Homemakers Attending
v Short Course Assured
Fun and Entertainment
Plans, for the second Home
makers' Short Course to be held
this year at the University of Al
aska Campus from October 26 to
November 3 are long on fun and
entertainment, according to in
formation received from the Ter
ritorial Short Course Committee
chairman. Mrs Justine Parks.
Most of the women from the lo
cal and Anchorage areas will go
to Fairbanks by train Friday, Oc
tober 26. in order to insure start
ing in with the first class the
following Monday morning. With
that in mind, Mrs. Lydia Fohn
Hansen and others in the Fair
banks area have planned affairs
for the week-end preceding clas
ses. The Square Dance group
meeting on the campus Saturday
nights has extended an invitation
to the visiting homemakers. On
Sunday there will be a trip out
to the dredges at Ester and a tea
^ given by the Ester Homemakers
at the Community Center there.
A reception at the home of Presi
dent Terris Moore, a tea at one of
the professor’s homes, and dinner
at the Country Club are also
scheduled.
On the more serious side—but
never too serious—will be a radio
workshop, rug making, wood
carving, block printing, hand
weaving and many lectures anc
movies.
r Marketing of farm and hom<
products, pointers on giving i
large community dinner are sub
jects that will be particularly in
teresting to homemakers from th<
Valley. There will also be lecture:
on Alaskan gems, Statehood, De
veloping Alaska, and the cookinj
of fish and game.
Local women have until Octo
ber 11 to make up their mind
that the family might be able t
get along without them for
week or so and make their res
ervations for the second annua
Homemakers’ Short Course.
Territorial Board of
Accountancy Here
For Biennial Meet
The Territorial Board of Ac
countancy met in Palmer, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday last
week in its first biennial meeting
since the organizational meeting
held in Juneau following appoint-i
ment of members in accordance
with an act passed by the 1949
legislature.
Meeting were Marshal Crutch
er, president of the board and
president of the Bank of Kodiak;
Elmer Johnson, secretary, who
has his own accounting business
in Ketchikan; Charles Morler,
treasurer, also of Ketchikan; Jack
Boulet of the Fairbanks firm of
Boulet and Hohler, and Clayton
Esslinger, MVFCA accountant of
Palmer.
All of the visiting members
were guests at the Matanuska Ho
tel. Three of them, Crutcher, Bou
let and Morler, brought their
wives along.
Accomplishments of the three
day session included a study of
the law regulating certified pub
lic accountants and public ac
countants and the consideration
of changes to be recommended
during the next meeting of the
legislature. The board also re
viewed the public accountant
situation, making some prepara
tions for Territorial examinations
to be given next November. Cer
Copper Center
Roadhouse
and Trading Post
| Center of Good Hunting and Fishing
Lodging - Meals - Bar and Liquor Store
Home Comforts and Old-Time
Alaskan Hospitality
Mile 103 Richardson Hi way
14 Miles South of Glenn Hiway Junction
OWNED AND OPERATED BY KATHERINE AND
GEORGE ASHBY
1 Homemakers' Club .
Butt* Homemakers
Mia. Dorothy Trudell was hoa
; tes» to the club at the last meet
| n*. held September 13 New of
ficers elected at that time were:
Mrs Diana McKechnie. president;
Mrs. Dorothy Trudell, vice-presi
dent. Mrs Mary Frey, secretary-!
treasurer, and Mrs. Hazel Plum
S ley. reporter.
I
I The club program for the com- ;
1 mg year was outlined and ways to
raise money v.ere discussed.
The next meeting to be held
October 8, will be at the home of
Miss Marylou Lashbrook. home
demonstration agent.
Reminder
Those who have money coming
from the Palmasilla fair booth
may call for it at the Palmer Ex
tension office.
Evening Craft Club
New officers elected at the Sep
tember 17 meeting of the Even
ing Craft Homemakers at the
home of Mrs. Olava Roetman are:
President, Mrs. Ben Hudgins;
vice-president, Mrs. Genevieve
Moffitt; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
Dorothy Anderson; and Mrs.
Helen Crites, reporter.
Mrs. Hudgins gave a demon
stration on textile design with
crayons.
Ten members and guests were
present at the meeting.
tification of CPA’s is done thru
the American Institute of Ac
countants.
1 Area CPA’s A. van Seventer,
William Head and O. K. Kincaid
dropped in on the board while in
: session. Kincaid was host at a
5 dinner for members and their
' wives Thursday night at The
> Butte. Friday night the group ate
sheep at the Clayton Esslingers’.
' Mrs. Esslinger entertained the
5 wives while their husbands were
5 in business session by showing
i them around the Valley.
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Mrs. Walter Teeland returned
last Thursday from a month’s trip
Outside, where she went for med
ical attention and a “good rest”
as prescribed by the doctor.
To Answer Questions '
About New Hospital
At Public Meetings
Dr Gerhard Hartman, hospital
consultant from the University of
Iowa, Iowa City, hopes to meet
on two consecutive nights with
all interested people in the com
munity when he returns to Pal
mer in late October to answer
questions fin the new hospital.
Mrs. Earl F. Graves of the hos
pital board announced this week.
Dr. Hartman, a recognized au
thority on hospital administration,
will be able to explain every
phase of hospital operation, con
struction. and equipping. Some
of his answers will be illustrated
by the use of slides.
The exact dates for Dr. Hart
man’s public meetings have not
been set. but they will probably
be late in the month of October.
Mrs. Graves said.
Meanwhile, some progress to
ward the achievement of the new
hospital has been realized. Survey
of the land was completed recent
ly by Richard Demming. Tom
Murton donated another $500 to
apply on the purchase of the land.
Several fund raising drives are
contemplated by organizations in
the community to help make up
the $6,500 local share of new hos
pital funds. Some of the home
makers clubs have nearly reached
their shares of the $1,000 Home
makers Council pledge.
New Babies
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Plitt are re
ceiving congratulations on the
birth of a son, Rodney Mark, Sep
tember 13, at the Valley hospital.
The third boy and fourth child
for the couple, Rodney weighed
in at a healthy nine pounds, nine
ounces. Plitt is a partner in the
Palmer Drug store.
SOMETHING IN THE WIND?
Tony Schwamm, director of
aviation for the Territory, and
John Dimond, assistant attorney
general, were in town Tuesday
looking over the abstracts on the
Palmer airport.
FROSH TO GET
ROYAL WELCOME AT
FIRST STUDENT PARTY
The first school pr.rty of the
season to take place in the gym
nasium Friday evening, Septem
ber 21, was discussed at a meet
ing of the Student Council Tues
day.
It was decided that the party
will be given for the freshmen so
that they may get acquainted
with the upper classmen. This
year, in- place of a rough initia
tion. freshmen will get a royal
welcome; in fact there will be
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several surprises awaiting them.
The party will last from 7:30 to
10 pm. Grades seven through
twelve only will be invited. Tic
kets will be sold Friday morning
for the price of forty cents per
person.
Committees were appointed by
the president of the Council. Wes
ley Eckert. They consist of Ger
aldine Kindgren. Janice Berry,
Sylvia Nelson and Mary Colberg
on the food committee, and Chuck
Millis. Jack McKechnie and Dick
Geiwitz on the entertainment
I committee.
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IT'S
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By RADIO
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didn't do it sooner. What. Why equip our delivery
trucks with radio receivers.
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