EMBLEM CLUB NAMES OFICERS
Officers for the coming year
were named at the February 12
meeting of the Palmer Emblem
Club. Officers named included
the follpwing:
Dorothy' Woods, president;
Midge Hudgins, junior past
president; Eleanor Mrak, vice
president; Myrtle Hume, sec
ond vice-president; Jean O’
Neill, financial secretary; Neola
Bowers, treasurer; and Hazel
Harris, recording secretary.
Also, Gertrude Burcher, head
= OUR SOIL * OUR STRENGTH =
By Cliff Marcus
A conservation crop rotation
system is a very important
phase of farming. By crop ro
tations we mean the growing
of different crops in recurrent
succession on the same piece of
ground. The most desirable
crop rotations include grasses
and legumes. They protect the
soil from wind erosion, dashing
rains, slow down run off. and
collect soil particles which
would otherwise be lost.
They also aid in absorption by
adding valuable organic matter
and improving the soil condi
tion. Spread of diseases to crops
is greatly cut down by use of
alternating crops.
A good crop rotation system
should include the use of ani
mal manures and crop residues.
The lowly manure pile can be
one of the most valuable assets
on a farm and should, by all
means, be used to its very best
advantages.
Land will only stand so much
abuse from continuous crop
ping. Therefore, soil improving
crops should be used to. keep
fertility up, land productive,
prevent spread of disease, and
adding of organic matter to
make the land productive for
years to come.
Through the use of proven
conservation practices on the
land, which include a crop ro
tation plan, we can protect the
soil from erosion, increase crop
yields and increase the soil fer
tility.
trustee; Charlene Kockritz,
Clara Buzby, Kathryn Cottcn,
and Betty Moffitt, trustees;
dose Evans and Janet Lewis,
guards; Vera Hayes, historian;
Karla Duff, press correspon
dent; Agnes Zaborac, chaplain;
Mitzi Granus, first marshall;
Marilyn McRae, second mar
shall; Betty Rice, organist; Lee
Ehrhart, Rivera Hiber, Midge
Hudgins, and Carol Kinikson,
advisory board; and appointive
officers, Joan Koegle, marshal
and Ida Studler, corresponding
secretary.
Plans for installation of of
ficers are being made.
SKI RACES SLATED
FOR JUNIOR SKIERS
Mity Mite downhill slalom
races will be held at Independ
ence Mine on Saturday, March
3, it was announced this week
by the Matanuska Ski Club.
Two weeks later another ski
races is planned for the novice
class. The Mity Mity race will
be open to all young girl and
boy skiers up to 11 years of
age. Attractive plaques will be
awarded winners of the top two
positions in both the girls and
boys classes. Parents are espe
cially invited to turn out for
the races which are slated to
begin at 1 p.m. on the Indepen
dence Mine ski slope.
We are all teachers—some
show the right way to live, and
others how not to.
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Hi-School (Miles
By Mary Johnson
On February 23 the Pioneer 1
Band, directed by Lee Plum
bley, will present its annual
Winter Carnival. The concert
will be held in Central Gym at
8:00 p.m. Selections to be play-1
ed by the band include: “Ode to
Music,” “Fete Triumphal'',;
“Spanish Overture”, “Amparito i
Roca”, and “Calypso Carnival.”
Bill Combs will play “Csardas”
hv V. Monte on his Eb Alto:
* Sax.
The band has receu od their
new uniforms and will wear
them at the concert.
Tickets to the Winter Con
cert are available from all band
students. Donations are $1 fori
adults and 50 cents for stu- j
dents
a * *
Eleven Palmer High School
students are taking the Am
erican College Test which will
i be given in the Palmer High
School cafeteria on February!
24 at 9:00 a.m. Keith Smith,
high school principal, will give!
the test. Students taking the
test are Edward Hanks, Nor
man Johnson, David Drashner.
Fred Barnes, James Barry,
Daniel Beal. Russell Cotten.
Roger McKinley, William Pip
pel, Michael Eteiger, and Don
ald Wilkerson.
“Victory” will be the theme
of the Letterman’s Club dance
this Saturday. February 24, in
the high school cafeteria at 9:30
p.m. This is the newly formed
club's first activity. They arc
sponsoring the dance to raise
money for their Basketball
Formal. Refreshments will be
served at the dance. There is a
possibility that a set of basket
ball games may precede the
dance. The tentative schedule
is PHS team vs. the Elks team
PTA MEMBERS TO
AID SPONSORS OF
EASTER SEAL DRIVE
Members of the Palmer Par
ent-Teacher Association have
volunteered their services and
will assist members of the Ma
tanuska Valley Crippled Child
ren’s Association in prelimin
ary work on the association’s
annual Easter Seal Campaign.
This work will consist of
stuffing envelopes with the
jEaster seals and appeal letters.
The project will be worked on
at the February 27 meeting of
the MVCCA which w'1 br> held
at 8 p.m. in Legion hall.
and main game the Glass Bar
team vs. The Rockets, an El
mendorf team.
ALASKA STATE FAIR,
INC. urges YOU to write, wire,
or call State Legislators in sup
port of HB322 (locating State
Fair in Valley). YOUR support
is needed NOW. pd adv.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
sympathized with the taxpayer
even as he recognized the need
for taxes, according to World
Book Encyclopedia. In his
Farewell Address, w' •nfcton
lamented, “ no tatrr' . an be
devised which are no* " ore Cfr
lets inconvenient and n iple i»
ant ...”
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BICYCLE to be Given Away at Sutfon
Community Hall Friday, February 23.
Need not be present to win
Bicycle must be picked up by March 1,
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