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MANY REGISTERING
FOR XMAS CONTEST
Considerable interest is being 1
shown this year in the Christmas <
Home-Decorating Contest being i
sponsored by the Palmer Garden ]
Club. A number of families have .
registered at Maud’s Flower
Shop and plan to decorate their
homes, inside and outside, for
the contest.
All residents are invited to par
ticipate in the contest. Cash priz
es will be given for the first,
second and third place winners
in the two classes; indoor and
outdoor. Decorations will be
judged shortly before Christmas
by a committee which will not
be identified prior to the con
test.
"The decorations do not need
to be elaborate or expensive”,
a club member said this week.
‘‘Sometimes the simplest ideas
are the winning entries”. A num
ber of national magazines are
carrying ideas on decorations for
the holidays and other ideas may
be thought up by a pooling of
suggestions from every member
of the family. The contest is
treated as a family project by
many valley families and proves
to be very interesting, she added.
Anyone wishing to enter the
contest is invited to regiser at
Maud’s Flower Shop. There will
be a closing date for entry.
AREA POTATO CROP
AROUND 9000 TONS
According to the Alaska De
partment of Agriculture “Market
News” the Matanuska-Anchorage
area potato tonnage for this sea
son will grade-out around 5,000
tons.
Potatoes are Alaska’s second!
largest crop, the report brought
out, and this year’s production of
8000 tons (U.S. No. 1) is second
only to the 9000 tons of 1953.
The Tanana Valley production
amounted to 3000 tons and the
Matanuska-Anchorage area to the j
balance. -
In the local areas the Depart
ment's August prediction was for
a 4700-ton crop. As the season
progressed, it appeared that
production might approach the
6000 ton mark. However, light
snows in mid-September, follow
ed by a week of hard freezing
nights caught about 50 percent
of the crop in the ground.'As a
result, the report states, frost in
jury, mechanical damage and
poor storage caused exceptional
ly heavy losses in some cases.
The Department report pre
dicts that the present military
contracts should consume over
one half of the Alaskan produc
tion and could be extended
through the summer months if
qurlity is maintained. Grocers of
the railbelt are cooperating al
most 100 percent in promoting
r. A. Moyer Named—
(Continued from page 1)
ng recommendations which will
>e carried out by the new
>oard of directors: “1. Continued
■fforts to secure recognition as
he Alaska State Fair. Some ap
joach should be made to the
Maska Legislature meeting this
vinter. 2. Continued efforts to
secure additional property for
he extension of the Fairgrounds.
5. The employing of a General
Manager on a yearly basis, and
suggests the following compen
sation: $1800. For full time, from
June 15 to September 15, $600.
Retension pay September 15 to
June 15 and $600 expenses. Total
salary, $3,000. 4. A 10-year plan
for the rearranging of the race
tack and midway and for the
building and planning for fu
ture developments. 5. The fol
lowing commitments have been
made: 1. The continuation of the
dairy feature in the Snodgrass
Building. 2. Th|e featuring of
radio in the concession arrange
ments. 3. The continuation of
the motor cycle races as a terri
torial program.”
President Moyer’s report went
on as follows:
“The following suggestions
have been made and submitted
here for futher study and con
sideration: 1. The arrangement
for a maintenance man to live on
the grounds. 2. The arrangement
for an advertising agent on a
yearly basis. 3. The securing of
the All-Alaska 4-11 Fair as a one
day feature of our Fair. 4. The
matching of funds with the City
of Palmer and the Matanuska
Valley in the erection of a fire
proof museum on the fair
grounds.”
The report, including the rec
ommendations and suggestions,
was approved by the member
ship at the November 13 meet
ing and will be worked into the
over all Fair program when and
where practical.
the local potatoes. More and bet
ter storage is now available.
Janies Wilson, commissioner
of agriculture, said that he does
not mean to imply that there is
no selling job. “It is up to all
sales agencies to put up a good
grade, package potatoes in clean,
attractive containers, and see
that every store and restaurant
is served regularly.”
Price wise, the report states,
it appears that the market will
follow the usual trend of a long
gradual price rise beginning this
time of year.
COMMERCIAL PERSONAL
It’s Your AMERICA
LIBERTY REGAINED
PENNSYLVANIA P’JSl.ShES’.THOMAS COOPER, AND
A VERMONT CONGRESSMAN, MATTHEW LVON,
WERE FlNEP AND JAILED UNDER THE ALIEN AND
SEDITION ACT OF JULY W, 1708, FOR CRITICIZING
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS. TWENTY-FIVE OTHER
AMERICANS WERE ARRESTED AND PERSECUTED
UNDER THE SAME ACT, WHICH FOR A SHORT
TIME THREATENED TO PESTROV AMERICAN
U8ERTV.
THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUGHT ASAINST THIS
'KEKtN OF TERROR' AND WHEN ELECTED
PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY PARDONED
THC&E CONVICTEP...
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AUTHORIZED PA YMENT OP THE
FINES, WITH INTEREST, TO THE
HEIRS OF COOPER AND LTON,
/JWeiCA 6TAND5 FOR.THE
INALIENABLE RIGHTS CP
INDIVIDUALS TO CRITICliE.
TO DEBATE, TO ARGUE PREELV
AND BOLOLV-PUNOAMENTAL
RiSWTS IN A PREE SOCIETV
HARD-WON RIGHTS REARING
CONSTANT VIGILANT
PROTECTION.
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VALLEY FORGE • PEHMSYLVAHIA
JULY 12-18, 1957
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
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Official Poster of Fourth National Jamboree
Fifty thousand Boy Scouts,
Explorers, and leaders from all
parts of the nation and some
from other lands will camp to
gether at the Fourth National
, Jamboree July 12-18.
' A 1,500-acre tent city is be
ting prepared at historic Valley
■Forge in Pennsylvania. It will
have its own water supply, elec
tricity, telephone service, post
nlTiecs, and other services for
the largest gathering of boys in
the Western Hemisphere.
Jamboree campers, all of them
at least twelve years old, hold
ing Second Class rank or higher,
will share daily camp chores,
cook their own meals, take part
in displays, campfires, demon
strations, intercamp visits, and
excursions to historic shrines in
and near Philadelphia.
Outstanding Americans will
take part in principal events.
Boat Damage Draws
Sentence, Fine for
Anchorage Man
Richard Herrick of Anchorage
received a suspended’fine of $300,
providing restitution is made,
and a six month jail sentence,
of which 90 days was suspended,
when he was found guilty on a
charge of disorderly conduct,
brought by Territorial Police. He
was sentenced in U. S. Commis
sioner Mav Carter’s Court in
Wasilla.
The charge was brought by
the police as the result of dam
age done to two boats on Big
Lake. Herrick was driving his ve
hicle on the ice at the lake when
he smashed into two boats stor
ed at a lodge, creating about $300
damage. He was traced through
his car license number and pick
ed up on the disorderly conduct
MANY TURN OUT
FOR ANNUAL DINNER
The annual harvest dinner held
at the high school November 17
was well attended by members
of the local Masonic, Eastern
Star and Rainbow Girls organiza
tions. A number of family groups
were present. A planned pot
luck turkey dinner was served.
Entertainment included clar
inet trio presentations by Faye
Persinger, Muriel Hanks and
Joan Stephan. Entertaining for
almost three-quarters of an hour
were Chuck Lewis and his son
who are billed as the Hill-Billy
New Yorkers. They presented a
varied program of singing and
guitar music.
Marne Hanks, dinner chair
man, extended her thanks and
appreciation to the many who !
helped make the dinner such a
success.
Better Representation
Sought by Alaska
Teachers Association
Better representation and unity
throughout the territory is ex
pected by members of the Alaska
Education Association following
designation of districts with
delegate representation.
The assembly of the AEA was
held at the Anchorage High
School last week with 50 dele
gates present. The Alaska Edu
cation Association carries a mem
bership of 85 percent of all teach
ers in Alaska, including the Alas-1
ka Native Service and private
schools.
At the meeting the territory
was divided into 25 districts,
with a delegate apportioned for
each 25 members or major frac
tion. Committees appointed dur
ing the meeting will remain as
standing committees throughout
the year. Teachers will report
ways of improvement to the com
mittee heads. Under the com
mittee on Child Welfare the
group hopes to advance the
child’s interest.
Committees and chairmen ap
pointed are as follows. Ethics
and resolutions, Helen Olsen,
Nome; Membership and organiz
ation development, Janet Roug
ier, Anchorage; Delegate assem
bly powers and constitutional
amendments, Alma Biunck, . Pal
mer; Organizations affiliations
and relationships, W. L. Emmert,
Chugiak, Retirement, insurance
and credit unions, Bernard Boet
tcher, Sitka; Tenure, Betty
Springfield, Kodiak; and Legis
lation and public relations, Roy
al Brown, Juneau.
Delegates were guests of the
Anchorage Education Associa
tion at a banquet and dance held
Friday evening and at a lunch
eon sponsored by the National
Education Association. Mary
ritus, national NEA representa
tive, was guest of honor. Also
present were: John Coghill, presi
dent of the Territorial Associa
tion of School Boards; Howard
Matthews, supervisor, Territorial
Department of Education; Jerry
N. Waddell, senior accountant.
Terr. Dept, of Education; Willis
Townsend, Townsend Insurance
Agency, Roman Malach, editor
of The Alaska Teacher; Helen
M. March, member of the Ter
ritorial Board of Education, and
Pearl Shockley, AEA past presi
dent.
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