WASILLA NEWS
By Jane Browne
Well, the annual Fourth of July
celebration in Wasilla was its us
ual big success. It didn’t take the
kids long to go through 15 gallons
of ice cream, 20 cases of pop, and
300 hot dogs. (Of course there were
quite a few “big” kids around,
also). Members of the Susitna
Post 9365 Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the Auxiliary unit -wish
to thank the Pepsi-Cola Bottling
Company and the Anchorage
Cold Storage who donated the
pop for the celebration. The cot
ton candy machine was kept
busy way up to about 5 p.m. and
there were lots of visitors in
town. Prizes were awarded as
follows: Spinning reel, Mike
Barid, Box 276, Anchorage; Mix
Mlaster, Bell Rathger, Frontier
Bar; and the baby pheasants,
-which were donated by Ted
Knutsen, went to Marcia Ed
wards of Sutton.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walt Teeland
| quietly observed their 25th wed
ding anniversary on July 8.
Bud is home from the hospital
in Vancouver and hopes to be
back at work by the first of the
month. He has to take it easy for
a bit, but he feels real well.
Traffic in the Waslila area over
the Fourth was constant through
out the long holiday week-end,
with many motorists driving out
the new Willow Road, and many,
many more driving to Big Lake,
Nancy, Lucille, and the other
lakes around this area. Noticed a
great number of float planes in
for the holiday, also.
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DAMPING SESSION AT KING’S LAKE
Boys and girls in the 4-H club ’
movement in this section of Al- j
aska enjoyed their annual camp j
this past week at King’s Lake. j
Having fun swimming, boating, j
hiking, and in other recreational |
activity during the day and eve- j
ning were 117 4-H’ers from Pal- j
mer, Wasilla, Homer, Soldotna,
Seward, Spenard, Anchorage and j
other southcentral communities, j
Mrs. Frances Hulbert, home j
demonstration agent with the
University of Alaska Extension
Service at Palmer, directed the
camp. She was assisted by Ed
Liebenthal of Homer, agricultur- j
al agent in the Kenai area.
Four-H’ers attending from this j
area were: Dorothy Stout, Dick j
Walling, Barbara Lentz, Angela ;
Hecker, Sandra Moor, Audrey;
Dinkel, Tacy Nelson, Michaels
Draze, Nancy Lee Chance, Carol |
Ann Weisenberger, James Me- j
Pherson, John Yadon, Kathleen
Mohan, Bonnie Bairn, Bonnie
Bush, Nancy Woods, Mary Lou
Johnson, Jimmy Estelle, Mary
Weisenberger, Linda LaRose, La
verday Erickson, Barbara Buzby,
Patty Harrington, Richard Wash
burn, Kathleen Hulbert, Patricia
Hecker, Pamela France, Marjean
Liebing, Victor Barnes, Michael
Reid.
Also, Norena McPherson,
Kathy Hurley, Jeanne Diedrich,
Fred Barnes, Edward Hanks,
David Martin, Lila Hoskins,
Carolyn Nelson, George Stevens,
Betty Jo Wilson, Lila Ann Woods,
Susan Harrington, Carmel Lee
Mohan, Darnell Denison, and
Dianna Diedrich.
In addition to the 45 4-H’ers
from the immediate area, there
were 16 from Homer; five from
Seldovia; four from Soldotna; 21
from Anchorage; six from Spen
ard and 19 from Seward.
The 4-H campers observed a
special Statehood Ceremony on
June 30 evening when the boys
and girls raised an American
flag, with its present 48 stars,
and then along side it placed a
home-made Alaska flag and a
flag with a gold star on a white
background denoting Alaska as
the 49th state. The three flags
were hoisted to the top of the
flagpole in front of the main
lodge at King’s Lake Camp, 14
miles from Palmer as strains of
the “Alaska Flag” song accom
panied the ceremony.
Celestia Obron of Spenard
read an essay, “A Great Day for
Alaska”. Others who assisted in
the ceremony were Ann Gauchay
of Anchorage; Dolly Wheeler,
Christine Boone, and Annette
Harris, all of Seldova; and Sheila
Taylor of Soldotna.
The Alaska flag, with its eight
stars of gold on a field of blue,
was manufactured at the camp
from an old white bed sheet,
spatter paint and crayons. Also
made by the 4-H’ers with the
help of adult advisors was the
white flag with the gold star.
Those who worked on the flags
were Betty Jo Wilson of Palmer,
Glenna Dickson of Anchorage,
Mrs. Catherine Gachay of Anch
orage. and Marian Larson of Col
lege, territorial 4-H director.
COURT NEWS
U. S. Commissioner's Court
Donald A. Mattson of Anchor
age was fined $10 when found
guilty of fishing without a ter
ritorial fishing license on July 6.
The complaint was brought by
the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game. U. S. Commissioner
May Carter heard the case in her
court in Wasilla on July 8.
SHINING THRU THE
SHADOWS
The light at the spirit is eter
nal, shining through the shad
ows of earthly loss to soften
sorrow and lift the heart with
its inspiring promise of crown
ing glory.
PALMER
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Tea to Honor
Rainbow Officer
All members or the Masonic
lodge, Eastern Star, and parents
of Rainbow Girls are invited to
attend a tea which will be held
at the Lee McKinley home Sun
day, July 13 in honor of Betty
Jo Wilson of Palmer who was
recently named Grand Chaplain
at the Grand Assembly held in
Tacoma.
Miss Wilson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Wilson, is a
member of the Palmer Assembly,
Order of Rainbow for Girls, and
has worked through many ap
pointed offices and all line of
fices in the local assembly. She
is junior past worthy adviser of
the assembly. Her new office is
reported to be the highest ap
pointive office in the order.
The tea will be held from 3:30
to 5:00 p.m. at the McKinley home
which is located in the Butte sec
tion.
EXCESS BUILDINGS
TO BE SOLD ON BID
Sixteen excess buildings on
Elmendorf Air Force Base and
one at Northway Airport are be
ing offered for sale to highest
bidders “as is, where is” by the
U. S. Army Engineer District, Al
aska.
Sealed bids will be received up
to 11 a.m. July 22 on a wood
frame pump house, 20 by 32 feet,
at Northway and on nine of the
excess buildings on the air base.
The other seven on Elmendorf
will be open for bids until July
30 at 11 a.m.
Further information may be
obtained from the Real Estate
Division, U. S. Army Engineer
District, Alaska, P. O. Box 7002..
Anchorage.
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SEEGOO, THE SLED DOG
A drawing by Fred Machetanz
introduces the new "'Manual
for Sled Dog Owners." The 4~H
manual was published by the
University of Alaska Extension
Service.
Boys and girls who wish to
learn the basic details of raising
Alaska sled dogs will find plenty
of help in the new 4-H “Manual
for Sled Dog Owners."
They’ll learn that to breed a
good team, it is necessary to un
derstand how herdeity works.
They’ll find that there are four
common breeds of sled dogs:
Malamute, Eskimo, Siberian Hus
ky and the Samoyede. They’ll
learn that a well-fed dog is alert
and friendly, his hair is shiny
and smooth, his eyes bright and
skin healthy.
The manual, cooperative effort
of the University of Alaska Ex
tnsion Service and the Arctic
Health Research Center, covers
such subjects as dog breeding,
kinds of food, shelter, dog dis
eases and their control, training
a leader, equipment and main
tenance and rules for racing.
Setting the manual off in a
dramatic way is a picture of
“Seegoo, the Sled Dog,” after an
original lithograph on stone by
Fred Machetanz, well known Al
aska artist, 'writer and movie
maker. Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen,
RAINBOW GIRLS TO
MEET ON SATURDAY
A meeting of all members of
Palmer Assembly Order of Ram
bow for Girls will be held Satur
day, July 12 at 2 p.m. at Carper -
ters hall. The election of a trea
surer will be held at this meet
ing and all members are urged
to attend.
associate director for home dem
onstration work, assembled and
edited the 28-page manual. Oth
ers who contributed to its con
tents were Dr. A. B. Colyar, D~
Margaret Lantis, William B
Page, Dr. Robert Rausch and Dr
Karl Reinhard. Mrs. Raymond
Hock did the drawings of har
nesses and sleds.
The manual, Alaska Extension
Service Bulletin No. 200, is avail
able at the local Extension office
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