MARITA FARELL PROVES TO RE ARTIST AND
TRUE ALASKA TROOPER AT SUNDAY CONCERT
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Marita Farell, former Metro
politan Opera soprano, proved
herself a trooper and true artist
here Sunday in spite of the worst
impediments that Alaskan weath
er could offer. Although blind
ing snow and hazardous roads
stopped all but a hundred or so
Valley residents from coming to
hear the hospital benefit concert
she so graciously offered, Miss
Farell, accompanied by her hus
band, Wesley Burton, and her ac
companist, Miss Anna May Gross
close, braved the highway all the
way from Anchorage. Quite a
number of her admirers from that
city also made the trip.
Anxiously awaiting her arrival, ,
many of her local sponsors feared
that she would be too exhausted ;
from the ordeal of the highway ,
to sing even if she did arrive.
But there was no hint of ordeal
when she strode into the auditori
um a little late, but poised and
eager for her concert.
With charming interpretation
and a voice that revealed effec
tive command of two octaves, she
sang a dozen songs—many of
them difficult arias—and a spirit
ed group of Czechosolovakian
folk songs with scarcely a pause
in between. She paused only to
announce her songs and to give
brief resumes of the foreign lan
guage lyrics. In every number her
voice sparkled as she varied her
vocal coloring from the full cres
cendo of passion to soft, pure
phrasings of tenderness and un
derstanding.
Perhaps the greatest treat for (
her listeners was the group of j
Czechoslovakian folk songs. Here
the rich blend of restrained mel- {
ancholy with spirited gaiety com- ^
pletely unleashed seemed an in- j
herent part of the artist’s own
personality. Miss Farell later ad- .
mitted that this feeling “is some- ,
thing you’re born with.” She was
born in Czechoslovakia but mov- c
ed to Switzerland with her par
ents before she was a year old. 6
Sharing the honors with the *
folk songs in her second group 1
was Miss FarelTs delightful ren- 1
dition of Rossini’s Neapolitan tar- i
antella, “La Danza.” Full of trill^ |
this difficult number was a tri- *
umph of perfection. <
In the group of semi-classical ]
songs with which she closed her !
concert, the soprano’s own favor- 1
te, “My Hero” from the “Choco
late Soldier” by Straus, was out- 1
standing.
In her role as accompanist to; <
Miss Falpell, 16-ye.v-old Anna I j
Mae Grossclose displayed amaz— j;
ing skill. Several members of the !;
audience observed that they’d like '
to hear more of her music in a ,
full concert. !
Following the concert, members j
of the local Theta chapter of <
Beta Sigma Phi honored Miss
Lutheran Church to
Observe Anniversary
Of Reformation Sunday
The Lutheran Church of Pal
mer will hold a service of special
interest Sunday morning in ob
servance of the foui hundred and
thirty-;fifth anniversary of the
Reformation.
The nationally-followed theme
for the observance this year is
“The Bible: God’s Answfer to
Human Problems.” Pastor Ed
ward Imme will speak on “The
Power of the Open Bible,” basing
his sermon on Saint Paul’s Second
Letter to Timothy.
Special music will include a
solo, “Praise to the Lord” by Tom
Reiss and “Beautiful Savior” by
the Teen-age choir.
Farell with a tea in the school
cafeteria. In this informal atmos
phere, local admirers found in
Miss Farell a very real and grac
ious person as well as an artist.
Understanding completely the
reason for the relatively small
turn-out to hear her, she promised
that she would be back to sing
again.
Friday Power-Off
Marked Change-Over to
New Transmission Line
All over the Valley this week
jlectric stoves were getting hot
it the turn of the switch, electric
•azors were operating like they
io on the commercials, milking
machines were going to work
vithout grumbling, and electric
light bulbs were burning steadily
vith an unusual brilliance.
All this improvement in electric
oower dates from the short
Dower-off late last Friday after
noon, when employees gleefully
leserted their darkened offices a
few moments before closing time,
rhe outage lasted only about 10
minutes, but in that short time
MEA consumers in the Palmer
area were changed over to the
new transmission line, for which
bey have been waiting since last
December.
MEA Manager C. A. Brewer
;aid that the power-off came
vithout warning because MEA
eared to take a chance on a
urprise one of much longer dura
ion once everything was in readi
tess for the change-over. He said
hat MEA had been drawing 1,
50 kws out of a 750 kw trans
ormer bank at Eklutna. There i
vas every possibility that the ;
ransformer bank might have i
•urned out at peak load and i
aused a very serious outage. i
Brewer explained that consum- 1
rs in the Palmer area are now '
ied directly into the 34 KV trans
nission line of the city of Anch
orage at the old Eklutna plant.
switch will separate the two
ines if necessary. Chugiak, Was
11a, Fairview, Swamp Lake, Lu
:ille Lake, and Matanuska Ex
>eriment Station areas are being
;erved by the old feeder line, but
egulation is expected to be good
—within approximately five per
:ent, which is excellent accord
ng to Stateside standards. The
lifference is attributed to the eas
ng of the heavy load formerly
julled over it. The rest of the
/alley is now served by the new
S4 KV transmission line out of
he new Bureau of Reclamation
lubstation at Palmer. The tie-in
vith the Anchorage power line is
jurely temporary; MEA custom
jrs will be served out of the new
dureau of Reclamation plant at
Sklutna when it is completed in
1954.
MEA is now under contract
vith the Chugach Electric Asso
;iation for its power. The Valley
association now has a base de
mand of 2,500 kws instead of the
arevious 1,000 kws furnished by
\nchorage Public Utilities. True,
\PU still owns the old Eklutna
Dlant from which MEA gets its
luice, but the new CEA-Alaska
Railroad plant, which is supposed
:o get into production with its
lirst unit of 3,000 kws November
l, will replace at Anchorage what
ever MEA draws from the Eklut
la Plant at approximately the
iame time.
Will MEA consumers be abe to
jse all the electricity they wanti
his winter?
That’s right, said Brewer. MEAi
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Home Demonstration
News
By Marylou Rideout
Christmas gifts and decorations
are the subjects for the Home
makers’ Clubs during the month
of November. On November 3rd,
at 10:30 a.m. is the project lead
ers’ meeting at the Extension
craft room. Each club is asked to
send two project leaders to this
meeting. The making of glo-cand
les will be demonstrated, also
Christmas goodies, and wrapping
of packages. Each project leader
is asked to bring a sandwich for
her lunch, to be supplemented
with demonstrated foods.
4-H Achievement Day
The turning in of 4-H project
books has been very good this
year, but there are still a few
members who have not done so.
Remember, 4-H Achievement
Day is on Saturday, November
8th, at the Grange Hall. There
will be a pot luck lunch at noon
—followed by a program which
will include each club's report of
year’s achievements, awarding ot
pins, a style show and a social
hour. Come-on, 4-H’ers; make this
your best Achievement Day.
may use at least 2,500 kws and
any further amount that CEA
does not need. Valley consumers
may not use their full allowance
this year, but it is expected that
they will use more than the con
tracted amount next year.
Not only should there be a
sufficiency of power this coming
vinter; MEA consumers can ex
pect a lot better service, a lot
more voltage, and a lot more re
ability of power, the MEA man
ner said. Voltage will be held
>s close to 120 as possible. Radio
•eception should be very good,
ind electric motors should turn
)ver right now. Lamps may burn
>ut more quickly because they’ll
ae carrying a full load instead cA
i feeble one.
As a price for this better ser
/ice, the new system may result
n longer outages, at times .than
VTEA consumers are used to.
When the Anchorage system goes
aut, Brewer said, the Valley may
%o out too.
To improve the usual prompt
manager appealed to consumers,
MEA service on outages, the
asking them to report outages
as soon as they occur. Don’t wait
all day and then turn in the re
port at night .
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I. OF ALASKA
'RESIDENT RESIGNS
IS OF JULY 1,1953
From the University of Alaska
ast week, when the Board of Re
ents had concluded its fall meet
ag, came word that the univer
ity president, Dr. Terris Moore,
lad asked to be relieved of his
uties as president, effective July
In asking the Regents to declare
vacancy, he added that he con
idered the opportunities of the
reposed Mount Wrangell Inter
niversity research project to be
) promising that he thought his
lost useful contribution to the
niversity could be made by de
oting his full atention to that
reject beginning in the summer
1 1953.
In accepting Dr. Moore’s resig
ation as president, Andrew Ner
md, president of the Board of
Regents commended Moore for
is contributions to the univer
ty during the time he has been
resident and added, “The Mt.
/rangell Inter-university Re
?arch Observatory, the project
rhich you have outlined to us,
re recognize, will help the Uni
ersity of Alaska greatly. By util
:ing your ability we can actively
articipate in this important
retie Research project. With this
1 mind and as evidence of our
ppreciation of your services, we
ereby bestow upon you the title
1 Professor of the University to
e conveyed upon you at the time
f the transfer of your present
;sponsibility td that of your suc
:ssor. Under this play you may
irry out the responsibilities of
le University of Alaska in the
induct of the Mt. Wrangell Inter
liversifiy Research Observa
ry."
rading Post
oyland Opens
Calling all kids! !! Toyland has
jened!! That was the news out
: the Trading Post this week
id a visit to the magical land
oved the announcement.
The latest thing in childrens’
irniture—toys—games — hobby ■
roducts — sports equipment and
iucational toys and games fill
le shelves. Dana Neimann will
2 in charge of toyland this year
id will be happy to help select
>ys for early Christmas mailing
r shopping.
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LUTHERAN LADIES
ELECT OFFICERS, PLAN
ANNUAL TURKEY DINNER
The Lutheran Ladies Aid elect
ed the following officers at their
recent October meeting are: Mrs
Everett Pederson, president;
Mrs. Edward Imme, secretary:
Mrs. Warren Rice, vice president
and Mrs. Eino Wirtenan, treasur
er. The Aid has taken as its pro
ject for the year the financing
of the newly purchased church or
gan.
Final plans were also made for
the eighth annual turkey din
ner to be held November 6 in the
church basement. Evelyn Wendt
ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish io announce that
as of September 2, 1952, I
transferred my interest as
a limited partner in the
Palmer Cold Storage and
Locker Service to Harry E.
Ryan and Walter F. Coop
er. who are the present
sole owners of this com
pany.
Charlie Waller
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is general chairman of the event.
Serving will start at 5 p.m. and
continue until 8 o’clock. Tickets
will be sold at the door.
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