| Reporters—
j Notebook
Grayson (Pat) Murphy, former
Palmerite, is now with the Stauf
fer Chemical Company and at
present is training at their North
Portland office. He will be their
agriculture sales representative
in Montana and the prairie pro
vinces of Canada. Prior to leav
ing Palmer Murphy was district
agent with the Extension Service.
Among 200 names drawn for
petit jury duty for the January
term were the following local
persons: Ted Buzby, R. L. Buzby,
Philip E. Edelman, Alfred Kirsch,
Betty Mears, Juanita McKechnie,
Mrs. Rorrison, E. P. Springfield,
and Richard Washburn. Jurors
will report at 10 a.m. January
in the Third District Courtroom.
From Wasilla the names of T. L.
Carter, Harold Harris, Lauron
W. Hunter, and Gustav Nordgren
were drawn.
Pvt. Leo L. Plumley, son or ;
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Plumley
and Pfc. William G. Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William R.
Smith, all of Palmer, participated
in a major amphibious exercise
involving 25,000 Marines, 20,000
Navy personnel, 300 aircraft and
125 ships completed Nov. 18 on
the California Coast. Both Palmer
men are with the 1st Marine Di
vision at Camp Pendleton, Cali
fornia.
Members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary Unit will meet at
the home of Mrs. Minnie Clark
on December 15. Beginning in
January, the Unit will meet at
Moose Hall the second and fourth
Thursday evenings of each mon
th. The first meeting slated for
January will be held on th?
twelfth.
Dr. Allan Mick leaves Palmer
Friday enroute to Washington.
D. C. where he will attend the
annual conference of Offices of
Experiment Stations during
which the management of the Al
aska Agriculture Experiment Sta
tion will be reported. He expects
to be gone about a week.
A planned covered dish supper
will be held at the Chugiak fire
hall on December 9 for members
of the Chugiak Volunteer Fire
Department, their families, and
invited Civil Defense officials.
The supper is scheduled for 6:30
James Wilson, commissioner ot
agriculture, will attend a Land
Board meeting in Anchorage next
Monday, then leave the follow
ing day for Fairbanks where he
will conduct various items of de
partment business, and will meet
with the resources committee of
the Constitutional Convention. ^
Guests at the Kiwanis luncn
eon meeting December 5 were
Dr. Melvin Mewman, veterinar
ian, R. W. Ross of the Western
X-ray Company, and George
Benvish of the Bureau of Recla
mation. Kiwanian Stewart Dur
rant, guest speaker, talked on
Palmer’s need for an efficien
fire department, and stated that
if other members will participate,
the Co-Op is willing to supply
three men with one hour’s pay
for each drill, plus an equai
amount for each fire fighting
CaMrs. Hazel LaGier of Norfolk,
Conn is visiting at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Earl Payne,
Palmer highway. This is Mrs. La
Gier’s first visit to Alaska.
Explorers to
Cut Trees for
Christmas Sales
Colin Mick, in charge of tree
cutting for Explorer Troop No.
754, reminds all workers to -
port at the Palmer Fire Guard
Station at 8 a.m. Saturday foi
Exolorers participating m the
Christntes tree project include
Mick, John Mears, Bob Estelle
Larry Lucas, Duane Cooper Bdl
Wimmer. Neil Herman J C.
Harder. Ronald Aklestad, Gordon
Aklestad, Laddy Huntley, Jerry
McKechnie, Dale Clark, and or
d°^e TnroCohp°plans public sale of
Christinas trees ^ -rious loca
4i0nS in Palmer. Prices will var>,
depending on the tree sae. Any
wishaivngdot°soPbCvecoantaS
a^oMhe atve named Explor
s y ° hv calling Bill Adams at
ers or by cauhb
the Fire Guard Station.
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BAZAAR AND SALE
SET FOR SATURDAY
Women of the Moose have fin
alized their plans for their all
day pre-Christmas bazaar am
bake sale which will be held a
Moose Hall Saturday, Decembe
10, beginning at 9 a.m. Free cof
fee will be offered to those at
tending the sale. At 8 p.m. a ero
cheted table cloth will be award
ed. The sale will close at 9 a.rr
Anyone who has sports equip
ment, clothing, pieces of furni
ture, or other items they wish t
sell, are invited to take the item
■ to Moose Hall after 4 p.m. Eac
item must be tagged with thi
owners name and asking price
The W.O.T.M. will sell the item
for the owner, retaining 20 per
cent of the sale price as a handl
ing charge.
SORORITY PLANS
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Members of Beta Sigma Ph
their husbands, and invitei
guests, will attend the sorority’
annual Christmas party Sunda;
afternoon and evening at Elk
hall. A no-host party will be hel<
from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., followee
by a catered dinner and an e>
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Sutlon Buttons
The regular meeting of the j
" Sutton Buttons was held at the
home of Mrs. Marie James, our
* leader.
r We v/ill have a Christmas party j
December 19th at the home of our
assistant leader, Mrs. Yerbich. J
We will exchange gifts and play
games.
Our next meeting will be held
January 7, 1956.
JUNE FANCHER, reporter
Caudill
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ray Caudill
of Palmer are receiving congra
tulations on the birth of their
third child, a daughter, who was
born at Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital December 2. She has been
named Donna Jean and weighed
j six pounds, six ounces at birth.
s Mr. Caudill is an area farmer.
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s change of gifts. Reservations
1 must be made. Those planning to
1 attend are asked to contact Glad
- ys Jones.
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