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VOL. 4. NO. 21
PALMER. ALASKA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1951
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March of Dimes Talent Show Set for Palmer
Lt. Gov. W. S. Wilson
To Appear at Kiwanis
Club Meeting Monday
District Lt. Gov. William S.
Wilson from College, Alaska, will
be a special guest at a board of
directors meeting of the Palmer
Kiwanis Club which has been
called for Monday evening, Feb
ruary 5, at 7:30 o’clock in Dr. C.
C. Bailey’s office. Lt. Gov. Wil
son also plans to attend the regu-1
lar noon luncheon meeting of the:
^Kiwanis club on February 5 and
will spend the day in the Valley.
All members are invited to attend
the board of directors meeting
Monday night which has been oc
casioned by the lieutenant gov
ernor’s visit here.
A regular board meeting will
also be held following the eve
ning meeting on the second Mon
day of each month. President
Hugh A. Johnson pointed out to
Kiwanians unable to attend
luncheon meetings that the eve
ning gatherings provide an op
portunity to make up attendance
absences.
At the regular meeting Mon
day noon, at which President
Johnson presided, business dis
cussed included the special fund
set up by the club to send a dele
gate to the 1952 Kiwanis conven
tion. President Johnson also an
nounced that any members inter
ested in attending the 1951 annual
convention of Kiwanis Interna
tional at St. Louis, Mo., should
* fill out application blanks. The
convention will be in progress
from June 17 through 21.
The club also voted to co-spon
sor a local talent night with the
Beta Sigma Phi sorority in the
current March of Dimes drive.
The talent night will be “tied in
with the Kiwanis Minstrel try
outs,” Mr. Johnson said. The tal
ent night has been set for Febru
ary 13 at the school gym and any
one who can entertain, either in
the amateur or professional class,
is urged to turn out to make the
show a success. The entire pro
ceeds will be turned over to the
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TALENT SCOUTS' TO
BE ON LOOK OUT FOR
ACTORS. ACTRESSES
Joe Hudock said here this week
that there would be “talent
scouts” at the March of Dimes
Talent Show to be presented in
^Palmer February 13. Mr. Hudock,
producer of the Kiwanis Ministrel
show, scheduled for April, said
that the “talent scouts” would
attend the Talent Show in effort
to “sign” actors and actresses for
his production. All talent in the
Valley, both amateur and pro
fessional are urged to join both
shows.
Plans for the second annual
Kiwanis Ministrel are shaping
up, Mr. Hudock said, with music
received this week from New
York and more on order. Material
for the chorus girls’ costumes
has also been ordered, Mr. Hud
ock said.
Roles in the show are not limit
< ed to Kiwanis members, nor their
wives, the producer stressed, in
' urging that everyone watch for
try-out dates that will be an
nounced soon.
SECOND GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION MEET
HELD ON WEDNESDAY
Thirty - eight members and
guests were in attendance at a
special meeting called jointly by
the Chamber of Commerce and j
the Palmer Kiwanis Club Wednes-1
day. The occasion of the meeting ]
was the visit here of Henry Cuf-1
fel, representing the Anchorage
Chapter of the Alaska Good
Roads Association, who acknowl
edged his introduction by saying
that he had come to the Valley
on behalf of the Good Roads As
sociation and the Fur Rendez
vous.
Accompanying Mr. Cuffel on
his visit here was Miss Nona
Wineck, candidate for queen of
the Fur Rendezvous. Miss Wineck
is sponsored in Anchorage by the
Rotarians, the Kiwanis Club of
that city, the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce and the Sorop
timists. She is a former Palmer
girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Wineck, who resided here
for several years before moving
to Anchorage some time back.
Edwin Wineck, an uncle of the
young lady, still lives here. Mr.
Cuffel asked that she be spon
sored by the Palmer Chamber of
Commerce, reminding his listen
ers that a five percent commission
on the sale of all tickets on Miss
Wineck’s behalf would be re
tained by the local organization
for their efforts.
Mr. Cuffel explained that he
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Nurses to Train Valley
Men, Women as Aids in
Civilian Defense Plan
The Matanuska Valley Nurses
Association is now ready to con
duct classes for nurses aids and
medical aids, Miss Florence O.
Eby, president of the newly
formed nurses association an
nounced here this week. Persons
to be trained as aids are those
who ''an assist the graduate
nurses and the doctors in case of
casualties which might occur in a
war emergency, the president
said.
The classes will be given for
both men and women, with Max
Sherrod directing the medical aid
classes for men. A series of six
weekly classes will be given, to
include lessons on subjects such
as symptoms of illness; taking
temperatures; charting; giving
baths and making occupied beds;
simple first aid; giving hypoder
mics; giving medicines and sick
room appliances and procedures.
All men and women intending
to take the nurses aid or medical
aid course should communicate
with the Health Center in Palmer
any morning between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 12 noon, giving their
name and preference as to a day
or evening class.
When the nurses association
knows the number of people wish
ing to take the course, then the
time and place of meetings will
be announced in the newspaper,
Miss Eby said.
“This is the first time classes
have been offered to men as med
ical aids and it is hoped there
will be a good response from the
men in the Matanuska Valley,”
the president stressed in making
the announcement.
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MISS NONA WINECK, attractive Anchorage candidate for Queen
of the 1951 Fur Rendezvous, is a former Palmer girl. The young
lady renewed acquaintance with many of the Valley people when
she came here to attend a joint Malanuska Valley Chamber of
Commerce and Palmer Kiwanis Club meeting Wednesday. She is
being sponsored for Queen by four Anchorage service clubs, in
cluding the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Rotarians and
Soroptimists. Miss Wineck is not sponsored by any Valley organi
zation. However, the local Chamber of Commerce plans to request
Its members to lend their support to Miss Wineck, President James
Hurley said today.
"Voice of Pribilofs" Thrilling Color
Sound Film Sponsored by Ladies Aid
Ground Hog Day!
Today is Ground Hog day!
From the looks of the beautiful
sunshine that has flooded the
Frontiersman office all morn
ing, undoubtedly he must have
seen his shadow long before
noon. In fact, the sun must
have brought him out from his
hibernation early this morning
it was such a beautiful sight as
it shot the sky and tipped the
mountains with lights and col
ors that are beyond descrip
tion. Everyone might as well
keep his parka dusted off and
mukluks handy as that means
six more weeks of winter
weather, you know! One Chee
chako did venture the question
though this morning: are there
any ground hogs in Alaska?
> The thrilling story of seals con
verging on fog-shrouded Pribilof
islands is the subject of a movie
that will be shown here Tuesday,
February 6, under the auspices of
the Ladies Aid of the United
Protestant church.
“The Voice of the Pribilofs,”
filmed in color and sound by Don
Knudsen and Frank Brink, is an
exciting saga of the far-away is
lands, where even scientists do
not have the answer why the
seals return again and again in
one of the greatest phenomenon
of the animal kingdom. A picture
on “Atomic Power” will also be
included on the program, accord
ing to the announcement.
Three showings of the films
are scheduled to take place at the
Valley Theatre at 1:30 p.m., 7:30
p.m. and 9 p.m. All school chil
dren who wish to attend the after
noon showing will be dismissed,
Superintendent William Zahrad
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‘Beta Sigma Phi and
Palmer Kiwanis Club to
i Sponsor Talent Show
Palmer will take its proper
place next week in the March of
j Dimes parade that is now in
progress throughout the nation
! and its territories in a drive for
| funds to fight polio. The Palmer
Kiwanis Club and Beta Sigma
Phi will co-sponsor a March of
Dimes Talent Show here as the
community’s part in helping to
swell the fund to fight the dread
ed disease.
The big show has been set for
Tuesday evening, February 13. at
the school gym, at 8 p.m. Sing
ing, dancing, instrumental music
and other entertainment will be
presented by the Valley’s talent
as their contribution to the
worthy cause. The community
will be able to make its contribu
tion by purchasing tickets for the
show. Prices for adults will be
75 cents; high school students,
50 cents; children, 25 cents. There
will be no tax as the proceeds
are entirely for the polio fund.
Mrs. Roy Brock, general chair
man of the Talent show, stressed
that it is not an amateur compe
tition nor audition but strictly a
Talent Show in which both ama
teur and professional entertain
ers will have an opportunity to
make their contribution toward
the March of Dimes. She ex
plained further that it is on the
same basis as the big March of
Dimes Talent Shows that the
Hollywood Stars put on for the
benefit of the polio fund. There
will be no prizes offered.
“There is lots of talent in the
Valley,” Mrs. Brock said in urging
that everyone join in the show to
make it a real success. Those who
will appear on the program are to
contact either Mrs. Brock at the
Palmer Fountain or at her home,
telehone 13J5, or U. S. Commis
sioner Dorothy Saxton, president
of Beta Sigma Phi.
Mrs. Brock also pointed out
that entertainers appearing on
the big Talent Show will also be
given an opportunity to join the
cast of the Kiwanis Minstrel show
scheduled for Palmer in April.
The use of the gym is also being
donated for the Talent Show, the
general chairman stated.
Incorporation Steering
Committee to Meet Prior
To February 16 Hearing
Members of the steering com
mittee for the incorporation of
Palmer as a city of the first class
will meet next week with An
chorage Attorney Harold Burcher
to iron out last minute details, it
was announced today. The hear
ing of the petition has been set
for February 16 in the Third Dis
trict Court before Judge Anthony
Dimond. The petition was pre
sented by Attorney Butcher on
January 5.
Business men here backing the
move for incorporation said today
that they are optimistic about the
hearing and believe that Judge
Dimond will decide in favor of
an election, which will determine
the fate of incorporation for Pal
mer.
“It will be up to the people
then,” spokesmen for the steering
committee said today.