
Arts in the Garden
The Palmer Museum of History & Art is hosting an “Arts in the Garden” event on July 19th, 2025, from 10 am to 4 pm. This family-friendly event will feature local artists,

The Palmer Museum of History & Art is hosting an “Arts in the Garden” event on July 19th, 2025, from 10 am to 4 pm. This family-friendly event will feature local artists,

About Kathy “I make a variety of creative, homemade items from our log cabin in rural Alaska. We do things the old fashioned way here, with hard work and a

About Brian Brian Martin is an Artist of a different color with a multitude of talents and creations. “I have no formal training. However, I have been painting since I

About Lisa “Hello! I am 50 years young and live in Palmer with my husband, 3 Great Danes, and 4 horses. I have always been intrigued by the ceramic arts

The Fairbanks Daily News Miner is a Fairbanks-based newspaper that serves interior Alaska. It has run from 1909 to present. The museum has two editions of this paper. Source: fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/browsedate/



Administration Secretaries Teachers Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Eighth Grade Margaret DreghornIda HoskinsJoan StephanEvelyn CookRoberta UzelacD. SumpJoan HurleyPatricia BlackPatricia SchaeferD. HaightF. PerssingerDennis HamannL. RobertsVernon FranceDonald PrewittFrank GagnonDave SweeneyK. WrightRay CarrollJerry NelsonEugene

Administration Teachers Seniors Juniors Jane KneffN. UlrichC. CatherP. Bryant J. GieckJean BurkeCarol WoodBarbara KindgrenLylvia NelsonWilliam HarrisHoward EsslingerCarl ZaboracRay WinegarnerLarry BenttiFred CookEugene CombsE. RobirtsLeon Grover Sophomores Freshmen Eighth Grade Seventh Grade

Administration, Teachers & Staff Seniors Juniors Terry SchroederAlbert Harrison? Diedrich? MeehanDorothy HoffmanNeola SandvikCharlene SmithJean McMahonBennie RossEd James? RichardsonArlene Benson? GravesDonald IngallsPatricia ChandlerMoyne LucasRiley Curtis? RichardsonLarrie WoodsCaroline LentzJerry HemmerAnnie Loraine HavemiesterDick

Administration, Teachers & Staff Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Junior High & Grade School

Administration, Teachers & Staff Seniors Juniors, Sophomores, Freshmen, Junior High & Grade School

Administration, Teachers & Staff Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Eighth Grade Seventh Grade Grade 6 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 1

Administration, Teachers & Staff Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Junior High Grade School

Administration & School Board Snelling, Superintendent George Small, President Glenn Woods, Clerk Amy Irwin, Secretary James H. Gray, Jr., High School Principal Teachers Joseph A. Dickson—grade school Principal &

Faculty & Staff Boy’s basketball coach: Rev. Walter Zeile 7th grade: Mrs. Garberg— 8th grade: Mr. Joseph Dickson Cooks: Mrs. Carlson & Mrs. Savchenko Janitors: Mr. Carlson & Mr. Hamann

Administration & Faculty Mr. Miller—Eighth Grade Mrs. Bryant—1st semester Seventh Grade Rev. Walter Zeile—2nd semester Seventh Grade Seniors Juniors Eldridge Smith Shirley Johnson Joe Anne Lentz Moore Stenvall Kepler Vasanoja

Administration & Faculty Franklin Edward Shaw, Superintendent Mrs. King—Eighth Grade Mrs. Pine—Eighth Grade Mrs. Swanson—Seventh Grade Mr. Smith—Boys Basketball Seniors Juniors Barbara McAllister Peggy Hansen Caroline Johnson Wayne Carlson Charles

Faculty & Administration Seniors Juniors Falk Eugene Marsh McCullough Hartley Bob Stewart Sandvik Bechtel Vasanoja Huntley Kallander June Duff Steinberger Larson Leppenan Besack Sophomores: Puhl Kepler Dick Warner Joe

Seniors Miles France Maralyn Vasanoja Norbert Swoboda Will Dreghorn Leonard Moffitt Perscilla Miller Thomas Skinner Melvin Barry Dale Rorrison Dorothy Sheely Robert Warner John Broostrom Patricia Hemmer Virginia Hunt

Administration Harold Thuma—Superintendent Faculty Hattie Jeffery Neil Miller Myrtle Klovstad Vernon Moreman Annabelle Freeburn Irwin Metcalf Celia Klotz Lyle Rogers Seniors Stella DeLand Merle Anderson Ruth Cornelius Kenneth Hurd Lyle

History “Most of the seniors began their sophomore year in some school of the Valley. June King and Kenneth Hurd attended the Wasilla Hi. Ina Belle Irwin and Ruthelyn Elliott

First issue of the POLARIS yearbook Administration Board of Education Harold L. Thuma—Superintendent A.A. Johnson—Clerk Don L. Irwin—Chairman Robert Higginbotham—Treasurer Anthony E. Karnes—Commissioner of Education Junior & Senior High School

Administration: Mr. Harold Thuma—Principal Mr. C.E. Curtis—High School Mrs. Cole—Primary Grades Mr. Edmunson–? Alumnus: Class of 1932; first graduate of the Matanuska Valley High School. Adah Osborne Seniors: