Army Promises Active Participation
In May 27-28 Colony Day Celebration
With definite assurance of
Army participation in the May
27 and 28 Colony Day celebration,
plans are rounding into final form
for the event, program chairman
A1 Hagen said this week.
Maj. Woodrow E. Nichols this
week informed Mr. Hagen that
the Army will have on display an
anti-aircraft battery, communica
tion equipment, Arctic clothing
and equipment, infantry weapons
a'fid an infantry field kitchen. The
Army also plans to furnish a 24
man drill platoon and men and
equipment for a recruiting booth.
Final approval has not yet been
secured for the plan for a pony
express vs. Alaska Railroad race
from Wasilla to the Palmer
Depot. Mr. Hagen said he be
lieved, however, that Railroad
authorities would okay the plan.
The pony express race will be
scheduled, even though the Rail
road may not participate.
Cel. John P. Johnson, general
manager of The Alaska Railroad,
has been invited to be guest
speaker for the Colony Day after
noon program on Sunday.
special train will run from
Anchorage for the Sunday por
tion of the program. The train
will leave Anchorage at 10 a.m.
and will depart from Palmer at
10 p.m.
Other highlights of the Colony
Day plans, in addition to the
sports events and “Spin It Again”
program previously announced,
will include a covered wagon
race at the fair grounds. “Gran
ny” Burnett, who once was a
member of a covered wagon train
that carried pioneers to Montana,
will handle the reins on one of
the wagon entries.
A milking contest, details of
\£hich cannot be released at this
time, also will be featured on the
Sunday program.
Tentative arrangements call for
some inter-city softball matches,
but plans are not complete for
these games yet, the program
chairman said.
Colony Days will be launched
| at the calico and jeans dance, to
; be held at the Palmer Gymna
sium on Saturday evening. Per- I
sons attending this dance out of
costume will be fined for appear
ing in improper attire, it was an
nounced.
There will be a second dance
on Sunday evening, also to carry |
out the pioneer dress theme. At j
this dance, members of the Rock-'
ets, Palmer's women's basketball i
squad, will sponsor a taxi dance'
concession.
Valley merchants plan to pub
licize this fifteenth annual Col
ony Day, which memorializes the
arrival of the colonists in the
Matanuska Valley, by decorating
stores in frontier theme. Mer
chants and businessmen also will
wear frontier costume for the pe
riod of the Colony Day celebra
tion.
Nurse Vacations in Stales
Miss Phyllis Ericksen, a nurse
; employed at the Valley Hospital,
: is now on vacation in the states.
Miss Ericksen, accompanied
George Rupe, carpenter injured
at Jonesville recently, when he
was flown Outside for further
medical treatment. From Seattle,!
she continued to Minnesota, \
where she will spend her vaca
tion. She is expected back in
Palmer on May 21.
NEW RESIDENTS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Sam . Switz of
Fairbanks are new Valley arriv
als. They expect to make their
home here.
WHEN IN ANCHORAGE—EAT AT
OLIVERA'S
Italian and American Dinners
519 East Fifth Avenue
For Reservations Write Box 162— Phone 34255
V
Electric Fences
Chicken Wire
5* and 6-ft.
Garden Hose
Plastic or Rubber
Cultivators
HOES
Spades
Fertilizer
Vigoro or Nu-Life
Hardware &
Sporting Goods
Bonded Wildfowl Studies
Making Progress Here
For the first time. Alaska’s
! wildfowl are beginning to be
counted and studied through the
Fish and Wild Life Service’s
banding program, Urban C. Nel
son, biologist, announced recent
ly. It is through this banding
that the FWS officials study mi
gratory habits of fowl.
Last year 2.634 wildfowl were
banded in the Territory. Before
that time, less than 800 birds had
been banded during all the time
the program has been carried out.
Already, new information has
been gained on the migratory
habits of the pintail duck. Nelson
said. A duck shot at Tule Lake,
Calif., last fall had been banded
in July on the Colville River in
the Arctic. This leads the FWS
biologist to believe that the pin
tails may follow the coastline
fly-way rather than the mid-west
route, as formerly believed. Fur
ther proof must be obtained be
fore the new thory can be
strengthened, however.
Mrs. Cadwallader's 111
WASILLA—Mrs. Charles Cad
wallader was confined to her
home by illness last week. She
has been attended by her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ray Bergman, who
lives at Independence Mine.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
PACE STEPPED UP
AT PALMER SCHOOL
AS TERM END NEARS
Time is running out for the
students of Palmer School and
Palmer High School. The annual
round of spring fun will conclude
with the junior high school pic
nic, planned for today.
On Monday, thoughts will turn
to last - minute down - to - earth
digging as finals get under way
on May 15 and 16. Seniors of
Palmer High School will gradu
ate on May 17. Students will rest
on Thursday, while teachers do
double duty on reports and re
port cards. Eighth grade gradua
tion exercises will be held Thurs
day evening. Ail hands will an
swer roll for the last time on Fri
day morning at 10 o’clock, when
report cards will be passed out
for the last time this year. There
will be no actual class sessions on
Friday.
Palmer Singers Awarded
'Good' Raiing at Festival
The performance of Palmer
High School’s vocal musicians
won instructor Paul Bushong two
“good” ribbons at last week’s
music festival in Anchorage.
Events were rated on a scale of
excellence. A girls’ trio and the
Palmer mixed chorus rated the
“good” award in the opinion of
festival judges.
Army Invites Valley
Guests to Events
On Armed Forces Day
Gen. D. R. Hutchinson of El
tnendorf Air Base, commanding
general of the Air Force there,
this week issued a public invita
tion to Valley residents to attend
Armed Forces Day celebrations
planned for Saturday, May 20.
In a letter addressed to Clair
Stock, president of the Valley
Chamber of Commerce, General
Hutchinson outlined plans for the
day. Saturday morning there will
be a military parade in Anchor
age. On Saturday afternoon an
open house is planned at the Air
Base, and an air show.
WIDENERS HAVE SON
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Widener at Valley Hos
pital on April 24. The little boy
weighed four pounds, nine ounces
at birth.
Morrisons Buy New Truck
WASILLA—Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Morrison returned from Anchor
age last Wednesday with a new
panel truck.
Marian Barry Switches
To Post Office Work
Miss Marian Barry is now em
ployed in the local post office on
a part-time basis. She replaces
Mrs. Genevieve Moffitt, who has
resigned.
BELIEVE that it is impos
sible for the housewife to
run her household on a
handful of week - end
specials. We feel that by
selling at lower prices EVERY DAY of the week we can do her more
justice and sell her more at a bigger savings. Therefore, in the future,
we will advertise specials plus our every-day low prices.
LOWER PRICES
Every Day
Campbell's
Chicken Soup
2 cans for
Gerber's
Baby Food
(Strained or Chopped)
2 cans for.25C
All Brands
Canned Milk
2 cans for.35C
Johnson's
Paste Wax
69c
Soap Powder
TIDE
42c
KOSLOSKY’S WILL
be the first to lower
and last to raise their
prices. Remember,
item for item, day in
and day out, YOUR
DOLLAR GOES FUR
THER AT KOSLOS
KY'S. Another fine
feature at Koslosky's
is that you can shop
for groceries, meats,
clothing, hardware,
sporting goods and
furniture without
leaving the building.
WEEKEND
Specials
Paper Plates
four F
inch S
I9c doz.
For Your Picnic
12-inch Size
Only
J E LLO
Six Delicious Flavors
3 pkgs. for 29C
Heinz
Tomato Juice
98c
46-oz. cans for
Best Foods
Mayonnaise
Pint Jar
49c
Chewing Gum
3 pkgs. for. I 3C
Friends, Come In and ONE-STOP SHOP at
KOSLOSKY'S Dept. Store
Where Friendliness, Prices and Quality Meet