ALTAR SOCIETY THANKS
THOSE WHO HELPED
St. Michael’s Altar Society
expressed thanks this week to
all who helped make their an
nual Harvest Smorgasbord,
held Oct. 20, a success.
David Bowers was the win
ner of the door prize, a Corn
ingware coffee maker.
Fort Walla Walla, then call
ed Ft. Nez Perce, was establish
ed by the British in 1818.
Oil Wells Gelling Deeper,
Farther Out Into Ocean
Americans are venturing
farther from shore and deeper
into the sea, in their search for
new oil and gas reserves.
Oil Facts, published by the
American Petroleum Institute,
reports that the industry is
spending millions of dollars to
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techniques and equipment.
One firm, for example, spent
seevn years and $7 million to
perfect a system which makes
it possible to install drilling
and well-completion equipment
on the ocean floor, lock it in
place and put it into operation
Article Appears In
National Magazine
COLLEGE — “Alaska’s In
credible Gardens” is the title
of an article in the September
issue of the national gardening
magazine, “Horticulture” by
Harold W. Pillsbury, Extension
Service horticulturist at the
University of Alaska.
The story explains the unus
ual climatic conditions that
make gardening so interesting
and spectacular in the arctic
and sub-arctic.
Pillsbury, who has probably
seen more gardens in his five
years as Extension horticultur
ist than anybody else in Alas
ka, pointed out for the benefit
of gardeners in the lower states
that low soil temperatures, low
rainfall and 24 hour-a-day sun
shine make for remarkable
growth of some kinds of plants
while making it impossible to
grow other kinds of plants.
He mentioned sunflowers,
poppies, pansies, marigolds and
calendulas as flowers which
thrive in the northland.
New Twist
South Sea Islanders still
move at such a leisurely pace
that they can actually put off
today’s work until day-after
tomorrow.
DEAD BROKE
Another vacation season has
passed, and as usual, most
people can feel no change.
—all by remote control from
the surface. No divers are need
ed.
A number of huge new float
ing rigs are being designed and
built at costs ranging up to $4
million each.
With these new methods and
equipment, says Oil Facts, it is
now believed possible to find
and produce petroleum from
under the open sea, regardless
of distance from land or depth
of water.
Most offshore drilling so far
has been in relatively shallow
water. Some wells have been
drilled as far as 65 to 70 miles
from shore, but in watei% only
180 feet deep. One new floating
barge already has drilled holes
in waters near 300 feet in
depth; another is designed to
operate in waters up to 500
feet in depth. New rigs also are
being designed with greater
stability against storms, and
with greater versatility.
The petroleum industry al
ready has invested more than
$3 billion in offshore opera
tions.
In 1960, the most recent year
for which complete data are
available, the industry drilled
538 offshore wells at a total cost
of more than $200 million. The
average cost per offshore well
rose to $385,700 that year, com
pared to $52,100 for the average
productive oil well on land.
Some of the new machinery
designed for deep-water opera
tions can float virtually mo
tionless despite wind and wa
ves, while drills penetrate
thousands of feet beneath the
ocean floor.
As well as developing the
new techniques, the industry
has expanded its search for oil
and gas. New exploration ef
forts are underway along both
coasts and in the Gulf of Mexi
co.
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Hi-Lit.s
By Robert Corbin
and Leonard Reid
The sophomore class will
sponsor a Halloween dance Sa
turday night, Oct. 27, from 8
to 11 p.m. in the high school
cafeteria. All students attend
ing are urged to wear cos
tumes. Prizes will be given to
the boy and girl with the best
costume.
• » *
The junior class play, “Papa
Is All,” will be presented Fri
day, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. in Cen
tral school auditorium. The
play is about a Dutch family
living in Pennsylvania. Mem
bers of the cast, who are un
der the direction of Mrs. Ruth
Schaefer, are David Cottrell,
Mary Weisenberger, Donna Ed
miston, David Alexander, Ruth
Phillips, and Scott Demming.
* * *
Mr. Plumbley’s junior and
senior high school bands will
hold their annual fall band con
cert this Friday night. Admis
sion charges are $1 for adults
and 50c for students, with these
proceeds going to the uniform
fund of the senior high band.
The concert will start at 8
o’clock in the Central school
gym, with the junior high band
opening the program followed
by the senior high band. In
cluded in the program will be
Sousa marches, favorite mar
ches, popular tunes such as
“Come Back to Sorrento.” Al
so, there will be classic num
bers by Scarlotti and Percell.
They will end the program
with a grand march written by
Mr. Plumbley for the Senior
class of 1962.
Weekly frontiersman
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SI. Mhliael’s Offers Valuable
Prizes at Aaaual Bazaar, Carnival
Drawings for valuable prizes
and booths featuring a variety
of attractive merchandise are
planned by members of St. Mi
chael’s Catholic Church for
their annual bazaar and carni
val, Saturday, Nov. 3, starting
at 7:30 p.m. in the Moose hall.
Booths will include toys,
baked gods, linens, white ele
phants, aprons, religious arti
cles, holiday decorations, and
parcel post. Also planned is a
skate and ski exchange. Any
one with such equipment to ex
change is asked to bring it
marked by name, value, and
size. There will also be a snack
bar.
Bingo will be played, and
there will be a variety of games
for children, including a fish
pond and a ring toss.
Blind To Our Own
While Mother Nature was
making us blind to our own
faults she should have made
us blind to the faults of oth
ers.
SKIN GAME
The school of experience gives
out no sheepskins — all you
get is some of your own re
moved.
Several drawings will be
held during the evening, one
for a doll with a complete
wardrobe and one for a lace
tablecloth. The raffle ticket
drawing will be held at mid
night, the first prize being an
RCA stereo-console. Second
: prize is a framed lithograph by
j Fred Machetanz, and third
j prize is an RCA transistor
radio. Fourth prize in the draw
ing will be a hunting knife
and hatchet set.
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Registration
OF
Voters
BOND ELECTION
PALMER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Voters must register to be eligible to vote in Bend
Election.
Voters must register on or before Saturday, November
3, 1962.
Registration closes at 6:00 p.m., November 3, 1062
WHERE: Tax Off ice - Wright Building
WHEN: As early as possible so that voter eligibility can be
verified.
WHO MAY VOTE M BOM ELECTION:
1. Only registered voters. If I voted in last election must I
register? Yes
2. Only persons whose name is on tax roll. Man and wife
should check to see if both names are on tax roll. Only
persons whose names are on the last tax roll may vote.
3. Only persons nineteen years of age or older.
4. Residents of School District for 30 days and one year in
State of Alaska.
WHY MOST VOTERS REIISIER:
It it the lew end requirements of the School District for Bend
Election.