Home Demonstration
Notes
By Marylou Rideout
There will be much better sit
tin’ and rockin’ going on in
twenty-six homes after the fur
niture repair workshop, under
the direction of Mary Robinson,
specialist, is completed April 20.
This all started last Monday
morning when women invaded
the Grange Hall, lugging an as
sortment of chairs, hammers,
screw drivers, nails, moos, cotton
and twine. All came with a will
to work and stick-to-it-iveness
which is required to tackle a re
upholstery job. These women are
finding out it’s more fun work
ing as others work. If you would
like to see the fine work that is
in progress you are welcome to
come and watch, Grange Hall,
hours one to four, seven to ten,
Monday through Friday, April 20.
Maybe your furniture did not
need reviving this year, but you
plan to make new curtains or
draperies. Here is an opportunity
you cannot afford to miss. Mrs.
Minnie Ritchart, who is a profes
sional maker of draperies, will
have a Workshop in drapery
making Saturday, April 28 at
1:30 o’clock, Extension craft
room. Even though your present j
COURT OF HONOR
HELD FOR TROOP 71
GIRL SCOUTS
A Court of Awards was held
April 10 for Girl Scouts of Troop
71 which is sponsored by the Ma
tanuska Valley American Legion
Auxiliary.
Sally Anderson, Mary Brown
and Francine Adams were Fly
Ups, and received their Tender
foot ranks
Other members of the Troop
have been working hard to earn
their second class rank. The fol
lowing Scouts received this
badge in the ceremonies: Margar
et Brewer, Dorothy Campbell,
Beth Estelle, Janie Hanks, Vir
ginia Hoffman, Kathy Hurley,
Karen McKinley, Mary Linda
Steelman, %nd Carol Jean Wilson.
The girls are now working to
ward their first class badges.
draperies will have to hang an
other year, you won’t want to
miss seeing Mrs. Ritchart make
draperies, you may need infor
mation later. Just let the Exten
sion Service office know your in
terest in attending this afternoon
meeting.
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Awards Contest
This newspaper and other
weeklies published in Alaska
have a special invitation to enter
their best writing in the fifth an
nual Alaska Press Club awards
contest. The competition—which
annually attracts territory-wide
and stateside attention—is lim
ited this year to the professional
news media field. Presentations
will be made at the annual
awards dinner of the Alaska Press
Club at the Idlehour in Anchor
age on May 2.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
TO MEET ON APRIL 17
An afternoon meeting will be
held on Tuesday, April 17 for the
Valley Hospital Auxiliary in the
meeting room at the MEA build
ing. The meeting will begin at
1:30 p.m. and all interested wo
men of the valley are invited to
attend.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include:
Paul Akelstad, John Dunlap,
John Bugge, Ole Johnson, Connie
Huppert (8 yr. old) Mrs. Oscar
Kerttula, Charles M. Shaver,
Frank Coiobuffalo, Irwin Doyle,
Earl Myers of Sutton (15 yrs. old),
Mrs. Raymond DePriest and in
fant daughter, Mrs. Roland
Blank and infant daughter, and
Joseph Bidondo.
Former patients, now listed on
the out list include: Mrs. Miles
Rice, Donald Hancock of Anchor
age, Billy Stockeman of Healey,
Mrs. Peter Walker, Mrs. Eino
Pietela of Jonesville, Jana Burk
holder (4 yr. old), Mrs. John
Smith and infant son, William
Fox, Caadace Carson of Wasilla
(2 yrs. old), Mrs. Roy Lundeen,
Mrs. David Kepler and infant
daughter, Glenn Vore of Jones
ville, Robert Bettine, and Nan
nette Bouwens ,(5 yTs. old).
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Offers for sale to bona fide
residents only of Alaska 2500
shares of the capital stock of
Esknik Mines, par value $10.00
per share.
Revenues from such sale and
investment to be used in pros
pecting .for radioactive ..and
other strategic minerals.
A Brochure outlining or
ganization and activities of
Esknik Mines is available.
A limited number will be
distributed in Palmer area.
Contact
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Star Route Mile 40Vt
Palmer. Alaska
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ITINERARY
THINK
K the proposed Alaska Constitution is
ratified April 24, our natural resources
are in jeopardy of being a political
football of every Legislature lo con
vene following Statehood.
Lei’s keep our Hunting and Fishing out
of POLITICS
Vole NO on Hie raHficaKon of the
proposed Constitution.
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