VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Published each Thursday
Palmer, Alaska
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office
at Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Viola Daniels .Editor
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Accident Victim
Dies At Hospital
Joe Mammersley of Anchor
age, injured last week in an au
tomobile accident at Mile 59 of
the Glenn Highway, died in the
Valley Hospital last Thursday.
Mr. Hammersley sustained back
and neck injuries.
Mrs. Hammersley was driving
the automobile, which skidded
in loose gravel and rolled down
an embankment. She suffered
only slight injuries to her right
arm.
Funeral services for the de
ceased, who leaves a brother at
Fort Jones, Calif., three children
and a stepson, were held in An
chorage last Tuesday by the
Loyal Order of Moose. The vic
tim was buried in the Moose plot
of the Anchorage cemetery.
Church School Begins
WASILLA — Daily vacation
Bible school began here last
Tuesday, under the leadership of
Miss Sylvia Bray of the Child
Evangelist Fellowship. Classes
are held daily, Monday through
Friday, from 9 a. m. until noon
in Community Hall. The Bible
school is scheduled to continue
through June 8. All Wasilla
children are welcome, Miss Bray
said.
HERE FOR COLONY DAY
A. L. Zumwalt, president of the
Alaska Mission of Seventh Day
Adventists, was a visitor in Pal
mer over the Colony Day week
end. The Adventist group has ex
pressed interest in leasing the
Valley Hospital and assuming its
management.
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VARIETY VOGUES
Moff itts Are
Circulating
There have been comings and
goings of note in the Moffitt
family recently, it was reported
this week by Mrs. Archie Mof
fitt.
Mrs. Thomas Moffitt and
daughter Sara Mae left last week
for Seattle, where Mrs. Moffitt
will undergo surgery. She ex
pects to visit with the Leonard
Bergan and Arthur Olson fam
ilies, as well as with relatives
living on the coast, before she
returns to Palmer.
Mrs. Moffitt was accompanied
to Seattle by Mrs. William Stu
art (Evelyn Bouwens) and chil
dren. Mrs. Stuart planned to visit
friends in Seattle and then to
continue to Wisconsin to visit
relatives.
Leonard Moffitt, who flew to
Columbus. Ohio recently, is now
on his way back to Alaska. He
is driving back over the Alaska
Highway, accompanied by Mrs.
Mildred Williams, his wife’s
mother, and his young son Garry.
Mr. and Mrs. John Durand and
sons, Bobbie and Michael, visited
at the Archie Moffitt home last
week-end. Mrs. Durand is a Mof
fitt daughter.
HURLEY MOVES TO ARRC
James Hurley, recently named
manager of the Alaska Rural Re
habilitation Corporation, will as
sume his official duties on June
13. Mr. Hurley has been in Fair
banks for the past week.
Carpenters1 Union
Local No. 2251
MEETS WEDNESDAY
8 p. m. Carpenters’ Hall
Are Aid Guests
Mrs. Harry Hoyt and Mrs. Carl
Erickson, both of Anchorage,
were special guests at the June
meeting of the Ladies’ Aid of the
United Protestant Church last
week. Mrs. Hoyt is prominent
in Anchorage church work. Mrs.
Erickson, a former Valley resi
dent, told of her trip to her
home in Norway.
VISITS HERE
Mrs. Carl Durand of Anchorage
spent last week-end in Palmer
with her daughters, Mrs. Agnes
Zaborac and Mrs. Miles France.
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Registered Land Surveyor
Box 675 — Palmer, Alaska
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