Youth Council To Quiz
Parents And Students
Members of the Kiwanis Club
Youth Council, who met recent
ly, will spend the next few days
ported by William T. Zahrad
just asking questions, it was re
nicek, committee chairman. First,
they’ll ask students what clubs
and activities they’re interested
in, or whether they’re interested
in any. Then they’ll ask adults
who’ll undertake leadership and
sponsorship responsibilities in the
fields in which students have ex
pressed interest. Finally, the
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Miss Lashbrook's Waiting
To Help Make Gifts
Practical idea sfor Christmas
gifts are wasting away in Exten
sion Office files for want of use,
Miss Marylou Lashbrook said this
week. Wednesday still is craft
day in the Extension Office, and
Miss Lashbrook has set up dis
plays of gift suggestions in the
hope that she may tempt Valley
women into making their gifts
this year.
Christmas gifts are also upper
most in the minds of members of
the Evening Craft Club. Mem
bers of this group learned about
textile painting at their meeting
this week, and Miss Lashbrook
would gladly tell al labout textile
paints to any other Valley wom
an who is intereted in learning.
committee will ask parents what
they think students are interest
ed in, and how much recreation
they think necessary for Valley
teen-agers.
After everyone is through ask
ing questions, the Kiwanis Club
will call another meeting of the
Council.
NOTICE
ACCA Christmas cards now on
sale at Variety Vogues.
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FOR FARMS AND HOMES
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FOR A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS GIFT
STAINLESS STEEL mixing bowls, four sizes.
BEAUTY CAN for kitchen garbage, complete
with deodorizer.
PLASTIC Cookie Jars, giant size.
PRESTO Vapor-Steam Iron.
The new GE Travel Iron, complete with case.
GRASSER HARDWARE &
SPORTING GOODS
THE VALLEY HOME OF DUTCH BOY PAINT
PALMER AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE and STORAGE
Al’s Taxi Service
Gos — Oils — Greases — Batteries — Tires
24-HOUR WRECKER SERVICE
Tumups and Gtneral Repair
Tlrts Repaired — ears Washed
PHONI II
Liquor, Slot Machine
Owners Biggest
Territorial Support
Retail liquor dealers, and own
ers of coin-operated amusement
devices and coin-operated gam
ing devices poured the most
money back into the Federal gov
ernment during the fiscal year
of 1948, the Alaska Development
Board announced this week.
From a list of 11 occupations
requiring special tax stamps, 579
retail liquor dealers purchased
the required $27.50 stamp. 341
operators of coin amusement de
vices purchased a $10 stamp for
each device and 200 operators of
coin-operated gaming devices
purchased a $100 stamp for each
piece of equipment.
The Federal government real
ized $48,872.50 in Alaska from
the sale of all special tax stamps
during the year.
SHORT AGAIN
Henry Roden, territorial treas
urer, was still seeing red at the
close of business on Oct. 31. it
was announced this week. As
of that date, Alaska was short
$644,943.96 in the general fund.
FOR RENT—Two farm houses. M.
D. Snodgras.
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ATA SEAL DRIVE OPENS
The annual Christmas seal sale
of the Alaska Tuberculosis Asso
ciation got under way in the Val
ley Nov. 1, it was announced by
Mrs. Harold Thuma, local chair
man. Seals may be purchased in
Palmer through the Post Office,,
the Extension Office or Variety
Vogues. Mrs. Thuma said 95 per
cent of the money used to pur
chase seals remains in Alaska to
help in the fight against tubercu
losis. There were 255 people in
Alaska who died of the disease
last year.
Luiharan Aid
Ncmas New Officers .
Officers were elected at last
week’s meeting of the Ladies’
Aid of St. John’s Lutheran
Church. Those named were:
Mrs. Ernest Roetman, presi
dent; Mrs. Robert Wendt, vice
president; Mrs. Les Ray, secre
tary; Mrs. Marty Sherman, treas
urer.
Treasurer of the organization
reported that the annual turkey
dinner, held late last month,
would gross between $175 and
$200. Not all bills had been re
ceived by meeting time.
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Pretty Holiday
Party Dresses
JUST UNPACKED THIS WEEK
Dress-up Frocks in Faille and Rayon Seersucker.
Lovely New Fall Colors and Black.
Variety Vogues
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