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PALMER LIBRARY NEWS
’ The Palmer Library will be
open afternoons Monday through
Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. instead
of the recent 1 to 5 p.m. period,
it was announced this week. Eve
ning hours from 7 to 9 p.m. for
the same days remain unchanged.
Mrs. Earl Graves, library asso
ciation president, reminded pat
rons that all librarians are volun
teer workers. Sometimes the reg
ular librarian for the day is ill
or is detained unavoidably. Com
munication difficulties often
make it hard to get replacements
n time. As a result, the library
■*fs sometimes late in opening and
once in a great while, it doesn’t
open at all. Fines are not charged
for books not returned on such
days.
Mrs. Graves announced the fol
lowing new additions to the li
brary:
Adult Fiction
GOD’S MEN by Pearl Buck; A
LAMP IS HEAVY by Sheila Rus
sel.
Adult Non-Fiction
A KING'S STORY by the Duke
#f Windsor; TELL ME. DOCTOR
by Henry Safford, M. D.; COM
PLETE DOG BOOK by Ameri
can Kennel Club.
Children's Books
THEE HANNAH by de Angeli;
PETITE SUZANNE by de An
geli; HENNER’S LYDIA by de
Angeli; FIRST BOOK OF DOGS
by Tabor; MRS. PIGGLE WIG
GLE’S MAGIC by MacDonald;
JOEY AND PATCHES by John
son; DEAR OLD BRIAR PATCH
Wy Burgess.
Alaska Non-Fiction
WILDERNESS HOMESTEAD
ERS by Kavanaugh.
Mrs. Graves expressed her
thanks to the Cheechako Club for
a $40 donation toward children’s
books.
Named Assistant Attorney
Recently appointed asistant U.
S. Attorney, Isadore Cohen of
Seattle will take up his new
duties August 1 at Anchorage.
Cohen will replace Mr. Ralph
Moody who resigned to go inco
private practice.
Attorney Cohen formerly
W°i’ked in the Washington office
of the department of Justice and
just previous to his appointment,
was associated with the anti-trust
division of the department of
Justice.
Never go into an area unless
accompanied by a guide or some
one familiar with the area.
.A LET US HANDLE YOUR
UPHOLSTERING NEEDS
USED FURNITURE BOUGHT
AND SOLD
G. A. KRISE
Basement Palmer Drug
EVER TRIED ANY
PICKLED MOOSE NOSE?
The annual Matanuska Sports
men game dinner to be held in
October, is shaping up very well,
| Clair Stock, chairman announced
this week.
‘‘However”, he added, ‘ I'd like
to request the return of cards
sent to members so more detailed
plans can be worked out.” The
J cards were sent to members sev
| eral weeks ago with space al
: lowed for name and gamd to be
contributed.
‘‘We’ve been promised a wide
variety of meat,” Stock said, and
listed octupus meat, mountain
lion, pickled moose nose, beaver
steaks and roasts, shrimp from
Southeastern Alaska, Shee fish
from Kotzebue, even whale and
seal blubber.
‘‘If we get the latter, possibly
we’ll be able to find someone
who can make us some Eskimo
ice cream,” Stock announced. Es
kimo ice cream consists of blub
ber and berries.
Inuring the next club meeting,
to be held August 1, assignments
will be given members. Plans and
committees will be made up at
that time, also. The 1950 game
dinner boasted 96 varieties of
dishes; the club expects to sur
pass that figure this year, so get
your cards in before the next
meeting if possible.
SCHOOL BOARD SEEKS
ADDITIONAL AID FOR
BIGGER HIGH SCHOOL
The Palmer School Board,
meeting in special session last
Friday night with the high school
architect, William Arild Johnson,
decided to make further attempts
to get a bigger high school than
the recently recommended 22.000
I square foot structure.
Johnson presented plans for the
22,000 foot structure which al
i lowed for 10 classrooms and a
library. There were no provisions
for a v.ork shop or a gymnasium,
but a band room was included.
The board was disappointed in
the meager classroom facilities al
lowed under the recommended
; footage.
Superintendent William T. Zah
radnicek said that the architect
and the board will contact Alaska
Public Works to find out if more
than 22,000 feet can be allowed.
Recently the Senate Appropria
tions Committee restored half of
a House-recommended $3 million
cut in APW’s 1952 budget re
quest.
“It is quite possible also,” Zan
radnicek said, “that the Federal
. Security Agency might be able
! to let us have a part of the money
' needed for the high school.”
An application was sent to that
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agt-ncv Tuesday for the original
$3,318,600 structure planned.
Asked why Palmer wasn't in
cluded <>n Alaska Public Work's
priority list of schools to receive
construction funds in their 1952
budget request. Zahradnicek
stated that plans for the 11
schools listed had been submitted
more than a year ago.
1951-52 Needs
Meanwhile the School Board
was concerned with the problem
of finding additional classroom
space for the 1951-52 school year.
Shop classes will be held in the
Co-Op chicken coop building
again this year in spite of pre
vious word to the contrary.
Board member Harold Thuma
has been delegated the job of
supervising work needed to fin
ish off two rooms in the base
ment of the school addition par
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1 lolly completed l;i>t year. Bids
i submitted for the job wore too
high, so the Board is hiring Ciervis
j Krise to do the' work It is hoped
! that the rooms will lw completed
by August 15.
Counting the two additional
rooms completed last year, the
-chool will have live more rooms
for pupils at the beginning of the
coming school year than it had
at the same time last year.
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deadly gas from the engine ex
haust which often enters the cab
and causes drowsiness and as
phyxiation Keep your windows
open slightly at all times to guard
against this possibility. Never
start or run your motor in a small
enclosed space.
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