C0MI.IB1TCEMEKT
Wednesday, May 17, was Commcncc
r.ient night for the graduating
class of 'SB. Fourteen young
men and women successfully com
pleted their Hi£h School courses.
Commencement exercises wore held
in the Community hall and wero
witnessed by a largo number of
friends- and relatives.
Those receiving diplomas were:
Stella DoLand, Leonard Lamp,
Helen Arndt, Ruth Cornelius,
Eunice Bouwens,'Gerald Lamp,
Margaret Miller, Robert Sicbcr,
Kenneth Kurd, Lyle Bruckbauer,
Merle Andersen, Lucille Ring,
Theresa Walker, end Grace Smith.
Hearty con0rs.tulations are extend
ed the the graduates of the class
of '39.
ANCHORAGE ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Tho Anchorage Womens'* Clubs have
Invited the members of the variovis
Homemakers Clubs of the Matanuska
Valley to attend their Achieves*
ment Day, held June 2nd. Arrange
ments have been made for bus trans
portation on that day. Special
round trip rate will be $1.
All those who plan to attend
should make reservations at once
with their Club president or sec
retary and be sure to deposite
$1. for your fare at the scene time.
In case you do not attend or for
any reason the trip should be
posponed, ycur money will be re
funded.
HURSERY SCHOOL
ALL OP LAST WEEK
The girls of the Ilomemaking 11
and 111 classes of tho Palmer
High School conducted a nursery
school in connection with their
Child Care Unit. The children in
attendance were Margaret Jane Cope
Eloise DeLand, Billy Jo Cope,
Margaret Ann Reed, Virgil McVicker,
Arthur.Dorsey, Bonnie Larsh, and
Mary Ada Lee.
LOCALS
J.B.Los sing lost thoir brooder
house with approximately 140
br.by chicks on May 16, The
Chicks were about three weeks
old. The brobder stove was
under the building and it is
thought that possibly some
straw had fallen too near the
stove causing the fire to start.
Last week Lloyd Bell received a
severe injury to his right hand
while cleaning the lime spreader.
The hand was caught and several
fingers were badly hurt.
Bill Lentz lost a cow from bloat•
It is thought possible that the
ccw died from larkspur poison.
Several cows in the same neigh
borhood have been sick from bloat
but this is the first case that
caused the death of the cow.
Mr.Ellsworth, fron tho Butte
District lost a horse recently
which had been snagged while
running in the pasture, . A
stump of some sharp stick.had
ruptured the stomach causing
death to the animal.
I'iss Ruth Ellen Elliott, graduate
from the Palmer school last year
returned Wednesday from the
University of Alaska,
Jack Uhoely returned home Wednes«-\
day from the University where
he has been attending school.
A reception was held at the
Dormitory on Tuesday evening in
honor of the teachers who will
soon be leaving on their vacations.
The reception was given by the
permanent residents of the Dormit
ory. The dinning room was beauti
fully decorated in ship designs.