(■formation Director
Here for Farm Foram
Among visitors in town for the
Fourth Annual Farm Forum com
ing up this weekend is John P.
Thomson of Fairbanks who is
information director for the Al
aska Agricultural Extension
Service and Agricultural Experi
ment Station. ’ j
Before taking over his duties
on February 3 Thomson was a
reporter and news editor for the
Fairbanks News-Miner, Whfere he
years.
cover
infor
worked the previous two
The new director’s duties
producting and releasing
mation about the service and the
station to the communications
media of the Territory, including
newspapers, radio stations and
television stations. His job also
entails training of agricultural
and home agents in communica
tions techniques and the produc
tion and distribution of booklets
and visual aids relating to agri
culture and homemaking in the
Territory. This includes the work
of the 4-H program for young
people in Alaska. •
In addition to his newspaper
work in Alaska, Thomson worked
for the Middletown (Conn.)
Press; was managing editor of
the Ridgewood (N. J.); Sunday
News and Ridgewood Herald
News, two of the country’s larg
est weekly newspapers; and
other writing and desk experi
ence with The New York Times,
the New York Journal of Com
merce and the Springfield (Mass)
Daily News. For the past two
years he has been an Alaskan
correspondent for The New York
Times.
AIRMEN TO MEET
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Airmens Association will
hold a regular meeting at 8 o’
clock tonight in the Co-Op club
room. All members and prospec
tive members are urged to at
tend.
SPORTSMEN URGE
REVISION PACIFIC
FISHERY TREATY
A number of resolutions were
dopted by delegates attending the
Alaska Sportsmen Council con
vention held in Juneau and Sitka
earlier this month. A local re
port on the convention was made
by Bruce Graham, delegate from
he Matanuska Valley Sportsmen.
Resolutions adopted were as
follows:
1. Urging cooperation between
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and Alaska Department of Fish
and Game.
2. Urging revision North Pac
ific Fishery Treaty.
3. Create office of Executive
Secretary.
4. Study polution laws and re
vise or enforce as needed.
5. Re-affirm stand of Alaska
Sportsmen Council on Kuskok
wim Yukon management area.
6. Letters to Alex McRae and
Roger Allen commending them
for their efforts in securing pub
lic access to various lakes and
streams.
During the convention Ed
Howell, delegate from the Alas
ka Range Association of Anchor
age, and Graham of the local or
ganization, were named to de
sign a card or decal featuring
conservation. These will be sold
to raise funds for the Council.
Officers for the coming year
named as follows: Jim Lake,
Fairbanks, president: Bruce Gra
ham, Palmer, first vice president;
Cecil McLean, Sitka, second vice
president; Glen DeSpain, Fair
banks, third vice president: Doug
las Akley, Fairbanks, secretary
treasurer; and A. W. Boddy, Jun
eau, executive director.
Although the entire meeting -
was slated for Sitka, poor flying
weather found many of the dele
gates s'tranded the first day in
Juneau where the meeting was
BAHA’I WORLD FAITH
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to be unraveled, the whole of mankind would witness the
evidences of perfect and consummate justice. With a certitude
that none can question, all men would cleave to His com
mandments .... Baha'u'llah.
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started. Among visitors who took
part in the programs were Clar
ence Rhodes, director of U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; Clar
ence Anderson, director Alaska
Department of Fish and Game;
Honeywell, Bureau of Land Man
agement; E. S. Marvich,. senior
biologist, Alaska Department of
Fish and Game; Ralph Frem
ming, U. S. Forest Service, Archie
Byers; superintendent Alaska
Logging Co.; and Dr. John Buck
ley, formerly with the University
of Alaska and at present with
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice.
Among resolutions adopted by
the delegates was the urging of
a more intensive study of the
king salmon (sport and commer
cial) fish. Also a resolution call
ing for all member clubs to take
a more active part and an at
tempt to enlist the aid of Terri
torial and Federal agencies.
Kiistie Verrall
To Wed on March 8
Mrs. Mary Hale has announced
the forthcoming marriage of her
daughter, Kristie May Verrall to
William G. (Jerry) Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, all
of Palmer.
The wedding ceremony will be"
held at the United Protestant
Church on Saturday, March 8 at
eight o’clock in the evening. A
reception honoring the couple
will be held at Moose Hall im
mediately following the cere
mony. All friends of both families
are cordially invited to attend
the ceremony and reception.
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IN AND OUT AT THE
VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Patients hospitalized at Valley
Presbyterian Hospital this week
include the following: David.
Verral, 11; Jessie Bannon, 3
months; Alberta Bannon, 2; Mrs.
Irwin Huston, Robert Burnham,
Mrs. James Conroy, and Mrs. Ed
Carney.
Hospitalized but now out: Ed
win Lentz, 3; Kandace Williams,
5; Mrs. Tommie Phillips, Ethel
Carlson, William Lawrence, Mrs.
Franklin Roth and infant son;
Mrs. Carl Mielke, Mrs. Allan
Davis, Nancy Pelletier, William
Smith Martin Betts of Wasilla;
Clifford Harshman, and Jackie
Corey, 13.
Moose Lodge Plan
More Teenage Dances
Because of the success of re
cent teen-age party-dances spon
sored by the Palmer Moose lodge,
plans have been made to hold
them twice monthly.
There were 137 area teenagers
who attended the February 21
dance which was held following
the Palmer-Anchorage basketball
game.
All teenagers are cordially in
vited to attend these party-danc
es. Admission is 25 cents and re
freshments are served. The teen
agers dance to music furnished by
records and are invited to take
their favorite dance records al
ong, properly marked for identi
fication. All parents wishing to
attend and help with the pro
gram are cordially invited to do
so. It was pointed out that all
youths are requested to register
upon entering the hall and may
not leave until they are ready to
go home.
Members of the Moose lodge
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HELD BY AIRMEN
Buddy Woods of Palmer got
caught in low clouds while going
through a pass Sunday, but man
aged to turn around and get out
safely without crashing into the
mountains. Buddy and Rene Niel
sen, local flight instructor, were
the only ones out of approxi
mately 50 pilots, flying the same
Link trainer problem at Inter
national Airpcrt who -did not
“crash” in the pass.
The problem of getting through
the pass in bad weather, flying
•only by instruments, was a fea
ture of the meeting of the Mat
arcuska Valley Airmens Associa
tion which staged a very success
ful Aviation Safety Clinic at In
ternational Airport with the co
operation of the Civil Aeronaut
ics Administration, Cramer In
strument Flight School, Polar
Helicopter Service, and other
aviation firms in Anchorage.
“Buddy is a sharp little pilot,
just beginning to fly”, Ralph
Farnsworth, president of the Air
mens Association said in discus
sing the event, “but just the
same, he was lucky. No pilot
without extensive experience in
flying by instruments can suc
cessfully finish that problem. We
staged it with the cooperation of
the Cramer Instrument School to
prove to pilots that they must
not venture into bad weather for
which they are not prepared. In
the problem, the pilot, flying the
Cramer Link trainer, entered the
pass under visual flying condi
tions, and then found the pass
closed by clouds. The proper
course is to make a 180 degree
turn while still able to see and go
home. Other than Buddy and
Miss Nielsen, every other pilot
Sunday ‘crashed’ against one
side or the other ol the pass.
Other events during the day’s
clinic included flights given the
valley visitors by the CAA Safe
ty Inspectors demonstrating on
mi-range flying on the new VOR
range now operating on Fire Is
land; approach radar instructions
for landing at International; ob
servation of tower operations
during these flying operations;
and movies explaining new air
way aids.
Polar Helicopters entertained
some 30 of the visitors with free
helicopter flights, with Standard
Oil providing fuel. Some 60 mem
bers of the Valley organization
and the Palmer CAP Cadet
Squadron attended, and the
groups grew throughout the day
as Anchorage pilots joined and
took part in the safety tests and
demonstrations.
are high in their praise of the
local teenagers and their conduct
at the dances.
The next dance is slated for
Friday, March 7 at Moose hall.
Fairbanks Trip
Reported By
PHS Delegates
Palmer high school students at
tended a special assembly Tues
day of this week where they
heard reports from delegates who
had attended the Fairbanks high
school for one week. Those stu
dents were selected from appli
cations by a faculty committee,
based on grades and possible fu
ture benefits, both to the indi
viduals and the school. The pur
pose of the trip, sponsored by the
Student Council, was to promote
friendly relations between the
schools and exchange ideas.
Under the chairmanship of Sal
ly Worlege, delegates discussed
highlights of their trip which be
gan February 2 and extended
through February 10. Impressions
described by the delegates were
varied. First of all, they expres
sed pride in their own school and
sportsmanship. Also noteworthy
was the extreme friendliness of
the Fairbanks students, faculty,
and patrons.
Setting in semi-panel confer
ence, individual representatives
reported on the noticeable clean
liness of the FHS halls, the lack
of running and congestion, and
the orderliness of the lunch lines
Several delegates mentioned the
enthusiasm of Fairbanks students
for all school activities. Ond of
3RD TYPHOID CLINIC
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
The third in a series of typhoid
'immunization clinics being held
at the Matanuska Valley Health
Center will be conducted Satur
day March 1, starting at 1 p.m
Immunizations will be offered by
Mary Rowley, public health nur
se, to those needing the third
shot in their series; those desir
ing booster shots; and those who
wish to begin their series, or re
ceive their second rimmuniaa
tion shots. Miss Rowley has urg
ed all residents of the valley area
to avail themselves of this clinic.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
neighbors, friends, and acquain
tances for their kind and thought
ful expressions of sympathy
shown to us during our recent
bereavement. Their thoughtful
ness was a great comfort to us
in our loss.
Hazel and Linda Wyse
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Wall and
Laurie
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Titterinton
Harriet Lazelle
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Lazelle
and family
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lazelle
and family
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