Over 125 Class Day Awards Made For
Athletics, Scholarship, Citizenship
Over 125 awards, were made to
junior and senior high school
students at the annual Class Day
Award Assembly held in the Pal
mer School gymnasium Monday
afternoon.
Athletic awards were made by
Coach Bob Crites. Varsity basket
ball letters went to Monte Larsh,
Jack McKechnie, John Brown
Vernon Fridley, Jim Colberg, and
Wesley Eckert. Bars were given
to Gus Klem, Charles Milles, and
Dick Geiwitz who had already
received their letters. Basketball
letters for the Junior Varsity
went to John Hogins, Tom Davey,
Don Ingalls, Jerry Hemmer, Ray
Winegarner, Warren Woods, and
Joe Lentz. Gary Davey received a
bar as Varsity basketball man
ager, and David Ingalls received
his three-inch letter as Junior
Varsity basketball manager. Jim
Caulkins and John Hogins receiv
ed track awards.
Student Council Awards
Wesley Eckert. Student Council
president, awarded Student
Council pins to Stephan Colberg.
Geraldine Kindgren. Wanda
Lindsey, Wesley Grover, Sylvia
Nelson, Janice Barry, Charles
Milles, Ralph Kircher, Eleanor
Falk, Joe Lentz, Judy Bryant, I
John Mears. Gloria Lepak, and j
to the Student Council officers—
Wesley Eckert, Jack McKechnie,
Genevieve DeLand, and Mary
Colberg.
The Student Council president
also awarded National Honor So
ciety pins to Mary Colberg, Rob
ert Hartman, Geraldine Kind
gren, Jack McKechnie, and Mary
Ann Mears.
Special awards for outstanding
class work, extra curricular activ
ities, scholarship, and leadership
were awarded as follows:
Class Awards
The Commercial teacher, Mrs.
Margaret Cope, presented short
hand awards to Mary Colberg.
Mary Ann Mears. Dolores Lentz,
Oliver Brewer, Mary Ada Lee,
Mary Jane Clark, and Margaret
Jane Cope; bookkeeping awards
to Violet Werner and Dolores
Lentz; a 50-words-per-minute
typing certificate to Esther Myers
Dupont; 40-words per-minute
typing certificates to Wanda
Lindsey, Gus Klem, Geraldine
Kingren, Barbara Bentti, Mary
Ann Mears, James Joy; 30-words
per-minute certificates to Robert
Hartman, Lyle Jones, Kenneth
McKenzie. Jack McKechnie, Mar
garet Jane Cope, Mary Ada Lee.
and Robert Lacher.
World history awards were
made by Mr. Crites to Janice
Barry, Virginia Boulter, Donna
Harris, Jean McMahan, Alma
Roark, and Pat Diedrich. Mr.
Crites also made biology awards
to Janice Barry, Donna Harris,
Neola Sandvik, Alma Roark, and
Dorothy Hoffman.
John DeVries made Shop I
awards to John Hogins and Ray
Winegarner; Shop II awards to
Joe Lentz, Albert Jorgenson, and
Gordon Jaynes; and a general
mathematics award to Fred Cook.
Wanda Lindsey, the 1952 Pol
aris editor-in-chief, was present
ed with a special award for her
achievement by William Elliott.
Miss Nettie Smith, girls’ physi
cal education instructor and
Grade 8-A room teacher, pre
sented cheerleader awards to
Genevieve DeLand, Barbara Tir
apelli, Geraldine Kindgren, Neola
Sandvik, and Alma Roark and
Grade 8-a scholarship awards to
Jerene Stephan and Jeanetta
Lindsey.
Band awards were given to
Geraldine Kindgren, Leo Plum
ley, and Leona Lucas by Band
Director John Zawalnicki. He
also presented Grade 8-b scholar
ship awards to Arlene Foort and
Wilda Harris.
A second year Latin award and
an American History award were
given to Dolores Lentz and Rob
ert Hartman, respectively, by
Miss Mildred Schneider.
The award for the outstanding
student in physics was made to
Gus Klem by Gottfried Stevahn.
He also made a similar award to
Carol Colberg for outstanding
work in general science.
Mrs. Dorothy Wofford’s awards
for English III went to Margaret
Jane Cope and Robert Hartman;
for English II to Mary Graves,
Donna Harris, and Dorothy Hoff
man; for English I to Carol Col
oerg. As faculty advisor for the
Banana Belt Breezes. Mrs. Wof
ford gave special awards to her
make-up editor, Margaret Jane
Cope, and her art editor, Bar
bara Bentti. Mary Ann Mears re
ceived the citizenship and schol
arship for Grade 11, for which
Mrs. Wofford is class advisor.
Miss Betty Jo Riddle presented
her Grade 7-a history award to
Jerry McKechnie, her Grade 7-b
[ history award to Larry Trow
bridge, the Grade 7-a science
award to John Mears. and the
Grade 7-b science award to Ste
phen Colberg. Beverly Woodward
was honored as the best all
around student in Grade 7-a.
Scholarship and leadership
awards for Grade 7-b were given
by Keith Stanton to Stephan Col
berg, Larry Trowbridge. Judy
Hurley, and Rosann Branton.
Eleanor Falk and Richard Free
man were given citizenship and
leadership awards for Grade 7b.
Mathematics awards by Harry
Wimmer honored Gus Klem anil
Wesley Eckert for outstanding
work in second year algebra;
Delores Foster, Carl Zaborac and
Barbara Kindgren for their work
in first year algebra; and Donna
Harris and Virginia Boulter for
excellence in geometry.
Elks Offer Facilities
For Youth Recreation
Last Thursday a number of
high-school-age teen agers were
guests of the local BPOE Lodge
Number 1842 at what may have
been the organizational meeting
of a Elks-sponsored teen age rec
reation program.
As a part of the Elks Grand
Lodge project of provding youth
recreation facilities, the local
members recently offered thro
ugh the Palmer School Student
Council to make their meeting
place available for recreational
activities whenever Lodge func
tions were not scheduled there.
There was also a provision tjiat
these activities not interefer with
the school program. The invita
tion was extended to include
Wasilla high-school students.
Students attending the party
last Thursday enjoyed dancing
and a fine lunch provided by
their Elks hosts.
Clair Stock, secretary of the
local lodge, reported that from
now on it’s up to the teen agers
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BY MARYLOU RIDEOUT
Again this year there will be a
food preservation contest open
to anyone who preserves Alaska
grown products for home use.
This includes locally grown or
produced vegetables, meat, fish
or fowl, preserved by generally
accepted methods such as freez
ing, canning, storing or brining.
The award will be made on
quantity in relation to need, var
iety for better meals, quality of
products, adequate place for stor
age, and a written record.
Word has just been received
that this year the National Gar
den Institute is giving a silver
covered vegetable dish as a Tei
ritorial award. There will be
certificates awarded also to each
district.
It isn’t too early to sign-up for
the contest. As you plant, have
the contest in mind. Inquire at
the Extension office if there are
any questions.
* * *
Just received and dated April,
1952, is the revised bulletin,
“Gardening in Alaska." Free to
anyone.
* * *
The "newest” Homemakers’
Club is meeting at Mrs. Herbert
Kopperud’s on Tuesday May 20th.
Anyone interested in joining this
group is welcome to attend that
evening or co»tact the Extension
office.
MEMBERS AND GUESTS
ENJOY SORORITY TEA
More than twenty members of
Theta Chapter. Beta Sigma Phi
with their mothers and guest
mothers, enjoyed a preferential
tea held at the home of Mrs.
larry Ryan, sorority president,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. William Head of King’s
Lake presided at the table.
Among guests present were Mrs.
Don Irwin, sorority sponsor; her
house guest Mrs. S. B. Fracker of
Washington, D.C. and several of
the sorority’s spring rushees.
ELKS CRAB FEED
Saturday night at 8:30 there
will be a crab feed for Elks and
their ladies at the local lodge.
to organize their own group and
plan their program. In addition to
the free use of its facilities, the
lodge also offered to give the
group a good start by furnishing
an inventory of pop.
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NOW IN STOCK AT THE FOLLOWING DEALERS:
Palmer:— Grasser's Hardware Store
Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperative Assn.
Anchorage:—Alaska Seed Company
Bagoy's Flower Shop
Northern Commercial Company
W. G. Atkinson & Co.,
Distributors
766 Commerce St., Tacoma 2, Wash.
Booklets by Dr. B. M. Bensin
1) Arctic Solar Reflectors 2) Arctic
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Alaska Gardens at 30c Postpaid
Available at Adler’s Book Shop,
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9 PALMER GRADS
PLAN TO ATTEND
COLLEGES NEXT FALL
Many of the 20 Seniors receiv
ing their Palmer High School
diplomas this week have very
definite plans for their immediate
future; plans for the others do
not extend beyond the summer at
this time.
A census of Seniors! plans
made by the Frontiersman’s
school reporter, Gen DeLand, re
veals that nine plan to attend col
lege next fall and a tenth will
join the Navy. Vernon Fridley
plans to enter the University of
California, where he will major
in chemistry. Chuck Millis will
enroll for a pre-dentist course at
the University of Seattle. Radio
and television will be the chosen
course of study for two Palmer
graduates—Ernest Marth at a
technical college in Indiana and
Wesley Grover at Brigham Young
University in Utah. Another pre
dentist student will be Jim Col
berg. who has chosen Gustavus |
College in Minnesota for his!
Alma Mater. Gus Klem plans to
take up chemical engineering at,
the University of Washington, j
and Jim Caulkins intends to go
to College although he hasn’t de
cided where. Wesley Eckert is
the only one who has elected to
attend the University of Alaska,
but he expects to tour the United
States before settling down to
books again next fall. This takes
care of all the Senior men except
TREASURE CHEST
Gifts of
Distinction
Works of Art—Ceramics
Crystal—Lamps—Fine China
Costume Jewelry—Linens—
Baby Gifts and Gift Ware.
Fine China Dinnerware from
famous producers in Bavaria:
Schumann. Heinrich of Bava
ria and Johann Haviland. Ask
about our Lay-Away Plan
An interesting shop in which
to browse.
Next to Hyland- Hotel
Bob Lacher, who expects to join
the Navy after working this sum-1
mer.
Of the girls, only four have
plans beyond the summer. After
working during the summer, Bar
bara Tirapelli hopes to attend a
beautician school, Violet Werner
will prepare for a teaching pro
fession at Anderson College in
Indiana, Wanda Lindsey will en
roll for a pre-nursing course at
the University of Washington,
and Dolores Lentz plans for a fall
wedding. The other graduates—
Gloria Lepak, Norma Nelson.
Esther Dupont, Esther Pederson,
Gen DeLand. and Rita McClaf
ferty—all plan to work during
the summer and take a little
more time to make up their minds
about that very important future.
ARRC Manager James Hurley
left the Valley last Wednesday
for an extended business trip
covering the Fairbanks area and
Whitehorse. He is expected to
return this week-end.
POWER OF THE PRESS
Bob Klem. the Valley’s own
bard, may start publishing his
own poetry soon now that he has
the tools. He might even start a
new resistance movement with
daily bulletins and bugle calls.
And if invasion comes, he’ll be all
ready to give voice to an under
[ ground movement.
Last week in a swift over-the
counter deal, Klem purchased a
printing press, five gallons of
printers ink, and about 300
pounds of type from Thomas
Moyer. As soon as he learns what
to do with the stuff, he’s going
into production. Meanwhile Klem
finds himself in a familiar groove:
When he was railroading, he
studied farming; when he was
farming, he studied mining; and
now that he’s mining, he’s going
to start studying printing. Once
he starts printing, who knows
what the power of the press will
bring forth?
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