VALLEY BECOMES HOME FOR MORE AND
MORE NEEDY CHILDDREN OF THE TERRITORY
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One ot the nicest things that i f
can be said about any community j1
is that it’s a good place in which to !r
bring up children. Judging from ■ 4
the number of children’s homes £
and foster homes approved in the *
Matanuska Valley in recent years,11
it is safe to assume that the Val- 4
ley has already achieved this
reputation. £
Most recent of the children’s 1
homes to be added to the growing 4
Valley list is the Church of God 1
home operating on the old Erick- '
son farm south of town. Purchas- 4
ed by the church last March from '
Mrs. John Mac Arthur, the farm 1
home was remodeled. In May Mr. 4
and Mrs. Norman Bolling moved 4
on to the farm as supervisors of 4
the new home. They now have 4
five children living there. Mrs. ^
Bolling, the former Catherine 4
Pederson, is a “graduate” of the '
Lazy Mountain Children’s Home
and was a member of the Palmer i
iigh School Class of 1948. She re- i
turned to the Valley a year ago A
last summer and assisted Rev. 5
and Mrs. Hughes at the home I
there until she and her husband i
were appointed to their new post, c
Other children’s homes in the I
Valley besides the Lazy Mountain j
Home include the relatively new, i
Faith Hill Home, run by Mr. and r
Mrs. Louis Pinkham; the Cather ^
Home, operated by Rev. and Mrs. l
Ray Cather; Birchwood Children’s i
Home near Knik, supervised by ^
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ulrich; and; ]
the Valley Christian Home on 2
Wasilla Road, run by Mr. and i
Mrs. Harold Richards.
Rev. Hughes reports that 61
children are being cared for atj ■
the Lazy Mountain Home this
year. Of these, 37 are being taught i
at a Territorial school operated
at the home for grades one
through six. Mrs. Paul Beechick
teaches the younger children and
Dale Bryant the older. Seventeen 1
pupils from grades seven through
12 attend the Palmer School. All
the children are living in the new
and still uncompleted Lazy Moun
tain Home.
Construction is well under way
on the first cottage of an eventual
cottage-plan set-up at the Valley ■
Christian Home. According to
a each cottage with a house
nother and father. Many chil
[ren's institutions in fhe States
re operated on this plan in order
o give the children a more nor
nal and family-like home experi
nce.
Altogether .it is estimated there
re 250 children now in the Val
ey being cared for either in chil
[ren’s homes or in foster homes,
i. child welfare worker visits the
lomes in the Valley periodically
0 make sure the Territorial
yards are making a good adjust
nent and are being properly car
d for according to approved stan
lards. In view of the fact that
he Valley has probably the larg
st number of these children in
he Territory, it has been suggest
d that a full time child welfare
rorker should be assigned here.
New child welfare worker serv
ng the Palmer area under the
tlaska Department of Public
Velfare is Miss Marilyn Olson,
ihe takes the place of Mrs. Mary
,ou Prawl. Mrs. Prawl is replac- j
ng Nancy Cameron, who has ac-!
epted a position with the Alaska j
)epartment of Health.
The child welfare worker us- j
tally spends about one day a
aonth in the Valley. Last week
yhen Governor Ernest Gruening
teard about the number of Ter
itorial wards in the Valley, he
yired Henry Harmon, director of
Jublic Welfare, a suggestion that
1 child worker be assigned to
vork in the Valley at least one !
veek out of every month.
Beginning October 6 and ex
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Mr. and Mr. Gene Kirsch re
turned to Palmer this week from
a business and pleasure trip to
Fairbanks. While there, Mrs.,
Kirsch who has the Treasure j
Chest on Wasilla Road, made con
tact with Robert Mayokok, well
known Eskimo artist and writer.
She brought several of his water
colors, as well as his book “Eski
mo Customs,” back with her.
Plans are being made for a per
sonal appearance of the artist
early next month at the Treasure |
Chest. At this time Mr. S. Kirsch
plans an exhibit of his works and
Mr. Mayokok will autograph his !
books.
Many new pieces of Native art
crafts were purchased by Mrs. I
Kirsch on the trip including love
ly baskets, ivory work and many :
other pieces. .
tending through the 10th the first
Child Welfare Conference ever
held in Alaska will take place at i
the Lazy Mountain Children:
Home.
One of the most important items
)n the agenda will be the estab
lishment of minimum standards
for children’s homes and foster
homes in Alaska as provided by
an enabling act passed by the last
Territorial Legislature. Welfare
workers and childrn’s home sup
erintendents from all over the
Territory will gather at the Lazy
Mountain Home to make these im
portant decisions.
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Haifa Fanil to Sing
October 26 for
Hospital Benefit Fund
Palmer and surrounding com
munities will have an opportunity
to hear Marita Farell, lovely so
prano of the Metropolitan Opera
Association on October 26, when
she will present an afternoon con
cert in the school auditorium.
Her accompanist will be Miss
Anna Mae Grossclose, 16 year old
high school girl whom Miss Far
ell rates as a very fine pianist.
Miss Farell has volunteered her
time and talent for this concert,
with all proceeds from ticket sales
going to the Valley Presbyterian
Hospital Fund.
Since coming to the United
States in 1937 for her debut with
the Metropolitan Opera, she has
been enchanting audiences here
and in So. America as she did in
Europe. Miss Farell has devoted
two days a week this past summer
to voice culture in Palmer, with
several Palmer voices heard
among her students
Tickets for the concert will go
on sale next week, with members
of several civic organizations par
ticipating. Theta Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi will hold a reception
for the star following the con
cert October 26.
IN JUNEAU a pretty magazine
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come by forging a check now and
then, was entenced to serve three
years on each of 17 separate
counts of forgery.
Legal Technicalities
Holding Up Approval
Of High School Plans
Superintendent William T. Zah
radnicek reported this week that
certain legal technicalities re
quested by Alaska Public Works
before granting final approval to
plans for the new district high
school have been nearly complet
2d.
Meeting with the School Board
two weeks ago, Mr. Willard Carl
son, attorney for APW had re
quested that an abstract be pre
pared for the site of the school
and affidavits and proofs of publi
cation attesting the legality of the j
bond authorization election held
by the Palmer School District last
Th* Frontiersman
Pag* S
October.
With the exception of obtaining
the signature of one election
judge who is presently Outside,
all the requirements have been
compiled with, Mr. Zahradnicek
said.
With the final approval of the
high school plans will come a call
for bids, it is believed.
"PLEDGE TO VOTE” PINS
"I Pledge To Vote” pins are ap
pearing on the lapels of many
Palmerites this week. Destributed
through several medias, the pins
are being furnished by the Am
erican Legion and Auxiliary.
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