VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct.. 21. 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
A1 J. DeJulio ....Publisher, Manager
Editor ..i. Virginia Gallant
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Mailed to all points in Alaska and the United States
Reporters—
Notebook.
Mrs. Lorraine Hackenbroch,
who recently arrived in the Val
ley from Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania has- taken a position as
nurse at Valley Hospital. Her hus
band is employed by Palmer Con
structors on the Eklutna Project.
Mr. and. Mrs. John DeVries
and family have gone Outside,
-via automobile, expecting to re
main out during the summer.
Mr. DeVries will attend summer
school, with the entire family
planning to return in early
September.
There will be work meetings
for the women of United Protes
tant Church each Wednesday,
starting June 10. The meetings
will start in the morning and each
person is asked to take her own
lunch.
George „ Smoot, engineer in
charge and a crew of five from
the Geological Survey office re
turned last week end from two
weeks at the Nuyakuk River
near Dillingham where they in
stalled a gauging station. They
plan to leave today for Power
Creek, near Cordova for a one
week trip during which lime
they will install a cable-way at
the gauging station.
Durwood Womack and Harold
A. Allen arrived in the Valley
this week end for survey work
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice. They will work out of the
Palmer office and will be survey
ing an area this side of Big Susit
na. They are both from Idaho.
Mrs. Anna C. Hanson is visit
ing her nephew Lloyd C. Olson
in Anchorage for a few days.
Mr .and Mrs. Seth Cook and
daughter Evelyn left for the Out
side this past Sunday. They plan
a visit with relatives before driv
ing back to the Valley over the
Alaska highway.
Mrs. Mariorie McCollum, a
teacher in the Wrangell Public
school, was in Palmer over the
week end visiting friends. From
Palmer she traveled to Valdez,
then flew to Cordova on the
return journey to Wrangell via
boat.
Valley friends received word
this week that Maynard “Sandy”
Sands left Providence Hospital
in Anchorage June 2 for the
Worthington Municipal Hospital
in Worthington. Minnesota. With
good luck, he said, he expects to
be back in Alaska in from six to
eight months. He was injured in
an accident at the Eklutna tun
nel three weeks ago.
A farewell luncheon was held
by Mrs. Grace Edleman last
week in honor of Mrs. Earl
Smith, who, with her husband,
left for Outside, Members of
the Co-Op office, where Mrs.
Smith was employed were in
attendance.
Dr. C. C. Bailey and Dr. Mack
Woodward recently attended a
convention held at the Virginia
Mason Clinic in Seattle. Dr. Wood
ward plans to remain in Washing
ton a few weeks while taking fur
ther medical studies.
Charles Wilson of the Soil
Conservation Service returned
to the Valley this week follow
ing two weeks in Portland, Ore
gon and other points.
COURT NEWS
Appearing in U. S. Commission
er’s Court June 3, Robert D.
Thornburgh from Missouri was
found guilty on two counts and
fined $25. One charge to which he
entered a plea of guilty was for
speeding, the other for permitting
more than three persons in the
operator’s seat.
William K. Norton of Anchor
age was fined $20 when found
guilty to a charge of speeding.
Both complaints were brought by
the Alaska Highway Patrol.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Old Air Layering
Method Explained
Grows Woody Plants
In 5 To 14 Weeks
Home gardeners now have a
simple, easy way of reproducing
many woody plants—roses, shrubs
and trees—within five to 14 weeks.
The method is a modern adap
tation of the ancient Chinese art
of air layering, whereby a ball of
wet sphagnum moss is formed
around a branch to induce root
growth. The moss is held in place
by a sheet of transparent film,
which helps the moss retain the
necessary moisture.
Air layers may be applied any
time during the growing season.
Best results are obtained in spring
and early summer (April to July).
In warmer sections of the country,
air layering can be practiced dur
ing most of the year.
Select a healthy branch of plant,
Vk to % inch in thickness. Eight
to 20 inches from tip of branch
remove all twigs and leaves for a
distance of 5 to 6 inches. Cut
within this space, about % inch
below bud. Make a one inch in
cision up and inward into branch
(see picture above). Dust incision
with root-growing hormone, using
a toothpick or tiny brush. After
dusting, slip a strand of sphagnum
; moss into and around incision.
Wrap the film tightly (see above)
around the moss ball and make a
lock fold. Tie in place so film will
retain moisture.
Many Farm Homes
Need Improvements
Most of the farm homes and
rural dwelling in the U. S. are
more than 30 years old, and badly
in 'need of repair and improve
ment.
On the basis of a study of rural
housing trends there appears to
be an increasing amount of re
modeling of farm dwelling under
way in the nation.
Here are a few pointers to fol
low in spring remodeling pro
grams:
1. Check the exterior of the
dwelling for repair needs before
drafting a remodeling program,
so that renewal of weak structures
may be included in the overall
plan.
2. Fit the modernization plan
to the entire family’s needs.
3. Rather less modernization
than to stretch the budget by se
lecting inferior materials.
4. Consult a good builder or
architect who can design an in
terior which is step-saving.
5. Keep ease of maintenance in
mind.
6. No home is modern without
adequate storage space.
Eatf a Good, Good Breakfast
Head off hidden hunger caused by being a breakfast skipper or %
breakfast hurrier. Get a good start each day by eating an adequate
breakfast and end mid-morning doldrums.
Here is a breakfast menu that will make those hurriers and skippers
take time to stop, look, and eat . . . chilled, plump apricots . . . ready
to-eat cereal with milk . . . tender, scrambled eggs with chopped ba
con . . , milk or coffee . . . and hot butterscotch pecan rolls.
This taste-enticing breakfast is simple and ea?y to prepare. Every
thing can be turned out in a matter of minutes . . . even the hot but
terscotch pecan rolls. To save time, get the rolls ready for the oven
the evening before by spreading a loaf pan with a mixture of melted
butter or margarine, brown sugar and chopped pecans. Place Brown ’n
Serve rolls upside down in the butterscotch mixture and lseep in a cool
place over night. First thing in the morning, preheat the oven to
400° F. and then bake the rolls for fifteen minutes while you prepare
the rest of the breakfast meal.
Butterscotch Pecan Rolls
3 tablespoons melted butter 3 tablespoons chopped pecans
or margarine • 8 Brown 'n Se» v» dinner rolls
lA cup brown sugar
Combine butter, brown sugar and pecans. Spread over bottom of
1 quart loaf pan. Place rolls with tops down over sugar mixture. Bake
in a moderate oven (400° F.) for fifteen minutes. Serve immediately.
Yield: 8 Butterscotch Pecan Rolls.
Union Bible School
Draws to Close
The Union Daily Vacation Bible
School will come to a close to
morrow in the Church of God
and the United Protestant Church.
The school has been in session
for two weeks, meeting each
morning. Offerings have been
taken each day to go to help the
children of Korea.
Closing exercises will be held
in the Hgh School Auditorium
Friday evening, June 5 at 8 p.m.
Each department will present a
portion of the program. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Leaders of the school feel that
| this union school has been very
' successful. Average attendance
at the school has been about 160
daily. The theme of the entire
school has been, “Crusading with
Christ.”
Teachers and workers in the
school have been: Pre-School De
partment: Mrs. Sidney Lindeke,
| superintendent; Mrs. Esther Cant
| ley, Miss Dorothy Hoffman, Mrs.
Eleanor Hurt, Miss Jeannetta
Lindsey and Miss Jane Stephan.
Primary Department :Mrs. Helen
j Pearson, superintendent1 Mrs. Roy
Groning, Mrs. Frank McKenzie,
Mrs. LeRoy Hamman, Miss Betty
Jean Clark, Miss Mary Colberg,
Miss Derain Curtis, Miss Nija
Nicolai, Miss Dalene Overton,
I and Miss Neola aSndvik.
Junior Department: Lorentz
Carlson, superintendent; C. R.
Groning, Mrs. Lillian Phillips and
Mrs. Dale Bryant. Young Peoples
Department: Mrs. Irene Cleworth,
superintendent; Mrs. Bethel Bar
tow and Mrs. Mattie Robertson.
Every student was given a work
book in which were various hand
work projects and lessons. Four
motion pictures were shown dur
ing the school. A picnic will be
held at noon Friday for all pupils.
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White Stag —
PEDAL PUSHERS AND COTTON SHIRTS
BATHING SUITS — Girl's and Women’s;.
BY-THE-YARD
SHEETING 81 inches Wide WHITE PILLOW TUBING
ORLON - SILK SHANTUNG Terry Cloth, white cr colored
YARD GOODS
SEWING ACCESSORIES McCALL FATTERN5
KIMBALLS
SEVERNS BLDG. PHONE 86J3 PALMER
Tap - Ballet - Acrobat
Three Month
SCHOOL OF DANCE
Starting Now
For further information bring your children ages 4-18
or older to the Co-Op Club Room Tuesdays or Thurs
days between 2 and 3:30 p.m. and the instructor
Marilyn Nash
will be glad to talk to you. Classes axe being enrolled now
TOURS
CHARTERS
REASONABLE RATES
DELIVERIES
Valley Taxi Service
Located in Matanuska Hotel
Telephone 4 Palmer, Alaska
NEW BABIES
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Asay
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Asay are
parents of their second child, a
son who was born at Valley Hos
pital May 30 and has been named
Christopher Earl. He weighed
eight pounds, seven ounces at i
birth. Mr. Asay is a miner with
the Evans-Jones Coal Mine com
pany.
Harlner
A daughter, whom they have
named Norma, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Hartner of Pal
mer at Valley Hospital May 31.
She weighed five pounds, eleven
ounces and is their fourth child.
Mr. Hartner is employed by the
Evans-Jones Coal Mine.
Beck
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Beck are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of their fifth child, a little
girl, who was born June 1 at Val
ley Hospital. She weighed seven
pounds, two ounces and has not
as yet been named.
VALLEY EXPERIENCES
ELECTRIC STORM
Following a record-high tem
perature June 3, Valley residents
witnessed a few flashes of lightn
ing and heard the roll of thunder
late in the evening when a brief
wind and rain storm passed over
Palmer. Not a news item in most
parts of the States, but rare
enough up here to rate a few
lines.
Unfinished Furniture
Warehouse Outlet
CHESTS OF DRAWERS
/ BOOKCASES
!' WHAT-NOT SHELVES
|! CHAIRS — TABLES
: STOOLS — HIGH CHAIRS
KITCHEN CABINETS
SAVE $$$$$$
: FINISH THEM YOURSELF
METAL WALL TILE
ASPHALT — RUBBER TILE
HARDWOOD DOORS
VENEER PANELING
RESIDENTIAL HARDWARE
SAW SHARPENING
GUMMING — RETOOTHING
SALES
ALL TYPES OF MILLWORK
GLENN H. EAGON
Mile 46 — S. of Bridge
Open Evenings Till Nine
P-4-23-tf
THANK YOU NOTICE
I should like to extend my
thanks to the members of the City
volunteer fire department, the
Fire Control station, MEA and the
many others who answered to
the fire call at my home June 2.
The gratifying response will long
be appreciated.
DOROTHY B. SAXTON
T & C Construction Co.
CABINET WORK OF
ALL KINDS
Store fixtures, bars &
back bars — kitchen
cabinets and general
construction by the
hour or contract.
CHAS. CARTER
Star Route Anchorage
FROM SEWARD
S.S. DENALI S.S. ALEUTIAN
Tues., June 9 Thurs., June 11
Cordova Valdez
Juneau Juneau
Ketchikan Ketchikan
Seattle Seattle
FREIGHT SERVICE
From Seattle
M. V. SQUARE SINNET
Scheduled from Seattle Tues.,
June 16, calling at Seward
Valdez and Cordova.
S. S. ILIAMNA
Scheduled from Seattle Tues..
June 23, calling at .Seward
and Valdez
FOR INFORMATION
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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Witbey Plumbing k Heating
CRANE FIXTURES - DELCO HOME HEAT
OIL BURNER SERVICE
BOX 753
PHONE 47J4
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ALSO IN STOCK
New M-E GARDEN ROTOVATOR. Just
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DON’T FORGET OUR REPAIR SHOP
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PALMER, ALASKA Phone 44
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