‘THE DRUNKARD’ TO
PUT HERE TONIGHT
The old-fashioned melodrama
“The Drunkard,” Anchorage Lit
tle Theatre production which
scored a smash hit as a feature of
the Fur Rendezvous, will be pre
sented here tonight by the orig
inal cast. One showing for the
evening only will be given at the
Palmer Bar and is to start at 9:30
p.m.
Jack Gibson, program director
of radio station AFRS at Elmen
dorf Air Force Base plays the
leading role. Mr. Gibson’s por
trayal of Edward Middleton, err
ing son of an aristocratic Boston
family, is one of the best of the
entire cast.
Added to the production of “The
Drunkard” will be an olio of old
time skits, dance routines, song
duets, comedy skits, piano and
guitar selections and the always
popular Barber Shop Quartet.
Tickets may be purchased for;
the play from Ruth and Bob
Peterson at Bert’s Drug Store
p£ior to the show, or at the door.
Women of Moose to
Hold Bake Sale
A St. Patrick’s bake sale will be !
held here by the Women of the i
Moose, Mrs. Ralph Moore, chair
man of the sale, announced this1
week. Delicious pies, cakes, cook-!
ies and other home baked deli-'
cacies will go on sale at 10 a.m.
Saturday, March 17 at Grasser’s
hardware store. The Women of
the Moose are sponsoring the sale
as a money-raising project for the
purchase of children’s books for
the Palmer Public library, Mrs.
Moore said. Anyone who would
like to make contributions of
home baked items for the sale
is invited to do so. The contri
butions may be brought to Gras
ser’s on the morning of the sale,
$irs. Moore said.
WASILLA
PERSONALS
High winds and drifting snow
have been the cause of the small
attendance in the Wasilla School
for the first few days of this
week. Huge drifts prevented the
Loop Bus from making its run
and picking up the majority of
students of the school. However,
school resumed a normal sched
ule on Wednesday after the roads
were cleared by the Alaska Road
Commission.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bryant and
family of Anchorage were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Betts over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Jones
took the railroad excursion trip
to Curry last week end.
The English II class of the Wa
silla High School plans to prac
tice the manners they have been
studying in class bj having a
party. The class is in\'+ 'g the
whole Wasilla High School the
party on Friday, March 9, ai the
home of their English teacher,
Mrs. O. L. Byers. Games will be
played and refreshments served.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Coghlan of
Wasilla are the parents of a new
daughter, Bonnie Jeanne, bom in
the Valley Hospital on March 3.
Bonnie Jeanne weighed 6 pounds,
14 ounces at birth. The newcom
er, the family’s third child, has a
brother and sister.
Bob Eliassen was in Wasilla
from Curry last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason La Zelle
and Miss Harriet La Zelle of An
chorage were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Teeland on Sunday,
March 14.
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helpfulness to businessmen
and individuals. Come in!
Buy and Bank in Palmer!
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
Annual Community Chest
Meeting Set March 27
The Community Chest annual
meeting, postponed last week, is
now scheduled for Tuesday,
March 27, at 8 p.m. in the Co-Op
Clubroom, Louise Kellogg, presi
dent, announced today. Notices
of the meeting will be sent to in
dividual members, Miss Kellogg
said, also expressing the hope
that all interested persons, wheth
er or not members, will be able to
attend the March 27 meeting.
“The Community Chest board
wishes to apologize to all those
who came to the annual meeting
scheduled to be held last week
but postponed at the last minute,”
the president said. She added
that “we regret our inability to
notify everybody of the postpone
ment in time.” ,
“The postponement was occa
sioned by the fact that we had not
been able to mail individual no
tices to our 400 contributors and
felt that it would not be a repre
sentative community meeting
without them,” Miss Kellogg fur
ther explained.
CATES HAVE NEW SON
Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Cates are
the parents of a son born at 1:57
a.m. February 26 at Providence
Hospital in Anchorage. The baby
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
NOW IN BLOSSOM
Daffodils, Hyaciitfiis
and Tulips
MATANUSKA
VALLEY GARDENS
Maud Hosier
Legion Women to Hold
Anniversary Meeting
An anniversary meeting will
be held March 15 by the Palmer
American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs.
Ann Demming, president, an
nounced this week. The program
for the evening will include a pot
luck dinner to be served at 0:30
p.m. at Carpenter’s hall. Follow
ing the dinner a regular meeting
will be conducted when newly or
ganized junior members of the
Auxiliary will be initiated. * All
members are invited to attend
and are reminded to bring a dish
for the dinner menu, Mrs. Dem
ming said.
Other plans for the Auxiliary
include assisting at the March 31
dance to be sponsored here by
the American Legion. Auxiliary
members will sell refreshments,
including doughnuts, ‘hot dogs’
and coffee, Mrs. Demming Said.
weighed eight pounds 11 ounces
and has been named Vernon
Wayne. Dr. Cates formerly prac
ticed medicine here in Palmer,
where he and Mrs. Cates resided
for approximately a year.
SHOE REPAIRING
All heavy sewing of leather
and canvas now done at
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