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Many Attend Local
Church Singspiration
Approximately 175 persons
from various valley church
groups gathered April 30 in
the Church of God for a month
ly singspiration. The singspira
tions are sponsored by the
Matanuska Valiev Ministers
and Christian Laymens' Asso
ciation and are held the last
Sunday of each month.
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MEN BOWLERS
PLAN MEETING
The annual meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Mens' Bowl
ing Association will be held at
7:30 p m.. Wednesday, May 9.
; at the Palmer Bar A free smor
i gasbord will be served. Busi
nes of the meeting will include
J election of officers, and other
; items to come before the mem
l bership.
All sanctioned bowlers are
! invited and urged to attend the j
meeting.
Emergency Runs
Fire Calls
April 23 Deb Anderson resi- i
denee. basement.
Ambulance
No ambulance runs during ,
week of April 23.
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Beautv School Graduatina Class
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qualified eager young men in taking the beauty course as a vocation.
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cepting applications for the new class start
ing June 12, 1962. A deposit of $5.00 will
reserve an opening in our limited class.
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= OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRENGTH =
By Cliff Marcus
Work Unit Conservationist
Ralph DeVilbiss. cooperator
with the Palmer Soil Conserva
tion Subdistrict in the Wolver
ine Canyon area, is changing
the fields this year on his farm
to overcome the serious blow
ing of top soil from his potato
fields. We fellows at the SCS
office have been advocating
this method for sometime.
Ralph is raising potatoes and
grain. He saw that his potato
fields were too big and were
left unprotected from the wind
during the strong Matanuska
wind periods. He will lay out
his fields in narrow strips and
use every other one as a potato
field and as a grain field. His
strips will run at right angles
to the wind and will be ap
proximately 100 feet in width.
He will have a 100 foot width
in potatoes, 100 feet in grain,
100 feet in potatoes, etc., across
the field.
In the fall he will leave the
stubble high on the grain strips
io help protect the strips of
bare potato land.
To prevent disease and to
keep up soil fertility he will
rotate the strips each year so
that what was in potatoes this
year will be in grain crop next
year.
Women Bowlers
Name Officers
Women bowlers of the Pal
ner Woman's Bowling Asso
ciation named officers for the
coming year at their annual
meeting held April 28.
Vice-president will be Midge
Hudgins: LaVonne Goodrich is
sergeant-at-arms and Gerrie
Hammrick, secretary-treasurer.
Genevieve Moffitt, president of
the association, will continue
her position for another year.
The office of president is a two
year term.
A bowling ball, awarded
during the meeting, was won
by Lillian Yates.
, HERE’S A
TOUCH OF
. IN EVERY DAY
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' You can’t see it, although it’s constantly at your
fingertips. You can’t hear it, but it makes things
"hum.” Electricity is the magic touch that brings
modem living into your life.
Electricity heats your home in winter, cools it in
summer, cooks for the family, does the laundry,
entertains you and can even "sit” for the baby.
There’s almost no end to the magical comfort
and convenience of total electric living.
Now’s the time to add the magic
touch to your family living.
ELECTRICITY—thev heart /of modern living
Matanuska Electric Assn.
Wasilla
News Notes
By Jane Browne
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Ruff of
Wasilla announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Sharon
to Willard J. Betts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. (Bill) Betts.
No date has yet been set. but
a late summer wedding is
planned.
* * *
Clara Fitzgibbon hopes to
have Clara’s Cafe open by the
weekend. Since they have com
pletely remodeled the building,
you won’t recognize the old
landmark.
Mrs. Shirley Bird, Melvin and
Dianna visited Wasilla over the
past week-end. The family re
cently moved to Anchorage.
Lillian Scott, Wasila Road
house owner, recently complet
ed some remodeling and spring
painting. It’s bright and cheer
ful after the long, cold winter.
The Bill Betts family keeps
busy these days with the latest
member of the family—a new
born filly, who arrived on Good
Friday. You might think it’s a
moose just outside the window:
look again, there’s a rider on
the four-legged animal.
* * *
The Wasilla school band and
chorus, under the direction of
John Blissard, received 14 rat
ings, eight excellent and six su
perior, in the annual School
Music Festival held in Anchor
age. Students traveled to An
chorage by bus Friday morning
and returned late Saturday
night. The chorus is composed
of high school students, while
the band consists of students
from grade five through 12.
Wasilla’s record is a tribute to
the students who worked to
be a credit to themselves. their
families, and their school. Di
rector Blissard thanks paients
who furnished transportation
and who helped with the very
important job as chaperones.
VWF Post and
Auxiliary Install
New Officers
Installation ceremonies were
held April 28 at Wasilla com
munity hall for new officers of
the Susitna Post 9365 to Veter
ans of Foreign Wars and Auxil
iary.
The ceremonies saw Past
Commander John Polis as in
stalling Post officer and Past
President Frances Sorensen, in
stalling officer for the Auxil
iary.
Post officers for the coming
year are: Henry Katkus,, com
mander; Ivers Holt, senior vice
commander; J. C. Wright, jun
ior vice-commander; Eldor
Hulke, quartermaster; Floyd
Perkins, post advocate; John
Lemon, chaplain; and John
Vickaryous, post surgeon.
Three year trustee is Clinton
Adcock; Neil Browne is his
toria; John Polis, adjutant; and
Frank Sorenson, legislative and
service officers.
Auxiliary officers include:
Christine Smith, president;
Thelma Erickson, senior vice
president; Maxine Vickaryous,
junior vice-president; Joan
Katkus, secretary; Margaret
Garcia, treasurer, June Nunley,
conductress; Elverda Lincoln,
chaplain; Frances Sorenson,
patriotic instructor; Sareefa
Wright, guard; Jane Browne,
May Carter and Marie Hulke,
trustees; and Lorraine Lemon
and Mary Bergman, color bear
ers.
Guests were present from
Denali Post 1685; John R. Noy
es Post 9978; Chugiak Post
9785, and their Auxiliary mem
bers.
Refreshments were served
by the Susitna Auxiliary and
dancing followed, with Mrs.
James Knutson, pianist, fur
nishing the music.
Honor Society
Students Inducted
The National Honor Society
of Palmer High School held its
spring induction Wednesday
evening in a ceremony held in
the high school cafeteria.
Following a brief welcoming
speech by Grace Hurt, presi
dent, the formal induction
ceremony was held. Those par
ticipating in the program were
Martha Steers, Mary Johnson,
Janie Hanks and Michael Stei
ger.
The five soDhomores induct
ed as probates were: Andrew
DeVries, Ann Fowler, Marsha
Miller, Ruth Phillips, Holly
Schroeder, and Paul Ste.ger.
Two seniors, William Combs,
Larry DeVilbiss and one jun
ior, David Martin, were install
ed as full members.
Certificates and pins were
presented the new members by
Eugene Annas, sponsor. Fol
lowing the ceremony refresh
ments were served members,
their parents, and other guests.
Hospital Patients
Patients hospitalized at Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital this
week include Margaret Jainese,
Stephen Nelson, Daisy Kudla
cek, Dennis Reed, Frank Colo
buffalo, Edward Kaiser, Mar
garet Sexton, George McFeeley
and Mrs. Leroy Eckman and
infant son.
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14 Young Pianists
To Participate in
National Auditions
Fourteen local piano pupils
from the class of Mrs. John E.
Christensen of Palmer, have
registered as candidates for
membership in the National
Fraternity of Student Music
ians, sponsored by the National
Guild of Piano Teachers, of
which Mrs. Christensen is a
member.
This group of young piano
hobbyists will play in the Na
tional Piano Playing Auditions
for the Anchorage-Palmer area,
striving for pledge, local, dis
trict, state, national or even in
ternational honors which the
mother organisation will con
fer according to tire number of
standard clasic, romantic and
modern pieces chosen from the
masters of pianoforte literature
each student can creditably
perform in the presence of an
imported examiner of note
from another state.
The judges for this year's
auditions in this area will be
Marguerite Hughes-Jones of
Spokane, Washington. Mrs.
Jones has been an adjudica
tor in music circles for many
years, and was the former
teacher of Mrs. Chistensen.
Palmer students will be aud
ited at the home of Mrs.
Christensen this year, instead
of in Anchorage, where the
rest of the judging for this
area will be held in the An
chorage House of Music stu
dio. The date for the Palmer
audition is May 4.
There will be a public recep
tion held in honor of Mrs. Jones
the evening of May 14, follow
ing the completion of the An
chorage auditioning. It is hoped
that every teacher and student
of these Guild teachers will at
tend the reception which will
be held at the Z. J. Loussac Li
brary. The number of Guild
teachers in ^his area total 12
from Anchorage and one from
Palmer. Total student enroll
ment nears 130, Mrs. Christen
sen said. Mrs. Jones is to go to
Fairbanks for Guild audition
ing there soon after completion
here.
Throughout the nation over
60,000 enthusiastic piano stu
dents will participate in the
annual piano-playing event
being held in some 600 music
centers. Every entrant worth
his salt will be certificated,
given a gold, bronze, or silver
embossed pin, and a year's
membership in the National
Fraternity of Student Musi
cians and Piano Hobbyists
of the World. Mrs. Christian
sen said.
Names of the local entrants,
are: Cheri Lou Christensen,
Stanley Christensen, Angela
Hecker, Grace Hurt, Kathleen
Hurt, Ellen Laughlin, Laurie
Laughlin, Ruby Peck, Sherry
Roberts, Charles Schaefer,,
Marlys Sullivan, Ronald Sulli
van, Sheryl Sullivan, and
Brenda Watts. This is the sec
ond year students, of Mrs.
Christiansen have participated
in the auditions.
Demonstration Week
To Be Observed
By Area Homemakers
A planned pot-luck lunch
eon will be served buffet style
at the May 4 observance of
Home Demonstration Week
which will be held by the
Homemakers of the valley area.
All Homemaker club members
and their guests are invited
to attend the 12:30 p.m. lunch
eon. Special guest at the meet
ing will be Agnes Sunnell,
State Home Demonstration
Agent.
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