AWARD GIVEN FOR
SNOW SURVEY WORK
At the annual awards day cer
emony at Washington, D C
June 4, R. A. (Arch) Work of
Portland, Ore., who built and
heads the Soil Conservation. Ser
vice snow survey program in
watersheds benefiting 17 west
ern states and Alaska, received
the Department of Agriculture’s
Superior Service award from
Secretary Ezra Benson.
The presentation was made in
recognition of about a quarter
century of work study that
brought development, the cita
tion says, “of a water suppy fore
casting service in the western
states that has provided advanc
ed information to water users on
probable water supplies for irri
gation and other purposes”.
What Work and his staff of
technicians, scattered over 11
western states and Alaska, have
learned high up in isolated and
almost inaocesible mountainous
watersheds, through systematic
and precise measurements of
snow depth, water content of
this snow and the water holding
capacity of the soil under the
snow, ana reiauonsmp of this
data to melt runoff and stream -
flow, is annually of vital im
portance to ail water uses,
whether years are dry or wet.
Developed principally as the
information of farmers and ranch
ers in planning crop production,
the service has become of trem
endous value to others—water
using industries, transportation
and power companies, munici
pal water services and almost
every business where water is
directly or indirecty involved.
The snow surveys in Alaska
were initiated in 1951 by Work
and have since been carried on
under the direction of Charles
W. Wilson, Soil Conservation
Service, Palmer and Daryl L.
Roberts, Bureau of Reclamation,
Juneau.
The Alaska work is at present
confined to a study of the water
shed drainage into Eklutna Lake
Plan Open House
At Bible School
The closing program of the
Vacation Bible School will be
held at the Church of God Fri
day evening at 8:00 p. m. Every
student in the school will be
participating, each class pres
enting the highlights of their
two -week course. Certificates
* will be awarded to those who
have satisfactorily completed the
course.
There will also be a complete
display of all the handcrafts
which the students have com
pleted and copies of all lesson
materials used. All parents and
friends are cordially invited to
attend.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
JSLENALLEN REWS_
by MARTHA PRATER
Irma and Bill Heaton of Tons
ina and George Prater of Glenn
alien drove to Anchorage to meet
Richard Hopkins, the Heaton’s
son who has been attending
PilLsbury Military Academy in
Owatonna, Minn., the past year.
Irma Heaton is the cook at Tons
ina Lodge, Mile 79 on the Rich
ardson Highway, and Bill Heat
on works for the Alaska Road
Commission out of Glennallen.
* ♦ * *
The Fish and Wildlife showed
movies at Tazlina Glacier Lodge
Saturday night, May 26 and on
Tuesday at Glennallen. Both
showings drew large attend
ance. Holger Larson, FWS agent,
showed the movies.
* * * *
Essie Mitchel took a few days
off for a trip to Fairbanks on
business. Essie operates the Genn
Allen Lodge on the Glenn High
way.
Gilberta Rose fell and broke
her ankle Friday May 25, but
is now doing fine. Gilberta
known as Marge, and her Mother
Nellie Miller own the I-Bar-F
Mile l831/», Glenn Highway.
* * * *
Copper Center Bar and Glenn
Allen Lodge both had live music
and square dancing on Memorial
Day.
* * * ♦
Alex Underwood, a retired Al
aska Road Commission employee
from Chitina was a visitor at
Glennallen for a week.
* * * *
Mr. and Mrs. George Peterson
and Punky were in Anchorage a
few days to visit George’s father
Peter Peterson who is a patient
at the 5005th hospital.
* * * *
With the mild temperatures
and sunny days, many residents
are getting the fishing fever, sev
eral have reported catching gray
ling in near-by streams and
creeks. Several are hauling dirt
and planting small gardens and
flower beds.
* * * *
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Radasch
from Sutton, were Memorial
Day visitors at Glennallen and
Copper Center.
♦ * * *
Caroll Mullins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gehu Mullins has
returned home to Glennallen aft
er attending school in North
Carolina all last winter.
* * « *
Survey crews are now working
on the Chitina road out of Tons
ina. Jack Thatcher an engin
eer with the Alaska Road Com
mission and his wife and daugh
ter are living at Tonsina for the
summer. Also living at Tonsina
is Bill Sanderson and family of
the survey crew. Tonsina Lodge
has reported thirteen surveyors
staying there.
A few bear have been seen be
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PALMER COUPLE
TO WED ON JUNE 8
Miss Judith E. Bryant, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. David A.
Bryant of Palmer will become
the bride of William W. Buzby,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buz
by in a ceremony to be perform
ed tomorrow evening at the Uni
JUDITH E. BRYANT
ted Protestant Church at eight
o’clock. A reception will follow
in the church social hall. Both
the bride-elect and her husband
to-be are graduates of Palmer
High School and with their fami
lies have been long-time Alaskan
residents.
SIX TONS OF MILK
SPILLS IN TRAIN WRECK
About six tons of Matanuska
Maid milk was dumped during
the derailment of freight cars on
the Alaska Railroad this week.
The milk shipment was headed
for the Co-Op’s Fairbanks plant.
The order was duplicated and
sent over the highway by truck
tween Capper Center and Tons
ina, but so far none have been
reported killed.
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ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Homemakers Back
Loetri Utter-bog
Ruth Arcan of Anchorage,
chairman of the farm and home
beautification committee of the
Homemaker’s Council, present
ed an interesting and informative
program on work that homemak
ers may do to improve homes,
cities, highways, and the terri
tory, during the recent meeting
of the Valley Homemakers’
Council. She was introduced at
the meeting by Marjorie Brew
e r, Territorial Homemakers’
Council president
Cleanliness, as the number one
requirement t o beautification,
was stressed by Mrs. Arcan who
suggested a “before and after”
campaign to improve local sur
roundings. To promote local in
terest a “litter-bug” campaign is
being started—not only to im
prove the highways—but to
warn motorists to prevent fur
ther littering of the roads and
highways.
Little bags, donated by the
First National Bank of Anchor
age and the Anchorage Garden
club, are being distributed free
of charge. The homemakers urge
that everyone use them in their
vehicles. A supply is on hand at
the Extension Service office and
may be had just for the asking,
it was announced.
Nurses Attending
5th Annual Convention
Among nurses from through
out the territory who are attend
ing the fifth annual meeting of
The Alaska Nurses’ Association
are several from the Palmer dist
rict. Mrs. Bernice Ptettit, presi
dent of the local district, will
speak at the noon luncheon on
Friday.
Theme for the convention will
be professional responsibility
which will be emphasized
throughout the four days of
meeting. Mrs, Gertrude Jurge
leit of Sheep Mountain, associ
ation president, will preside at
the meetings.
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VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL PLANNED
AT ST. JOHN'S
A daily vacation Bible school
for children of all ages will be
conducted at St. John’s Luther
an Church June 11 through June
22, according o the Rev. Einar
Bach, pastor.
The classes will run as morn
ing sessions* from 9:00 to 11:30
a. m. daily. A varied program is
planned, including religious in
struction with work books, vis
ual education, hand crafts', and
recreation.
The program will be climaxed
with a picnic, tentatively slated
for Sunday, June 24.
ANNEXATION NOW
IN FINAL STAGES
Members of the Palmer City
Council canvassed the May 29th
vote and found it to be in order
during a special session held at
the Clerk's office Monday after
noon. A certificate of the vote
and the ballots will be taken to
Anchorage tomorrow by City At
torney John Shaw where they
will be presented to the Court
for final action. Voters in the
city oast 29 ballots for and one
against the annexation if 40 acres
of land to the City of Palmer.
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