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Palmerites who attended the
fourth annual Alaska Day cele
bration commemorating the 83rd
birthday of the territory included
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Esslinger
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rasmus
sen.
The celebration, which is spon
sored by the Alaska Steamship
Company, was held at Mt. Me
Kinley Park last week-end with
more than 100 prominent Alas
kans in attendance and many
dignitaries from the Pacific
Northwest.
A full week-end of gala fes
tivities included several private
parties and was highlighted by
the annual “Gay Nineties” cos
tume ball on Saturday night.
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Members of Beta Sigma Phi
were “thrilled at the community’s
enthusiastic response” at a con
cert given here at the Palmer
Gymnasium last weekend by in
ternationally famous Roman Tot
enberg, violinist, and Maxim
Schapiro, renowned concert pian
ist.
More than 200 turned out for
the concert which was hurriedly
arranged by the sorority in spon
soring the artists’ appearance here
in Palmer. The young women
sold 89 tickets in the two days
they had to prepare for the con
cert.
On Friday night the crowd
started pouring in early at the
gymnasium with the sorority
members hurriedly putting up
more and more seats to accommo
date the many who wished to
hear the fine music.
The success of the concert in
dicated that other artists to ap
pear in Anchorage during the
season may also be brought here,
sorority members said.
Artists to be presented there
include Desire Ligeti, a leading
bass singer of the San Francisco
Opera who will appear in joint
recital with Marcus Gordon, bril
liant young pianist on Decem
ber 5.
Virginia Davis, described by
critics as “America’s leading
troubadour” will appear March
20.
The artists held their audience
spellbound here Friday night.
Mr. Totenberg’s masterful play
ing of the violin and superior per
formance was complemented by
the superb piano artistry of Mr.
Schapiro.
It was the first time in the ca
reer of the celebrated pianist that
he took the role of accompanist.
It was his desire to be in at
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Oscar Anderson, well known
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treated for severe burns on his
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Mr. Anderson was badly burned
Sunday when fire swept through
one of his cabins at Big Lake.
The fire accurred when Mr. An
derson, starting his refrigerator,
mistook gasoline for kerosene.
The flames gutted the cabin.
A neighbor rushed Mr. Ander
son to the hospital here, and Mrs.
Anderson was called to his bed
side from Anchorage.
Mr. Anderson was not fully re
covered from the burns Tuesday,
but he was released from the Val
ley hospital as his home in An
chorage is located near Provi
dence hospital where he will con
tinue to receive treatment.
tendance at the inauguration of
the Alaska Music Trails which
opened with the artist’s appear
ance in Alaska on October 10.
The event, history-making in fine
music for the territory, marked
the beginnin gof a circuit which
will bring artists of the highest
calibre to Alaska.
Mr. Totenberg and Mr. Schap
iro not only won the hearts of
their audience with their musical
artistry, but also with their
friendly and informal manner in
presenting the concert.
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