GROUPS SEEKING
KINDERGARTEN
IN PALMER AREA
A group of interested mothers
attended the Palmer School
Board meeting last night to re
quest that a kindergarten be
started in the Palmer area. The
group submitted a list of indi
viduals who are interested in
participating in the kindergarten
program. They speculated there
are many other families who
were not contacted who would
probably be interested in the
program. The Board has taken
their suggestion under advise
ment and will await the return
of Board member Lew Hanks be
fore making a final decision. The
committee consisted of Mrs. Mar
ian. Fersinger, Mrs. Gladys Jones,
and Mrs. Faith Krause.
Also present at the meeting
were representatives of the Stu
dent Council, Robert Barry, Bar
bara Bentti, and Jerene Stephan.
The Council suggested that if the
Board would approve, they would
provide half the costs ($150) for
darkening curtains for the high
school cafeteria. The Board was
very receptive to their suggestion
and will proceed with acquiring
the necessary curtains.
The selection of an individual
lo serve as tax assessor-collector
in the Palmer Indepentdent Sch
ool District, was postponed until
the return of Board member
(Hanks so that a full-board deci
sSion may be made.
Public Med
To See Film
“Salt of the Earth”
“Salt of the Earth”, a 50-minu
te sound film, will be shown at
the Sutton Community Church
-on Sunday evening, December 11
at six o’clock. The public is in
vited to attend.
“Salt of the Earth” was pro
duced in Hollywood and Pennsyl
vania by Cathedral Films. It is
a 4 Vt -reel, sound film and has
been scheduled for thousands of
congregations in the, States and
Canada. The film tells the story
of what one man did when he
decided to go God’s way . . . and
do God’s work. A sincere down
to-earth story about a small
town pastor and his people. The
semi-documentary film was pro
duced in Pennsylvania towns,
coal fields and farm areas, and
in Hollywood with an outstand
ing cast of 50 headed by Robert
Armstrong, Lane Chandler, Pier
re Watkin and the King’s Men.
There will be no admission
charge and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Plan '5$ Rendezvous
A five-day Fur Rendezvous
from Feb. 22 to 26, has been an
nounced for the annual winter
celebration held in Anchorage.
Bill Stookey of Anchorage >as
been named Rendezvous chair
man. Applications are now being
screened for the Rendezvous
manager post.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
Sunday School .10:30 A.Nl.
Church Service .11:00 A.M.
CO-OP CLUB ROOM
All ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
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NO ACCIDENTS
IN LOCAL AREA
ON SAFE-DRIVING DAY
Safe Driving Day, December
1, was just that in the Matan
uska Valley area, according to
Officer Frank Cornelius of the
Territorial Police force. “We
had no accidents, minor or ma
jor, during S-D Day”, the offi
cer reported this week. Driv
ers in the local area were com
plimented for their observance
of safe driving.
MEA Manager—
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Nunley, manager of the grocery
department of Koslosky’s store,
was unable to return to his home
in Wasilla that evening because
of the depth and length Of the
drift.
Work done by the MEA crews
was appreciated by valley resi
dents. Several have compliment
ed the men on their work during
the heighth of the storm and af
ter. The workers were out during
the day on Tuesday, and out
again at 4:30 p.m. This shift
worked until 3:00 a.m. “Most of
our damage was from trees fall
ing on lines,” Brewer said. Two
house services were blown off
and a span in the Butte area
was snapped. In speaking of the
broken span Brewer pointed oul
the danger involved. The spar
had broken and was down ir
the snow. The line was hot. Brew
er said that there have beer
cases in the past where a strand
of electric wires have been clip
ped off by hunters shooting al
the lines. “We have found this
condition, but we can not always
find them before something hap
pens”, he pointed out. He said
they could not determine if the
line that broke had been shot at
previously but at the time it 'went
down ^there was no strong wind
in the Butte area.
SERVICES HELD FOR
DICKERSON INFANT
Funeral services were held on
December 4 for David Dickerson,
infant son of the Rev. and Mrs.
Valley Recovering—
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plant, and it will be used in the
event of a power failure. Prior
to this acquisition, emergency
power has been supplied by bat
teries. According to Partridge
these batteries are good for ap
proximately four hours, when
new. The C-D generator will pro
duce about a thousand watts, a
sufficient amount to operate the
plant, he said.
A large plate glass window at
Kirk’s Sales and Service was
blown in; a small house set on
skids, and evidently in the pro
cess of being moved, was badly
damaged when blown oyer near
the Smith sub-division. And once
again, the metal roof on Farm
ers’ Market stalls went sailing
south, piece by piece.
Added to fuel problems, drift
ing roadways, and thawing froz
en pipes, many a car owner was
disgruntled to find the snow and
silt blown under the car hoods
caused various types of trouble.
Garages were busy throughout
the storm, towing, pushing, and
helping in many ways.
In spite of the severe storm,
the electricity >n the valley was
out for only very short periods
of time. Work crews from MEA
and MTA were out at the first
call and remained out until all
feasible work could be accom
j plished.
Some damage was reported to
aircraft tied down at the Palmer
field. A ship owned by “Hutch”
Hutchinson was badly damaged
when the wind forced a wing to
the ground and tore it off. An
other ship, owned by Clyde King
was damaged when the rudder
was blown off.
Scattered snow drifts through
out the valley road system made
travel a problem in many cases.
School buses were operated but
were running behind, and ahead
of schedule.
John T. Dickerson of Paimer,
who died shortly after birth at
the Vaiioy Presbyterian Hospital
December 3, Services were held
at the First Baptist Church and
at the Palmer Cemetery where
interment took place.
T. A. Moyer—
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In making his report President
Moyer gave special mention to
two boarcj members, A1 Hagen for
his efficent voluntary manage
ment of the fair, and Rusty Dow
for her supervision and personal
work painting the fair property.
Other-members gave of personal
time and labor to the successful
completion of the task, he report
ed.
Moyer said, “It gives me great
pleasure to be able to bring to
you tonight the best report a
Valley Fair Board has ever been
able to bring to its annual meet
ing. Your board has worked har
moniously throughout the Fair
year, meeting for two hours or
more once each week from the
middle of May until the middle
of September, and several meet
ings have been held since.”
“I have appreciated serving as
your director, and as president of
the Fair board for the past six
months, it has ben a wonderful
experience and a wonderful
group to work with, and I look
forward to more experiences in
your organization and to an all
Alaska fair in 1956”, he conclud
ed.
New policies adopted by the
membership include a change in
some classes of judging exhibits.
During future Fairs, the associa
tion will adhere to the Ameri
can system of judging. Prior to
the Fair the premium book will
be reviewed and necessary re
visions will be made. Interested
valley organizations will be in
vited to send a representative to
board meetings to act as an ad
visory group when called upon
by the board. Throughout the
meeting the need to improve
agricultural exhibits was stressed.
“Concessions may be seen any
where”, one member pointed out.
“Fair-goers come here expecting
to see agricultural exhibits and
go away disappointed. We must
make our livestock and produce
exhibits more attractive by offer
ing better facilities to the exhib
itor”, another member stated.
Regular meeting of the board
of directors will be held once a
month from now until just prior
to Fair time, at which time meet
ings will be stepped up to match
requirements.
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utter
$
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VALAMONT — NO. 2
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liced Apples 33c
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Green Beens
29c
A B C — 2 LB.
Crackers
49c
"BLACK HAWK"
Sliced Bacon
1 LB. CELLO PKG.
LYNDEN TRAY PACK
SPLIT BROILERS
One Whole Chicken
1% LB. AVERAGE
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