RANDOM RAMBUNGS OUT WASH.LA WAY
By E. Hjellen
Mr. and Mrs. Copy J. riamil
and family have returned from
Texas to their home here. They
are glad to be back and hope they
won’t have to leave again. Un
derstand that Texas may become
a suburb of Los Angeles—-or is
that just a rumor?
Cub-master of Cub Scout Pack
319. Pee Wee (Vernon) Dryden is
at present in the Valley Hospital
with a broken leg. The Cub
Scouts wish him a speedy recov
ery.
The Road Commission is doing
extensive work on the Wasilla
Palmer Road. It would help them
very much if people would ob
serve the road blocks and have
a little patience. The inconveni
ence now will be more than com
~v reel for by the good road
ha\ dll be the end result.
I.rsald H. Dinkel, A senior in
agriculture, at the University of
Minnesota was on the Honor Roll
for the 1954 spring quarter.
Shiela Redington celebrated
her 6th birthday at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Frank Smith,
with a party at which twenty six
guests assembled. The rain did
not dampen the spirits of the little
folks as they spent the afternoon
playing games and party tricks
topped off by ice-cream, cake,
and punch.
Don Carter, son of May & Pat
Carter, is on a "paid vacation" up
at Big Lake. He is cutting brush
for the Keith Lesh's at their place
on the Lake. Hard work. Don?
The Brownie Troop of Wasilla
■s
under the direction of Mrs. Win
kleplec and Mrs. Martin Olson
has had a wonderful summer of
fun. They met each Wednesday
and go for hikes, picnics, swim
ming or handicraft work in the
Library if the weather isn’t co
operative. Our thanks to these
two women for the time and ef
fort they put forth for our com
munity.
Tony Vicaryous and Marten Ol
son have each returned from
fishing and are now back on their
farms. Erling Floe and Bill Pat
rick were up for a day and have
returned to Seldovia and crab
fishing.
A farewell party was held for
Rose Marie Waldram at the home
of her father last Saturday nite.
All guests wore their everyday
clothes plus the loudest, craziest
socks they could find to enjoy an
evening of fun. Miss Waldram is
leaving for Spokane where she
will attend school this Fall.
Ernest Patty, President of the
University of Alaska, was a vis
itor in town the other day. He is
interested in enrolling students
from this area. We might add that
the U. of Alaska is as good as
they come aaid those who gradu
ate from it have first chance at
the best jobs in our Territory.
Remember during the early ad
ministration of Roosevelt—there
was N. R. A. ? Stood for “Nor
wegians Run Alaska” Then there
were the disgruntled that assert
ed it meant “Norwegians Ruined
Alaska.”
SEEKING SUBSIDY
FOR ALASKA STEAM
The Maritime Administration
j and the Interior Department have
! been requested by Senators Man
i uson and Jackson and Delegate
Bartlett to determine if a sub
> sidy arrangement could be pro
vided under existing law which
! would enable the Alaska Steam
ship Company to reverse its re
i cent decision to discontinue pas
senger service to Alaska.
It was urged that if such a sub
. sidy plan could be worked out
; that the decision should be made
affirmatively and promptly on a
cabinet level. It was pointed out
that funds are made available to
the Interior Department for
steamship services to the Trust
Territories, and it was said that
if this could be done a similar ar
rangement might be worked out
for Alaska.
The effect of the discontinu
ance of passenger service to Al
aska and means to alleviate the
situation were discussed last week
in a meeting in Senator Magnu
son’s office which was attended
by the two Washington State
Senators, Del. Bartlett, Ira Ewers,
Steamship Company attorney;
Maj. Gen. Paul Yount, chief of
transportation, department of the
Army; Brig. Gen. J. P. Doyle, di
rector of transportation Air For
ce; Vice Admiral F. C. Denebrink,
commander, military sea trans
portation service; T. E. Stakem,
deputy administrator of the mari
time administration; Anthony T.
Lausi, deputy director of the of
fice of territories, department of
the interior; George R. Milner,
acting director, Alaska division,
office of territories; and George
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