Fairbanks Businesswoman Appointed
To U. of Alaska Board of Regents
Governor GruenJng announced '
Friday the appointment of Essie
R. Dale of Fairbanks to the board
of regents of the University of
Alaska.
Mrs. Dale is appointed to fill
the unexpired term of Mrs. Har
riet Hess, deceased, which expires
the first Monday in February,
1955. The appointment is subject
to confirmation by the legislature
which will meet in January, 1953. j
Mrs. Dale came to Alaska from
Wyoming in 1938 and established
herself in Fairbanks in the mer-:
cantile buisiness which now con- j
sists of the Hollywood Shop. Bud
get Shop, and the Sportsman
Shop, and the Sportsman Lodge
at Paxson Lake.
Prior to coming to Alaska she
was engaged for 25 years in ac
tive educational work from grade
school teaching to high school
principalship.
Mrs. Dale was a member of tne
House of Representatives in the
19th Territorial Assembly, 1949; i
was chairman of the education
committee and likewise a member
of the committees on Ways and
Means, Judiciary and Federal Re-!
lations, Public Health, Public
Welfare, Territorial institutions,
Agriculture and Veterans’ legisla
tion. During that session she
militantly supported the program
and appropriations requested by
the Board of Regents for the Uni
versity. Mrs. Dale is at present
president of the Fairbanks Retail
Merchants Association.
Mrs. Dale is married to F. J.
Dale, a retired building contrac
tor. They have three children,
Mrs. John A. Ferguson of Anchor
age, Mrs. William A. Hautala, and
Henri Dale of Fairbanks.
Val Setz Featured
At Valley Theater
Val Setz, billed as America’s
Juggling Humorist, will make two
appearances at the Valley Theater
Sunday, September 23, it was an
nounced by A1 Hagen this week.
Approximately a half hour
show, the matinee wTill start at
2:00 p.m. at no advance in ad
mission prices. All admission tic
kets for the evening show, to
start at 7:25, will be 80 cents.
Val Setz has had successful en
gagements in all leading state
side cities as well as a six-month
tour of theaters in England; ap
peared in motion pictures with
Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Jim
my Durante and others.
A master of the Indian clubs,
he juggles anything from coat,
hat and cane to rubber balls. A
fast patter of witticisms and hu
morous remarks make his show
one of its kind.
The theater management sug
gests patrons planning to attend
the evening show arrive before
the 7:25 appearance of Val Setz
as he will not be appearing at the
9:00 p.m. show. >
“She Wore A Yellow Ribbon”
will be shown on the screen at
the matinee and two evening
shows. There will be no advance
ticket sales for either matinee or j
evening appearances of Val Setz.
With A
Beta Sigma Phi Will
Not Sponsor Music
Series This Year
Beta Sigma Phi had no plans
this year for sponsoring the Al
aska Music Trails artist series,
according to information obtained
this week from the group’s presi
dent. Mrs. Blanche Ryan.
Artists appearing on the series
will be in Anchorage early in Oc
tober and later in November.
Guests of Beta Sigma Phi at the
meeting held in Helen Crites’
home Monday night were Loretta
Hennessey and Mrs. Ed. Smith.
Following a report of gross and
net receipts from the Beta Sigma
Phi Fair booth, Marylou Lash
brook gave the group a number
of useful tips in her talk on col
ors in the home and in dress.
Plans were made for serving
ice cream sandwiches to children
attending the Kiwanis movie for
National Kids’ Day next Satur
day.
The next meeting of the BSP
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Don Irwin, October 1.
SCHOOL LIBRARY
FLOURISHES WITH
"REAL" LIBRARIAN
The Palmer School library is
in very good shape this year,
fhanks to the appointment of its
first real librarian, Miss Mildred
Schneider.
Many new books have been
added to the shelves. Among
them are a set of Compton’s Pic
tured Encyclopedia, a set of Jun
ior Britannicas, and a set of Sen
ior Britannicas.
Later in the year Miss Schnei
der hopes to start a library club
which will consist of - seven li
brary assistants and any other
students who are interested in li
brary work. Main projects for the
club will be to start a picture file
and to enlarge the collection of
social study, history and science
books.
Several new magazines, such as
The American Girl, Boys’ Life,
Open Road to Boys, and The Na
tional Geographic, have been or
dered for the junior high students.
Other new magazines have also
been ordered for the magazine
rack in the library.
A library fee of twenty-five
cents per year is to be paid by
each student from the seventh
through twelfth grades. These
fees will be used for small li
brary expenses.
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
Representatives of the Salva
tion Army were in Palmer, Wed
nesday, conducting a drive for
contributions to the $15,000 fund
raising campaign to be used in
Anchorage and surrounding com
munities.
Palmerites who wish to make
a contribution may mail it to the
Salvation Army, Box 2071, An
chorage.
AFTER THE DELUGE
Jack Maze found convincing
proof in his garage last week that
Palmer is getting a little wet from
recent rains. The rat he killed
there turned out to be a muskrat.
New Pastor for First Baptist Church
Rev. and Mrs. Avery V. Richey and Avery, Jr.
Rev. and Mrs. Avery V. Richey
and son Avery, Jr., recently ar
rived in Palmer, following a jour
ney over the Alaska highway
from Oglesby, Texas.
Rev. Richey is the new pastor
of the First Baptist Church, sup
ported by the Home Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
A graduate of Baylor Univer
sity at Waco, Texas, and South
180 Fool SlcUwalk
Completed This Week
Palmer residents and visitors
may look with pride on the new
sidewalk completed this week at
the south end of town.
Credit goes to A1 Hagen, owner
of the theater building. Finishing
touches are being done on the
building entrances. His construc
tion of a new 180-foot sidewalk
around the building adds much to
the modernization of the city of
Palmer. ,
Twelve feet wide, the thought
of a smooth place to ride their
bicycles was soon squashed for ^
the cyclists when they learned:
Palmer has a city ordinance pro
hibiting cycle riding on any side
walks in Palmer. However, Ha
gen said, he was very grateful to
the youngsters in the Valley who
resisted the temptation of making
a lasting “impression”.
Patching repairs were neces
sary following the first pouring.
Part of Palmer’s canine populace
evidently confused the Valley
theater and Gruman’s Chinese
theater in California, at any rate,
unautographed paw prints ap
peared in the cement during the
night, necessitating the repairs.
During construction, storage
space running the full length of
the walk, with openings for low
ering supplies to the basement
were built. Electric outlets were
installed and as soon as additional
equipment is available, floures
cent post lights will be installed
along the sidewalk.
Visitors to the Commissioner’s
office this week had a hard time
convincing Mrs. Saxton of their
sobriety when they were forced
to walk a plank during the ee
ment pouring at the office en
trance.
Construction work was done by
the local firm of Sandvik and
Roark, with electric installations
done by Ben Hudgins.
Western Baptist Theological Sem
inary at Ft. Worth, Texas, Rev.
Richey was until recently pastor
of the First Baptist Church at
Oglesby, Texas.
Sunday services v.ill be held
in the Carpenter’s Hall with
Wednesday night prayer services
at the G. A. Krise home until a
new church building can be erect
ed, he announced. Rev. Richey ex
tends an invitation to the public?
to attend the services.
Banquet Hour Changed
Final dinner arrangements for
the Moose banquet to be held on
September 22 were completed
this week. The dinner, previously
scheduled to start at 6 p.m., has
been changed to 8 p.m. All mem
bers have been urged by Gover- j
nor Merle Anderson to attend the
dinner. Dancing will follow.
The heating plant for the new
lodge building has arrived, assur
ing heat in the main hall for the
scheduled activities.
A new electric range has been
installed in the kitchen and addi
tional construction work will be
completed on the arrival of ma
terials.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
STEP.L1G-QN CRYSTAL
Sesving Piecss
Each Exquisite Piece Hand Decorated
and Kiln Fired
‘'Come In and Browse"
TREASURE CHEST
Next to Hyland Hotel
Tosfs Service Station
We have the New...
AIR FLOAT
"COLD RUBBER" Tires and
Tubes, all sizes
—also—
GATES BATTERIES
In Down Town Palmer, Alaska
Miss Kellogg Resigns
MEA Board Position
It was with a feeling of great
low that members of the MF.A
board accepted the resignation
of Mins V Louise Kellogg at their
tegular meeting Tuesday. Sep
tember 18
Said President of the Board
Justine M Parks. “She has made
a great contribution to the board
for the past three years and I.
for one. will miss the assistance
given by Miss Kellogg in the dis
charge of her duties this past year
as vice-president — a working
vice-president, too”.
George Small, who resigned his
position on the board when he
left the Valley — briefly — last
summer, was appointed to fill out
Miss Kellogg’s term as board
member. In the vice-president
election which followed, he was
also named to carry on her duties
in that capacity.
The board of directors of the
Matanuska Electric Association
declared itself open to sugges
tions. policies and complaints.
“The MEA belongs to the mem
bership, and we like to feel that
the membership is actively inter
ested in what we are doing”.
Special
Reduction
9 cu. ft.
PHILCO
REFRIGERATORS
Out $25.00
Were $324.95
Mow $299.50
KOSLOSKY'S
Furniture Department