Wasilla Club
Dance to Benefit
Building Fund
The Wasilla Community Club
is holding a dance Saturday night,
March 21 for two reasons.
One, so all the good Irish can
celebrate St. Patrick’s and to add
to the club’s building-repair fund.
Proceeds from the dance will help
pay for the central heating plant
being installed by Withey’s
Plumbing and Heating Company,
members of the dance committee
announced this week. Club mem
bers have offred their thanks to
everyone who has helped make
the installation possible by their
attendance at the social activities
sponsored by the club.
At midnight a door prize of a
ham will be given to the lucky
ticket holder whose number is
drawn. Refreshments will be sold
at the hall and Schaefer’s orches
tra will play for dancing from
10 p.m. to 2 a.m. “For a good
time, come to Wasilla,” they urge.
BETTY RICE NEW
SORORITY PRESIDENT
Mrs. Betty Rice was elected
president of Theta Chapter Beta
Sigma Phi at the regular meeting
held March 16. Other officers
elected were: Betty Adams, vice
president; Frances Hurlbert, re
cording secretary; Mary Estep,
corresponding secretary and
Clara Buzby, treasurer. Installa
tion of officers will take place
at a future meeting.
Plan Party
The sorority is making plans
for a “backward party” to be
held March 30. Rushees will be
invited to attend the party plan
ned for 8 p.m. Pot-luck refresh
ments will be served during the
evening.
RETURNS FROM WINTER
IN CALIFORNIA
Glenn Eagon of Eagon Con
struction Company returned to
the Valley this week following
three months in California. Eag
on has reported his shop at Mile
4612 and announced he is now
handling Insulbestos, a new in
sulation product for the Valley.
Coming to Palmer with him
Carpenters, Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
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ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
CLOSURE IN EFFECT
ON LOCAL STREAMS
Several lakes and streams in
the Matanuska Valley were or
dered closed by the Fish and
Wildlife to allow for the spawn
ing season of various varieties of
game fish, effective this past
Sunday, March 15.
The following local areas are
closed: The entire drainage of
Cottonwood creek, including Cot
tonwood lake and Wasilla lake.
The entire drainage of Fish
creek which includes Big Lake
and Lucille Lake.
The entire drainage of Fire
creek and Wolverine creek, and
Nancy lake and its outlets to a
point one mile below the lake.
was William Murray who plans
to do mechanical work. Eagon re
ported the temperature at 42 be
low zero when they came through
Whitehorse and that they had
met several Palmerites in that
Canadian city, among them Mr.
and Mrs. John Colberg who were
on their way Stateside.
THE FRONTIERSMAN
CLASSIFIED'S GET RESULTS
RECOMMENDED FOOD
CACHE FOR
HOMEMAKERS
A compiled list of food items to
us as an emergency cache has
been prepared by the Extension
Service here in Palmer. The
cache would provide rations for
two persons for 10 days and the
office suggested that each family
have such rations on hand.
Flour, whole wheat or enriched
preferred, 8 1/3 lbs; oatmeal, yel
low corn meal or brown rice, 5
lbs.; dried milk, 3 1/3 lbs.; dried
yeast, 1/6 lbs.; beans and split
peas, 3 1/3 lbs.; peanut butter, 1
2/3 lbs.; salt, 2/3 lbs.
Baking powder. 2/3 lb.; sugar,
3 1/3 lbs.; dried fruits, 3 1/3 lbs.;
bacon, 3 1/3 lbs.; butter 1 1/3 lbs.
Lard, 1 lb.; tea, 1/3 lb.; salmon,
2 cans; tomato juce or grapefruit,
1/6 case.
Dried eggs, 6 oz.; sweet choco
late, 4 pkgs.: dried vegetables
(optional 2/3 lb.
If there is a warm storage, add
33 1/3 lbs. local potatoes, and
other canned goods. Freezing does
not hurt canned goods except
milk, which cannot be frozen and
thawed more than once.
The above list provides 2,000
calories a day. If cached in your
home, use it but keep it replen
ished.
Legion Plans
Birthday Party
The American Legion’s 34th
anniversary of its birth, March
15 to 17, 1953, will be observed
with a gay party by the local
post. It will be held at Carpen
ters’ Hall tonight, March 19.
The local event will be part
of a chain of post celebrations
from coast to coast during the
birthday week. The American
Legion has 17,250 community
posts, most of which, like the
local post, have made elaborate
plans for noting the organization’s
birth anniversary.
The American Legion, accord
ing to Commander Richard Dem
ming of the Matanuska Valley
Post No. 15, was born at a cau
cus of representatives of the first
AEF units in Paris, France,
March 15 to 17, 1919. The organ
ization was completed at a United
States caucus held in St. Louis,
Mo., May 8 to 10, 1919. The first
national convention was held in
Minneapolis, Minn., November 10
to 12, 1919.
Since then, the American Le
gion has grown into a three-war
organization with 17,250 posts.
HEW BABIES
Estelle
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Estelle,
local farmers are receiving con
gratulations on the birth of a son,
Donald Ralph. The new baby was
born at Valley Hospital March 13
and weighed eight pounds four
teen ounces. The Estelles make
their home on Bailey Hill.
Lee
The Chris Lees are parents of
their fourth child a son born at
Valley Hospital on St. Patrick's
Day March 17. He has been nam
ed Merrida Douglas and weighed
five pounds ten ounces. Mr. Lee
is employed by the Evans-Jones
Mine.
LundMn
A son Bruce Edward was born
March 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Jo
Lundeen at Valley Hospital. He
has been named Bruce Edward
and weighed nine pounds at birth.
Mr. Lundeen is employed by Pal
mer Constructors.
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"UNITIZED CARGO" IS ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S 1
NEW DEVELOPMENT IN IMPROVED FREIGHT HANDLING I
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1. LOADING CARGO CONTAINERS at Pier 42 in Seattle shows one method of "unitizing"
cargo in Alaska Steamship Company's new operation. Containers are constructed of corrugated
iron and wood and have capacity of 144 cubic feet. Practicability of containers, which were
designed by company engineers, has been proven by limited usage during past three years.
2* CARGO UNITS ARE MOVED by fork lift trucks to permit faster handling. Here a lift
truck stacks pallet cribs for loading aboard ship. Cribs are standard pallets with demountable
sides which hold loose articles securely and also permit stacking. Flat pallets are used for
unitizing cargo of uniform size and shape.
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3. CARGO CONTAINER SWINGS ABOARD into hold of Alaska Line's MV SUSITNA, first
ship in the company fleet to be converted to fully mechanized operation. Unitized cargo service
U limited at present to vessel's bi-weekly sailings to Southeastern Alaska. Additional containers
are being built for purpose of extending operation to other areas when possible. MV SUSITNA
was selected for early experiments which proved effectiveness of new program and set pattern
for future development.
4. CONCRETE FLOOR HAS BEEN POURED in hold of MV SUSITNA to provide for easy
movement of fork lift trucks. Similar paving jobs are planned for seven other vessels of Alaska
Line fleet. Containers and pallet units ore stowed solid throughout holds of ship for efficient
utilization of space. Unitized cargo plan is aimed at offsetting steadily rising operating costs.
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