N-O-T-I-C-E
For 'WER OFF' after Office Fours
Sundays and Holidays call either'
Vernon Fridley
or -
Ralph Foore
OFFICE CLOSES at Ft OF or. SATURDAYS
Ivlnfcaruska Electric Ass’n^Inc.
Palmer Alaska.'
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poultry houses.
HRT u COLO BEDS
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homemakers' clubs
CKLMCHAKD CLUB will meet at the
hone of Mrs, Catherine »<ilson on
1onday March 13.
EVUHIFG CRAFT CLUB will meet at
the home of Karla Buff at 8 p.m.
on March 14,
12.30 CLUB will meet at the home
of Esther Brock on March 29th.
SOURDOUGH CLUB will meet at the
hone of Mrs, .Any Irwin on March 14
..i.JLLA CLUB ".'ill meet at the home
of Miss Ruth Custer on March 16.
GLACIER VIEU Club will meet at the
hone of Mrs. Clarence' Hoffman on
March 21st.
The young man sneaked up behind her
covered her eyes l ith his hands,and
announced: "I'm going to kess you
if you can't tell who this is in
three guesses.'*
'■‘George Washington,Thomas Jefferson
.c.trahan Lincoln," she guessed.
ALASKA. BULLETINS AVAILABLE
AT EXTENSION ' OFFICE
The Extension Service has Just re
ceived a shipment of new bulletins
from the United States Department
of Agriculture.. This one should be
of interest to all Alaskans as it
is the report of^group of Scientists
who v;ere in Alt ska during the summer
of 1946. M. jiy ’ ill remember 0,3,
Aomodt ,C .E.Kellogg, I.J.Nygard, Roy
lIagr.uder,-D,H.Scvage, A.D.Edgar and
terthur Orr who v.ere in the Valley
that summer.
This report covers Soil Problems,
Field and Range<Iroblems.Horticul
ture Problems,Livestock problems,
Fur-farming problems, Agricultural
Engineering problems, Entomological
problems and Family living problems.
In brousing through the pages of thi:
report you .7ill see many familiar
scenes as well as Valley personali
ties. Mrs. La halter is shown on
I her farm with a box of berries. Mrs.
Eherrod is shown "frith her flowers,
and there are several others whom
you will recognize as your neighbors.
Another book that is available at
the Extension Office is "Some Econ
omic Aspects of Farming in Alaska
with chief attention to the Mata
I nuska V-lloy.-' This report comes
| from the research work done here by
I the Committee on Group Settlement
! in Alaska. This committee was
i headed by li.H.Earrows.
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ALASKAN WRITER PUBLISHES
BOOK
Joan bright of Spcnard, ^leska, is
the author of a now juvenile book
about a String Loan Horso and Carrot
Cow who journyed from thoir garden
to a volcano crater near Silver Peak,
Colorado and then later to Alaska,
j-'ho book is entitled "Volcano Tales *
and has just, been published by the
Exposition ?r ss of Low York.'
I
I.'rs. Ldna Gorberg, a teacher in
Anchorage ana a former teacher in
the Palmer Schools, tested the stor
ies on her third and fourth grade
pupils with such favorable response
that she insisted L'rs„ '.'right s..nd
her work to a publisher.
Volcano Tales is a n'■■ entertain!fig
story of animals end insects that
will hold the rnterost of any child
who loves animals.
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A copy of "Volcfno Tales" was roceivcc
by the Valley Settler and will be
^iven to the Flmer Public library.
A CKILI DI “ LR is being given by the
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