>• VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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MRS. JAMES KtNDLER
PRESIDENT OF P.T.A.
The Palmer Parent-Teachers
Association held its regular
monthly meeting March 21 at the
school cafeteria.
Mrs. Allan Mick v. as chairman
for the evening, in the absence
of President Mrs. I. M. Sandvik.
The report of the nominating
committee was read by Mrs. Hen
ning Blunck, and the following
officers were elected to the 1951
«52 term: Mrs. James Kindler,
president; Mrs. Ivan Branton,
«nce-president; Mrs. John DeVries
•secretary; Miss Barbara Rumball,
treasurer.
Mr. Gene Butler, Boy Scout
executive from Anchorage, spoke
to the group on cub scouting,
parent participation in the scout
program and how the two go to
gether.
Following the business meet
ing, an entertaining program was
presented by the teachers of the
Palmer school. Mrs. Blunck dis
played a conservation sanctuary,
made entirely by the students of
grades 4B and 5A. Bird and wild
life plaques, scrap books and
chalk paintings were also exhibit
ed. Much of the work was above
average and all showed the inter
est in which the classes entered
the project.
An amusing program entitled
- “Dr. P. U.” was presented by a
group of teachers. Joseph Hud
ock, as master of ceremonies, in
troduced Charles Ercegovich, who
did a fine bit of acting as “Dr. P.
U ”, the quiz master. The follow
ing teachers took part as his
RIVERBEND CLUB
BONATES $50 TO
PALMER LIBRARY
The Palmer Public Library was
the recipient this week of a gift
of $50, donated by the Riverbend
Homemakers Club.
The money was raised by the
club through ticket sales on a
quilt, awarded to Miss Louis Kel
logg. It was made by the members
as a civic project this past year.
The club wishes to thank all
who helped make the donation a
success.
'Girl Scout Training
Class to Be Held Here
Mrs. Marjorie Kaffer of An
chorage, professional girl-scout
leader trainer, will be in Palmer
March 27 to conduct a leaders
training meeting which will start
at 9:00 a.m. at the Rec Hall, it
was announced today by Mrs.
Chas. Wilson, local Girl Scout
leader.
Following the morning meet
ing, the leaders will attend the
fly-up and investure ceremonies
of Troop 26, scheduled to start at
2:30 p.m. at the Rec Hall.
Mothers and friends of Girl
Scouts and their leaders are in
vited to attend the ceremonies.
“helpers”: Miss Barbara Rumball,
Miss Nancy Wade, Mrs. Doris
Tippens and Mr. Fred Stassel.
Audience participation and con
solation prizes were a featured
part of the program.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the meeting.
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HEALTH COUNCIL
NEWS
A GLASS OF MILK •
A glass of milk is a simple
thing. And yet, one day in the
summer of 1945 it became the
symbol of all that is wonderful
and good in our abundant life.
Weary men and women were
returning from the European j
battlefields at the port of Boston,!
and although there was no Stat
ue of Liberty to thrill them on
their arrival, something just as
significant happened to them. As
they marched down the gang
plank, full packs on their backs,
steel helmets on their heads, and
the fatigue of months of hard
ship weighing on their spirits, a
shock of sheer delight ran through
the ranks. For at the bottom of
the gangplank stood a group of
laughing American Red Cross
| women, each with a carton of
I milk in her hand.
As the troops marched by in
single file, these women of the
Red Cross handed each a glass of
milk, the first fresh milk the boys
had seen in many a month.
But it was more than a glass of
milk. It meant that they were
home. It meant that all the striv
ing and hate and fighting and
j cold and weariness and blood and
crying were behind. It meant, at
long last, a clean bed with sheets,
flush toilets, three meals a day,
loving friends, wives, children, ice
cream, fresh eggs, warm baths,
trees along the street, autumn
leaves, the town movie, air with
out gunpowder, and all the free
dom of body, soul, and spirit
which was their heritage in,
America.
A glass of milk and the Red
Cross. Yes, they were home! They
sucked in huge gulps, and tears
of gratitude splashed in the milk.
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Valley Play Boys
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