Mrs. Bennelt and Sons
Return to Nebraska
WASILLA—Mrs. J. E. Bennett
and sons, Ricky and Evan, left
for their home in Nebraska this
week. They have been guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Teeland
here, since the recent death of
Evan Jones of Homer. Mr. Jones
was the father of Mrs. Teeland
and Mrs. Bennett.
Mrs. Evan Jones is now making
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Teeland.
TEACHER IS ILL
WASILLA—Miss Elizabeth An
derson, primary teacher at Wa
silla School, was confined to her
home by illness last Sunday and
Monday.
I
A CORRECTION
WASILLA — Last v.eek's an
nouncement of the meeting place
for the Wasilla Homemaker’s
club was in error. Homemakers
will meet with Mrs. Frank Jones
on May 18, rather than at the
home of Mrs. Glen Barnes, as an
| nounced earlier.
PAUL DAFELMAIR IS
HONORED AT PARTY
WASILLA — A going - away
party surprised Paul Dafelmair
on Friday, May 5. The party was
given by Mrs. Wenter Harvey.
Paul expects to leave for his
home in Chicago, 111., shortly after
: school closes this term.
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MOORE'S GARAGE
1 Mile South of Palmer on Matanuska Road Phone 81-Y-l
'lew B"ss Line to Link
Vaiiev With the Kenai
Inauguration of a Kenai penin
sula bus service, which eventual
ly will connect the Matanuska
Valley with Kenai points, Homer
and Seward, was announced this
week by Carl Gage of Seward.
Bus operations between Seward
and Kenai will begin on May 23.
The through run from Kenai to
Homer will not begin until late
July, due to the condition of the
Sterling Highway.
Valley residents will not be able
to board a bus with a Kenai pe
ninsula destination in mind until
the Anchorage-Seward Highway
is opened, probably next year.
However when that time comes,
the Matanuska Bus Lines and the
new Kenai company have reached
a joint agreement that will per
mit inter-transfer of passengers
at Anchorage.
In addition to the regular Kenai
bus run, Mr. Gage is planning
four scenic tours this summer.
Lei's keep our Valley green this
year. Moke sure lhal cigarette is
out.
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HOUSES
DAIRY FARMS
☆
PIONEER
Insurance and
Realty
Wright Building
PALMER
WHS to Hold
First School Prom
Tomorrow Hight
WASILLA—Spring will be the
theme of the first junior-senior
prom ever to be staged by Wasil
la High School. The prom, given
by the junior class as a farewell
gesture to the departing seniors,
will be held tomorrow evening in
Community Hall.
The hall has been beautifully
decorated for the prom. Before
dancing begins at nine o’clock,
there will be a reception for the
parents and teachers of junior
and senior students of Wasilla
High School. The reception will
begin at eight o’clock.
Just at midnight, Rose Vick
aryous and Jim Carson will be
crowned king and queen of the
prom, and will reign for the re
mainder of the evening.
I PERSONNEL ADDED
TO REA STAFF HERE
Earl Smith, a Rural Electrifica
tion representative from the
Washington, D. C., headquarters
office, applications and loans di
vision, has been added to the
local REA staff, it was announced
this week.
Mr. Smith, who comes to the
Palmer office on a permanent as
signment, is expected to arrive
here in the near future.
Bryan Returns
To Washington Duty
H. G. Bryan, former Rural Elec-!
trification Administration repre- ;
sentative stationed in Palmer, is
now completely recovered in
health, it was learned this week.
Mr. Bryan is now on assignment
with REA’s power division in
Washington, D. C.
200 Women Attend
Homemakers’ Tea 1
At least 200 members of Valley
Homemakers’ clubs and their
friends attended the May 4th tea
planned by the Valley Homemak
ers’ Council last week. Several
guests from Anchorage were pres
ent, in addition to Valley club
members.
The tea table was appropriately
decorated in a May motif. The
centerpiece, a May basket massed
with daffodils, was flanked by a
May pole and dancers on either
side. Mrs. Martin Olsen of Wa
silla planned the table decora
tions.
Ladies “oh-ed and ah-ed” in
amazement at Mrs. Karla Duff’s
arrangement of refinished furni
ture. Mrs. Duff combined pieces
of furniture, refinished at the
Valley’s workshop last winter,
into an attractive room arrange
ment.
Guests complimented club
members and their leaders on the
successful tea, which was the cul
mination of a year’s homemaking
work in the Valley.
Nurses Asked to Meet
With Bailey on May 23
All registered nurses now liv
ing in the Valley are invited to
attend a special meeting of nurses
at the office of Dr. C. C. Bailey
in the Wright Building, at eight
oclock on May 23, Dr. Bailey an
nounced this week. The meeting
will not be lengthy. Nurses who
are not able to attend this meet
ing are asked to stop at Dr. Bail
ey’s office at their convenience.
From this meeting, Dr. Bailey
hopes there will grow a registry
of nurses who may be called for
special duty in an emergency.
The doctor said that the bur
den of special - duty nursing is
now falling on only a few women.
If the 25 or 30 former nurses, who
are now living in the Valley,
would add their names to a reg
istry, the duty calls probably
would not fall oftener than once
in four to six months, he esti
mated.
Adm. Wagner to Retire,
Adm. Sprague Will Direct
Seventeenth Naval Dist.
Rear Admiral C. A. F. Sprague
soon will relieve Rear Admiral
Frank D. Wagner as Command
ant of the Seventeenth Nav»A
District at Kodiak, it was an
nounced from that headquarters
this week. Admiral Wagner is
retiring after July 1, following 39
years of service in the Navy.
Admiral Sprague is a veteran
of two wars, having been in the
air arm of the Navy since 1920.
He was in command of the car
rier WASP during the Pacific
war in 1943 and 1944. Admiral
Sprague saw extensive action in
the Pacific theatre. He was at
Pearl Harbor at the time of the
i Japanese raid on Dec. 7, 1941.
| Following the war, Admiral
i Sprague participated in the two
atom bomb tests in the Pacific,
and later was chief of naval air
basic training at Corpus Christi,
Tex.
A long-time Alaskan resident,
Alexander Lake of Seward, died
and was buried at the Gateway
City last week. Mr. Lake had
been connected with Seward’s
j fishing industry for at least 30
| years. It is not known how much
■ longer the pioneer had lived in
I Alaska. He had been ailing foi^.
' some time before his death.