First Masonic Lodge
Is Formed for Valley
The Valley is to have its first
Masonic Lodge which will be or
ganized here next week. Prom
inent Anchorage Masons, includ
ing Eugene Berato and other An
chorage Masonic Lodge officers
will be in attendance here to
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I properly constitute the new lodge
i at us first meeting to be held De
; cember 29.
The new Masonic order here
will be known as the Matanuska
Masonic Lodge. It will receive
its dispensation and be contituted
as a lodge at the meeting next
Friday. The new lodge will con
vene at 8 p.m. at the Carpenters’
hall.
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Two Teachers Share
Honors at Reception
Mrs. Rankin Tippins and Mrs.
Thomas V. Heath, teachers at
Palmer school, whose marriages
have taken place here recently,
shared honors at a reception and
tea given for them this week at
the school. Mrs. Tippins was the
former Miss Doris Nique until
her marriage here December 8.
The marriage of Mis. Heath, the
former Grace Milles, took place
during the middle of November.
Each of the honored guests were
presented with lovely gifts for
their new homes.
The reception and tea for them
this week was held in the Home
Economics room of the Palmer
school. It was given by the
Palmer Teachers’ Association
with the faculty members in at
tendance.
Among the guests present were
William T. Zahradnicek, super
intendent, William W. Elliott,
grade school principal, Mrs. Pearl
Moyer, Miss Betty Kreutz, Mrs.
Barbara Sinart, Miss Barbara
Rumball, Miss Evelyn Henrich,
Mrs. Mai'garet Bettz, Mrs. Alma
Blunck, Fred Stassel, Mrs. Jean
LaCross, Miss Nettie Smith, Paul
Bushong, Charles Ercegovich,
Joseph Huddock and Mrs. Mar
garet Cope.
MILES HYLAND HERE
FROM U. OF ALASKA
Miles Hyland, son of Mrs.
James Smith of Palmer, is ex
pected to arrive here this week
end to spend the Christmas holi
days. Mr. Hyland is a freshman
at the University of Alaska.
By Popular Demand - - -
Another Winter Excursion
Anchorage to Curry and Return via The Alaska Railroad
over the Christmas and New Year's Holidays
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Three Glorious Days in
Winfer's Wonderland!
Leave Anchorage 2 P.M.Dec. 23
Leave Curry 6 P.M.Dec. 25
or
Leave Anchorage 2 P.M.Dec. 30
^Leave Curry 6 P.M.Jan. \ y
You'll enjoy Curry. It has some of the finest
lighted ski slopes in Alaska . ice skating,
hiking, dancing and merrymaking. Frolic in
this outdoor wonderland at special reduced
rates. . . And be sure to bring your camera!
Special Hotel Rates
Without bath.single $2.65
double $3.75
With Bath.single $3.50
double 5.00
Dormitory, men $1.50
ROUND TRIP
TRAIN FARE
Hotel Meal Rates
Breakfast ... $1.50
Lunch . $1.50
Dinner.$1.75
I HOTEL SPACE IS LIMITED
Make reservations for the Christmas trip by 4 P.M. Friday, December 22.
Make reservations for New Year's trip by 4 P.M. Friday, December 22.
Call the Palmer ARR Agent
The Alaska Railroad
To hundreds of people in Alaska
the most important thing about
William E. Craumer is his signa
ture. So instead of running a pho
tograph of Mr. Craumer, as has
been the practice in this Know
Your University series, we are
printing his signature.
Mr. Craumer is comptroller of
the University of Alaska, and his
signature appears on every check
issued by the University, the
Geophysical Institute, the Food
Service, the Bookstore and the
Experiment Station.
! Bill Craumer comes from Lewis
! burg, Pennsylvania, in the cen
tral part of the state. Lewis
burg’s claim to fame is not that it
lies on the edge of the great Ap
plachian coal belt, but that it is
the hometown of Bucknell Uni
versity. Bucknell University has
a lot of meaning for the Univer
sity of Alaska, as it is the Alma
Mater of President Emeritus Dr.
Charles E. Bunnell.
Craumer was a junior at Buck
nell when World War II came
along. One day, as it happened to
a million Americans, President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent
him a postcard that said “Greet
ings.” Before Bill got used to the
khaki-colored suit he was wear
ing he was in basic training at
Camp Maxey in Paris, Texas.
William was in the Army three
and one-half years, and spent two
of them in Merrie Ole England.
Being an accountant major, Bill
was a valuable G.I. He was
shunted all over England, from
camp to camp, to straighten out
books, accounts and bring order
out of snafu. Bill didn’t mind this
a bit as he got to see just about
all of England, either in line of
duty or on three-day passes. He
got himself well acquainted with
Scotland, too.
After V-E day the Joint Chiefs
of Staff decided Bill (and his
Field Artillery) were needed on
the other side of the world. So
Bill crossed the Atlantic west
bound, greeted Lady Liberty in
New York Harbor with a wide
smile, and went home to Lewis
burg on a 30-day pass.
The day the Japanese threw in
the sponge, Bill was in the front
room of his home listening to the
radio. When the flash came “Ja
pan surrenders,” he calmly went
upstairs, opened his closet, took
out his unused civvies, put them
on and went downtown. Rta.
stood on the sidewalk and
watched the Victory Parade gn
by. That was the first parade he
had enjoyed in a long time.
Craumer went back to Bucknell
and in June of 1947 was awarded
his Bachelor of Science degree
majoring in accounting. His first
job was with a medium - sized
(500-employees) accounting firm
in New York City. Bill soon
showed his mettle and v. as put on
the road supervising audits. While,
going over the books of an in
surance company in Philadelphia,
a most attractive registered nurse,
Yvonne Horning, of Chester,
Pennsylvania, crossed his path.
They met, liked each other and
dated. And more about Yvonne
later.
One day Craumer was called to
the long distance telephone. A
wire had been received by Buck
nell from Dr. Charles E. Bunnell.
“The University of Alaska needs
a comptroller.”
“Would you like to go to Alas
ka?” Craumer was asked.
“No, I don’t think so. Who
wants to go to Alaska?"
Then Frank Davis, secretary of
thfe Bucknell Alumni Association,
who had taught school with
Charles E. Bunnell in Alaska
back in 1901 and 1902, gave
Craumer a sales talk on Alaska
that had him on the ropes in short
order.
Four days after hearing of the
job. Craumer was on a plane
bound for Fairbanks. He arrived
at College in August, 1948, took
off his coat and went to work.
It took Bill only an academic
year to prove he was an excellent
man for the job and to show him
that he liked Alaska. Then he
| started making plans that includ
; ed Yvonne Horning. On Febru
ary 7. 1950, at 45 below, with Dr.
Bunnell giving the bride away.
Bill Craumer and Yvonne were
married at St. Matthews Church
in Fairbanks.
Last week a son, weighing 7 lbs.
13 ozs., arrived at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, Fairbanks.
Right now, William E. Craumer.
comptroller of the University, is
with his young son and setting
up an account in the family ledg
er;, entitled “William E. Craumer,
i Jr.”
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