Conservation Districts
Name New Supervisors
The Soil Conservation Subdis
tricts have now completed their
annual elections and the new
Board of Supervisors has taken
office, according to Cliff Marcus
of the SCS office. Elected to the
Palmer Subdistrict Board of Su
pervisors were William Lentz and
Henning Blunck; to the Wasilla
Board, Clyde Poisal and Waldo
Erickson, all for three year terms.
The Board for the coming year
in the Palmer Subdistrict is Lin
nus DePriest, Victor Falk, Jr.,
Byron Anderson, William Lentz,
and Henning Blunck. The Wasil
la Board of Supervisors is Ted
Knutson Ralph Bradley, Robert
Lincoln, Clyde Poisal, and Waldo
Erickson .
Each Board of Supervisors in
each subdistrict is elected by
farmers to represent them in get
ting conservation practices estab
lished on the land, Marcus ex
plained. Anyone needing techni
cal or engineering assistance in
getting conservation practices on
their lands is asked to contact
one of their local Board members
or the Soil Conservation Service.
The 1957 ACP program is now
open and applications for vari
ous conservation practices are be
ing accepted at the Extension
Service office. All permanent
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HOMEMAKERS PUN
COKTEST ON SAFETY
Safety begins at home is the
theme for a territorial contest for
all home demonstration clubs,
Mrs. Verne Mutch of Anchor
Point said today
Mrs. Mutch is chairman of the
territorial safety committee of the
Alaska Homemakers Council. The
committee "offers a $25 award to
the club with outstanding safety
projects conducted this year.
Several homemaker clubs are
cooperating with the Alaska Safe
ty Council and territorial schools
to conduct the first home accident
survey in Alaska. The survey in
cludes both accidents that have
happened in the home and a
questionnaire about potential haz
ards in the home.
Children in fifth through eighth
grade in 14 incorporated schools
will be asked to take a question
naire about potential hazards in
the home.
Children in fifth through eigh
th grade in 14 incorporated sch
ools will be asked to take a ques
tionnaire home to be filled out
with their families.
practices are the responsibility of
the Soil Conservation Service,
who check to see if the practice is
needed and practical. All land
clearing to be done under the
ACP program must first be
checked by the SCS technican
before the work is started. No
land clearing should be done un
til the inspection of the land to
be cleared has been made by the
local Soil Conservation Service
technician, Marcus pointed out.
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PARENTS ANNOUNCED
ENGAGEMENT OF
DONA RAE McKECHNIE
Dona Rae McKechnie
Mr. and Mrs. Don McKechnie
of Palmer have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Dona Rae, to Richard D. Reeve,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Reeve
of Anchorage. No date has been
set for the wedding.
The engaged couple is attend
ing the University of Alaska. Miss
McKechnie was named queen of
the Matanuska Valley Fair in
1955 and is a graduate of Palmer
High School.
RECREATION SITES
ALONG DENALI HI-WAY
ASKED BY BUREAU
Eight areas along the Denali
Highway have been designated as
PUBLIC? RECREATION SITES
and their withdrawal requested
by the Bureau of Land Manage
ment, it was announced today by
acting operations supervisor, L.
T. Main. The eight sites, which
total approximately 133 acres, are
located in the Lilly Creek, Two
Tom or Twin Lakes, Seattle
Creek, Bushkana Creek, Canyon
Creek, and Constance Creek areas.
The sites have been selected by
the Bureau of Land Management
to assure public access to the
streams and to provide camping
an4 picnicking spots for tourists
and fishermen. They are spaced
from 20 to 30 miles apart and
should provide convenient and
attractive stop-over sites for those
traveling to and returning from !
SPRING SEMESTER
REGISTRATION AT _
UNIVERSITY TOMORROW
University of Alaska faculty
and administration are preparing
for another record enrollment
when spring semester registra
tion opens Friday, January lo,
Mrs. Laura E. Jones, registrar, an
nounced this week.
First semester the on-campus
enrollment reached a high of 531
compared to the 1955 record of
456. Mrs. Jones said that suffi
cient students to establish a new
record next semester already have
disclosed their plans to register.
Instruction will begin January
21. William R. Cashen, dean of
students, said that entering fresh
men should report to the univer
sity on January 17 in order to
take the freshman entrance ex
aminations. They will commence
at 9 a.m. in the Brooks Memori
al Mines Building auditorium.
Dean Cashen urged students
who plan to attend the university,
but have not yet indicated their
intentions of doing so, to contact
the registrar as soon as possible.
He explained that the increasing
enrollment poses a problem for
the university to find 'adequate
facilities, despite the fact that the
new 100-man McIntosh Hall
opened with last semester’s in
struction.
Mt. McKinley National Park.
They are similar to other favored
areas that have been selected by
the Bureau along Alaska’s high
ways, streams, and lakes.
j! ANNUAL MEETING jj
jj Wednesday, Jan. 23 jj
8 P.M.
Basement Co-Op
General Office
jj ALL MEMBERS URGED jj
TO ATTEND
jj Malanuska Valley jj
Federal Credit Union jj
Hospital Directors
Holding Last Session
Before Annual Meet
Directors of the Valley Hos
pital Association will be holding
their final meeting, prior to the
annual membership meeting, on
Friday, January 18. This will be
the final meeting for the present
Board of Directors before the
February 15 membership meeting.
Board members have been busy
this week finalizing their work.
On Tuesday night members of the
hospital joint advisory committees
met with the doctors and person
nel committee to discuss joint
Texan Named BPR
Division Engineer
William Andres, U. S. Bureau
of Public Roads district engineer
at Fort Worth, Texas, will be ap
pointed division engineer for Al
aska, it was announced last week.
The appointment is effective im
mediately and Andrews is expect
ed to leave Texas within a few
days for a trip to Alaska. The
new Alaska division engineer,
with the U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads for 28 years, will be head
quartered at Juneau.
problems and on Wednsday night
the finance committee met.
TIME TO SAVE!
![ The lime to start saving is now ... the place to save is
\\ here, where interest, compounded regularly, helps *
> your savings grow faster. And remember, steady
'!> saving brings the best results. Make every payday
your time to save . . . you'll always be glad you did. *;V
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK |
10 A.M. - 3 P.M.
7 Evenings 6-8
!ER, ALASKA j|
MalanuAlza Valley ii a Belleb Place to- JUue
Because of THESE 1956 Members of the Mafanuska Valley
Chamber of Commerce
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A. R. R C.
ALASKA T. V. SERVICE
ALPINE INN
ANDERSON & SMITH EQUIP.
* AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
C. C. BAILEY, M.D.
BERT'S DRUG STORE
BETTYS'
BROWN'S SHOP
CHRISTENSEN APTS. &
GARAGE
CLARA'S VARIETY
A. J. COLBERG, M. D.
CO-OP CAFE
CORDOVA AIRLINES,
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FRONTIER BAR
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THE FRONTIERSMAN
GRASSER’S HARDWARE %
JAMES B. HAMLIN
MR. AND MRS. LEW HANKS
HARTLEY MOTORS, INC.
DON IRWIN
LEROY JOHNSON
V. LOUISE KELLOGG
KETCHIKAN SPRUCE MILLS
KIRK'S SALES & SERVICE
KOSLOSKY'S DEPT. STORE
MAC'S PLUMBING
M. E. A.
MATANUSKA HOTEL
MATANUSKA VALLEY
AIRMEN ASS'N.
M. T. A.
M. V. F. C. A.
DR. & MRS. ALLAN MICK
PALMER AUTOMOTIVE
PALMER BAKING CO.
PALMER BAR
PALMER BODY & PAINT
PALMER DRUG
PIGGLY WIGGLY
PIPPEL INSURANCE AGENCY
EUGENE REID
SHAMROCK BAR
DR. FOSTER R. SIMS
M. D. SNODGRASS
ROLAND SNODGRASS
SOURDOUGH BAR
ART STACY
TOGS *N SEAMS
TOST'S SERVICE
VALLEY CLEANERS
VALLEY MACHINE & MFG.
CO.
VALLEY THEATRE
WATTS & ADAMS
ROBERT R. WEBB
WHITE SPOT CAFE
WILLIWAW LODGE
CHARLES W. WILSON
WITHEY PLUMBING AND
HEATING
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF
AMERICA
Local Union No. 7901,
Merritt C. Long, pres.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
~ THEIR PARTICIPATION AND MEMBERSHIP DUES MADE THESE PROJECTS POSSIBLE DURING 1956:
i Farm Forum-Aided financially
9 Merchants Christmas Party
9 Aided in publication of "Why Mental Health Hospital
should be located in Matanuska Valley
9 Sponsored Public Hearing, U. S. Public Health Survey Team
9 Aided Alaska Visitors Association membership drive
9 Conducted many tours of farm and city areas for valley
visitors
9 Chamber members worked individually on Matanuska
Valley Fair
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• Participated with Airmens' Association in financing airport
lights
• Made survey of thermo-electric (steam generated) power
• Wrote government agencies regarding Butte area soil
erotion
• Anchorage Day—Over 100 attended—Matanuska ''grown
and produced" dinner served
• Sent delegates to Seward and Ketchikan to All-Alaska
Chamber Conventions
• Sponsored Colony Day Celebration
OUR THANKS TO THE MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE NOT PAID CHAMBER MEMBERS, BUT WHO
AIDED IN VARIOUS WAYS IN MANY OF THE PROGRAMS.
YOUR CONTINUED PATRONAGE WITH THE BUSINESS MEMBERS WILL INSURE ANOTHER YEAR OF PROGRESS