VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21.1847. at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.__
A1 J. DeJulio
Editor.
Publisher, Manager
.Virginia Gallant
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*P-TA TO ELECT
NEW OFFICERS AT
MARCH 17 MEETING
Officers for 1953-54 will be
elected at the regular Palmer P
TA meeting to be held Tuesday,
March 17 in the school cafeteria.
Parents will be given an oppor
tunity to visit class rooms, to see
for themselves what their and
other children are doing, and to
consult with the teachers. A
special invitation is extended to
parents of pre-schoolers to visit
the first grades and acquaint
themselves with the teachers and
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the school.
Everyone is requested to regis
ter with the membership commit
tee in order to file a correct per
centage of parents attending. Re
freshments will be served.
Alaska's Favorite Game
An evening of fun with “Al
aska’s Favorite Game” as the
feature, will be sponsored by
members of the St. Michael’s
parish Saturday evening, March
21, it was announced this week.
Lots of prizes have been arrang
ed as awards. The public is invit
ed to attend.
LOCAL GIRL SCOUTS I
TO START COOKIE I
DRIVE MARCH 18
The annual Girl Scout cookie
sale will get under way in the
Matanuska Valley Wednesday,
March 18, it was announced this
week.
In addition to the popular
standwich-type cookie sold in
past years, the girls will also be
selling a new chocolate-mint
cookie this year. Either type will
sell for 50 cents a box with pro
ceeds to go toward the Troop
and camp funds.
Seven troops of Brownies and
Girl Scouts will be'participating
in Palmer. Wasilla will be cov
ered by the two Wasilla troops.
Anyone interested in purchas
ing cookies is asked to contact
the Girl Scouts, if they are not
contacted by one of the many
girls who will canvass the city
and rural areas. Payments for
the cookies will be made at the
time of delivery, Sccmt officials
stated this week.
BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
REVISE BY-LAWS; NAME
1953 RANGE COMMITTEE
New by-laws were reviewed
and adopted by members of the
Matanuska Valley Breeders As
sociation, at a meeting held
March 10 at the Agriculture Ex
periment Station.
V. Louise Kellogg and Louis
Pinkham were elected as new
board members. Chosen to the
1953 Little Susitna Range com
mittee were L. D. DePriest, Vic
tor Falk, Jr., and Harold L.
Thuma.
Dr. Richard Thomas, new ter
ritorial veterinarian, was present
and requested farmers call at his
home to make appointments for
blood testing herds. Dr. Thomas
is operating on the same basis
as Dr. Graves, that is, farmers
must furnish transportation, it
was announced at the meeting.
He is making his home in the
Alaska Housing area, at the cor
ner of Matanuska street and In
dependence avenue in the house
formerly occupied by Everetl
COMMUNITY CHEST
TO MEET SUNDAY
All members of the Palmer
Community Chest organiza
tion are invited to attend a
meeting to be held at the
home of V. Louise Kellogg
Sunday afternoon, March 15
at 3 p.m. Members are invit
ed to take their wives or hus
bands.
Yohn, where he may be contact
ed.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
For the benefit of those Alas
kans who receive many queries
from friends and friends of
friends who are interested in
coming to Alaska, a new booklet
titled “The Workingman’s Guide
to Alaska,” recently printed by
Jessen’s Weekly, is now being
distributed by the publishers,
Inter-Alaska Sales company.
Copies sell for $2 apiece. Prevail
ing conditions in housing, driving
wages and jobs are listed.
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