Interim Pastor
Appointed for
United Protestants
At a meeting of the United Pro
testant Church Council Monday
night, it was agreed to call Rev.
Harry Galey, 42, of Philadelphia.
Pa., for an interim pastorship,
pending the appointment of a
permanent pastor.
Rev. Galey had already indi
cated to Dr. J. Earl Jackman, sec
retary of the Presbyterian Board
of Missions, that he would be
willing to come. A wire was dis
patched to him Tuesday morning
advising him of the interim ap
pointment.
Like Rev. Victor Alfsen, who
preceded him in the United Pro
testant pulpit, Rev. Galey is a
graduate of the Princeton Theo
logical Seminary.
It is believed that he will drive
to Palmer via the Alaska High
way if he accepts the appoint
r ment, arriving la^e this month or
early in November.
Pending the new pastor’s ar
rival. services at the United Pro
testant Church will be conducted
by the following ministers:
Sunday, October 7: Rev. Dale
Bryant of the Lazy Mountain
Children’s Home will conduct
morning services, and Rev. Frank
Walkup of Anchorage will offici
ate at the eight o’clock evening
communion service.
* Sunday, October 14: Rev. Hac
kett Johnson of Spenard will of
ficiate at morning and evening
services.
Sunday, October 21: Rev. Fred
Telecky will have charge of both
services.
COMMUNITY
CALENDER
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4
AMERICAN LEGION and Auxil
iary, Carpenters’ Hall. 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 5
SQUARE DANCE CLUB, Car
penters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
STUDENT COUNCIL, high
school gym, 7:30 p.m.; movie
and dance.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
MATANUSKA VALLEY Sports
men annual game dinner, the
school gym, 6:00 p.m,
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
GREAT BOOKS Discussion
Group, Chas. Wilson home, 7:30
p.m.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
VETERANS’ Training Class, Co
Op club room, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9
MOOSE and Women of the Moose
at Moose quarters, 8 p.m.
WELL-BABY CLINIC, Health
Council rooms, 2-4 p.m.
BOY SCOUT meeting, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Car
penters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL meeting, Sev
ern’s cabinet shop, 7:30 p.m.
BUILDERS MAGAZINE
FEATURES ALASKA ROAD
COMMISSION AND HEAD
Winter snow clearing opera
tions by the Alaska Road Com
mission and A. F. Ghiglione as
new ARC hear are featured in the
I current issue of Pacific Builder
Army Using Valdez
Antique as Prop for
Fire Prevention Week
Everyone who saw the old Val
dez fire engine being carted thru
town last week Thursday, was
certain that Rusty Dow was col
lecting again, but investigation
revealed that it was only an army
prop for the observance of Na
tional Fire Prevention Week, Oc
tober 7 to 13.
Progress in firefighting equip
ment will be featured all next
week as part of the army’s ob
servance. The upright boiler-type
fire .engine from Valdez is the
oldest in the Territory, dating
from about 1900, according to A1
Hagen.
Hagen pointed out that Palmer
| has an antique fire engine, too.
L The first fire engine from An
chorage, dating back to 1915, was
acquired by the local fire associa
tion for display purposes two
years ago. If anyone in Palmer
wants to review the progress
made in fire fighting equipment
during National Fire Prevention
Week, he can take a look at the
old timer parked at the side of the
Valley Theater and then go over
to the Co-Op garage where Pal
mer’s newest fire engine is sitting,
awaiting installation of its power
take-off.
and Engineer, published in Se
attle.
W. J. Niemi, chief engineer, in
an article well illustrated with
pictures, tells how the ARC keeps
major Alaskan highways open all
winter.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
St. Michael's
Returns to Regular
Sunday Schedule
St. Michael’s Church returns
to its regular Sunday schedule
with one Mass only at 10 a.m.,
Father James Snead announc
ed this week.
Mass will be heard next
Sunday at 10 a.m. only. During
the summer months, two Mas
ses were held, one at 8:30 a.m.
and the other at the regular
hour. Difficulties in heating
the church make the early
hour no longer feasible.
POLICE DEPT. READY
FOR PAPER WORK
AND JAIL DUTY
Police Chief Bernie Bouwens.
who went on the city payroll as
of September 15, is all set up for
business now with all the accou
trements of the office necessary
to the maintenance of law and
order in the city of Palmer.
Now on hand is a big supply
of summonses, warrants, com
plaints and traffic violation forms
—all ready to be filled out.
The new jail is ready, too.
should the offense warrant its oc
cupancy. The temporary quarters
under the Valley Theater offered
by Councilman A1 Hagen were
outfitted this week with sturdy
bars at the windows, locks on the
docTs, cots serviceable if not Sim
mons, and a fresh coat of paint.
“It’s a lot better than ‘Old
Mouldy' down in Anchorage”, the
Palmer police chief boasted.
A temporary jailer is on call
whenever “a city guest” is regis
tered.
Federal Assistance
To Alaskan Schools
Subject of Meeting
Territorial and federal officials
will meet in Anchorage on Octo
ber 10 for a conference on federal
assistance to schools in Alaska.
The group, which will be com
posed of officials from the Office
of Education, Housing and Home
Finance Agency, the Air Force
and Army, the Office of the Com
missioner of Education for Alas
ka and perhaps others, will dis
cuss ways and means of applying
to Alaska the full benefit of laws
passed in the 81st Congress for
assistance to schools affected by
federal activities.
That assistance takes the form
cf allotments for construction,
maintenance and operation of
schools where enrollments have
increased by federal agency ac
tivities.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett has been
informed that in all probability
Dr. Erick L. Lindman of the Of
fice of Education, who heads the
school assistance program set up
by Congress in September of last
year, will accompany the group
leaving Washington for the con
ference.
Superintendent William T. Zah
radnicek has mentioned the pos
sibility of additional aid for the
building of school facilities in
Palmer based on a bill in the last
legislative session allowing spe
cial assistance for schools whose
enrollments are swollen through
the location of federal activities
in the community.
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