Annual Congregational Meeting Held
by United Protestants Sunday
Annual Congivational M«<*-tin B
A very successful and active
past yeai was indicated last Sun
day afternoon when officers and
organizations of the United Pro
testant Church of Palmer repor
ted at the annual congregational
meeting
Many new projects were car
ried to completion and others
were initiated. Progiess *s being
made in the renovation of the
heating system of the church un
der the direction of the Trustees
who have been assisted by Ivon
Branton and Art Stacy. Over fif
ty hours of labor were donated
by the Women of the Church
who redecorated the manse.
Work parties v.ere held to finish
the basement of the church and
to caulk the interior of the build
ing. Aside from these and many
other projects improving the phy
sical property of the church it
was evident that the spiritual
ministry of the congregation was
not being neglected when it was
indicated by reports that close
to $2000 was directly contributed
in the name of the church for its
benevolences.
At the November meeting of
the Church Council a committee
on revision of the constitution
was named by the president, Mrs.
Margaret Cope, in response to a
request for clarification of rela
tionships to the Board of Nation
al Missions of the Presbyterian
Church U. S. A. and the Yukon
Presbytery of the same denom
ination. This committee composed
of Mrs. Walter Huntley, chair
man. Mrs. Charles Nelson and
Mrs. Neil Miller presented the re
sult of their work at the January
meeting of the Council, and after
some changes the revision was re
commended to the Congregation
and adopted at this meeting. A
copy of the constitution will be
mailed to every member of the
congregation on record and each
will have until Sob. 15th to sug
gest changes o7 express objec- j
tions in writing. While this re-;
vision makes no changes in the
hr. ic character of the organiza
tion of the church it was felt by
those at the meeting that it will
help to make clear the standards
of mr.-b'.-i •:.:!> and the* proc
ures to be f diet ed in the election
■: i t:v c crying out
who v-r. * ■ ret In their >wn d -
n ' n 1 • filiation <nd will
:j ( .i m *cliureu a, af
. . ■ Th- new c« -
stiti i n • . pi ivides that offi
cers may not succeed themselves
without a lapse of one year be
tween terms.
The following offices were
elec • Mi . H w ai 1 E telle t >
lake the place of Vernon Fridley
on the Board of Elders; others
having filled unexpired terms
and elected at this meeting were
Mrs. Walter Huntley and Harry
Wimmer. Walter Huntley and
Winston Laughlin are the other
members of the board. Vernon
Fridley took the place of John De
Vries on the Board of Trustees,
whose other members are Mrs. i
Ed Blom and Art Stacy. The visi -
tation committee for 1952, which;
has an enlarged responsibility un- ‘
der the terms of the revised con- j
stitution, will be Mrs. Harry,
Wimmer, Mrs. Margaret Cope, :
and Mrs. Neil Miller. Dick Pvem
pel was elected Sunday School
superintendent, Dr. Winston
Laughlin, treasurer, and Gilman
Lindsay, steward. Other mem
bers of the Church Council v. ill
be Mrs, Charles Nelson as presi
dent of the Ladies Aid. and Mary
Colbcrg. president of the Yoiirg
People.
Since the pulpit of the church
is vacant a pulpit committee was
] elected to work with the Secre
tary for work in Alaska of the
Board of National Missions and
the Ministerial Relations Com
mittee of the Yukon Presbytery
in securing a pastor. Those elect
ed were Mrs. Charles Nelson.
Mrs. Max Sherrod. Mis. William
Rcmpel, Mrs John DeV'ries, Dr.
'»n Laughlin and Dick
Rempel.
ii was voted to send a letter to
every member of the church on
record to check with them on
whether they are communicant or
affiliate members of the church.
It is requested that if anyone does
not receive one of these letters in
the near future and is a member
of the church that he so state *.o
one of the officers or the pastor
of the church so that he may be
properly enrolled.
Projects for 1952 suggested by
those present included the fol
lowing: refinishing and caulking
the exterior of the church build
ing: railing for the back steps;
finishing of rewiring of the elec
trical circuits; elimination of fire
hazards: landscaping of the
grounds; a pulpit chair; continua
tion of work on the heating sys
tem: new rugs; renovation of the
pews. It is thought that some of
the organizations of the church
will volunteer for specific proj
ects.
Members of the P-TA meeting
in the school cafeteria Tuesday
evening had an opportunity to
see Jack Newcomb’s slides of the
Yukon river area of Alaska and
those taken on the Newcomb’s
trip to the West Indies last year.
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January 23 and 24
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BOBB E JO HEMMER
HONORED AT
BRIDAL SHOWER
Bride-elect Bobbie Jo Hemmer
was honored at a miscellaneous
shower attended by more than
fifty friends Sunday evening in
the Co-Op Club Room.
Mrs Robert Pippol and Miss
Kathleen Patton were hostesses
for the affair. Guests included
Mrs. Patrick Hemmer, the bride
elect’s mother, and Mrs. Clarence
Bell, mother of her fiance. Philip
McRae.
After a couple of quiz games
testing matrimonial aptitude, re
freshments featuring a bridal
cake made of ice cream were
served. Then Miss Hemmer open
ed the many lovely gifts given
by those who wished her well.
The wedding of the popular
couple will take place Friday
evening, January 18, at 8 p.m. at
St. Michael's Catholic Church.
Immediately after the ceremony,
a reception will be held at Moose
Hall.
Jimmy Harrison Weds
Los Angeles Girl
Word has boon received here
of the marriage of James (Jim
mie) Louis Harrison, of Palmer,
to Sally Ann Darnall. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Roy E Darnall
of Los Angeles. California, on
January 5, 1952
Jimmie Harrison is the son of I
Henry Harrison, who was in Los
Angeles to attend the wedding
The Harrisons are long-time Val
ley residents, having purchased
the old Walter farm one mile
west of the city on Wasilla Road
back in 1932 Henry Harrison,
who is spending the winter Out
side. is now in South America.
Before his marriage, Jimmie
Harrison had just returned from
eight months in Korea with the
U. S. Navy. He is now stationed
in San Francisco aboard the U. S.
S. Los Angeles. Before leaving for
the service more than a year ago,
he was employed at the Jones
ville mine.
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Voluntary "Brown-Out"
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tion Consumers were congrat
ulated this week on doing a f.ne
job in the voluntary ' brownout"
of the Valley between the peak
hours of 5-7 p nv
C. A Brewer, MEA manager
who did the congratulating, urged
merchants and householders *o
continue the good work for the
continuation of the emergency.
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loco/ Girl to Wod
Mr and Mm Julius Edmund
*on of Palmer announce the en
gagement of their daughter An
gela Clare to Corporal Hoyt O.
Wood berry of Charleston. South
Carolina. No date has been set
(for the wedding
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voluntary efforts to help them
selves. more electricity v. ill be
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