Nov. 3 Tentative Date
For Institution of
Palmer Elk Lodge
Word has been received by
Matt Onkka from Joseph B. Kyle,
grand exalted ruler of the Grand
Lodge of the Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks that dispen
sation for charter has been grant
ed the local Elk lodge which will
be known as Palmer Lodge No.
1842.
Tentative date set for the insti
tution of the local lodge, accord
ing to Clair Stock has been set for
Saturday, November 3. Colorful
ceremonies and a migration of
Elks from all over the Territory
to Palmer will mark that day
when 45 demitted members of
other Elk lodges and 71 new can
didates become charter members
of the newly instituted lodge.
The full slate of officers, elect
ed and appointed, who will be
installed following the institution
of the lodge, are as follows: Ex
alted ruler, Matt Onkka; esteem
ed leading knight, Leonard Ky
ger; esteemed loyal knight, C.
Bell; esteemed lecturing knight,
John Reed; secretary, L. C. Stock;
treasurer, Thomas Lepak; tyler,
Lloyd Short; esquire, Russell Fel
zien; chaplain, Garritt Snider; in
ner guard, Ralph Goodrich.
The last three are appointive
offices. Trustees for the lodge will
be Frank Brown, Jan Koslosky
and Harvey Hiber.
In Palmer, Wednesday, to help
with plans for organizing the new
lodge were Louis Odsether, Kirk
Stewart and Max Leland—all of
the Anchorage Elk lodge. Leland
is the district deputy for the
grand exalted ruler.
Outing Club Plans
Membership Drive
Several members of the Mat
anuska Outing club spent the day
cutting brush and clearing ground
around the tow site, it was an
nounced at the regular meeting
held Tuesday night at the Co-Op
club room, with another party
scheduled for this Sunday. There
will be a work party each Sunday
until the tow is completed.
A program committee of Mar
vin Udevitz, Curtice Faucett and
Nancy Johnson was appointed by
Club President Mel Monson.
Marjorie Myren, Norman Rou
sey and Dennie Buzby will head
the membership drive committee.
Interested persons are reminded
that the club is open to member
ship. Anyone interested in out
door activities is welcome to join,
the committee stated. “We do not
DRUM MAJORETTES
PRACTICE TWIRLING
FOR DEBUT WITH BAND
Comes the first basketball
game, Palmer grandstand fans
are going to be treated to the
fascinating spectacle of a bevy of
drum majorettes twirling their
batons in precision formations of
marching technique as they ac
company the Palmer school band.
Practicing now to the marching
strains of recorded music, are 11
high school girls and 11 junior
high girls under the direction of
John P. Zawalnicki, new band
leader for Palmer school. The
high school girls practice every
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings at the school gymna
sium. Junior high recruits prac
tice with them Monday evenings
and by themselves on Wednes
days. Each group will form a
team of 10 marching drum major
ettes. one girl being an alternate
in each case.
On the high school team are
Dolores Lentz, Mary Ann Mears,
Barbara Wright, Carol “Ginger”
Parks, Billy Jean Roark, Donna
Raie McKechnie, Delores Foster,
Vosella Hughes, Pat Plumley,
Pat Kirsch and Ruth Ann Lane.
The girls haven’t any uniforms
yet, but they know what these
will look like, because the pat
tern has arrived. They also know
the colors. The high school uni
forms will be of white satin and
trimmed with royal blue, and the
junior high uniforms will have
the same colors in reverse—blue
with white. The pattern calls for
a liberal display of gold braid
trappings also. The girls are hop
ing that they can interest P-TA
or some of the homemaker clubs
to help make the uniforms.
They are very enthusiastic
about their drilling which in
cludes marching, baton pyrotech
niques, and many flashy routines.
When their big hour comes, they
will be marching and twirling to
the tune of the Palmer school
band. '
limit our activities to skiing
alone, we have skating parties
planned, hikes, and of course, i
there is a world of material for
camera enthusiasts,” they added.
Russ and Rusty Dow and Vir
ginia Gallant were appointed 10
the incorporation committee.
Several new members and vis
itors were present at the meet
ing. The next regular meeting
will be held November 6. How
ever, all members and potential
members are reminded of the
weekly work parties, Monson
said. A moose-burger fry is
planned for this Sunday, with the
junior members slated as chief
cooks. I
Traffic Violations
Bring Three Fines in
Commissioner's Court
Two men pleaded guilty to traf
fic violations when arraigned be
fore U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton, Monday, October 1.
Frank K. Fitzhugh, 19, and a
serviceman from Fort Richardson,
was fined $125, had his driver’s
license suspended for six months
and received a six-month sen
tence, suspended, for driving
while under the influence of
liquor in the early morning hours
of September 26 on the Wasilla
highway. He was brought' into
court on complaint of the High
way Patrol after an accident in
which the 1941 International pick
up he was driving was damaged.
Jack M. Moore was fined $15
for speeding on the streets of
Palmer, Sept. 30, on complaint
filed by the Highway Patrol.
Fred H. Stanford of Anchorage,
pleaded guilty to driving with
faulty brakes Thursday, Sept. 27.
After examination of the car he
was driving just outside of the
city on the Anchorage-Palmer
highway revealed that neither i
foot brake nor emergency was in:
good condition. He was fined $20
by the U. S. Commissioner.
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