RANDOM RAMBUNGS OUT WASILLA WAY j
By C. Hjellen
Tom Olson flew in Saturday
from Fairbanks to spend the
weekend with his parents, the
Martin Olsons. Other week-end
visitors with the Olsons were
Mrs. Gilbert Monroe of Fair
banks, David Brown family of
Anchorage and Peter Drall and
Earl Zimdahl with a group of
friends from Elmendorf.
* * *
After compounding a formula
for a liquid that would dissolve
anything—the chemist still had
one problem remaining.
• • •
The things that happen at
night! Caleb Frederick Alaeman
waited for it to get good and
dark on the night of the black
out (27th) and then made his
entry at eleven ten P. M., weigh
ing six pounds eleven ounces.
Will he always be shy?
* * *
Saturday, April 10th is their
big day. Joyce Arlene Dinkle and
Arn Kvernplassen will merge and
come out of the Presbyterian
church with one name between
them. Names usually indicate a
profession, a characteristic or
place. Kvernplassen is of Norwe
gian extraction—“Kvern” means
mill and “plassen” means place.
• * •
Benny Cottle’s got it made—
•course he has to work like blue
blazes—but just think of it— he’s
already hauled thirty tons of
fertilizer. Benny has been “part
timing” it at the Co-Op ware
house — whenever a carload Of
fertilizer has to be handled. His
■draying is after hours. In his
“‘spare time”—he hauls coal.
* * •
~4 As Jack Fabyan’s 69th birth
day fell on March 25th—the
J Greek Independence Day—John
ny Polis said “In as much as I’m
fhe only Greek in town—of
course, I had to help him cele
brate.”
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'Potential members for the “Po
lar Bear Club” are Dick Cottle
and “Big Red” Allen Stole. They
chipped a hole in the ice and
went swimming in Wasilla Lake
down by Green Acres.
* * *
Leo Erickson, of Camano Is
land in Puget Sound, Washington,
with his sister Helen of Fair
banks, where she operates the
Fairbanks Hotel, was down for
a brief visit to Green Acres.
f » * *
It’s not easy to be a politician
these days. Just try sitting on the
fence and keeping both ears to
the ground at the same time.—
Red Skelton.
* * *
Wasilla schools were recently
visited by an inspection team of
the Department of Education.
Education supervisor Arnold
Granville gave his attention to
local school problems while main
tenance supervisor Casimir Kras
inski viewed with critical eye
the many structural, repair and
replacement needs of the school
plant.
• • •
For sixteen years, Colleen Tee
lar.d has waited for the time.
Now, on the Third of April, she
will apply for her driver’s license.
* * *
Invitations to bid are out and
will be opened about the third
week in April for the Yenovation
and addition to the Wasilla School
system. The present unit will be
completely done over and used
for a high school. Six rooms, a
cafeteria, rest rooms, new hot
•water heating system that will
heat both buildings, and many
’other features will be incorpor
• ated into a new grade school.
* * •
Just because an oncoming car
pulls over to give you * lots of
room on these muddy —• rutted
roads, doesn’t mean he’s afraid
of you. He’s just being courteous.
Give him room, too.
• • •
May Carter pointed out that
you’ll find little blue cards in your
mail boxes—BOX RENT DUE.
• * *
Better get your ’54 license tags
for your car, too. Some of our
neighbors have been taken to
task.
• • •
Wouldn’t it be nice if the rail
road restored the Brill Car ser
vice—now that we no longer
.have passenger service on the
freight out of Palmer. Then we
could make a trip to Anchorage
in the morning—and be back in
time for dinner the same night.
* • *
New officers elected to the Su
sitna Post 9365 of the V. F. W. at
Wasilla are: Bob Lincoln, com
mander, Henry Katkus, Sr. vice
comm.; Dick Cottle, Jr., vice
comm.; Leo Nunley, Post Q.M.;
Earnie Line, advocate, Lawrence
Summers, chaplain; Roy Morri
son, surgeon and Ray Bergman,
three year Trustee. Sixteen mem
bers were there.
Installation of officers cere
monies will be held for both the
post and their auxiliary at the
Community Hall on April tenth.
Coffee and__ will be served.
The public is welcome.
• * •
Frieda Hulke returned from the
hospital after a siege of measles
and pneumonia. She’s still not in
school.
Others with measles were
Butch Hulke, Helen Carter and
Wylie Betts.
♦ * *
Gene King (Acting-Commis
sioner at Homer) and his wife
“Els” and their newest, Candace
Marie, visited at Wasilla with
May Carter (to find out just what
a commissioner does) and—well
just about everybody.
* * *'
If you get a ticket for speeding
thru Homer—just mention Wasil
la—the fine will double.
• * *
The Jimmy Nelson family of
Seward were up, too, stirring up
mud puddles.
A Court of Honor for Scouts
was held on Friday, the 26th. 1
Skippy Coglin attained Star
Scout status and won a merit
badge for citizenship in the home.
Don Carter won his in home-re
oair and Jerry Sorenson now
wears a badge for bugleing (?)
and mechanical drawing. Second j
class Scouts are now Lawrence I
Dryden, Eddie Byers, LeRoy !
Heaven and Erling Nelson.
Up from Cub Scout to Tender
foot are Billy Betts and David
Henry.
* * *
Presentations by Todd Purcell
were also a Timber wolf Stream
er (for third place in the Anch
orage Rally) and an on-time
Membership Streamer (registra
tion). Silver Bells (for quality
of program) and Blue Bells (for
nc-rease in membership) were al
;o awarded. Wally Teeland be
came Senior Patrol Leader and
Er.ing Nelson was appointed
•ci ibe.
Presentation of Troop Charter
was made to Ray Bergman, Com
mander of Susitna Post 9365 of
he V.F.W. (sponsors of the local
Scout activity). Full representa
tion of the Troop Committee was
on hand.
* * *
Need a baby sitter? Everett Le
mon functionalized in that capa
city while his wife, Lorraine was
in the Valley Hospital.
• * *
After spending three years in
the Valley, Elton and Judy Aar
estad decided they’d better make
a trip home for a visit with their
aging folks. They flew to Seattle
where they intended to do some
shopping—then visit in Everett
where Elton had previously
worked. North Dakota was their
destination — Portland and Mc
Henry. They also intended to visit
University Students
To Benefit From
Transportation Funds
The University of Alaska trans
portation committee has estab
lished definite regulations con
cerning disbursement of the
transportation fund authorized
by the last Legislature to help
pay Alaskan students’ fares to
and from the institution.
The committee decided that
The rate of payment to students
;hall be one-half of the actual
cost to the student for transpor
tation from his home town to and
from the University by the least
expensive scheduled commercial
carrier.”
The Alaska Railroad already is
cooperating with the University
by providing students who use its
facilities for transportation to the
University with round trip trans
portation for the cost of a one
way ticket. The committee decid
ed the University will pay one
half the cost to the students of
this one-way ticket. Students
who cannot avail themselves of
Alaska Rialroad transportation,
and who must pay the full cost
of a round trip ticket, will re
ceive one-half its cost from the
University.
The commitee explained the
University will not share travel
expense for more than one trip
per school year and the trans
portation must be to and from
the home community. Students
were cautioned to obtain a re
ceipt from the Railroad or other
scheduled carrier when they pur
chase their tickets.
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
FRIDAY, APRIL 2
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School, j
3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7
GIRL SCOUTS, Wasilla Road
house, 3:30 p.m.
BROWNIES, Mrs. John Polis j
home, 3:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 9
WASILLA P-TA, Wasilla School,,|
8 p.m.
other places where they had :
friends and relatives. They’ll be j
returning.
' • * *
Housewife, irrately to husband. I
as she puts down an arm-load of
bundles: ‘‘For some reason your j
income isn’t keeping up with my
budget.”
* * *
Rainbow Initiation and Mason
Night at Palmer a week ago Mon- j
day had Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Teeland, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Johnson, Miss Colleen Teeland
and Miss Allayne Nelson in at
tendance.
* * *
Clem Tellman left this week for
a two month visit with his moth
er in Linn, Missouri.
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
The snow has been melting and
the country looks wet and sloppy.
In other words, spring land clear
ing time is here. Clearing on the
frost is the only way to clear
small timber. It’s the best way
also to clear large growth. You
may have more root to pick, but
you also have a cleaner stump
row that will burn out much bet
ter and easier.
Speaking of burning, I have
been reading a pamphlet by H. J.
Lutz on the effects of fire on
woodland composition. The final
composition of a tree stand on
dry ground that has not been
burned for a long period of time
is normally white spruce. Pure
white spruce stands are quite in- {
flammable. A hot fire or several ,
light fires will completely destroy
such stands. Aspen, willow and j
cottonwood are usually the first
trees to come back, followed by
birch. After a couple of genera
tions of these trees, white spruce
gradually seed in and at the end
of two or three hundred years
the- forest is back to spruce.
Spruce is our most marketable
timber tree so you see what a
fire running loose can do to our
potential timber resources.
Fire is a necessity in cleaning
up stumprows. Fire on woodland
that is not to be cleared is a
harmful and disastrous thing.
Our fire control boys don’t like it
—neither do we.
ALASKA AIRLINES
TO ADD SERVICE
A new daylight flight from
Fairbanks to Seattle and Port
land was announced this week by
Alaska Airlines. Ralph W. Star
key. vice president in charge of
traffic for the airline, said the
new daily flight is planned to j
land passengers in Seattle at the
best time to make connections for
other parts of the United States.
Also of great value to Alaskan
residents, Starkey said, is the ex
press freight delivery scheduled
this new flight makes possible.
The overnight service will pro
vide fast early morning delivery
in Fairbanks and afternoon de
livery in Anchorage.
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KIWANIANS HEAR
REV. L. M. CAMPBELL
Reverend Lowell M. Campbell
of St. Lawrence Island, and a
member of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions, was guest
speaker at the regular noon meet
ing of Palmer Kiwanis on March
29.
Rev. Campbell told Kiwanians
of the life on St. Lawrence Island,
pointing out that the two villages,
Gambell and Savoonza, with a
population of approximately 300
Native persons in each village has
one church on each island; two
teachers, one nurse and a mis
sionary worker and his wife.
There are no doctors, lawyers or
police on the island. The islands
are governed by an eight-mem
ber council, with one or more
elected each year. However,
these council members are so
closely related to one another,
there is very little discipline, Rev
Campbell pointed out.
In the years 1868-1870 severe
epidemics of flu and other minor
illness practically wiped out the
villages. Last year the village of
Gambell suffered an epedemic of
measles during which time 238
of the 300 inhabitants were ill,
several of whom died. •»
At the present time it is pos
sible to get to the villages by air
only during the summer months.
However, when the expected
mat-landing field is completed,
YOUTH
for
CHRIST
presents:
RECREATION
SAT—APRIL 3—7:30 P.M.
GRANGE HALL
Jr. High and High School
year-round travel by air will b«
possible, he pointed out.
The Natives of the islands are
unlike those of this area, Rev.
Campbell said. They are unedu
cated and make their living from
fishing, hunting and Native craft.
Reindeer herds which died off in
the 40’s have increased to the
point where this year a check will
be made to determine whether
or not the hunting season can
again be opened.
Tip to motorists: The seconds
you save by speeding—may be
che first you spend—in eternity.
Carpenters, Remember 1
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
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