Remember Mothers' Day. Sun.. May 11
Mothers and Daughters to be Banquet
Guests at United Protestant Church
Approximately fifty mothers
and daughters in this area will be
guests of the United Protestant
Church Mary Marthas next Sat
urday at 6:30 p m„ when the
group will hold its first invita
tional Mother-Daughter Banquet
in the church basement
A special musical program has
been planned by Mrs Jack Zam
owski, program chairman. I"
charge of decorations is Mrs. Ir
ving Plitt. Mrs. William Rempel
heads the food committee, and
Mrs. Walter Huntley was respon
sible for the long list of invita
tions.
Church of God Plans
Mothers’ Day Dinner
A Mother’s Day Dinner is being
planned by the ladies of the
Church of God for Sunday May
11th. The dinner will follow the
morning worship service. All
members and friends of the
church are invited to bring their
lunch and come enjoy the mor
ning services and stay for the
dinner.
The afternoon will be spent en
joying some slide and moving
pictures from Rev. Geiwitz’ col
lection. Observers may be sur
prised to see their own pictures
or some of their farms among
this collection as Mr. Geiwitz. has
many pictures of the valley.
This dinner is also in honor of
two local school teachers who
will be leaving the parish soon
for the summer. Mr. Norman
Rousey will be leaving for his
home in Ohio and Miss Evelyn
Heinrich will be working away
from the Valley for the summer.
The congregation hopes that both
of these young people will be
back again in the fall after theii
vacations.
MATANUSKA STATION
TO HAVE NEW
DAIRY HUSBANDMAN
A new dairy husbandman has
been appointed for the Matanus
ka Experiment Station, it was an
nounced this week.
As soon as he finished up the
work on his doctorate at the Uni
versity of Minnesota—about June
15—Arthur Brundage will travel
to Alaska with his wife and as
sume his new duties. These con
sist of planning, conducting and
directing research in diary cattle
feeding, raising dairy calves,
production and processing of feed,
raising dairy steers with maxi
mum use of locally produced
roughage, and improvement of
pasture and range. He will also
JUNEAU WOMAN
NAMED ALASKA'S
MOTHER OF THE YEAR
Juneau.—Winner of the title
Alaska Mother of the Year, it
Mrs. Trevor Davis.
Mrs. Davis- wife of a Juneat
photographer, is very active ir
community life and has reared
four daughters. She is a plane
and pipe organ teacher and has
collected Thlingit Indian music
for 30 years.
The Alaskan mother's foui
daughters are all very musical
Sylvia 28., and Shirley Davis
Reed. 2G. were both recently
chosen by Koslelanetz for a tele
vision orchestra in New York.
Constance Davis Ravinet, 25, i;
I now studying languages at th*
University of New York. She i
i also a violinist. Patte Davis Bi
j dell, 23. plays in the Miami Uni
| versity Symphony while finish
; ing studies there.
Mrs. Davis is president of th<
Juneau Creative Writers, vie.
president of the Juneau Concer
Association. She is also a mer«
her of the Order of Eastern Sta
and the American Legion Auxi
| liarv.
i
supervise the cooperative artific
ial breeding program in the Val
ley. He takes the place of Wal
lace Middleton, who resigned hi
position at the Matanuska Statioi
last fall.
FOR MOTHERS’ DAY
< To introduce the opening of
> the Irwin-Albrecht
> Greenhouse
> Beautiful potted chry
\ santhemums—in full
} bloom and azaleas to
£ be set out. Now on sale
\ at Grasser's Hardware.
Queen of Mothers
To Be Crowned At
St. Michael’s Sunday
On Mother's Day, Sunday May
! 11. the annual procession and
| crowning of the statue of the
j Blesed Virgin Mary will take
| place immediately before the 10
i a.m. Mass at St. Michael’s Catho
| lie Church.
Fifty girls of the parish, pre- *
I ceded by the crucifer and candle
j bearers, will march in procession
ahead of the priest to the Shrine j
; to deposit their flowers as a tok
j en of honor to the Queen of.
| Mothers. During the procession
! hymns, “Bring Flowers of the
Rarest” and “On This Day O
Beaut’fu1 Mother” will be sung
by the church choir and partici
1 pants.
Miss Gloria Lepak will have
the honor of crowning the statue
this yea. with a garland of
i spring flowery, borne on a blue
satin pillow by Miss Patricia
Chandler who will be attended by
! Brigit Wright and Glennie
| Combs.
Crossbearer will be Bobby
Johns and candlebearers Dick
and Carl Hendrickson. Acolytes
will be Charles Milles and Tom
: and Gary Davey.
> A committee consisting of Mr.
•; and Mrs. Henning Blunck, Mrs.
■ Richard Mohan. Mrs. Ward Har
■ rington, Bill Bouwens and Wil
liam Elliott are in charge of
i plans and decorations,
s Mass will be said immediately
t following the ceremony by Rev.
Charles Skok. Mrs. Bernard Bou
' wens will play the organ and
- Paul Martin will render “O Sau
ctissima” as a solo. Special hymns
" will be sung by the choir.
Father Skok, the celebrant, is
' a newly ordained priest of the
‘ Spokane. Washington diocese. He
= is a native of Valley, Washington
1 and a graduate of St. Edward's
; Seminary. Father Skok is a bro
r ther of Jasper Skok of Palmer
I and will remain at St. Michael’s
Church until the return of Rev.
James P. Snead.
! FIRE REPORTED AT
! FORMER FERN MINE
| A fire at the Black Butte Min-,
ing Co. May 5, is reported to have
destroyed the mill during the
highth of a snow and wind
storm.
The mine is owned by Chuck
Buyny and is the former Fern
Mine. Operations have been con
ducted at the mine this past win
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Chinese Laundress Is
1952 American Mather
Chosen this year as American
Mother of 1952 was Mrs. Toy Len
Goon, a China-bom laundress of
Portland, Maine, and mother of
eight talented children.
A widow, Mrs. Goon has oper
ated a laundry six days a week
to support her children- all but
two of whom left home to enter
business and professional fields.
Doris Goon, age 18 enters a Bos
ton school of stenography next
fall. She and her sister Janet, age
15, were with their mother when
the 57-year-old native of Canton.
China, was notified of the honor
bestowed upon her. Today a
luncheon is being given for Mrs.
Goon in New York by the Ameri
can Mother’s Committee of the
Golden Rule Foundation.
Other children of Mrs. Goon
are a son, Carroll, 29, a Salt Lake
City surgeon; Richard. 28, who
owns a television shop; Edward,
26, a Rensselaer Polytechnic In
stitute graduate student; Alabert
25, a Boston University student;
Josephine, 22. a federal govern
ment worker in Washington; and
Arthur. 20. who is in the Navy.
What vrould the American
Mother of 1952 like best to do on
Mothers’ Day?
‘•Relax,” replied Mrs. Goon,
“just relax.”
ter but are reported curtailed
until repairs can be made. It xs
believed the fire was caused from
a heater.
Sorority to Ho'd
Preferential Tea
Theta Chapter. Beta Sigma Phi
has planned a preferential tea in
honor of Spring rushees, Sunday
afternoon, May 11. The tea will
be held at the home of Blanc l
Ryan- sorority president from
2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
In honor of Mother’s Day, sor
ority members will invite their
mothers and guest-mothers to th?
tea.
PRE-MOTHERS' DAY
BAKE SALE
Mothers, Sunday is your day!
Spare yourselves the toil of
baking for Mothers’ Day and
patronize the bake sale sponsored
by the Women of the Moose at
Grasser’s Hardware beginning at
10 a.m. Saturday.
Embroidered items will also be
offered for sale.
VISITING IN MICHIGAN
Mrs. Lloyd Kale, the former
Lillian Loberg, is visiting the
home of her husband’s parents
in Newberry, Michigan. Sgt. Hale
rotated in April from Elmendorf
Air Base to the airbase in Val
dosta. Georgia where Mrs. Hale
will join him as soon as housing
can be arranged.
CORSAGIS for
MOTHER'S DAY and
the PROM
also
POTTED PLANTS
Matanuska Valley
Gardens
Maud Hosier
Home Style Cooking
And HDME-MADE PIES
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