HOBBY HOUSE CREW IS SANTA'S AIDE
Santa’s workshop has moved to
temporary new quarters in the
Matanuska Valley.
At the Hobby House, owned
and operated by Paul and Win
nie Martin and Charles Dillon,
all the good Saint’s stuffings for
Christmas stockings are taking
shape under the nimble fingers,
sharp saws and whirling lathes
of the Dillon-Martin combina
tion.
Winnie is the brains of the'
trio, Paul and Charles say. She
dreams up the designs for those
heart-warming little curly-tailed
pigs and flop-eared spaniels.
Then the male members of the
partnership make with the tools
and a smooth piece of lumber,
and presto! there’s a pig or a
dog—or maybe a duck or a stick
horse to ride on.
The toys are finished with
coats and coats of bright enamel
and smooth lacquer, supplied
with wheels and a stout pull-cord
and there’s a sturdy pull toy to
delight the heart of any Valley
pre-schooler.
In addition to the dogs, pigs,
ducks and horses, the Hobby
House has a bench piled deep
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with gray wooden boats and
strong wooden monoplanes, com
plete with a movable tall assem
bly and a propellor that really
turns.
There was also a four-poster
spool bed in the making for
some lucky doll last week. It will
be turned and rubbed to proper
size on the lathe, fitted together
with infinite care by the men
and then turned over to Winnie
for the finishing touch of a fine
nylon spread and ruffled val
ance.
Toys are occupying the com
plete attention of the Hobby
House workers now, but they ex
pect to go into the business of
custom-made furniture as soon
as the Christmas rush is over.
They’ll make all types of furni
ture to order, and in addition
will concentrate on the manu
facture of gift-able souvenirs of
wood which they hope to dis
pense to summer tourists. They
have in mind wooden candle
sticks, objects of hammered cop
per. at which Winnie is expert,
and other worthwhile tokens of
Alaska.
When summer comes, the Hob
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IT'S NOT TOO LATE
to send that Palmer-made Christmas gifts
to the states
Either a hand-painted tie of a felt-initialed silk
scarf make ideal gifts for the men on your list
GET THESE VALLEY-MADE GIFTS
at
Dave and Joe's Shirt Shop
(Ten per cent discount to students)
fe
by House owners expect to move
into an abandoned weilhouse in
the Martin dooryard. There they
will have the only display quar
ters they expect to use, for they
are planning no downtown out
let.
In addition to the wooden toys
ranked in rows on Hobby House
benches, the Martins have an
other type of gift in mind for
adult stockings on Christmas
mornings. Winnie stirred up 250
jars of raspberry, currant and
rhubarb-pineapple jam this sum
mer. Or she’ll knit to order, wool
en mufflers, socks, mittens,
sweaters or gloves. These items
of domesticity are included in
the Hobby House “for sale” list,
as well as workshop products.
Company, “just lookers” and
customers will be welcomed at
the Hobby House ^workshop at
any time they care to drop in.
Located at the former Oscar
Kindgren farm on a dead-end
road, the Martins are accustom
ed to guests at any hour of the
day or night, and they hope even
more will come to investigate the
toy shelves of their workshop.
MOOSE DISCUSS
SPONSORSHIP
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house space in Anchorage. He
did not make public ARR plans
for acquiring title to the land.
He was to meet with the fair
board at the meeting’s conclu
sion for further discussion of the
matter.
President Jack Maze, com
menting on the recent Chamber
action of endorsement of incor
poration for Palmer, said, “I
personally feel the Chamber
stuck its neck out in so doing,
and I am glad it was done in my
absence.”
Coffey Insures Everything
Remember? Adv.
MINISTERS CIRCULATE
BAR CLOSING REQUEST
Members of the Valley Minis
terial Association aga n are cir
culating a counter-liquor peti
tion in the Valley, it was an
nounced this week by Rev. Vic
tor Alfsen. The petition requests
that no license be granted to
Valley beverage dispensaries for
the coming year.
The petition, which has been
circulating for the past week, is
carried by the five ministers of
the Association. They include
the Reverends George Geiwitz,
Sanford Davis, George Davis, Ray
Cather and Victor Alfsen.
Mr. Alfsen stated that it was
not the plan of the group to
make a door-to-door canvass.
The petition is being carried to
homes known to be in sympathy
with the move. Anyone not con
tacted in this manner may get
in touch with one of the five
ministers to add his name to the
list.
P-TA SPONSORS
INCORPORATION
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three dens, with 18 boys regis
tered.
It was announced that Mrs.
Ed Blom will lead intermediate
Girl Scouts, in the absence of
Miss Mietzi Bleck. Girl Scouts
will begin regularly scheduled
meetings again in the near fu
ture.
Date for the executive com
mittee meeting of the P-TA has
been changed to the first Thurs
day of each month, the member
ship was told.
Play Takes In $140
Juniors of Palmer High School
reported a box-office take of $140
when the final curtain fell on
Aunt Suzie Shoots the Works,”
last Saturday evening. Most of
that amount is profit, they say,
but they were uncertain just
what their outstanding bills
would add up to.
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We have the most complete
SELECTION OF TOYS
in Matanuska Valley
MINIATURE SCOOP SHOVELS AND ROAD GRADERS
STURDY TOYS THAT ARE EXACT REPLICAS OF ROAD EQUIPMENT
CHUBBY CUDDLY DOLLS LONG-WEARING MECHANICAL TOYS
LINCOLN LOGS SOME WITH A LIFE-TIME GUARANTEE
TOOL CHESTS FITTED WITHE TINY TOOLS THAT ACTUALLY WORK
ELECTRIC TRAINS MINIATURE WASHING MACHINES
TOY TYPEWRITERS THAT REALLY PRINT
TINY CASH REGISTERS AND SCALES FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SCHOOL
ARITHMETIC LESSONS
GAMES OF ALL KINDS
WEE GRAND PIANOS THAT TINKLE AN EIGHT-NOTE TUNE
GRASSER'S HARDWARE & SPORTING GOODS