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8fltoert’*:W. ^Geliifamel, para
chute rigger third class, USN,
son of Harold E. Gershmel of
Wasilla, is serving with Train
ing Squadron 29, based at the
Naval Air Station, Corpus
Christi, Texas.
He was recently named as
the squadron’s Sailor of the
Month as a result of his com
mendable performance of duty.
A graduate of the Wasilla
H.gh School, Gershmel entered
the Navy in April, 1958.
Local Servicemen
Aboard Kearsarge
Three young men from the
Matanuska Valley were aboard
the aircraft carrier USS Kear
sarge when astronaut LeRoy
Gordon Cooper, Jr., splashed
into the Pacific May 16,
They are Richard D. Jones,
airman, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Jones of Palmer,
James M. Peterson, radarman
third class, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Peterson of Mile
7, Knik Road; and Clarence E.
Michaelson, aviation boats
wain’s mate third class, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D.
Fitzgibbon of Star Route, Was
illa.
The Kearsarge has now re
covered two astronauts, having
recovered Walter Shirra last
October.
Baptist Church To
Hold Bible School
All youngsters from the age
of three through 16 are invited
to come to the vacation Bible
school at the First Baptist
Church in Palmer, church
officials have announced.
There will be no charge for
attendance at the school.
Classes will be held Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 12
noon, from June 3 through
June 14.
Refreshments will be served
each day, with a picnic to be
furnished by the church on the
last day.
Preparation Day will be held
Sunday, June 2, from 12 noon
to 1 p.m., for registration.
Those wishing further informa
tion may call Mrs. Floyd Eh
mann at PI 5-3017.
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WASULA
MAIL CARRIER HELD MONDAY
Funeral services were held
Monday, May 27, at 2 p.m. in
the Wasilla Presbyterian
Church for G. Frank Cochran,
32, Wasilla mail carrier who
died May 21 of injuries receiv
ed in a highway accident.
Services were conducted by
the Kev. Claude Klaver. Inter
ment was in the Wasilla Au
rora cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Roger Woods, Jim Austin,
Charles Clamp, James E. Sul
livan, Pat Carter, and Bill Kerr.
Cochran was born in Tar
pley, Texas, on Nov. 5, 1930.
He is survived by his father,
Eugene Cochran of Wasilla;
three bothers. Donald of Wasil
la, James, with the U. S. Army
at San Antonio, Texas, and
I John, stationed with the U. S.
Navy in Miramar, Calif.; and
five sisters, Mrs. Ruby Kerr
and Mrs. Helen Meinke of Wa
if
silla, Mrs. Merle Peterson of
Turtle Lake, North Dakota.
Neva Ruth of Wasilla, and
Joyce of San Diego.
Wasilla Post Office
Moves This Weekend
Personnel at the Wasilla post
ofice plan to move from the
present location on Main Street
to the new quarters in the Gil
i low Building, located on the
Wasilla-Big Lake Highway,
this weekend, according to Mrs.
May Carter, postmaster.
The new office is expected to
be ready for business on Mon
day morning, June 3, she stat
ed. Mrs. Carter pointed out that
j there will be no telephone in
i the new building. It has pre
! viously been possible to reach
I post office employees by tele
; phone through the Carter home
number.
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MAYOR MOORE PURCHASES FIRST SHARE OF STOCK
MAYOR RALPH MOORE of Palmer, right,
purchases the first stock share in the
Palmer Dragway, Sports and Recreation
Center, Inc., from Mrs. Pat Wells, owner
of the Matanuska Hotel in Palmer. Cor
poration plans are to first develop a
drag strip on a site located south of the
city, with further developments to in
clude a new Alaska State Fair grounds
and a coliseum for sports and civic events.
Calendar of Events
WEDNESDAY. MAY 29
AA, Mile 60, Glenn Highway,
7 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
EXPLORERS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
MVCCA, New clinic bldg., 8
p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 30
MEMORIAL DAY
FRIDAY. MAY 31
LICENSE TAG DEADLINE
SUNDAY. JUNE 2
FLY-IN BREAKFAST, Palmer
airport, 6 a.m. to 12 noon
AA, Mile 60, Glenn highway,
7 p.m.
MONDAY. JUNE 3
C. A. P. ENCAMPMENT
STARTS
WARREN JONES TO
ATTEND INSTITUTE
Warren E. Jones of Wasilla
high school is one of 55 teach
ers who will attend the Nation
al Science Foundation summer
institute at the University of
Alaska June 17 - Aug. 9.
The institute, one of 500 held
throughout the nation, is de
signed to introduce junior and
senior high school science and
mathematics teachers to new
developments in their fields
and to strengthen their capa
city to motivate able students
into science careers.
KIWANIS. Grange hall, noon
BETA SIGMA PHI, Members
home, 8 p.m.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
LIONS CLUB, Frontier cafe,
noon
LIBRARY BOARD. Library,
7:30 p.m.
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
L. O.O. MOOSE. Moose hall, 8
p.m.
WOTM, Moose hall, 8 p.m.
CHEECHAKO HOMEMAK
ERS, Member’s home, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
M. V. CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE, Frontier cafe, noon
AA, Mile 60, Glenn highway,
7 p.m,
BPO ELKS, Elks home, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
EXPLORERS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6
BOY SCOUTS, Legion bldg., 7
p.m.
CAP. SQUAD, Moose hall,
7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
bldg., 8 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION AUX.
Legion bldg., 8 p.m.
M. V. SPORTSMEN, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
MOOSE
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EVERY WEDNESDAY NITE
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Memorial Day, and always, let us honor our
heroic dead by pledging ourselves ever to
preserve the liberty of free men for which
they gave so much.
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