Bartlett Asks for
Alaskan Committee
For Land Disposal
Delegate Bartlett has suggest
ed to Secretary of the Interior
McKay that a committee of Al
askans be appointed by Gover
nor Heintjleman to assist the De
partment in carrying out the pro
visions of a bill now before the
President designed to dispose of
land in Alaska for recreational
and other public purposes.
The action was taken in an
ticipation of presidential appro
val of the bill which was sent
to the White House this week
liberalizing present law relating
to acquisition of land for recrea
tional purposes in the States and
in Alaska. At the present time,
so far as Alaska is concerned,
the Secretary of the Interior may
lease or sell to an incorporated
municipality only in Alaska 160
acres for recreational or park
purposes and 80 acres for ceme
tery purposes. The new measure
would permit only the Territory
and political subdivisions to pur
chase or lease land for any public
purpose but would permit non
profit organizations to rent or
buy land for recreational or other
public purposes.
“It is a curious fact,” the
Senate committee report stated,
“that there is no provision of law
under which any part of the pub
lic domain can be sold to a pri
vate nonprofit corporation or
association for any purpose no
matter how desirable. Yet in eer
parts of the country there is
very little land available for pur
chase other than public domain
land. That is particularly true in
me lerruory oi /viasKa wnere
9&.S percent of the total land
area is owned by the Federal
Government. As a result, the
Congress and its committees have
found it necessary each year to
consider and act upon numerous
private bills authorizing the sale
of a particular tract of land to
a particular nonprofit organiza
tion.”
me Secretary of the Interior is
given authority to classify lands
in Alaska for the purposes of the
bill, but the lands would be re
stored to the public domain if
mo application has been filed for
benefits of the law within 18 j
months after classification. The ;
bill does not apply to lands in j
national forests, national parks, j
national monuments, national I
wildlife refuges or to any Indian j
lands. No more than 640 acres i
may be conveyed to any one ap
plicant on any one calendar year
‘‘In suggesting an Alaska com
mittee to assist the officials of
the Interior Department,” Dele
gate Bartlett stated, “it is my
thought that among other bene
fits the administrative problems
might be eased if such a commit
tee could work as a liaison be
tween communities or nonprofit
organizations desiring acquisition
of land under the bill am<3 the In
terior Department.”
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4-H NEWS
Mixing Bowl Club
The second meeting of the year
was held at our leader’s home
May 23. We made plans for our
tour in Anchorage and then May
27 left for Anchorage at 8:00. At
the Anchorage Hotel we met our
guide from the Chamber of Com
merce, Mrs. Mantle who stayed
with us all day. We went through
several buildings of interest, in
cluding the post office and other
civic buildings. We were inter
viewed on Ruth Brigg’s radio pro
gram “Woman to Woman’’ at
10:00 and Audrey Davies’ televis
ion program “Hostess House’’ at
2:00. We got a bird’s eye view of
Anchorage from the very top of
the McKinley building. Just be
fore going home we went through
the new high school ar.d we felt
so lucky to be out of school while
they were still studying.
We plan to have a huge bake
sale at three places, Kosloskv’s,
Bert's Drug store, and the Trad
ing Post, all on Saturday, June
12 to raise enough money to
help nine girls who are eligible
to go to the 4-H Round-up at
Fairbanks. We are going to bake
at our leader’s home the evenings
of June 10 and 11. We would like
to give them $10 each so we hope j
to see everyone in Palmer buy J
something.
JANE STEPHAN, reporter
Butte Girls
Our meeting was called to or
der by our president. Rita Nelson
on June 3.
Our meeting was held at the
home of Connie and Jeannine
Thompson. Refreshments were
served by the two Thompson
girls.
We worked on our projects,
played games, sang songs, had
refreshments and then went
home.
JOYCE RJPPY, reporter
Sewer's Paradise
The newly formed Sewer’s
Paradise 4-H club met in the old
Extension office with their new
leader, Mrs. Harold Winegarner,
on Jpie 1. The club decided to
meet weekly on Wednesdays and
project books were distributed
by Mrs. Marvlou Rideout.
Officers were elected as fol
lows: Emmagene Reid, president;
Susie Ondola, vice-president;
Betty Schaefer, secretary; Shir
ley Justin, treasurer, Bridgie
Wright, reporter, and Karen Cot
BETTY SCHAEFER, secretary
Tractor-Maintenance Club !
Seven 4-H club members at- j
tended an organization meeting |
of the Tractor-Maintenance club i!
on June 2 in the Extension Ser- I
vice craft room. Jim Cottrell was
elected president.
Members of the new club will (
learn the care and operation of j
tractors under leadership of Cy
Fahnestock of the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Safety in the operation and
maintenance of tractors will be
demonstrated and discussed by
the club at the next meeting,
which will be held at the home
of John Boyd on the Little Susit
na road on Tues., June 15. This
will be an evening meeting and
! will begin at 7:30. All 4-H mem
■ bers and all boys and girls eligi
ble for membership are invited •
! to attend.
Other meetings of the club
; program are scheduled as follows:
f (1) Cleaning and Inspecting the
Tractor, Valve service. (2) Servic
ing the Tractor Electrical System.
(3) Periodic Servicing of Ther
mostat, Water Pump and Cooling
oysiein. r-enocuc servicing or
the Air-Cleaning Equipment. (5)
Fuel Conservation Practices. (6)
Lubrication of Transmission and
Final Drive. (7) Servicing and j
Adjusting the Steering Gear and •
Front Wheel Bering, and (8) Care
of Rubber Tires.
Other officers of the newly
formed club are John Boyd, vice
president and reporter, and Jack
Devlin, Secretary-treasurer.
Butte Boys
Our meeting was held June 6
at the Thompson residence. Our
next meeting will be held at
Dean Park’s home at 6:00. There
are 10 of us in the club, our dues
are 10 cents a week. !
Elden Sandvik is president;
Larry Thompson, vice-president;
Mark Sandvik, secretary, and
Dean Thompson, treasurer of our
club
Elden opened the meeting and
first week’s dues were collected.
A motion was made for a weiner
roast. Mark is going to put on a
demonstration on transplanting |
an onion. Meeting was adjourned.
! Mrs. Thompson served refresh
; mer.ts and we all went swim
ming. Our new leader this year
is Mr. Thompson.
JERRY GALLAGHER, reporter
The Beaters
Our club has had two meetings.
The following officers were elect
ed during the first meeting: Bar
bara Brewster, president; Sharon
Smith, vice-president; Elaine Pet
ka, treasurer; Muriel Hanks, song
leader, and Carol Berry, secre
tary-reporter.
Members participated in dem
onstrating measuring and making
muffins. There were two visitors,
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Buzby.
At the second meeting Patty
Berry and Barbara Brewster gave
a demonstration on gingerbread
which we scored and later ate as
refreshments. Three new mem
bers joined, making a total of 12.
Our next meeting will be at
Pinkham’s on June 15. A trea
sure hunt is planned for that
meeting.
CAROL BERRY, reporter
Mixing Bowl
The club was organized June
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ruff. Officers are: Marvel Doyle,
president: Virginia Crites, vice
president: Geraldine Ord, trea
surer; Charlotte Campbell, sec
retary, and Linda Cope, reporter.
There are ten members. Dues will
be 10 cents each meeting. Re
freshments were served and
games were played.
The Clover Club
The 4-H Clover club of Wasilla
had their second meeting of the
year at Mommsen’s. Election of
officers was held with the follow
ing being elected to fill the posts:
Allavne Nelson, president; Hel
en Carter, vice-president; Joan
Nunley, secretary-treasurer; Ter
rie Granger, club reporter, and
Linda Bergman, song and cheer
leader.
There are seven members up
to date and they decided to have
their first bake sale at Teeland’s
store Saturday, June 12. Members
will appreciate donations toward
the bake sale, as they are trying
to raise money to attend 4-H
camp in August.
LAURA MOMSEN, leader
Bob Burkholder and family re
turned to the Valley early this
week. They came back over the
Alaska highway.
jHOMEMAKERS CLUB
I NOTES j
Bulie Club
Members of the Butte Home
makers' club met at Butte Hall
on May 20, with 16 members and
; one guest present.
During the uuslness meeting
members voted to donate the
sum of S25 to the Valley Presby- j
terian Hospital for the purchase
of some needed item, or items.
Another $5.00 was voted to pur
chase a gift for a Butte-area girl
j who is ill.
The next regular meeting will
be held June 17 at Butte Hall.
Cheechako Club
The Cheechako Homemakers’
club will meet at the home of
Mrs. May Thompson, Monday
evening, June 14, with Mrs. Cloy
cine Driggars as hostess
Palmasilla Club
Mrs. Carl Mielke and Mrs.
Robert Mielke were co-hostesses
for the regular meeting of the
Palmasilla Homemakers’ club
June 8. After the business meet
ing Mrs. Charles Schaefer and
Mrs. James Cottrell gave an in
formative report on the methods
and techniques of upholstery
cleaning.
Our July meeting is our annual
picnic for members and their
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the home of Mrs. Martin Olsen.
Glacier View Club
The Glacier View Homemakers'
club held its regular meeting May
25 at the home of Jessie Clem.
Following luncheon the regular
business meeting was held. Mary
lou Rideout gave a demonstra
tion on how to take care of our
electrical appliances.
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at the home of Evelyn Sharp
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