SPORTSMEN ASK UNION
WITH RIFLE CLUB
Affiliation with the National
Rifle Association as a Class A
club was decided upon at Wed
nesday’s membership meeting of
the Matanuska Valley Sports
men. It was explained that this
affiliation will organize a type
of club within a club—all mem
bers who are interested in rifle
or pistol shooting may take ad
vantage of the NRA membership,
while other Sportsmen’s mem
bers lose nothing by the affilia
tion.
A commitee of four was ap
pointed to conclude arrange
ments for the affiliation with all
possible speed. Those named
to this committee included Dan
Fleming, Ralph Goodrich, Ken
Westenbarger and Claude Car
roll.
It was reported that the board
of directors of the Matanuska
Valley Fair Association had ap
proved a requet for the location
of trap shooting on the fair
grounds. A definite location
within the fair acreage will be
decided upon in the near future.
Sportsmen president F. R. Sims
named a second commitee to con
duct negotiations with the fair
board. Its members included
Walter Cooper, John Bush and
Dick Hannon.
L. C. Stock was named pub
licity chairman for the Sports
men and authorized to release all
club news. Grant Kenser was
Homemakers Hear
’48 Fair Plans
Last week’s meeting of the
Homemaker’s Council, which was
attended by both L. T. Oldroyd,
director of Extension Service,
and Miss Marilyn Johnson, home
demonstration agent, was devot
ed principally to a discussion of
this year's Matanuska Valley
fair and the part the Homemak
ers’ clubs will play in that fair.
Parker Lester discussed fair:
plans with the Council and re-1
quested, in the name of the fair’s 1
board of directors, that a com- i
mittee be named to help with the >
revision of the premium book. |
Council members appointed to
this committee included:
Mrs. Clyde King, Sr., Mrs. Don ■
Irwin, Mrs. Virgil Eckert and i
Mrs. Bill Curtis.
Following the business portion
of the meeting Mr. Oldroyd talk
ed to the Council about garden
ing and Miss Johnson addressed
them on the subject of 4-H work.
Miss Johnson also showed slides
designed to asist the Homemak
ers in their home beautification
project, which has been under
taken in cooperation with the
Northland Pioneer Grange.
Council members voted to sup
port the bond drive of the Valley
Hospital Association. One hos
pital bond was purchased in the
name of the Homemakers’ Coun
cil.
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WANTED
General
Maintenance Man
Clerks
Maids
FOR MATANUSKA HOTEL
AT PALMER
Experienced Help Only
Wriie
Harry Peebles,
Box 796, Anchorage
named chairman of the refresh
ment committee for the club’s
May meeting.
At the close of the business
meeting Holger Larson of the
Anchorage office of the Fish and
Wildlife Service addressed the
group briefly on conservation.
He pointed out that conserva
tion was not a problem of the
FWS, but was the responsibility
of every interested Alaskan.
‘ The game doesn’t belong to
us, as some of you seem to think,”
he said. “It belongs to you and
it’s up to you to help us take
care of it. Contrary to what
most people think, there is less
game in the territory of Alaska
than anywhere in the United
States. But there’s plenty here
if it is controlled and managed
properly.”
The FWS official called for
proper education of younger
hunters and of those new to the
territory. He said club members
could best co-operate with the
service by talking with the of
fender when minor violations are
observed, and attempting to in
terest the law-breaker in proper
conservation methods.
Mr. Larsen concluded the
evening by showing four reels
of wild life movies, one of them
dealing with the rare sea otter.
This movie, taken in the region
of Shemya on the Chain, took
17 days to film.
HEALTH COUNCIL MEETS
The Valley Health Council
will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the Health Center
next Thursday evening, Mrs
Clyde King, Council president,
announced this week.
FAIR BOARD TO MEET
The board of directors of the
Valley Fair Association will
meet in special session in the
Extension office this Tuesday,
board president Parker Lester
announced.
There’s a new face behind the
broom that cleans the classrooms
of Palmer school this week. Le
roy Hamann, who has been jani
tor there, resigned last week to
take a job at Jonesville. He has
been replaced by William Gorm
ley.
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VALLEY FRONTTF.RRMAN
A Few Words
To The Wise . . .
(Sponsored by the Valley Minis
, tsrial Association)
BY RAY CATHER
As we come to the close of
the day with the hours of the
night approaching and we sit in
an old armchair, relaxed and
resting after the toil, let us live
again the moments and hours we
have just passed through. As we
think back, let us ask ourselves
this most important question:
“Have I helped someone today?”
The hours in the office dragged
slowly. The weather outside was
so nice—so many fish in the
lakes that are yet to be caught,
so many games not yet played.
People came and went. Business
was brief and to the point. Per
haps I was a bit impatient at
times? “Have I helped someone
today?”
The businessman’s day was
busy. Customers were many,
sales were large. The cash re
ceipts at the end of the day show
a handsome profit. “Have I help
ed someone today?”
The teacher in school had
trials, no doubt. The children
were noisy. Some were disobedi
ent, others are behind in their
classes. It’s ’Teacher, what’s
this?’ and ‘Teacher, how do you
do that?’ How much they de
pend on teacher. “Have I helped
someone today?”
The mother’s cares are many.
Meals to cook, socks to mend,
noses to wipe and floors to scrub.
‘Mamma, what makes the flowers
bloom’ — ‘how do bees make
honey?’ Such simple questions
and yet the answer means so
much to the little one. Mother,
as you think back, “Have I help
ed someone today?”
Even the pastor has trials un
told. His flock must be cared
for and new ones brought into
the fold. As he rests at the end
of his day, his thoughts retrace:
The man he saw in the gutter;
the one discouraged; the sick;
the needy. How can they be
helped?
What can be done to better
civic life? To encourage young
people and lead them to God?
We need a new organ. The fuel
bill is due and we must make
repairs to the building, but—
“Have I helped someone to
day?”
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ATTORNEY EXPLAINS
LAND FILING LAW
Another penalty charge for
failure to file a declaration of
ownership of land will fall due
soon, attorney Herman H. Ross
warned Valley residents this
week. Mr. Ross explained that
an act of the territorial legisla
ture in 1945 requires that every
person, who owns any land or
any interest in land lying outside
the limits of an incorporated
city, must file with the U. S.
Land Office a declaration of
ownership.
The law became effective on
June 21, 1945, and required that
all such declarations be filed
before June 30, 1946. Owners!
who fail to make such declara
tion are penalized $5 each year
for their failure to file. Interest
at the rate of 6 percent is as
sessed from January 1.
The penalty becomes a lien 1
on the land, Mr. Ross said. If
that penalty is not paid after
four years, the territory of Alas
ka has the power to foreclose
the lien and take possession of
the land. However the attorney
general is required to file a de
linquent penalty list at the end
of the four years, and a land
owner is granted an additional
60 days within which to redeem
his land.
Any person claiming any in
terest in the land may pay the
penalty in order to protect his
interest. Those who retain in
terest in the land, but who do
not have full ownership, also
may file a complaint in district
court 20 days after the end of the
60-day period of redemption.
Once the lien has been fore
closed by the territory, the land
is permanently lost to its owner.
There is no charge for filing
the declaration of ownership re
r
quired by law. Forms, which
must be filed in duplicate, may
be secured from the U. S. Land
Office located in the Federal
Bldg., in Anchorage. These com
pleted forms may be filed by
mail.
One declaration is all that is
required, if the land remains the
property of the same person.
But if the land is sold, the new
owner must file a declaration
between Jan. 1 and Dec. 1 of the
year of purchase. A declaration
of ownership must be filed for
each parcel of property owned,
which is located outside an in
corporated city.
Church Voters Meet
The voting members of the con
gregation of St. John’s Luthef-an
ihurch will meet at the parson
age next Friday evening at 8
a’clock, pastor Walter L. Zeile
announced this week. This meet
ing, previously scheduled for last
Wednesday, was postponed be
cause of a conflict with other
neetings.
SUPERVISOR VISITS ▼
Miss Florence Eby, super
visor of public health nursing in
this district, was a Valley visitor
last weekend. She was a guest
at Saturday evening’s Bingo and
box social entertainment spon
sored by the Valley Health
Council.
Carpenter’s Union
Local 2251
meets
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. Neal Wright Bldg.
!
J. VIC BROWN & SONS
“The Live Jewelers”
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Across from City Hall Anchorage
Drop in and See Us
at the
Alpine Inn
At Sutton
Mile 61 Glenn Highway
Cabins, meals, oockiail bar, liquer store for your coarenlenee.
A cosy place with a friendly atmosphere.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gulbranson, Managers
Remember, the Alpine Inn—1 miles from JonesTtUe.
OPEN 24 HOURS
For Reservations
Call Long Distance
Theatre —Mon., We<L. FrL. 1p.m.