BUTTE FIREMEN
PLANNING DINNER
A dinner and an evening of
Alaska’s Favorite Game are be
ing planned by members of the
Butte Fire Association on Satur
day, June 12.
Mrs. Eloise Smith is general
chairman of the affair, and will
be assisted by several chairmen
who will contact their own com
mittee members. The affair will
be open to the public.
4-H NEWS
Mixing Bowl
The first meeting of the Mix
ing Bowl 4-H club was held at
Mrs. Blunck, our leader’s, home
on May 1.
Mixing Bowl Club
The Mixing Bowl 4-H club will
meet at the Henning Blunck
home from 2-4 p.m. Saturday,
May 22. Members are asked to
bring project books to the meet
ing. Plans will be completed for
our tour of Anchorage on Thurs
day, May 27.
We elected officers: Junior
Leaders, Jane Stephan, Dorothy
Hoffman and Neola Sandvik;
President, Leann Hoffman; Vice
President, Jerene Stephan; Secre
tary, Judy Hurley; Treasurer,
Annetta Sawby; Reporter, Jane
Stephan; Game-leader, Dorothy
Hoffman; Song-leader,' Betty Jo
Wilson.
We planned a varied and in
teresting schedule of meetings
for the year; among them a tour
in Anchorage, a picnic supper,
and swimming party, a style
show, and a bake sale. We agree
to have half our meetings in the
evening for the benefit of the
-older working girls.
A motion was passed to pur
chase a flag set and 4-H mag
azine.
Mrs. Blunck served refresh
ments and the punch was very
good so everyone had three or
four cups.
Jane Stephan, reporter
Butte Girls
Members of the Butte Girls
4-H club met in the home of
their leader, Mrs. Marty Sher
man, Saturday, May 15.
Election of officers was held
and were elected as follows: Rita
Nelson, president: Frances Mon
tablano, vice-president; Connie
Thompson, secretary - treasurer;
Joyce Rippy, reporter; Jeaurine
Thompson, song leader, and
Leona Rippy, game leader.
We then sang songs, had re- j
freshments and played games.
JOYCE RIPPY, reporter
FISH PRESERVATION
FEATURED IN NEW
EXTENSION SERV. BULLETIN
Fish is one of Alaska’s abun
dant food sources which home
makers can start preserving now
for winter, according to Mrs
Lydia Fohn-Hansen, home dem
onstration leader.
Salmon, crab, halibut, and
clams are some of the fish list
ed in the bulletin, "Home Can
ning Alaska Fish and Shellfish”
which is available at the local
University of Alaska Extension
Service office. General instruc
tions may be applied to fisrti other
PALMER MEN IN
ALL-ALASKA DRILL TEAM
An all-Alaska drill team, com
posed of 20 youths from 10
towns, who worked on their own
for. hours to perfect their per
formance, staged an intricate
rifle and marching drill when
Armed Forces Day was held at
Fort Richardson Saturday, May
15.
The group was composed of
trainee-recruits, with only from
eight to 12 weeks in the Army
and included Roger Woods and
William Wade of Palmer. The
group practiced on their own
nine hours for four weeks to
perfect their drill which was
composed of some of the “old
favorites” among military men,
requiring precise timing and
coordination among members of
the team.
20 TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES
EARNED AT UNIVERSITY
More University of Alaska stu
| dents will earn Territorial teach
ers’ certificates during the 1953
54 academic year than in any
other year since the institution’s
founding.
Dr. William K. Keller, pro
fessor of education and head of
the department, said 17 students
will be eligible to receive their
certificates this month. Three
others received their certificates
at the end of the first semester.
“Judging from the advance in
quiries this year, we anticipate
a continued growth in the num
ber of majors in the department
and in the number of minors who
want to work for the certificate,”
Dr. Keller said. “At present, Al
aska must depend on schools in
the United States for a large per
centage of its teachers. We are
closing the gap.”
* * *
A University of Alaska faculty
member will participate in the
Harvard University seminar on
Soviet Union this summer at
Cambridge, Mass. Victor Strash,
assistant professor of Russian and
French, will- spend July and
early August at Harvard’s Rus
sia Research Center. The semin
ar will be open forum and par
ticularly will emphasize the
USSR social structure and Marx
ist economics.
* * *
The Alaska Chapter of the
National Electrical Contractors
Association presented $500 to the
University of Alaska for a schol
arship for an electrical engin
eering sophomore. The award
will start with the first semester,
September, 1954, and will be giv
en under rules the University
Scholarship Committee will es
tablish. Only graduates of Alas
kan high schools will be eligible.
than those listed, Mrs. Fohn
Hansen pointed out.
“Bad News for Bugs”, another
U. of A. Extension Service bulle
tin is also available at the local
office.
CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
Planting time is here. Plant
ing also means fertilizing. A
good many thousands of dollars
go into the ground here in fer
tilizers each year. Are you fol
lowing good soil management
principles so as to get the most
out of each fertilizer dollar? Are
you fertilizing enough—too lit
tle—or applying the right kind?
If you are not, it’s costing you
money.
The Experiment Station has
published an excellent bulletin
on fertilizer, which you can get
through the Extension Service.
The Experiment Station is al*
so able to run some soil tests on
soils with fertility problems. If
you are not sure of your fer
tilizer program talk it over with
your Extension agent or Paul
Martin at the Experiment Sta
tion. Paul can test a soil sample
for you if necessary. The impor
tant thing is to get a representa
tive sample from a field. Take a
shovel and cut a thin slice of
soil from the surface to about
six or eight inches deep. Put it
in a clean bucket. Get six to a
dozen more slices from all over
the field Mix them all well.
Scoop up a pint or two from this
well-mixed bucket of soil and
you have your sample. That’s
what you have to do to get a
reliable soil test.
If you don’t follow pretty close
to this procedure your sample
KIWANIANS HEAR TALK
ON EXPLORER SCOUTS
Rev. Brian Cleworth of the
United Protestant Church was
guest speaker at the Palmer Ki
wanis Club meeting on May 17.
His subject was the Explorer
Scouting program in Palmer.
The United Protestant Church
are sponsors of the local troop.
Following his presentation,
members voted to support the
Explorer Troop however pos
sible, whenever needed. Kiwani
ans had considered sponsoring an
Explorer Troop in Palmer, but
inasmuch as the church has al
ready received its charter and
has a troop committee set up, it
was decided to forego the spon
sorship at this time.
is not much good. The recommen
dations made from testing that
kind of sample will not be of
much use to you either. Take in
a good representative sample for
testing and you will get a reli
able test and good fertilizer re
commendations back.
You need one more thing. That
is plenty of active organic mat
ter in the soil. Organic mattef
is what makes fertilizer work.
You get it by turning under
green mature, rotating grass
crops and not burning old crop
residue. It’s that simple.
Nancy Frank, daughter of Dar
rell Frank, is home from her
studies at the University of Al
aska. Nancy plans to work this
summer, and return to the Uni
versity in the fall to complete
her studies*.
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I BROWNIE NEWS
Brownie ’ffoop 71
Brownie Troop 71 will meet at
Mrs. Young’s at 11:00 a m. Satur
day May 22, instead of the usual
time. They will have their first
outing of the year and will eat
their lunch out. Notes are being
sent out to tell each girl what
she is to bring.
This will also be Mrs. Young’s
last meeting as leader of the
troop. In the future all decisions
as to meeting place, time, etc.,
will be left to Mrs. Steelman who
has been an assistant leader un
til now.
Mrs. Young wishes to say she
has enjoyed working with the
girls the past few months and
hopes they will continue to show
interest in the troop program.
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