PALMER YOUTH
FLIES TO ECUADOR
Reger Woods, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Woods of Palmer, flew
from Miami, Florida, last Thurs
day via Pan American airline to
Ecuador where he will live and
work with farm families as a par
ticipant in the International Farm
Youth Exchange program, Lynn
O. Hollist, associate director of j
the Extension Service, announc
ed this week.
Woods is one of the first three
IFYE delegates to visit Ecuador.
Before departure Woods and fel
low IFYE delegates were briefed
on the cultural pattern and prob
lems of the people they were to
visit U. S., and world agriculture
and international relations. He
also visited the Ecuadorian Em
bassy in Washington.
Woods will stay in Ecuador un
til mid-December.
To be eligible for the IFYE, a
candidate must be 20 to 30 years
of. age, a high school graduate
with a mature personality, reared
on a farm and know its life and
work, have had experience with
rural youth organizations, and be
eager to understand other people.
In addition the candidate either
should be able to speak the lan
guage of the country he or she
will visit or be willing to learn the
language.
The exchange is accepted by his
hosts as a member of the family
and encouraged to learn as much
as possible about customs and
farming in the host country. When
he returns home, he is expected
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Here are good reasons for New Hol
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at the right, see how the revolutionary
floating upper apron keeps constant con
trol of hay. It's an exclusive New Hol
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New Holland's Harvester is engineered
to handle up to 18 tons of grass silage,
20 tons of com silage, or 6 tons of dry
hay per hour. Its four-knife fly-wheel
slices down and in for better cutting
action. Knives are easily removed for
sharpening without readjustment. Feeder
action can be stopped, started or revers
ed from the tractor seat.
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Here’s the secret: As hay wad
(big enough to clog many chop
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wad passes easily into big 112
square-inch opening. Crawler
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lower track to maintain constant
feed control.
BROOKS EQUIPMENT GO.
PALMER. ALASKA
RESULTS OF WATERFOWL
SURVEY ANNOUNCED
Findings in the annual water
fowl breeding ground surveys
conducted in Alaska, Canada and
the States this spring and sum
mer were recently announced,
The surveys are a cooperative
program of the Fish and Wild
life Service, the Canadian Wild
life Service and other wild life
organizations.
Early information, along with
survey data, will be used by offi
cials as a basis for forecasting fall
flights of ducks and geese and
for drafting of appropriate regu
lations for the 1953-54 hunting
season.
Field workers engaged in aerial
and ground surveys in Canada
found that the breeding season for
ducks had been retarded by a
week or ten days as compared
with the average season. Unus
ual weather conditions were re
sponsible.
Scattered reports from Prairie
Pothole States, where the bulk of
U. S. waterfowl is produced, re
veal that nesting conditions in
No. Dakota and western Minne
sota were not as good as they
were in May of last year.
to speak to farm and 4-H groups
about his experiences abroad.
Four-H boys and girls in Alaska
may eventually win a trip abroad
through their work now on 4-H
i_iUb projects and junior leader
ship training, Hollist said. Poise
gained from their giving demon
strations and acting as 4-H club
officers will help in the competi
tion for IFYE delegates later
I BOY SCOUT NEWS j
Since one of the requirements
for the First Class Scouts is to;
swim 50 yards, boy scouts of .
Troop 654 are planning to hold ]
their next troop meeting at •
Barry’s Lake, where they will
practice swimming. The meeting j
will be held on the regular troop
meeting night which is next Tues
day, June 30.
; Scouts will meet at the United
I Protestant Church at 5:30 p.m. for [
their trip to the lake. Arrange
ments are being made to have
some of the parents of the scouts i
help with transportation. Plans !
I are to return to Palmer around 9
p.m.
Following the swim, the boys
will have a weiner roast at the
lake. 1
HEALTH NURSE TO ]
VACATION IN MINNESOTA 1
The Public Health office will i
be open mornings only for two
weeks, it was announced this
week. Miss Dolores Mattila, pub
lic health nurse in the valley, will
spend two weeks vacation, visit
ing her home in Minnesota. She ;
will leave Friday, June 26 and ;
plans to return July 14. The well !
baby clinic will resume on July",
21. ;
Mrs. Eileen Branton will be jn
the office mornings, during Miss -
; Matilla’s absence. '
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
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airmen Enjoy
Breakfast Flight
The second breakfast-flight,
iponsored by the Matanuska Air
nens’ Association, although not
is largely attended as the first,
vas declared a success by the 23
>ersons who flew to Gakona in
10 ships June 21.
Dr. C. J. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs.
iV. V. Hess and Dan McAnally all
jf Anchorage flew to Palmer
;arly enough to join the local
froup for take-off. Mrs. Decema
Vndresen of Anchorage and also
i member of the local Fliers club
ilso made the trip.
Breakfast was served at Gakona
odge, followed by a fishing trip
or all persons interested. Several
nembers remained over night to
rontinue their fishing, the bal
ince returning to the Palmer Air
>ort in the late afternoon. Three
>lanes suffered light damage dur
ng the trip.
FOR THE JUNE BRIDE ;j
Gorgeous Bridal
Bouquets
Artistically arranged to make ;!
the wedding ceremony a long \
cherished one
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P. O. BOX RENT
INCREASES ANNOUNCED
Effective June 20, post office
box rents were increased in the
Palmer post office. All 60 cenl
boxes were raised to 90 cents; 7E
cents to $1.10 and $1.00 boxes tc
$1.50.
Pdtmistress Beatrice Huntley
said the increase is in accord with
those throughout the Territory
and States and was by order ol
the U. S. Department in Washing* .
ton, D. C.
Anchorage Travel
Bureau
Lloyd C. Olsen. Owner, Mgr.
Authorized Agent for all
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services
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