RANDOM RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
Jim Kennedy, the Sage of Was
illa sez, ‘‘Give a woman a house
—and th£ first thing you know
—she’ll want a floor in it”.
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The next time you’re in Tee
Tand’s store—look at the fine paint
job on the shelves done by ex
marine, Jack Thatcher.
• • •
He’s our ‘‘Doctor of Mercy”.
No matter what the hour—or the
distance to travel—Dr. Colburg
answers. And believe me—that
has been important to we Wasil
laites during the past weeks.
• * •
A Norwegian aunt of mine
would oft times assert, ‘‘Husbands
are so handy”.
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The snow must be getting deep
on the hills. On our recent trip
to Palmer—we had to creep along
between twenty and twenty five
miles an hour. Th« “kids” count
ed 16 moose—we didn’t hit one
of them.
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Woman driver to friend: “Look
how close that maniac is driving
ahead of me.”
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Whoops! Before Delia (Kotila)
could put her “hay foot” down,
the great wind had blown her
"straw foot” off the ground. This
resulted in gravity asserting itself
and Delia went down with her
groceries. Scouts Lawrence Dry
den and Don Carter bounced out
to help her to her feet and restore
her to her scattered groceries.
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A man works from sun to sun—
-his woman’s work is never
Hone.
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Civil Defense
So far, 44 persons have been
..^issued identification cards. We
-T;'_ have Walt Teeland as chief fire
auxiliary, Vein Dryden as chief
of communications and Leo Nun
ley for the local staff. The Big
Lake Area has Lynn Wright as
communicator and warden, Roy
Morrison as communicator and
Oscar Anderson heading rescue.
It is expected that we will have
radio telephone communications
and fire-fighting equipment if
enough people sign up to actively
'participate.
The Wasilla District boundries
are defined as: East border as
Wasilla Creek and extending west
to Little Susitna River. This will
include the area known as the
Willow Creek mining district to
the north and extend to Knik
\rm and Goose Bay on the south.
• Application cards are being dis
tributed to all residents as fast as
they can be contacted. Anyone
interested, please contact any of
the above or Pat Carter. When
you read this, Earl Barry, try to
gen in touch with Carter. We’re
trying to get your area organized
for C. D. also.
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The guy that can take it or
leave it—usually takes it.
* * *
What names are they hiding be
hind now those that were raised
around here in the ’20’s and 30’s?
"Jackie” Slumberger is now
Mrs. Thur Betts: Marie Snider,
Mrs. Bill Betts; "Pat” Snider,
"Pat” Hjellen; Annie Snider, An
nie Short; Mary Virginia Browne,
‘M. V.” Morrison; Vivian Jones,
Vivian Teeland; Jane Cadwallad
er, Jane Browne; Mary Cadwalla
der, Mary Bergman; Hazel Lazel
le, Mrs. Tommy Wyse( Fairbanks)
The guys that I can think of
that were raised in these parts
are, "Bud” Browne, Ray Berg
man, Walt Teeland and Roy Mor
rison. Walt Teeland was raised in
the suburbs of Wasilla—Anchor
age.
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What are we worried about the
Russians and the H-bomb for?
We’re killing ourselves off fastei
nn our highways than any enemj
could do.
* * *
Bill Senske, Jr. is now a Lt. Col
in the reserve (permanent rank)
in the Chemical Warfare Division
• * •
Wilson Gray was briefly con
fined to the Valley Hospital to re
cover from the sewing necessar:
to restore his thumb to norma
usage. He almost lopped it of
while chopping kindling.
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Have you seen that small plan<
(on skiis) landing on Lake Lucil
le? Charlie Allen is the man be
hind the stick. Ke makes about
four or five trips a week from
Big Lake to Wasilla on errands
for himself and his neighbors.
* * *
Sign on a farmer’s chicken
house—“Anyone found near my
chicken house at night will be
found there the next morning”.
* * *
Wasilla Public Library officers,
newly elected are: Ernest E. Line,
president; Mrs. Alys Vickaryous,
vice president and Mrs. Geneva
McDonald, secretary-treasurer.
Two to four p. m. each Friday,
you will find a librarian to help
you select your week’s supply of
reading material.
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Another patient in the Valley
Hospital from Wasilla was Kathy
Anne Polis. After her fever re
turns to normal, she’ll be back
home with her brothers Johnny
and Pete.
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Which came first—the chicken
“chicken” came first and some
or the egg? That’s easy —the
“egg” followed.
* * *
Ed Henry brought his son
David, Wylie Betts, and Terry
Roth to the Hjellen’s where they
joined Peter for the weekly meet
ing of the Cub Scouts. Den Chief
Gil Hjellen and Den Mother Pat
Hjellen led Den Two through their
paces, followed by games and can
dy.
Den One had Larry Teeland,
Ramie Redington and Billy
Combs present. Den Chief Wally
Teeland and Den Mother Mary
Combs reported that Freddy Bar
nes and Floyd Morrison were ab
sent from their group—mumps.
* * *
Ray Simpson was getting along
fine after having had his toe
smashed at the Eklutna project.
* * *
Superintendent of Wasilla
school Ernie Line reports that the
Wasilla School teachers recently
attended the teachers’ conference
sponsored by the Anchorage Edu
cation Ass’n. and held in the new
Anchorage High School. The pur
pose of this conference—as is the
purpose of any teachers’ confer
ence—was to exchange- ideas, de
velop new ideas, and refresh and
renew educational concepts and
philosophies.
All this was accomplished by
the very excellent planning of
Anchorage teacher personnel and
by the very stimulating series of
addresses by Dr. Julia Bartolazzo,
president of Stockton College in
California.
It is the sincere wish of the
Wasilla teachers that the confer
ence idea be continued because of
the undeniable worth of the pro
gram.
• This is the time of year when
we discover we owe most of our
success to Uncle Sam.
A & R SOCIETY
PLANS BAKE SALE
Members of St. Michael’s Cath
olic Church Altar and Rosary So
ciety will hold their regular
monthly bake sale at Bert’s Drug
store Saturday, February 6, from
11 a.m. until 3 p.m. There will be
the usual assortment of fresh,
home-made pastries, including
cakes, cookies, and pies as well
as bread, rolls and others.
Time to Call Mae -
j Looks like the Head of the
; House will have a long white
' !; beard before the water get*
; hot enough to shave with!
Plenty of hot water in the
;: basement — but what he
r ; needs is a CIRCULATING hot
l ;! water system — one that
f : '• brings hot water INSTANTLY
! j to every faucet! No house is
modern without one; if you
I!; need one call 46
MACS PLUMBING
SCS Demonstrates
New Wood Chipper
A successful wood-chipper dem
onstration was held Monday af
ternoon by Lew Hanks of the Soil
Conservation Service and Richard
Blue, extension service agent. The
chipper was recently purchased
by the SCS through cooperation
of the Alaska Rural Rehabilita
tion Corporation.
Brush, sticks and even stones
were run through the chipper to
demonstrate its potentialities to
more than 60 interested persons.
The chipper will be available to
farmers on a rental basis by con
tacting Lew Hanks. A ten dollar
deposit will be required and rent
will be ten dollars per day. The
chipper is believed to be the solu
tion to supplying cheap bedding
for livestock.
The demonstration was con
ducted on the Grange Hall prop
erty as a cooperative venture.
ESSAY CONTEST OPEN
TO JUNIOR AND SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The annual American Legion
Americanism essay contest will
open February 8 and continue un
til February 19, it was announc
ed this week by local sponsors,
the American Legion Auxiliary.
The contest is open to all stu
dents of Junior and Senior High
School age. The essay will be lim
ited to not more than 500 words
and the subject will be “My Res
ponsibility As An American Cit
izen,”.
Local judges will come from
the sponsoring unit but will not
be a parent of any student who is
participating. Prizes of $5 will
be made to the winning junior
student and the winning senior
student. Winning essays will be
entered in the Department contest
and essay winning the Depart
ment contest will be sent to the
National contest. Department
prizes will be $7.50 for each class.
Last year’s local winner was
Derian Curtis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Curtis of Palmer.
LUTHERAN LADIES AID
PLANNING 4TH ANNUAL
HAM DINNER FEB. 18
Members of St. John’s Luther
an Ladies Aid will hold their
fourth annual ham dinner Thurs
day evening, February 18 in the
church basement. Serving will
begin at 5 p.m. and continue un
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Home Demonstration i
News and Notes
By Marylou Rideout
After two months leave, the
Home Agent is back at work! In
form, of a greeting on the desk,
just arrived, are several hundred
brochures which tell very well
the purpose and workings of
Homemakers’ clubs. Many of you
who read this column are mem
bers of a Homemakers’ club; but
for you who are not and are won
dering just what clubs do, how to
start a club, and what various
homemakers say about club work,
this pamphlet is for you and your
neighbor. Also listed, are all our
fine free Alaskan bulletins.
“A club woman is a woman
with a club which she uses to
batter down intolerance, combat
ignorance, and police up com
munity untidiness”.
During February and March
Homemaker club projects are
'‘Greenhouses” and “Plans for My
1954 Garden”. Now is the time
to think about ordering seeds. The
Extension Service has a list of rec
ommended vegetable varieties.
Stop in for your copy.
Now we have a nice parka pat
tern in three sizes, 12, 14, and 16,
ind pattern for mukluks and mit
tens. These patterns may be on
loan from the office or if you wish,
a set of your own the Home Agent
can secure a set for you or tell
you where a set may be purchas
ed. Remember that the Extension
Service does have quite a selec
tion of patterns for your use.
Maybe before Christmas when the
stole apron was shown at our
workshop you were too busy to
make one; stop in for the pat
tern now.
Have you an article which you
would like to enter for prize
money in the Home Craft divis
ion at the Anchorage Fur Rendez
vous? All articles are entered on
Wednesday, February 10 at Pion
eers Hall, Anchorage, or may be
mailed with return postage in
cluded, to Mrs. Roy Downing,
1436 East Eye Street, Eastchester
Branch, Anchorage. Futher infor
mation on entering exhibits may
be obtained from the Extension
office.
Have you ever taken a popular
ity poll of potato dishes to find
til 8 p.m. Tickets are now on sale
at $1.75 for adults and 75 cents
for children under 12 years of
age. These may be obtained from
members.
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it’s difficult to make good mashed
potatoes and that it takes too
nuch time. Since potatoes are so
plentiful, in addition to using re
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“Favorite Recipes For Potatoes”
just try mashing potatoes. Here
are some good tips: begin with
lot, freshly cooked peeled pota
toes. Be sure the potatoes are
tender all the way through, yet
not broken or “water-logged”.
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Hot tender cooked potatoes can be
beaten up fast with an electric
beater—or use a hand masher or
a ricer. The important point is to
work fast and keep the potatoes
hot. As you mash or beat, add
hot milk gradually. Just enough
to make the potatoes smooth and
fluffy. Add salt, pepper, butter or
margarine. Potatoes put through
a ricer, then seasoned and left as
fluffy riced particles are delicious
(a ricer is a cheap utensil to pur
chase) or riced potatoes may be
beaten and served as mashed po
tatoes. One item for sure, potatoes
served this Way are free of lumps.
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