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RANDOM RAMBLM6S OUT WASN.LA WAY
By E. Hjellen
iunnntNiitnirrnMim,
Saw this in a girl’s autograph
book and thot it was cute. "When
cupid shoots his little dart, I hope
it ‘Mrs.’ you.”
• * •
Barb Carter resigned from her
position in Bill Head's account
ing office in order to prepare for
June Fifth—her wedding date to
Pat Carney—St. Michael’s Church
in Palmer.
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They covered a lot of miles on
their vacation — only to return
to the task of sweeping "porky”
quills out of their cabin. “Rick”
and “Bobbie” Rickert had a state
side lolling about this winter.
Guess they’ll be working at the
post again and visiting with us
in our little resort town over the
weekends.
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Miss Lois McCollev left by !
Northwest Airlines for her home
in Valpariso, Indiana. She’ll be
■missed at the Valley Christian
Children’s Home where she stay
ed with her grandmother. Gerrit
Hiellen will miss her, too.
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Here’s the Honor Roll of .the
Wasilla school system by grades,
showing the teachers. Mrs. Woody,
teaching the 1st and 2nd grades
showed Judy Bergman, Roger
Lincoln, Katherine Coghlan and
Jane Nunley. Mrs. Borden with
the 2nd and 3rd grades showed
Judy Betts, Ida Hjellen, Barbara
Clark, Mickoel Motti, Josephine
Rouse, Susanna Henry, Earl
Erickson, Eleanor Ricteroff and
Ruth Ann Byers.
Mrs. Slumberger had Howard
-Ayers, Helen Carter, Billy Combs,
Fred Barnes, Andrew Haskins,
Grace Miller, Joan Nunley, Larry
Teeland, Linda Bergman, Carolyn
Nelson and Floyd Morrison in
the 4th and 5th. Mrs. Nelson
showed Patricia Green. David
Henry, Violet Kneff, Raymond
Miekolasky, Elizabeth Ricteroff,
Joyce Gislason and Charles Stud
dert in the 5th and 6th. Mr.
Woody of the 7th and 8th grades
listed only Elmer McDonald. Mr.
Line (as well as being superin
tendent) teaches the 9th and 10th
grades with the assistance of
Miss Potter. Colleen Teeland was
the only Honor Roll student in
j high school.
I To attain this distinction, these
! pupils and this student had to
maintain a ‘‘B” average. A “C” or
below in Citizenship eliminated
any possibility of entry to the
Honor Roll.
As a reward for their industry,
A1 Hagen of the Valley Theatre
in Palmer, gives these children a
•‘pass” to any picture they wish
to see.
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Marie Betts with Wetzel, Wylie
and Willard left for the hills.
They’re visiting at the Indepen
dence Mine with the Short fam
ily. (They’ll be home when you
read this.)
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Two politicians, Len Kyger and
“Heinie” Snider—“pitching” for
the same office—on opposing tick- j
ets got together to drive the bung
out of a keg of nails on April 13th
—their shared birthdate — many
years apart but on a Friday,
never-the-less.
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Willie Edlund has gone to Fair- j
banks to work either as a pump
man or giant npzzle man in the
placer gold fields.
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George Edlund broke out his
slippers and pipe. His family is
home with him; Alice (4), Ruth
(7—in school) and Wallace (16),
with their mother.
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Another fellow to join our
ranks as baby sitter was Buz Al
deman. Marlene Cottle was hos
tess for a baby shower for Char
lotte. One of the normal aspects
of these “hen” gatherings is that
one learns who’s “Procter &
Gamble”.
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Wasilla entertained “Montana
Red” of the Malemute Ranch lo
cated at mile post 220.5 on the
railroad. This is his annual visit
to the vallev.
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Could tell from the “high-balls”
: they threw as to whether they
were ex-army, navy, marine, air
corps or U. S. O. Commando. The
installation of officers Saturday
night of the Susitna Post 9363
V. F. W. and their auxiliary went
j off big. About seventy people
were in the community hall for
the affair—about sixteen from
Anchorage. Some of our out of
town visitors were Effie Bailey,
Margaret Harmon, Mr., and Mrs.
Jack Timbes, Lou Hansen, Agnes
Oates, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Bailey,
Estelle Muriller, Thomas Strach
an, George McLaughlin, Mr.
Hong (Sr. Vice Commander of
the Denali Post), Harry Palmer
and M/'Sgt. Gallovan. A buffet
dinner was prepared by the aux
iliary and served from seven until
eight by the Girl Scouts.
Some men from an Ordinance
Company from Ft. Richardson
joined us in our after ceremony
get together. We enjoyed having
them — hope they come back
A high-light of our V.F.W.
ceremony was the awarding to
Miss Allayne Nelson of a $25.00
Savings Bond by the Auxiliary
for her essay on “Build Through
Citizenship.” Her essay goes next
to be judged for Territorial—then
National. Last year, her essay
won second prize in the Terri
torial judging.
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I wondered where she had
I gone. On a week-end drive, we
! found “Grannie” Burnett at Al
I pine Inn.
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"Candidate for Mayor of Pover
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
Let’s hope our last Matanuska
olow of the season is over. Grow
ng weather can come anytime to
>uit me. With spring growth come
cut worms, root maggots and
>veeds, remember. The Extension
Service has a couple of circulars
available on control of these pests.
Set these circulars, read them,
md follow them, ar.d you can
ave a lot of headaches. They
vere written by our local Experi
nent Station people. They are
he last word on pest control.
There is also a circular out on
arome grass seedings. It will pay
you to read it. I have looked over
luite a few brome seedings in the
past. Stands ranged from excel
lent to poor. The poor stands were
usually lost in the fall. It is easy
to do when using a nurse crop,
f you seed with a nurse crop
vou have three musts; these are:
seed the nurse crop light—fer
tilizer heavy — and cut the nurse j
crop early. You either do these i
three things, or you walk over
the field the next spring kickihg ;
at a few scattered plants and j
ataying that your stand will
thicken up that summer. Your
prayers are answered, the stand
does thicken up, but with foxtail.
The nurse crops can do your dirt
—better watch them.
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, APRIL 16
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School,
3:30 p.m.
TUESDAY. APRIL 20
WASILLA COMMUNITY CLUB,
Community Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21
GIRL SCOUTS, Wasilla Road
house, 3:30 p.m.
BROWNIES, Mrs. John Polis
home, 3:30 p.m.
tv Point, Phil Serrell has a plat
form. ‘’Six months vacation with
pay for everybody — twice a
vear.”
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The Wasilla Rod and Gun club
will be re-activated at a meeting
in the Wasilla Public Library—
Saturday, April 17.
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Middle age is when you don’t
care where you go—just so you’re
; home by 9 p.m.
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TV PROGRAM TO
FEATURE INSECTS
In cooperation with the 100th
year celebration of Professional
Entomology, a movie on insects
ana man entitled, ‘,500,000 to
one”, which is the ratio of the
number of insects to the number
of people in the world, will be
shown on television station
KTVA, Channel 11 Tuesday eve
ning, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.
The showing will be of special
interest to children, as well as
gardeners and farmers, Richard
Washburn of the Experiment
Station said this week. It tells
of man’s struggle with insects
and what is being done to com
bat them.
Many Entries Expected
In 6th Annual Dog Show
Numerous entries have been
received for the sixth annual Ken
nel Club all-breed dog show to
be held May 1 and 2, Mrs. Julia
Graves, club secretary announc
ed today.
Last year’s show drew 220 en
tries, covering a large variety of
breeds and more are expected this
year, Mrs. Graves said.
Prospective exhibitors are urg
ed to mail their entries prompt
ly as the closing date for entries
is April 19. To qualify for entry
in the show a dog need not be
registered but must be a pure
bred specimen of one of the
breeds recognized by the Ameri
can Kennel club.
For the benefit of novices and
individuals interested in obtain
ing additional knowledge of ken
nel club* show procedure, show
training classes will be held each
Sunday at 2:00 p.m. on the Anch
orage city tennis courts at 9th
and D streets.
GIRL SCOUTS HOLD
JULIA LOWE CEREMONY
Eight troops of Brownies and
Girl Scouts from the Palmer and
Wasilla area participated in the
annual Julia ■ Lowe celebration
held last evening at Moose Hall.
Six troops from Palmer, and
two from Wasilla, each represent
ing a color of the rainbow, col
lected funds in may baskets to be
used for the Julia Lowe fund. This
fund is used to help girls in
foreign countries and is called a
friendship fund.
Many parents of the girls at
tended the meeting.
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Integrity In Business » • •
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Typhoid Clinics
To Begin April 20
A typhoid immunization pro
gram, highly recommended by lo
jal physicians and the territorial
department of health, will begin
m the Valley area April 20 when
ill students of the Palmer School
>ystem who have returned per
mission slips to the school, will
receive the first in a series of
three injections. For those stu
lents who have already had the
series, only a booster will be nec
?ssary, Dolores Mattila, senior
public health nurse, said this
week.
The program will be conduct
id each Tuesday for three weeks,
with the second innoculations set
for April 27 and the third on
May 4.
The initial series of three, or
boosters, have, been recommend
ed for the maximum protection
in Alaska.
A program for adults and pre
school children in the valley will
be held each Friday for three
weeks beginning April 23 — then
April 30 and May 7. The program
will be conducted at the Health
Center from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. dur
ing the afternoons, and from 7:00
to 8:30 p.m. in the evenings.
Residents in the Wasilla area
will be able to avail themselves
of the same program on Thurs
days—on April 22, April 29, and
May 6. Chugiak’s program will
be held on Wednesdays, April 21,
April 28, and May 5.
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