Statistics indicate that one
out of two women in this coun
try will work sometime this
year at a job outside the home,
Ewan Clague, United States
Commissioner of Labor Statis
tics, reported during a recent
conference at Columbia Uni
versity’s Arden House.
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1962 SOIL SURVEY MAPPING PROGRAM
TO BEGIN IN SOUTHCENTRAL AREA
Soil survey mapping for thi
1962 season will soon begin ir
several areas of Southcentra
Alaska, according W. B. Oliver
state conservationist for th<
Soil Conservation Service
headquartered at Palmer.
Scheduled for this summei
are detailed surveys of 300.001
acres in the Homer-Ninilchil
area and 165,000 acres in th<
Matanuska Valley. Reconnais
sance type surveys will be car
ried out on about 300.000 acre:
in the Copper River Valley anc
200,000 acres in the Susitn;
HEAR
Rev. Richard W. DeHaan
of Grand Rapids, Michigan
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i River, Oliver said.
The detailed survey maps
[ and accompanying reports pro
vide basic soil information and
will be used by SCS soil con
servationists to assist farmers
and homesteaders in develop
1 ing soil and water conservation
plans. They are also useful.
' Oliver explained, for many
other purposes that require in
formation about the soil
>
The reconnaissance type sur
i veys are being carried out in
cooperation with the Alaska
State Division of Lands to pro
vide the soil information need
ed for the state land classifica
tion program.
Soil maps are made by SCS
soil scientists who walk over
the land and examine important
features of the surface soil, sub
soil, and substratum to depths
of three feet or more. Boun
daries of soil areas are plotted
on aerial photos. By knowing
the properties of each soil, the
soil scientists are able to make
accurate predictions on how it
will respond to different kinds
of use and management. Soils
can then be classified accord
ing to their suitability for a
variety of uses, Oliver stated.
Children's Assn.
To Operate
Bargain Center
Plans have been announced
by the Matanuska Valley Crip
pled Children's Association to
open a bargain center in the
space next door to the Center
Theater. Space has been do
nated by the theater.
Ii will be open from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. each Friday
and Saturday.
Persons wishing to donate
articles that are too good to be
disposed of and might possily
be useable, may leave them at
the bargain center during the
hours open. Anyone wishing to
have articles picked up may
call Mrs. George Reed, mana
ger of the center at PI 5-2793
or Mrs. Lowell Simpson, her
assistant, at PI 5-4021.
Proceeds from the center
for the month of June will
go towards campships to
send local children to King’s
Lake Camp for a week in
July at the "Camp for the
Handicapped."
Volunteer help is needed and
anyone wishing to help the
local association operate the
center is urged to contact eith
er Mrs. Reed or Mrs. Simpson.
Roosevelt Lake behind Cou
lee Dam is 151 miles long.
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"New Eyes For The Needy"
Project Is Being Planned
The Matanuska Valley Am
erican Legion Auxiliary Unil
has announced plans to spon
sor a “New Eyes For The
Needy” project.
This is a project that turns
discarded eyeglasses and brok
en jewelry into better sight foi
the needy here and abroad. A
quarter million people have
been helped by New Eyes
without ever asking for £
penney, Dorothy Trudell, unil
president, stated. Many pairs ol
glasses, single earrings, dented
silver pieces, etc., are needless
ly thrown away because people
*o not know about this organ
ization, Mrs. Trudell added.
Members of the unit will
busv themselves collecting
old, unwanted eyeglasses,
metal or plastic framed. Even
sunglases are acceptable. An
old cuff link, discarded silver,
real or costume jewelry, all
may be added to the collec
tion.
This project came into being
in 1932, when during the de
pression Mrs. Arthur Terry,
who did volunteer work taking
applications for food packages,
discovered that many appli
cants for relief could not see
well enough to fill in informa
| tion or forms provided. Mrs.
Terry took it upon herself to
help the needy see better. Nei
ghbors in her home town of
Short Hiils, N. J., gladly turn
ed over to her their cast off
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First Mother
FIRST mother of the English
colonies in America was Mrs.
Eleanor Dare, whose daughter
Virginia Dare, was born on
Roanoke Island, North Carolina
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spectacles. She soon had a pile
of them on her desk in New
York. Any applicant for relief
was invited to try on each pair,
until one suited him. The chos
en spectacles were a gift from
Mrs. Terry and her friends.
Not what a doctor would or
der—but an affair of the heart,
Mrs. Trudell points out. Mrs.
Terry often had to turn people
away, vision still impaired.
Finally she sorted out the eye
glasses with silver and gold in
the frame. She won the under
standing of the owner of a
Newark refinery who had the
metal melted down. She then
made a deal with an optician
in New York who agreed to
make prescription glasses at a
minimum cost. Then, Mrs.
Terry launched a national ap
peal for discarded eyeglases.
Approximately 250,000 peo
ple have been helped by the
organization since its incep
tion, via some two million
pairs of glases received. Vol
unteer workers do all the
work, with the exception of a
secretary who works part
time.
Locally, the requested items
may be turned over to any
member of the Auxiliary unit.
Further information may be
obtained from either Mrs. Tru
dell, or from Mrs. Izola Sims,
unit secretary.
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Economic Future