Auxiliary Awaits
National Convention
A full delegation of official
Jelegates will represent the De
partment of Alaska at the Na
tional Convention of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary in Los An
geles, September 3 to 6, accord
ing to Mrs, Wilbert Trudell,
president of the Matanuska Val
ley No. 15 Auxiliary Unit.
Local Auxiliary member who
plans tb attend is Mrs. Foster
K Sims, past Department presi
dent and presently National Exe
cutive Commiteewoman. . The
National convention of the Am
erican Legion will be in session
in Los Angeles at the same time.
“The Auxiliary’s National Con
vention will be one of the largest
conventions of women held any
where in the world this year,”
said Mrs. Trudell. “Approxi
mately 850 delegates and a like
•number of alternates will repre
sent the Auxiliary’s nearly one
million members. Many thous
ands of other Auxiliary women
will attend and take part in con
tention activities
“Auxiliary members will view
the national parade of the Am
erican Legion on September 3,
then will meet in joint session
"with the American Legion on
September 4. At business ses
sions, reports of the past year’s
■work-in the various Auxiliary ac
tivities will be heard and deci
sions made on activities for the
coming year.
“Social highlight of the con
vention will be the traditional
States Dinner, at which national
and state officers of the Am
erican Legion will be guests of
the Auxiliary.
“Another highlight will be the
national music contest in which
state championship choruses,
•quartettes and trios of the Auxil
iary will compete for national
■honors.
■“National officers for the com
ing year will be elected at the
closing session September 6,"
Mrs. Trudell concluded.
DON IRWINS HONORED
-AT LAWN PARTY
Approximately 170 Experiment
Station employees and friends
attended a “going-away” pot-luck
dinner held for Station Director
Trad Mrs. Don L. Irwin. The pic
nic -was held on the lawn at the
Experiment Station lab and at
tended by friends of all ages,
from the tiny toddlers to friends
-Of many years’standing. ,
A portable radio’, a gift of Sta
tion employees, was presented to
the couple by M. D. Snodgrass,
long-time friend and associate in
many agricultural projects.
In accepting the gift Mr. Irwin
Oppressed his thanks, not only
Vfor the gift, but for the associa
tions he has enjoyed with his
friends the past many years. The
tlrwins plan to spend the venter
months in Florida and return to
Alaska next year, at which time,
he plans td complete a movie on
the Tanana and Matanuska val
ues.
“i have seen Palmer and Al
-aska develop,” he said to the
group. “In 1924 Palmer consisted
* sour houses and four people,
Itwo of which were bachelors.
^Agricultural developments since
that time have progressed even
as Mr. Snodgrass predicted they
would those many years ago. If
it hadn’t been for the good wives
and mothers who encouraged the
men, this wouldn’t have been
possible, he added and paid tri-j
bute to Mrs. Irwin, for sharing'
with him, his Alaskan experi
ences.
The Irwins expect to leav% Al
aska around the first of Septem
ber. Mr. Irwin will be on leave
of absence from the Station and
his duties will be taken over by
Dr. Allan H. Mick. ,
LITTLE LEAGUE
PICNIC PLANNED
A family picnic will complete
the 1956 Little League program
in the Palmer area. It will be
Hield at Little League park Mon
'day evening, August 27, begin
ning at 6 p.m. and all members
of every Little Leaguer’s family
•are invited to attend. The Lea
gue itself will be furnishing all
the food and equipment for the
picnic—all the Leaguers and
their family have to take along
■ will be their appetites. Provi
• sions are being made to hold the
picnic indoors in case of rain.
All Little League members are
reminded that the night of the
picnic thpy are to turn in their
All-Star and team uniforms. The
unfiorfris are to be clean and are
to be turned over to their team
coach.; >
Committee members for the
picnic include R. W. Wade,
Frank McKenzie, and Rev. Einar
Bach will be in charge of setting
\ip the grill and preparing the
Tood. Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs.
Bertran Curry will be in chafge
-of purchasing the food.
= OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRENGTH =
By Cliff Marcus
Work Unit Conservationist
A conservation farm plan is
the basis for good farming. One
does not build a house without
a blueprint as a guide and, there
fore, one should also have a farm
plan to aid him in determining
which land should be used for
each crop.
A conservation farm plan is
worked out with the farmer. This
puts his decisions, along with
the recommendations of the Soil
Conservation Service into a
workable plan. The plan shows
where windbreaks are to be
maintained for wind erosion
control, which fields should be
left in permanent grass, what
fields will be under crop rota
tions, the crop rotation plan
field by field, etc. If irrigation
systems, stock ponds, drainage,
or other engineering work is
needed this is also included in
the plan and for direct assis
tance an engineer may be avail
able to help plan the engineering
project. s
The basis for farm planning
is the capability of the land. The
Soil Conservation Service has
the soil mapped according to its
capabilities and this information
pertaining to the individual farm’
is included in the farm plan.
After a plan is drawn up, the
Soil Conservation Service will
give the farmer on the site tech
nical assistance in establishing
conservation practices to his
land.
Contact any one on the local
°f Supervisors or the
Soil Conservation Service for as
sistance in developing your farm
PLAN VOUR FARM
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FARM VOUR PLAN
CANCER FUND TOTAL
NEARING $500 GOAL
With but one week remain
ing in the local 1956 Cancer
campaign funds coming in are
nearing the $500 goal set for
this year’s drive, according to
Mrs. Stewart Durrant, cam
paing chairman.
Any one who has not yet re
ceived a request letter from
the Cancer Society, and who
wishes to donate to the fund,
may do so by addressing an
envelope to “Cancer—Palmer,
Alaska’.
ALBUQUERQUE MAN
KIWANIS CLUB VISITOR
A. R. Fife, visiting Kiwanian
from Albuquerque, N. Mex., was
a guest at the August 20 meeting
of the Palmer Kiwanis Club. Mr
Fife, who is making a visit in
the Valley, spoke briefly on his
favorable impressions of Alaska
and a word about Albuquerque
Other guests at the meeting in
cluded I.M.C. Anderson, Bill
Connally of Conally Electric,
Richard Bedeau, all of Anchor
age, and Dr. J. G. Dickson, agron
omist with the University of Wis
consin.
A board of directors meeting
will be held at the Co-Op club
room Tuesday noon, August 28
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(Seal of the City of Palmer)
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(School District )
Published August 23, 30, September 6, 13, 20, 1956
CLAIR STOCK
City Clerk, of the City of Palmer
BARBARA R. SKOK
Clerk of the Palmer Independent School District
WILLIAM WAKELAND
Assessor-Collector for the City of Palmer and the
Palmer Independent School District
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