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Notebook
Naval Aviation Cadet August
A. Cather, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. N. Catber of Palmer, is un
dergoing training in formation
flying at the Saufley Field Naval
Auxiliary Air Station at Pensa
cola* Fla. During his six weeks
training he will also receive in
struction in combat, night and
cross-country flights. He will
then commence the gunnery
phase of his flight training at
the Barin Field Naval Auxiliary
Air Station in Foley, Alabama.
Pvt. Albert Sabo of Fort Rich
ardson, accidently shot himself
in the right leg Sunday after
noon when a target pistol being
carried in a holster discharged.
Sabo had been target shooting
and failed to set the safety catch
before returning the pistol to
the holster. Later while panning
for gold, the gun went off. He
received first aid treatment at
the Valley Presbyterian Hospital
and was later taken to 5005th
AFB hospital by companions.
“Born Yesterday” the comedy
smash hit by Garson Kanin, will
be presented by the Anchorage
Little Theatre at the Municipal
Auditorium for three nights, be
ginning tonight and continuing
through Saturday, June 30. Cur
tain time is 8:30 p.m.
Del. E. L. Bartlett’s wife and
daughter, Vide and Sue, are due
in Alaska today. They will go to
Ketchikan and Visit other com
munities during the summer.
The Bartletts’ older daughter,
Doris Ann, is now living in Jun
eau.
Kenneth Peters, REA power
load analysist from Washington,
D. C., was the guest of Cy Brew
er, MEA manager, at the June 25
meeting of Palmer Kiwanis.
Peters is in Alaska doing re
search work on power needs.
Marylou Rideout, home dem
onstration agent with the Ex
tension Service, has sent word
that she plans to return to Pal
mer as soon as she can secure
transportation. She has been in
the Detroit area with her hus
band Larry who is Outside for
medical treatment.
Mrs. Sam Woolcock plans to
leave Palmer on Sunday, en->
route to California and Arizona -
where she will vacation for a
few weeks. During her absence
Mrs. Mary Steelman will take
her place in the office of Dr.
C. C. Bailey.
Mrs. Ola Gibson, of Gables,
Michigan, is visiting at the
home of her son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gib
son of Palmer. This is Mrs. Gib
son’s first visit to Alaska, as
well as her first airplane trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Compton
and two sons returned to Palmer
on Friday following a month’s
visit in the States. They visited
relatives in California and Tex
as, as well as Rev. and Mrs.
George Geiwitz of Albuquerque,
N. Mex., former Palmerites. Re
turning to the valley with the
Comptons were their nephew,
Edward Donaldson of Corpus
Christi, Texas and Mrs. Elsie
Tice, also of Corpus Christi.
Their visitors plan to spend sev
eral weeks in Alaska.
George Fluitt of Denver, Colo
rado, is spending a summer va
cation with the Art Ericksons in
Palmer. Fluitt, a former stu
dent at Colorado Ag will attend
Kansas State on a scholarship
this fall. While in Alaska Fluitt
hopes to get in some prospect
ing and is making plans to en
ter the mountain marathon at
Seward on the Fourth of July.
There must be someone new
to Alaska that isn’t too familiar
with crops of the area. The Co
Op produce department this
week got an order for cucum
bers, grapes and cherries. Need
less to say, the order was not
filled.
Alaskan friends of Dr. George
Scarseth received word this
week that the Indiana scientist
has been seriously ill, but is out
of the hospital and convalescing
at home. Dr. Scarseth wrote
Arthur Buswell, Extension Ser
vice associate director^ that he
plans to be in Alaska in late
August as scheduled. For Al
askans who want to write to Dr.
Scarseth, his home address is
1414 Ravinia Road, West Lafay
ette, Indiana.
Although no official an
nouncement of the opening has
been made, traffic is rolling
across the new double-lane
bridge at Chickaloon River.
William Adams, forester, and
Gene Horning, fire guard, with
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment Fire Guard Station in
Palmer are in the McGrath area
where they are assisting with
a forest fire that has burned
thousands of acres of land. They
t£Me.been there the -past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Gansctoew
1 CROSSWORD
By A. C. Gordon
ACROSS
1 • Letter after
thought
3 - Antitoxin
7 - Musical note
9 - Performance
11 • Lethargy
13 - Bubble
14 - ... the mark*
15 - Natrium(chem.)
17 - Prier
19 • Announcement
20 - Secrete
22 * Beetle
23 • A berry
25 - Oak seed
27 * Exhausted
28 * Tatter
29 * Hawaiiangarland
30 * Vessel
34 ■ Sing
37 - Time unit
38 • Permit
40 • Miscues
41 - Either
42 *.Firma
44 • College degree
45 * Ovine talk
46 - Time period
48 * Razes
49 *.camera!
51 * Theoretic force
52 - U.S. coins
53 ■ Regarding
DOWN
1 - Parent
2 - Picturesque
3 - Spirit
4 - Concluded
5 - Complete
6 - Moslem
7 - Falling bridge
8 - Area unit
10 - Exists
12 - In reference to
16 - Fuss
18 - Prefix of Ger*
man nobility
19 - Beverage
20 - Severe
21 - Misdeed
23 - Turret
24 - English school
(poss.)
26 - Doze
27 - Dry, of wine
31 - Pillaged
32 - Of us
33 - Through
35 - Ball
36 - Declaimer
38 - Let
39 - Handle
42 - Powder
43 - Circle parts
45 - Have being
47 - Toward
48 - Behold!
50 - Neon (chem.)
(Answers on Page 4)
and sons Gordon and LeRoy re
turned to Palmer Tuesday night
following a two-month car trip
to the States that took them
through the northern states to
Washington, D. C. They visited
in New York, New1 Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Iowa, Idaho and
stopped at Banff National Park
on their way back. They report
ed a wonderful trip—but real
lappy to be home.
Mrs. Mapr E. Rogers of Mon
roe, Washington is in Palmer
visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
C. T. McMahon and family. This
is Mrs. Rogers second visit to
Alaska, her first being in 1935
when the McMahons were living
in the Copper River area.
Mrs. John (Virginia) Duda of
Seattle is spending a summer
vacation at the home of her
father, R. Bruce Graham of Pal
mer. Mrs. Duda’s husband is sta
tioned in Formosa with the
U. S. Air Force.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Homesteader Club
Our first evening meeting of
June 20 was held at the home
of Mrs. Ruth Callison. Project
reports on Council were given.
Project leaders gave reports on
play equipment, inside and out.
The bake sale was decided for
July 3. Our next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Lee Weath
erbee July 18 at 7 p.m.
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Commissioner’s Court
Verne Culling of Anchorage
was fined $25 when found guilty
of a speeding charge brought
by Territorial Police on June
17. He entered a plea of guilty to
the charge when appearing in
court on June 20.
Stephen Feraron of Anchor-'
age was fined $50 and had his
driver’s license revoked for 10
days when found guilty of a
Territorial Police charge of ne
gligent driving on June 16. He
entered a plea of guilty in
court on June 20.
John Postishek of Sutton was
fined $75 and had his driver’s
license revoked for 60 days
when found guilty of a charge
of driving under the influence
on June 25. The charge was
made by Territorial Police and
court was held on June 26.
City Court
Carlos McKnight was fined
$75 when found guilty of a
charge of negligent driving. He
entered a plea of guilty to the
charge in court on June 25. The
complaint was brought by City
Police.
Eugene Roberts was fined $5
for disturbing the peace June
18. The complaint was brought
by City Police as the results of
Roberts setting off firecrackers
wfthin the city.
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Whether you stop in for a cocktail or a
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SNUG AND SECURE inside the Army Chemical set up or disassemble, folds into a fiat package
Corp s model of the “Infant Protector” is six- 38 x 24 x 6 inches. The heavy-duty experimental
month-old Chris Schimmel, son of Mr. and Mrs. model shown here weighs 16 pounds, but the
Clyde B. Schimmel of Battle Creek, Mich. The Chemical Corps, with FCDA funds, hopes to design
“Protector,” which takes only two minutes to a lighter moderately priced version. <fcda Photo)
YOUR NEIGHBOR
. . AND MINE
By Joan Hansen
Last fall Co. “C” 180th Com
bat Engineering Battalion, local
U. S. Army Reserve unit, was
joined by two new officers. They
have much the same values of
loyalty and service to one’s coun
try as other Reservists, but they
look a little different and they
dress a little different. The two
are Captain Katherine Steele
and Captain Elizabeth Gaines,
only two women in the local
company.
In civilian life they are Miss
Steele, girls Physical Education
teacher at Central School, and
Miss Gaines, high school En
glish teacher and dramatics
coach.
Coming from Springfield, Ar
kansas, the pair set out for Al
aska without a definite destina
tion. “We wanted someplace
that had outdoor life with much
hunting and fishing,” Miss
Gaines said. “So we sold our
furniture and car, bought a pick
up truck, put a canvas on the
back so we’d feel like real pion
-«ers and started for the Alaskan
border.”
Arriving in Anchorage, they
came to Palmer at the sugges
tion of educational advisors
there. They had never heard of
the Valley previously. “Mr. Zah-1
radnicek decided he could use
us and we decided we would like
Palmer so here we are.” Both
will be on the school staff again
next year.
Miss Gaines earned her B. S.
in education at Texas State Col
lege for Women, Denton, Texas
and her Master’s degree at the
University of Arkansas where
she taught two years in graduate
school on a fellowship.
Miss Steele attended Domini
can College in San Rapsael,
California for her undergraduate
work and the University of Ar
kansas for her post graduate
work. Her home town is Santa
Rosa; Calif, while Miss Gaines’
is Rodgers, Arkansas.
Both enlisted in service in
1942, with Miss Gaines entry
date in September and Miss
Steele’s » December 31. Miss
Gaines served as Motor Trans
port Instructor and Headquart
ers Detachment Commander.
Vliss Steele was likewise with
the Motor Transport and the
Motor Pool. She taught drivers
training during most of the time.
The two “foster sisters” met
while stationed together at
Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Miss
Gaines was Miss Steele’s in
structor for a time. The former
has also been stationed at
Camp Beale, Calif., the latter at
McClelland Field, Calif.
When asked what their tough
est military assignment had
been, Miss Gaines cited a short
tour of duty as a recruiting offi
cer. Miss Steele feelt being Hdq.
Det. Commander of 253 women
when she was a new cadre most
difficult.
On the question of women be
ing drafted, both take a firmly
positive stand if circumstances
warrant it. “Any person, man or
woman, who enjoys the benefits
and privileges of citizenship
should also be willing to accept
any responsibility necessary to
maintaining that citizenship.”
Thus they expressed a joint
view.
Their impression of Alaska
can likewise be stated plurily.
“It’s big, beautiful, wonderful,
and offers all kinds of interest
ing things to do.”
If you meet these two inde
pendent, capable, and interest
ing servicewomen who are often
accompanied by their huskie,
Anchor, you’ll soon agree here
are a pair of Cheechakos who
have all the qualifications for
becoming Sourdoughs,
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HEINZ
Catsup Mu. 25c
MEADOWBROOK
Eggs *,.63c
HORMEL
Spam 12 «z. mb 39c
BAR-5
Hams whoie°r ib. 57c
RATH'S — SMOKED
Sausage Pk(.49c
NALLEY'S QT.
Mayonnaise 69°
NALLEY'S 11 Oz. bag
Potato Chips 59°
NALLEY'S — KOSHER 24 oz.
Dill Pickles 39°
PURE
2 lbs.
Ground Beef 89°
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ASSORTED LB.
Lunch Meals 69°
PERRY BROS.
EGGS
AA Large
dozen
Fresh Halibut
. 29c
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