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“MATANUSKA MAID”
PRODUCTS
Vol. II No.2
PALM ER, AI vKSA, NOVEMBER 5, 1636
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Last minute news just
as we go to press comes
from Washington that the
Alaska Railroad will resume
weekly service on the main line
and ran three trains a week to
Palmer. No further details are
available at present.
I he above order will not. in all
probability, affect the cutting of
tue local station force, according
to “Slim” Johnson.
Flii-ST GUILD PLAY
IS MARKED SUCCESS
The Matanu^ka Theatre Guild!
is to be.congratulated Up*>n the
success of their first produc
tion, “Say It With Flowers,”
which was enthusiastically re
ceive! by a capacity house.
Tin re was an entire absence
of that most common fault of
home talent plays, that of over
acting. Every part was played
with sincerity and an under
i standing of the character pqr
irayed.' Miss Pearl Williams as J
Ethel Jenks, the maid, was ex-j
ceptionally good in her Zasu!
Pitts comedy role.
The east included Leonard
iyger as Frank Page, Fay Stpd
uard as Mrs. Page, Lee Thoma
as the elder daughter and Fran
Nichols as the younger daugh- [
ier. Janet Borges Was Minerva !
c ooper (Deaf Aunt Min) and j
Robert Abernathy was Anthony I
. fay lie, the young artist Gene j
‘Sturdy played the part of Jack j
Merrill, an insurance salesman*
while Elmer Sehakel was Albert!
v astle, a banker, with Jane
Mills as his wife. Morris Akre
was a Bible selling stronger who j
dropped in at the opportune
. time, and the insurance-minded
, maid was played by Pearl Wil-j
iiams.
Directors of the play were]
Peggy. Pimperton and Lorinda j
Ward.;.Business managers were.
< A. Nichols and Lois Spencer;;
< "itage managers, Harry Telderj
\ |uid Harry Wolfe; properties,
? Alice Mikami; costumes and
Juake-up, Sally Barnhill and
Vivian Stoddard; advertising,
Walter Petri; photographer,
Gene Sturdy; and ushers, Vivi
an Stoddard, Alice O’Neill, Do
j.js Hermon, Innabelle Irwin,
Alary Lake and Virginia Broo
stfom.
During the first intermission
Deris Hermon and Mary Lake
entertained with a duo tap
dance, and after the second act
Six More Off The
•Monthly Budget
Six more colonists went oft the
budget on the first of November,
making a total of nine to declare
themselves independent of the
regular bingle issue
Those who have voluntarily
gone on their own to this degree
are: Chris Anderson, Marion
Poore, Car! Meier, Harry Sears,
Victor Johnson and Lawerence
Ubert. All are confident that
they can get along without this
monthly indebtedness piling up
i against them.
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Budget Allowauce
Cat 15 Per Cent
But few complaints have been
received on the 15 per cent slash
4hat hit the bingle allowance on
the first of the month.
Some of the housewives who
have been interviewed say that
they will be able to get along
nicely anyway and point with
pride to the root crops stored
away and to the closet shelves
stocked with jams, jellies and
preserves of native fruit, and to
the home canned vegetables and
salmon. Some even have kegs of
sourkraut and salted fish.
An order of interest which'
went ino effect the first of the |
month reads: There will be no ;
furl her maintenance work on
credit. All plumbing, well pump
and other maintenance will be
done.on a strictly cash basis.
A memorandum from Mr.
Sheely’s office on November 3rd
states that due to a drastic
curtailment of funds there will
be no more material or labor
available for remodling work or
building additions to existing
structures. All such work in the
future will be paid for in cash.
Milk prices, approved by the
corporation, will be 18 cents per
quart and 60 cents per gallon.
The new price will go into ef
fect November 10th.
there was some real Harmony
by the Country Boys’ Quartet,
composed of Walter Huntley,
Claire Nielrols, Leonard Capps
and John Hoekzema.
Irwin Still Close
To Farm Activities
Though lion I ruin is not di
rectly connected with the coloni
zation project which he nursed
through the troublesome period
j of infancy, he is si ill vitally in
j terested in it, and is now more
| or less in the position of a doctor
ready to prescribe for any agri
cultural ills it may develop.
As superintendent of the
Matanuska Experiment Farm,
Mr. Irwin’s advice in matters of
fertilization, crop rotation,
I proper stock feed, etc., is of inn
I measurable value to farmers wh6
j cannot afford the experiments
• conducted by the government,
j Figures on what growth may
i be expected in live slock through
i the different seasons are of in
j terest. Mr. Irwin has made the
; following observations.
I A bull calf born on Dec. 14th
; weighed 78 pounds at birth, and
for 228 days made an average :
gain of 1.5 pounds per day. An
other calf, born March 20th,
weighed 73 pounds at birth but
gained at the rate of 2.05 pounds
-per day.
Tests with bees have been
most interesting. Four stands of
package bees, two of Banded It-!
alian, and one Caucasian were ,
purchased from the outside and
sent in by parcel post. One hive
produced 114 pounds of honey,
the others 110, 95 and 85 pounds
Left on the scales it was found
that they put up as much as 11
pounds per day, mostly from
clover and fireweed blossoms,
it was also found that on rainy
days when the bees didn’t work
they ate up a pound flr so.
Mr. Irwin suggests that if you
are going to keep bees don’t cut
down all the pussy willows on
your pldee. It is from this pollen
(Continued on page 8)
ROY TIPTON GETS
. CARNEGIE AWARD
Roy (Slick) Tipton has been
informed that he will receive a
medal and $25 a month for the
rest of his life as a Carnegie
Hero award. Slick lost parts of
both feet and partial use of one
arm by freezing while trying to
save the life of a companion dur
ing a blizzard on Valdez glacier ;
a year ago last winter.
Program Plans Made
For Armistice Day
An Armistice Day program
to take place at the Community
Hall on November 11th at 11 a.
m. is to be suppervised by the
American Legion and Auxiliary.
Sid Raynor, Department Com
mandor of the Legion, will be the
principal speaker.
At 12 noon a banquet will be
served to ex-service men and
their wives, with the Boy stouts
and Girl scouts of the valley as
guests of honor. Toasts will be
given by the boys and girls, and
Legion and Auxiliary members
i make short addresses. There
; will also be a ceremony at which
j officers of these two groups will
I L e installed.
B. J. Birigle, chairman of the
i committee, announces that
| tickets are on sale and asks that
! you get yours now so that acme
idea can be gained of the number
to be served.
Wasilla Cut For
Basketball Honors
Wasilla has organized a b§ys
High School Indepencent basket
ball team with Chet Liebing «;as
coach and a High School gills
team coached by Miss Irene
Prizer. Write Heinie Snider at
Wasilla for engagements. They
are open for any and all competj
ion.
O'Neill Relative
Dies Suddenly
A wire received by Mrs. Harry,
O’Neill yesterday delivered the.
sad news that her father, Phillip
J. Leahy, had passed away sud
denly in Los Angeles. Mr. Leahy;
78 years of age, is the grand-’
father of Phillip and Alice
O’Neill, corporation employees,
and the father of three surviving
sons all of whom are connected
with the moving picture industry
in Hollywood.
The wire also contained that
the burial would be in Seattle
where his wife, who passed away
some years ago, is interred.
A Requiem Mass at the request
of the O’Neill family was cele
brated in one of the school rooms
Thursday morning. F ther
Merrill Sutzman officiated.