PALMER TO PARTICIPATE
IN SW ALASKA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Somewhere in the neighbor
hood of 100 members of the Pal
mer School band and chorus and
their leaders will go by bus to
Anchorage to participate in the
Southwestern Alaska Music Fes
tival to be held in that city on
April 15 and 16. Members who
will participate in solo numbers
will leave Friday morning.
The Festival is to be held in
the new Anchorage High School
in Spenard and will begin at 8
p m. with individual school bands
and choruses performing. Mem
bers of the Palmer Girls’ Glee
Club will offer “The Soldier” a
Kentucky folk song; “Drink to
Me Only with Thine Eyes”, “O
Mary, Don’t You Weep”, a spirit
ual. Band numbers to be present
ed by the Palmer School band
are “Regiment Band”, a march
by Bennett; “Energy”, an over
time by Bennett and “Great Gate
of Kiev” by Moussorgsky.
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock,
the schools will mass for a par
ade in the downtown section of
Anchorage, beginning and end
ing at the Junior High School.
This section of the program will
be photographed for television
showing.
Saturday evening’s program
will begin at 8 p.m. and will in
clude mass presentations by all
participating schools. Massed
chorus numbers are: “Adoramus
Te” (We Adore Thee) by Palesr
trina; “Good News” a spiritual;
“He’s Goin’ Away”, a North
Carolina folk song; “I Got Rhy
thm”, by Gershwin-Warnick, and
“Festival Finale” by Joseph E.
Maddy, based on “Faith of Our
Fathers.”
In the latter number massed
bands from all schools will also
participate.
Other combined band presen
tations include: “Jesu, Joy of
Man’s Desiring” by Bsch; “The
Traveller” by Buchtel; “Badinage
for Brass” by Walters, and “The
Stars and Stripes Forever” by
Sousa.
Members of the band program
who will be attending are: Betty
Jean Clark, William Boyd, Pat
Schaefer, Carol Wood, Adelard
Beylund, Elizabeth Shook, Kar
en Splettstoezer, Muriel Hanks,
Donna Pruitt, Donna Carson,
Carrie Ann Weber, Karen Akles
tAd, Don Jones, Judy Everett,
Sharon Love joy, Sharon Hamlin,
Evelyn Cook, Judy Mrak, Ruth
Nelson, Sopna Stadem, Betty Jo
Wendt, Pat Zaborac, Charlotte
Campbell, Ida Hoskins, Jerry Sis
ley, Rita Nelson, Deloris Foster,
Jeanne Burke, Leon Grover, Dale
Clark and Allyn Wilson.
Also: J. C. Harder, Joe Lawton,
Bob Wimmer, Larry Stadem,
Dennis Spanogle, Dennis John
son, Pat King, Larry Adams,
Sylvia Nelson, Ann Nelson, Don
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
00 Sunday School Classes for all ages
00 Morning Worship
00 Fellowship Supper and Program
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Mixing Bowl Club
The 4-H Mixing Bowl club met
April 6 at Swanson School with
15 members and one guest pres
ent; our new assistant leader,
Mrs. William Hoskins and our
leader, Mrs. Henning S. Blunck.
New projects were discussed
after which the girls played
games, sang songs, and had an
Easter egg roll; Judy Jacobson
won the prize. A scrambled lunch
was served.
Our next meeting will be Fri
day, April 22 at 3:45 p.m. at
Swanson School. This will be an
important meeting because the
program for the summer will be
planned and officers will be
elected. New and old members
are urged to attend.
aid Pruitt, Pat Black, Roger
Wendt, Roy Felix, Bill Wimmer,
Wesley Steele, Jim Cottrell,
Charles Baugh, Mike Davis,
Bythel Compton, Henry Gallant,
Gordon Aklestad, Leif Kopperud,
Leona Lucas, Bill Burke, Vernon
France, Max Morley, Johnny
Maze, Roger Brager, Frank Gag
non, Ronald Shook, Douglas Bix
by, David Sweeney, Nancy Shel
don, Charmaine Sawby, Annetta
Sawby, Dorothy Lentz and Joan
Fancher.
Members of the chorus include:
Gretchan Esslinger, Sharon Mc
Cartney, Betty Schaefer, Sonja,
Stadem, Karen Splettstoezer,
Ruth Nelson, Arleta Goodrich,
Nancy Stineburg, Pat ,Zaborac,
Wilma Hall, Sally Reid, Sharon
Downing, Joan Fancher, Jeannie
Onkka, Carla Driggars, Kathy
Mullins, Marie Bennett, Joan
Stephan, Sara Moffitt, Betty Jo
Wendt, Elizabeth Shook* Gerda
Kalweis, Darlene Cottrill, Brid
gie Wright, Betty Jo Wilson,
Fay Persinger, Barbara Van
Valkenburg, Karen Cottrell, Ros
ann Branton, Barbara Hudgins,
Roberta Sharp Jeannetta Lind
sey, Virginia *Emery, Sandra
Driggars, Muriel Hanks, Enola
Scheibl ar.d Carol Colberg.
Mrs. Lois Weldon is chorus di
rector and Lee Plumbley is band
director. Both directors will ac
company the students and par
ticipate in the programs.
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Joint Ceremonies
Planned by Legion
And Auxiliary Unit
Members of the Matanuska
Valley American Legion Post No.
15 and Auxiliary are planning a
joint installation of officers on
Thursday evening, April 21 at
American Legion hall. Ceremon
ies will begin at 8 p.rm
New officers of the local Le
gion post will be Ray Lancaster,
commander; Everett Pederson,
first vice-commander; Fred Ev
erett, second vice-commander;
Julius Moore, adjutant; Bernard
Niemann, finance officer; Ed
Ueeck, historian; Henry Liebing,
service officer; Jack Rodrequiz,
chaplain, and Claude Harter, ser
geant-at-arms. Board members
are out-going Commander John
Weisenberger, Dexter Bacon,
Richard Demming and E. O. Du
gas.
Officers of the Auxiliary who
will be installed are: Mary Steel
man, president; Eva Plumley,
first vice-president; Dorothy Tru
dell, second vice-president; Erma
Liebing, secretary - treasurer;
Gladys Jones, historian; Molly
Barett, sergeant-at-arms, and
Minnie Clark, chaplain.
LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES
INSTALL 1955 -56
GLENNALLEN OFFICERS
Five members of Matanuska
Valley Post No. 15, American Le
gion installed 1955-56 officers of
Glenallen Post No. 27 on April
9 at Glenallen. Installing officer,
Past Department Commander
Foster R. Sims, was assisted by
Legionnaires Art Marsh, Seth
Cook, Ray Lancaster and Pres
cott Rorrison.
Officers installed were Harry
J. Heintz, commander; Joseph j
Costa, first vi,ce-commander;
Harry Speerstra, second vice
commander; H. C. Prater, adjut- j
ant; Gehu Mullins, sergeant-at
arms; Robert Ross, service offic- |
er; Layton Bennett and Lloyd
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troop.
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Mrs. Francis Thompson of Star
Route. Also Patrick Rice, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rice of
Palmer. Pat celebrated his 10th
birthday on Wednesday of this
week. .
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Mrs. Ralph A. Rich of Anchorage,
Mrs. Adelor Tatro of Meier
Lodge, Mile 170, and Oliver On*
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