ACHIEVEMENT DAY MARKS ANOTHER YEAR OF
HOMEMAKERS’ GLUB WORK IN THE VALLEY
Nearly 100 Valley Homemakers
attended the annual Achievement
Day program at the United Pro
testant Church Monday despite
the fact that the season’s first
snow has frosted highway and
roads jvith a perilous glaze.
Following pot-luck luncheon,
the afternoon program began with
installation of new Homemakers’
Council officers by Mrs. James
Berry, past president. Lighting
their candles from the past presi
dent’s candle to signify continuing
service to the Homemakers of the
Valley were Mrs. Marjorie Brew
er, new president; Mrs. Jean O’
Neill. vice-president: Mrs. Evelyn
Bush, secretary: and Mrs.. Beverly
Grover, treasurer.
Following reports from the in
dividual Homemakers ekibs in
the Valley, Mrs. James Hulbert
delighted long-time residents and
newcomers alike with her talk on
“I Remember When.” Mrs. Hul
bert the former Frances Bums,
left the Valley seven years ago
after being Home Demonstration
Agent here. She has now returned
to live at Jonesville with her hus
band and four children. The
things Mrs. Hulbert remembered
brought many laughs from the
Homemakers who had participat
ed in the incidents. A showing of
hands revealed that less than half
of the Homemakers gathered for
Achievement Day had been in the
Valley seven year ago. Included
among her remembrances were
the First Colony Day with the
parade of children born since the
Colonists arrived (led by Monte
Larsh), the Sunday dinner served
on a few hour’s notice to a visit
ing Congressional committee
(Gov. Gruening led all the Con
gressmen out in the kitchen 'to
meet the cooks); and blueberry
outings up the highway by chart
ered bus.
Home Demonstration Agent
Marvlou Rideout gave a brief eu
logv of The Homemaker, A VERY
IMPORTANT PERSON.
The program ended with a
series of skits by six Homemakers
clubs. Funniest of the lot was the
‘‘Nugget” in which Bea Medaris,
housewife, out-slicked a salesman
by feigning insanity and a yen
dor the “man.” Other skits were
"Station ACCA” by the Cnee
chakos. “Dancing Dolls” by the
Butte Club. "The Dusters’ Dance”
by the Gold Dusters (a certain
banker’s long johns played promi
nently here), “Hasty Harry” by
the Palmasilla Club, and two hu
morous readings by Mrs. Harold
Thuma of the Sourdoughs.
Don't Miss The
MARITA FARELL CONCERT
TIP-TOP-INN
CAFE
Featuring
Steak, Chops, Chicken
Prawns, Fish and Srog
Legs or Special Salads
Ralph and Alice Horton, Prop.
Annual Grange Center
Members of the Northland
Pioneer Grange will hold their
annual Harvest Dinner tonight
in the Grange Hall 5:30-8:30
p.m.
Turkey and all the trim
mings wil be served with Ma
tanuska Valley vegetables.
Tickets may be purchased at
the door.
30 PHS STUDENTS
ON HONOR ROLL
! First report cards of the Palmer
| High School year were out last
Thursday, and 30 students earn
ed positions on the school honor
roll.
In the junior high grades only
| four students made the necessary
grade average. They were Jean
Brunner, 7-a: Ronald Shook, 7-b;
Derain Curtis and Leah Rae Sch
roeder, 8-a.
On the high school honor roll
were Judy Bryant and Jerene
Stephan, 9-a; Marie Bennett,
Carol Berry, and Jenetta Lindsey,
9-b; Carol Colberg and Carol
Wood. 10-a: Jane Kneff, Donna
McKechnie, and Carl Zaborac, 10
b: Virginia Boulter, Pat Diedrich,
I Mary Graves, Dorothy Hoffman.
Bennie Ross, and Neola Sandvik,
11-a; Dorothy Adams, Sherry Ball,
Janice Barry, Donna Harris, and
Alma Roark, 11-b; and Margaret
Jane Cope, Robert Hartman.
Gerry Kindgren. Mary Ada Lee,
and Mary Ann Mears, 12th grade.
Highest percentages on the jun
ior high and senior high honor
rolls were chalked up by grade
8-a and 11-a respectively.
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JONESViLLE MAN WINS
TRIP TO HONOLULU AT
ST. MICHAEL'S BAZAAR
Ronald MacDonald of Jonesville
was the lucky winner of the round
trip to Hawaii at the prize draw
ing held at the St. Michael’s An
nual Bazaar in the Palmer School
gymnasium Saturday night.
The second prize, a silver tea
service, was won }jy Mrs. John
Breen of Dayton, Ohio. The third
prize, a 17-jewel watch, was won
by Ed Durand of Galena. Alaska.
Harry O’Neill of Anchorage won
the woolen blanket.
A large attendance made the
Bazaar a Luge success. Father
James Snead expressed his thanks
to all the ladies of the church who
assisted with the booths and to
the many local merchants who
contributed so generously with
prizes.
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APPLICATIONS FOR
PERMIT MOOSE HUNT
MUST BE IN NOV. 1
Only eight more days remain to
send in applications for the speci
al moose permit hunt December
II through December 17.
Applications for the special per
mit may be picked up in the U. S.
Commissioner’s office. They must
be filled out and sent to the Fish
and Wildlife Service, Box 280, An
chorage. Permits for hunting 75
bull moose will be issued follow
ing a drawing early in November.
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LOCAL SPORTSMEN
ASKED TO SUPPORT
“FISH UNLIMITED”
“Fish Unlimited” in the Anch
orage-Matanuska Valley area is
the object of a gigantic raffle con
ceived by the Anchorage Sports
men’s Association, Inc.
Believing that it is in the in
terest of every sportsman and
booster in the area to improve
present fish resources, the An
chorage sportsmen have decided
on this plan to give a financial
and moral boost to the program
of the Alaska Department of Fish
eries begun last summer. Fish fry
for planting in selected waters
| were produced at an experimental
hatchery in the Fairbanks area
during the past year. They were
brought by plane for replanting ]
in the Anchorage area. To have
sufficient fry to do a good job of \
restocking the many suitable
lakes in this area, a hatchery in
the Anchorage area appeared ad
visable.
To obtain the funds for such a
hatchery or for equipment need
ed, the Anchorage Sportsmen are
enlisting the co-operation of all
sportsmen, businessmen, and ser
vicemen in this area. Financing of
the plan is through the sale of
numbered tickets to a huge
Sportsmen’s Show to be held at j
the Elks’ Hall in Anchorage Mon
day. November 24. Highlight of
the benefit show will be a draw
ing from the tickets of admission.
The lucky winner will receive a j
1952 Anniversary Model Cadillac
Sedan. For everyone else, it is!
hoped that the dream of “Fish-1
Unlimited” will be a prize bear
ing future dividends. Tickets sell
for one dollar. Local groups wish- j
P-TA Members Hear
Child Welfare Talk
Miss Marilyn Olson, of the De
partment of Public Welfare An
chorage office was guest speaker
at the well attended P-TA meet
ing held October 21. Miss Olson
«n«ke informatively on family re
lationships.
A happy home life eliminates
serious child problems that arise
during various development
phases, Miss Olson pointed out.
Helping the child develop self
security by harmonious living
within the family group was stres
sed by Miss Olson. “Let the child
develop at his own speed,” she
suggested. Advance stages vary
in individuals and each child
should be recognized for himself.
“Do not expect a child to give
more than he can produce,” she
urged. A question she suggested
parent ask themselves was, “Are
we doing all we can to give our
children happiness for tomor
row?”
A film “Fears of Children”
shown by Miss Olson graphically
illustrated the fears of children,
their causes and remedies.
The next regular P-TA meeting
will be held November 18. Stu
ing to support this plan for sup
plementing Territorial funds
available to speed a desirable goal
may obtain blocks of tickets for
resale to members from Richard
Jones, who has been designated as
the source of tickets in the Val
ley.
The plan of Fish Unlimited
was outlined to members of the
local Kiwanis Club at their regu
lar meeting Monday by Paul E.
Kirker, Jr., chairman of the game
fish committee of the Anchorage
Sportsmen’s Assn.
dents of Mrs. Henning Blunck
will present a Puppet Show com
memorating Education Week.
It couldn't happen anywhere
but in Alaska. Dr. Foster Sims,
returning over the Alaskan
Highway with a new car after
an extended vacation in the
States, had the car knocked out
of commission by a rock near
> Tok Junction. Stranded so near
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! home and yet so far, who
should come along to offer him
a lift but his own landlord,
Steve Ward.
WELCOME
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
Singspiration 8 P.M.
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY only
OCTOBER 24-25
SOLID PACK
APRICOTS ..6 lb. 10 oz. can $1.57
BLACK
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FRESH FROZEN
KING CRAB - logs only.lb. $ .98
FRESH GROUND
HAMBURG .lb. $ .75
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of interior-exterior appointments ... or a curved
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