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ALASKAN ERITTR TO
VISIT i'UThhUSVA COLOFT
Barrett Wi 1 lo -i; £ by, r o to o r •
Alaskan writer who was born :.n the
Territory and. has written numbers
of books, short stories, and art
icles on her homeland, will sr end
some tine in Matanuska Valley be
inning about Sent. 2, she said in
letter to lack Allman this week,
he is interested in attending the
hirfet Eatanuska Valley Fair.
IT TVOF'T FT LONG NO1
later is rising ranidly in the
Knik river with occasional ice cak<
bobbing down to the sea. It looks
as though Lake George was working
away at the weak soot in the big
glacier dan and those who Lave
tickets for any day this week may
wake u.o some morning to find them
selves a few dollars richer. Lathe:
Sulzman, Kay Kenned^, and Tack
Allman worked most of last n.Lnht
getting an automatic clock orrang
ed.
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I-MS0NIC CLM*
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At a meeting called last week by
Dan halva and Toe Flakne. 27 Masons
foregathered in the comiaunity club
room in the basement of 'the dorm
itory. It was decided that a social
3 hub of Masons from the various
loo.ges would be organized and olans
are now under way, Some tine, ner
: .mrs not too far in the future, a
'mgulcriy annointed lodge may be
:s■ablished here.
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SCHOOL AUHOUNCEI3NTS WJ3E
BY SUPURI!TTSNDEUT
Sirota Farolcl L. TLuma and family
returnee last week from Manhattan,
Nano as, where Hr. Thuma had been
attending summer school. Today he
made preliminary announcements rel
ative to the opening of tho school
year.
School begins, he said, Tuesday,
Sent. 6, at 9 a<m. First day chile
ren will be returned to their homes
by noon. Any child in the district
that is now or will be six years of
age before Feb. 1, 1937, may enter
the first grade.
“'There will be no kindergarten,”
3Mr. Th.uma said, ”THe length of day
that a bus haul necessitates,
makes schooling for children under
six seen inadvisable.”
The Territory will furnish free
transportation for school children
living in areas more than two miles
’from school, which possess a sc hoc '•
population of six or more. The
Unite Honor company of Ketchikan,
Alaska, has contracted to provide
this transportation.
The district of 1936-37 will
combine the following 1935-36 areas
Katanuska, The latte, Camp seven,
and Palmar.
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REPUBLICANS MEET
Republicans rallied last Saturday
night at the Co ou amity hall. Poll
owing a picturp: s’ ow the following
sneakers were Introduced by T:r.P.
Snodgrass: TTarry PcCain, Lester
Core, 0,". Gill, and NorItz Andre
syn.
EGR S ALAI 11. cnty -seven joung
shoats, 10 t1.,upshire belted and
17 Durocs. Bill Hynek, Tract 91.