DeLand-Rush Rites
Solemnized at Wasilla
The wedding of Miss Leola De
Land and David Rush was sol
emnized at the Fermin Strickland
home in Wasilla at 8:15 last Fri
day evening. Pat Carter, assist
ant U. S. Commissioner, per
formed the service.
Miss DeLand wore a white for
mal gov, n for her wedding. She
was attended by Miss Gloria Le
pak, who was dressed in an or
chid formal. Ted DeLand was
best man for Mr. Rush.
The wedding service was at
i
tended by only close relatives and
friends of the young couple. Fol
lowing the ceremony, a reception
was held in the Strickland home.
The newlyweds cut a four-tiered
wedding cake, baked for the oc
casion by the bride’s mother, Mrs.
L. Z. Scott.
The new Mrs. Rush is a mem
ber of the 1950 graduating class
of Palmer High School. She will
continue her high school studies.
The young couple plan to make
their home in the Valley.
Lei's keep our Valley green this
year. Make sure that cigarette is
out.
BARGAINS GALORE
at tha
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at
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Shaving Needs Shampoos
Hair Tonics
ONLY CRITES—
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celebration on May 27 and 28.
Queens and their sponsoring or
ganizations will be required to
sell 300 tickets on fair gifts to
qualify as a candidate in the con
test. Tickets, which will give the
purchaser a chance on half a doz
en gifts, will go on sale June 1.
The contest is limited to single
girls, between the ages of 15 and
20 years. A girl must be 15 years
of age when she enters the con
test, and she must show some
proof of that age.
The fair board will pay $25 to
ward the publicity costs of each
girl who qualifies in the contest.
After a candidate has qualified,
she will receive 10 per cent of the
price of all further tickets she
sells. The organization sponsor
ing her will receive an additional
■ 5 per cent of the ticket sales.
The girl who is chosen to be
Miss Matanuska will receive a
$200 wardrobe as her prize. The
organization which sponsored her
will get $100 in cash.
Board members again discussed
the matter of band music for the
fair. It was decided to ask Paul
Bushong, leader of the Palmer
High School band, if that organi
zation would serve. Board mem
bers voted to pay $25 a day to
ward the band’s uniform fund, if
the organization will play during
the three fair days.
Thomas Lepak reported that
the Palmer Construction Com
pany was interested in renting a
fair building for use as a bunk
house. Mr. Stock was named to
meet with a company represent
ative and offer the desired quar
ters at a cost of $150 a month, or
$5 a day if the rental period does
not run a full month. At press
time that offer had not yet been
accepted.
Let's keep our Valley green inio
year. Make sure that cigarette is
out.
| WHY, GF CGURSS
You Read it in an Ad in the
VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Only do your merchant (and us) a favor, won't you, and ie!l him where you saw
the bargain advertised that caught your eye.
Your merchant wants to know i£ he is getting value rece’ved for his advertising
dollar. He has no way of knowing if his advertising is attracting readers, if you
don't tell him so.
And we went him to know it, too. We don't feel that advertising is a graft—we
honestly expect, when we sell an ad, that the merchant is going to benefii by that
ad. Sure, ii s cur business to sell him an acl, but it's also cur business to sell him
the kind of ad that's going to bring him more business so we can sell him a biager
ad next month. It 's only as our advertisers prosper that we can grow, too.
So, remember, -the next time you shop, tell your merchani:
'I saw your ad in the Valley Frontiersman1
JUST ONE MORE TURKEY DINNER
NEEDED TO OCCUPY WASILLA LIBRARY '
AHA HOUSING—
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reasonable.
Mrs. Betty Mears of the Cham
ber of Commerce, at press-time,
had secured offers of three pos
sible sites and was discussing a
fourth. Two of the locations are
in the north Palmer area and the
third is south of town. Prices
range from $200 to about $500 a
lot.
Mrs. Mears plans to submit
sketches of the areas offered, as
well as offers of option to pur
chase, to the AHA.
Mr. Wilder had emphasized
that the community which was
able to help AHA locate a site
and begin preliminary work
would be the one which would
receive earliest consideration for
construction of the houses. Doug
las, Juneau, Dillingham, Cordova
and College also were granted
houses at the recent board meet
ing.
Mr. Wilder said it was still too
early to make specific statements
about the type of buildings plan
ned, for no architectural service j
has been yet set up by AHA. I
They will all be single family i
dwellings and the majority will
be of two-bedroom size.
The houses will be constructed !
and offered for sale to private
purchasers, it was explained. If
there are not buyers enough to
purchase all of the 25 units, the
remaining houses will be offered
as rental units.
The cost of construction, as well
as the cost of the land, will deter
mine the ultimate cost of the
houses.
Mr. Wilder expects to be in
Palmer late next week, to choose
the site for the project.
Wasilla Man Hospitalized
James Kennedy of Wasilla is a
patient at Valley Hospital this
week, where he is receiving medi
cal care.
► WASILLA—This community’s
ie\v library is almost ready for
occupancy. That was the good
news announced today by Mrs.
Martin Olsen, who has "headed the
drive for funds for the project.
At the same time, Mrs. Olsen an
nounced that there would be a
benefit turkey dinner served at
Community Hall on May 6, to
raise funds for the floor covering
for the building. Once the floLj: is
completed, tHe library can be oc
cupied.
Tickets for the dinner, which
will be served between the hours
of 6 and 8 p.m., will cost two dol
lars for adults and a dollar for
school children.
The building has been under
construction for almost a year,
Mrs. Olsen said. During the
course of that year, she estimated
that “practically every resident
in Wasilla, and many other peo
ple who are Valley residents,
have helped in this library proj
ect.”
All labor on the 20x40 structure
has been donated.
When the library’s 3,000 titles
have been shelved in their new
quarters, it will be the first time
in the history of the Wasilla in
stitution that all its books have
been housed under one roof.
Mrs. Olsen said that formal
dedication ceremonies for the
building are plannel for later in
the year.
METHODISTS DECIDE—
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Sitka the nucleus of the proposed
college. That school, a Presbyte
rian sponsored institution, is now
a junior college.
Palmer, as well as Seward, Ho
mer and Juneau, has been work
ing for the location of the college
in the Valley.
Frey Family Leaves for Mine
The James Frey family left this
week for their summer locatior
at Meir Lake, out of Gulkana
The Freys own mining property
in that &rea.
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