Vol. 5
Palmer, Alaska - August 21# 1942
NPi.33,
SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 8.
/ Palmer school will open
-'"Tuesday, September 8, at 9
a.m. "There will be no
classes on the opening day,"
states Harold L. Thuma,sup
erintendent of schools*
"School will open for reg
istration and busses will
return the children to their
homes before noon."
Teachers in the High
School during the 1942*43
session will be Joan Ander*
eon, librarian; Margaret
Cope, commercial; Hattie
Jeffery, English; Neil Uille
shop; Gladys Skuster, home*
making; Ida M. Mahoney, mu*
sic*
Teachers in the Grades
will be Alice Bromley, 1st;
Lucille Uossman, 2nd; Helen
Ewart, 3rd; Louise Schermei
ster, 4th; Eleanor Krein
bring, 5th; Harry Winner,6th
Maude Pershell, 7th;Carroll
Beane, 8th.
Senator Harold Burton of
Ohioi one of the group of
/Senators wisiting Alaska;the
secretary of the committee
of senators, Ur. Malone; Col<
Russell and Lieutenant Cul
bertson of Washington, D.C;
Lieutenant Cowart of the Al
aska Defense Command and Col.
Ohlson, general manager of
The Alaska Railroad, risited
in the Matanuska Colont last
Tuesday.
Hr. and Mrs. Russell
Quirnby of Kodiak aro house
guests of Hr. and lire. L. C.
Stock. Mrs. Quinty and Mrs
Stock were schoolactes.
NOTICE* If you have stock
to be butchered* please
make arrangements with John
Long at the TRADING POST.
Butchering days are August
23 - 24 - 25.
Frank Pokorny objected
to our •'Continuing" his re
port since he knows that we
are getting to the bottom
of our paper supply.'7e are
sorry not to print it be
cause it was very interest
ingt
GOOD REPRESENTATION AT
YOUNG PEOPLES CONFERENCE
The Young Peoplee Confer
ence being held this year at
Kings Lake Comp is reported
to be well-attended. Sever
al Alaska towns are represen
’ted but the largest attend
ance is from Seward and from
Eklutna school. There are
15 delegates in the Eklutna
group, 10 from Seward.Four
delegates and the family of
the Rev. B.J.Bingle are down
from the Fairbanks district.
Palmer is represented by one
‘delegate but many who work
during the day» attend the
evening services.
An inspirational program
is being carried out by the
leaders. Mornings are fill'
ed with class work, after
noons devoted to swimming,
boating, fishing, or other
recreation) the evening ser
vices offer a variety of in
teresting events.
Guest Speakers.
A guest speaker ie called
on in the evening. So far,
these have included Don L.
Irwin, Harold L. Thuma, the
Rev. Woodrow Kurth, the Rev.
Herman E. Beyer, Chaplain
Ralph K. '/heeler and Chaplair
James L. McBride.
Everybody is invited to
attend the conference this
Sunday. Worship service wil
be held at 11)30 a.m. withthe
Rev. G. Edward Knight of Sew
ard delivering the message.
Afternoon service will begin
around 2)30 o'clock with Lieu
ImuB in charge. The evening
service at 8 o'clock promises
to be most interesting. The
sermon will be preached by
Chaplain McBride.
There will be no Worship
service at the United Protes
tant church in Palmer but
Sunday School will be held at
10)00 a.m.
Conference Leaders
Leaders at the conference
are the Reverends G. Edward
Knight, Seward) B. J. Bingle,
College; 0. Tilber Randall,
Palmer) Miss Dorothy Cole,
Seward) Mrs. Evelyn N. Ash
worth, Eklutna. Mrs. Lee
(Continued on page 4).
CO-OP NOTES
Efforts are still being
made on the potato deal*
with the possibility that
diggers will be available*
Quit© a number of growers
.have come in who wont to
take advantage of of this
proposition and inasmuch as
the demand for potatoes
should be heavy for some
time t we would like those
who will hab late crops
to advise lir. Cheek of the
dates when their crops will
be ready*
The new addition to the
water system has keen com
pleted and all indications
are that there will be plen
ty of water from now on as
the tank at the springs is
holding full and overflow
ing at night.
Hereafter the lunchroom
will close at 8i30 p.m. ex
cept on Fridays and Satur
days or when there are dan
ces or other entertainment.
There is a possibility that
regular hours will be ob
served in the near future
if help is available so
the girls will not have to
put in such long hours.
L. C. S
I
Operation of the Unta
nuska Valley hospital will
be taken over by the Alaska
Jiission of Soventh Day Ad
ventists whose headquarters
are in Juneau* on and after
September 15. Dr. David
Hoohn will be the medical
director. Harold L. Wood
is chairman of the Hospital
Board. This organization
has access to nurses and 1
personnel with v/hich to
staff tho hospital. The
deal as made by the MVFCA
board conforms to tho recom
mendation of the Health
Council in v/hioh they pro
posed that one of the three
plans under consideration
be acted upon at once* in
order to keep the hospital
open*