RIFLE CLUB TAKES
RETURN MATCH AT
FORT RICHARDSON
In a return match with the
Chugach Rod and Gun Club,
members of the Matanu.ska Val
ley Sportsmen rifle team motor
ed to Fort Richardson on Janu
ary 27 where they topped the An
chorage area shooters by a wide
margin. Following the shoot
members of the host club serv
ed the Palmer visitors coffee and
doughnuts.
Results of the January 27 shoot
were as follows: MV SPORTS
MEN, First team: K. Wcstenbar
ger, 393; J. Dodge, 383; J. Harris,
382; W. Woods, 382. TOTAL, 1540.
MV SPORTSMEN, Second team:
JN. Woods, 382; A. Richie, 382; V.
Donaldson, 377; E. Bellringer, 376.
TOTAL 1517. WOMENS TEAM:
T. Smoot, 380; D. Niemann, 377;
M. Johns, 365; N. Richie, 364. TO
TAL, 1486.
CHUGACH ROD AND GUN
CLUB: J. S. Donaldson, 388; W.
Irvin, 386; E. Houtz, 376; A.
White, 347. TOTAL 1497. EL
MENDORF: Sinor, 369; Hobart,
361; Barnes, 357; Humhries, 321.
TOTAL, 1416. Eight points were
added to the Elmendorf team’s
total, for use of iron sights.
26 on Wasilla
School Honor Roll
Early in the school year it was
decided that the Wasilla School
honor roll would be compiled for
publication but twice during the
year—at the end of the first se
mester and at the end of the
second. The following list of hon
or roll students in the Wasilla
School, is that of the first sem
«e«iteT:
FIRST GRADE: Kathleen Cly
de, Lee Anna Harbeson, Kenneth
Harvey, Sharon. Reeder and
Pamela Wright.
SECOND GRADE: Cheryl Clar
Ike, Shelia Redmgton, Colleen
Carter, Mary Line and Linda
Wyse.
TKIRD GRADE: George Har
rw'son.
FOURTH GRADE: Judith
Betts, Barbara Clarke, Katharine
CogiMan, Ida Hjellen, Jane Nun
'leyV&.elline Palmquist and Elaine
Richards.
FIFTH GRADE: Eleanor Rick
teroff.
.SIXTH GRADE: Helen Carter
and Patricia Berry.
SEVENTH GRADE: Linda
Bergman
EIGHTH GRADE: Michael
Palmqiii.sst and Neil Thomas.
HIGH SCHOOL: Seniors: Col
leen Teeland and Alice Church.
Nearly 70—
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:t(his isn’t so and call for support
of their statement by a big game
attendance.
Highlight of in-between fea
tures at the game will be the pre
sentation of the Key to the City
to Bob Korn of Cordova, “Mr.
Basketball”. Korn is a long-time
Huipporter of the game of basket
ball and sponsors the womens'
team from Cordova. This is the
ninth annual trip Cordova has
made to the valley for basketball
4james.
Entertainment ionowmg tne
games is being provided by the
local Elks lodge. A smorgasbord,
featuring all-valley foods—chick
en, local dairy products, etc. Wo
men attending have been request
ed to take a small salad. Clare
.Stock is in charge of the hig din
ner job.
Following the dinners, music
tor dancing will be provided.
Friday night a local ensemble
will provide the music, and Sat
urday an Anchorage orchestra
will be on hand.
In between games time and
plane time, the visitors will have
th opportunity of visiting around
the valley. Several residents have
offered the use of their oars in
transporting the visitors around
town and country. Even the wild
life seems to be preparing a wel
come. Several good-sized moose
are lingering around the United
Protestant Church and Co-Op
housing area this week and the
"Clam Diggers” may have an opj
portunity to get some good cam
era shots.
With the planned program the
Elks have prepared, it looks like
the visitors will have a good time.
We join in saying “Welcome Cor
dova”.
American Legion
“Back to God”
Program Planned
The American Legion’s fifth
annual nation-wide “Back to
God” telecast will be carried on
the National Broadcasting tele
vision network on Four Chap
lains Day, Sunday, February 5,
from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m., EST.
The impressive program will
be telecast from the NEC-TV
Century Theater in New York
City. Appearing on the program
will be National Commander J.
Addington Wagner, and National
Chaplain Joseph MacCarrell of
The American Legion and dis
tinguished representatives of the
dlergy.
President Eisenhower and Vice
President Nixon have been in
vited to participate. The Presi
dent has appeared on the tele
cast for three consecutive years.
Highlight of Movement
The Four Chaplains Day pro
gram is the annual highlight of
the American Legion’s “Back to
God” movement through which
the world’s largest veterans or
ganization has championed the
bringing of the American people
to the realization that our Nation
was founded upon faith in God,
and that we should return to the
precepts of our Founding Fathers
if our Nation is to flourish.
Cardinal objectives of the
movement are regular public
worship, daily family prayer and
the religious education of our
children. The impact of the pro
ject upon the pulpit, the press
and the public has been tremen
dous, and the majority of The
* American Legion’s 17,200 posts
over the country implement the
program in their communities.
Hospital Membership
Reaches 254 Total
New memberships and renew
als in the Valley Hospital Asso
ciation now stand at 254, accord
ing to an announcement from
the membership committee this
week.
Although the number exceeds
the 1955 membership by some 30
or more, it still falls far short of
the 1,000 target set by the Board
of Directors.
Top salesmen in this year’s
drive are: Wesley Norbo, 46;
Brian Cleworth, 29; Bob Pippel,
27; Kay Pippel 26; and Dorothy
Laughlin, 19. All organizations
will be contacted next week as
the drive gains momentum.
Memberships may be obtained
at the Valley Bank from any lo
cal Kiwanian, or at the annual
meeting slated for February 15.
The committee cautioned those
planning to purchase their mem
berships at the annual meeting,
that books will be closed one
half hour before the meeting op
ens. Memberships must be paid
by that time for voting.
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Hospital Deficit—
at the local hospital declined to
12.6 during 1955, off two or three
points from 1954. This decrease,
attributed in part to the comple
tion of the Eklutna plant and to
less activity in local coal mining,
accounts for the hospital’s grow
ing indebtedness. To correct this
situation, the hospital staff was
reduced by two or three during
1955 and at year-end, included
only 23 salaried employees.
A full discussion of last year’s
business will be held at the an
nual membership meeting of the
Valley Hospital Association,
February 15.
1955 DIVIDENDS
Have been posted to share
accounts. Bring in pass
books for entry.
HOW ABOUT A NEW CAR?
You can finance it through :
' your local Credit Union with j:
an insured loan.
■MONEY BURIED IN THE ;i
; CELLAR? why not invest in
; the Credit Union. $1.00 life in- >
; surance with each dollar de
posited.
Last years dividends paid
4% Interest
! Mafanuska Valley
Federal Credit Union
r 1;
MEA Manege*
AHords Atomic
Plant Discussion
An interesting meeting, during
which atomic power was discus
sed, was attended last week by
Gy Brewer, manager at Matanus
ka Electric Association. Two
stateside visitors explained the
\tom:c Energy Commission pro
ram. They were William Loeb of
Nuclear Development Corpora
tion of America, New York, and
fed Miller of the Washington,
D. C. law firm of Davidson and
Nikoloric.
Attending the meeting, which
had previously been announced
as public, were representatives
from the Golden Valley Electric
Association, Ghugach Electric
Association, Matanuska Electric
Association, Seward City, Homer,
and Anchorage City. Representa
tives showed their interest in pos- !
sible atomic power for provid
ing electricity.
“It looks fine”. Brewer said this
week, “ . . . all but the price”.
The speakers were attempting to
get public power groups interest
ed in participating in a reactor
plant program. Technical discre
tions of how the plant would op
erate—estimated costs per KW,
and other pertinent information
was given to the power represen
tatives.
Brewer said they learned that
a 10-on load of uranium alloy 1
would make 300,000,000 KW
hours—enough electric energy for
approximately 300 months at the
present MEA eonsumation rate,
he added. The fuel is easily hand
led—not radioactive—may be
shipped like coal. Water used in
the plant would not be radioac
tive but the speakers recommend
ed such a plant be located out
side a settled district. There could
be no atomic explosion danger
from a small reactor plant. “The
worse that could happen,” Brew
er said, “would be for the plant
to melt down”. Estimated cost
figures placed the plant in the
$2,000,000 per 2,000 KW class.
At the present time consumers f
are paying approximately 13
mills per KWH. Power from such
a proposed plant wuold run from
nine to 24 mills, Brewer estimat
ed from figurse provided by the
technicians. “However,” he ad
ded, “this is a big drop from
early figures a few years ago
when KW’s were figured at aro?
und 40 mills.”
ALASKA DAIRY GIVES
SCHOLARSHIP TO
VALLEY HOMEMAKERS
George Jackson, owner of the
Alaska Dairy in Anchorage, has
given a vote of confidence to
Matamiska Valley Homemakers
by awarding an Alaska Dairy
Scholarship which will assure one
woman of an expense-paid week
at the University of Alaska Short
Course next fall.
Organizations in Palmer who
have shown interest in educa
tional fields by carrying educa
tional funds in their budgets, re
ceived letters this week from
Faith Krause, president of the
Valley Homemakers’ Council.
The letters encouraged organi
zations to set up scholarships in
their association’s name that
would award Valley Homemak
ers the privilege of attending the
Short Course each fall.
Sometimes, Mrs. Krause point
ed out, the most deserving women
who have served their family,
their club, and their community
exceptionally well, are financial
ly unable to attend the Short
Course. An extremely broad ran
ge of subjects were offered this
past year by the University, but
only six valley women out of 300
active Homemakers were able to
attend. It is hoped, she said, that
for every scholarship sponsored,
the clubs themselves will match
funds and that each year more
and more deserving women will
be able to attend, the Course.
SON OF LOCAL
COUPLE VICTIM
OF PLANE CRASH
Word has been received in Pal
mer that C-Sgt. Walter E. Soocey,
32, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
P. Soocey, was one of two men
drowned when a twin-engine Air
Force plane crashed in the Mono
gahela River in Pittsburgh, Pa.
January 31. Soocey is also sur
vived by his wife, Patricia, and
three young daughters, who live
near Nellis AFB, Nevada. Hisj
EXPERIMENT STATION
TESTING OVER-SIZED
9ISG HARROW
An over-sized disc harrow for
breaking new ground is under
going tests by the Ailaska Agri
cultural Experiment Station. The
new Rome bog and bush harrow
breaks an acre of ground per
hour, which is about four times
as fast as conventional breaker
plows now in use. It cuts roots,
making the raking and picking
operation faster and cheaper. Op
erated in a half-lapping pattern,
the disc eliminates undue ground
roughness, reported Don L. Irwin,
director of the Experiment Sta
tion.
The Rome disc underwent tests '
in the Matanuska Valley last
year. It will be sent to the Tan
ana Valley for the 1956 growing
season and will probably go to
the Kenai Peninsula for further
testing next vear, Irwin said.
“The reaction of Matanuska
Valley farmers was highly favor
able last year,” said Irwin.
‘‘Ninety percent of the farmers
who used the disc were well
satisfied with its performance.
They said they had only a mini
mum root-picking job to do after
using it, and got a crop of oats
and peas on the newly cleared
land the same year.
“The cost of getting new land
under cultivation is a major ob
stacle to efficient, economical
production in Alaska today," he
said. “Even the most mechanized
techniques now in use take
much hand labor, particularly
for root-picking. We want to de
velop and introduce equipment
that will reduce this slow, expen
sive hand labor. This big disc
harrow may solve many of our
problems,” Irwin stated.
father is employed at the Eklutna !
Hydroelectric plant on the Pal- i
mer highway.
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TEACHERS PLANNING
VARIETY SHOW
Teachers of the Palmer School
system are practicing for a var
iety show and hope to have it
ready for public presentation lat
er this month, it was announced
this week.
The public will be invited to
attend the show, being planned
around specialty numbers, a band
(of the corny type, they say', a
singing group, and a special pres
entation by the male members of
the faculty.
A definite presentation date
will be announced within the near
future.
INDIAN TRIBES
BEING STUDIED
BY W. M. S. GROUP
A study of all type Indian trib
es is being made by the Womens
Mission Society of the First Bap
tist Church. During the society’s
January 30 meeting, and inter
esting study was conducted by
the Rev. John Dickerson. The
next meeting of the group will
be held on Monday afternoon,
February 6 in the church meet
ing room, beginning at 1:30. A
study of the interesting subject
Palmer Has—
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11 mills on personal property, to
22 mills on real and the same
amount on personal property at
Cordova and Sitka. Other cities
and rates include Valdez, 20 mills
on both real and personal prop
erty; Anchorage 20 mills, on both
real and personal; Fairbanks,
same as Anchorage plus two
percent sales tax; Haines, 18 mills
Ketchikan and Kodiak, 20 mills.
Cities who levy two percent
sales tax include: Palmer, North
Pole, Petersburg, Seldovia, Sew
ard, Sitka, Valdez, Wrangell, Cor
dova, Fairbanks, Juneau (1%
city, 1% school), Ketchikan,
King Cove, Klawock, and Nome.
Peliean levies a one percent
sales tax.
The directory is as complete as
possible, listing city officials,
major annual revenues, tax rates,
and city owned utilities, and is
published each year to provide
basic information about each
municipality in Alaska.
will be continued.
Following the close of the
January 30 meeting refreshments
were served by the social chair
man, Mrs. Cloycine Driggars.
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