The frontiersman. [volume] (Palmer, Alaska) 1952-2005, 1957-07-18
Reporters
Notebook

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at the valley hospital, returned
to Palmer this past weekend fol-
lowing a summer vacation spent
at the home Of her parents in
Minnesota.
DR.. Robert MCGEE Of the 5005th
Airforce Hospital, will be sub
shutting for DR.. G. G. Bailey this
and next week. During his stay
in Palmer DR.. MCGEE is staying
at the Bailey residence. The Bail
ey family is spending six-week
vacation at their summer home
on Crosswind Lakes. DR.. Robert
Baker, also Of the 5O05th, com
pleted a two-week stay in Pal
mer this past Sunday. DIR. MCGEE
will be replaced by DR.. John Cole
of the same hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Demming
and family have returned home
following a vacation trip spent
travelling in the Tangle Lakes
and Fairbanks areas. They re-
ported good fishing throughout
their trip.
Recent visitor at the Richard
Demming residence was Dir. Sam
Kutz and son Robert of Clifton
Springs, New York.
The community ambulance was
| called out at 4:30 am. Wednes-
day to transport an injured per
son from Mile Sc to the valley
hospital Leon Campbell, As, Of
East Fireweed Lane, Anchorage,
suffered broken leg and cut
on his shoulder when his truck
rolled down the embankment of
the Matanuska river where he
was removing scrap iron from
the river.
Stewart Durrant, Coop gen.
.eral manager, is on a business
trip to the Fairbanks areas.
Dolores Pommier, bookkeeper
at the valley hospital, has return
ed to her duties following a vaca-
ton spent in the States.
Lew Hanks Extension Service
district agent, is spending a few
lays in the Seward area where
he will be inspecting All gardens.
Friends have received word
this week from George Small
that he has arrived in Seattle
and is at Virginia Mason Clinic
where he is receiving further
treatment for his nose and ears.
Writes that he is doing fine and
expects to be home within a week
or 10 days
Announcements have been re-
ceived of the recent marriage Of
DR.. Charles Ercegovich, former
instructor in science in the Pal
mer high school, to Sonora May
Fetterman at Sunbury, Penrsyl-
vania.
I Mr.. and Mrs. John Weldon Of
Palmer were recent guests OF
honor on the occasion Of their
third wedding anniversary, at q
surprise gathering at the Anch-
orage home of Miss Eileen Don
nan, former librarian and in
structor III the Palmer public
schools. Miss Donnan is a visitor
ia Alaska for the summer vaca-
ton. Dinner followed at the For
rest Park Country Club. Those
present included Mr. and Mrs,
Jack Hemmer, MIR. and Mrs Tom
Gardner, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wei
don all of Palmer and Miss Eli
cen Donnan and William Elliott
Of Anchorage
The Rev. and Mrs. Victor Aft
sen and three children Christine,
Karen and Victor, were Washing
ton, D. G. visitors last week while
on an extended automobile trip
throughout the States. Rev. Al
fsen, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Fairbanks, is former
4 pastor of the United Protestant
/ Church in Palmer.
a postcard was received from
Tokyo this week from Bob Re-
hard, former Palmerite, who has
been supervising the building and
installation of 500OKW general
ing plant in Korea. He wrote he
plans to join his wife. Ann in Ohio
and then visit his mother and
father for a month prior to their
return trip to Alaska.
Fl. r. Gazaway, economist at
the Alaska Agriculture Expert
ment Station, is in New Mexico
where he is attending the West
ern Farmers Economics meeting
| at Las Cruces. He also plans to
attend the Western Dairy Market
| ing Committee meeting in that
city and a meeting Of Agriculture
Marketing Service in Berkeley,
California.
Charles Marsh Of the Expert
nent Station economics depart
ment and Lew Hanks, Extension
district agent, appeared on Chan
a