Rve Years Ago
June 11. 1953
A public tour of the Matan
uska Experiment Farm on June
24 was announced this week by
the University of Alaskas Agri
cultural Experiment Station.
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A public auction will be held
June 18 at the town property of
the late C. C. Brix, at which time
personal effects will be sold. The
property is located in the area
tack of the Theatre Building.
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Parents and friends are invit
ed to attend Order of the Arrow
ceremonies to be conducted at
<he Boy Scout cariip at King’s
Lake Friday evening, June 12.
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An Air Force demolition squad
frhm Elmendorf this week began
^prk on' a pnc^ett 'to link Big,
Lake with it’s two satellites,
Mud Lake and Flat Lake.
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The City of Palmer this week
received a check in the amount
of $7,026.70 as business license
refunds from the Territory.
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Bids for the new Palmer High
School are expected to be open
ed in Juneau June 17. The “Z”
shaped, two-story school will be*
located on Springer Road, across
from Palmer Machinery and
north of the Jack Cope farm.
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Rehabilitation work on Echo
Lakv. was completed June 7, Alex
McRae of the Department of
Fisheries announced this week.
Members of the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen assisted McRae in
the project.
Extension Agent
Gets Scholarship
Lew Hanks, district agent with
the University of Alaska Exten
sion Service, leaves Palmer Fri
day for Colorado State College
e.t Ft. Collins where he will at
tend a three-week Extension
Short Course under a Horace A.
Moses Foundation scholarship.
While in the States Hanks j
plans to take a week’s vacation
and will visit at the home of his .
mother in Idaho, returning to
Palmer in mid-July.
4-H'ERS PLAN PICNIC
MONDAY EVENING
Local 4-H members will hold
£ picnic ac Barry’s Lake Monday
evening. This will be held as the
regular community get-together
event this month.
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Sutton Buttons
The Sutton Buttons held their
first meeting April 27 at Sutton
Community Center. Projects of
the year are Clothing I and IV,
Chili Care, Forestry and Poultry.
The club consists of 11 members;
our leader is Mrs. Yerbic and
Mrs. James is assistant leader.
On May 27 we had our first hike.
We explored Mile 61 and found
many interesting bugs, insects
and trees. Our next meeting is
June' 10. >
Coleen Murdock, reporter
Horn of Plenty Club
The first meeting of the Horn
of Plenty 4-H group was held
June 4 at Legion hall. Our lead
ers are Mrs. Ben Hudgins and
Betty Jo Wilson.
Election of officers resulted as
follows: Pam France, president;
Martin Buzby, vice president;
Barbara Buzby, secretary-trea
surer; Sammy Cotten, reporter;.
Carol Weisenberger, recreation
and song leader.
We had instructions about
demonstrations which we will be
giving. We will meet every other
Wednesday at 1:30 at various
members’ houses.
Sammy Cotten, reporter:
Barnyard, Inc.
On May 22 we held our first
meeting and elected the follow
ing officers: LeRoi Heaven, presi
dent; David Cottrell, vice presi
dent; Ida Hoskins, secretary-trea
surer; and Lila Hoskins, recrea
tion leader.
In our meeting June 6 at Hos
kins’ home, we discussed our
various projects. Refreshments
were served by our hostesses and
we played games.
Stephen Wallace, reporter
LOCAL RESIDENTS
rO ATTEND
MEET IN YAKIMA
Four Palmer area residents
leave for Yakima, Washington
tomorrow where they will attend
the Grand Assembly of Rainbow
for Girls.
Attending from Palmer are
Betty Jo Wilson, Joan Hurley,
Joan Stephan, and Charles W.
Wilson.
The Palmer group will travel
to Juneau and Ketchikan aboard
a plane with the Anchorage dele
gates and Robert Parkins, su
preme sub-deputy of Western Al
aska. The entire Alaska delega
tion will arrive in Seattle as one
group.
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FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Fats and Heart Disease
Today some Americans are avoiding some kinds of fat as they
would avoid eating toadstools. The reason: fear of heart disease.
At the same time other Americans, also concerned about heart dis
ease, are taking capsules and elixirs with a high fat content as
medicine
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of fat? How much fat should
an adult consume? How are fat
deposits in arteries - which are
thought to be a factor for mak
ing heart disease our No. 1 killer
— related to the fats we eat?
None of these questions is sim
ple and the answer to the last
one is still a matter of medical
controversy* but more and more
Americans are demanding the
answer. That is because 630,000
of us died last year as a result
of atherosclerosis, a silting up of
the arteries (especially those
which nourish the heart) with
a fatty substance called choles
terol.
Basically, there are two differ
ent kinds of fats, the unsaturated
and saturated kinds. The first
has a low hydrogen content and
is normally liquid at room tem
perature. It is found in fish oils,
olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, cot
tonseed oil, and many other vege
table oils. Fat from these sources
contains a high percentage of
what are called “essential" fatty
acids, and some physicians be
lieve that Americans are suffer
ing from a deficiency of these
essential nutrients.
Such a deficiency may occur
because most of the fats we eat,
the saturated fats, are derived
from animals, and much of the
rest from vegetable oils that have
I been “saturated” with hydrogen
to improve their appearance,
taste, or keeping qualities. As
much as forty per cent of total
calories in a typical U. S. diet
come from fat, mainly saturated
fat. By contrast, many peoples
of the less advanced nations get
as little as ten per cent of their
calories from fat, and most of
the fat they do eat is of the un
saturated type.
Blood-fat levels vary consid
erably from person to person and
from day to day. For example,
researchers discovered that after
eating a fat-rich meal some peo
ple maintain high blood-fat levels
much longer than others; that
emotional stress increases blood
fat content; and that dosage
with essential fatty acids re
duces the cholesterol content of
the blood. When all these varia
tions are understood, we will be
much closer to understanding the
riddle of heart disease.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to
help us correct defects possibly
caused by our over-rich diet,
pharmaceutical companies have
been developing emulsions and
pills containing the essential
fatty acids. One capsule, called
Lenic, contains all five of the
essential fatty acids and is being
made available on the theory that
we may need fatty acid supple
mentation to prevent diseases
such as atherosclerosis just as
we need vitamins to prevent
scurvy, rickets or anemia.
IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients at the Valley Presby
terian Hospital this week include
Mrs. James Wilson, William Phil
lips, 4, Carl Paulson, George
Black, Rosemary Zanona, 8, Mrs.
Maud Carlson, Henry Reuss,
Walter Gorcizki, Henry Hill, 9,
Ora Brown, Mrs. Leroy Kjostad
and Mrs. Robert Lincoln.
Hospitalized, but now out:
Mrs. Emanuel Patrick, Star
Route, Jeanne Piedrich, 15, Sut
ton, Barbara Lincoln, 7, Charlotte
Burke, Big Lake Road, Mrs. Wen
dell Lewis and infant daughter,
Mrs. Mary Shaginoff, James Ehr
hart, 11, Mrs. Vernon H-aik, Chu
giak, Mrs. Marguerite Norton,
Chickaloon, and Mrs. David
Grow and infant son.
Anchorage Man Heads
American Legion
William Sanders, a past com
mander of the Anchorage Jack
Henry Post, American Legion,
was named department com
mander during the recent con
vention of that organization.
T. A. Moyer of the Matanuska
Valley Post was named depart
ment historian.
The new department president
of the auxiliary is Betty Sampson
of Ketchikan. Mrs. Mary Steel
man of the local Auxiliary Unit
[ was named department sergeant
at-arms.
Officers of both organizations
Were installed in office in a joint
session.
Don Malson and T. A. Moyer
of the local Post were named to
the Legion honor society of 40 et
.8.
CAUN°aR
OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORERS DANCE, at Elks
ball,
. EER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
M.TJV. DIRECTORS, M.T.A. of
fice, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY. JUNE 14
FLAG DAY
SUNDAY. JUNE 15
1st COMMUNION, St. Michael's
Church
GARDEN CLUB, Flower Show,
Craft Room, noon.
MONDAY. JUNE 16
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange
hall, noon
COMMUNITY BAND, Central
school, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY. JUNE 17
VALLEY HOSPITAL AUXIL
IARY, Hospital, 1:30 p.m.
L. O. O. MOOSE, Moose hall, 8
p.m.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18
CHAMBER, Wasilla, noon
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
3UTTE FIRE ASS’N.
COMMUNITY BAND, Central
School, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7 p.m.
EXPLORERS, Elks hall, 7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, draft
, room, 8 p.m.
LOCAL E1KS ATTEND
GRAND RULER'S BANQUET
A number of officers of the
Palmer Elks lodge, and their
ladies, attended a banquet held
at the Elks hall in Anchorage
June 9 in honor of H. L. Black
ledge, grand exalted ruler of the
Elks, who arrived earlier that
day for a visit with the Anchor
age lodge.
During his stay in the terri
tory Blackledge, who is a law
yer in Kearney, Nebraska, will
visit the Juneau, Petersburg,
Wrangell, Fairbanks, and Ketchi
kan lodges.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
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Juneau lo Host
Cities League
in Early November
The Eighth Annual Convention
of the League of Alaskan Cities
; will be held in Juneau November
6, 7, 8, it was announced this
week by Anchorage Mayor Anton
Anderson, League president. The
two Gastineau Channel cities,
Juneau and Douglas, will be joint
hosts to the 15 other member
cities of the League. Invited
guests will include officials of
other Alaskan cities and villages,
federal and territorial officials,
elected legislators, representa
tives of the military and labor.
Newly appointed to the Lea
gue’s executive committee by
Mayor Anderson is Dr. Paul Hag
gland, mayor of Fairbanks. He
succeeds former Fairbanks May
or Douglas Preston, now Kodiak
city clerk. Preston, 1955-56 presi
dent of the League, resigned his
9 position as League trustee in
order to give Fairbanks repre
sentation on the Executive Com
mittee. Other members of the
committee are Juneau Mayor
M. L. MacSpadder^, League vice
president; Mayor Ernest J. Hau
gen, Petersburg; Mayor Merrill
Coon, Kodiak; Mayor Karl Barth,
Cordova; Mayor J. E Winston,
Ketchikan; and Mrs. Lucy Mick
of Palmer, executive secretary.
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