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DANIELS—In The Lion’s Den
We were delighted to learn this week that Palm
er beginning to snow some eviaence ot growing up.
Althougn our rown is going about it backward, we be
lieve, since we seem to De getting along with our neigh
bors before we learn to live witn ourselves. However
we'a be the last to quarrel with how it's done, as long
as we're moving toward the ultimate goal.
Last week's Palmer-Cordova-Vaiaez basketball
weekend at Valdez seems to be the beginning ot at
least some tri-city co-operative living. Palmer's young
men and women went to Valdez, met their Coraova
cousins, and found them both nice people. They've
come back to Palmer with the idea that it's a rather
enjoyable thing to be able to neighbor with the folks
next door.
We think it's an idea we ought to snowball into
city-sized proportions right soon. Some of us have
found it a nice plan to get along with others. Now,
maybe we all ought to try out this neighborliness
theory.
I here'll be no better time to experiment than at
the Anchorage Fur RenOezvous next week. That will
be the time our neighbor city can most use some of our
good will and friendliness. We can best neighbor by
helping out where help's needed most—by partici
pating in the contests that are open to us, by attend
ing the events that are planned for the entertainment
of visitors, and by helping the pre-celebratipn publicity
through word of mouth and display of Rendezvous
posters.
And we can carry the idea through to its conclu
sion by attending the celebration and by going with the
idea in mind of having fun. We can make the most
of the entertainment offered, and then we can let An
chorage know that we enjoyed it. The kind of neigh
borliness that could send us down there to criticize and
pull apart isn't what Anchorage needs from us.
If we do our share next week, we can expect to get
that same neighborliness returned to us, in the meas
ure we give, when Colony Day comes in May and the
Matanuska Valley fair opens its gates again next Sep
tember.
With cities, as with people, the neighborliness in
us will promote it in others. The best way we know
to win friends and influence people is to show folks that
<ve want to be a friend. If has worked since time be
^an and it wiil work for Palmer.
!
Last Wednesday’s scheduledj
(inochle party, sponsored by the!
Northland Pioneer Grange, was
ancelled because of the Valley
lospital Association’s annual
nee ting that evening. Because
f the full calendar of social
vents this month, Art Stacey
aid7 the game probably would
ot be re-scheduled until next
nonth’s March 15 party.
&mgs i^asce ueis no acxiob
No further action has been tak
en on remodeling installations at
King’s Lake Camp, it was report
ed this week by Rev. Victor Alf
sen. The board, scheduled to
meet last week, was unable to
approve the recommendations of
its various committees, due to
lack of a quorum.
YOU'LL FIND
HOME COOKING
AWAY FROM HOME
ft the
RON-DA-VOO CAFE
HOME-MADE CAKES and PIES
MEALS SERVED AT ALL TIMES — OPEN 24 HOUR8
Ccming Events
| Feb. 18—Barn dance at Wasilla’s
Community Hall.
. ^eb. 21—Annual Farm and Home
Institute.
| Feb. 21—Shamrocks vs. Elks at
Palmer Gym.
Feb. 22—Annual Farm and Home
Institute.
Feb. 23—Annual Farm and Home
Institute.
Feb. 24—Farm and Home Insti
tute at Wasilla. Co-Op annual
meeting at Palmer Gym.
Feb. 24—Teen-age party.
March 11—Benefit dance spon
sored by hospital nurses.
Feb. 27—Extension Service furni
ture workshop begins.
March 2—The Kiwanis basketball
tournament begins (tentative).
March 10—Second half of skit
night (tentative).
March 17—Second half of skit
night (tentative).
Valdez-Cordova-Palmer invita
tional basketball tournament,
(tentative).
Wasilla Council Plans
Dances To Help Pay
?or Basketball Costs
WASILLA—Members of the
Wasilla Student Council are spon- j
soring a barn dance, to be held
in Wasilla’s Community Hall to-1
morrow ' evening. This dance, I
second in a series sponsored by
the Student Council, also is plan-j
ned to help supply the folding:
money it will take to send the'
Wasilla basketball team to the|
Fur Rendezvous tournament next!
week.
Wasilla High School’s team is
one of the contenders in the B di- j
vision of the tournament, and
students and townsfolk alike
have high hopes of a champion
ship trophy for Wasilla this year.
Last week’s dance was very
successful, a committee member
said. Everyone who attended re
ported a particularly enjoyable
evening. >
Neighbors Fete Mrs. Johnson
WASILLA—Friends and neigh
bors of Mrs. Oscar Johnson hon
ored her with a surprise party
on Friday evening, Feb. 10.
Women of Wasilla and the vicin
ity baked cakes that afternoon
and then met in a group to go to
the Johnson home.
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WILLARD BATTERIES
GOODYEAR TIRES
TOSrS SERVICE
WASILLA TO HAVE
WILD LIFE MOVIES
FOR HOSPITAL BENEFIT
WASILLA—For a second time
<he Alaskan wild life movies oi
Dr. C. C. Bailey will be presente j
as a Valley Hospital benefit show.
The repeat showing will be held
at Wasilla’s Community Hall next
Tuesday evening at 8:30, under
the sponsorship of the Wasniu
Grange.
The public is invited to see
these films, John M. Wever,
Grange committeeman announc
ed. “These are the same pictures
which created such interest when
shown in Palmer a few weexs
ago. The Grange is happy to give
Wasilla people the opportunity to
see these films and at the same
ime is happy for the opportunity
to do something for the Vuucy
Hospital.”,
Dr. Bailey again will accom
pany the showing of the pictures
with an oral commentary. Of
particular interest to everyone
should be the filming of pictures
oi tne world’s record brown bear,
shot at Cold Bay last year.
Tickets for the benefit show
will be sold at the door next
Tuesday. Grangers who are
working on the arrangements
committee include, in addition to <
Mr. Wever, Harold Dinkel and!
Henry Hanson.
Country Boys Need
Scouting, Too,
Scoutmaster Says
As Boy Scouts in Alaska, to
gether with Scouts everywhere,
last week celebrated the fortieth
anniversary of Scouting, the ad
vantages of Scout training for
town and city boy alike were
pointed out by Victor Alfsen, Pal
mer troop’s leader.
“People sometimes think that
Scouting isn’t so important to
the country boy, but that is far
from true,” he stated. “A Boy
Scout learns what to do in case
of fire, what to do when an acci
dent occurs, what to do when
: Honor Sac'ely Is
Formed a! Wasilia
WASILLA—Chapters in the
National Junior and Senior Hon
or Societies were officially or
ganized at a ceremony here last
week. The installation service
was held at Community Hall on
Thursday evening.
Charter members of the Jun
ior Honor Society were:
Leticia Bryant, Rose Church,
Arlene Velanis, Nancy Ulrich,
Paul Dafelmeir, Gene Dinkel and
, Judy Burford.
Senior Honor Society members
from Wasilia include:
Rosemary Vicaryous, Jim Car
son, Rodney Cottle, Don Dinkel
and Barbara Carter.
someone gets into poison ivy, how
to cook, with or without utensils,
how to build a fire in the rain,
what to do if lost, how to build
a shelter, wild plants which may
be eaten—in other words, how
to take care of himself and help
others when ordinary routine
goes haywire.
“Scouting teaches observation,
self reliance and ingenuity in
solving problems which may
arise.
“Scouting teaches a boy to see
the common things about him
and use them to his own advan
tage. He may be interested in
building rustic furniture, leading
to the use of tools and some
knowledge of trees, wood and its
uses. He may get interested in
making things from string, rope
or leather, leading to knot tying,
braiding, splicing, tooling and en
graving.”
Scoutmaster Alfsen said the
argument, occasionally advanced,
that Scout work interferes with
or competes with 4-H Club work,
is entirely wrong. “Scouting
works fine along with 4-H work,”
he said. “Projects in 4-H Club
work are recognized as qualifica
tion for certain Scout merit
badges.”
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
WASHINGTON
relied on that Providence which helps
men by giving high hopes and hearts
to help themselves . . . with those means
which our Creator has put to their serv
ice.
JOHN W. DANIELS
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WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. FEB. 22
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