Reporters—
Notebook.
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Hildegard Kalwies is training
at the Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital to become a Nurses’ Aid.
Specialist Second Class James
M. Hichcock, 22, whose wife
Tomye, and parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben F. Hitchcock, live in Palmer,
is taking part in the Army’s Al
askan “Exercise Moose Horn” in
Big Delta area. Specialist Hitch
cock is regularly assigned as a
caterpillar operator with Co. D
of the 71st Infantry Division’s
271st Engineer Battalion in Al
aska. He entered the Army in
July 1953.
The Altar and Rosary Society
of St. Michael’s Catholic Church
'( will hold a bake sale at Bert’s
Drug store Saturday, February 4,
begiritting at 11 a.m. Home-baked
■ foods will be offered for sale
\ to the public.
TAKEN FROM "SAN OHAT”,
; Seward Sanitorium publication:
! “Try sour cream and a table
spoon of brown sugar to bake
.‘ that big, pink ham. It does some
thing, special, you won’t live to
regret”. Huh?
Two Palmer residents recently
comple*ed basic training at Ft.
Richardson and are currently
serving with the 53rd Infantry
Regiment at the Alaskan instal
lation. Private Dewey B. Chastain
and Private Wesley P. Venne
completed 16 weeks of basic
training this month with the
■ Fo$t’s Training Detachment.
They both are assigned as rifle
men with the 53rd Inf. Regt.
Approximately 70 person,s most
*f them youths, from the Pal
mer and Sutton areas attended
the District Youth Rally last Sun
day;, in Anchorage. The four con
■ gregations of the Church of God
in this area traveled to Anchora
age in a motor caravan. The
theme of the rally was “The Life
That Wins". Well over 100 youths
enjoyed the special music and
message from youths of the vari
ous groups. The next Rally is
planned for Sutton sometime in
April.
Workers this week are putting
the finishing touches to the new
meeting room and storage section
being completed beneath the
business office at the Mabanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating As
sociation. A large meeting room,
seating between 75 and 100 per
sons, is complete with new fold
ing chairs, projector, screen and
a large blackboard. Directors of
the association plan to hold their
regular meetings in this new
room. Also being completed is a
small, efficient kitchen, complete
with electric stove, refrigerator,
and sink. Two lavatories, and
abundant storage rooms are be
ing completed, as is a drafting
room for the maintentance de
partment, and a vaul^
Mr. and Mrs. Ed- Smith and
children returned to Palmer on
Tuesday of this week following
a vacation that began January 12
When the family flew to Port
land. While in the States the fam
ily had reunions with their fam
ilies in Taft, North Bend, Coos
Bay, Ore.; and Ed attended a
two-day Ketchikan Spruce Mills
meeting and a three-day retail
lumbermen’s convention, both
held in Portland. The Smiths re
ported a very fine trip and vaca
tion.
Laddie Huntley flew to the
Staites last week where he plans
to pick up a new car and return
via the Alaska highway.
Mr and Mrs. James Carlson
and son Bennie were Palmer vis
itors this past week. While in
Palmer Bennie was baptized in
a service at United Protestant
Church. Maternal grandpaients,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Huntley,
were godparents for their Brand
son. The Carlsons Purchased a
Ford ranch wagon in which they
drove back to College where
James is attending the University
of Alaska.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO SEE COLLECTION
OF ALASKAN SLIDES
Tom Schultz of Spenard
h^*Snt word to E. C. Chandler
SSt *e will be at C|«»* f
Christ on Smith Avenue m Pat
show° her^ collection of pic
Mrs. Schultz was an AlasRan
Service teacher for
and has a veiy^ valuable codec
twn of slides. The public is wel
come to attend.
North-Easi floods
To Be Shown in
CO Film February 16
A public showing of the Civil
Defense film, “Operation Noah”, j
will be held at the Valley Thea
tre Thursday evening, February
1, according to Alfred V. Hagen, i
CD director in the Greater Pal- |
mer CD Area. The film, of 28- :
minute duration, is based on the ,
floods recently experienced in
the Northeastern states and illus
trates vitally the pert Civil De- j
fense workers play in time of em
ergencie. In addition to “Opera
tion Noah” other films will be
shown.
A general discussion of Civil
Defense work was held at a meet
ing of directors, aids, and service
heads of the Greater Palmer
Civil Defense District on Tues
day night. The local organization
is in the process of re-forming to
work out an organization that
will work well together, avoid
conflicts and duplications.
The local District is made up of
Palmer, Butte, Wasilla, Sutton,
Jonesville, Eska, Matanuska, and
Knik. District director is A1 Ha
gen, who will be assisted by Art
Stacy as deputy district director;
Ralph Moore, Palmer CD No. 1
District; Pat Carter, Wasilla CD
District; James Frey, Butte CD
District; and Phil O’Neill, Sutton
CD District.
In addition to the directors, tne
staff consists of administrative
aids, and service aids such as fire,
law, medical, engineering, com
munications and transportation.
The public is urged to attend
the free film showing and partici
pate in any way possible in the
area Civil Defense program.
AUXILIARY HEARS
OF VALLEY
HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES
Ann Demining, Valley Hospital
Boaid member, and a member of
the local American Legion Aux
iliary unit, was guest speaker at
the Unit’s January 26 meeting.
Mrs. Dimming spoke to the
group on the aims and purposes
of the hospital board—it’s activ
ities this past year and reasons
why the beard made certain deci
| sic-r.s.
Also a guest speaker at the
meeting, was Izola Sims. Depart
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Hospitalized at Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week are: Ole
Johnson, Mrs. Peter Walker,
Waldo Fox, Charles Osborn, Phil
ip Frey (4-yr. old’, Aaron E.
Combs of Wasilla, John D. Wal
ton, Montana Red o<f Malemute j
Ranch, Mrs. Sam Woolcock,
Miles Rices, and Mrs. Robert
Reed.
On the “out” list are: Mrs.
Jesse Hunsacker of Chitna, Rich
ard Loomis (2-yr. old), Lewis R.
Harrison (6-mo. old), Norma Jean
Bannon, (9-yr. old) of Sutton,
Mike Yakisoftf, of Eklutna, Mrs.
Earl Barry and infant daughter,
John Hornung, Mrs. Nick Uzelac,
Kirby Egtvet, John W. Burkhold
er (19-mo-old), and Orien Wes
terfeld.
Firel Aid Biases
Mow in Progress
First Air classes are being con
ducted this week and next for the
Standard American Red Cross
course by Bill and Betty Adams,
instructors. The classes are being
held in Room 209, Central School,
from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Those who
complete their required 18 hours
of instruction will be registered
as ARC First Aid workers and
will receive a registration card
which may be carried in a bill
fold.
Following the completion of the
Standard course, the Adams’ have
announced they will begin a class
for Advance aid workers. To
qualify in this course 12 addition
al hours of instruction are re
quired. These classes are expect
ed to get under way February 13
and will be held in the same lo
cation. They will be open to all
v. ho ha\ e completed the Stand
ard course, ar.d to those who wish
to renew their Advance ratings.
Cards must be renewed every
three years. These planning to
attend the classes are asked to
contact the instiuctors at Central
School during the evening, or call
the Fire Guard Station during
the day.
ment president, and a member of
the local unit.
24-Hour
Wrecker Service
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WYNNS EKCIRE TUNE-UP
WASHINGTON
NEWS-LETTER
Hearings on the proposed with- j
drawal of 1,871,360 acres of land j
in Alaska as a wildlife manage
ment area will be held at Bethel
on March 1, according to a no
tice published this week in the
Federal Register.
The withdrawal, requested by
the Fish and Wildlife Service and
involving what is termed the
Kuskokwin National Wildlife
Management Area, affects two
area separated by Nelson Island
and Baird Inlet on the Bering
Sea, one totalling 1,196,800 acres
of land and water, and the sec
ond approximately 674,560 acres.
Delegate Bartlett, who urged
public hearings, was informed re
cently that a number of protests
have been filed including a peti
tion bearing 143 signatures.
The order contemplates the
withdrawal from all forms of ap
propriation under the public land
laws, including the mining and
mineral leasing laws. The order
states, “Those wnho desire to be
heard in person at the hearing
and thoge who desire to submit
written statements should file
notice thereof not later than Feb
ruary 24, 1956, with the Alaska
, Operations Supervisor, Bureau of
Land Management, Box 480, An
chorage, Alaska.”
The Mines and Mining Sub
committee of the House Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee
tabled Delegate Bartlett’s bill
providing that the holders of un
patented mining claims in Alas
Carpenters. Remember I
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd end 4th Wednesday
Each Month
ka may deposit $100 each year
for each claim in lieu of assess
ment work, with such funds to be
deposited in a special territorial
account for use in construction of
mining access roads.
The subcommittee’s action was
unanimous based on objections
that approval for a measure for
Alaska would set a precedent for
other areas in the United States.
The legislation was introduced
by Delegate Bartlett based on a
Senate Joint Memorial approved
by the territorial legislature in
February of last year.
The Department of the Interi
or raised certain objections to the
measure but stated it would ap
prove the proposal if a mining
claimant performed the required
labor or made the required im
provements of the holder of a
mining claim is to ensure that he
will make some effort to further
the search for and the develop
ment of valuable mineral resour
ces,” Assistant Secretary of the
Interior D’Ewart stated in his re
port to the committee. ‘‘To per
mit a person to substitute, from
the time when he first locates a
mining claim, an annual money
payment for annual development
work would defeat the intention
of the existing laws, and would
encourage persons to speculate
on the possible increase in the va
lue of their claims without en
suring that any effort would be
made by the claimants to further
the national program of mineral
development. Moreover, if a
claimant were permitted from
the beginning to make money
payments, there would then be
no requirement of doing t re
work which would leave visru..
evidence of work done on which
a value could be .set for patent
purposes.”
The subcommittee, although
considering the Interior Depart
ment’s recommended changes,
continued its objection to the
measure, and the bill was tabled,
Clayton Esslinger, Co-Op com
ptroller, was in Fairbanks this
past week on company business.
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