FIRST PALMER GIRL SCOUT
DAY CAMP TO OPEN JUKE 16
Between 40 and 50 Girl Scouts
of the Palmer area are expected
to take part in the Valley’s first
Girl Scout Day Camp which will
be held June 16, 17, 23, and 24
at the campsite on Tooth Acres
—on property being loaned for
the camp by Dr. and Mrs. Foster
R. Sims.
Outdoor living, and practicing
conservation and sanitation, will
be emphasized at the sessions.
This is tbo first day camp ever
held for Scouts of the Palmer
area and will offer an opportun
ity for nature study, bird lore,
outdoor cooking and other prac
tical outdoor activities.
In addition to the girls from
the six Palmer troops, leaders
who will be in attendance in
clude Mrs. Mary Steelman, camp
director, and Mrs. Edith Olsen,
Mrs. Lois Winklepleck, Mrs.
Clara . Whetstone, Mrs. Mary
Lovejoy, and Mrs. Theo Camp
bell,. Mrs. Florence Sandel, RN
will be camp nurse, assisted by
Pat Hagen and Pat Zaborac, aid
es.
Mrs. Marjorie Bailey, execu
tive director Susiina Girl Scout
Council and Mrs. Carol Chap
man, over-all day camp director
for Susitna Council last week
completed a successful two-day
basic training course for camp
leaders.
All Girl Scouts who will need
transportation from Palmer are
asked to contact Mrs. Mary Love
joy, who will provide transpor
tation for those without their
own. She will be leaving Palmer
about 9 a.m. each day. Camp
opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at
3:30 each afternoon. Each girl
is asked to take her own sack
lunch, a cup, spoon, jackknife
and warm wrap for each session
of camp.
Explorer Scouts
To Meet Friday
Explorer Scouts who will be
attending uie encampment at
Kodiak Naval Base are to meet
with Bill Adams at 5 p.m. Fri
day night for assignment to ve
hicles. in addition to the 13 Ex
plorer Scouts named last week,
Ronald Shook of Troop 523 will
be attending.
The Palmer group of Explorers
will meet with the Anchorage
troops at the Military Air Trans
port field at Elmendorf Monday
noon for their flight to Kodiak,
Adams said this week.
Bare Traps
SUN-BACK
COTTONS
MATCHNG
JACKETS
Sizes 10-18
BRIGHT
SWIMSUITS
for the brave
32-40
I Reporters—
Notel&ok j|
Mrs. Dolores (Mattila) Heine,
formerly of Palmer, is now with
the office of the Fairbanks Pub
lic Health. Mrs. Heine was for
merly Public Health nurse in the
Valley.
Mrs. Helen Dyrness is working
temporarily at the Co-Op office.
The grounds at the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital were last
week beautified by members of
the Palmer Garden club who set
out a large variety of flower
plants.
i “Field Crops for Alaska”, an
! Extension Service circular on
i cereal and forage crops that do
! well under Alaskan conditions,
j is available from the district Ex
tension Service agent or from the
office at the University of Alas
ka, it was announced this week.
Airs. Joseph Sweeney of Pal
mer took grand prize in the bak
ing contest at the Chugiak Spring
Festival. She entered an array of
delicacies. Another area winner
was Mrs. Eleanor Ramsey of
Palmer, who took a first prize
with her almond date pie. Mrs.
Harry O’Neill of Anchorage,
mother of Phil O’Neill of Sutton,
was named Mrs. Homemaker.
The July issue of the Alaska
Sportsman magazine, now on
j local newsstands, contains a fea
! tured article on Gerrit (Heinie)
J Snider, well-know Wasilla resi
j det. Mr. and Mrs. Snider left
| by plane on Saturday of last
j week for a visit to their home
' land, Holland.
I Robert Johnson of Sutton is
I visiting the Joseph Richardson
i family at Mile 103 for a 10-day
| vacation.
Mrs. Ethelana Elmore of Togs
; ’N Seams is in Seattle where she
' is attending the annual Buyers
i Market. While there she is visit
i ing her mother, and plans to re
j turn to Palmer the latter part of
! the week.
Copies of the Congressional
Record for May 9 and 10, when
the combined t Alaska ^Hawaiji
statehood bill was debated and
on vote was recommitted to the
Committee on Interior and Insu
lar Affairs of the House of Repre
sentatives, have been received by
the office of The Frontiersman
and may be seen by any interest
ed persons.
Also received this week from
Del. E. L. Bartlett is a copy of
H. R. Bill 6334 to provide for i
the hospitalization and care of
the mentally ill of Alaska, and
for other purposes.
Visitors at the recent Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary meeting in
cluded Mrs Marjorie Bailey and
Mrs Carol Chapmen, Girl Scout
officials of the Susitna Council
and Mary Linda Steelman, Girl
Scout and Junior Auxiliary mem
t ber. The Girl Scout officials spoke
to the gathering on the forthcom
ing Girl Scout Day Camp and
Mary Linda told her senior fel
low-members of her experiences
at Day Camp and what it means
to the Girl Scouts to have such
a program.
Mrs. Izola Sims, Department
first vice-president, American
Legion, and Mrs. Mary Steelman,
finance committee member, en
tertained Deparment members at
luncheon on June 5 at the Sims
home at Tooth Acres, during the
regular monthly meeting. Those
in attendance were Mrs. Selma
Smith, department president,
Mrs. Eleanor Bell, secretary-trea
surer, Mrs. Mary Stoeckle, his
torian, Mrs. Ruth Palmer, execu
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Notice
Certain employment performed for religious, charitable,
scientific, literary and educational organization is covered for
the first time by the new Alaska Employment Security Law.
Officials of these types of organizations should write to
the Commission for further explanation and instructions.
A. A. HEDGES
Acting Executive Director
ALASKA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION
Box 2661 Juneau
Mrs. Berry gave a demonstra
tion on Baking III. We elected
Carol Berry as new president and
decided to held our meetings on
Wednesdays. Mrs. Andrews gave
a demonstration in Clothing II.
Refreshments were served.
At our third meeting we talked
about our picnic. We are going
to have one June 27. Also a bake
sale June 11 at Teeland’s Store
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.rh. Joan Nun
lev and Helen Carter gave a dem
onstration on making muffins. We
played games and had refresh
ments.
There were 10 members pres
ent at our June 3rd meeting.
Linda Bergman and Joan have a
demonstration on drop biscuits.
We played games and had re
freshments. Next meeting will be
at Mommsen’s June 10 at 2 p.m.
Regular meeting was held at
the home of our leader, Mrs.
Marie James. After a short busi
ness meeting we started our
J various sewing projects. Refresh
i ments were served.
Sheila Postishek, sec.-reporter
Fairview Country Club
I Our first meeting was at John
| Hornings. We called the meeting
j to order, then elected officers.
live committee woman, Mrs.
Ethel Olsen, chairman finance
committee, Mrs. Edith Davis, fi
nance committee member, and
Mrs. Margaret Strand, commit
ee chairman. The guests were
all from Anchorage, with the ex
ception of Mrs. Stockle who lives
in Seward.
Ralph Nick of Seattle is spend
ing a two-week vacation with
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barrett of Bail
ey Hill. Mr. Nick was formerly
with the Bureau of Reclamation
and worked on the Eklutna Pro
ject. During his visit, the Barrets
are planning a trip to Chitna and (
Valdez for their guest.
4-H
News
Beaters Club
Sara Moffitt, reporter.
Clover Club
Joyce Pitka, reporter
Violet Kneff, president, Sally
Carson, secretary, Carolyn Nel
son, song leader, Eleanor Rick
teroff, treasurer, and Elizabeth
Rickteroff, reporter.
We planned to collect money
so we can go to camp. We had
cookies and orange base for re
freshments and then played
games.
Our second meeting was at
Johnson’s. Eleanor gave a dem
onstration on cornbread. We
voted to have several bake sales
to earn our money to go to camp.
We read some of our sewing in
structions. We had cool aid and
corn bread for refreshments and
then played games.
Our next meeting will be at
Sally Carson’s.
Elizabeth Rickteroff, reporter.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Girl Scouts of Troop 71, undfer
the leadership of Mrs. Mary
Steelman, recently held a can
dlelight ceremony, with their
mothers as invited guessts. Sever
al girls received their Girl Scout,
pins. Refreshments were served.
At our next meeting we plan to
make Flag Day place cards for
the hospital.
Dorothy Campbell, scribe
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