carter, Gerald Coghlan,
Sharon Flechenstein, Wythle
Heaven, Gerrit Hjellen. Gilbert
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, MAY 14
WASILLA P-TA, Wasilla School,
8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS. Wasilla School,
3:30 p m.
TUESDAY, MAY 18
WASILLA COMMUNITY CLUB,
Community Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19
GIRL SCOUTS. Wasilla Road
house, 3:30 p.m.
BROWNIES, Mrs. John Polis
home, 3:30 p.m.
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CHURCH SCENE OF
AFTERNOON WEDDING
In a single l'ing ceremony per
formed by Rev. Brian Cleworth
in the United Protestant Church
on May 9, Msis Virginia L. Nick
ita became the bride of Bobby
B. Call.
Duane Huntley sang “O Prom
ise Me”, accompanied by Mrs.
Max Sherrod, organist, who play
ed additional wedding music dur
ing the ceremony.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by Rev. Kenneth Hugh
es, chose a navy blue dressmak
er-type suit for her wedding,
with which she wore white acces
sories. Her flowers were white
carnations, fashioned in a shoul
der corsage. Her cousin, Mrs.
George Ondola was her matron
of honor and wore a forest green
suit and a pink carnation cor
sage.
Best man was Delbert W.
Jenson, friend of the couple.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held for the couple
n the church basement by Rev.
and Mrs. Hughes. Those presid
ing over refreshments were: Mrs.
Walter B. Huntley, who served
the three-tiered wedding cake;
Mrs. Helen Pearson who presid
ed over the punch bowl, and
Helen Carrol who assisted with
the gifts.
Previous to her marriage the
bride was employed at the Ma
tanuska Hotel. The bridegroom,
who is a graduate of the Palmer ,
High School class of 1950, is an
electrician.
The couple are at home at the
Ken Foster Apartments.
Hjellen, Elmer McDonald, Wayne
McDonald, James Miller, Virginia
Miller, Fred Nunley, Myrtle Sar
ty, Wally Teeland and Larry Ul
rich.
High School diplomas will be
awarded to: Don Devlin, Bill
Nelson, Ethel Smith and James
Wilson.
J. Ellsworth McCarthy will be
commencement speaker. His top
ic will be “The Art of Living”.
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Stuart-Motti Wedding
Planned for Sat. Eve.
Friends nave Deen invited to
j attend the wedding of Alice M.
Motti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Frering of Valley Stream,
N. Y., and William T .Stuart of
Spenard on Saturday evening,
May 15 at St. Michael’s Catholic
Church.
Rev. James Sread will per
form the ceremony at 7:00 p.m.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion will be held for the couple
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Bouwens.
The bride-to-be has been em
ployed in the Matanuska Valley
Bank and has been making her
home in Palmer with her sister
in-law, Mrs. Glen Barnes.
HEALTH OFFICIAL
VISITS PALMER AREA
Dr. Samuel Wishik, professor
of maternal and child health at
the University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health
and member of the Alaska Heal
th Survey, team visited the Pal
mer area last week Wednesday.
Accompanying Dr. Wishik, on
his tour was Miss Marilyn Olson,
welfare worker out of Anchor
age: Lucille Mick, chairman of
the City Council health and wel
fare committee, and Dolores Mat
tila, public health nurse. Particu
lar areas of interest visited were
two Valley childrens’ homes, and
the health center and pedeatric
departments in the new hospital.
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