MORE THAN 400 PUPILS
ENROLL FOR NEXT TERM
By 5 o’clock Wednesday after
noon, there were already a total
of 428 children pre-enrolled for
the coming term in Palmer
school’s twelve grades, it was
announced by Carl Snelling, sup
erintendent of schools. Of that
figure, 303 enrollees were of
the grade school level and 125
were in high school.
Since the normal school en
rollment may be expected to in
crease eight percent of this year’s
total, next year’s total enrollment
may be expected to reach 462
students.
However figures reflecting an
ticipated Alaskan migration this
summer have indicated that
school populations in this sec
tion of the territory may jump
to a 30 percent increase, the sup
erintendent stated. In the event
that figure becomes an actuali
ty, then Palmer school may look
for 600 new students next Sep
tember—425 in the grades and
175 in high school.
In the event that 600 new stu
dents do arrive, Palmer will be
forced to turn away many pu
pils next term. It is only by re
arranging present assignments
and advancing some teachers
to a new class that the school
will be able to handle the normal
eight percent increase.
A grade by grade breakdown
of pre-enrollment figures shows
teaching loads line up this way
for next term:
Grade 1 35
Grade 2 37
Grade 3 44
Grade 4 29
Grade 5 45
Grade 6 41
Grade 7 49
Grade 8 23
Grade 9 35
Grade 10 38
Grade 11 30
Grade 12 22
The present school budget does
not permit the employment of
any added teachers next term.
However some grades already
have two teachers, and it is ex
pected that the incoming su
perintendent will be able to
shift teachers to where the class
burden is heaviest and thus meet
the demand under a normal in
crease in enrollment.
Pre-enrollment is still continu
ing in the office of Palmer school.
Children may be registered for
next year’s term until the end
of the present term on May 21.
Mr. Snelling urged that parents
whose children have not yet
been registered do so at the
earliest opportunity.
In the event that students
must be turned away, local res
idents, whose children were pre
registered, will be given priori
ty for admittance. After all
local residents have been ac
commodated, priority will be
given to students on the basis
of their pre-enrollment.
A Few Words
of Wisdom
A river captain called at a
shipping office in New Orleans
to ask for a job on one of their
river steamers. The agent asked
him if he knew all about the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers. He
rather “reckoned not,” but
thought he knew enough to run
a boat.
“Well,” said the agent, “do
you know where all the snags
are against which a ship would
be likely to run aground?”
Again the captain “reckoned
not”, but added quaintly, I know
where the snags ain’t, and that
is where I expect to run my
boat.”
That is the divine law of life,
to be filled with the Spirit and
occupied with Christ and posi
tive duty, and the snags will
take care of themselves—A B.
Simpson.
Suggested by
Rev. George W. Geiwitz
Development Board Plans
Exhibit For States Shows
—JUNEAU—Alaska’s natural
resources, showing opportunities
for future development in the
fields of waterpower, timber,
land, minerals, fisheries and tour
ist developments, are pictured in
a display recently prepared by
the Alaska Development Board.
The display has been prepared
for the annual conference of the
Association of State Planning and
Development Agencies, to be
held at Nashville, Tenn. Later it
will be shown at many stateside
industrial and travel shows.
The display is captioned
“Worth Investigating: Half a Mil
lion Square Miles of Opportunity
on the Last Frontier.”
At very low temperatures heli
um becomes a liquid and then
develops such tremendous capil
lary action that it will overflow
any container in which it is
placed.
GOING SOME PLACE?
Your safety is a habit with Ken
For your driving comfort, have him check
and repair the following:
Carburetor Ignition Fuel Pump
Compression Brakes Wheel Alignment
Tires Tubes Gas Oil Greases
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For wrecker service Phone 25 day or night
Palmer Automotive Service & Storage
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PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
Daily at 9 ajn. to 5 pan.
ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
Daily at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
(Except Sunday)
Sunday bus at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
PALMER FOR WASILLA
Daily at 1 and 8 pan.
Connections for Gulkana, Fairbanks and Whitehorse
On Monday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 Am.
O’Harra Bus Lines
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Palmer
SAFETY IS A HABIT
with mt. McKinley
ML McKinley Airways assumes a high re
sponsibility for passengers and cargo carried in
its planes. So much so that ML McKinley Air
ways provides the same standard of mainte
nance required by CAA for scheduled Air
line operation.
AIRFREIGHT SERVICE
To and From Seattle and Any Point in the Territory
Mt. McKinley Airways
521 E St., Anchorage
Agent at Dow Freight Llnee. Palmer
Phone Main 746
Phone 8
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