School’s All Dated Up
For Nine Month’s Fun
There's lots of dates on the*
school calendar, but there aren’t
too many of them left that are
still marked available.
Standing engagements on the
school books, at the present
time, include the third Monday
meeting of the board of educa
tion, the third Tuesday gathering
of the Parent-Teachers Associa
tion, and the weekly Monday and
Wednesday exercise sessions of
the town basketball teams. This
last activity may be switched,
however, if school events con
flict.
The next big October event
for Palmer school is Friday’s
.basketball season opener be
tween the high school and the
Alumni. That event is followed
by a second court clash on Sat
urday between Palmer and an
unannounced Army opponent. I
Schedule Not Set
Other basketball games are i
still unannounced, awaiting fur-1
ther correspondence from An-!
chorage, Seward, Fairbanks and
Cordova. A definite game sched
ule will be announced by the
school as soon as the informa
tion can be obtained.
Following the weekend basket
ball games, and Saturday’s stu
dent dance in the cafeteria, pu
pils will concentrate on prepara
tion for the annual school Car
nival, which falls on Friday, Oct.
31. This is the traditional Carni
val date, an annual event in
Palmer school.
The next important dates on
the school calendar are marked
in red. They don’t take place
until Nov. 27 and 28, when
school doors are locked for a
two-day Thanksgiving holiday.
Junior Play
interest turns to dramatic af
fairs in December. Juniors plan
to stage their class play on Dec.
. 5. Date and production plans for
that play will be announced lat
er.
A second pair of red-letter days
appear on the calendar Dec. 25
and 26, and then pop up again
to greet the new year on Jan. 1
and 2. It’s still not known if the
entire week between Christmas
and New Year’s will be a school
holiday. If later rulings say it
is, then spring closing will be
moved back from May 20 to May
28.
Holidays appear again on Feb.
26 and 27, when students and
teachers will have a Fur Ren
dezvous vacation.
Senior Play
Dramatics forge to the front
again in April, with the senior
class play set for a one-night
stand on April 16.
The Junior prom, big dance
of the school year at Palmer high
school, now is calendared for the
evening of May 7. That concludes
„ the present list of social activi
ties for the school year, but other
events may be added as the win
ter progresses.
If no Christmas vacation is
planned, other than the two days
announced, baccalaureate serv
ices will be held in Palmer on
May 16, and students will end
their work in the Palmer school
with graduation services on May
20.
Grade Periods
Turning to a slightly less in
teresting side of the school cal
endar, grades are recorded and
report cards get official entries
on these dates:
First grade period ends Oct.
17; second grade period ends
- Nov. 28; third grade period ends
Jan. 9; fourth grade period ends
Feb. 20; fifth grade period ends
April 2; final grade period ends
May 21.
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PHS Ski Club
Awaits Snow
Newest sports activity in
Palmer high school this year is
skiing. The rugged outdoor set
among the students has organ
ized a club, fixed dues and writ
ten a constitution, and now have
nothing to do but wait for snow.
The club has 11 charter mem
bers. It first came into existence
early in October, when Bob
Graham called ski enthusiasts to
gether to explain the purpose of
a club. Officers were elected at
that meeting. Club leaders
named at that time were: Bob
Graham, president; Herbie Ising,
vice-president; Vivian Meier,
secretary-treasurer.
Plans for the winter skiing
season are still in the making,
but the club promises good fun
in the out-of-doors for any who
care to join.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
Student Dances
To Continue
Teen-age dances at the Palm
er school have proved so popu
lar, that it is now planned to
continue them each Saturday
night throughout the entire year,
Principal James Pray, Jr., said
this week.
Dances are sponsored by the
student council, which assigns
various school clubs and activ
ities to responsibility on a cer
tain night. Students manage all
details of the dance and are
completely responsible for its
control. Two faculty members
chaperone each dance, however.
The school cafeteria has been
filled with a capacity crowd of
students each dance night this
term.
Eleven Students Enter
Leather-Tooling Class
The leather-tooling class being
conducted in the Extension of
fice by Mrs. Ruth Allmon held
its initial meeting this week. Mrs.
Allmon reported that 11 students
answered roll call at this first
meeting.
The class will meet again next
Wednesday morning at 10
o’clock. Additional students will
be accepted at that time, if
others are interested.
Satin Shorts
Will Cavort
On Gym Court
If green and white jockey satin
suits will help win basketball
games, then the Palmer women’s
team will be right up with the
best of them when the season
closes.
The suits have been ordered
by sponsor Neal Wright, and
barring shortages, should be seen
in action on the local gym floor
in the very near future.
Mrs. Ethel Lyons, team coach,
has over a dozen women report
ing for practice on Mondays and
Wednesdays. She says she’s more
than happy with the fine work
the squad is doing.
No games have been scheduled
for Wright’s girls yet. Wasilla
has been unable to organize a
girls’ team. However, Mrs. Lyons
plans a trip to Anchorage and
the Post this weekend and she
expects to return with a sched
ule of playing dates.
School Paper
Hits the Street
This year’s first issue of “Ban
ana Belt Breezes,” mimeo
graphed publication of Palmer
high school students, rolled off
the presses last Friday. The
paper, a 12-page mimeographed
sheet to be published monthly, is
the joint responsibility of the
high school journalism and com
mercial departments.
Evon DeLand and George Her
mon were co-editors for this
first issue.
Subscriptions will be sold for
the school paper this year. Lloyd
Plumley, circulation manager, is
accepting 75 cents for a term-long
subscription or 10 cents for in
dividual copies of the sheet.
In order to print nine issues
this year, there will be a second
edition of “Banana Belt Breezes”
late in October, according to
present plans.
Cordova has a girls’ team this
year, and has already written for
a place on the schedule.
Mrs. Lyons said the team
planned to finance its way by
sponsoring a dance, to be held
soon. Time and place of the
event will be announced next
week.
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