Sportsmen Adopt
Project for Year
The development of a recrea
tion area has been named as the
project of the year by the Ma
tanuska Valley Sportsmen.
The project may take the form
of the building of a road into a
fishing or picnic area—it might
be the clearance of a picnic area
—or cleaning a favorite spot and
putting in fireplaces.
Their first project will probab
ly be getting public access roads
to Matanuska Lake and Long
Lake as well as an unnamed lake
in back of the Experiment farm.
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EXTENSION NEWS
ANO NOTES
Lew Hanks, District Agent
This is a note to you parents.
Four-H sign-up time will start
next week. Youngsters will be
contacted through the schools.
They will bring home enrollment
cards and project information for
you to look over. If they want to
join the 4-H program and you
are willing to help them, sign
the enrollment cards and mail
them to the Extension office.
Projects are offered in home
economics, foods, sewing, home
or yard improvement, animal
care, gardening, field crops, for
estry, electricity, handicraft, and
others.
If a youngster is interested in
some project you might do well
to consider the 4-H way.
Speaking of garden projects it
is time to start things going.
Early cabbage, broccoli, cauli
flower, brussel sprouts, and cel
ery should be s*ieded in flats by
now. We have some excellent
bulletins on vegetable and green
house culture available at the Ex
tension office. The recommended
vegetable variety and fertilizer
recommendations are also avail
able. If you want the latest on
how it is done drop in and see
us.
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Sportsman Named
Chairman of
WHdIife Week
J. Malcolm Greany has been
named Wildlife Week Chairman
to direct the 1958 National Wild
life Week program in Alaska.
The appointment was announced
by the Alaska Sportsmen Coun
cil which joins with the National
Wildlife Federation in sponsor
ship of this educational campaign
each year.
Walt Disney, widely known to
the public and outdoor enthus
iasts for his “True Life Adven
ture” nature films, will serve as
national honorary chairman of
the obsevance. Greany stated that
the conservation theme of 1958
Wildlife Week, “Our Public
Lands,” is aimed at the need for
providing better care for public
ly-owned outdoor recreation
areas and lands which provide
many of our living essentials.
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NEW TWIST in bridges is this
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SOMETHIN’ good has just
passed the busy tongue of this
handsome stray cpcker at St.
Pete, Fla. SPCA shelter.
TALENT so soon? Princess
Caroline of Monaco at piano
on first birthday. Her Mom
was Grace Kelly, remember?
CANS CAN be filled faster with this new Votator Filler
shown at 1958 Canners Show by Girdler Process Equipment
division of National Cylinder Gas Corhpany. Machine fills
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LAKE LUCILLE
RESIDENTS SEEK
WATER FOWL REFUGE
A number of residents of the
Lake Lucille area met with di
rectors of the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen this week to dis
cuss the problem of indiscrimin
ate shooting around their homes
near the lake, particularly dur
ing water fowl season.
The residents pointed out that
homes have been hit by stray
shot, a window was broken in
one home, and even one resident
cvas struck by stray shot while
walking near his home
The Sportsmen expressed their
sympathy to the residents regard
ing their problem and in an at
tempt to assist them, will contact
the Attorney General to deter
mine what laws cover the shoot
ing of firearms near homes.
The residents pointed out they
would like to see the lake area
declared a water fowl reserve.
Although no official action was
taken by the Sportsmen direc
tors, the problem will be present
ed at the next general member
ship meeting of the organization
for further action.
OBITUARY
MILDRED (TOMMY) FIELDS
Funeral services for Mrs. Mil
dred (Tommy) Fields, 57, of
Kenai will be held in the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints chapel in Palmer at 1 p.m.
Saturday, March 15.
Mrs. Fields died at her home in
Kenai March 10 of natural causes.
She is survived by her son, Roy
E. Fields, and his family, of Sier
ra Madre, California, and a
granddaughter, Mrs. James A.
Cottrell, III, of Palmer; two sis
ters who live in Phillips, Texas,
and a brother who resides in
Washington. ,
At the time of her death Mrs.
Fields was employed by the
Kenai Dry Cleaners in that town.
Prior to moving to Kenai two
years ago, Mrs. Fields lived in
Palmer and was employed by the
Valley Cleaners.
Interment will take place in
the Palmer Cemetery. Funeral
arrangements are being made by
the Anchorage Funeral Home.
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GIFTS
Local Riding Club
Names New Officers
Members of the Arctic Trails
Riding Club have named new of
ficers for the coming year. Head
ing the group will be Bob Webb,
pi-esident; Leroy Ivey, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Lee Caudell, secretary;
Pat Cullison, treasurer; and Mar
eina Hartner, publicity. The new
officers were named during the
club’s March 7 meeting.
On Sunday, March 16, at 2 p.m.
a committee will meet at the
Wasilla Roadhouse to make plans
for the club’s summer program
which will include trail rides and
other activities.
BAKE SALE
SET FOR SATURDAY
Home-made pastry and other
goodies,, as well as hand-made
aprons, will be offered for sale
Saturday at Piggly-Wiggly store
under the sponsorship of Xi-Eta
Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi. Pro
ceeds will be used toward funds
expended in the community in
various service projects.
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National Guard
Conducting Local
Recruiting Contest
This week members of the lo
cal National Guard unit, Machine
Gun Platoon of Company D, 207th
Infantry Battalion (Separate),
were started on a search for tal
ent and new members for their
unit, with the added incentive of
valuable prizes for those doing
the most for the growth of the
unit.
Made available to Lieutenant
Bill Sharrow, who commands
Jie local platoon, were $75, $50,
and $25 saving bonds to be used
as first, second and third place
prizes for those who recruit the
highest number of men during
the contest.
Two teams will be formed,
with the losing team to furnish
a steak dinner to the winners
around Colony Day time. The
contest will end sometime after
camp. For the period of the con
test a minimum number of new
men must be recruited to qualify
for the prizes. Any new enlistee
may immediately count himself
as his first point.
Information may be obtained
by contacting Lt. Sharrow at
PI-2911 or John Weisenberger at
Palmer Sheet Metal or Howard
Campbell at the Frontier Cafe.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Hospitalized at the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital this week
are Jessie Bannon, three months
old; Mrs. Noel Woods, Mrs. James
Conroy, Danny Kelly, 2; John
Walton, Mrs. Mike Ulrich, Mrs«
Louis Harter and infant daugh
ter, George Kezak of Sutton, and
Mrs. Allen Davis of Chugiak.
Hospitalized but now out: R.
Michael Pippel, 7; Susan Barry
4; James Marsh, Rita Loyer,, 15;
Dorothy Loyer, Fred Barnes, 13;
Dennis Loyer, 10; Etta Harwood,
Sam Boyd, Patrick Hodsdon, 12;
Mrs. Chell Bear, Julie Larson,
and Ray DePriest.
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KNIGHT NAMED CHIEF
ALASKA AIR TERMINALS
Virgil E. Knight, formerly
manager of Anchorage’s Ihter
national Airport, has become
Chief of the Alaska Air Term
inals Division of the Civil Aeron
autics Administration.
Knight, for the first six years
of the airport’s history, has be
come known virtually as “Mr.
Airport”. For the fiscal year 1957
there was 130,336 landings and
take offs of civil planes and 63,
019 of military at International.
At Lake Hood, “the wet part of
the airport”, the greatest concen
tration of seaplanes in the world
operates during the summer sea
son, a large number of them
shifting to skis when lakes are
frozen over. In the same year,
63,892 landings and takeoffs were
counted on Spenard and Hood
lakes.
REV. DAVID BLACKBURN
TO SPEAK AT
FATHER-SON BANQUET
The Rev. David Blackburn,
popular young pastor of the An
chor Park Methodist Church, An
chorage, will be the dinner speak
er Sunday at the annual West
minster Fellowship father-son
banquet to be held at the Unit
ed Protestant Church.
The banquet theme is “Man’s
Venture Into the Unknown”.
Youths in high school, junior
high school and the sixth grades
and their dads are invited to at
tend. Following the dinner a film,
“My New Life” will be shown.
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