RANDOM RAMBUNGS OUT WASILLA WAY
1 i By E. Hjellen
Opening date for school ir
Wasilla has been set as the 20th
of September. It will be late due
to construction of the new school
and the fact that the heating anc
water system for both the old
and new additions are in the
r.ew building. It looks favorable
for a new bus run this year up
to Big Lake. There is a total of
33 pupils on that run against five
as of last year.
Sally Carson was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. H. Newcomb, at
a surprize birthday party attend
ed by a group of her friends. The
'‘surprize'' part had to be told
when it developed that Sally had
made other plans for her thir
teenth birthday.
A surprise party for Florence
Sawby on Aug. 5th was attended
by the following: Rose Johnson,
May Carter, Bronwen Jones, Mrs.
Visger and Vivian Teeland. After
Mrs. Sawby opened her gifts, the
group had ice cream and cake.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
of Wasilla are sponsoring a Polio
drive in the Wasilla area.
The 4-H Clover Club of Wasil
la is contributing forty-six dollars
to this fund. The members were
not able to attend 4-H camp this
year due to the recent outbreak
of polio so they decided that the
money set aside for camp use
should be used in helping to fight
polio.
It is hoped that everyone who
is contacted will give generously
to this drive. Contributions may
be sent to any member of the
V.F.W. Post.
Ira Custer, employed by the
Alaska Railroad, who has been
on vacation has returned from a
week’s stay in Nome. Each year
on his vacation he has been visit
ing a different part of the Terri
tory. I
Mr. and Mrs. John Poiis and
family made a trip up the hi-way.
They stayed over-nite at Copper
Center and enjoyed visiting with j
friends they hadn't seen in years :
who now live at various points
on the Alaska hi-way.
Jean Wall, daughter of Roy
Wall, and Allan Stow’e, son of !
PROGRESS
By Bob Klem
Every once in a while and in j
many places
Somebody tries to promote !
some preposterous
Proposition—and when he meets
with opposition
Biands his opponents as Op
posed to Progress.
If there is anything that will
Man feed his family—help him
build and
Maintain a home—and educate
his children.
I am for it. This I call Progress!
Eut all those things, that tend
to make
Living more expensive and more
competative I am
Opposed to—Progressive or No
I don’t think it is right for those
Who are more favored with abil
ity to set up their
Earning capacity as a measure
that the more
Unfortunate should have to fol
low—that
It is wrong for the strong to
tell the weak
How much they should carry—
And—if taxes had to be paid in
Advance on Election Day—we
would
Have no trouble starting a
program of
Economy—
I
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BROWN’S SHOP
.' William Stowe, were married by
. Commissioner May Carter on
Saturday, August 14th. Jean Dry
den and Jack Maley were the
attendants. After the ceremony
they drove to Dawson for their
i honeymoon. Mr. Stowe is a tech
sargent stationed at Fort Richard
■ son. Mrs. Stowe has been employ -
j ed at the Wasilla Roadhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Robinette
are back in Wasilla after being
gone for several months. They
have decided that they like this
j locality best.
Jean Dryden. and son Lawrence
have returned from a vacation
that took them as far south as j
California. Lawrence hopes he j
will not have to leave Alaska j
again. We must have something !
up here after all.
Lynn Wright, of Big Lake, was
a patient in Valley Hospital for
several days.
When God created man, He :
knew that someday man would
wear glasses—Look where He put
our ears!
HEALTH FOR ALL
You had a wonderful time.
Two weeks doing just as you
pleased. You got lots of fresh air,
sun, and exercise, and you slept
like a baby every night. You
came back feeling wonderful, at
the top of your form.
Are you going to stay there,
or have you already begun to
slip back into the same old rut?
How many of us go through most
j of the year feeling “pretty good”
I —not sick, of course, but not
really well. Are we fated to
know that glow of positive health
only for a few short weeks?
A great many of the really seri
ous ills of mankind could be
avoided if we could only stay i
somewhere near that vacation i
peak of health. Take tuberculos- <
is, for example. Of course, it is c
caused by a germ. But the heal- ;
thy body can usually fight the i
germs to a standstill. It has been 1
estimated that 40,000,000 Ameri- <
cans may have TB germs in their t
bodies. Those millions of people £
need not develop the disease,
and probably most of them won’t, t
But, judging by past years, 110,- t
000 of them will break down with -
TB in 1954.
They will break down because
af weakened resistance, because
the germs finally win the battle
against a body that only feels
"pretty good.” Then begins the
battle for life itself against a mer
ciless killer. Now modern medi
cal science mobilizes its forces.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 19
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Legion Bldg., 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 20
ROUND-TABLE COFFEE HOUR
for queen candidates. Dorothy
Saxton home, 8 p.m.
AUTOGRAPH PARTY, Fred and
Sara Machetanz, ' Treasure
Chest, 2-5 p.m.
HOSPITAL BOARD, Valley Hos
pital, 8 p.m.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23
KIWANIS CLUB. Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Fair
grounds area, 7:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24
BOY SCOUTS, Fairgrounds area,
7 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING,
Clerk’s office, 7:30 p.m.
MOOSE & WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters Hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER GARDEN CLUB, 8 p.m.
WELL BABY CLINIC, Health
Center, 2-4 p.m.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
More and more often the wea
pons against TB—rest, drugs, and
surgery—win the victory. But
this fight for life may last for
months, even years. Is it neces
sary?
Think back over your vacation.
You can. if you try, fit into your j
normal working day some of the
elements that helped give you :
:hat feeling of well-being, plenty
)f sleep, unhurried eating of j
hree well-balanced meals, some '
?xercise in the open air, a period
if relaxation doing something !
'ou really enjoy. A regular reg
me of healthy living and an an- '
iual check-up by the family
ioctor will help to keep you in
op form—your best protection
gainst infectious diseases.
This column is contributed, in
he interest of better health, by
he National Tuberculosis Associ
tion.
Carpenters, Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
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NEW BABIES
Smulick
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smulick
of Eska are receiving congratula
tions on the birtfi of their fifth
child, a son, Thomas, who was
born at Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital on August 12. The newest
1 member of the Smulick family
: weighed eight pounds at birth.
, Mr. Smulick is employed as a
miner.
Welch
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey A. Welch
of Wasilla are parents of their
first child, a boy. He was born
at Valley Presbyterian Hospital
on August 17 and weighed eight
pounds, 12 ounces. He has been
named John Arthur. Mr. Welch
is a Valley farmer.
Hulke
Virginia Faith Hulke was born
at Valley Presbyterian Hospital
on August 17, weighing six
pounds, two ounces. She is daugh
GARDEN CLUB
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
Members of the Palmer Gar
den Club will meet at the home
of Mrs. I. M. Sandv'k Wednesday
evening, August 25 at 8 p.m. All
members are urged to attend.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldor T. Hulke
of Wasilla and is the couple’s
third child. Mr. Hulke is employ
ed on the construction of the new
Wasilla school.
CALENDAR
WASILLA COMMUNITY
MONDAY, AUGUST 23
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS, Community Hall, 8 p.m.
LIBRARY CLUB, Wasilla Library.
8 p.m.
TUESDAY. AUGUST 24
WASILLA GRANGE, Grange
Hut, 8 p.m.
WASILLA COMMUNITY CLUB,
Club hall, 8 p.m.
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