Faced With
Classroom Need
Critical problem of how and
where to provide classrooms for
next fall’s crop of students has
members of the school board and
Supt. William T. Zahradnicek of
the Palmer Incorporated School
^ District, seriously worried.
Attendance of 545 pupils this
past school year is expected to
increase to at least 600 when the
school reopens in September.
Five more classrooms are es
sential. Four more teachers will
be added to the faculty if space
for classrooms can be found.
Two classrooms are being built
in the basement of the main
school building but space required
for other pupils and for shop
work is “up in the air,” Zahrad
nicek said.
Under consideration are sev
eral possibilities: quonset huts
Aow used by the hospital, owned
by the Fair Association; rental of
church basements; or—the per
manent plan of building. And J
that brings the school board and j
the citizens up against the stern |
problem of budget and scarce ma- j
terials.
“Scattering the classes in dif-:
ferent locations is hard both on!
pupils and teachers,” Zahradni-1
cek said. “I hope we will not j
jLiduui Miuitagt: is acute uu ivtat
anuska valley farms, Carl Ras
mussen, acting general manager
for the Co-Op, said today.
Imported are about 30 Mexi
cans and others, mostly from
southern California, but they are
:‘stoop labor” and not experienced
at the type of work required in
this valley.
The high cost of farm labor is
one of the contributing factors to
the high cost of produce, farmers
groaned. Labor shortage prob
ably will continue through the
growing season.
have to do it. But in the emer
gency we will have to do the best
we can, so we are ready by fall.”
Opening of school probably will
be set for Sept. 10, a week later
than usual. With Labor Day on
Sept. 3, the first week in Sep
tember would be cut into by the
holiday. Also there are the fair
dates and the opening of the
moose hunting season, and Zah
radnicek said he believed more
school work will be accomplished
by starting the year a week late
and perhaps continuing a week
longer in the spring.
These are but a few of the prob
lems which will come before the
next meeting of the school board
in early June.
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at Bert's Drug Store
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scheduled air lines and
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Up For Prize In
Sportsmens1 Derby
The fishermen are after the big
ones.
Officially opened May 20 was
the Matanuska Sportsmens’ Club
fishing derby.
Registration 24 hours before
bringing a fish to be weighed in,
and registration fee of $1 are re
quired. ,
Prizes are offered for three
types of fish: rainbow, grey ling
and Dolly Varden. Donated as
prizes by Palmer merchants are
a fly rod by the Co-Op; a glass
fly rod by Grasser’s Hardware;
a hand-made hunting knife by
Hartley Bros. Motor Co.; a tackle
box by Bert’s Drug Co.; a fishing
creel by Palmer Drug Co.; a reel
by Koslosky’s; a casting rod by
Palmer Fountain and Cafe.
Piyzes will be presented at the
annual game dinner to the fish
ermen with the biggest—not tales
but fish.
Judging station will be the Rec
Hall. See Clair Stock or Roy
Brock for details and reports.
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Vacation church school session
starts Monday, May 28, at the
Church of God, Palmer. Daily
classes will be conducted for age
groups 3-18 from 9 a.m. to noon,
for two weeks.
Teaching staff are: beginners,
Mrs. Hazel Geiwitz; primary, Mrs.
Ken Hughes; junior, Mrs. Pearl
Moyer; intermediate, Mrs. George
Geiwitz. Assisting: Jeannine Gu
lick, Vivie Lee of Lazy Mt. Chil
drens’ Home, and Eunice Briggs.
Mrs. James Gulick will have
charge of music.
Close of school, June 8, will be
marked by a group picnic in the
afternoon, locale to be announced
and an evening program at the
Church of God.
June 11 the same summer pro
gram will be carried through at
Sutton, Alaska, by part of the
teaching staff.
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Moose Install Officers;
Enjoy Clam Bake
Palmer lodge No. 793 held a
successful installation meeting on
May 22.
Members of the Palmer chapter
No. 942 W.O.T.M. were guests.
The following officers were in
stalled by Gov. Jay Fox of An
chorage Moose lodge: governor,
Merle Anderson; junior governor,
Jack Leek; prelate, Leo Lucas;
secretary, Thomas Moffitt; treas
urer, Bill Roark; sergeant at arms,
Harry Campbell; inner guard,
Miles France; trustee, A1 DeJulio;
past governor, Donald Ingalls.
After the ceremonies a clam
feed was served to members and
guests.
The lodge plans a Cordova crab
feed for their next social event.
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