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COTTON SHIRTS
SLEEVELESS BLOUSES
CRAZY PANTS
T SHIRTS
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Sizes 2 to 14
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Beginning Tomorrow
July 22nd
And Ending
July 31st
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Reporters— |
NotehoGb I
Mrs. Charles W. Wilson is vis- I
iting in Portland, Oregon, where
she was called by the illness
of her sister.
Recent dinner guests at the
Ted Buzby home were Mayor
and Mrs. Douglas Preston of
Fairbanks.
Among Palmer visitors over
the week-end were Mr. and Mrs.
William Ashland of Anchorage.
Mrs. Ashland is the former Mari
lyn Macek, former Palmerite.
Mrs. George Lemmon of Pal
mer is working in the Matanus
ka Telephone Association office
on a part-time basis.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Olm
sted, who are visiting in Palmer,
spent a few days in Fairbanks
area visiting their daughter and
her family. Mr. Olmsted, field
representative of the REA tele
phone division is assisting the
Matanuska Telephone Associa
tion in setting up their operating
procedure.
Charles Wilson, territorial con
servationist and Dr. A. L. Haf
enrichter, plant material special
ist, are spending a few days in
Fairbanks area.
Mr. and Mrs. George Woodruff
and family left for Fallon, Ne
vada this past week. The Wood
ruffs will make their home in
Fallon where Mr. Woodruff will
continue his affiliations with Soil
Conservation Service. Woodruff
had been with the local SCS of
fice since February, 1952.
Friends have received word
from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Puhl
of their arrival at Merrill, Wis
consin, on July 9. They are visit
ing with their son, Lloyd, and
his family and getting acquaint
ed with their three grandchil
dren.
Lew Hanks, district agent, Ex
tension Service, appeared on
Channel 11 television show on
Tuesday of this week. He spoke
on fertilizers.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Hodgson
of Palmer attended a dinner held
in honor of the district governor
of Kiwanis International at the
Forest Park country club Mon
day night. Fred G. Rounds of
Pullman, Wash, is the governor
for the organization in Western
Canada, Alaska, and the Pacific
Norhwest. Hodgson is lieutenant
governor for Alaska.
Swimming, boating, games
and a picnic lunch were the fea
tures of a picnic held jointly by
the DeMolay chapter of Anchor
age and the Assembly of Rain
bow Girls of Palmer last Sun
day. The picnic was held at
Berry’s Fingerlake Resort.
Rev. Woodrow W. Kurth, for
mer pastor of St. John’s Luther
an Church, was guest minister at
the Sunday service. Rev. Kurth
and his family are visiting in the
area and are staying with the
C. G. Walstons.
Dick Hendrickson was honored
at a birthday surprise party last
week when he went to the Anch
orage Crippled Children’s asso
ciation treatment center for the
rapy he is receiving as a result
of being stricken with polio last
year. His celebration was com
plet with cake and ice cream.
Mrs. John Aarestad of McHen
ry, N. Dak. has joined her hus
band who has been visiting their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Elton Aarestad of Palmer.
This week the elder Aarestads
are making a trip to Valdez.
Elizabeth Ann Campbell, RN,
is now on the nursing staff of
Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
Miss Campbell’s home is in Col
umbus, Ohio.
Stewart Durrant, Co-Op gener
al manager, and his son Stephan,
were in Fairbanks last week. Mr.
Durrant attended the Tanana
Valley Co-Op annual meeting
and took care of Matanuska
Dairy business while in the far
north city.
A large attendance enjoyed a
Ladies Night and the visit of Ki
wanis International governor at
a dinner-dance held at Elks din
ing room on July 23. Fred G.
Rounds of Pullman, Wash., gov
ernor for the Kiwanis organiza
tion, was accompanied by Mrs.
Rounds. Initated into Kiwanis
membership at the affair were:
Ray Lancaster, Tatso Gosho,
Charles E. Logsdon, Dr. J. P.
Pazaruski, and William Adams,
all of Palmer.
Rex Ehrhart, area tax assessor,
is a patient at Providence Hos
pital in Anchorage.
Harry Lewis and George Hub
bard, auditors with the firm of
Stone and Anderson of Seattle,
are in Palmer making the annual
audit for the Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Hodgson
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Fred
G. Rounds of Pullman, Washing
ton and local Kiwanis officers
and their wives, at a dinner in
their home Sunday evening. Mr.
Rounds is governor for Kiwanis
Least Agsnt Begins
New Duties With
Agti Loan Board
Herbert C. Lang has been em
ployed by the Alaska Agricul
tural Loan Board in the capacity
of Loan Agent and reported for
duty in Palmer July 15, it far an
nounced this week.
Lang, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Alaska in agriculture*
recently received his master’s
degree in farm finance from the
University of Pennsylvania.! In
1951 Lang went to Sweden as the
International Farm Youth Ex
change delegate from Alaska.
From January, 1952 to Septem
ber, 1953 he served in the Armed.
Forces as an infantryman and
saw duty in Korea.
James Wilson, Commissioner of
Agriculure, is administrator of
the Territorial loan fund, under
whom Lang will be working..
Loan business has grown to the
point where full time services of
an agent were necessary, Wilson
said this week. Lang will b*
working out of the Department of
Agriculture office in Palmer and
will be doing filed work on loan
applications.
International in Western Canada*
Alaska and the Pacific North
west. Kiwanis officers and their
wives present were :Mr. and Mrs.
James Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Ganschow, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. James Wil
son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pip
pel, Roscoe Taylor, George Crow
ther, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Har
per. Mr. Harper is chairman of
the agriculture committee, i£i
wanis International.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dittmann
and two grandchildren of Burlin
game, Calif., are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bur
nett. Mr. Dittman is Mrs. Bur
nett’s uncle
NEW BABIES
Corporal and Mrs. Ben Smith
of Palmer are receiving congra
tulations on the birth of their
first child, a daughter, who was
born at 5005th Air Force Hospit
al, on July 17. The Smiths have
named their first born Deborah
Diane. She weighed five pounds*
eight and on half ounces at birth..
Cpl. Smith is with the local Al
aska Communication System of
fice. . ... hu HitFi
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