STATE ASKS BIDS
FOII KGDIAX FERRY
Bids were invited April 9 for
the construction of a 276-foot,
ocean- going ferry to connect
Kdiak Island and the mainland
of Alaska,
The vessel will he capable of
■carrying 250 passengers and 54
Automobiles at a sustained
«peed of 15 knots.
Alaska’s Commissioner of
T’ublic Works. Richard Down
ing left for Ottawa on Monday
of this week to meet with Gen
eral H. A. Young, Canadian
Deputy Minister of Public
Works to negotiate a lease for
the Southeastern Ferry Sys
tem's ferry terminal at Prince
-Rupert, B. C.
The fellow who can express
common sense in plain words
is on his way to the top.
DOG OBEDIENCE SPRING CLASS
STARTS APRIL 29 AT FAIRGROUNDS
The valley’s first spring class
for dog Vaining will begin
forming Sunday, April 29 at
the fairgrounds. The class will
be a beginners’ group and will
be open to all breeds and mix
ed breeds.
According to John Dunstan
usually dogs should be from
eight months to eight years of
age to enter a class. However,
exceptions can be made for
young pups who seem to be
more mature than usual, or
older dogs who seem spry for
their age.
The Matanuska Valley Obed
ience Training Club will super
vise the classes. The club has
requested permission from the
board of directors of Alaska
State Fair, Inc. to hold spring
classes on the midway of the
fairgrounds. Classes will be
held at 2 p.m. on Sunday after
noons.
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Under a new announced for
mat, classes will include 11 les
sons Beginners are asked not
to take dogs to the first ses
sion. The first lesson will in
j elude an outline of the prin
i ciples of obedience training,
i a demonstration conducted by
the club in order to show train
ers what can be expected.
The fee will be $15 for the
' course. All persons interested
I in the program are invited to
j attend the first session as
guests and may register for the
balance of the course at the
end of the lesson if they are |
so inclined.
I Persons interested in more'
information are asked to con
tact John Dunstan at PI 5-4004,
Calvary
Calvary, the name of the site
of Christ's Crucifixion, comes
from the Latin word for skull.
The place may have gotten the
name from its shape, from
skulls seen there in ancient
times, or from a legend that
the skull of Adam was buried
there. No one knows the actual
site of Calvary, reports World
Book Encyclopedia, but tradi
tion places it where the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre now
stands.
Washington’s 68,192 sq. miles
ranks it as 20th state in size.
Current AGP Funds
Are Now Exhausted
The Palmer County Agricul
tural Conservation Program
has at this time obligated all
of 1962 program funds, it was
announced this week. “We
must temporarily close the pro
gram for 1962,” said John Nash,
ACP office manager. The ASC
office will continue to accept
applications for cost sharing to
allow farmers to take advan
tage of the fact that all present
approvals may not complete
the actual work.
The local ACP committee is
composed of Roland Snodgrass
and Raymond DePriest, Pal
mer dairy farmers, and Arne
Carson, Wasilla area farmer.
Nash states that the 1963 pro
gram will be open sometime
in late August or early Sep
tember of 1962. This will give
farmers an opportunity to cost
share in fall land clearing, live
stock wells, and other practices
that can be carried out in the
fall of the year.
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday is believ
ed to get its name from Christ’s
commandment—mandatum, in
Latin—to His followers, ex
plains World Book Encyclope
dia. During the Last Supper He
said, “A new commandment I
give unto you: that ye love one
another.”
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Strange Things ■ - -
By Heinie Snider
The late William Randolph
Hearst, multi-millionaire news
paperman, owned thousands of
acres of land on his estate San
Semeon. Among the hundreds
of wild and tame animals were
Alaska Dahl sheep, caught by
Carl Anderson, member of
Pioneer Igloo No. 15, Anchor
age. A young man at that time,
Anderson trapped the full
grown mountain sheep and
took it down the mountain
back of Eklutna. The expedi
tion’s trials and tribulations is
a story in itself.
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Some years ago Paramont
Pictures, Inc. was preparing a
movie of a demented man lost
in the wilds of Alaska. To make
the film more realistic, bears
and wolverine were trapped
and sent to Hollywood. One
day my partner, Herman Kloby
and I, coming down the Willow
Creek Mountain, noticed a
strange looking sled track in
the snow. We followed the
track to Fishhook Creek and
there the mystery was cleared
up. In addition to other crates
here stood one, still on the sled.
Inside was a large, live, very
angry wolverine. He had been
trapped by the late Sherron
Fleckenstein. In due time he
received a check for $300. P.S.
The film was never shown.
Among the many gem stones
in the fireplace in our home,
and on the mantle, is an ame
thyst. The word amethyst is
composed of two Greek words
meaning “not to be drunk”.
The ancients believed this
stone, consisting of a violet
blue variety of crystalline
quartz, would keep the wearer
sober. In those days drinking
cups were made of amethyst, to
prevent the user from getting
drunk. The amethyst is also
known as the Bishop tone, from
the wide use in the Bishop’s
ring, a ring worn by Bishops
on the third finger of the right
hand and symbolizing the Bish
op is wedded to his diocese.
Sometime between the year
1908 and 1909, the correct year
escapes me, some Finnish
homesteaders settled in Katch
emak Bay in Cook Inlet. Home
steads were staked, even a
town was laid out. The idea
was to send for more Finnish
farmers from Finland, but the
U.S.A. made immigration to
America and Alaska almost
nil. The idea was abandoned
and only a couple of old fence
post are there today.
Youth Camp Group
Holds Meeting
Nine members of the Youth
Camp and School citizens’ liai
son committee met April 8 in
Legion hall for a regular busi
ness meeting. The committee
reports that most of the busi
ness dealt with policy planning.
Persons interested in the
Youth Camp and School are in
vited to drop in at the camp
to look around and have a cup
of coffee. Project suggestions
will also be welcomed by the
committee.
During the recent visit to
the valley Charles Pfieffer, di
rector of the State Youth and
Adult Authority from Juneau,
reported a mountaineering
group in Anchorage has volun
teered to lay out the Lake
George Trail so that youths at
the camp may start this project
this summer.
DO YOU KNOW?
A 1,200-lb. satellite mo
tion simulator, developed by
an aerospace company, is so
finely balanced that it:
• Tills if a fly lands on its
surface.
• Bends under the pull of
gravity.
• Floats on a film of gas
about 1/1000th of an inch
! thick.
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Electric milking machines, pumping systems
which convey the milk from cow to cooler un
touched by human hands, and dependable elec
tric refrigeration help to assure the consumer
a truly fine bottle of milk.
We salute the great dairy industry, and we’re
glad to have a part in its progress ... .
Electricity in rural areas — made available
by the Member - owned, Member - organized
Rural Electric Systems — has brought many
changes in the past quarter-century ... changes
and progress with benefits for everyone! . . .
Malanuska
Electric Association
Guild Invites
Public Participation
In Meller-Drama
A series of meller-dramas
will be presented during the
summer months by the Valley
Theatre Guild, it was announc
ed this week. The first will be
an old fashioned “hiss-the-vil
lian” play entitled “True Blue
and Trusted”, with the Palmer
Elks lodge cooperating with the
guild in the production to be
held at Elks hall June 8 and 9.
All roles will be adult and
there will be parts for four
men and four women. Persons
are being sought to play the
roles of the manly hero, the
sweetly feminine heroine, a
truly dastardly villian, the lov
ing kindly mother, and the
dauntless grandmother. This
drama also boasts a villianess.
heartless and scheming, and
then there is the generous mil
lionaire and a “mail-order”
preacher rounding out the cast
of this light hearted, deeply
penetrating meller-drama.
Casting will be done Tues
day, April 24 at a meeting to
be held in the lounge at the
Matanuska Lodge, starting at
8 p.m. Keith Melendy will di
rect the production and Bar
bara Hamilton will be assis
tant director.
Melendy said this week there
will be special oleo numbers
between acts and asks that any
one interested in participating
in the meller-drama, in special
ty numbers, backstage work,
electrical work, seamstress
work, or in serving as “bar
room girls” attend the April
24 meeting, or contact him or
Mrs. Hamilton.
“We want everyone in the
Valley area to feel welcome to
participate in our productions.”
Melendy said this week. With
good representation from all
parts of the Valley area, we
expect this to be one of our
most ‘fun’ productions, or at
least," he added with tongue
in cheek, “this the Guild trusts
to be true or all will be blue.”
Breakfast Planned
For Easter Morning
Palmer Elks and members of
the Palmer Emblem Club will
co-sponsor an' Easter break
fast to be held at Elks lodge
Easter Sunday morning from
9:00 until noon.
On the menu will be ham and
eggs, hot cakes, and plenty of
hot, fresh coffee, all prepared
by capable Elk chefs.
Prices will be $1.50 for adults
and 75 cents for children under
12 years of age. Tickets may be
purchased in advance from
Dorothy Woods at Woods In
surance, or from Lee Ehrhart at
Lea’s Dress Shop, and may be
purchased at the door Sunday
morning.
All Elks, Emblem Club mem
bers, their families and friends
are invited to attend. The
breakfast will take the place
this month of the Emblem
Club’s family dinner.
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