local Youth
tteadies Racer for
Soap Box Derby
Palmer’s only entrant in tht
<Soap Box Derby to be held ir
Anchorage this week-end, Lynr
Puddicombe, has completed hi:
racer and it will be on display al
Kirk’s Sales and Service, hi;
sponsoring unit, tonight until 1
o’clock and tomorrow morning
'before it is taken into Anchorage
tor inspection and check-in. The
bight blue and orange racer re
presents many, many_ hours ol
construction work, performed by
the 14-year-old of Mr. and
Mrs. Merle Puddicombe of Pal
mer. ■
Each of the expected 30 racers
ha\’e been constructed by the
youths who will be driving them
in the trials on Saturday and the
races on Sunday. One of these
youths will be awarded a trip
to Akron, Ohio, where he will
compete in the All-American
Soap Box Derby in August.
Jim Vernon of Alaska Sales
and Service, derby co-ordinator,
has scheduled time runs for Sat
urday, with all racers to partic
ipate in the Sunday finals. The
race will be held on Third Ave
nue between E and F streets, with
the derby track to be about 800
•feet long under national derby
rules.
The youth who covers the 800
-■feet in the best time Sunday
afternoon will be eligible for the
.Akron berth. Co-sponsors, the
Anchorage Daily News and Al
aska Sales and Service, will
transport the youngster for the
•championships.
.AH derby entrants constructed
their racers with the very litnit
«-d budget of $15. Strict specifica
tions as to size, weight and type
of construction had to be follow
ed throughout, and each racer
’will be run on regulation derby
’wheels. Prior to trial runs on
Saturday, which start at 10 a.m.,
’the youths will draw for position
JEnd be presented their racing
helmets. The main event races
Will begin Sunday following a
ypogram at noon during which
the derby band will present a
^program and speakers will be in
troduced.
Races are being run through
out the States this month to sel
oct the finalists for the Akron
runL National rules ar? abided by
•during all races, thereby keeping
oeach area on a level.
New Palmer—
(Continued from page 1)
Johanson was named second
counselor in 1951 to succeed Mr.
Carroll.
Beginning with 34 members,
the branch met in various homes,
then the Grange building, Moose
hall, Co-Op recreation hall, and
Carpenter’s hall, seeking larger
quarters as the membership in
creased. After having served sev
en years, guiding the branch
through its early years and suc
cessfully laying the foundation
for the new chapel, the branch
presidency was released in 1956
and Stewart A. Durrant was sus
tained as branch president, with
Don W. Boulter and Ernest S.
Denison as counselors. Toivo N.
Bentti was named branch clerk.
Ground - breaking ceremonies
were held on June 15, 1955, with
construction of the building un
der way by August. Ground for
the chapel was donated to the
church by the Alaska Rural Re
habilitation Corporation. The
building has been erected and
furnished at an approximate cost
of $100,000, under the supervision
of Jack C. Land, building con
tractor. Branch members and
friends donated a total of 6,200
hours of labor, along with the
necessary funds, to bring the
chapel to its completion.
Dorothy Loyer—
(Continued from page 1)
ager’s office and a first-aid sta
tion.
The buildings were moved
through the courtesy of A1
Brooks, Moyer said. “It was in
teresting to see^ that 420 John
Deere move those big buildings”,
the fair president said.
New roofing and other im
povemenjs are being added to
the booths along the midway
and organizations who own the
booths are making plans to re
paint and brighten up their
booths.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Crop Loss—
(Continued from page 1)
too early to predict how much
feed will have to be imported
because weather conditions the
balance of the season can greatly
effect the amount of forage grown
and some silage plantings are
still being made. How much
grain acreage will be cut for
forage is not yet known and the
severity and length of next win
ter can make a great difference in
feed consumed, he pointed out.
Statistics prepared by the De
partment show that 1957 had the
driest Spring on record in the
railbelt area, with temperatures
well above normal. The closest
parallel was in 1950. This year
first precipitation came 10 days
later than in 1950. The report
states that the early freezeup in
the fall of 1956 probably caused
less of the late fall moisture to
penetrate the ground for storage
over winter.
Wilson’s report shows that
grass that survived the winter
made virtually no growth for hay
or pasture use by July 1. Rains
in late June were sufficient to
short growth but only one crop
will be possible, with yields ex
pected about 50 percent of nor
mal.
The commissioner pointed out
that considerable increase in
grain plantings were made this
year in response to the consruc
tion of drying and storage facil
ities and improved market pros- •
pects. Being an early seeded crop
it has been stunted and delayed
in its growth. Predictions are for
yield reductions of up to 30 per
cent^ he said.
As a whole, he said, potato and
vegetable crops should not be
too seriously affected by th^e
drought although some plantings
of carrots failed to germinate and
stands of potatoes are irregular
because of dry conditions.
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