Community Chest Officers to Be
Elected at Third Annual Meeting
An election of officers will be
held at the third annual meeting
of the Community Chest set for
February 27, Irwin Plitt, public
ity chairman, announced today.
The meeting will convene at 8
p.m. in the Co-Op clubroom. An
evaluation will be made of the
Community Chest as a service to
the community and reports of
participating agencies will , be
given, Mr. Plitt said.
In reviewing the history and
financial growth of the Palmer
Community Chest, Mr. Plitt said
that the Matanuska Valley Cham
ber of Commerce appointed a
committee in November, 1947, to
organize a community chest here.
The first meeting of the Palmer
Community Chest was held No
vember 19, 1947. Members of the
first board were Les Ray, Jack
Maze, Clayton Esslinger, Walter
Mau, Carl Rasmussen and Mi's.
Foster Sims.
The first drive was held to
raise funds for the year 1948 with,
the goal set at $3,000. The cam
paign receipts amounted to
$1503.64.
The first annual meeting was
held September 27, 1949, when
board members were elected and
by-laws were adopted.
The campaign to raise funds
for the year 1949 was held in the
fall of 1948 with gross receipts of
$2,098.60. Valley agencies bene
fiting from the funds of the 1950
campaign were the Matanuska
Valley Health Council; Alaska
Crippled Children’s Association;
Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts; Library
and the Disaster Council.
SCHOOL DISMISSED
FOR HOUR MONDAY
The students of Palmer school
were dismissed for approximately
an hour on Monday due to a me
chanical error in the heating sys
tem. Water in the boiler was dis
covered to be low and to avoid
any danger the children were dis
missed until the condition was
corrected, Superintendent William
Zahradnicek said.
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MOOSE LEGION MEET
TO 8E ATTENDED BY
PALMER MEMBERS
Members of the local Moose
lodge will go to Anchorage to
morrow night to participate in a
Legion of the Moose meeting,
Governor Don Ingalls announced
here this week. Julius Edmon
son will be initiated at the meet
ing. Governor Ingalls said. The
Moose Legion is comprised of the
lodges of Palmer, Anchorage and
Cordova. It is expected that can
didates from the Fairbanks lodge
will also be initiated at the
Moose Legion meeting, where
upon the Fairbanks lodge will be
came a member of the local Le
gion.
In announcing further plans for
the Palmer lodge, Governor In
galls said that on Wednesday,
February 28, he and Jr. Gov.
Merle Anderson will be hosts at a
“stag” card party. The party will
be held at the Moose hut at 8
p.m. and all members are invited
to be in attendance, he said.
Last week end the local Moose
lodge honored visiting basketball
teams from Cordova with a party.
Immediately following the games
Friday night, the Imperials, wom
en’s team, and the Moose men’s
team together with Cordovans
accompanying the teams here
were guests of the lodge members
and their ladies at the Moose hut.
Managers of the two teams ex
pressed appreciation on behalf of
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& Heating
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| CUB SCOUT NEWS |
Anchorage will be the gather
ing point for one of the largest
assemblies of Cub Scout leaders
and instructors ever held in the
territory, when the Pow-Wow set
for February 17 gets under way,
Cub leaders announced this week.
There will be workshops in handi
craft, ceremonies, administration
and games. The classes will all
be conducted by experts in the
given fields.
Activities are scheduled to get
under way at 1 p.m. at the Cen
tral Junior High School. Among
those planning to attend from the
Palmer Pack 354 are Mr. and
Mrs. James Kindler, Mrs. Robert
Johns and Mrs. J. Henry Gallant.
All Cub leaders and interested
persons are invited to attend the
Pow-Wow, the leaders said. The
registration fee is $1.75 and in
cludes the cost of dinner, to be
served at the Lutheran Church in
Anchorage. Immediately follow
ing the dinner there will be a
demonstration of a Blue and Gold
banquet.
the Cordovans for the hospitality
and entertainment extended to
them.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the party was
comprised of Merle Anderson,
Tom Moffitt, Leo Lucas, Bill
Lentz and D. T. McMahan.
Other Moose activities include
the redecoration of the basement
clubroom at the Moose hut. Tom
Moffitt has worked all week
painting and redecorating the
clubroom, the Governor said.
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