RANDOM RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
The chap who invented pills
was a very bright fellow, but
the man who put the sugar coat
ing on them was a genius.
• • •
The 5005th AFB Hospital at
E’mendorf has another veteran
patient from Wasilla. “Slim”
Dunlap was admitted on the
eighth. He hasn’t been feeling
well for some time. Hope they’re
able to diagnise his ailment and
help him. Phil Serrell has been
taking care of his dairy herd for
him.
“Slim” is home on the thirteen
th. Guess he feels better. Haven’t
talked to him, but will let you
know how things are when I see
him.
* * *
Education is not given for the
purpose of earning a living, it’s
learning what to do with a living
after you earn it.—
Abraham Lincoln
* • •
Disappointment crowned the
efforts of the Wasilla basketball
team over the past weekend, but
it was not of the hardwood and
hoop variety—nope—, the com
petition was with Jove’s elements
and Wasilla was forced to bow
to superior forces.
In an attempt to enter Valdez
vja Cordova Airlines, heavy
winds and severe turbulence forc
ed the aircraft’s return to the
Palmer airport, where gusty sur
face winds again preventing a
landing, forced an overnight stay
in Anchorage. Looks as if the
Valdez trip will have to be held
vi abeyance for this year.
* * *
On a Monday morning as the
%rain pulled out for the north, I
saw Erling Floe walking up the
isle inside the coaches. He was
heading for his homestead at Tal
vf/ keetna:'During the war, Erling
•- /■v was a military guard at Hurricane
Bridge. That place is everything
the name implies.
* * *
I heard why we’ll never have a
woman for president of the Unit
ed States. No woman would admit
being over thirty five.
* * *
A Big Time birthday party was
given by Johnny and Jean Polis
at the Wasilla Bar for Roy Morri
son. Foods and all were plenti
ful- everybody had a good time. !
Everybody remembers that he i
was there- but darned if I can
find anyone who remembers who
else was there.
* ♦ •
No two people are alike—and I
be‘h are glad of it.
* * *
Keep your ears open and your
eyes pee’ed for an announcement
of a forthcoming game of “Aw
Shucks” to be given by the Com
munity Club at their hall.
* * *
Les’see now—I’m looking at the
minutes of the last P.T.A. meet
ing and scanning it for items that
can be reported briefly. Another
food sale on February 27th; Pal
mer Health and Community Chest
have been closed. Suggested that
a building be incorporated into
plans for our new school which
will house the visiting nurse. Bus
and pupils insurance was discuss
ed -too, that the school take a
holiday during the two weeks
that the roads are not traversable
in the spring. All in all, a healthy,
progressive meeting.
June Nunley observes; “School
days are the happiest days of
your life—if your children are old
enough to go.”
» * * r
Ted Mommsen an his railroad
crew were out on the ice of Lake
Wasilla again putting up addi
tions to the snowfence. Hope it’s
not needed—but we still have
March winds ahead of us, don’t
we.
• • •
March winds came early and
the tracks were not drifted. “Hip
Hip”.
* * *
CIVIL DEFENSE— WASILLA
public meeting to be held on
March 4th (that’s a Thursday), at
the Community Hall. Ed Fortier,
the Divisional Director will be
there to head the meeting. Capt.
Cox, Liaison Officers to Civil De
fense, a representative from the
Forest Service and Rev. E. Imme,
Co-ordinator for the Greater Pal
mer District will be present to
answer all questions that may
arise pertaining to Civil Defense.
All attending are asked to bring
sanwiches, cake or rolls—the cof
fee will be scrounged someplace
else. The Wasilla District now
has 87 members, wjth some 100
application cards still outstand
ing.
The Wasilla District has been
asked to participate in the army
and air corps exercise North Star
that starts February 21st. We have
been asked to watch for and re
port plane movements—especially
flights or formations of the four
motored B29 and B36 class. The
procedure is to go to the nearest
phone and call A.C.S-, report
numoer of planes, high or low,
direction, district reporting and
time. THIS IS CLASSED AS AN
AIRCRAFT “FLASH” MES
SAGE. Everything stops for that.
* * *
Did you ever think you’d be in
a fight which you could never
win. That when you got your op
ponent down for the count of nine
—you had to let him up to regain
his breath and rest. That’s the
kind of fight Chuck Bergland
just returned from in Korea. He
was just recently released from
the hospital statqgide. He will be
making his home out the Swamp
Lake section with his brother
Jim.
* * *
Was told that the Alaska Road
Commission requested that ptar
migan and spruce hens be placed
on the predatory list because the
frustrated birds have been eating
the crushed rock on the Palmer
Wasilla road.
* * *
What all women want most in
a house is— a husband.
* * *
The last week was ooserved as
Boy Scout Week in honor of its
founding 44 years ago. To mark
the closing of the week, the Boy
Scouts’ Council in Anchorage held
a Rally. Guess there were sixteen '
troops that put on exhibitions of j
skill. Wasilla troop didn’t come i
in first—nor did they come in
last. Sorta held down the middle.
Pat Carter, Walt Teeland, “Swe- ■
de” Sorenson and I took Gil Hjel- '
len. Wally Teeland, Lawrence
Dryden, Tommy Take, Joey Ohn- !
sta, Skippy Coglin, Don Carter, (
Jimmy Byers, Bob Pennington,!
Fred Nunley, LeRoy Heaven and 1
Erling Nelson in for the event. We
also were led through a conduct
ed tour of radio station KENI.
The Anchorage police force was
very nice, too. They let us park
our cars in a one hour zone—
across from the school—and they
didn’t give us a ticket. We phon
ed them first—asking permission.
* • *
It's not letting the wife have
the last word that bothers hus
bands, it’s waiting for her to get
around to it.
A sarcastic tongue is always
dangerous—especially to the per
son who possesses it.
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every time you shut the
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MACS PLUMBING
Subcommittee Approves
Bartlett's Bill to
Extend APW Program
Subcommittee approval was
given this week to Delegate E. L.
Bartlett’s bill to extend the life
of the Alaska Public Works pro
gram for four years.
In taking the action, accord
ing to the Washington News-Let
ter of this week, the territories
subcommittee of the House Interi
or and Insular Affairs Committee,
voted to amend the bill so as to
bring the original law.> approved
on August 24, 1949, into confor
mity with actual practice. The
termination date of the present
law is set at June 30, 1955, and
Delegate Bartlett’s bill would ex
tend the expiration date until
June 30, 1959.
At the present time there are
some 54 unprocessed applications
for projects totalling appratxi
mately $34 million for which
money has not yet been appro
priated. Delegate Bartlett is seek
ing the four-year extension of the
program since it is readily appar
ent that the full authorized
amount of $7*> million will not be
made available through appro
priations by June 30, 1955. Gov
ernor Heintzelman appeared be
fore the subcommittee in behalf
of Delegate Bartlett’s bill.
LUTHERANS TO SERVE
HAM DINNER TONIGHT
A baked ham dinner will be
St. John’s Lutheran Church. Serv
ing will begin at 5:00 p.m. and
continue until 8:00 p.m. Those
who do not have tickets may pur
chase them at the door. Adults
will be $1.75; children 75 cents.
Members of the Ladies Aid who
are preparing and serving the
dinner have extended an invita
tion to the entire Valley to attend
—and bring the family.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
We can be glad we are not
troubled with one problem on sur
pluses that is appearing in the
States. That is, what to do with
those acres that are diverted from
crops under acreage restrictions.
Grain farmers in the States are on
a quota of about 60 percent of for
mer acreage. This applies if they
wish to participate in the price
support program. What to plant
on that land coming out of grain
is the question. The best use, from
a conservation standpoint, is to
seed it back to grass. The trouble
there is that dairy surpluses are
large. Cattle feeders also can’t
afford to feed out beef cattle be
cause of the low price of beef
and the high supported price of
feed grains. The net result is no
market for grass, hay or pasture.
The probable solution may be a
conservation payment for those
acres retired from cultivation.
We apparently had a potato
acreage surplus in Alaska last
season. We are fortunate in the
Valley though that the excess
acreage can go into forage pro
duction. That is one great advan
tage of a diversified agriculture.
Farmers in the Tanana Valley are
not so well off. With most of
them having no stock, it is raise
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GRASSER'S
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j spuds or quit farming.
Some diversification in farm
crops is a necessity to good con
servation farming. None of us
I can raise every crop we can grow
here, but most of us can diversify
some. We can rotate vegetable
cash crops with brome, grain and
hay. Now is the time of year to
start thinking about this spring’s
plantings. An inflexible rotation
system almost never works for
long, but a general plan of rotat
ing soil building grass crops with
cash crops is always good busi
ness. It is also good farming. Start
rotating.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Appointment Requirements
Changed in U. S. Army Reserve
Applicants for commissions in
I the U. S. Army Reserve as pro
fessional or technical personnel
will find greater latitude in meet
ing the appointment require
ments. Department of the Army'
announced this action this week
as an aid in attracting men to
the fields of Military Railway Ser
vice, Transportation, and others
where long on-the-job experience
cannot be supplanted by technical
or formal training.
Detailed information may be
‘had by writing the Senior Army
Advisor, Army Reserve, Hq.
: USARAL, Fort Richardson or call
TEmple 4112.
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