Community
Calendar
v TODAY
WASILLA vets on-farm training
class at Community Hall at 8
p.m.
SATURDAY
MEA annual meeting at Gym at!
8 pm.
UNITED PROTESTANT bake j
sale at Trading Post at 1 p.m. i
SUNDAY
KIWANIS Club Easter egg hunt
in park square at 12:30 p.m.
Monday
FAIR Board meets in fair office
at 8 p.m.
VETERANS’ farm training class
>n former library at 8 p.m.
DAIRY ASSOCIATION at Exten
sion Office at 8 p.m.
KIWANIS CLUB at former li
brary at noon.
MINSTREL show audition in
Room 15 at Palmer School at
7:30.
TUESDAY
WELL Baby Conference at Health
Center at 2 p.m.
SOURDOUGH Homemakers.
EVENING Craft Homemakers at
r#rs. Nina Stock’s.
WASILLA Grange at Grange Hall
at 8 p.m.
LOYAL Order of Moose at Moose
Hut at 8 p.m.
WOMEN of the Moose at Moose j
Hut at 8 p.m.
HOSPITAL board.
LAKE GEORGE movies at Valley
Theatre at 7 and 9 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
TOASTMASTERS in former li- j
brary at 6:30 p.m.
12:30 Homemakers at Mrs. Her-j
bert Caulkin’s.
THURSDAY
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NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange at |
Grange Hall at 8 p.m.
CHUGIAK Homemakers at Mrs.
Vernon Haik’s
BUTTE Homemakers at Mrs.
Gladys Falk’s.
FRIDAY * j
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WASILLA vets on-farm training')
class at Community Hall at 8
p.m. |
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
VALLEY
THEATRE
FRI.-SAT., APRIL 7. 8
Nights 7:15-9:00. Sat. Mat. 2:00
“JUNGLE JIM”
with
Johnny Weissmuller
SUN.-MON., APRIL 9. 10
Rights 7:15-9:00. Sun. Mat. 2:00 1
“A SONG IS BORN”
(Technicolor)
Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo
Benny Goodman.
Tommy Dorsey
Louis Armstrong
WED.-THURS.. APRIL 12. 13
Nights 7:15-9:00
TO BE ANNOUNCED
Kiwanis Club Plans
Minstrel Show
The local Kiwanis Cl,ub will
sponsor a minstrel show, to be
produced in late May, to help pro
vide the Palmer High School band
with uniforms, it was announced
this week. Joseph Hudock will
direct the minstrel.
First auditions for the show
will be held Monday evening, be
tween 7:30 and 9:30, Mr. Hudock
said. Room 15 of Palmer High
School will be the audition studio.
Talent the Kiwanians are seek
for the show includes jitterbug
dancers, instrumentalists, novelty
acts and specialty numbers. Any
one interested in appearing in the
show is asked to report for an au
dition next Monday evening.
The show probably will play a
two-night stand in the Palmer
Gym. Exact production date an
nouncements must await the ar
id val of scripts, Mr. Hudock said.
Goes Outside for Treatment
Mrs. Arvid Johnson was to
leave the Valley this week, to un
dergo emergency surgical treat
ment Outside. Mrs. Johnson flew
to Seattle, where she will enter
Virginia Mason Hospital.
Is Fined for Misuse
Of License Plates
Theodore Driver of Fort Rich
ardson was charged with misuse
of driver’s plates in the court of
U. S. Commissioner Dorothy Sax
ton this week. Driver was found
guilty and fined $50.
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Colony Day Guests
To Be Greeted
By Costumed Hosts
Colony Day. coming to the Val-j
ley on May 27 and 28 this year, is |
to be cQmplete with frontier cos- j
tume and entertainment, program
chairman A1 Hagen announced at j
Tuesday’s general committee j
meeting. Mr. Hagen has request
ed all merchants support the pro
gram with appropriate frontier
decoration in their places of busi-.
ness and with costumes in the
general theme.
At the calico and jeans dance,
which opens this year’s celebra
tion, patrons who come in proper
costume will be admitted for
$1.50, while those who do not
wear the accepted garb must pay
$2.
Tuesday’s meeting was primar
ily devoted to more general plan
ning for the day, and to the ap
pointment of further committee
heads to take charge of planned
special events.
Mr. Hagen reported that Army
displays and a parade both were
possibilities for the celebration,
which falls only one week behind
the Armed Forces Day, to be on
May 20 this year.
For the Sunday evening cul
mination of the two-day event,
Mr. Hagen said it would be possi
ble to get personnel of the “Spin
It-Again" program, sponsored by
an Anchorage radio station, to |
come to Palmer with their show j
The half - hour radio program j
would be preceded by an hour’s j
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FOR YOUR EASTER DINNER
Small Baking Hams, just right for a family dinner
Palmer Cold Storage & Locker Service
VALLEY CLEANERS
For Free Delivery
CALL 6 Y 3
Pickup and Delivery in Wasillo Each
Wednesday at Wasilla Cafe
VALDEZ CLEANERS
JOE DAVIES. Prop.
Open Six Days a Week from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
An Expert Spotter, with 20 Years Experience,
Has Just Been Added to Our Staff
Dry Cleaning & Pressing Minor Alterations
Stoddard Solvent Cleaning Method
At Last, They're Here
THOSE SMALL SINKS
You've Been Asking About
Either Cast Iron or Pressed Steel
MAC’S PLUMDING AND HEATING SHOP
Located in Basement of Ward Bldg.
entertainment presented by sta
tion personnel. There will be no'
cnarge xor this event, but local j
merchants must contribute the
prizes for the radio program.
Other committee heads appoint
ed at Tuesday’s meeting included:
Marvin Slaughter, in charge of
the government men’s division of
the hazard race; Paul Bushong, in
charge of the band music and the
baton twirling contest; M. D.
Snodgrass, in charge of the horse
shoe pitching contest; Bill Smith,
in charge of the rifle and trap
shoot;
Merle Anderson, in charge of
the milking contest; Bob Bettine.
in charge of softball game; Les
Ray, in charge of the wheelbar
row race and rolling pin throw;
John King, in charge of the
greased*pig contest; Robert Crites,
in charge of races for boys and
girls.
It was announced that a Valdez
spokesman has tentatively prom
ised that a men’s and women’s
softball team will be available for
out-of-town diamond competition
on Colony Day.
There was considerable discus
LISTLESS ELECTION
RETURNS MAZE, ROSS
TO SCHOOL BOARD
In a school election, in which
little interest was shown. Jack
Maze and Lucius Ross were re
turned to their seats on the board
by a two-thirds majority of all
votes cast. Each polled 63 votes
of the 97 ballots cast.
Mrs. Merle Anderson closely
followed the leaders with a total
of 46 votes, in all.
The vote was disappointingly
light in the Tuesday election. It
is estimated that only 10 per cent
of the district’s eligible voters
went to the polls that day.
Election judges at the Tuesday
balloting were Mrs. Charles Wil
son. Mrs. Palmer Ickes and Mrs.
Frank Brown.
sion on division of profits from
concession stands. It was tenta
tively agreed that the Colony Day
financial committee would re
ceive 30 per cent of the net profit
from all concessions.
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AND ONCE AGAIN
this glorious time of the year brings hope
to a troubled world. Our faith burns
brighter, our hearts are lighter because
of Easter and the miracle of spring.
Worship at your Church *
on Easter Sunday
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS