New Appointments
Announced in
Extension Service
Appointments of Arthur S. I
Buswell, as associate director of
extension and associate profes- I
scr of agriculture; and Mrs. Lydia
Fohn-Hansen as associate direc
tor of extension for home demon
stration work was recently an- i
nounced by Dr. Allan H. Mick,
director of the University of Al
aska agricultural extension ser
vice.
Both appointments are effec
tive immediately. Buzwell will
continue as head of the univer
sity’s agriculture department,
but suspend his horticultural re
search, Mick said.
Buswell plans to strengthen
university extension work in ur
ban home gardening and home
food production in isolated com
munities. He also will work with
Mrs. Fohn-Hansen, acting 4-H
leader, in 4-H work.
Associate director for home
demonstration work is a familiar
title to Mrs. Fohn-Hansen who
served about six years in that
capacity beginning in 1930 when
extension work was started in
Alaska. During her more than 19
vears in extension work, Mrs.
Fohn-Hansen traveled over much
oi Alaska to help homemakers
adiust to frontier conditions. Un
til February 1936 she was the
onlv home economist in Alaska
extension. The first district home
demonstration agent joined the
staff that year to serve the Mat
anuska Valley. That same year
Mrs. Fohn-Hansen resigned.
When she returned in 1940 as
home demonstration leader, there
were three home demonstration
agents in the field. She now sup
ervises six agents and one home
furnishings specialist. In 1948
Jessen’s Weekly of Fairbanks
gave her their annual award for
distinguished service to Alaska. A
similar award for outstanding
service to the territory was pre
sented by the Chicago alumni as
sociation of Iowa State College
it. 1951.
Buswell joined the university
faculty in 1951. In addition to his
teaching and administrative du
ties, he conducted horticultural
research at the agricultural ex
perient station farm near the
campus. During the past school
year he was president of the uni
versity’s branch of the American
Association of University Profes
sors.
During the past year Buswell
acted as agricultural inspector in
the Tanana Valley for the Alas
ka Department of Agriculture.
Ir. this position he inspected all
locally grown produce sold to
unitary bases and assisted in de
veloping the high quality pro
ducts sent to the bases.
This spring he is serving as
advisor for the university’s land
scaping program. He will repre
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7 p.m.
FRIDAY. JUNE 5
AAAS COOK INLET CHAPTER,
Arctic Health Center, Anch.,
8 p.m.
MONDAY, JUNE 7
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
BETA SIGMA PHI, Dorothy Sax
ton’s home, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY. JUNE 8
CITY COUNCIL, Clerk’s office,
7:30 p.m. _
MOOSE & WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 p m.
BOY SCOUTS, United Protestant
Church, 7 p.m.
ALTAR & ROSARY SOCIETY,
Church basement, 8 p.m.
ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY
CHORUS, School gym, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10
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Moose Planning
Vice-Versa Dance
Members of the Palmer Moose
lodge are having a vice versa
party Saturday night, June 5 at
Moose Hall. The women will
dress as men, and the men will
attend in womens’ attire.
The women will be expected to
treat their “fair” companions as
any gentleman should, also they
must pay for everything. To be
admitted, everyone must be in
costume, committee members an
nounced this week. The dance
will be for members and their
guests only.
sent the university at the nation
al agricultural communications
conference in East Lansing, Mich
igan, July 14 to 19.
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GRAYSON MURPHY
MEW DISTRICT
EXTENSION AGENT
Grayson E. (Pat) Murphy of
Palmer joins the University of
Alaska extension faculty on June
1, succeeding Richard Blue as
district agricultural agent in the
Matanuska Valley, Director Al
lan H. Mick of the University’s
agriculture service announced
this week.
Blue resigned this spring after
more than three years with the
extension service to return to the
states. He plans to investigate
ceramic schools and possibly oth
er handicraft training. After his
graduation from the University
of Alaska, Blue worked at Kenai
as veterans-on-the-farm training
instructor and pert time district
agricultural agent. He moved to
Palmer in July 1951 where he
served the Valley until mid-May
this year.
Murphy has been in the valley
four years so that he is familiar
with farming problems in Al
aska, Mick said. His appointment
was made following the recom
mendation of the members of the
University agricutural advisory
committee for the Matanuska
Valley.
Murphy, called “Pat” by local
residents, operated the Linn
dairy farm at Matanuska the past
two years. Prior to that position
he was soil conservationist at
Palmer with the Soil Conserva
tion Service for 18 months. He
came to Alaska with the SCS
from similar positions in No.
Dakota and Nevada.
The new agricultural agent
had experience with extension
work in the states where he was
a county agent in Kansas. He is
an agricultural graduate from
Kansas State College and a vet
eran of naval service in Worlc
War II. Murphy has a farm back
ground; he lived on a farm ir
northwestern Kansas, was a 4-F
club member and took vocationa
agricultural courses in high sch
ool where he participated in F
F. A. (Future Farmers of Ameri
ca).
The district Extension Offic
moves this month from the Co
; Op building to share the Ameri
can Legion building with thi
Soil Conservation Service stafl
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4-H NEWS
Sewers Paradise
June 1 the 4-H sewers club
held their first meeting in the
Extension office. We had 12
members but expect three more.
At this meeting we chose officers,
also a name for our club which
is Sewers Paradise. Our next
meeting will be held at the Ex
tensibn Service Wednesday,
June 9 at 2:00 p.m.
BRIDGIE WRIGHT, reporter
Velveteens
The first meeting of our 4-H
club was held on June 1 at the
home of our leader, Mrs. Rodney
Johnson. The meeting was called
to order by our leader. All mem
bers joined in repeating the 4-H
Club pledge. There were 10 mem
bers and one visitor, Ruth Ann
Myers, present.
We had election of officers and
they are as follows: Rosetta My
ers, president; Joan Fancher,
vice-president; Judy James, sec
retary-treasurer and reporter.
Since our year’s - project is
sewing, we selected the name
Velveteens.
At the conclusion cf the busi
ness we had refreshments and
recreation, followed by the start
of our project.
JUDY JAMES, reporter
Eklutna Eskimos
The first meeting of the Eklut
na Eskimos 4-H club was brought
to order by Mrs. Kristi at the
home of Mrs. Draze on May 28
The club has formerly beer
known for the past two years a:
the Bureau Beavers. There are
12 members — Cherie Draze
Diane Haight, Susan Haight, Di
ane Johnson, Keith Kennedy
Joan Kleinbach, Michal Klein
bach, Joyce Kristi, Leanne West
gate, Lorinda Westgate, Samm;
Westgate, and Romney Burke
Two members were absent am
■ one visitor was present, Mik
[ Draze.
The baking leader is Mr:
Draze, Mrs. Hughes assisting
' The clothing and sewing leade
is Mrs. Donahue, Mrs. Dristl as
, sisting. Elections were held. Th
' following have offices Mich;
. Kleinbach, president; Joyce Kris
; tl, vice-president; Leanne Wesi
gate, songleader, and Romne
1 Burke, secretary-treasurer, an
> reporter. A business meeting we
held. Dues will be 10 cents p«
• meeting. Sewing and bakiri
groups will have separate meet
ings. Once a month both groups 1
will meet together and. have a
business meeting. Those on the
program committee are Joan
Kleinbach, Joyce Kristi, and
Keith Kennedy. Those on recrea
tion are Diane and Susan Haight,
and Romney Burke. The meet
ing was adjourned. Refreshments
of punch and cookies were serv
ed. The next meeting will be
held on June 30.
ROMNEY BURKE, Reporter
Vegetable Growers
The Vegetable Growers 4-H
club held its first meeting April
30 at Mrs. Pearl Trowbridge’s
home. Officers were elected:
These were Roddi Yohn, presi
ent; Larry Trowbridge, vice
presient; Roberta Sharp, secre
tary-treasurer; Bill Wimmer, re
porter, ar.d Larry Sharp, song
leader.
Meetings will be held every
two weeks on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Bill Wimmer will bring refresh
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Butte Club
The Butte 4-H girls met at the
home of Mrs. Marty Sherman,
4-H leader. Our vice-president,
Francis Montabona, called the
meeting to order. We decided
our dues would be ten cents a
week.
We sang songs and played
games, then had refreshments.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Connie and Jeannine
Thompson.
JOYCE RIPPY, reporter
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