FARM SAFETY WEEK
BEING OBSERVED
JULY 24 - JULY 30
Safety on the farm or in the
home is “homemade”, Arthur S.
Buswell reminded Alaskans to
day.
Accident figures show the need
far families to check machinery,
buildings and personal work hab
its for greater safety. National
Farm Safety Week, July 24-30,
is a good time for this check,
Buswell suggested. Buswell is as
sociate director of the Alaska Ex
tension Service.
Manufacturers strive to build
safety into farm machinery. It is
Sp to the farmer to read the
manufacturer's directions and
aae safety-sense in operating or
fopairing the machine. Tractors
are involved in more than two
thirds of the deaths caused by
jterm machinery, Buswell point
ed out.
Farm er garden chemicals can
1m used safely, if they are used
With proper precautions. Buswell
prffed farmers and gardeners to
road labels, follow directions and
atoid prolonged exposure to
sprays, dusts or vapors of any
chemical. Keep chemicals and
other poisonous materials such as
kerosene out of reach of children.
Overloading electrical circuits
as new farm or household equip
ment is added is another hazard
to check. Any electrical equip
ment used in damp places needs
to be grounded. Some electric
washing machines are equipped
with a three-wire cord with a
three-prong plug to ground the
machine whenever it is plugged
into the proper outlet. A mach
ine with a toe-wire cord needs
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
PLANS NEW MENTAL
HEALTH PROGRAM
Augmenting Alaska’s mental
health program, a clinical psy
chologist and psychiatric social
worker team with headquarters
in Juneau will conduct clinics
throughout southeastern Alaska,
Dr .C. Albrecht, commissioner of
health, announced this week. He
said the southeastern team will
work under the direction of Dr.
Oscar Hubbard, psychiatrist,
who heads the mental health sec
tion which has headquarters at
the Alaska Department of Health
southcentral regional office in
Anchorage.
Robert F. Cahill, clinical psy
chologist, has arrived in Juneau
to organize work of the south
eastern team. Patients at the
clinics to be held in the various
communities by both Anchorage
and Juneau mental health teams
may be self-referred or be seen
on referral by private physicians,
public health nurses, teachers
or other community officers, or
members of their own families.
to be grounded.
Steps and stairs, whether in
doors or outside, are not storage
shelves. Falls rank high in farm
and home accidents. Handrails
and lights decrease the hazards.
Kitchen safety includes a check
of the family’s methods of using
equipment. Scalds, cuts, electri
cal shocks and asphyxiation can
result from carelessness.
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Baptist Pastor
Resigns; To
Move to Douglas
Rev. A. V. Richey, pastor the
First Baptist Church of Palmer,
will leave this area, with his fam
ily, the last of July by plane to
Seattle. On their arrival in the
Washington city they will pick up
a new automobile and spend a
30-day vacation in California and
Texas. While on vacation a
week’s revival will be held at
Sacramento, Calif., and another
week’s revival at Valesco, Texas
on September 1. The Richey fam
ily will return to Alaska by Can
adian Steamship and Rev. Richey
will take up new work at Doug
las, Alaska.
A pulpit committee of seven
local members will soon select
a new pastor for the First Bap
tist Church of Palmer. The com
mittee consists of Mrs. Walter
P. Soocey, chairman, Lucius
Ross, B. L. Cisco, Benjamin
Smith, Walter P. Soocey, Mrs.
Carlos Driggars and Mrs. John
Eppler.
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HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Golddusters Club
The Golddusters Homemakers’
club and their children had a
wonderful picnic for their July
meeting, on the Kopperud home
stead. The weather was fine; the
food delicious; and the young
sters had fun swimming. Little
business was discussed except the
progress of our doll sales. It is
imperative that all members
either attend the August meet
ing for the drawing or be ab
solutely sure to turn in all tick
et stubs and receipts no later
than August 9 to Wanda Wilson.
The August meeting will be
held at the Extension Office on
August 10. Fair plans will be
the topic for discussion.
Homesteader Club
The July 20 meeting of the
Homesteader Homemakers’ club
was held at the home of Mrs.
Hazel Harris. Members voted to
donate $10 to the Cancer Fund.
The Misses Judy James and
Wilda Harris, whom the club sent
to the 4-H round-up in Fair
banks, gave a report on their
trip. Plans for the fair booth
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were discussed.
The next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Charles Bairns on August
17.
Miss. Lorraine Singer reported
for duty in McGrath last week
as the first public health nurse
to have headquarters at that
community’s newly established
Health Center.
Last winter it was moose—
this summer its the bears. Two
large black bear were reported
seen in the road near the Wine
garner farm this week. One of
them was quite casual about Its
meandering along the road in
spite of frequent traffic. Another
black bear was reported laong
the Knik river last week.
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