SI. Michael's
Planning Census
It was announced this week
by the Rev. James P. Snead
that a parish census is to be
taken of St. Michael’s Catholic
Church.
A committee has been nam
ed and members of the parish
will be making a door-to-door
canvas of the entire area.
Members of the parish are
urged to give their cooperation
in filling out forms which will
be provided for this purpose.
It is antiicpated the project
will be completed by May 5.
Houston News
By Mildred Bryanl
A group of Houston residents
met at the Basil Bryant home
to consider the pros and cons
of a Fourth Class City for this
area. A1 Hagen was present by
invitation and gave a very in
teresting talk on State laws
and procedures for incorpora
tion. The group plans to hold
another meeting when a speak
er will be present from Basher,
a fourth-class city near Anch
orage.
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The Homesteaders Commun
munity Club met at Barbara
Glasser’s home. Guest, Myrtle
Bang, gave a talk and demon
stration on kitchen arrange
ment, pertaining to space and
step savings. Pamphlets were
distributed on the subject (Free
Ways for Family Traffic) and
also information on the build
ing, and arrangesment of your,
present home or plans to build
a new home. Miss Bang has
many interesting and helpful
pamphlets on this subject, as
well as heaung systems.
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HIGHLIGHTS: Homestead
er’s Community Club May 9
at Mary Batchelor's home . . .
MR. AND MRS. JIMMY SIMP
SON and daughter were visit
ors Sunday at the Bryant home
. . MIKE PALMQUIST, who is
down on the Kenai working as
well driller, was home for the
week-end . . DANCE PLAN
NED at Willow Community
Hall April 21, 8:30 p.m., adults,
50 cents, teenagers, 25 cents
. . . there will be a door prize
and a music box. Be sure and
come and enjoy the fun.
POLICE REPORT
City police activities during
the past week included eight
citations for speeding; one each
on faulty muffler, driving on
wrong side of the road, im
proper turn, parking on side- ;
walk and littering, also three
driving while intoxicated, one 1
of which was convicted and
iwo pending court action.
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New Local Firm
To Deal In
Pre-Gut Structures
Les Mears and Virgil Pop.
pert, both of Palmer, are com
bining their capabilities in a
new business venture. Th§y
will be doing business as Val
ley Builders and will deal
mainly with pre-cut homes,
cabins and commercial build
ings.
Valley Builders office has
been set up in the former Pal
mer Cold Storage office, with
;ntry between Bettys' and the
Palmer Bar. A telephone has
been installed and an answer
ing service provided. Appoint
ments will be set up for any
lime, it was annnunced by the
men.
The firm will have basic
>lans available for inspection
md in addition, customer's
)lans may be submitted to the
iirm who in turn will turn
hem over to Cedar Homes ar
thitects for custom planning
md designing to the customer's
•equirements at no cost.
Mears has been a resident of
he valley the past 15 years.
Smployed on the military base
is a heavy equipment mechan
c, he for Several years was em
>loyed by the Co-Op. He
nakes his home, with his fam
ly, on Bailey Hill. He is the
lusband of Betty Mears who is
i co-owner of Bettys’, a local
iress shop.
Poppert, who is a carpenter
>y trade, has lived in the val
ey the past two years, and is
i member of the Carpenter’s
xical, the Grange, and Odd
■'ellows. He and his wife made
heir home in an apartment at
he Minnie Clark residence.
The partners have announc
;d they will welcome all types
if inquiries regarding the pre
ut cedar homes and structures.
Think before you speak, and
ou’ll have plenty of time to
isten.
Announcing 3 new Lively Ones from Ford!
They're at your Ford Dealer's now—
3 live-it-up new sports models —just in time
to make this the swingingest spring ever!
NEW FAIRLANE 500 SPORTS COUPE. Fairlane's room, ride and zoom
are big-car. But its price (brace yourself!) is under many compacts.
Add bucket seats with a console in between . . . service only twice a
year or every 6,000 miles ... an optional "260" Challenger V-8 . . .
and you've got the biggest car buy anywhere near its low price!
NEW GALAXIE 500/XL. With a 4-speed stick shift paired to an optional
405-hp Thunderbird V-8, Galaxie outperforms America’s products OF
costliest cars. The XL has new bucket seats with a
console in between . .. and a twice-a-year or 6,000-mile yWroJ
service schedule. All that's missing now is youl MOTORCOMPANY
NEW FALCON SPORTS FUTURA. This is the car that makes saving a
lively art. Its price is Falcon-low. Its economies are Falcon-high. But
lookl A Thunderbird-style roof (vinyl-covered if you wish)! An op
tional 4-speed stick shift! Bucket seats with a console in between!
Lively, luxurious, low priced—it's the liveliest buy in the compact field!
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
STATE TROOPERS REPORT VARIOUS
VIOLATIONS IN VALLEY AREA
Troopers of the Palmer State
Police office report three burg
laries, two larcenies, three
speeding violations and two li
cense plate and registration vi
olations, in recent days.
The burglary at Wasilla
Building and Farm Supply
last Thursday was solved by
the arrest of Harold M. Nic
koli on April 15. He also was
connected with four other
break-ins in the valley area
and two in Anchorage.
Frank D. Tyone was arrested
on a disorderly conduct charge
April 15 and following a plea
of guilty was sentenced to 30
days in the Federal jail. A stay
of execution was granted be
cause of an infection in one
hand for which Tyone is being
treated in the hospital.
A break-in at the Fishhook
Bar the afternoon of April 14
was reported by the owner. A
sum of money was stolen. Also
reported to State Police was
the loss of government proper
ty, taken from a storage area
near the Department of Public
DANCING CLASSES
Roller skating dance classes
were started at Palmer Skate
land this week and will contin
ue on each Monday night, from
7:00 to 9:30 p.m. The classes
are open to all interested per
sons, age 13 years and up.
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Works.
A larceny of equipment was \
reported by the owner of a car
which was parked on Schrock
Road, and on April 17 the De
partment of Public Works re
ported the larceny of property
from inside their fenced stor
age area off Railroad Street.
PATIENT LIST
Patients hospitalized at Val
ley Hospital this week include:
George McFeeley, Nada New
by Marjorie Bouwens, Frank
Tyone, William Kidd, Russell
Smith. Frank Colobuffalo, Neil
Wilkerson, William Stephens,
Jack Cope, Baby Boy Marth,
and Mrs. Bert Stewart and twin
sons. _
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