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FAKjV! AMD rJO-jVI£ INSTITUTE
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Last week’s Farm
and Home Institute,
held for thr.ee days
at Northland Pioneer
Grange Hall, and con
cluded with a fourth
session at 1as ilia’s
Community .Hall, was
"as'goo'd us, if not
better than,,any oth
er ev^ry held,” accor
ding to reports drif
ting to the Extension
Office this week.
Sessions were
planned for interest
groups...of . every ago.
V.omen mot in the Ex
tension Office to
study metalcraft,
gihovo - making, china
painting and glass
etching. Men yrest-.
led with problems of
horticulture, farm
finance, conservation
and dairying -at the
Grange Hall. Child
ren and ■ youth. s,a11en
ded v • demonstrations
ana . ncara a iirst
hand report of 4-H
work from Chicago
travelling Don Dinkcl
of has ilia and Lorin
T. Ol'droyd, director
of Extension bervico.
H igh 1 ig h t of th o
women’s . session was
tho* carding demons
tration of musk oxen
wool conducted by
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Han
son, Mrs. Fohn-Han
sen said she plucked
the wool herself, but
when pressed for .de
tails, admitted that
the musk - ox was ab
sent at the t ime v, Dho
gathered the wool
from bushes, and rec
ommended similar ex
peditions to gather
moose wool.
On co c ardo a, tho
wild wool's will bo
vo^on and made up in
to . a quilt to be raf
fled by the Homemaker
I
IS IE* COhhISSIOlER
Tho appointment of
hrs. Dorothy B. Sax
ton as U. S. Commis
sioner for Palmer ras
confirmed recently.
The vacancy ras cre
ated by the resigna
tion of b'alter E.
Huntley, uhich i:as
filed early in Janu
ary of this year.
Mrs. Saxton’s first
official responsibil
ity was conducting
the inquest in the
carbon monoxide death
of James honor, ban .
TO GO OUTS IDT
hr. and hrs. Jake
Cebula mere sched
uled to leave Palmer
this week for a trip
Outside. They have
been called home to
Wisconsin by tho ill
ness of hrs. Cebula1s
mother, and expect to
be gone for several
•BUYS SHOP
3
. FRO I! DARYL HULKS
Jim Kohlhoff of
Salem, Ore. , is flic
new O',.nor of the Val
ley Barber Shop. Mr.
Kohlhoff arrived in
P;il mer last Tuc sday,
arid expects to b: op
en for business to
day, if the shop’s
frozen mater pipes
mill respond promptly
to treatment .
The ne1 barber has
\: or heel in various
• shops in the Last. He
purchased the present
shop from Daryl Meed s
who is now in Port
land. Mr. ' Kohlhoff
r op or t s that Mr.
Kochs is planning to
be married soon and
will not return to
Alaska.
/ . Council To Meet
■ The 4 - H- Counc il
".'ill hold a spring
piahh ing mo e t i nr, in
the . Extension Office,
■ at • - 8- o’clock n jXt
Tuc sd ay evening. At
that m 30 ting, ’"hi eh
will be attended by
Mrs. Lois Capper of
Anc ii o r a go , the s p r i nr
'and summer program of
Valley 4-K work will
bi outlined.