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PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
Annual spring concert
of PHS music depart
ment at Gym April 22.
VOL. THREE—NO. 31
PALMER, ALASKA, FRIDAY. APRIL 14. 1950
PRICE 10c
Doctors Urge Measures Against Typhoid
writes Seeks Job
Of Manager
Of 1950 Fair
Robert W. Crites, physical edu
cation instructor at Palmer High
School, this week made applica
tion for the position of manager of
the coming Matanuska Valley
Fair. Mr. Crites appeared before
the fair's board of directors last
Monday evening, to make per
sonal application.
The board asked ]\Lr. Crites to
submit his application in writing.
At the same time, it was an
nounced that written applications
Tom all interested applicants will
be received until April 24.
Candidates interested in the po
sition should outline their back
ground and experience in promo
tional work, state the salary they
expect to receive, and should give
some plan of how they feel the
fair can be best developed into
an all-around agricultural, indus
trial and entertainment show.
At the fair board meeting of
May 1, all applicants will be asked
to appear for a personal interview.
The board wall make its selection
at that meeting, or shortly there
after.
April 20 was set for the pro
posed meeting between fair board
members and representatives of
all Valley organizations. At that
meeting, the board hopes to dis
cuss fair plans, and to hear criti
cism and suggestions from all
local organizations. It is the
board’s hope that this meeting
will result in the development of
a fair that will be of interest to
everyone in the Valley.
The income half of the budget
was drafted at last Monday’s
meeting. Board members antici
pate a gross revenue of $20,000
this year. They expect gate re
ceipts, concessions and book ad
vertising to account for most of
this sum.
The budget is scheduled for an
other scanning at next Monday’s
meeting, when amendments and
revisions may be put into effect.
Chamber Board Studies
Kewest Booklet
The Valley Chamber of Com
merce revision of the booklet pre
senting Valley facts and figures
was completed in rough draft
form this week. It will be re
viewed tonight by the Chamber’s
board of directors, according to
Clair Stock, Chamber president.
Once the publication receives
the final okay of the directors,
printers estimate that it will be
off the press and ready for distri
bution by May 1. This year’s pam
phlet will be an estimated 16
pages in length, and will carry a
complete listing of all Valley mer
chants, in addition to a section
of.,display advertising.
The Chamber of Commerce
plans to have 10,000 of the pam
phlets printed. It is hoped that
all Valley folks planning a visit to
the states this summer will carry
a supply of the books with them.
It was a jackpot Easter for the five Valley small fry that photographer Gene Guriak caught comb- i
ing through the grass of the Palmer park square at the Kiwanis egg hunt on Easter Sunday. Most
of the tots were so busy hunting they had no time for posing, but the Guriak camera did stop these i
five for a fleeting second or two. Pictured at the lop left is Bonnie Bush, small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Bush; at the top right is Willie Rempel, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rempel; below left,
Roger Wendt clutches the bunny he won for finding a very special Easter egg; Joann Gormley. cen
ter. couldn't stop for photographers but she got her picture taken anyway. Joann is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Gormley; at the far right, Philip Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Ander
son, casts an eagle eye Mound for more eggs even as the camera clicks. (Photo by Palmer Photo Art.)
PHS Band, Chorus, Soloists Prepare
13 Numbers For April 22nd Concert
The annual spring concert of
the Palmer High School band will
be presented on April 22 this year,
band leader Paul Bushong an
nounced today. The concert will
begin at 8 o’clock in the Gymna
sium.
Students will pay fifty cents ad
mission and adult tickets will cost
one dollar. Concert proceeds will
go to the band’s uniform fund,
Mr. Bushong said.
The coming program will be the
joint production of PHS instru
mentalists, vocalists and soloists,
n addition to band selections, the
A Capella choir has prepared sev
eral numbers.
Band numbers will include
marches, waltzes and semi-class
ical numbers, in addition to Mr.
Bushong’s own “Northern Lights
Overture” which was so well re
ceived at last fall’s concert.
In all, 124 students will partici
pate in this spring concert. The
complete program includes the
following numbers:
I
S adulation March .Seitz
Granada Overture .McCaughey
American Patrol March..Meacham
(Band)
II
To a Wild Rose .Mac Do well
Amaryllis .Bancroft
Czechoslovakian Dance
1 Song. .Anonymous
(Girls' Chorus)
III
Drumsticks (Drum
Novelty) Edwards
Poem Fibich
Indiana State Band Farrar
(Band)
IV
None but the Lonely
Heart Tschaikowsky
Vocal by Ramona Davis
V
Finlandia Sibelius
Shortnin' Bread Riegger
(Vocal Quartet)
VI
; Little Bluebird of My
Heart .Twohig-Grey
(Vocal Trio)
VII
Whispering Hope •..Hawthorne
Trombone solo by Bennie Ross
VIII
Country Gardens .Zamecnik
High School Cadets.Sousa 1
(Band directed by M. Stater)
IX
There's Music in the Air .Post
Old Folks at Home .Foster
Stars of the Summer
Night .Woodbury
Now the Day Is Over .Barney
(Boys' Chorus)
X
Andante from the Fifth
Symphony .Tschaikowsky
(Trumpet Solo by Mike Stater)
XI
J Sabbath Day in
Georgia
A Frangesa
McCaughey
Costa
(Band)
XII
Now Thank We All Our
God ..
Mighty Lak' a
Bach
Rose
Stanton-Nevin
Since First I Saw Your
Face
Sylvia
.Ford
Scollaxd-Speaks
Out of the Dusk to
You
Lamb-Lee
Bells of St. Mary's Furber-Adams
(Mixed Chorus)
XIII
Soldiers' March from
Semper Fidelis March.Sousa
Star-Spangled Banner, Key-Smith
(Band)
STILL MORE BONDS
REDEEMED AT WASILLA
W A*S I L L A — Several more
lunchroom bonds were redeemed,
following last Thursday’s special
bond dinner in the school cafe
teria. All of the evening’s dinner
and entertainment profit w-as ap
plied toward the redemption of
lunchroom bonds.
Each month, more of these
bonds are redeemed, as lunchroom
profits, continue to roll in., .
Faust
Gounod
Northern Lights
Overture .
Bushong
RECOMMEND VACCINE,
PROPER PRECAUTIONS
FOR VALLEY FOLKS
• The outbreak of typhoid in the
Anchorage area should be a warn
ing to all Valley residents, local
doctors cautioned today. Anyone
who has not been immunized for
typhoid, or whose immunization
has expired, should take steps to
have the inoculations immedi
ately.
That is the joint warning is
sued by Dr. Vernon Cates, Dr.
Clarence Bailey, and Miss Mar
jorie Myren, local public health
nurse.
Regarding the time period
elapsing since former immuniza
tions, the Territorial Department
of Public Health has the follow
ing recommendations to make:
"If the individual has had a
booster shot, or a series of ty
phoid shots within the last two
years, then a booster shot only
is all that is necessary. If neith
er a booster shot nor the full
series of shots has been given
within the past two years, then
the series of three should be
given."
No typhoid cases are yet sus
pected in the Valley, but “the
possibility of some cases develop
ing is not remote,” according to
Dr. Bailey.
Dr. Joseph Stickler, epidemiol
ogist for the territorial depart
ment of health, visited Palmer on
Monday of this week to check de
velopments here. Dr. Stickler an
nounced that if any Valley resi
dents have visited in the Spenard
area recently, or have entertained
guests from that area in theii
homes, Miss Myren, or his office,
should be informed.
Source of fhe disease has not
yet been traced. At press-time
there were 12 known cases in
Anchorage, all of them either
from the Spenard area or hav
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PIONEER ALASKAN
SUCCUMBS HERE
EASTER MORNING
George Duncan, long-time Alas
kan resident and a Palmer-ite for
the past five years, died at Valley
Hospital last Sunday morning af
ter a brief illness. He was 68
years old.
Funeral services for the pioneer
Alaskan, who had been prospec
tor, freighter and homesteader,
will be held at the Church of God
at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Duncan apparently left no
survivors. He had lived in Alas
ka for many years. He freighted
with horses over the Richardson
Trail at the time of the Fairbanks
gold rush, and later delivered mail
by dog-team to points in the In
terior.
At the time of his death, which
was caused by pneumonia; Mr.
Duncan was employed as dish
washer at the Ron-Da-Voo Cafe
and as night attendant at. JHfuntr ii.
ley Brothers' Garage'