Helps With Music
WASILLA — Mrs. Timothy
Hennessey of Palmer is helping
to build interest in the musical
education of students of Wasilla
school. Mrs. Hennessey comes to
Wisilla each week to assist Mrs.
Gladiolus Getzloff, music teach
er.
Girls in the Wasilla school al
ready have organized a glee club.
Other musical activities in the
school are planned as the year
advances.
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Wasilla VFW Work
On Playground Job
WASILLA—Ground has been
broken for the playground being
constructed under the sponsor
ship of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. The playground, located
at the edge df town, is intended
to be large enough for a softball
diamond, badminton and volley
ball courts. It is to be ready by
spring.
Pat Carter, VFW member as
sisting in laying out the play
! ground, said men of the com
munity had responded whole
heartedly to a call for volunteer
labor. Preliminary manual labor
on the site has been completed.
The VFW now hopes to borrow a
grader from the Alaska Road
Commission for further levelling.
1 Plans have been drawn for a
clubhouse a tthe playfield. It,
too, is expected to be ready for
use by spring, according to Mr.
Carter. The playfield is being
laid out on land donated by the
Carters.
i Visits Here
James Leakley, biologist at the
Petersberg fur experiment sta
* lion, was in Palmer for a short
time this week. He arrived Tues
day and expected to leave again
Thursday.
I Mr. Leakley came to confer
with Don L. Irwin, head of Alas
1 kan experiment stations, and A.
D. Edgar, agricultural engineer,
in regard to needed building con
struction at Petersberg.
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Because of the insistent de
mand of a large number of
our patrons, beginning Nov.
9 and running through Nov.
11th, the management of the
VALLEY THEATRE will
show "Duel In The Sun."
The distributors of this pic
ture have stated that it will not
be available at normal prices
until late 1948. Rather than
wait that long, the manage
ment of the VALLEY THEA
TRE has contracted for this
picture now.
Prices for Sunday, Nov. 9,
through Tuesday, Nov. 11,
will be $1.25 for adults and
all children 12 or older, and
60 cents for all children un
der 12. This price includes lax.
Every child not in arms must
have a ticket for admittance.
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Reed Has High
Praise After
Visit to Valley
JUNEAU—Leaving the terri
| tory after a five weeks’ tour of
: inspection Dr. O. E. Reed, chief
; of the bureau of dairy industry
■ for the Department of Agricul
ture, said Palmer and the Mat
anuska Valley made a big im
pression on him.
j After visiting Fairbanks,
I Homer, southeastern Alaska and
! the Valley, Dr. Reed said:
“I was frankly surprised to
discover the rich possibilities of
the Matanuska Valley. The set
tlers there, including many
GI's, raise all their own hay
and roughage, and have not im
ported any fodder for three
years.
“While 50,000 acres of fertile
land remain to be cleared, the
pioneer phase is over, and I have
great hope for that area.” .
Dr. Reed pointed out that the
bureau of dairying can assist
the Alaskan industry by intensi
fying its research for different
types of grain and grasses for
pasturage and hay.
Livestock breeding is also un
der careful study, Dr. Reed said.
A consignment of Red Danes,
a superior type breed of Danish
cow, will be sent to Matanuska.
The doctor, an expert on cows,
was born on a Missouri farm.
He taught as the head of the
dairy department at Kansas
State College at Purdue, and at
the University of Michigan.
While visiting in the Matan
uska Valley recently, the doctor
was delighted to run across one
of his former students at Kansas
State.
In 1928, Dr. Reed left Michi
gan to accept the job as chief of
the bureau of dairying in Wash
ington and he has held this post
ever since.
School Empties
In 60 Seconds
A fire drill warning at Palm
er school sends students march
ing to the exits on the double,
with the present record for a
drill standing at 60 seconds.
When fire drills began on
Sept. 23, it took 155 seconds to
clear the three floors of the
school. Succeeding drills shaved
seconds rapidly. On Oct. 3, the
school was cleared in 110 sec
onds. On Oct. 16 that time went
down to 80 seconds.
In three subsequent drills held
Oct. 21 and 23, students were
clocked twice at 60 seconds and
once at 65 seconds. School heads
say they believe that time can
be cut still further—possibly as
low as 40 seconds.
Fire drills are scheduled to
continue as frequently as two or
three times a week, until cold
weather prevents it.
Supt. Carl Snelling explained
the need for constant drill in or
der to arouse an automatic re
sponse in the child. He said in
the event of a real fire, panic is
almost unavoidable. However, if
the child has been thoroughly
schooled in fire drills, he will re
act automatically, even though
frightened.
Veterans Join
Cemetery Group
WASILLA—Members o f t h e
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars voted
to become a member of the Wa
silla Cemetery Association, at
the club’s recent meeting. With
the VFW enrolled, all clubs in
the community are now on the
Cemetery Association’s member
ship lists.
No definite selection of a
cemetery site has yet been an
nounced. Several plots have been
offered to the Association for
use as a cemetery, while other
land is available for purchase.
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Land Red Tape
To Be Clipped
Legal methods of disposing of
land in the territory are to be
the subject of a detailed study
of the Alaska Development
Board, it was announced this
week. Burke Riley, a member of
the Alaska bar, will make a re
port to the Board.
The Board intends that Mr.
Riley shall make an extended re
port. He will be asked to pay
particular attention to the Lem
ke bill, land reservations and
withdrawals, and the method by
which Alaska, when a state, wiil
be allotted a share of the public
domain.
The Alaska Dev elopment
Board plans to make recom
mendations for action to Con
gress. It is hoped that new laws
improving and simplifying land
disposal procedure will result.
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