PALMER SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
NEARS 800 FIGURE
According to statistics released
this week by the Territorial De
partment of Education, Palmer’s
school enrollment this year is 780
pupils. Of these, 593 are elemen
tary pupils and 187 high school
students. The school staff con
sists of 40 persons, including the
school superintendent and three
principals.
Other schools in city, indepen
dent and incorporated school dis
tricts and their total enrollment
are:
Anchorage, 7157, with 283 tea
chers including principals, super
intendent, and assistants. Cordo
va, 328 pupils; Fairbanks, 2882;
Juneau-Douglas, 1720; Ketchi
kan, 1601; Kodiak, 700; Nome,
521; Petersburg, 380; Seward
649; Sitka, 673; Valdez, 192; and
Wrangell, 322. Except for Valdez,
schools with enrollment of 200
or less are not listed in this item,
although they are in the Alaska
School Directory.
On base school enrollment is
as follows: Adak, 258; Edison,
615; Elmendorf; 1780, Fort Gree
ly; 223, Fort Richardson; 1209,
Kodiak Naval, 363; Ladd, 1020;
and Whittier, 89. Enrollment at
Fort Richardson and Elmendorf
are listed for elimentary grades
only.
A partial list of enrollment out
side incorporated districts are:
Leaders Meeting
To Formulate
College Fund Drive
Representatives from Alaska
and from all parts of the States
who are leading the drive to fin
ance the Alaska Methodist Col
lege are meeting in Chicago this
week.
Meeting in separate sessions
and in joint conferences will be
the Alaska Methodist College
Committee of the Division of Na
tional Missions, the Academic Ad
visory Committee and the Super
intendents in charge of the state
side fund drive.
Their combined goal is to fin
ance—plan a curricula—and build
a four-year, liberal arts, fully-ac
credited college in the Anchorage
area. This is to be a college
which will meet the crowding
need of Territorial students, at
tract, interested youths from
“Outside”, and train tomorrow’s
leaders of this strategic far-north
guardian of the nation.
Representatives from Alaska
who are attending are Arthur F.
Waldron, president of Anchorage
Sand and Gravel Company and
chairman of the Alaska Methodist
College Committee of 100, and
John R. Connolly of Anchorage, j
secretary of the Alaska Bar As
sociation and chairman of the le
gal and accounting committee for
the college.
Bethel, 164; Chugiak, 173; Dil
lingham, 203; Homer 256; Kenai,
306; and Wasilla, 175.
Within incorporated districts
a total of 19,179 pupils was given.
Rural and unincorporated com
5,557; and Johnson-O’Malley, 582, i
for a total enrollment of 28,079
Alaskan pupils.
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= OUR SOIL * OUR STRENGTH =
Each year during the month of
December it comes time to vote
upon supervisors in each Soil
Conservation Subdistrict. These
subdistricts are run by five elec
ted farmers, who represent the
farmers in the area. It is their job
to see that the conservation pro
gram is carried forward and to
get conservation on the land.
Subdistrict supervisors usually
meet once a month to discuss
conservation problems and ap
prove farm plans for farm co
operators. Their desire is to have
each and every farmer and home
steader have his farm farmed
under a conservation type pro
gram.
Each farmer or homesteader
entitled to vote in these elections
should exercise his right to vote.
Ballots are usually mailed out,
but in many cases all persons do
not receive a ballot. If you do not
receive a ballot in the mail you
may secure one at the local Soil
Conservation Service office, now
located in the Severns Building.
At the present time the Wasil
la Subdistrict is holding their
election and the deadline for
voting is December 15, 1955.
The Palmer Subdistrict, as yet,
has not announced when their
election for Supervisors will be
held. Notice will be made when
election time is known.
SECOND SEMINAR
SLATED FOR DEC. 16
AT EXPERIMENT STA.
A staff seminar will be held
in the conference room of the
Experiment Station in Palmer on
Friday afternoon, December 16,
This will be the second in a ser
ies of seven scheduled seminars
and will be open to personnel of
other agencies.
The first seminar was held last
Friday at. whiqh time Neil Mich
aelson, C. Ivan Branton, and Ar
thur L. Brundage described irri
gation studies under way at the
Experiment Station. Subject o1
the December 16 meeting will be
animal husbandry.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
KITCHEN SHOWER
PLANNED AT
CHUGIAK SCHOOL
Members of the Chugiak P-TA
will have an interesting meeting
Dn December 13 when a kitchen
shower for the new school will
be held and Rex King will speak
on story telling.
Shower gifts will include uten
sils, dish towels, tools, etc., ac
cording to Mrs. Marie McDowell,
publicity chairman.
The meeting is scheduled for
3 p.m. and following the business
an dprogram parts of the pro
gram, an inspection tour will be
conducted throughout the new
school.
All residents of the Chugiak
area are invited to attend.
A DA VINVI FOR S-ioO
Chicago — Banns R. Teichert,
Chicago interior decorator,
brought a painting in a New
York antique shop a year ago for
$450. The painting has been iden
tified by a number of art experts
in this'country, in Italy, France
and the Netherlands* as the work
of the master, Leonardo da Vinci,
famed for his “Mona Lisa.” Tei
chert, who has ben offered $500,
000 for the painting, says he will
keep it for a while and then do
nate it to an American museum.
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time of sorrow in
the knowledge that
our services will
provide for your
dear one a beauti
ful memorial ser
f vice.
PALMER FUNERAL
CHAPEL
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FIVE PLEDGED TO BETA SIGMA PHI
In a formal initiation cere
mony conducted by Norma Rich
ie, president, five Palmer women
were pledged to Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi on December 5.
The meeting was held in the
meeting room of United Protes
tant Church. Pledged to the In
ternational non-collegiate soror
ity were Joyce Billot, Marian
Duff, Patricia Sandvik, Jerry
Fuller, and Delores Pommier.
Following the ceremony a cul
tural program was presented by
Mildred Marple, a white elephant
silent auction was held and re
freshments were served. Members
of Xi Eta chapter were guests.
Mildred Marple will be Hostess
during the next Theta chapter
meeting which will be held Janu
ary 9. This is not a regular meet
ing date but, was set to avoid con
flict with the holiday which wil
be observed on January 2, the
regular meeting date.
Carpenters. Remember 1
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 41h Wednesday
Each Month
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DECEMBER 11
10-00 Sunday School—Motion Picture ‘'The
Book for the World of Tomorrow"
11:00 Morning Worship—Universal Bible
Sunday
7:00 Westminster Fellowship Groups.
A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL
Rev Brian H. Cleworth. Minister
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