Wasilla
Walkie-Talkie
By Kitty Johnson
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Big Lake School is the sett- |
ing for a Valentine Pot Luck j
Supper on February 16 from !
7-9 p.m. There will be a door
prize and the admission is one
dollar for adults and 50 cents
for children. This is being
sponsored by the PTA. “Bring
a dish if you wish”.
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Neighbors and friends of the
Bill Jones family of Willow
have really rallied around and
shown their neighborly love
and kindnesses; this was after
the fatal and tragic accident
which resulted in the death of
their nine year old son, Ricky.
He was run over Saturday eve
ning while hauling stove wood.
* * *
Don and Beverly Pierce of
Rainbow Lakes Road are cur
rently outside in Seattle where
Don is getting medical treat
ment.
* * *
Here is a bit of news that
many have been looking for
ward to and that is that the
Wasilla Varsity Show will go
on. The date will be announced
in next week’s column.
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With George Washington’s
birthday coming up, we are re
minded of the chopping of the
cherry tree. It seems that Hom
er Mayo of Rainbow Lakes
Road was anticipating the date,
but not having a cherry tree
was after another when he
missed and really got it in the
knee. He is stiff legged now
because of a cast he is carrying
around.
* * *
Mike Carson, son of “Kit”
Carson of the Matanuska road
(Wasilla) has returned to Sal
em, Oregon to complete his
schooling at the Willamette
University Law School. He has
two years left.
* * *
The Wasilla High School
Basketball team left at noo.'
Tuesday for the Class C tour
nament in Valdez which begins
Wednesday. The Warriors were
accompanied by the cheerlead
ers and the entire alumni is
rooting for them.
* * ♦
Boy, this Willow area just
doesn’t sit still. Saturday the
17th the WCO is sponsoring a
dance and chili feed. Dinner
will be served between six and
seven and the dance starts at
eight p.m. The public is cor
dially invited. This will be held
in the Community Hall.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Friday, Feb., 16
Wasilla Lions, Hallea Lodge, 8
p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 17
Pot Luck Supper, Big Lake
School, 7-9 p.m.
Dance and Chili feed, Willow
comm, hall, 6 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 19
Wasilla, VFW, VFW Hall, 8
p.m.
B.g Lake PTA, Big Lake sch-1
ool, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
AREA BOROUGH MEETING.!
Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 22
Wasilla Grange No. 2 Comm. j
Hall, 8 p.m.
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By Cliff Marcus
A conservation farm plan is'
a plan which assists a farmer or I
homesteader in his farming op
erations. The conservation farm
plan is worked out, for the in
dividual’s farm, with the farm
er and the Soil Conservation
Service technician.
The basis for conservation
farming is a land capability
maf>. This map shows, for the
particular farm or homestead,
the type and depth of soil,
slope, permeability, wetness,
etc. which determine the cap
ability of a piece of land. The
land capability classification
helps to determine what
each piece of land would be
best suited for—whether for
cropland, hay. pasture, wood,
or wildlife. The map shows
how much protection from
erosion will be needed on
each piece of land. The best
land for clearing can also be
determined by having a land
capability map.
Along with the map the con
servation farm plan can include
in plain, clear language a
write-up as to how the land
should best be used and what
necessary conservation prac
tices will be needed on the land
to keep production up and to
keep erosion down.
Conservation practices such
as crop rotations, stubble util
izations, seeding of perman
ent grass, pasture manage
ment, irrigation, drainage,
windbreaks, seedbed prepar
ation, etc. are explained in
the plan for the farmer when
applicable.
The conservation farm plan
s the farmer’s plan and should
oerve as a guide for farming
operations on his particular
niece of land.
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PUBLIC INVITED TO
FARM BREAKFAST
\ Barm Breakfast will be
;erved to the public at Grange
tall on Sunday, February IE
rom 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. by the
nen of Northland Pioneer
Grange.
The men will prepare and
ereah. . t ■ < f ■ ' h
ancakes and e'^s and valle?
f — :,'r»r ur'n ha''e a bargain—
breakfast costs will be $1.50 per
i uit. 5 cents per child. How
e /er, if a family’s cost goes over
$4, that’s ail they pay—just four
dollars for the whole family If
i ider $4, the quoted prices will
£ iply.
frnoer^s from the breakfast
will go into the Grange’s build
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GOVERNOR PHCPOScS
EXTENSION OF
TiDELANDS RIGHTS
Governor William A. Egan
today proposed that occupants
of tidelands outside of munici
pal areas be given an additional
two years in which to exercise
their preference rights to apply
for title.
Under present law, the dead
line for exercise of preference
rights would be July 20, 1962.
In a letter submitting the bill
for introduction in the Senate,
Egan said:
“With 33,000 miles of Alas
kan coastline it is likely that
many of those entitled to pre
ference rights will not become
aware of these provisions and
will fail to meet the necessary
requirements filing application.
Because of this, a two-year ex
tension of the application per
iod is proposed.”
Eastern Star Meeting
Planned Febuary ?1
The regular meeting of the
Order of Eastern Star will be
held at 3 p.m. February 21 at
Carpenters hall. Obligations
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A friend of Alaskans for half a century, the famous ' o:d ship" Victoria is seen here
cutting through the ice of the Nome road tead, arriving there June 25, 1918, the
first ship of the year She was also the last o jt before the freeze-up r*ost of her 30 years
on t’at northern run. The exploits of the ' O d V c" z:e r caVed in connect on with the
cefebrat on of 67th anniversary of Alaska Steamship kicked off ’anuary 26
with the line's presentation of the Victoria bell to the Seattle Historical Society. When
fin lily decommissioned ten years ago at 8 2 the Vic was fi’e oldest ship in the American
merchant marine. She was sold in 1954 to become a trans-Pacific barge.
will be renewed at this meet
ing. Members are reminded to
take their silver coupons to the
meet, g.
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