HOMEMAKER’S
HBOS "'
Council Notes
Homemakers* Week is April 28
May 4. Instead of store displays
this year each club will ask it’s
members to call on five people
and:
Tell about Homemaker’s work
and what it means to you. Invite
them to the Homemakers’ Tea
May 9. Report to (Mrs. Marylou
Rideout, demonstration agent, by
May 13,
The Anchorage Homemakers’
Council has invited all valley
Homemakers to their tea May 10,
1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Loussac Li
brary.
Scholarship committee chair
man, Faith Krause, has resigned.
The committee is now composed
of last year’s scholarship winner's.
All interested women are in
vited to the Homemakers’ Tea
i May 9.
AT LASTS Here's Low Cost,
Fast, Portable irrigation!
NEW Vermeer
Photo above shows trailer with boom
••floating" on roller bearing turntable.
Trailer carries 72 extra pipe lengths for
use in field. *
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An underside view of one end of the
bis 140' boom, covering outer circle.
Opposite end of boom carries smaller
nozzles for inner-circle spraying.
"Pow-R-Sprinkler"
Covers up to a SOD foot
circle with W* to 1" of
"rain" in one hour.
The amazing new Vermeer Pow-R- •
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sprinkler ... a huge 140' slowly
revolving boom, mounted on a
sturdy 4-wheel trailer. Now you
can irrigate economically and
you'll save up to 80% of the labor
involved in moving pipe. The en
tire unit is pulled by any farm
tractor from either end of the
trailer. Here's truly low cost irri
gation for nearly every farm with
available water supply.
Here Are a 'Few Advantages
of the New ''Pow-R-Sprinkler"
• COVERS LARGE AREA AT LOW PRE
CIPITATION RATE
• SAVES TIME—Covers over 2 acres in one
hour . . . saves labor.
• JET PROPELLED BOOM—rotated by water
pressure only. Needs no hydraulic pumps,
no electricity.
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Phone PI-4195
Two Promoted from
Captain to Major
Ranks in Reserve
0
Among nine Army Reserve of
ficers from Alaskan U. S. Army
Reserve uni$s who received pro
motions in March, were two Pal
mer women who are attached tf
the 180th Engineer Batallion,
Company C, (C) (A). They are
Elizabeth D. Gaines and Kather
ine G. Steele, teachers at Palmer
high school and junior high sch
ool respectively. They were pro
moted from the ranks of captain
to the ranks of major on March
23.
Letters of congratulations were
sent to the two women by Major
General Gilman C. Mudgett, U.S.
Army Headquarters, U. S. Army,
Alaska who commented on their
many years of honorable and ac
tive participation in the Reserve
activities of the U. S. Army and
extended 'the best wishes of the
Department of the Army.
Major Gaines was on active
duty with the U. S. Amy from
1942 to 1946. Major Steele served
in the U. S. Army from 1943 to
1946 and both went into the Re
serves in 1950 in the 306th Mil
itary Government Group, Arkan
sas Military District and served
with this unit until coming to
Alaska two years ago.
They are now attached to the
local Reserve unit.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
EXTENSION SERVICE
NOTES
Lew E. Hanks
The weather is still fine and the
snow is going fast. Our soils seem
to be full of moisture this spring
which should be well for this
year’s crops.
Speaking of crops, I’d like to
call your attention to the Alaska
Crop Improvement Association.
Members of this group association
all have certified seed for sale,
either potatoes or grain. You
might as well plant the best. It
costs less in the long run. Lists
of members and what they have
for sale are available at the Ex
tension office or at Dr. Logsdon’s
office at the Experiment Station.
Drop in for one and make your
plans accordingly.
For vegetable varieties, I sug
gest you consult the vegetable
variety list for 1957. This lists a
number of varieties that have
been tested and approved for
planting in this area. Lists are
available at your seed store or at
the Extension office. Also, how
about ordering some flowers,
shrubs, and bluegrass lawn seed
this spring. We also have bullet
ins on that.
It’s about time we did some fix
ing up around the place. Take a
look at the yard this afternoon.
It looks pretty horrible, doesn’t
it. It is surprising what a little
elbow grease, lawn seed, a few
shrubs and flowers and paint
can do. Let’s start panting and
painting!
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE HOLY WEEK SERVICES ji
of the
UNITED PROTESTANT CHURCH
I April 14: PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP: 11 A.M. jji
Sermon: "Facing Our Jerusalems" .
| April 18: MAUNDY THURSDAY CANDLELIGHT
COMMUNION SERVICE: 8 P.M.
: April 19 GOOD FRIDAY PRESENTATION
Cecil B. DeMille's "King of Kings" ji
2 p.m. (Social Hall downstairs)
i April 21 EASTER WORSHIP: 9 and 11A.M.
Sermon: "What Does Easter Mean to j
ji You?" j:j
NURSERY DURING SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL FARM EQUIPMENT
INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS
ij NEW HOLLAND HAYING EQUIPMENT
We have the largest supply of Farm
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Complete Line Auto and Track Paris
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If GOOD USED EQUIPMENT
TWO A-C TRACTORS Two International "Cs j;
ONE FORD TRACTOR and other pieces of
farm equipment
D7 CAT with DOZER. Good condition
Co-Op Oarage
Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association
Last Call for All Members
' -i -i _ d i
Saturday, April 13
1 V
Palmer School Gym, 8 P.M.
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