Change Of Name For Palmer Is
Suggested At Chamber Meeting
Although their numbers were
few, ideas advanced by the mem
bers attending this week’s Cham
ber of Commerce meeting may
greatly influence the town’s fu
ture. Chamber president Clair
Stock asked the members to con
sider a plan to change the name
of Palmer to Matanuska, since
that name has been much more
widely publicized Outside.
Members attending thought the
suggestion worth considering. Mr.
Stock said he had information
outlining the procedure for chang
ing the name, and he suggested
action might be taken at the May
meeting.
Thomas Moyer, head of the lo
cal Philatelist’s Club, appeared
before the group to solicit help in
publishing a memorial cachet to
be issued on the occasion of the
inauguration of Palmer’s new air
port, and also on the date the
first mail is carried over the new
star route between Palmer and
Wasilla.
Chamber members promised to
consider the matter, and to notify
philatelists in the near future, if
the organization can help finance
the plan.
DEN ONE CUBS STUDY
INDIAN LORE IN APRIL
Indian lore is the study subject
of Den One of the Palmer Cub
pack this month, Paul Davis,
buckskin, reported this week. At
the first pack meeting, all the
Cubs made an Indian headband.
Each boy is studying an as
signed tribe of Indians. He will
vvrite a short history of the tribe,
to be read at pack meeting.
Douglas Crosby is a new Cub
member in Den One.
At last week’s meeting, Cubs
worked on their achievements.
They repeated the flag salute and
then listened to stories that Den
members told. After the regular
meeting, Jack Leik took the Cubs
on a hike up the Butte.
| FTA CONCLUDES WORK
OP CURRENT YEAR
AT TUESDAY MEETING
j A summation of the year’s ac
tivities, as presented through the
president’s and treasurer’s annual
■ report, and through skits present
j ed by the youth organizations
j sponsored by the P-TA, concluded
the year’s work for the local chap
ter this week.
Charles Dillon, in charge of the
P-TA movie to be given next
Tuesday at 8 o’clock, reported
plans for handling the ticket sales.
At the conclusion of the busi
ness meeting, next year’s officers
of the P-TA were installed. Those
taking office included:
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik, president;
Ivan Branton, vice-president; Mrs.
Ralph Moore, secretary; Mrs. Bar
bara Smart, treasurer.
Mrs. Charles Schaefer, past
president, acted as installing of
ficer.
Ketchikan Won't Get
Pulp Mill for a While
Pulp mill construction at Ketch
ikan is awaiting the development
of a new magnesium process at
Weyerhauser Timber Company in
Longview, Wash., it was learned
last week. A company represent
ative announced that until the
process had bee^n developed and
proven commercially feasible, no
pulp operations would be attempt
ed in the Ketchikan area.
New Alaskan Pamphlet
Ready for Distribution
A new and revised edition of
the pamphlet, “Seeing Alaska,”
published by the Alaska Develop
ment Board, is now ready for dis
tribution, it was announced at the
ADB Juneau office recently. The
folder contains a directory of all
Alaskan cities and communities as
well as maps of the Territory’s
travel routes.
HOBBY HOUSE H
STILL AVAILABLE
A Few More Cases
of that
Good Homemade Jelly
Raspberry Strawberry
Wild Currant Rhubarb
Case of 24 8-©z. glasses .$10.00
45c ea.
Case of 24 5-oz. glasses . 6.40
30c ea.
Just Phone
MRS. PAUL MARTIN
or Drive Ouf Three Miles
South of Town
ftwssia's Way Ahead i
?n Arctic life Know-How, j
University Head Warns
The $7,200,000 Arctic Health In- j
stitute fund sliced from the Uni-j
versity of Alaska budget by Con
gress has been characterized a
“stark tragedy to Alaska’’ by Dr.
Terris Moore, University presi
dent.
It may “retard civilization in
Alaska for many years,” Dr.
Moore said. “We do not know
enough about sanitation, water
supply, refuse disposal, food,
clothing and shelter in the north
ern latitudes. The Russians have
been working on these problems
for years.”
Dr. Moore said that Russia has
a city of a quarter of a million
people living within the perma
frost zone of the north.
Dr. Moore recommended that
Alaskans and civic bodies both
direct letters to Senator Dennis
Chavez, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, in an
effort to have at least a part of
the Health Institute appropria
tion restored.
Christmas Seal Sales
Total $31,193 in '43
Alaska’s total receipts from the
sale of Christmas seals in 1949
reached $31,193.13, it was an
nounced at the recent annual
meeting of the Alaska Tubercul
osis Association. This figure rep
resents an increase of $2,700 over
the 1948 seal sales.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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HOUSES
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Insurance and
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Wright Building
PALMER
Brown's
Cleaners
Homemakers' Tea to Be
Held in Church Parlors
Plans for the Homemaker’s
Council tea, a part of the nation
al home demonstration week pro
gram here, are progressing well,
Mrs. Charles Wilson, chairman,
said this week. The tea will take
place in the parlors of the United
Protestant Church, between the
hours of 1 and 3:30 p.m. on May 4.
Honor guests are not yet defi
nitely determined. Mrs. Lydia
Fohn - Hansen, home demonstra
tion leader, has been asked to at
tend, but her acceptance has not
yet been received. In addition,
guests from the newly organized
Homemaker’s Council in Anchor
age have been invited. It also is
expected that one or more of the
women from the homemaking
programs sponsored by Anchorage
radio stations will be present.
In addition to the tea, there will
be a demonstration of handicraft
on display in the parlors.
All members of the Valley’s
Homemakers clubs, and their in
vited guests, are asked to he pres
ent at the tea, Mrs. Wilson said.
Alaska Steam Moves
Seattle Offices
Alaska Steamship Company of
fices have been moved to 1223
Fourth Avenue in Seattle, it was
announced this week by Halton
N. Peterson, traffic manager. The
removal to ‘transportation row’
now brings to completion Alaska
Steam’s plans to return to the cen
tral area of Seattle, following the
changes of the war years.
Bumper Honor Crop
Sprouts at School
The standing room only sign
will be out at the Valley Theatre
this week, when honor students
of Palmer School pick up their
free passes for the movie. This
next-to-last honor roll of the
school year contains a record
number of students, all of whom
are entitled to the annie oakleys
for their scholastic achievements.
Honor students, by grade, in
clude:
Ramona Davis, Helen Have
meister, Helen Mae Stenvall —
seniors;
Irwin Gentti, Joyce Hardage,
Charles Hoffman, Rosie Miller,
Lavon Roetman, Jean Smith,
Stanley Zaborae—juniors;
Gus Klem, Doyle Ross—sopho
mores;
Larry Beck, Robert Hartman—
freshmen;
Betty Johnson, Dorothy Mau,
Jean McMahon, Alma Roark, Ern
est Roetman, Bennie Ross, Shir
ley Zaborae, Margie Huntley,
Janice Barry, Virginia Boulter,
Mary Graves, Jean Carroll, Don
na Harris, Anne Havemeister,
Dorothy Hoffman, Alvin Culver,
Jack Johnson, Ralph Kircher —
eighth grade;
Eugene Combs, Carl Zaborae,
Bill Meehan, Larry Bentti, Bar
bara Kindgren, Leona Lucas,
Sharon Major, Dona McKechnie,
Howard Esslinger—seventh grade.
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Remember?
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