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March l6. 1951.
No .11
WWIES REflUlREriMS
Changes to the requirements for c. com
mission in the Naval Reserve have been an
nounced by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
•/here ever the qualifications for a pro
gram required the candidate to have a coll
egc degree, if he is completing the last
year of college he may apply 120 days be
fore graduation and roceipt of his degree.
In the past applic ants for an inactive
duty commission were required to have ob
tained their degree prior to making ap
plication while those applying for an act
ive duty commission were restricted to 60
do;.e in advance of graduation and receipt
of their degree.
In the General Line program, for both
cctive and inactive duty which requires a
degree, the requirements for mathenr.tics
and physics were modified or cancelled,
continued on page 4
CELEBRATE fiflfllVERSARA
The ,-mcrican Legion ..uxiliary of Palmer
Post rl5 celebrated the thirty-second
anniversary of the .merican Legion with a
Pot Luck Dinner at Carpenters' Hall, Thurs
day evening, March 15«
The Pot Luck Dinner was followed by the
initiation of the following youngsters,
all of which are now full-fledged members
of the auxiliary« Dorothy Campbell, daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Campbell; Ruth
Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Henry; M.ry Linda Steelman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. "Pappy" Steelmen; Dale Yohn,
daughter of Mr. ,nd Mrs. Everett Yohn;
Robin and Terry Niemann, daughters of Mir.
and Mrs. Bernard Niemann, all of Palmer.
flEUJ CLASSES OR&AflIZEO
Something new is being tried in the ex
tension course of the mining department,
University of Alaska, which should prove
to be most popular, and that is gem pol
ishing, reports L.C. Dohcny, instructor.
He invites amateur and professional lap
idarists to attend the classes and to
bring samples of the wide varieties of
raw material to be found in Alaska.
Classes were organized for Sitka, Juneau
and Ketchikan early this month, Mr. Dohcnj
stated.
SPRlflG BRIflGS ROGO RULES
.vNCHORi'iGE.-Spring breakup is just around
the corner, and homesteaders and country
dwellers should begin to lay in stocks of
oil and other heavy supplies, Road Commiss
ion officials announced this week.
Within a few weeks the Road Commission
will put into effect a number of traffic
and load limitations in an effort to pro
tect tho territory's roads.
Surface water, soft roads and heavy
trcffic combine to ruin oiled and surfaced
highways as well as graveled ones, C.E.
..bbott, construction engineer in charge of
maintenance, warned.
Breakup season normally begins by the
middle of I&arch, extending until the lat
ter part of ..pril, although sometimes the
beginning is delayed until as late as May.
This year road commission officials will
try to keep most of the roads open to pass
enger traffic, but will try to kcop trucks
jeeps and other four-wheel drive vehicles
off the roads.
"Jeeps arc the worst vehicles there are
for ruining roads," one official commented
When a road is ruined in breakup, the
road commission has no recourse but to re
grade and re-gravel it.
Last year officials attempted to keep
heavily loaded trucks off the Palmer high
way for several weeks.
flEUJ PUBLIC UJORKS CHIEF
W.J3HINGT0N.-Secretary of the Interior
Chapman has appointed Donald R. Wilson,
Woonsocket, R.I., district director of the
interior department's public works program
in Alaska.
Wilson will be stationed at Juneau. New
on an extended vacation in the United Sta
tes, Wilson was city manager of anchorage
from June 1948 to Juno 1950*
John D. Argct3ingcr, district engin^or
of the public vorks program, has been in
charge of the ..laska office. He will re
main there as district engineer, Chapman
said. _____
GR.JJGE C.J1D P..RTY, M..RCH 21st,, -T 8 P.M.