TALKING TO SANTA ... It’s
an old, old story that’s new
every year for thousands of chil
dren, this visiting Santa in the
Mg department store to talk
about what’s to be in the Christ
mas stocking. Most always,
there's a proud parent standing
nearby to do a little prompting
If necessary.
SAVE THE TREE
If your tree Holder is the type
liiat allows the butt of the tree to
rest in water, you can help keep
needles from dropping by dissolv
ing plant food in the water. If you
use a pebble or rock-filled pail to
support the tree, cover the pebbles
or rock with a plant food solution.
Use one teaspoonful of plant food
for one plant food tablet) to each
gallon of water in the container.
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many friends a
Merry Chrisfmas.
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season with warmest
wishes fof the health
and happiness of all our
loyal friends and good
neighbors. Merry Christ
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Notebook
Best * holiday wishes were re
ceived this week from Opal Lu
Smith, former editor of The Fron
tiersman, who is now located in
Seattle.
Department Historian Mary
Steelman returned from Seward
last week where she had made a
four-day visitation to the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 5.
While in Seward Mrs. Steelman
was guest of Mary Stoeckle, De
partment second vice-president,
and was entertained at dinner by
Seward unti members.
Everett Adams, Palmer Piggly
Wiggly manager, is planning on
spending the holidays with his
family in Seattle.
Stewart Durrant left yesterday
for Juneau, enroute to a holiday
visit with his family in Salt Lake
City.
Mary Ann Mears, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mears, is
home for the Christmas holiday
from her studies at the University
of Nevada. Arriving on the same
plane was Pat Hagen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hagen, who
attends the Annie Wright Semin
ary, Tacoma, and who will re
main home for the holidays.
Army manuevers on Saturday
of last week cancelled out the
scheduled basketball game be
tween an Army team and the
Palmer High School players. “An
nie Oakleys”, were given to bas
ketball fans who turned out to
:o see the game, they may be
used at a future game.
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Bank staff and their es
corts enjoyed their annual Christ
mas party on Saturday of this
week. The party was held at the
borne of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Jones.
All employees of the Piggly
Wiggly stores in Alaska were in
vited to the company’s annual
Christmas dinner and party held
Last Saturday at the Idle Hour
Country Club in Anchorage. At
tending from Palmer were Ever
ett Adams, store manager, and !
Dale Clark.
A large attendance was report-if'
ed at the American Legion and-*
Auxiliary annual Christmas party*?
Last Thursday. The family pro-J
gram was complete with a beau-*?
tifully decorated Christmas tree,^
treats, movies, and refreshments.*?
The party was held at Moose ^
hall. i?
Another Christmas party, ^
where everyone had a wonderful*?
time, was that of Girl Scout §
Troop 71 who held their party*?
at the hotel Saturday morning.
In addition to their good time *?
the girls furnished food and*?
clothing, as a community project*?
for a Christmas box which will*?
be added to those boxes the Le-~?
gion and Auxiliary will distribu-*?
te for Christmas. Troop 71 is^
sponsored by the local Auxiliary*?
Unit. |
Beginning January 3, members*?
of Girl Scout Troop 71 will rneet^
each Tuesday afternoon at Moose*?
hall, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Troop 71^
has 14 active members at the!#
present time, and had been meet-§
ing at the Legion building. Meet- *?
mgs will be moved to that build- *?
ing as soon as repairs are com *?
pleted, according to Mary Steel
man, leader.
Home from the University of
Washington for the Christmas
holidays are Arleen Benson,
daughter of Mrs. Irene Benson,
and Doyle Ross, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lucius Ross, all of Palmer.
Pat Chandler, another PHS alu
mni member, is home for the
holidays. She returns to Seattle
University after the New Year
holiday. Margaret Cope, student
at Willamette, and daughter of
Mrs. Margaret Cope, is also
spending the holidays at her
home in Palmer.
Robert L. Bronson left for Wis
consin this week-end where he
will spend a winter vacation vis
iting his family and ski resorts
in the western states. He plans to
return to Palmer in March.
Over 100 turkeys were distri
buted this week by the Matanus
ka Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association to it’s employees.
Each employee received a turkey
as holiday greetings from the As
sociation.
City of Palmer volunteer fire
fighters were called out at around
3 a.m. Tuesday morning to the
home of Mrs. Julia Adams where
-a downdraft had blown out the
fire in a space heater, causing a
lot of smoke. No damage was re ig
ported.
All departments of the Matan-j
uska Valley Farmers Cooperating**
Association will be closed Mon-*
day, December 26, in observance jj
of Christmas. g
The Rev. James P. Snead, ^
pastor of St. Michael’s Catholic 1
Church in Palmer, was among|
those attending a dinner held ini
Anchorage for Francis Cardinal |
Spellman, Roman Catholic arch-i
bishop of New York. |
A practice and training alerti
conducted at Fort Richardson^
last Saturday had its repercus-*?
sions here in Palmer. A numbers?
of troops were dispatched to Pal-|
mer where they set up in the*?
Fairgrounds; ready to stay an|'
hour, day, week, or even months. i
The alert closed the Arctic Ski^
bowl in Anchorage, and cancel-*?
led out a scheduled basketball g?
game between the Palmer Moose*?
and an Army team. §
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ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
To the many friends,
whose patronage has
made this past year such
a good one for us, we
send our very best Christ
mas wishes.
Mug Up Cafe
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Since we can't visit
all of you during this joyous
holiday season, this
is our way of letting you
know how much we have
appreciated your patronage
and friendship throughout the
past year. We promise
to serve you as well in the
future as we have in
the past, to continue to
deserve your loyalty and trust.
KIRK’S SALES AND SERVICE
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Stephan
Mr .and Mrs. Leo Stephan of
Eklutna are parents of their firth
child, a daughter, who was born
at Valley Presbyterian Hospital
December 13. She weighed six
pounds, four ounces at birth. Mr.
Stephan is employed at the Al
aska Native Service hospital m
Anchorage.
Branlon
A daughter, weighing seven
pounds, 11 ounces, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. T. Richard Bran
ton of Palmer at Providence Hos
pital in Anchorage on December
17. She has been named Barbara
Joyce, after her mother who died
shortly after her birth. Maternal
grand par tents are Mr. and Mrs.
Toivo Bentti and paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. Ivan
Branton, all of Palmer.
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The little metal trumpets deco*!
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early Danish custom of blowing in!
the Yule with four hymns repre-]
senting the four corners of the!
world.
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wish io our many fine
friends for a holiday
season that is bright 'n
cheerful with joy, good
fellowship, happines and
health.
Vera Hayes
Repr. for Avon Products
and McNess Products
May the spirit of
the season light your
way through the
coming year
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Palmer Drug
To all our friends and
patrons, we extend our
heartiest good wishes for
the merriest, brightest
Christmas ever. Happy
holiday, everyone!
Palmer Shoe Repair
Jason's (Smijjtg!
Shining across the years,
the Christmas Star renews
our hope and faith in Peace
on Earth, Good WiU toward
Men. May the Star light
the way to happiness for
you.
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UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
LOCAL 7901 JONESVILLE, ALASKA
EXTEND SEASON GREETINGS
TO ALL COAL CONSUMERS
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United Mine Workers
Local 7901
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