Cutworms Damaging
Local Rhubarb,
Entomologist Warns
Cutworms are working earlier
than usual this year, the Agri
cultural Extension Service
warns. Rhubarb is already being
severely damaged in some areas
of the Matanuska Valley.
Check your perennials care
fully, they said, and if cutwork
activity is found, treat as recom
mended in Extension Circular
452 “Bad News for Bugs” which
is available from the district ex
tension office or the University
of Alaska Extension Servce of
fice at College.
It is five years since the last
bad cutworm year, so this may
be another one, Dr. Richard
Washburn, extension entomolo
gist, said. Stock up on DDT,
Chlordane, Aldrin, Toxaphene or
Heptachlor at your local supplier
of agricultural chemicals.
NEW OFFICERS IN
SORORITY INSTALLED
During a Founder’s Day din
ner held at Moose Hall Friday
evening. April 30, Mildred Buzby
was installed president of Theta
Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi. In
stalling officers were Betty Rice,
out-going president; Frances
Hulbert, out-going secretary,
Mary Estep, out-going treasurer,
and Dorothy Saxton, past-presi
dent. Other officers installed
were Bonnie Bettine, vice-presi
dent, Vivian Shaver, recording
secretary; Mildred Marple, cor
responding secretary, Gladys
Jones, treasurer, Mrs. Amy Irwin,
sponsor, and Mrs. Viola Thuma,
director. Betty Rice was present
ed a gavel guard for her pin by
Mildred Buzby on behalf of the
sorority.
The formal dinner was served
by members of Women of the
Moose. Guests in attendance in
cluded Doris Walker, Lee Er
hart, Betty Kindler, and Ann
■Woodruff.
Hear Speaker
During the regular meeting of
sorority members and guests on
May 3, Betty Jo Riddle spoke to
the group on the art of ceramics,
as part of the cultural program.
President Buzby appointed new
committees and tentative plans
for a preferential tea were made.
The next regular meeting will
be held May 17 at the home of
Beltv Rice.
NEW INSECTICIDES
WILL NOT HARM MILK
Pasture and grassland spray
ed with recommended amounts
of the new insecticide methoxy
ehlor for insect control will not
harm dairy cows that feed on
the treated forage nor the milk
they give, U. S. Department of
Agriculture research men said.
In one of a series of experi
ments designed to test the effects
of various new organic insectici
des, alfalfa hay containing meth
■oxychlor residues ranging from
16 to 109 parts per million was
fed to dairy cows for periods of
40 to 80 days. This concentration
of methoxychlor equals the max
imum amount likely to be en
countered on forage treated for
insect control.
Samples of milk from the cows
were analyzed at 10-day inter
vals. No methoxychlor could be
detected in the milk.
In another series of tests,
methoxychlor was fed at much
higher concentrations, and com
pared with normal residues of
DDT, which do show up in cow’s
milk. Approximately 100 times
as much methoxychlor as DDT
must be fed for the insecticides
to be detectable in the milk of
dairy cows.
Similar residue experiments
with other new insecticides such
as dieldrin and heptachlor are
still in progress.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
TO HONOR MOTHERS
INI SPECIAL SERVICE
St. John’s Lutheran Church
will again accord honor to the
oldest mother and the mother
with the largest family as was
done last year, it was announc
ed this week.
Special music will be offered
by the church choir at the Moth
er’s Day services May 9 and Rev
Edward H. Imme will have fox
his topic, “The Power of a Dedi
cated Woman”.
BLM REQUESTS
15 SITES FOR GAMP
AND PICNIC GROUNDS
Territory Takes Action to
Establish Public Service Sites
Territorial Land Commissioner
W. A. Chipperfield announces
that he has formally requested
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment to designate 15 Public Ser
vice Sites for public camp and
picnic ground use and access are
as to mprove game fishing waters.
This will close the relatively
small areas from entry under the
public land laws and insure the
continued use of the areas for
public purposes. Tracts that are
chiefly valuable for bona fide
homesteads will not be affected.
The National t'arK service, the
Bureau of Land Management,
and the Fish and Wildlife Service
have been making studies in Al
aska of recreational tracts that
should be dedicated. About 40
good small sites along the high
way system of Alaska have been
already withdrawn for reaction
al purposes. The Bureau of Land
Management has perfected the
machinery for designating Public
Service Sites and it becomes ef
fective immediately upon record
ing the request, although it must
have final approval of the Secre
tary of the Interior.
The tracts requested at this
time are:
70 acres at Sucker Lake, North
Kenai Peninsula: 40 acres at
Twin Lakes, North Kenai Pen
insula; 150 acres at Daniels
Lake, North Kenai Peninsula;
140 acres at Porcupine Lake,
Kenai Peninsula near Coho; 120
acres at 3 unnamed lakes. North
Kenai Peninsula; 30 acres at
Oscar Lake near Big Lake; 12
acres at Big Lake; 350 acres at
Willow Creek; 110 acres at Lake
Leila; 150 acres at Sourdough
Creek; 70 acres at Summit Lake
and Fish Creek, and 140 acres (2
tracts) at Tangle Lakes, Denali
Highway. Other tracts will be
recommended as fast as they car
be studied and reported.
Chipperfield points out thal
the designation of these sites is
the first step in the recreational
program for the Territory anc
much can be accomplished in this
field by his Department. Th«
next step may not be so simple
It will involve funds for the de
velopment and maintenance o
the sites.
HANDCRAFTS SHOWN
AT HOMEMAKERS' TEA
A wide and varied display of
Alaska handcrafe was on exhib
ition during the Homemakers’
tea held on Tuesday afternoon of
this week in the United Protes
tant Church basement. Beautiful
copper, ivory, diamond willow,
birch, and wild flower crafts
were displayed in finished pro
ducts. Fine hand-weaving; shell
craft; leather tooling; ceramic
pieces, and hand painted articles
were also on display, all point
ing out the potentials of useful
and attractive Alaskan crafts.
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, main
speaker for the afternoon, chose
“The Expanding Extension Pro
gram” for her subject. The en
tire program -was built around
the work of the Extension Ser
vice throughout the territory.
With 63 Homemaker clubs, total
ling over 1,000 members, this one
branch of the Extension Service
work is well carried out in Al
aska, Mrs. Fohn-Hansen pointed
out.
Others o the program included
Neola Sandvik who spoke on
‘•What 4-H Means to Me”. Rosa
lind Miller, International Farm
Youth Exchange delegate, who
was introduced by Mrs. Lois
Winegarner with whom she
makes her home; Mrs. Esther
Kirsch, Homemakers’ Council
president; Mrs. Marylou Rideout,
local home demonstration agent;
Mrs. Gerry Parzaruski who pre
sented a violin solo; and several
guests present from Anchorage,
including Mrs. Audrey Davies
and Mrs. Carol Winey, home
demonstration agents from that
region.
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ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
ALL KINDS OF
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AND SHEET METAL
Phone Anchorage 39913
CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
It will be grazing time again
in a couple of weeks. Early graz
ing time is a critical period for
brome pastures. Fields you seed
ed last year should not be graz
ed early. You can ruin your grass
stand by heavy early grazing.
The proper management prac
tice for new brorne fields is
heavy early fertilization and use
as hay rather than pasture. If
brome is heavily grazed the first
producing year the plants are
weakened. Weeds such as foxtail
are avoided by the cows. The
weeds grow strong and vigorous
and you end up with a foxtail
pasture. The ideal situation is to
use a field for hay two to four
years then pasture it a couple
more. After that it should be
worked up and farmed to grain,
row crops, or oats and peas for
a two year period before reseed
ing to grass.
Speaking of grass, I was talk
ing to Bob Webb the other day.
He showed me a field of quack
grass that has really been mak
ing him some money. Neither
he nor I advocate seeding quack
grass but if you have it you
might as well utilize it profitably.
By heavy fertilization he has
been able to get some very good
pasture. He gets it early, too.
Areas next to his field have a
skimpy sodbound look. His field
has a thick vigorous stand of
young shoots coming up. That
field will be ready to graze in a
week or so. The only difference
between the fields is that he has
been using a fertilization pro
gram of six or eight hundred
pounds per acre.
He says heavy fertilization
pays. A half fertilized quack
grass stand still stays sodbound.
Fertilize it heavily and it pro
duces just as much milk as
I brome. If you’re tired of fighting
I quack live with it, it’s easier.
FORK LIFT TRUCKS
LOWER LABOR COSTS
Growers and packers handling
vegetables can speed their work
with less labor and at lower cosl
by using fork lift trucks that
can handle several crates o
bags at a time.
Alaskan farmers and produce
men can benefit from researcl
conducted at the Michigan Ex
periment Station in cooperatior
with the U. S. Department o
Agriculture.
Every year millions of crate:
of fruits and vegetables are mov
ed and stacked by hand. The]
are moved out of the field to th<
packing house, then into storage
to the processing plant, througl
various stages of processing, an<
on to market. Each move mean
money and takes time. It boost
costs and cuts profit without ad
ding to the value of the producl
Two and a helf years ago, er
gineers and marketing specialist
began research to develop bette
ways to handle easily-bruise
perishables more quickly, care
fully and economically. The
found the fork lift truck especia’
ly valuable equipment easily ac
aptable to speeding up and eas
ing up much of the piece by piec
lifting, stacking, and moving c
fruit and vegetable container
For example, their tests showe
that one man with a lift coul
load 500 bushels of apples in 3
minutes it took 4 men IV2 houi
to handle by hand.
WILLOWAW LODGE
ON WASILLA LAKE
OPENING
For the Summer - Saturday, May 15
Dinners Boating Fishing
PAT WELLS
FOR MOTHERS DAY
SUNDAY. MAY 9
CORSAGES — POTTED PLANTS — CUT FLOWERS
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• Frogs • Plastic Clay • ROSE BOWLS
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Phone 32J11—MATANUSKA VALLEY GARDENS
Presbyterians Plan
Junior Church Camp
On June 20 of this year, droves
of happy youngsters will descend
upon a quiet camp ground beside
lovely Kings Lake. The group
will include children of all Pro
testant faiths.
Junior camp is from June 20
to 27, and includes all those in
grades 4, 5, and 6. These young
sters will be grouped according
to grade in several tents, each
provided with a counsellor.
Morning will being early with
morning watch, discovery groups
and discussions. Bible study and
worship in the outdoors are spec
ial features of camp. There will
be sings around the campfire,
talent shows, swimming, boating,
hiking, and sports of all kinds.
Indian beadwork and handicrafts
will also be taught.
Last year 72 youngsters en
joyed this camp, and an even
greater attendance is expected
this year. Costs have been care
fully held to the bare minimum,
according to Rev. Winthrop H.
Ware. The $25 fee covers regis
tration and materials, insurance,
room, and^board. Rev. Brian Cle
worth of Palmer is to be camp
director, and Rev. Ware of An
chorage is to be dean of junior
camp. Applications and inquiries
should be sent to Mrs. Laura
Joyce, First Presbyterian Church,
5th & F Streets, Anchorage.
j OFFICERS NAMED IN
RECREATION COUNCIL
The constitution and by-laws
for the Palmer Area Recreation
Council were approved and
adopted by members at the first
annual membership meeting of
the Council held April 29. In ad
dition, a 15-member board of
directors was elected, from which
board members then selected
officers for the first year. They
are Norman Rousey, president;
Mrs. H. P. Gazaway, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Guy Woodings, record
ing secretary, Mrs. Allan Mick,
corresponding secretary, and
Benjamin Cabo, treasurer.
Other board members are: Dr.
C. C. Bailey, David Porter, Ed
r Smith, Qharles Wilson, H. J.
Hodgson, Leo Lucas, Joe Lentz,
Mrs. Alva Saxton, Betty Jo Rid
dle, and Emil Ganschow.
The new board was authorized
to go ahead in planning activ
1 ities, in order to get things start
ed in the area. Membership in
the Council are available to all
i interested persons, at $1.00 per
• year, and may be purchased from
r any board member.
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CARELESS USE OF
DOZERS CAUSE BLIGHT
Bulldozer blight is the plague
of many new housing develop
ments and has a sideline that ap
plies to farmers as well as home
ownei's.
The “blight” results from care
less use of a bulldozer which kill
shade trees which home builder:
wish to save. Farmers, too, suf
fer from the loss of trees fo
windbreaks and even more fron
soil compaction. A bulldoze
weighing a ton or more compact
the soil tremendously, especial
ly if it is a little wet, Dr. Rush I
Marshall, expert on tree car*
said.
Soil compaction is a real men
ace to the plant world, Dr. C. F
Dearborn, University of Alask
Extension horticulturist, sai
Ceramists to Hold
Anchorage Exhibit
A ceramic exhibit is being
planned by Inlet Potters club of
Anchorage for the middle of
May, it was announced this week.
Local ceramic workers have
been invited to participate in
the exhibit by taking their best
pieces to the May meeting of the
Anchorage club on Tuesday, May
11 at 8:00 p.m. in the Y. M. C. A.
There they will be judged and
then placed in the windows of
Northern Commercial Company.
Pieces should have owner’s
name taped to the bottom, ac
cording to Jo Anne McGregory,
secretary of the club who added
that owners names will not ap
pear on award tags. Entrants
should specify under which clas
sification the piece is to be en
tered for competition.
Following is a list of competi
tive groups: Hand-modelled or
iginals; underglass painting (in
cludes sgraffite and miscnima);
majolica painting; china or over
glaze painting; glazing; Alaskan:
stoneware; porcelain, and wheel
thrown.
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After the exhibit pieces should
be claimed at the June meeting
of the club to be held at the
Y. M. C. A. June 8, or private
arrangements made with some
one to pick up the pieces, Mrs.
McGregory said.
when commenting on Marshall’s
article appearing in “Garden
Facts’’.
Shade trees and windbreaks
are lost when the bulldozer blade
removes top soil from around the
trees that contains vital bacteria
and other microorganisms neces
sary to break down organic mat
ter into food for the trees.
Strands of the tree’s fibrous
feeding roots are ripped out to
dry and die.
Mechanical injury is com
pounded by fills that change the
water table to suffocate roots by
cutting off air and moisture. As
! the fills settle and are compact
| ed, marsh and other tonic gases
| that form in the subsoil can not
escape. Poisoning finishes what
cut roots and suffocation started
and the trees die.
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ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
irst Alaskan 4-H
lound-Up Since ’46
'lanned for June
When it’s round-up time in AI
ska, 4-H boys and girls head
jr the University of Alaska cam
us for one week of demonstra
10ns, tours, games, and other en
ertainment, Mrs. Lydia Fohn
[ansen acting 4-H leader who is
isiting in the Valley said, this
/eek.
The first 4-H round-up since
946 will begin on the university
ampus June 21 and end June 26.
iach 4-H club is urged to send
>ne delegate to represent the
:lub, but attendance is open to
ill 4-H boys and girls who are
.3 years old or olc^er. The 4-H ers
ire to be accompanied by at
east one leader from each com
nunity, with part of the program
planned especially for leaders.
The university will provide
iormitory space for the youths,
out each club member is to bring
nis own bedroll. Meals will be
served at regular prices in the
:ollege cafeteria.
With completion of Nerland
lall, the university can cooperate
with Fairbanks for tourist hous
ing and still have room for Alas
kan 4-H’ers. Limited dormitory
space and heavy tourist travel
made it difficult to plan 4-H
round-ups in the post-war years.
As program details are com
pleted, information will be sent
to 4-H members, Mrs. Fohn-Han
son said.
P-TA MEETING SET
FOR MAY 11? TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
The final meeting of the year
for members of the Palmer Par
ents-Teachers Association will
be held next Tuesday evening.
May 11 at 8 p.m. in the school
cafeteria, at which time installa
tion of officers will take place.
The meeting has been moved
up one week to avoid conflicting
with activities of the last week
of school.
All parents and interested per
sons are invited to attend. Enter
tainment will be offered with
the presentation of two films.
Refreshments, to be provided by
others of first grade pupils, will
be served.
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