Lake George movie in
=glor ai Val!ey Theatre
next Tuesday evening.
Malleg Montiergjnan
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
Junior Prom and Sen
ior banquet at Palmer
Gym on April IS.
VOL. THHEE—NO. 30
PALMER, ALASKA, FRIDAY. APRIL 7. 1950
PRICE 10c
Helen Stenvoll, Ramona Davis Lead '50 Class
HURLEY NOW PREXY
OF KIWANIS CLUB
New officers were elected at
the Kiwanis Club this week, to
liH the vacancies of president and
vice-president, both of whom
have resigned. James Hurley now
heads Kiwanis activities and E. J.
LeDuc is vice-president.
Board members who were new
ly elected this week include ‘/lar
vin Slaughter and Hugh Joh ison.
Fire Guard Will
Be on Duly Here
By April 10
Charles E. Kendall, a fire guard,
will be on duty at the Palmer Fire
Guard Station beginning next
Monday, it was announced today
by Roger R. Robinson, regional
forester. One helper also will be
stationed in Palmer to assist Mr.
Kendall in his fire control duties.
Meanwhile, Mr. Robinson urges
that farmers and homesteaders
begin to burn off their fields and
yard areas as soon as snow dis
-ppears from the clearings. If
the work is not completed before
April 20, burning conditions will
no longer be safe, he warns. After
'hat date, Mr. Kendall’s advice
should be sought before any burn
■ng is undertaken.
The regional forester reminded
that the Alaska Fire Contr-1 Act
of 1949 has placed greater respon
sibility on private land owners in
the proper handling of clearing
fires. The Act makes it a misde
meanor for anyone to leave a fire
unattended, during fire season, on
either private or public land.
RFD CROSS REPORT IS
NOT READY YET
Although the Valley’s Red Cross
drive has ended officially, Mrs.
Vicky Swidelsky, drive chairman,
still is counting pennies and to
talling dollar bills, so there’s no
final report realty yet.
32 SENIORS WILL
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
AT MAY EXERCISES
Again the brain trust of a Pal
mer High School graduating class
will be made up of petticoat
wearers. Helen Mae Stenvall will
be valedictorian for the class of
1950 and Ramona Davis will be
salutatorian, it was announced
this week by William T. Zahrad
nicek, school superintendent.
The pair leads a graduating
class of 32 seniors, all of whom
had been certified for graduation
at press-time by the territorial
commissioner of education at Ju
neau.
However, graduates must com
plete their present courses, with a
satisfactory grade, to be on the
platform at the May 17 com
mencement exercises.
Dr. Terris Moore, University of
Alaska president, still has not ac
cepted the invitation to present
the address at those exercises. It
is believed that Dr. Moore has
not yet returned from a visit to
the states, but school officials
daily expect to hear from him.
Seniors who will graduate in
May, according to Mr. Zahradni
cek’s announcement, include:
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HELEN STENVALL,
VIRGINIA BOULTER
WIN ESSAY PRIZES
Helen Mae Stenvall and Vir
ginia Boulter are $5 richer this
week, as a result of their prize
winning efforts in the American
ism essay contest sponsored in the
^Palmer School by the American
Legion Auxiliary.
The winning essays will be for
warded to Department headquar
ters, where they will compete
with essays from all over Alaska
for a Department prize, Mrs. John
Swidelsky, contest chairman, said
his week.
Kiddies’ Calendars
iark April 9th
As Red-Letter Day
Sunday at 12:30 p.m. will be
zero hour for all Valley young
sters between the ages of two and
10 years. That’s the starting time
for the Easter egg hunt, sponsored
the local Kiwanis Club, which
is to be held in the park square
between Palmer School and the
railroad tracks.
The hunt will be divided into
a junior and senior division, with
children up through five years of
age looking for their prize Easter
eggs in the area between the
school and the cinder path lead
ing from the Dormitory to the Rec
Hall. Older children will be as
signed to the area froin the path
to the edge of the park section.
Children will receive prizes for
fathering the largest collection of
ggs, and will win prizes for find
ing a rare gold or silver egg.
There also are to be some baby
Easter bunnies hiding in the area,
and they will belong .to the child
who can catch them.
The spectacular color film of
; the Lake George break-up in the
summer of 1949 will be shown in
Palmer at the Valley Theatre next
Tuesday evening, it was an
nounced today by Don Knudsen,
photographer.
This is the film produced joint
ly by Mr. Knudsen and radio sta
tion KENI of Anchorage, in which
John Gore of Palmer appears. Mr.
Gore was one of the four mem
bers of KENI who camped for a
month on location at the Knik
River to film this annual event.
ihe movie is an hour-long
how, filmed in natural color, and
with authentic on-scene sound ac
companying the narration of
Frank Brink. Giant ice-falls are
pictured sliding down steep chan
nels in the river gorge and bob
bing down the upper reaches of
Knik River on their way to the
Inlet.
Two shows will be given. Start
ing times will be at 7:15 and
9:00 p.m. Tickets will be on sale
at the door, or may be purchased
in advance from Bert’s Drug
Store, Koslosky’s, the Trading
1 Post or Tost’s Service Station.
Flower Garden To Bloom In PUS Gymn
At Annual Innior Prom On April 15
The garden of friendliness will
be the theme of this year’s junior
prom, to be held in the Palmer
Gym on April 15, Miss Anna
Blom, class sponsor, said today.
Juniors and assistants drafted
from other classes already have
begun the job of transforming the
Gym into a giant fl ral bower for
the night of April 15.
Garlands of sweet peas are to
form the ceiling of the hall that
night. Bleachers are to be trans
formed into terraced rock gar
dens, in which there will be seats
for dance spectators. The dance
floor will be separated from the
wayside gardens by a white pick
| et fence.
| The stage also will be made into
| a replica of a rock garden, with a
j carpet of green underfoot. Jun
I iors in charge of waving the mag
ic wand over the Gym, to create
the flora’ garden, are David Vig
dahl, Orfa Plumley and Jean
Smith.
The prom, which begins at 9:30,
will be preceded by the junior
senior banquet, also to be held in
the Gym. The banquet will begin
at seven o'clock. The menu for
the dinner is being planned by
Rosie Miller and Marie Mullen.
Lillian Loberg will help with the
cooking and Orfa Plumley with
the serving.
The senior colors of blue and
white will be used to decorate
the banquet table and the class
flower, carnations, will form the
centerpiece.
Father James Snead has been
asked to make the principal ad
dress of the evening. Supt. Wil
liam T. Zahradnicek also is sched
uled to speak. Edison Thuma will
make the banquet address for the
junior class and Helen Mae Sten
vall will reply for the graduating
seniors. Harvey Hiber will em
cee this part of the evening’s en
tertainment.
Other juniors who are. helping
with prom preparations include:
Pat O’Connor, Irwin Bentti, _
Clay Johnson, Walter Bendixen.
Bill Wade, Charles Hoffman and
Gerald Campbell — art , work;
Rosie Miller, Jean Smith and
Gloria Carroll—invitations; Marie
Mullen and Jean Smith 7-* cor
sages; Jean Smith, Rosie Miller
and Ruth Kurtz—dance commit
tee.
The ball’s king and queen,
elected by the juniors from the
senior class, will be chosen next
week.