BETTY BLUNCK con'td
State winners arc ~iv
en a trip to Club Con
gress. During the 30th
li*»H Club Con-ross , wh ich
Joyce Dinkcl and the
Home An;ent attended in
Chicago 'last November,
Montgomery Ward treated
royally, State winners
and their’leader at the
Ed oowater Beach Hotel.
A luncheon was given
followed by a musical
pro.-ram by Phil Spite1
ny’s All Girl Orchestra.
ALASKA CERTIFIED SEED
GROWERS TO MEET
According to to rd re
ceived' from Irving Abb
ott, secretary to the
Association, The Alaska
Certified Seed Growers
Association members are
having their annual meet
in" in Falmer the 8th
and 9th of February.
AHA STARTS FROM SCRATCH
What kind of house
should I build in the
Northern part of Alaska,
the Panhandle of Alaska,
tho Coastal area of A
laska? Should ray A
laskan home be essent
ially cheerful, li aht
and expansive, or shoulc
it be like a parka
keep the elements out
and the heat in?
How much money should
bo spent for insulation?
How much heat should be
sacrificed to permit
picture windows to oive
n sense of freedom and
escape to those who
live within?
With building costs
higher and higher, peop
le want to know what
typo of architecture,
via rat kind of housing ma
terials,- and what type
of interior decoration
would make the most ef- j
ficient and most liv
able home for the Terri-:
tory.
The Alaska Housing
Authority is starting a
program to find the an
swers to these questions
Mr. Glen Wilder, the Ex
ecutive Director of the
AHA, which has loaned
more than $13,000,000 to
finance adequate heme i
construction for Alaska
hopes that ho can cone
up with a type of house
that fits Alaska as wel!
as the Cape Cod dwell
ing fits New Enrland.
"We in Alaska have a
lot to learn about
housing and hone con
struction," Mr. Wilder
said. "The Board of
Commissioners of the
AHA has authorized a
propram to start ri.qht
from scratch to find
out everythin,'q there is
to know about the prob
lems of buildinp here;
our short winter days,
the around-the-clock
daylipht in summer, and
also tho psychological
and physiological fact
ors of life in the
Territory."
I asked him "What do
you mean 'start from
scratch?' .'t,ro you qo
inq back to the lor
cabin and put it thru*
a laboratory?"
Yes. although the
lo~ cabin is a recog
nition feature of A
laska, so vns it a sym
bol of the frontier all
across America. It
served its mission un
til permanent settle
ment occurred and socie
ty demanded better liv
ing conditions and com
fort s. Wo don't know
aow satisfactory this
typo of home construct
ion really is, but wo
intend to find out," Mr
Vildor stated.
At the AHA Board Meet
Lng which ended .in An
chorage recently, Vice
chairman Loussac, rais
ed the question that
3tarted us on our search
for the home types best
suited for ..laska.
Loussac said, "Driv
ing thru' Baltimore one
time I was shocked to
see the miles of houses
that were exactly alike.
[ wondered what kind of
seoplc came cut of those
souses. I wondered if
the people who lived in
:hose homes and their
ispirations were a ster
sot'*ped as the houses
;hcy lived in. I saw
;he same thing in other
Communities across the
Land. I wondered if we
Ln Alaska were not fa 11
.nto a rut by accepting
;he architectural styl
I
j HOMEMAfCEiw^S NEWS
j In the past there have
jbeen several requests
.for information concern
ling the construction of
ja walk-in-refrigerator.
(Now wo walk-out and
{freeze.) But before we
iknov; it, a food preserv
ation season will be
here. Nov/, while you
have a bit more time,
you might like to look
at a sketch of vh at the
’freezer is like. Leaf
let number 320, working
•drawings (Plan number
7102) may bo obtained
from U.S.D.A. Division
of Farm Buildings and
Rural Housing, Belts
vilie, Maryland•
j Homemaker1s C ounci1
met^on Monday with 2S
present. I rs. Charles
Kelson, treasurer, in
cluded in her report,
the contribution of the
clubs to meet the #1000
pledge towards the build
unr* of a. new hospital.
A sun of #1,055 was
raised. The clubs are
to be connended on this
hchicvcuont.
i Plans v/crc made for a
luncheon to be piven on
f.larch 5t’°- for the Ex
it ens ion personnel when
they meet in Palmer for
fin annual conference
iurinp the first week in
iarch.
Tho Horae Demonstration
\r*ont told of plans for
irs» Hrowne, Home Demon
stration A 'cnt- from Ket
chikan and Hr. Y/iputoff,
Education and Marketing
continued on 5
ihf* that has become the
accepted standard in
the States," Loussac
said.
So the AKA will start
from scratch and study
every type of architect
ure, every method of
construction, every
type of homo in America
and abroad to come up
with the answers Alaska
wants.
"From ALL indications
! the influx of popula
tion into ^las):a has
just started," Wilder
: explained. "Authorities
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