Training Meetings
Planned for 4-H
Clothing Leaders
Use of the sewing machine is
the subject for 4-H clothing lead
er training meetings scheduled
throughout the Territory by the
University of Alaska Agricul
tural Extension Service,
Mrs. Jo Donoviel, educational
supervisor of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company, is to arrive
Anchorage from Seattle today
(Feb. 23), Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Han
sen announced. Mrs. Fohn- Han
sen is associate director for
home demonstration work of the
Extension Service which is co
operating with the Singer com
pany. Educational material to
help 4-H leaders will be provid
ed at the meetings.
Enrollment in the two-day
class will be limited to eight to
fourteen persons. Priority will be
given 4-H clothing leaders. If
there is room in the class for oth
ers, homemaker club clothing
project leaders will be given an
opportunity to enroll. The dates
for training meetings in Palmer
are March 1 and 2. Mrs. Dono
viel’s trip was scheduled to help
4-H leaders before this year’s
program starts. National 4-H Club
Week is March 3-11, when ol ’
and new 4-H members enroll.
GREAT BOOKS GROUP
TO DISCUSS DESCARTES
Members of the Great Books
club will hold a regular discus
sion meeting Monday evening,
February 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Experiment Station office in
town. Descartes will be discussed
by the group. Interested persons
are invited to attend.
Scientists estimate that Aantar
ctica was tropical 350,000,000
years ago.
Scieintists say that if the ice
malted from the Antarctic con
tinent, the wrold’s oceans would
rise 105 feet.
Alaska 4-H Clubs
Show Increased
Enrollments
Alaska 4-H club enrollment
shows a steady increase during
the past four years with 638
boys and girls active during 1955,
Mrs, Lydia Fosn-Hansen, acting
4-H leader, said today.
Volunteer 4-H club leaders,
district extension service agents
and the University of Alaska Ex
tension Service staff are prepar
ing for National 4-H Club Week
March 3-11.
During the past year 170 boys
and 468 girls enrolled in 902
projects. That means, Mrs. Fohn
Hansen pointed out, that older
4-H members carried several
projects. In addition, members
gave demonstrations, modeled in
dress revues, exhibited in fairs,
including the first All-Alaska
4-H Fair, and attended 4-H
camps and the annual round-up
on the university campus.
In 1952 there were 57 clubs
with 384 members enrolled. Each
year 4-H club membership has
increased by approximately 100
boys and girls. At the same time
the number of clubs has increased
so that in 1955 there were 71 4-H
clubs from Ketchikan to Kotze
bue.
For reporting purposes, clubs
such as those at Kasigluk, Minto,
Metlaktala and other outlying
points are included in the records
of district extension agents. The
Palmer district agents reported
the largest number of clubs with
18 clubs for 151 members.
Southeastern Alaska had ‘ the
highest 4-H enrollment with the
Juneau agent reporting 172 mem
bers in 10 clubs. Homer district
office had 10 clubs with 60 mem
bers, and Fairbanks, 16 4-H clubs
with 110. The Anchorage district
which includes Seward showed
the largest increase, doubling in
clubs and enrollment over the
1954 figure. In 1954 Anchorage
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NEWS
Homesteader Club
Our club met February 15 at
the home of Mrs. Rodney John
son. Regular meeting was held
and we were honored to have
Mrs. Andrew Norris join our club.
Flans for a bake sale on March
31 were planned, to help send
our in-coming president to Short
Course at the University in Oc
tober.
We were pleased to have Mary
lou Rideout present to give us
new ideas on made-over gar
ments and following lunch she
discussed with us many points
on being “budget wise”.
March meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Donald Boulter.
Butte Club
The home of Ina McKenzie on
the Palmer highway was the
meeting place of the Butte Home
makers club on February 16.
Thirteen members and one guest
were present.
Marylou Rideout came early
and brought samples of uphol
stery for anyone interested in dp
holstery workshop in April. She
also brought clothes she had
made over for us to see.
It was decided we would spon
sor a 4-H group and two volun
teered as leaders.
Council notes were discussed.
We had potluck luncheon at
noon. Our busines meeting ad
journed early and we read an in
teresting pamphlet on Social Se
curity. m
The next meeting will be at
Agnes Sandvik’s on March 15.
Beauty hints will be the topic
and we hope to have a film shown
on Cancer.
Sourdough Club
The Sourdough Homemakers
club met February 14 at Edna
Cook’s home, with 13 members
and Marylou Rideout, home dem
onstration agent, present.
An interesting roll call, citing
instances where savings were
made during the past week,
brought out many worthwhile
answers.
The club had voted to give $20
to the polio fund. An assessment
of one dollar per member was
made to take care of this.
Mrs. Rideout then took over
the meeting and gave a practical
and useful demonstration on
made-over garments, < showing
many made over articles which
were very well done. She also
had many bulletins illustrating
made over articles and also on
mending. We wish to thank
Marylou for her demonstration.
A report on Homemakers’
Council was made.
Mrs. Ina McKenzie has been
sewing and mending at the hos
pital, as a representative from
our club.
Ifad eight clubs with 60 members
and during the past year there
were 17 clubs with 145 members.
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Shooters Compete
In Large Match
In the largest match of its kind
ever held in this area, the Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen pistol
shooters fired their first match
against the newly formed Elmen
dorf Pistol Club on February 15.
In an informal match with Pal
mer, Elmendorf and Chugiak Rod
and Gun club competing shoulder
to shoulder at the Elmendorf
club’s range, 24 shooters from the
three clubs made this the larg
es match of its kind held in this
area.
All shooting was done at 50
feet, with .22 pistols. The course
of fire was 20 shots slow fire, 20
shots timed fire (five shots in 20
seconds), and 20 shots rapid fire
(five shots in 10 seconds). The
five high scores of each club were
used to determine the ranking.
PALMER: B. Walling, 462; A.
Richie, 494; K. Westenbarger,
517; W. Woods, 522; N. Woods
559. Total, 2554. Also competing
for Palmer were Art Seldal and
Bob Johns. ELMENDORF: J. Mc
Coy, 536; M. Davis, 522; J. Geor
ge, 518; J. Rodeman, 505; W.
Wallis, 496. Total, 2577. CHUG
ACH: Irvin, 556; Manuel, 552;
Mitchell, 545; Gatch, 545; Layson,
527. Total 2725.
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4-H NEWS
Sutton Buttons
The regular meeting of the Sut
ton Buttons 4-H clufa was held at
the home of our leader Mrs.
Marie James. We held a discus
sion and worked on our sewing
projects.
June Fancher, reporter
In February 1947, during flight
operations of Operation HIGH
JUMP, U. S. Navy flight crews
discovered warm lakes in the
Antarctic in an area where the
ice is known to be hundreds of
feet deep.
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Co ops ore the
heaviest
taxpayers
to many
communities]
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Let’s take a look at the record!
What cooperatives pay in taxes is an open book for anyone to
see. You’ll find that cooperatives rank at or near the top in
many communities.
Supporting community institutions through taxes is a
responsibility which cooperatives have accepted willingly.
Cooperatives are locally owned and controlled. Those who
own or work for the cooperative, live in our community. They
are interested in good schools, good roads and good govern
ment because they are good citizens . . . and because it is
their community.
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