Homemaker's
Council
*A weaving workshop with clas
ses conducted by the famous ex
pert, Karen Pehrson, of Gothen
burg, Sweden, will be conducted
in Palmer, June 10-20, by the Uni
versity of Alaska extension ser
vice.
Invited to work or to watch are
homemakers and anyone inter
ested.
Weaving classes start June 11.
Classes probably will be overflow
so early registration is asked by
Mary Lou Lashbrook, district
home agent.
Miss Pehrson now is conduct
ing weaving classes in Anchorage
where her skill and the beauty of
her handicraft have drawn wide
attention. From Anhcorage she
will come to Palmer, then to
Haines and on to the University
of Alaska summer school where
she will teach a credit course,
July 2-August 14.
Next meeting of the Home
makers’ Council will be 10:30 a.
m., Monday, June 4, in the exten
sion craft room, when summer
pldns for the homemaker clubs
and 4-H will be discussed.
Miss Florence Eby, market mas
ter for the Farmers’ Market, soon
to be opened in Palmer, will tell
final plans for booth spaces and
answer questions on proposed op
eration of this community ven
ture.
NEW ARRIVALS IN ALASKA
itflr. and Mrs. Burt F. Parker
and Miss Rogane Talbott of
Breckenridge, Colo., were in Pal
mer for a short visit this week af
Governor Seeks—
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3oes not have sufficient informa- i
tion to advise me on the question
af whether or not the United :
States government is claiming any :
right, title or interest in the Pal
■ner airport. Suggest your prin
cipal contact for an answer to :
:his question the Civil Aero
nautics administration, which has :
regional office in Anhcorage and
arincipal office in Washington,
D. C. ,
"As chairman of the commis- 1
»ion I personally would want to
ae assured that if the Palmer air • '
jort property were sold to your i
nrincipal that previous to such I
■ale a definite commitment would ]
>e made to provide Palmer with 1
idequate substitute airport facili- 1
ies. Needless to say the people
>f Palmer should, in my view, be (
ully consulted and their every in- c
erest protected before any action -
was initialed leading to such a
ale. It might well be that they
would like to secure a consider
ble housing project with the pos
ible addition of several hundred
Mr. and Mrs. Don Alton Stump
re the parents of a new daugh
er, born at Valley hospital-, May
5. The little miss, who weighed
pounds, 12 ounces at birth, has
een named Pricilla Lorene. She
> the fourth child for the couple
rho make their home in Palmer.
Mr. Stump is a missionary pas
ir a visit to Fairbanks. The Park
rs sold their business, The Sum
lit County Journal at Brecken
dge, before coming to Alaska,
rinters all, they hope to locate
i this vicinity. They are visit
lg at Anchorage for a few days.
Families io the Valley which ap
pears indicated by the proposal
:o purchase the entire airport at
i price around two hundred thou
sand dollars, if given assurance
:hat there would be no serious in
terruption in the airplane com
munications between the Valley
and other regions which furnish
the market for the Valley's prod
ucts, and to establish the purpose
:or which the existing airport was
auill and rushed to completion."
The Palmer Airport association,
composed of private citizens,
lolds an option to purchase the
airport land from the Territory,
rhey raised the funds to buy the
and. The Territory made im
>rovements before federal ap
aroval was granted, so federal
natching funds have been held
ip.
The airport is considered a stra
egic landing field in the national
lefense program.
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Starlight
Moonlight —
— Formfit — Lingerie.
Bumpers
vague and brief,
Jantzen — Holeproof — beyond
belief.
Windsor-Knitwear — Twilight-Sprints,
Bibs and Bonnets — also hints.
Kool-Foam — Sportswear — Sterntex —
Tights,
Man-Style — Maidens; that's alright.
Nu-Eve Jamas — God forbid,
But lots of things for real small kids.
What a place, "A women's store'
I know less now than I did before.
Bettys’
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