Community
Calendar
TODAY
WASILLA vets on-farm training
class at Community Hall at 8
p.m.
PRE-NATAL class at former li
. brary, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
BENEFIT dance for Joe Puhl at
Palmer Gym at 9:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
GREAT Books discussion group
at Dave and Joe’s at 7:30 p.m.
BOAT races at Lake Wasilla at 1
.. p.m.
MONDAY
HOMEMAKER’S Council in Ex
tension Service club room at 10:30
a.m.
PROJECT leaders meeting in Ex
tension Service club room at
2 p.m.
KIWANIS Club dinner in former
library at 6:30 p.m. ?
SPORTSMEN’S board and ^game
dinner committee at rifle range
at 8 p.m.
CIVILIAN defense meeting in
Palmer School at 8 p.m.
DRAMA club at Palmer School
at 8:15 p.m.
TUESDAY
' SUNNY Knik Homemakers at
Mrs. Esther Tuttle’s at 10:30
a.m.
WELL Baby Conference at Health
Center at 2 p.m.
SOURDOUGH Homemakers at
Mrs. Thelma Cope’s.
EVENING Craft Homemakers at
Mrs. Agnes Zaborac’s.
LOYAL Order of Moose at Moose
Hut at 8 p.m.
WOMEN of the Moose at Moose
Hut at 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
12:30 HOMEMAKERS at Mrs. Bill
Smith’s.
CARPENTER'S Union at Car
penter’s Hall at 8 p.m.
PALMER-Wasilla junior baseball
on Palmer diamond at 6 p.m.
THURSDAY
BUTTE Homemakers at Mrs.
Peggy McKechnie’s.
FAIR superintendents meeting at
former library at 8 p.m.
NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange at
Grange Hall at 8 p.m.
FRIDAY
FIELD day at Matanuska Station
at 10 a.m.
PRE-NATAL class at former li
brary at 3 p.m.
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Many folks, who join clubs to i
improve themselves, usually leave
them for the same reason.
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VALLEY
THEATRE
FRI.-SAT., AUG. 4-5
Nights 7:15-9:00. Sat. Mat. 2:00
“Wild Bill Hickok
Rides”
Constance Bennett
Bruce Cabot
Warren William
Cartoons News
SUN.-MON.. AUG. 6-7
Nights 7:15-9:00, Sun, Mat. 2:00
ROCCINO TViE L6N9 f
• with SUNSHINE:
CARSON/,
a»«S0THERN
WED.-THURS.. AUG. 9-10
Nights 7:15 and 9:00
MANY GUESTS VISIT
(NIK LAST WEEKEND
KNIK—Sunday guests of Mr
md Mrs. Chester Burden of Knik
ast weekend were editor Ei For
ier of the Forty-Ninth Star, Mrs.
''ortier, Star assistant editor Miss
luthella Wade, Miss Thelma Dur
iam of Fort Richardson and May
lard Taylor of Anchorage. The
arty motorboated to Knik on the
arlv morning tide. They stopped
t their homesites at McKenzie
'oint on the evening tide, before
hey re-crossed the Arm to return
o Anchorage on Sunday evening.
Other Sunday guests at Knik
ncluded Mr. and Mrs. A. J. De
ulio and daughter, Kathy, of Pal
aer, Mrs. Winifred Graham of Se
ttle, Viola Daniels, Mrs. Alice
’otten and Mrs. Ruth Herman.
VRC Speeds Road Work
)n Knik, Wasilla Hiways
KNIK—The Alaska Road Com
aission’s road improvement work
,-as travelling rapidly toward
'ish Creek this week. The shovel
5 taking fill from the Knik town
ite and trucks are filling all low
pots between Knik and Fish
ireek. The improvement will al
)\v Fish Creek homesteaders to
se their cars through the winter
nd spring.
An extensive improvement
roject is also well advanced on
ae road between Wasilla and
'aimer. The highway is being
ridened and straightened, and
rush is being cleared from the
oadside at all curves. Two major
ills also are nearing completion
n this highway.
I PUHL BENEFIT DANCE
' TO BE TOMORROW
Colonists, carpenters and all
/alley residents today wene re
minded of the Joe Puhl Benefit
Dance tomorrow evening, by Ray
Lancaster of the Valley local of
the carpenter’s union. The union
is sponsoring the dance.
Dancing begins in the Palmer
Gymnasium at nine o’clock to
morrow evening. Schaefer’s Or
chestra will play. All proceeds
will be turned over to Mr. Puhl,
I who is convalescing from a very j
serious illness.
Mr. Lancaster urged that every
one buy a ticket, whether he
plans to attend the dance or not. j
Tickets are available through
members of the local union and
at Palmer business establish
ments.
Fowlers Return to Stales
WASILLA—Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond A. Fowler and family left
| Wasilla for the states this week.
Mr. Fowler has been employed
i here by the Alaska Road Com- |
) mission. They have returned Out
J side in order that their children
| may go to school there.
Coming Events
Sept. 1—Matanuska Valley Fair
opens.
Moose and caribou seasons open
Sept. 2—Matanuska Valley Fair.
Sept. 3—Matanuska Valley Fair.
Sept. 4—Matanuska Valley Fair. ]
Announcing a New Manager
ALINE WOODS
at
CHARLIE'S BAR-B-Q
Featuring a Barbecue Every Weekend
Eat at the Restaurant Where You Can See*
Your Food Being Prepared and Cooked
Open from 5:30 A.M. to Midnight Every Day
It's Getting
Harder and Harder and Harder
To Get You the Plumbing Fixtures You Want.
If you're going to need something in ihe plumbing line
soon, lei us know ai once, so we can order ii for you
MACS PLUMBING & HEATING
(Located in the Basement of the Ward Bldg.)
9ME
Need Never, No
Never, Be Like
This
In ihe home with electricity,
put ihe modern kitchen
gadgets to work, and get
Mom out of the kitchen on
these beautiful summer
days in Alaska.
MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, Inc.
Your REA Electric Co-Op—Palmer, Alaska
“Serving the Valley Since 1942”
Valley Frontiersman Classifieds Gel Results
NEW LOW PRICES
9 lbs. Washing, rough dried (per tub) for $1.75
9 lbs. Wet Wash . 75c
YOU Sort Your Laundry,
WE Do All of the Work.
VALLEY WASHETERIA
(In Valley Grocery Annex)
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To save money these days what with
taxes and the demands of your family.
But it can be done because we have
the opportunity to see men with heavy
responsibilities get ahead through
thrift and sacrifice. Here in the bank
we’ll encourage and help you in every
way we can. . . . Come in.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
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