Legion Auxiliary
Delegation Attends
Anchorage Luncheon
A delegation from the member
ship of the Matanuska Valley Unit
of the American Legion Auxiliary
recently went to Anchorage to
attend a luncheon honoring Mrs.
Ethel Tonseth of Fairbanks, the
Department president. The lunch
eon was held in the Jade Room.
Mrs. Tonseth spoke to luncheon
guests of her recent travels in the
states and of her tour of the
United Nations headquarters at
Lake Success in New York.
Valley women who attended
the luncheon included Mrs. Zola
Sims, Mrs. Vicky Swidelsky, Mrs.
Bernard Niemann, Mrs. Mary
Steelman and Mrs. Richard Dem
ining.
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i Haines Highway to Be
I Open by Mid-May
Canadian engineers hope to
have the Haines Highway open
; by May 15, they informed Col.
John R. Noyes, Alaska Road
Commission head, last week. This
is nearly a full month earlier than
the road was opened last year.
Snow removal equipment was
left at Chilkat Pass last fall, in an
effort to speed the spring open
ing date.
The Haines road is open now as
far as Klukwan, only a little way
from the Alaska-Canadian line.
Will Work in Anchorage
Russell Dow, who has been liv
ing on his Palmer homestead near
: Knik bridge during the past win
i ter, returned to his employment
I with Anchorage Sand & Gravel
Company last week.
Doing a Little Re-constructing This Spring?
When You Need Building Materials,
Come to Us
Roofing Nails
Building Hardware
Barbed Wire Fencing
Celo-Giass for Greenhouses
GRASSER'S
HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS
Legion Auxiliary
Announces Date
Of Poppy Day
There will be 35 million memo
rial poppies sold on Poppy Day,
which is May 30. Mrs. Bernard
Niemann, poppy chairman of the
Matanuska Valley Unit • of the
American Legion Auxiliary, has
announced. Already disabled vet
erans of both wars, working in
hospitals and convalescent centers
throughout the United States,
have prepared millions of the me
morial flowers.
Money earned by the veterans
in this work will exceed $350,000
this year, it is estimated.
Valley residents will be given
an opportunity to buy their
poppies on May 30, which is
Poppy Day throughout the nation.
Silver Beaver Awards
Given to Scout Leaders
Three Alaskan leaders in Boy
Scout work, Keith Lesh of An
chorage and Charles O. Purdick
and George Parks of Juneau, re
ceived the Silver Beaver Scout
award recently. This award is the
highest award for distinguished
service given to Boy Scout lead
ers.
Previously only five such
awards had been made in the Ter
ritory. Victory Alfsen, Palmer
Boy Scout leader, is one of the
five who earlier won the Silver
Beaver award.
UP Ladies Aid Plans
Bake Sale Tomorrow
A pre-Easter bake sale is plan
ned by ladies of the United Prot
■ estant Church for tomorrow after
1 noon. Rolls, cakes, pies and other
[mouth-watering additions to the
I Easter dinner table may be pur
chased from members of the UP
[ Aid at the Trading Post, begin- i
! ning at one o’clock.
U. of Alaska Offers
95 Scholarships
There are now 95 scholarship
awards available to University of
Alaska students for the coming
year, Dr. Terris Moore, president,
announced this week. The schol
arships are open to young men
and women of the Territory. They
range from $500 in cash, a sum
large enough to Day all normal
school expenses for one year, to
sums large enough to cover dor
mitory expenses for a year.
High school seniors may obtain
more information about these
scholarships by writing to the
University, Dr. Moore said.
HOUSING PROGRAMS
GET $5.000,000
Five million dollars are now
on deposit in Juneau, for use in
the housing programs of the Alas
ka Housing Authority, it was an
nounced this week by E. Glen
Wilder, executive director. This
sum has been further augmented
by the unfreezing of territorial
funds.
The five million will help to
finance projects already under
way at Anchorage and Juneau.
HIGHWAY IS READY
FOR TOURIST DELUGE
The Alaska Highway will be in
tiptop shape, when the first of an
anticipated record influx of tour
ists turn their wheels north this
season, Maj. Woodrow Coward,
road chief, announced last week.
He said the road itself had been
steadily improved since 1945,
when it was turned over by the
Canadian government. Wayside
accommodations also have been
so improved that there is now no
stretch longer than 50 miles with
out toui'ist stops.
FRONTIER CAFE
We Serve
Regular DeLuxe Dinners (family style)
EVERY SUNDAY
Short Orders Steaks and Chops
Home-Made Pastry
French Fries to Take Out
Ice Cream (pints or quarts)
Jusf Arrived
Two Model L-110 International Pick-Ups
1/2-ton capacity
Powered with new SILVER DIAMOND
220 engines
* Full-vision one-piece front windshield
* Extra-wide cab
Four can sit in the front seat
Palmer, Alaska
SEE THEM TODAY
at the
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik
To Head P-TA
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik will head
the Palmer chapter of the PareKt
Teacher’s Association next year.
Other officers chosen to serve
with Mrs. Sandvik, at last week’s
election meeting, included:
! Ivan Branton. vice-president:
; Mrs. Ralph Moore, treasurer: Mrs.
j Barbara Smart, treasurer.
In other business conducted at
the Tuesday meeting. Clayton Es
slinger asked the P-TA to help in
financing a portion of the trip ex
pense of Harry Campbell, Valley
Boy Scout who will go to the na
tional jamboree at Valley Forf
next summer. After delving into
the matter of treasury funds, it
was pointed out that the P-TA
had no money it could obligate at
this time.
After discussion, it v.as decided
that the organization would
pledge 25 per cent of the proceeds
gained at the movie it will spon
sor next month. That movie, to
be the “Last Days of Pompeii,” is
on its way from the states,
Charles Dillon reported. A pro
duction date will be announced
soon, he said.
Mears, Huntley Named
To Democrat Committee
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Mrs. Betty Mears and Walter E.
Huntley, Valley delegates to the
Democratic divisional convention
in Anchorage recently, both were
named to the Democratic divi
sional committee. This committee
of 22 is headed by William Egan
of Valdez.
The convention went on record
as favoring immediate statehood,
endorsed tne work of the present
dministration. and voiced oppo
sition to using territorial funds for
the construction of a house office
building at this time. The dele
gates also favored moving the
capital north of the Gulf of Alas
ka and changing the location uf
the Federal Housing Administra
tion headquarters from Juneau to
a site in the Third Division.
Scouts Lock Cookies
But Not Buyers
The Girl Scout cookie sale, re
cently concluded, was “markedly
successful,” Mrs. Charles Wilson,
Brownie leader, reported this
week. The Scout cookie supply
disappeared long before the de
mand was satisfied.
Mrs. Wilson expressed her ap
preciation to all who bought cook
ies, and promised that a larger'*
shipment would be ordered for
next year’s sale.
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