Home Demonstration
News and Notes
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By Marylou Rideout
No matter if March came in like
a lion or a lamb, it is time for yoi
to march over to your calendai
and mark two important date:
of events you won’t want to miss
ns are made for, you to heai
and see Newer Ideas In Build
ing, presented by Ivan Brantor
and C. R. Fahnestock, Extensior
Housing Specialists, Grange Hall
March 29, 8 p m. Last Octobei
when the Homemaker’s made uf
their year’s program, they wished
a unit on house construction
Even though you are not building
from ground up, there will be
ideas for you who are remodeling
and those who are just planning
and not sure what is best to do
An evening meeting is planned
so both men ar-d women can at
tend. Husbands can hear from ex
perts and see from slides how the
wife’s building wishes can be sat
isfied. All subject matter pre
sented will be truly Alaskan.
There is to be a film too.
How often have you wished you
had gotten an order for needed
supplies sent earlier? The time
arrived, but supplies are some
where, via train, boat, truck or
airship. So now is the time for
you to order needed supplies for
your piece of furniture which
you are going to reupholster or
renovate at our Furniture Work
shop the last two weeks in April
■-'t the Grange Hall. An opportun
ity for you to get that piece
"fixed-up” like new. No charge
except a nominal fee to pay, for
tights and heat. Sign-up now at
the Extension Service office. If
you rue not sure what your piece
will require, the Home Agent will
<be glad to help you, or there are
•bulletins for yo»r help.
WOMEN OF MOOSE
COLLECTING COUPONS
#OR BASEBALL LEAGUES
Women of the Moose are col
lecting cash redeemable coupons
from Gold Medal flour, it was
announced this week.
The money that is raised from
this project will be turned over
to the committees for Little Lea
gue programs in the Valley.
Ahyone who is not saving the
coupons for some other cause is
asked to please turn them back
to their grocer. All grocers in
the Valley are cooperating with
the WOM in their project, by
saving the coupons as they are
turned back.
PLANNING SECOND
CARD PARTY NIGHT
Following the success of the
•first card party held February 22
«n St. Michael’s Church base
ment, members of the parish have
decided to hold another one on
Monday evening, March 8, begin
ning at 8 p.m. The success of
this Monday night party will de
termine whether a series of par
ties. will be held. The public, is
invited to attend.
Because of the party, the Al
tar and Rosary Society meeting
scheduled to be held that even
ing has been postponed until
March 15. - f.'.- >.«. •
PALMER BAKING GO.
i r Victory Bible Camp
: Sees Record Season
Plans for the largest camp an
ticipated in the eight years of op
eration were made by board
members of the Victory Bible
Conference Grounds, Inc. at a
dinner meeting held in Anchor
age last week.
Following the dinner, board
members discussed plans for in
creased building operations at
Victory Bible camp, power gen
eration to meet the demands of
refrigeration and electrical units,
and expansion in every field of
operation for the camp. Other
items will include larger dock
facilities, caterpillar work in
clearing for building sites, and
more recreation area.
Chairmen were appointed and
include the following: Marvin
Webber, Anchorage, area plan
ning: Walter Phillips, Palmer,
power generation: Kenneth
Hughes, Palmer and Dan Par
menter, Anchorage, building and
construction work; Sherman
Roth, camp assistant, recreation.
In view of the past seven years
of camping, the board anticipates
over 700 campers for the 1954
season. Twenty potential coun
selors are now being lined up for
; this season. The following dates
I and age gi'oups have been estab
lished: June 7-12, primary camp:
June 14-19, junior girls camp;
June 21-26, junior boys camp;
June 28-July 3, ”Sky Pilots”
camp; July 12-17, junior high
camp; July 19-24, eighth annual
missionary and family Bible con
ference, and August 2-7, high
school camp. Dr. John G. Mit
chell, popular Portland, Oregon
speaker, and nationally known
conference man, will return again
this year to speak at the mission
ary conference in July.
The proposed spring banquet
for Victory Bible Conference
Grounds has been tentatively set
for the month of April at which
time the public will be invited to
attend and hear more concerning
the history of the camp; projected
plans for the coming season, and
to see an unusual color film of
weeks of activity at Victory Bible
Conference Grounds.
Among those attending the An
chorage dinner meeting were:
Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Hughes
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Phillips
of Palmer.
WASILLA MAN INJURED
IN FALL FROM SILO
R. S. Davis, 42, of Star Route,
Vasilla is hospitalized in the 5005th
Air Force Hospital in Anchorage
following an accident at his farm
on March 2. Davis received mul
tiple fractures early Tuesday
afternoon when he fell from a
silo to the ground. He received
emergency treatment at the Val
ley Hospital from Dr. Bernard
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_ 4-H HEWS_
National 4-H Week is March
6—14. Even though our week is
observed later, it isn’t too early
for every boy and girl between
the ages of 10-21 to be thinking
of a worthwhile agricultural or
homemaking project which he
would like to do this year. 4-H’ers
“learn to do by doing”. To begin
our 4-H year, we have the fol
lowing letter, just received:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
February 10, 1954
‘To the 4-H Clubs”
My warm greetings go to the
more than two million young
people who are observing Na
tional 4-H Club Week, beginning
March 6. I am delighted to learn
that your national theme for
1954 is “Working Together for
World Understanding.”
Working together ha's long
been an important feature of 4-H
Club work. As you learn new
skills, as you test new ideas, and
as you find better ways of apply
ing science to agriculture and to
home economics, you are shar
ing exciting and valuable experi
ences. Through these experiences
you are nurturing, I am sure, not
only a spirit of cooperation but
also a mature comprehension of
American agricultural problems
and of the help which markets
abroad can provide in meeting
those problems. Such a spirit, and
such comprehension will surely
result in your contributing to the
cause of international amity.
To all of you, I send my very
best wishes for another year of
stimulating, enjoyable work in
the 4-H Clubs of America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
TO BE OBSERVED MAR. 5
Friday, March 5, is the World
Day of Prayer in most of the
Protestant Churches across the
world. Here in Palmer a special
service will be held in the United
Protestant Church at 8 p.m. on
Friday evening. The service will
be held in conjunction with the
meeting of the Yukon Presbytery
which is meeting a the United
Protestant Church.
Speaker for the evening ser
vice will be Miss Elsie Penfield
of New York. Visiting and local
ministeres will take part in the
service.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all persons in the commun
ity to this public service.
Seidenberg and was later trans
ferred to the Air Force Hospital.
EVER SEE DIRT UNDER
A MICROSCOPE?
Dirt actually cuts into the
fabric of your clothing and
makes it wear faster. Reg
ular and expert dry cleans
ing will remove dirt par
ticles and keep your gar
ments in shape for longer
wear. Let us handle your
dry cleaning needs.
BROWN’S SHOP
Alaska's Future Golden m
And Bright, Bartlett
Tells Aeronautics Board
Alaska delegate in Congress !
Robert Bartlett told an examining j
committee of the Civil Aeronau- !
tics Board that “Alaska’s future \
is golden and bright”, in contrast
to recently submitted statements ;
to the contrary, Nelson David, Al
aska Airlines president announc
ed Friday. The hearings are being
held by the CAB to determine
future action as to expansion of
air service.
The former Secretary of Alaska .
and congressional delegate since
1945 told the examining board
that as a fifty-year resident and !
public worker in the Territory he
felt thoroughly qualified to speak !
of Alaska’s past and future. As
to air transportation, he said:
“I am for the expansion of ser- !
vice wherever and whenever
needed in Alaska, when the pay
ment of subsidies by the Federal
Government can be adequately
justified as. part of the develop
ment program for this frontier
land, and which revenues will ac
crue to the Federal Government j
through the growth of our avia
tion industry and through its
maintenance in a healthy finan
cial state”.
David said Bartlett quoted fig- j
ures of bank deposits, facts from ;
telephone surveys, business fore
casts to support his claims for
Alaska’s future, and stated that
even though construction of mil
itary bases was curtailed, their
maintenance by service and civil
personnel would be a “vast prop
to Alaskan economy”. In addition,
he said, there was great future
wealth in fishing, gold, pulp and
plywood. Bartlett further cited
a House Document in which an
estimate was given that Alaskan ■
rivers could produce more than ;
50 billion kilowatt hours of en- -
ergy a year.
BAKE SALE SET FOR ;
SATURDAY. MARCH 6
Members of St. Michael’s Altar '
and Rosary Society will hold their >
monthly bake sale this coming ^
Saturday in Bert’s Drug Store >
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public 3
is invited to shop for home made j j
pastries, rolls, and breads. g
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