5 YEARS AGO i
i
MOOSF CI;EEK—Alarmed bo-i
cause her two children, j
Merle and Darlene had |
not returned homo from
school at the regular
time, Mrs. Kerwin Frank
started to walk to the
main hi~hway, ono-haIf
mile from her home at
Moose Creek. ..ftor
covering half the dis
tance, she heard the
screams of her two
children, whereupon she i
bo -an to run, but met o'
mod moose. Fcnrinr, her;
children had been hurt
by the determined ani
mal, and spurred on by
their continued calling
for help, she somehow
mnnaacd to elude the
moose. She found her
children perched hi-h
in a tree, the moose
close on her heels.
When Mr. Prank re
turned home from work
one-half hour later, he
found no one home. Bo
licvin/* somethin," to be
wren?* he started to
ward the main highway
in the family car. He
found Mrs. Frank and
the two children perch
ed hi"h in the tree,
swayin • back and forth
in a thirty mile "ale.
Before the throe could
be rescued, the moose
had to be shot.
Dr, Fincman and Mr.
Stanley Bnlloun wore
back in Palmer last week
by the time that the
Valley Settler was off i
the press. They said
that they did manage to j
get through to Fairbanks
for a little while an-’- j
way.
Mrs. Charles Day is
now the new Manager of
tho Hospital and re
places Kiss Ruth Havener
who left for Anchorago
today, and will be leav
ing for tho States scon.
Mr. and Mrs. Day arriv
ed here the 15th of Jan
uary from Billings,Mont.
and Mrs. Da.y took over
the management on the
25th, Mr. Day is driving
bus for Matanuska Lines.,
Clayton Dolr.nd has
purchased tho Frank
Hulvoy place.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Keeker have moved into
the Jack Tyler house in
Forth Palmer on Sherrod
Avonuc. They purchased
the place when it was
put up for sale last
fall.
John DeVries has mov
ed his Quonsot Hut to
the 40 acres which lio
back of Frank Clark's
place at the baso of
Lazy Mountain.
Bill Keeker has loft
for the 'outside' where
he v/ill join his wife.
Rgv. B.J. Single was
in Palmer this last
week-end visiting
friends hero in the Val
ley.
Mr. and Mrs. Finis
Steelo are the happy
parents of a new dauyht
’or, Sharon ]>-nn, v/ho
arrived on r/udnosday of
this week and weighed
9 lbs. and 10 3/I4. oz.
Gronia Neely, dauhht
cr of Mr. and Mrs. r-co
Neely, has been hospit
alized for medical
treatment.
Ferbor Bailey was in
the Hospital with Pneu
monia .
Little Jean Mac, 2
months old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Walker, was in the Hos
pital for medical treat
ment.
The Hospital■staff,
Dr. and Mrs. David Hochn
and Juno Darker were
'-ucsts at a Farewell
Party aiven in honor of
Ruth Havenor at the
home of Ruth Clemctson
and Charlotte ..lion.
Miss Havenor received
lovely nifts in ..lasIran
ivory.
NCTtS FROM
EXTENSION SERVICE
SEED GROWERS MEET
The annual meeting of
the Alaska Certified
Seed Growers Association
was hold in the Exten
sion Service Craft room
last Friday. The assoc
iation secretary, Irv
ing i.bbott, announced
that the association is
now a member of the In
ternational Plant Im
provement association.
The business of the
meeting concerned stand
ards, price of seed,
cost of inspection, and
the need to produce
quantities of certified
seed of standard commer
cial varieties, especial
ly potatoes. Members of
fchc Experiment Station
staff presented some
ideas and suggestions
for the constderation of
the members.
ACF DEADLINE T33AR
.A reminder to all
farmers who want to ap
ply for conservation
practices for '52.Your
farmer committees have
se't a closino date for
applications as of 1
March '52* Looks like
no ^mmonium Nitrate
will he available this
year; if you need phos
phorus probably ammon
ium Phosphate 16-20-0
will be the best buy.
If you plan to apply
nitrogen to early sea
son crops it vri 11 be a
good idea to consider
us in,a some nitrate ni
trogen, such as Sodium
[Nitrate, to get your
plants to moving in tho
cold, wot soils of
spring. The Ammonium
form of Nitrogen works
bettor in the summer .
when the ground is
warmed up and the soil
organisms arc active. ■
hvba elects directors
At the last ror-ular
meeting of the MVBA at
the Chet Lie bin.; farm,
the brooders elected
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