Sportsmen Leave
Just Bare Bones
The picked bones of Alaskan
fish, game and wild fowl were all
that remained of 150 separate en
trees when 235 Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen and their guests left the
dinner table last Saturday night.
Alaskan dishes, which ranged
from moose roast to octopus, were
featured on the menu of the sec
ond annual game dinner of the
Sportsmen. To the uninitiated,
some of the rarer dishes bore a
strange resemblance to more fam
iliar foods—for instance, there are
those who could swear that the
octopus served Saturday had a
salmon hiding somewhere on its
family tree.
The roast red squirrel was ad
mired by many, but only the brave
dared disturb its delicate perfec
tion. displayed on a single lettuce
leaf, to venture a taste.
All in all. Sportsmen consider
the evening a fitting successor to
last year's initial dinner, when
150 diners overflowed the school
lunchroom. This year's crowd of
members and guests so completely
filled the Gymnasium that Sports
men board members are beginning
to wonder if they won’t be forced
to resort to an outdoor barbecue
next year.
ARC, Residents Meet
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for future action. He pointed out
that the hearing was fact-finding
in nature, with all testimony a
matter of record to be sent to the
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Department Officers
Install Legion,
Auxiliary Heads
Perry McLain, department com
mander of The American Legion.
Mrs. Ethel Lindley. department ad
jutant, and Mrs. Niema Ellis, de
partment executive committeewo
man of the Legion Auxiliary, acted
as the installing team at last week's
joint installation of officers of Pal
mer's American Legion and Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary. The three
came from Anchorage to be pres
ent for the installation ceremonies.
Juneau headquarters office of the
Alaska Road Commission. Final
decision on all problems will be
made in that office.
One man asked if Road Com
mission equipment could be bor
rowed. in the event that funds did
not permit proper maintenance
work. Mr. Niemi said that ARC
machines would “never be loaned
nor operated by anyone except
qualified personnel.”
The district engineer empha
sized that there would be a heavy
responsibility in keeping even the
school bus routes open this year.
At present those routes stretch
from the contractor’s camp at
Mile 66 to Goat Creek and from
Knik to Wasilla.
The winter maintenance prob
lem will not be finally whipped
until needed snow fencing is com
plete, Mr. Niemi commented. It
had been planned to begin the
work this summer, but funds did
not permit. He estimated that there
is at least 25 miles of snow fencing
needed in the Valley. Cost of such
a project was reported extremely
high.
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j J NURSE SAYS “THANK YOU’V
jk Miss Marjorie Myren, public^
^health nurse, this week ex->'
^pressed her appreciation to Val-^
^ley residents for the whole-^;
^hearted response made to a re-^
j^cent appeal for shoes for a^
j'l needy family of children. She-'1'
^expressed particular gratitude'i
y^to the Alaska Road Commis-^
j l sion workers stationed at Sut-M
>^ton and to the employes of the^
j l District Land Office. Both^
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Valley Hospital Now
Has Blue Cross Plans
The Valley Hospital is now par
ticipating in the Blue Cross hospi
tal insurance plan, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. Neil
Miller, publicity chairman for the
hospital.
There is already one group in
the Valley, the employes of the
Matanuska Valley Co-operating As
sociation, which is organized for
hospitalization under the Blue
Cross plan. Other groups have ex
pressed interest and are expected
to enroll in the near future.
Another plan, which will make
Blue Cross hospitalization avail
able to individuals, is being work
ed out now, Mrs. Miller said. Here
tofore only groups have been able
to participate in the Blue Cross
plan.
Spud Harvest
Tops Expectations
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certified seed growers number only
five. That number may be further
reduced by spring, he warned, for
ring rot becomes evident in stor
age. About 10 fields were con
demned following this fall’s in
spection .
Farmers now okayed for the sale
of certified seed include Henry
Kircher-Walter Mencke, Lucius
Ross, Kenneth Wallace, Rex Kib
bee, and the Whittaker-Grover
holdings.
So far as the crop yield is con
cerned, this year's harvest is “bet
ter than anticipated,” according to
Mr. Wilson. Valley farmers are
harvesting from eight to 13 tons
of potatoes per acre, and the av
erage size of the tuber is larger
than normal.
The majority of the Co-op’s
spuds are destined for Army con
sumption at an average price of
$5.40 per hundredweight, f.o.b., Ft.
Richardson.
Sportsmen Wind Up Affairs
Game dinner details, including
the matter of ticket sales, occupied
the attention of the Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen at last Wednes
day evening's regular membership
meeting. Although at first an
nounced that there would be no
dinner tickets sold after that meet
ing, president L. C. Stock and the
dinner committee relented and
permitted ticket purchases until
Saturday evening.
Kodachrome slides of a fishing
trip in the Moose Pass area were
the entertainment feature of the
evening.
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