Hospital Board
Nominations
Due in December
John Weisenberger, hospital
board president, has announced
the board has invited five prom
inent valley residents to nomin
ate individuals for three board
vacancies. Ed Smith of Ketchi
.*tanf Sprite Mills has been asked
to head the nominating commit
tee. Invited to service with him
axe W. T. Zahradnicek, superin
tendent of Palmer schools, Mrs.
Lee McKinley, Merritt Long,
president of the local miner’s
union, and Tom Lepak of the Ma
tanuska Valley Farmers Cooper
ating Association.
Weisenberger, chairman of Pal
mer’s hospital board announced
that additional nominations will
algo be solicited from the floor
at-next February’s hospital asso
ciation meeting. He recommends
that groups or individuals who
have ideas about improving op
erations of Palmer’s Valley Pres
byterian Hospital be prepared to
present their views at the annual
association meeting.
The hospital is operated by a
board of directors, nine of eleven
members are elected by the asso
ciation membership, three being
elected every three years tbr
three year terms.
Hospital lab pays off _
Business in Palmer’s hospital
laboratory nearly trebled in Oc
tober, according to reports made
public at the Hospital Board’s
November meeting.
According to Dolores Pommier,
bookkeeper, about $1500 worth of
laboratory work was done in Oc
tober. The laboratory is operat
ed by Dorothy Batterton lab tech
nician, who is prepared to run a
wide variety of tests on both an
out-patient and in-patient basis.
Laboratory charges are cur
rently being adjusted to bring
them into line with similar charg
es in Fairbanks, and Anchorage
hospitals, according to Kay Pip
pel, chairman of the hospital’s fi
nance committee.
Missionary Union
Hears Talk On
Mission Boards
An interesting and inspiring
talk on the history and purpose
of the Home Mission Board and
Foreign Mission Board was pre
sented at the November 14 meet
ing of the First Baptist Church
Women’s Missionary Union meet
November 28 through Decem
ber 2 will be observed as prayer
week at the Baptist Church with j
meetings at the church scheduled
for 1:30 each afternoon.
The next regular meeting of
the Missionary Union will be
held at the church December 12
at 1:30 p.m. Nursery facilities will
be available.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23
THANKSGIVING UNION SER
VICE, United Protestant Chur
ch, 8 p.m.
PALMER MOOSE vs. MONTY’S,
Palmer gym, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 241
THANKSGIVING: Church Ser
vices St. John’s Lutheran
Church; St. Michael’s Catholic
Church; First Baptist Church;
Wasilla Presbyterian Church.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25
SQUARE DANCE GROUP,
Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
NURSES ASSOCIATION, 8 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28
PALMER KIWANIS CLUB, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
M.E.A. BOARD meeting, MEA
office, 8 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
GREAT BOOKS, Plato. Exten
sion club room, 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
PUBLIC HEARING, ARC road
abandonment proposal. High
School cafeteria.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Legion Hall, 8 p.m.
VALLEY FAIR ASS’N, Annual
membership meet, Co-Op club
room, 8 p.m.
WASILLA CALENDAR
THURSDAY,' NOVEMBER 24
THANKSGIVING UNION Ser
vice, First Presbyterian Church,
11 a.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School,
7 p.m.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS, Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30
BROWNIE SCOUTS, Wasilla Li
brary, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1
WASILLA GRANGE, Grange I
Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
CUB SCOUTS, Mrs. Combs, Mrs.
Barnes, 3:30 p.m.
WASILLA HOMEMAKERS, 11
a.m.
THETA CHAPTER
PLANS INITIATION
Formal initiation ceremonies
will be held by Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi on Monday,
evening, December 5, in the base
ment of the United Protestant
Churph. Five rushees will be
pledged during the ceremonies.
Members of Xi Eta chapter will
be invited guests.
All members are reminded to
take a white elephant item to the
initiation for a program which
will follow the ceremonies.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
MamS
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS.
A BOUNTIFUL
Thanksgiving
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NEWS
Riverbend Club
The Riverbend Homemakers’
club held its regular meeting at
Sara Brewster’s November 17
with 14 members and five visit
ors present. One visitor, Ruth
Allmon, joined the club.
Our annual Christmas party
was discussed and plans made.
Due to winter roads and >a large
membership it was agreed to
have the party in the craft room,
if possible, a turkey, purchased
from club funds, will be roasted
by Clara Buzby. Mary Doherty
will bring a small decorated tree,
and there will be the usual one
dollar gift exchange.
Members will bring canned
food for a Christmas box f6r a
needy family.
We have a jar for “Pennies for
Friendship” to which members
contribute at each meeting.
Vera Rorrison was winner of
the hostess prize.
Homesteader Club
The Homesteader Homemakers’
club met at Mrs. Raymond An
dersen on November 16. A regu
lar business meeting was held
and bazaar plans made for the
coming year.
A pot luck lunch was enjoyed,
followed by an enlightening re
port on detergents and upholstery
cleaning by Mrs. Charles Bairn.
The next meeting w'ill be held
at Mrs. Phil O’Neill’s home, a
week ahead of schedule and in
the evening, for our Christmas
party.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO PIANO RECITAL
NOVEMBER 27
A piano recital will be held at
the home of Mi;, and Mrs. George
H. Black on Saturday afternoon,
by Mrs. Mary Kunz. Those partic
ipating are scholarship winners
and members of Mrs. Kunz’ An
chorage class. All interested per
sons in the valley are invited to
attend the recital which will be
gin at 3:30 p.m.
Mrs. Kunz’ plans are tentative
at the present in regards to or
ganizing classes in piano instruc
tion and chorale group work in
the valley. Anyone interested
may contact her at 311 Harvard
Street in Anchorage or Mrs.
Black at her home on Wasilla
Road.
BAND BOOSTERS
RAISING MONEY
THROUGH SALE
Through the cooperation of lo
cal merchants members of the
Palmer Band Boosters will be
selling printed schedules of the
Palmer High School basketball
schedule for the 1955-56 season.
It is hoped that the ticket will be
available for the Wednesday
night game between the Palmer
Moose and (Monty’s Department
store. Proceeds from the sale and
merchant support will go toward
the purchase of needed uniforms,
music, and instruments to sup
pliment supplies the band now
has on hand.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
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