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VOL. 11
Palm or, Alaska
Octobor 29. 1948
No, 43
co-of noTES
WASHINGTON MEN EXTEND
CONFERENCE TIME
As you probably know, Mr. Bruce J. Downey
and Mr. Ciuurles A. Brodersen are herd from
Washington D.C.. They are representing
the interests of the Fanners Home ArTqinis
tration as a creditor of the Association.
Those interests to a certain extent, ap
pear to be dependent on sound operation of
the Association’s property and enterprises
in one manner or another. In turn, the
success or failnre of the business enter
prise is largely dependent on the patron
age of the Association’s nanbers. Conse
quently, the Farmers Hmo Administration
is interested in knowing whether the mem
bers intend to deal with their Association
in the future or to take their business
elsewherei Ip order to obtain accurate
first hand information on this point, Mr.
James Wilsonj the new manager, at their
request, wrote a letter to each of the
members requesting them to come to the of
fice for an interview with the so gentlemen,
Undoubtedly each member has receive the
notice. However, many of them have not
yet come in.
■uj-cnougn tne notice statoa tnat tnoso men
would interview manbers through Saturday,
October 30, until 10 p.m., they have ad
vised that they will still be available
for'interviews at the office'through Tues
day, November 2, until 5 p.m; If you as
a mombor, of tho Assoelation,ore interested
in its future welfare, you should inform
these gentlemen of your views, because the
opinions of the individual members may have
a material effect on the Association'3
future.
hamby laid to rust
LoMont H.-mby was laid to rest, in the Palme]
Cemetery on Friday afternoon of this week
following burial services from the United
Protestant Church at 2:00 p.m. with Rev.
Victor I. Alfsen officiating. Pall'bear
ers were: Don.L, Irwin, Dave Bryant, Jack
Scott,'George Small, Lou Hcr.ke and Dr,Earl
Graves,
IoMont Hamby, resident of the Valley since
the fall of 1942, passed away at his home
in'Palmer last Saturday morning, October
23, following a lingering illness of more
than a year. Cont._ on. pago 4
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TRIP TO CHICAGO
Thanksgiving Day is going to bo ono of add
ed pleasure for the Alaska 4-H contest win
ners, as that is the day they will start on
tho long journey to tho National 4-H Club
Congress at Chicago. Chosen for their out
standing 4-K records'this year are Jack
Bradway of Fairbanks, Phyllis Dangler of
Seward, and Bon 41 d Dinkcl of Has ilia,. Miss
Marilyn Johnson, District Homo Demonstration
Agent and a former North Dakota winner cf
tho 4-H Canning contest, rill accompany tho
winners to Chicago, where they will moot
Director L. T. Oldroyd, who will return to
Alaska with tho delegates. These fr^o trips
are awarded each year to 4-H members 14
years of age or over who have caniod 4-H
projocts for at loast 3 years. The expense
is financed by large industries interested
in it ho wolfaro of farm peopio, and by local
ousinoss firms*
Donald Dinkcl, rhoso sister, Flo Alice,ras
another trip -innor last yoar, livos on a
farm near Gasilin and is a junior in high
school. Ko iron the trip in the Poultry
contest but has spent most of his 8 years
in club rork as a garden club membcrcDonald
ron second prize on his 4-H poultry oxhibit
this year and has taken an activo part in
4-H 'telub mootings and comnunity activities.
L true pioneer, his poultry project invol
ved raising chicks by sotting hens. Like
most pioneers he had to shoot it out rith
a hart: and has a picture of himself, his
gun, the dead hark, and the unlucky chicken
to prove it. The Poultry contest is spon
sored by Dearborn Motors Corporation rho
rill take care of his trip from Seattle to
Chicago. He rill fly freo rith Alaska Air
lines to Soattlo.
Jack Bradray, 15-yoar-old son of Mr. and 1
Mrs. M.G.'Bradray, has completed 5 years of
club rork, 3 of them in gardoning and the
others in poultry and rabbits. His diary
of day-by-day rork in his 1/2 aero garden
dopicts a typical Alaska stdry of the plant
ing, rhich started May 24th, the fight
against roeBs and posts, and the successful
harvesting, rhich started rith the salo of
12 bunches of radishes at 15 cents each on
Juno 25th. Driving a cat and tractor.har
roring, and hoeing diligently'roro rcrardod
rith a cash income of $114.90. rhich ras
spent mostly on his rintor clothing and
postil savings. The factor rhich intiuoncod
tho judges in his favor ras his interest in
helping tho younger 4-H club nembors and
Cont. on page 3