WELFARE COUNCIL
ELECTS NEW HEAD
AT ANNUAL MEETING
Mrs. Ben Hudgins was elected
the new president of the Mata
nuska Valley Welfare and Disas
ter Council, supported by the lo
cal Community Chest, at its an
nual meeting held in the ARRC
office Tuesday evening. Mrs. Ar
line Day and Mrs. Jennie Perkins
were elected vice-president and
secretary-treasurer, respectively.
In the report of the year’s ac
tivity, outgoing president. Arline
Day, stressed the fact that the
w e 1 f a r e-disaster organization
works closely with the public
health nurse, Miss Marjorie My
ren. who reports the needs as she
comes into contact with them. As
sistance to families burned out i
has been another item of assist- t
ance, although the limited funds
have ruled out any great amount
of help. Supplementing the small
amount of money available, mem
bers have sought to obtain articles
of household furniture, clothing,
and invalid equipment as gifts or
loans. Many people of the Valley
have also furnished needed lay
ettes. Others helped in finding
housing, jobs, and homes for
needy children.
Mrs. Perkins’ treasurer’s report
emphasized the type of assistance
given by the council. Since the
council was organized in April of
1950, a total of $998.48 has been
received from the Community
Chest. Of this, $200 was received
in June for-use during the balance
of the year 1950. At the end of
the year the Valley disaster fund,
accumulated over a number of
years and amounting to $798.48,
was turned over to the Welfare I
and Disaster Council to be kept '
for a big disaster on a community t
wide scale. The 1951 allocation of 1
$248 has not been received as yet j
because of the prior need of other ;
Community Chest organizations,
so the council has had to dip into
the disaster fund to take care of
1951 needs. With the receipt of the
1951 funds, however, the disaster
fund should remain virtually in
tact until the need for it arises, ,
Mrs. Perkins said.
A total of $263.80 has been
spent since June, 1950, on the fol
lowing items: $124.94 for food, i
bedding and clothing to assist
four families burned out; $15 for
LET US HANDLE YOUR
UPHOLSTERING NEEDS
USED FURNITURE BOUGHT
AND SOLD
G. A. KRISE
Basement Palmer Drug
GIRL SCOUT
NEWS
Last payment on camp fees will
be collected June 26 at the home
of Mrs. Seth Cook. Scouts are re
minded that it is important they
remember the date. Appointments
with Dr. C. C. Bailey for physical
examinations will be made on
that date also.
The Girl Scout enrollment has
increased to the extent that this
year there is a waiting list of sev
eral girls who want to go to camp.
Officials requested members
who had signed for a two-week
period to relinquish one week so
others might gain the experience
of Scout camping. <
The aims and purposes of this
year’s program will stress living
with others and comfortable and
skillful living outdoors. There!
will be classes in cooking and
handcraft.
June 27, Troop 26, under lead
ership of Mrs. Charles Wilson will,
start training for first-class pro- ,
three pairs of new glasses and one i
pair fixed for children; $4.80 for
medicine; $50 for clothing of crip
pled child to go to States for treat
ment; $20.80, clothing for home
less boy; $37.90, clothing for fam
ily of five children; $6.75, cloth
ing for crippled boy; $3.71 for
telegram notifying relatives in
States of illness.
ARA Consumer Survey
Being Launched in
Anchorage, Fairbanks
Recently arrived and leaving
Palmer .for Anchorage this week
was J. J. Mechling of Pennsyl
vania State College who will be in
Alaska for a six month consumer
survey conducted by the Agricul
tural Economics department of
the Experiment Station.
Contacting food merchandisers
and later housewives in the An
chorage and Fairbanks areas, his
job will be to find out what con
sumers like and dislike about lo
cally produced vegetables and
dairy products as compared with
those which can be obtained from
Outside. Interviews with house
wives will begin about the mid
dle of August to coincide with
the appearance of local produce
i on the market.
After Mr. Mechling has com
! pleted interviews, he will return
! to Palmer to assemble the data
i collected for future publication.
ficiency badges, in first aid. The
Scouts are completing their wild
flower scrap books with a large
variety of Alaskan flowers from
this area and other parts of the
Territory.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
SUMMER TIME IS MUSIC TIME!
When school is out, young people need other activities to
absorb their surplus energy and bubbling enthusiasm.
Group music is one of the best outlets for supercharged per
sonalities. It meets all seven of the major objectives of
education.
Beginners who start now will be ready for concerts in August,
and for school band in September. Instruments loaned free.
TRADE & HOBBY SCHOOL
Box 1528 (JUAN P. MILLER) Moutain View
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Furnaces Stokers Pre-fab Chimneys
Stainless Steel Work
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Box 1797
John Weisenberger
Phone: 62J3
Palmer
HUNTERS GET BEAR
John S. Wood of Palmer re
turned from his bear hunt with a
fine grizzly trophy. Shot near Tal
keetna, the bear measured be
tween eight and nine feet.
Also successful was his hunting
companion, Harold Nickles of Wa
silla, who succeeded in getting a
Brownie. Both trophies will be
made into rugs.
With the bears coming down
from the mountains, more and
more hunters are out gunning,
and more and more tourists, big
game hunters from Outside, are
trekking this way in the hope of
FORMER PALMER
NURSE DIES
Word was received from Clark4
ston, Wash., this week of the
death of Mrs. Charles V. Parker,
May 10. Mrs. Parker was the for-*
mer Ruth Havenor, at one time
public health nurse in Palmer.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Parker
leaves an infant daughter, Mar
garet Ruth.
I taking a big tale and a big head
I or hide back for a conversational
j piece.
Tonsina Lodge
Accommodations for 50 Guests
All Rooms With Baths
Cocktail Bar
Wm. B. OGDEN, Prop.
On Richardson Hiway — 80 Miles North of Valdez
Posloffice, Copper Center
Moore's Garage
General Automotive Repair
Crankshaft Grinding
Rebore Service
Post Office Box 789
Palmer, Alaska