Parents Meet New School Faculty
At liifcrmal Reception by P-TA
Almost all the Palmer school
teachers and a fair representation
of parents made the most of a
chance to get acquainted or re
new acquaintances at the infor
mal reception given at the Mat
anuska Lodge Sunday afternoon.
Greeting guests and making in
troductions were Mrs. James
Kindler, the new P-TA president,
and the following members of hei
executive committee: Mrs. John
DeVries, Mrs. Ben Hudgins, Mrs.
Neil Miller, Mrs. Ivan Branton,
Mrs. Harry Wimmer, Mrs. Charles
Schaefer and Miss Barbara Rum
ball.
Taking turns at the tea table
were Mrs. William Zahradnicek,
Mrs. Harold Thuma, Mrs. I. M
Sandvik, Mrs. Schaefer, Mrs
Kindler and Mrs. Allan Mick.
Newcomers to the Palmer
school staff naturally came in for
a great deal of attention on the
part of the parents; they in turn
musical achievement. He has been
v nncert master for the Hot
Springs Light Opera Co. and for j,
(he University of Seattle Sym- |
phony. His tour of duty as a cav* {
airy officer in the regular army
makes him particularly keen
ibout a marching band. (Appar
ently the glamor of the march
ing man is more apparent when
viewed from horseback.) At the
University of Seattle Mr. Zawal
niki majored in languages and
philosophy as well as in music.
He left the position he had in
Douglas, Alaska, last year because
he wanted to be in a larger
whool system where he could
have a good sized band. Mrs.
Zawalniki will join him here as
soon as she can get a boat reser
vation.
Dorothy Lorchester will direct
the publication of the Banana
Belt Breezes in addition to teach
ng four classes of English. Her
lome is in Ashland. Wisconsin,
tnd ii was at Northland College
there that she majored in Eng
lish. history and Spanish. She
also attended the University of
Wisconsin for one year.
Mildred Schneider was busy
:his week cataloging books and
uaking extensive plans for the
school library. She was grateful
:o the P-TA for their Junior Lit
?rary Guild subscription which
irings the library especially fine
lew books each month. Miss
schneider teaches Latin in addi
;ion to her library duties. A lot
if people would be surprised at
a combination of Latin and the
great outdoors, but it’s true of
her. Her special outdoor interest
is in youth hostels, gained from
travels all over the States and in
Europe by foot, bicycle and car,
during summer vacations for the
past ten years. She received her
education at Keuka College in
Auburn, N. Y., and at the State
Teachers’ College at Geneseo, N.
Y. Last year she taught Alturas,
California; but the place she re
members with the most pleasure
is Aspen, Colorado, where a lot
ACCA GIFT ITEMS I
ARE ON DISPLAY AT
MATANUSKA HOTEL *
Alaska Crippled Children’s As
sociation gift articles are now on f
sale in the lobby of the Matanus- r
ka hotel.
The Cheechako Homemakers, v
who have taken over the associa- ^
tion activities in the Valley, ac- t
cepted hotel manager John Sul- r
livan’s offer to display the gift (
items and quickly made them
ready for the Fair trade. The ho- .
tel management is also assisting *
the Cheechakos in the sale of the
gift articles. ' ^
of good skiing lent zest to her 5
teaching duties. j e
Harry W'mmer was no sirang- j
er to most of the parents. “It’s *
wonderful to be back", he admit- j
ted after a hard year of study at s
Kansas State. All that study must <
have been worth while, though. <
because he completed has mas- I
ter's work in school administra- «
tion, which is quite an achieve- r
ment for one year. He is teaching .
high school mathematics this
year.
1RR Plans Freight
Inloading Facilities
People who noticed railroad
latcars tipping over and a few
lore bumps in the railroad cross
iR at Fairvicw Ave. this week
.•ill be happy to know that all
his preliminary activity heralds
he addition of a much needed
ailroad spur and end ramp to the
ity’s freight facilities.
The flatcars have been dump
rig ton after ton of gravel to ex
?nd the grade to the width neces
ary to accommodate the spur.
Vith the completion of the spur
nd end ramp, heavy rolling
quipment such as tractors, cars,
nd trucks can be moved from
latcars without any lifting.
The project was originally
lated for early spring, but short
ige of materials held it up. Ac
ording to Ed Bergan at the de
>ot, the supplies and material are
ill ready for the job. All that’s
leeded is a labor crew.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
displayed equal enthusiasm in
meeting people from this new Al
askan community.
First grade teacher, Mrs. Agnes
Rich was particularly happy
about her first encounter with
Alaska. She arrived on the S.S
Alaska from Mira Loma. Califor
nia. For the past five years she
has taught first grade at Ocean
side, California. She received her
training at Cornell university in
New York and at the University
of Southern California.
Margaret Conway, the second
grade teacher, finished her work
last year at the University of
Eastern New Mexico at Porto las,
where she majored in psychology
and education. Her previous
teaching experience consists of
a year at Fragon, New Mexico.
She taught third, fourth, and fiftti
grades there in 1949. ,
Lois E. Thompson, who teaches
fourth grade and primary music
is a Northland College (Ashland.
Wis.) classmate of Dorothy Lor
chesler, who is the new high
school English teacher. They
made the trip from Wisconsin to
Palmer together, going by train
to Tacoma and Seattle and flying
from there. Miss Thompson's
home is in Rice Lake, Wis. Her
school major was in music.
Norman Rousey hails from Ath
ens, Ohio, and Ohio State uni
versity where he played quarter-,
back for four years on the West
played in the Rose Bowl last year,
ern Conference team that almost
Naturally, he’s very football con
scious and the junior high age
boys who attend his physical edu
cation classes will learn a lot
about the game. Mr. Rousey also
is teaching sixth grade.
Betty Jo Riddle, who is teach-1
mg seventh grade and art, ma-j
jored in arts and natural science
at Michigan State Normal College1
at Ypsilanii, Michigan. Her spec
ialty is in industrial art includ
ing crafts and three dimensional
work, and she hopes to impart
some of her enthusiasm for this
work to her pupils. She traveled
by car from her home in Racine,
Wisconsin, to Haines. From there
she came by bus to Palmer.
John P. Zawalnicki promises
that Palmer will have a champion
marching band in a very short
time. And he ought to know be
cause his band won the Class B
championship honors f r three
years in South Dakota. He brings
to Palmer an experience rich in
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