RANDOM RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
George Nelson is visiting
:around while waiting for three
iribs to heal. One of his trips was
‘to Glennallen to visit with his
‘boy”—an officer on the Terri
torial Highway Patrol.
Bill Mears and his family are
moving back to Chugiak.
Three Wasillans, Pat Carter,
Walt Teeland and Frank Smith,
brought a firetruck-tanker, with
Bean pump, to Wasilla from C. D.
in Anchorage. Now all we have
to do is find a local place to house
it and train some volunteer fire-.
.men.
Mis. Sandell conduted the first
aid course last Wednesday. This
class will continue for six weeks
—8:00 P. M. every Wednesday at
the school. One must be sixteen
.years of age or over. It’s not too
-to attend.
V; C. D. preparation and
r.g is like investing in an
.insurance policy—you hope you
.never have to use it—but it’s
there just in case.
As one ciitzen commented,
“‘Why shoud the Russians go to
•war? They’re getting everything
they want without firing a shot”.
But just in case—C. D. has radio
.frequences to use when the local
stations go off the air, close to
KFQD and KBYR. Later receiv- ,
ers have a triangle with the in- j
itials ’ CD" at about 658 *kc 1200 j
kc. J
Make Carson registered with
the local draft board and volun
teered for immediate induction.
Ore Saturday school attendance
das been advanced from Novem
ber 13 th to 6th.
A Northrup seed of the Purple
Top Turnip variety has grown
into a . 1 lb. near reeoid breaker
Walt Teelar.d, local seller of these j
:seeds, has this turnip—grown by
the Lee Elexsons of Knik—on dis- I
play at his store. The record is :
.held by a 33 lb. turnip—raised j
'by Lon Irwin of the Experimen- j
tal Station.
Friday, November 12th is Open
House at the school from 8:00 to
9:30 P. M. in observance of Na
tional Education Week.
A record was established one
Tuesday at the Elks "Aw Shucks”
session when eight players sung
out the key word—in one "game, i
Work is being done on the
"'Low Road" to Matanuska. It is
hoped that some work will be
done on the "Cut Off", too. More
drivers are using it to gel to the
improved Palmer-WasiUa road. I
To get your stateside letters on
their way Mons., Weds., and Fris-,
have them in the post office be
fore ten and they’ll go to Palmer
■and Anchorage via Star Route.
Jim and Glory Carson are now
living in ihe Newell place on the
" Low Road".
.There will be a masquerade
•dance, with W'hitey’s orchestra,
on Oct. 30th in the Community
Hall—put on by the Community
Club. Dancing starts at 9:00 and
£oes on ’til -. Prizes for cos
tumes will be awarded by select
ed judges.
With their latest boy addition,
the Jay LeVans now have three
boys and one girl. Houses have
to be larger nowadays.
Mrs. Leo Nunley gave birth to
a boy at 12:42 P. M., October 20th.
Both mother and baby are doing
fine.
The A1 Reeders added a boy to
their family, too. Seems that when
a guy announces the "event"—
his friends should buy cigars for
him—he's broke.
It’s true that babies don’t “ask”
to come into this world-—but
when they’ve grown up—they
sure as heck protest leaving it.
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS, Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
WASILLA LIBRARY CLUB,
Wasilla library, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26
WASILLA GRANGE, Grange Hut,!
8 p.m.
WASILLA COMMUNITY CLUB,
Community hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
GIRL SCOUTS AND BROWNIES,
3:30 p.m.
Legion Adopts
"Litterbug"
Extermination Program
Support by the American Le
gion of the nationwide cleanup
campaign of Keep America Beau
tiful, Inc., has been pledged by
National Commander Seaborn P.
Collins.
In a message to William C.
Stolk, chairman of KAB. Com
mander Collins said:
“As the newly elected National
Commander of The American Le
gion, world's largest veterans or
ganization, I deem it appropriate
among my first official acts to
endorse without qualification the
program to ‘Keep American Beau
tiful’.
'Legionnaires of our 17,200
posts across the nation have be
come increasingly aware of the
necessity for adopting a ‘litterbug’
extermination program, and many/
of these posts at the grass roots |
level have already done so.
■‘Community Service has long j
occupied a position of primary j
importance on The American j
Legion's agenda. We will there
fore make the 'Keep America
Beautiful' program a regular part
of this service.”
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LOCAL VOTING SHOWS
HEALTH INCREASE,
STATES M. D. SNODGRASS
In referring to last week’s fer
ritorial general election, M. D.
Snodgrass, veteran valley Repub
lican, stated he felt the election
returns showed a healthy increase
in the Matanuska Valley voting
population.
“It was a well balanced two
party system in action, about
evenly divided, giving Valley can
didates a healthy margin support,
he stated. “This indicates”, he
went on, “that the voters are alert
and taking advantage of their
right to vote as they choose”.
The primary law of 1953 gives
precinct organization a voice in
selecting candidates running for
office, as well as for final elec
tion, he pointed out. Two chances,
he said, for selection of who shall
serve in the legislature and ter
ritorial offices.
The Republican ticket reflected
such choosing of candidates, he
said, with three from the Valley;
one from Kodiak; one from Dil
lingham; two from Seward; and
six from Anchorage, giving fair
representation throughout the dis
trict.
“May you all prosper,” he said,
and build better farms and homes i
and vocational agricultural train- j
mg. Thanks for getting out and
voting and placing the Matanuska
Valley at the top in production
in Alaska’s natural resources.”
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For Whal It’s Worth
By Grayson E. Murphy
Dist. Agricultural Agent
Milking Times
You don’t need to milk at 12
hour intervals to get the highest
production trom your cows. The
j state-owned farms in Minnesota
have switched from a 12-12 sched
ule varying from 10-14 to 814-,
! 1514 hour intervals. The farm
managers say there has been no
decrease in production, no more
leaky cows, and no more mastitis,
even with cows giving 60-70
pounds of milk per day.
You can vary the schedule to
fit your farming program. In sum
mer have the long interval dur
ing the day. In winter have the
short interval during the day with
more free time in the evening.
If you are already doing this
or if you try it, let me know how
it works.
I heard numerous reports re
cently that eggs on the local mar
ket were not fresh. What can you.
do about it? The following things
can help you sell a better quality
egg and help get repeat customers.
Gather 3 or 4 times a day. Cool
eggs immediately to below 55 de
gress. Dry cleaning is better than
washing. If you wash, use cool
water and wash as rapidly as
possible. Keep the litter in the
house dry and eggs will be clean
er. Take eggs to market every 2
or 3 days.
Poultry scientists say eggs can
lose as much quality in four days
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P. A. R. C. Meeting
To Be Held Oct. 31
The regular quarterly meeting
of Palmer Area Recreation Coun
cil has been tentatively schedul
ed for Sunday afternoon, October
31 in the Palmer school cafeteria
at 3 p m.
Discussions will center around
plans for the winter recreation
program — the utilization and
maintenance of the new ice skat
ing rink, and playground level
ing, which has been done by local
volunteers.
The rink was recently fenced
by the school to prevent vehicles
from entering and measured 100
by 200 feet. The committee is now
working on lighting for evening
skating.
at 70 degrees F as they do in
about 200 days at 30 degrees.
Carpenters. Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
CHARTER NIGHT
SLATED BY AUXILIARY
All members of the American
Legion post and auxiliary are in
vitejl to attend a free ham dinner
to be held Thursday evening, Oc
tober 21 at Legion Hall. The din
ner, scheduled to begin at 6:30
p.m., is in commemoration of the
American Legion Auxiliary char
ter. There will also be a short
meeting after the dinner. All Aux
iliary members and charter mem
bers are urged to attend.
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