Health Survey Team
To Visit in Palmer
The health survey team, work
ing under a contract between the
Department of the Interior and
the University of Pittsburgh
Grade School of Public Health, is
now in the Territory and expect
to be in the Palmer area between j
August 23 and August 25, making
investigations. I
The team is headed by Dr.
Thomas Parran, former surgeon
general of the U. S. Public Health
Service and now dean of the Pitts
burgh Graduate School of Public
Health.
The survey results from re
quests directed to Douglas Mc
Kay by the Alaska Legislature
and by many individuals in the
territory. The agreement between
Pittsburgh University and the In
terior Department provides for
the collection and analysis of
available data on the general
health and hospital problems of
the native and contiguous white |
population. Particular emphasis
will be placed on studies on tuber
culosis, pneumonia, maternal and
child health and crippled chil
dren’s services.
CONSERVATION
NOTES
Lew Hanks
George Woodruff, Robert Al
en and Duward Womack of the
Soil Conservation Service, and
Neil Michelson of the Experiment
Station recently completed a soil
survey of the area adjacent to
the Little Susitna river. 108,000
acres were mapped according to
its capability as agricultural land.
Of this area about 30,000 acres
were classed as potential crop !
land, capability class III or better.
This is flat, well drained, tim- !
bered land ten to twenty inches
in depth. This land lies in two
strips on either side of the Little
Susitna. It will make some good
farm land some day. The area is
at present quite inaccessable.
The party started out by boat
from Huston, July 20. They es-;
tablished camps and worked out
from the river progressing down
stream, reaching the mouth Aug
ust 3, after about a seventy mile
trip. From there they boated
across the Inlet to Anchorage.
They saw lots of game on the
trip both moose and black bear.
They also say the fishing was
out of this world. It was the kind
you read about and most of us
never see. Rainbows and silvers
were swimming around hoping !
someone would throv, -> line out. !
Fishing was so good mat after \
they hooked one they hoped he ;
would kick off the hook so they ;
could have the fun of playing an
other.
These surveys are part of the
program of the Alaska Soil Con- I
servation District. It is the hope i
of the Dstrict Board that even- ;
tually all of the potentially agri- ;
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HOMEMAKERS CLUB
NOTES
Cheechako Club
The Cheechako Homemakers
club met August 12 at the home
of Mrs. Katherine Wilson with 15
members and two visitors pres
ent. Roll call was answered with
a suggestion for preparing or
cooking game. Refreshments were
served.
A special meeting will be held
at the home of Ida Belle Blue
August 17, to work on fair booth
plans. The meeting will start at
8 p.m.
The next regular meeting will
be at Mrs. Clara Whetstone’s on
September 14.
Sourdough Club
Members of the Sourdough
Homemakers club met at tne
home of Mrs. Amy Irwin August
11. A report was given on the
last hospital bake sale which
brought in $72.00. Members of
the Sourdough club wish to thank
all those who helped make the
sale such a success.
Mrs. Irwin gave an interesting
report on the Homemakers Coun
cil meeting followed by Rose Nel
son project leader who gave
demonstrations on different ma
terials including mitered corners,
drapes, etc.
A special meeting of the Sour
dough club will be held at the
Irwin home Tuesday, August 18
to complete plans for the booth
at the fair.
The next regular meeting will
be held at the home of Bess Johns
Tuesday, September .8.
cultural land in Alaska will be
mapped and classified. There is
a lot of it. More perhaps than
most of us realize.
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Local ACT Group .
To View Film
The second in a series of mo
tion pictures to be presented by
the newly organized Palmer
chapter of the Alaska Community
Theatre, Inc. “Flesh and Fantasy”
will be shown Saturday, August j
22 at Carpenters’ Hall at 8:00
p,m. Admission will be to mem
bers only.
Membership tickets will be on
sale this week end and may be
obtained through Mrs. Gene
Kirsch, membership chairman, at
the Treasure Chest. Members of
the Palmer chapter will contact
persons who have indicated an
interest next week. Mrs. Allan
Mick said this week. Those who
have not been contacted and wish
membership are asked to call at
the Treasure Chest.
Because of limited space, no
single- seating can be promised.
There will be a few guest tick
ets, according to the number of
seats available, for each showing.
These tickets must be obtained
through Mrs. Kirsch.
The first film to be shown by
the local ACT chapter was the
“Bicycle Thief,” viewed by a
capacity crowd. Five more out
standing films, including the
August 22 film, will be shown.
“Flesh and Fantasy” stars Char
les Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck and
Edward G. Robinson. The Ameri
can film studies and explores the
world of the supernatural through
the eyes of the characters. Char
les Boyer, as a circus performer,
does a breath-taking high-wire
walking act after dreaming of im
pending disaster.
The next scheduled showing
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According to Jessen’s Week
ly this past week, E. B. Collins,
chairman of the Territorial Po
lice Commission said in Juneau
that workers in Alaska must buy
territorial licenses for their auto
mobiles.
He added that they are re
garded as residents, not tourists
and that the order for rigid en
forcement of vehicle licensing
laws is aimed at newcomers to
Alaska who take jobs but fail
to license their cars.
will. be “Schubert's Serenade,” |
a French film based on the music i
of Franz Schubert, and will be j
shown September 19.
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Members of the Flying Club
are reminded that their regular
meeting will follow that of the
Matanuska Airmen Association
meeting tonight, August 13 in the
Co-Op club room. All members
are urged to attend.
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