JUNIORS PLAN OCTOBER PROM
IN ADDITION TO SPRING EVENT
A junior prom, open to the pub
lic and not to be confused with
the invitational function sched
uled each spring, is planned for
Saturday, Oct. 7, it was announced
this week by junior class presi
dent Gus Klem of Palmer High
School. The prom will be held in
the Palmer Gymnasium between
the hours of nine p.m. and one
a.m.
Schaefer’s Orchestra will play
for dancing for the prom. Dress
will be semi-formal. Admission is
to be $1.50 a couple. All Valley
residents are invited to attend.
President Klem appointed these
committees to plan details of the
prom evening:
Tickets—June Pietla. Delores
Lentz and Laverna Staler.
Decorating—Violet Werner.
Barbara Tirapelli, Nelda Cosper,
Chuck Milles, Ernie Marlh and
Norma Nelson.
Publicity — Vernon Fridley,
Miles Rice, Gloria Lepak, Betty
Harris, Gus Klem and Chuck
Hosts and hostesses — Miles
Klem, Chuck Milles, Betty Har
ris, Genevieve DeLand, Bonnie
Larsh and Wesley Grover.
Invitations—Violet Werner.
Genevieve DeLand, Bonnie
Larsh and Punkie Reed.
The juniors are planning an ad
vance campaign to sell prom tick
ets. The ducats will go on sale at
downtown locations this weekend.
Admissions also will be sold at
the door on prom night.
Sportsmen Meet Wednesday
The next regular meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen will
be held at eight o’clock next
Wednesday evening, club presi
dent Bill Smith announced today.
Since this will be the last mem
bership meeting prior to the an
nual game dinner, to be held Oct.
14.
BOOKWORMS SWITCH
MEETING PLACE
The Great Books discussion
group has changed its meeting
place, Mrs. Thomas Day an
nounced this week. The Sunday
evening meeting at 7:30 will be
held upstairs in the Neal Wright
Building, rather than at Dee-Jay’s,
as formerly. The new location is
permanent, Mrs. Day said.
The group will be studying
Montaigne’s essays this Sunday
evening. Included on the reading
list for Sunday night are the es
says “Of Pedantry,” “Of the Ed
ucation of Children,” “Of Cus
tom,” and “Of Cannibals.”
Anyone interested in this group
is requested to attend any of its
sessions, Mrs. Day invited.
LYNN SANDVIK,
RAY DePRIEST ALSO
LEAVE FOR COLLEGE
Still more of the Valley’s young
people were turning their steps
toward college again this week.
Lynn Sandvik went Outside to
enroll at Oregon State College at
Corvallis. Lynn worked for a year
between his high school gradua
tion and his entrance into college.
Raymond DePriest left last
week for College to enroll at the
University of Alaska. Raymond
completed one year at Washing
ton State College at Pullman, but
likes Alaska too well to leave it
for the four years required to get
a college education. He was em
ployed here in the Valley last
year.
Cheechako Club Meets Oct. 9
The Cheechako Homemakers
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Marne Hanks on Oct. 9, it was
announced this week. Meeting
time has been set for 7:45 p.m.
Allis-Chalmers
WD
demonstrates
new
earth-gripping,
traction
Extra traction
when you need it... auto
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increases the pulling power of the
tractor.
The 4-cylinder hydraulic pump
automatically shifts weight to the
rear wheels as the load increases.
The WD’s quick-mounted plow,
with two 16-inch bottoms at your
control, bites deep and stays deep.
The Traction Booster also works
with other rear-mounted imple
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just rear wheel spacing.
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Cor. 6th & G St.
Dial 25101
soworit**«°nsu>ers
badn dance, concert
for YEAR’S FUN QUOTA
I A barn dance and a concert are
the two extremes of entertainment
I being considered for this yearly
members of Beta Slgma U1
1 ity However the two affairs wii
! be widely separated in pomtt of
'time so the entertainment com
1 mittee doesn't feel they’ll impo*
| too violent a contrast on members
I nerves. . the f jrst event
| unde? consideration for the *>roj
heads the
committee »hlSjStatiS? ^ a
spring concert Je- The^oronty
rtromJL Anchorage concert ser.es
■ to Palmer. -
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