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INFORMATION FOR OPENING DAY OF
SCHOOL FROM SUPT. ZAHRADNICEK
FROM SUPT. WM. T. ZAHRADNICEK
The following information and directions are to students and
parents on the opening day of school. Tuesday morning. September 4. i
On the first day busses will run according to the same schedules as
last year. School will be in session until noon.
The school cafeteria will operate the same as last year except
that lunches will cost thirty-five cents this year. Children may bring
their lunches if they wish. Children in grades one through eight who
ride the bus or those who bring lunches may not leave the school
ground unless the parent furnishes the school a written consent. The
approximate time schedule for the buses on the first day will be as
follows:
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Bus No.l—Will pass Joe Curtis’
about 8:15 on the way by the Ex
periment Farm, and will arrive
at Matanuska about 8:25 a. m.
Bus No. 2—Will pass Ander
son’s about 8:10. Glen Woods’
about 8:27, and Lepak’s about
8:36 a. m.
3us No. 3—Will leave Cather’s
about 8, Kircher’s about 8:13, and
Shaffer’s about 8:29 a. m.
Bus No. 4—Starts at William
Lentz’s about 8:10, passes J. Bar
ry's 8:22, and F. Werner’s at 8:31
a. m.
Bus No. 5— Starts at Goat
Creek about 7:55 the first morn
ing and will come straight in on
the highway to Palmer.
Bus No. 6—Will leave Lazy
Mountain Home about 8:30 and
pass Clark’s at 8:40 a. m.
Bus No. 7—Will pass L. Z.
Scott’s about 8:22 and R. Clem’s
at 8:33.
Bus No. 8—Will pass Loken’s at
7:35, Shelton’s at 7:45, Harris’ at
7:56, Boulter’s at 8:15, and Col
lier’s at 8:37 a. m.
Bus No. 9—Butte area: Will en
ter the lower Butte Road about
8:10, pass Jim Hurley’s at 8:14,
McKinley’s at 8:22 and Walker’s
at 8:28 a. m.
Home Rooms
LJpon arriving at school, child
ren will report to Home Rooms as
follows where they will be assign
ed to their respective classrooms:
First grade, 1st floor, 205 or
206; 2nd Grade, 1st floor, 201, 202;
Third Grade, 2nd floor, 301 or
302; Fourth Grade, 2nd floor, 303
or 306; Fifth Grade, 2nd floor,
305, or 306; Sixth Grade, 2nd
floor, 307 or 312; Seventh Grade,
basement, 101 or 102; Eighth
Grade, basement, 101 or 102;
Ninth Grade, basement, 106 or
110; 10th Grade, 1st floor 216 or
basement, 111; Eleventh Grade,
1st floor, 211; Twelfth Grade, 1st
floor, 209.
Faculty
The following teachers make
up the Palmer School Faculty
I for the 1951-52 school year. The
—
teacher follows the name.
Mrs. M. Pearl Moyer, Betty
Kreutz, First Grade; Mrs. Agnes
H. Rich, First and Second Grades;
Margaret Conway and Mrs. Bar
bara C. Smart, Second Grade;
Barbara Rumball and Evelyn
Heinrich, Third Grade; Mrs. Al- j
ma J. Blunck, Fourth Grade; Lois ,
E. Thompson, Fourth Grade and ;
Music; Virginia Carle and Fred
L. Stassel, Fifth Grade; Mrs. j
Grace M. Heath, Sixth Grade;
Norman S. Rousev, Sixth Grade
and Jr. High Phy. Ed.; Betty Jo
Riddle, Seventh Grade and Art;
John P. Zawalnicki, Seventh
Grade and Band; Nettie D. Smith,!
Eighth Grade and Phy. Ed.; Wil
liam W. Elliott, Eighth Grade and
Principal: Dorothy A. Lorchester,
English; Mildred Schneider, Li
brary and Latin; Mrs. Margaret
A. Cope, Commercial; Harry L.
Wimmer, Math; Gottfried Stev
ahn, Science; John DeVries, Shop
and Agric.; Mrs. Nancy G. Wade,
Home Ec and Hist.; Robert Crites,
Biol, and Athletics.
NEW TEACHERS BRING
SPECIAL ABILITIES
TO PALMER SCHOOL
Newcomers to the Palmer
School staff will make possible a
more varied program for school
children this year because of
special talents which the school
administration hopes to exploit
as much as possible.
On the elementary school staff
are Miss Doris Thompson, who is
trained in public school music
and voice; Miss Betty Jo Riddle,
who has had special work in arts
and crafts; and Norman S. Rous
ey, who will handle junior high
athletics in addition to one of the
sixth grades.
Paul Zawalniki, the new band
master, has had several years of
teaching experience, his last post
having been in Douglas, Alaska.
In addition to his knowledge of
band instruments, he is also an
accomplished violinist, for four
Christensen Buses
Have 10-Year Record i
For Safety in Valley
Next Tuesday morning 12
Christensen school buses will
transport children to and from
Palmer and Wasiila Schools as Ed
Christensen begins his sixth two
year contract with the Territory.
“The ten year record of the
Christensen school buses with no
accidents and no children hurt is
a remarkable one”, Superintend
ent William T. Zahradnicek said
this week. “Driving on difficult
roads and in every kind of weath
er, there have been very few days
when the drivers didn’t make
their runs.”
Last Saturday Ed Christensen
returned from the States driving
one of the two new buses which
he is adding to his fleet. His
brother, J. P. Christensen, drove
the other one. The buses were
purchased in Richmond, Indiana.
In Christensen’s absence, driv
er Claude E. Want was in charge
of the bus detail.
Palmer School is to be served
by nine buses this year instead
of eight as last year. A new bus
route starts at Goat Creek and
picks up all passengers on the
Anchorage-Palmer highway. The
Butte bus will serve the Butte
area alone this year.
All but three of the bus drivers
are Christensen veterans.
Following is the list of the bus
drivers who will drive Valley
children to and from school this
year:
PALMER. Bus i, Rev. ueorgei
Geiwitz; Bus 2, Charles O. Hunt
ley; Bus 3, Ray Cather; Bus 4,
Rev. George Davis; Bus 5, driver
to be named; Bus 6, Monty Larsh;
Bus 7, Dick Geiwitz; Bus 8, Claud
E. Want; Bus 9, Archie Moffitt.
In Wasilla, driver Clint DeWitt
takes the triangle off by Mata
nuska-Wasilla and Palmer-Was
illa highways, in the Bus 1 route;
Bus 2 is driven by Sharon Fleck
enstein from Knik; and “Shorty”
Gustafson covers the Independ
ence Mine road.
All the buses have been com
pletely overhauled and rebuilt
this summer, according to Want.
Standing behind Christensen’s
house all clean and shiny without
a speck of mud on any of them,
the buses all look new. One of
the “real” new buses will be
assigned to route 9. The ther will
replace the most overcrowded of
the smaller buses.
The Anchorage School District,
which is having trouble getting
buses for school transportation,
tried hard to get Christensen to
serve that area.
“But he couldn’t see it,” said
Christensen’s assistant.
years, he was concertmaster for
the Seattle University Symph
ony orchestra.
All the staff had been chosen
this week except for one man.
This man, Superintendent Zah
radnicek says, should be trained
in speech and dramatics. Rather
than get someone only partially
qualified for the job, the superin
tendent intends to wait until he
finds the right person.
SUSAN DRENTH IS VISITOR
A teacher who taught in the
Palmer School in early Colony
days is the guest of Marylou
Lashbrook this week. She is Su
san Drenth. She and Miss Lash
brook once taught school togeth
er in Wrangell. Saturday. Miss
Drenth leaves for Dillingham
where she will teach this year.
NEW ENGINEER ARRIVES
Charles Inrqan recently arriv
ed in the Valley and has taken
up duties as oflice engineer with
the Bureau of Reclamation.
Inman has been with the Bu
reau since his release from the
| U. S. Navy in 1946 and came to
Palmer from Davis Dam, Arizona
His wife and two children ex
pect to arrive the first part o
j October.
Valley Frontiersman Classifieds Get Results
HUNGARIAN
CHARACTER DOLLS
Amusing and Artistic Caricatures of
Peasant Types
“Come In and Browse"
TREASURE CHEST
Next to Hyland Hotel
Notice
All Delinquent Lockers Not Paid Before
SEPTEMBER 1,1351 WILL BE
REPOSSESSED
PALMER COLD STORAGE
Labor
Day
A day on which we pay tribute to those men
and women whose hands provide our nation
with the sinews of war, the foundation for
peace and the highest standard of living on
the face of the earth.
Closed Labor Day, Sept. 3rd
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmor, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS