on LUES! (.OUST
JUNEAU#-Friends have been advised
’that Paul Satko, rugged Virginian
who towed his Ark of Juneau across
the country in I9I4.O and then came
with it to Juneau, is back on the
'Pacific coast-this time at Tacoma,
where he is employed as a steam
fitter bTr the leterson poat pu5 Id
ina company#
credit union me Lis
The annual meeting of the Matan
uska Valley Credit Union was held
in the Co-op Club Room Wednesday
evening, about 25 members attending
The annual reports read and approv
ed by the membership, indicated
that the Uni^n is progressing very
nicely, as there has peen a steady
growth in members and capital de
pose t s .
The Union now has over five thou
sand dollars on deposit and can ac
cept applicati^ns • por mre loans. A
dividend of Rf' was declared ^n cap
ital shares, besides the required
20? reserve, which is set aside for
bad debts and. emergencies.
Clarence Roll and Jack Newccjnb
are the hold-over members of the
Board of Directors. Tom Lepak was
re-elected and Virgil Eckert and
Georse Small are the other two new
ly elected members r.f the Board.
Fannie Wirtanen was re-elected to
the Credit Committee, Harriet pell
was elected to fill the other ex
pired term and Harold Stephan is
the hold-over member. On the super
visory committee, Mr. R* Tippins
and Carl Rasmussen were elected to
serve with Ro^ Prock, the hold
over member. Mrs. I.M. San^vi.k and
Mrs. Harry Duff acted as tellers.
ifter the business meet 1 no, !
through the c^urteso of Mr. 11
and Miss M^ren, three interesting
sound movie films were shown. Fol
lowing this coffee anl cake was ser
Ye'd.
For the information of persons in
terested in joining the Union mem
bership, applications can be sec
ured from the Treasurer, whn is at
present Mr. Tippins in the Co-op.
office. Members mav borrow from
the Uni. ^n upon approval of the
Credit Committee, payinp back in
monthly payments with interest at
1% per month on the unpaid balance.
To persons havino funds to invest,
the Uni^n can pay up to 6^ on de
posits. All residents of the Mat
anuska Valley are eligible for mem
bership •
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS con't
ately and all candidates whr have
already been nominated far admis
sion In 19cl will be furnished de
tailed information without delay*
^riefl^ stated, plane trigonomet
ry and physics are no lonrer re
quired for admission by certifi
cate methods air1 have been elimin
ated from the entrance examina
tions. Those candidates', however,
who do not present acceptable
school nr college credit in either
physics or chemistry will be re
quired to demonstrate by perform
ance °n the'U.S. Nava 1 Ac ademy
Aptitude Test their capacity to
pursue studies alona engineering
and scientific lines. Heretofore,
the Aptitude Test, which is re
quired of all candidates, has not
been a positive factor in deter
mining scholastic qualifications
for admission*
ExiEnsinn
The Mstanuska Valley "reeiers
Association met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L.M. DePriest on Tuesday
even!no, January 9th, with only
four of the regular attenders pre
sent, not en^urh members for a
quorum, consequently there was no
election of officers no business
transacted.
Wonderful refreshments were serv
ed by Mrs. DePriest, and two very
worthwhile movies were shown as an
item of entertainment. hefresh
ments, entertainment and publicity
did net just happen* They were
|planned for and arrangements made
through the efforts of conscient
ious individuals for the benefit of
all the membership. Where were the
individuals who benefit from organ
ized efforts? Perhaps we had best
forqet about a breeders organiza
tion and just trust to luck.
In order to familiarize the ag
ricultural public on the purpose,
objectives and the expected benefit
of an organization to be known as
the Alaska Certified Seed Growers
Association, a series of meetings
have been called throughout this
southwest district as follows:
Anchorage.•.January 11,
Fenai.January 12,
Homer.January 12,
Fa lme r.Janua ry 1 ^ ,
Wa s i 1 la.Ja nua ry 1S ,
at 7
at 10
at 7
at 1
at 8
30pm
70am
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m
0 0 pm
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Representatives of U. of Alaska,
Alaska Experiment Stations and the
Soil Conservation Service will be
present to discuss working proced
ures, and possibilities of acouir
ing pure cereal seeds now availa^le