Christmas Program
Expected to Draw
Capacity Crowd
Plans and practices are in full
swing at Palmer School for the
Students’ annual Christmas con
cert to be presented Tuesday eve
ning, December 23 in the school
auditorium. The annual affair is
looked forward to from year to
year for its fine and often sur
prising presentations of old and
new favorites.
The Cantata, “The Holy Birth”
will be presented by the school
chorus of 50 voices under the di
rection of Miss Lois Thompson,
along with a varied Christmas
program of familiar carols. The
school band, directed by Leo
Getsgo will offer an instrumental
portion of the program as well as
accompany the chorus in two
numbers.
The program will be presented
at 8 p.m. and is open to the pub
lic. There will be no admission
charge.
ANNUAL LEGION PARTY
SET FOR DECEMBER 18
Palmer Post American Legion
and Auxiliary will hold their,
annual Christmas party at Car
penters’ Hall Thursday, Decem
ber 18. All veterans and their
families are invited. Those attend
ing are asked to take two gifts,
one for a boy and one for a girl.
The gifts will be distributed by
Santa Claus who has promised to
be there.
The hall will be decorated
along the Christmas theme with
a large Christmas tree as the
center of attraction. Refreshments
of hot dogs and coffee will be
served. The party is scheduled to
start at 7:30 p m.
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RELIGIOUS FILM
TO BE SHOWN
Bible Distributor
All over the world Bible Dis
tributors are seeking out people j
who need and want Scriptures. The
procedure which results in the man
with the Book meeting the man
without the Book is the theme of a
sound film in color entitled AT
WORK WITH THE WORD.
The film was produced by the
American Bible Society and con
tains authentic scenes taken on the
home and foreign mission fields.
The public is invited to see AT
WORK WITH THE WORD at ,
The United Protestant Church.
Sunday morning. December 14
during the Sunday School hour
at 10 a.m.
Accidents Cause
Most Deaths
Accidents were first among 1
the three leading causes of death <
in Alaska in 1951, according to i
figures for the year released by
the Bureau of Vital Statistics. J
Records to date show that ac- <
cidents took 262 lives during <
1951, Heart diseases were in sec- J
ond place with 226, and tuber
culosis third with 228. The 1950 |
figures for the three leading caus- ■
es of death in the territory are; *
tuberculosis, 234: heart diseases,
230; and accidents. 215. '<■
Airplanes were the chief agent l
of accidental deaths in 1951, tak- 1
ing 71 lives as compared with 31 1
in 1950. Downings are next in the 1
1951 figures, taking a toll of 54 <
lives while in 1950 the number 1
was 47. Fire caused 37 deaths '
in 1951, motor vehicles 33, fire- 1
arms 15 and falls 12. i
Since reporting of statistical I
data for 1951 will not be consid
ered complete for several weeks, '
these provisional figures may -
change slightly in the final re- J
port for the year, according to
F. E. Kester, director of the Vit-1 3
al Statistics Bureau. ]
SALMON ORIGIN TRACED
BY ADF BIOLOGIST
A salmon can be traced as easi
ly by its scale as a man by his
thumb print, Biologist Robert
Parker, of the Alaska Department
of Fisheries, said this week. Dur
ing the 1952 season scales were
used for the first time as a means
of identification in the tagging
operations which estimate sal
mon population. Fifteen of the
57 tagged fish received by the gill
net fishery were identified by the
uniqueness of scale formation.
Because of the loss of tags dur
ing the 1951 tagging experiments,
biologists tagging at Point Bishop
in the spring of 1952 took a scale
sample and cut the adipos fin
from every fish tagged. Fifteen
of the 57 recoveries made by Ed
Eiuizer in the gill net fishery
showed a clean cut adipos fin but
no tag. A scale sample was taken
from each of the 15 fish, and the
samples were successfully match
id with samples earlier taken at
Point Bishop. Loss of tags may be
attributed to several factors: the
intanglement of the salmon in the
gill nets, the failure of the fisher
men to turn in tags or structural
failure of the tag.
HART HIGHWAY
TRAVELERS WARNED
An empty gas tank can mean a
lead motorist on the John Hart
highway, public works officials
it Prince George, B. C. warned
recently.
Because stranded motorists run
:he risk of freezing to death be
fore help arrives, they said, signs
ordering “daylight driving only”
nay be pflsted for the winter.
The new 274-mile highway
rlaws through the wilderness
from Prince George to Dawson
Jreek. Divisional Engineer D. D.
Godfrey said the department is
‘giving serious consideration” to
i plan to have the highway closed
iach night.
Mr. Godfrey said emergency
shelters, containing stoves and
vood supplies will be available
o stranded motorists. The shelt
ers are located every five to 10
niles north of the Parsnip river.
Temperatures of 50 below zero
ire common in the Peace River
md Cariboo regions of British
flolumbia and giant snow drifts
ire another threat.
NNNER-DANCE SET
IY MOOSE LODGE
The Moose Lodge dinner-dance
mnounced for December 20 will
>e held on that date, it was an
lounced this week. The dance
lad been scheduled for Decem
>er 13 but was announced for the
10th. Members have decided to
lold it on that date and dinner
vill be served, to the Women of
he Moose by the Moose members
n appreciation of the help given
)y them during the past year.
Dinner will be $2.00 a plate,
rhis will include dancing to the
Moose orchestra scheduled fol
owing the dinner.
Committeemen are: Tom Mof
'itt, Don Ingalls and Ray Mc
Cechnie.
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Notebook
The Rebarchek family were
pleasantlly surprised this past
week when a niece, Miss Jean
McCloud dropped in for a visit.
Miss McCloud was recently dis
charged from the Air Force with
the rank of Staff Sergeant. Com
ing here from Pittsburgh, Penn
sylvania, Miss McCloud express
ed delight at the beautiful scen
ery and mild weather in the Val
ley but admitted the wind is a
bit chilly. Miss McCloud was
born at Ketchikan and attended
school there before going Out
side.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edelman
plan to leave the Valley De
cember 17 for a flyii. ; trip to
Red Bank, New J • ,ey and
Boston, Mass. T' - ,ill be
gone until ar- . .u-7 15.
Mrs. Wilhir. ^rt i-edersen is
working in the C '-Op office. She
will fill in for Grace Edleman
while the latter is on vacation.
Dale Whalen, former Valley
resident, returned to Palmer
this week and is attending Pal
mer School where he is a
eigth grade student.
Friends have received word
from Maud Hosier who was in
Florida at the time but headed
for Texas. She, her mother Mrs.
Edith Benson and Mrs. Dickow,
mother of A1 Dickow are on their
way to the Valley, hoping to ar
rive before the holidays.
According to word received
from Pat Teters, the family
made a successful trip out to
Billings, Montana. She and the
baby are staying with her folks
while Jim as gone to Ft. Lewis,
Washington where he expects
to be stationed with the U. S.
Army.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Batchel
dor and family are now at Chitna
where they plan to carry on their
missionary work. Mr. Batcheldor
was in the Valley a short time
this week visiting friends, shop
ping and collecting clothing that
will be distributed along the
highway from Glen Allen to
Chitna.
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NEW ROAD SIGNS
DAMAGED ON WEEK-END
Damages were commited dur
ing the past week end to a new
billboard type highway sign
erected by Koslosky’s Department
Store near Mile 38, Palmer-Anch
orage Highway. A reward of $100
to anyone giving information that
will lead to the arrest of person
or persons responsible for the
damage, has been offered by
Jan Koslosky.
The office of U. S. Marshal
Walter Huntley has been notified
of the damage. Two other signs 1
located near the same site were
also damaged at the same time.
No estimate of the amount of;
damage was given.
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WASILLA GRANGE TO
HOLD DANCE DEC. 13
Wasilla Grange No. 2 will hold
a public dance Saturday night,
December 13 at Community Hall
in Wasilla, it was announced this
week.
A five piece orchestra will play
for dancing from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
The public is invited.
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We always have the good old stand-bys in fresh,
wholesome baked goods such as bread cookies, rolls,
doughnuts, cakes and pies.
We also have a special feature every week that
is new and different or especially suited to the
season. Watch for these specials and treat the family
to a surprise.
Palmer Baking Co.
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