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Vol. 15
Palmer, Alaska
January 25 > 1952
No 3
EXTENSION NEWS
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NEW FERTILIZER RECOM
MENDATIONS AVAILABLE
Dr. Mick in conjunct
ion with Dr. Babb and
Dr. Hodgson of the A
laska Experiment Station
have prepared a new re
vised copy of Fertilizer
Recommendations for A
laska. This circular
has a new section on
homo mixing of fertil
izers and which combin
ation will r*ive you the
best buy in available
fertilizer materials.
This pamphlet is one of
the best sources of in
formation on fertilizers
the farmer can obtain
and most of the recom
mendations are based on
experience with Alaskan
crops grown in Alaska.
Copies can be obtained
from the Extension Serv
ice office, or v/ill be
mailed on request. Now
is the time-to line up
your fertilizer supplies
for the coming year. We
may have to substitute
for Ammonium nitrate
this year, but thero
still may be some hope.
It is understood Dir
ector Irv/in is working
on this problem in Wash
ington •
WASILIA PARMER BURNS OUT
I-Iarolcl Harris, well
known Was ilia farmer,
suffered one of Alaska's
most dreaded hazards
when he lost his home,
most of his personal
possessions, plus about
80 tons of potatoes to
fire. Everyone will
sympathize with Harold
for the threat of fire
hangs over most Alaska
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IRVING NEWVILLF. VALLEY FARMER.
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Funeral services will
be held on Friday of
this week for tho 1<te
Irving Ncwvillc who
succumbed of a heart
attack on January 11.
Services were postponed
last week due the hirh
winds and heavy snow
COL. CLASSY A■‘Vo
S i N(-1IMG 5EK(:EANTS j
TO APPEAR HERE I
Ed Smith, chairman ofj
the* Valley Hospital
fund raising committee
announced last week that)
Colonel Wm. S. Cla3by,
chaplain for the Alaska.
Air Command, has con- j
sented to come to Pal
mer Sunday evening, Jan-|
uary 27, with 16 mem
bers of his famous choir1
to put on a program for'
ithe people of tho Vallcyj
i
The singing sergeants j
are all due for rota
tion, so the choir is,
to be disbanded and
this will be their last
ipublic appearance.
Here, Colonel Clasby j
and the sergeants will
present a full two-hour
program. Colonel Clas
by will first deliver
a 30-minute lecture and
the choir will take up
the remainder of the
program with their sorvs
jand skits .
No admission will be
charged for this pro
gram although an offer
ing will be taken. The j
entire collection will '
bo turned over to the
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f
which prevailed in the
Valley at that time.
Services arc to ho held
at two O'clock at the
United Protestant Church
with Father albert Say
ers, rector of the .’.11
Saints Episcopal Church
of Anchora -o, officiat
ing.
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JUNEAU—A contribution
of ^5>000 from the A
laska Crippled Child
ren's association has
just been received by
the Alaska Department cf
Health. 'Phis amount is
of actual double value
because of federal
matching funds for aid
of Alaska's crippled
children, according to
Dr. C .Earl ..Ibrccht,
commissioner of health.
He said that during •
the past year „>15,000
have boon received by
the Health Department
from the ACCA for
matching purposes in
the program for aid of
crippled children*
"If it wore not for
the hundreds of iXCA
members all over Alaska
doin'; hours of hard
work in order to raise
those funds, many worth
y,handicapped children
would not be hospital
ized," Dr. Elizabeth
Bishop said in comment
ing on tho territory
wide work of the ACCA
volunteers. Dr. Bish
op is director of Mat
ernal and Child Health
and Crippled Children's
Services for the Alaska
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