RANDOM RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
The end of Ibis month is slat
ed to be a busy one. Palmer will
start its Colony Day; fishing sea
son opens on the 28th; motor
boat regatta on Lake Lucille the
29th and Memorial Day on Mon
day. the thirtieth. Oughta see
you at one of them.
It is better to be patient for
SO seconds than to be a patient
for six months.
Wasilla April Honor Roll
First grade: Colleen Carter,
Billy Green, Susan Harris, Mary
Line, Shelia Redington and Linda
Wyse. — Second: George Harbe
son, Roger Lincoln, Eric Hamel,
Judy Bergman and Ruth Daven
port. — Third: Judy Betts, Ida
Hjellen, Kathy Coghlan, Barbara
Clarke and Jane Nunley. — Four
th: Earl Erickson, Peter Hjellen,
Terry Roth and Eleanor Rickter
off. — Fifth: Helen Carter, Joan
Nunley, Patricia Hobsen and
Larry Teeland. — Sixth: Joyce
Gislason, Carolyn Nelson, Linda
Bergman, Patsy Green and Violet
Kneff. — Seventh: Sally Betts,
Erling Nelson and Nancy Onkka.
Eighth: Clarence Vickaryous,
Bob Pennington and Gary Gis
lason. — Ninth: Clara Ayres, Jo
Ann Rogers and Clyda Thomas.—
Tenth: none — Eleventh: Alice
Church and Colleen Teealnd.—
Twelfth: none.
Remember all First Aiders! A
review to be held at the Wasilla
School on Wednesday, May 25
at 8 p.m. The date was changed
because of commencement fall
ing on the 18th. Mrs. Sandell will
be here from Palmer and will
have some slides and movies to
show you on accidents and First
Aid. All who have taken First
Aid are welcome to attend—so,
please come and make this a rec
ord attendance.
“Pee Wee” Dryden jumped on
his “sputter putt’ and headed for
Anchorage last week. He came
back with a speeder that would
run—after a “hot” description of
its antecedents—and the help of
Phil Coleman.
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bodies of water by the hundreds
and thousands. Don't waste shells
on them. Besides being out of
season—my favorite poacher says
they taste terrible.
Wasilla Grange No. 2 will
move their quonset building to
their new homesite. They bought
a little over two acres down by
Lemon’s block plant (across the
tracks from where the V-F.W.
have their dock on Wasilla Lake).
They now are content with the
possibilities of making a picnic
and playground. In the course
'of events— they’ll have a per
manent structure—and use the
quonset as a warehouse.
P.T.A. held an election, too.
Jean Thomas was elected Presi
dent, May Carter, Vice-President
and Pat Hjellen, Sec.- Treas.
They’ll sorta “coast” until school
starts next fall.
Northbound on Monday's train
was Dick Wilson. He'll be run
ning heavy equipment for the
A.R.C. at CaniwelL Wilma Wil
son is back with her mother—
Adda Vaughan.
Sidelights on last week’s forest
fire: A mystery has arisen—how
did some Explorer Scouts remove
a porcupine from a tree (Air
rescue medal?) without getting
stuck? They wore r.o protective
gear—and they don’t know them
selves how they did it. Then to
call men to fight the fire— a
siren was needed. But, Jean
Pol is didn’t knpw how to turn
on the one at the Wasilla Bar.
“Jackie” Betts did—she held a
burning match under one of the
alarm fuses. The only remaining
trouble was—-nobody knew how
to turn it off.
Heard Clyde Thorpe warming
up his Model "A" the other
morning. Alice is still confined
to her wheel chair.
Ted Mommsen’s section crew
is now increased in number. Wat
ching them move a switch (out
of the snow-drift area), I saw
Phil Serrell, Dan Sullivan, Ed
Carney, Vern Kirschner (of
Houston), Harold Beakler, Dale
Carney, Vince Smith Ira Custer
and Don Church. Ore more man
is to be added for the summer
work.
Floyd Perkins looks "lantern
jawed". Dr- Milo Fritz removed
a tumor from the underside of
his face. He'll be vacationing
around for a bit. If he catches a
fish weighing over ten pounds—
ms wire nas 10 naui 11 in.
John Dunlap is the newly
elected Commander of Susitna
Post 9365, V.F.W. Other men
elected to office at the last meet
ing were: Henry Katkus, Sr. Vice
Comm.; John Polis, Jr. Vice
Comm. Leo Nunley, Post Q.M.;
Jack Maley, Post Chaplain; Roy
Morrison, Post Surgeon; Phil Ser
rell, Post Advocate; Bob Lincoln,
Ray Bergman and Pat Carter
were elected three, two and one
year Trustee—in that order. In
stallation of thse officers will be
Sat., May 21—the public is invit
ed.
Spring thaws and floods wash
ed the supports of the Fish Creek
bridge—down Knik way. The
A.R.C. has it fixed now.
A complete new roster of men
was elected at the last meeting of
the Explorer Scouts. Wally Tee
land is now Crew Leader with
Bob Pennington elected as his
assistant. "Skip" Coghlin be
comes the scribe. All men pres
ent were given a briefing on the
forthcoming trip to Kodiak. They
will fly from Elmendorf AFB to
Ft. Greely—will spend part of
their time at the N.O.B., take a
cruise around the island of Ko
diak and Afognak. A visit to the
town of Kodiak is in the itiner
ary, too.
One of the cafe waitresses I
met enjoyed being called a doll
until she looked up the defini
tion—“An empty-headed dummy
filled with sawdust”.
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, MAY 19
CUB SCOUTS, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs.
Combs, 3:30 p.m.
GIRL SCOUTS, Wasilla Road
house, 3:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 20
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School,
7 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 23
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS, Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 24
COMMUNITY CLUB, Commun
ity Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
BROWNIE SCOUTS, Wasilla Li
brary, 3:30 p m.
MTA Seeking Emblem
For Association
Lack of space prevented the
printing of the above design in
last week’s issue of this news
paper. It is being run as a sug
gestion for those who plan to en
ter the Matanuska Telephone As
sociation contest to find an em
blem for the association. Rules
for the contest were printed in
last week’s issue of this news
paper and may be obtained at
the MTA office in the Wright
building. All residents of the
areas served by MTA are elig
ible to enter the contest with the
exception of MTA employees,
board of directors, or families of
either. A first prize of a $75 sav
ings bond will be awarded to the
creator of the chosen design'. The
contest closes at midnight, June
30, 1955.
CHUGIAK OPENS
FIRE HALL; NOW
HOUSING THREE TRUCKS
The official opening of the
new Chugiak Volunteer Fire
mens’ hall took place May 13,
with refreshments and a movie.
The event marked an important
step in the history of the neigh
boring coummunity as it is the
first community organization de
dicated to the preservation of life
and property to construct a per
manent headquarters location.
The new fire hall houses a
tank pumper, chemical fire unit
and a Civil Defense Jeep pump
er. The building will be available
to civic organizations for social
events. A fire company Booster
Club has been suggested to en
able all members of the com
munity an opportunity of furth- j
ering and supporting the project.
Youth Gamps Planned
At King’s Lake Camp
Registrations are being receiv
ed for enrollment in the youth
camps sponsored by the Yukon
Presbi/tery at King’s Lake Camp
at Wasilla. Two separate weeks
of camping are planned with jun
ior and senior high school stu
dents in camp June 5-12; and
junior June 12-19
Staff assignments have been
made and from all indications
this will be one of the finest
camping seasons ever had, camp
director Rev. Brian Cleworth of
Palmer said this week
Deans are: Rev. Ralph Weeks,
Woodland Park Presbyterian
Church, Spenard, dean of junior
camp; Rev. John Seibert of Faith
Presbyterian Church, Fairview,
junior high camp; and Rev. Neil
Munro, Big Delta Presbyterian
Church, senior high camp. Mrs.
Laura Joyce, youth worker of
First Presbyterian Church will
be in charge of the craft program
and waterfront activities will be
under the direction of Mrs. Janet
Wiltrout, physical education in
sructor.
The junior high camp, (those
attending the seventh and eighth
grade next fall) and the senior
high camp will arrive at King’s
Lake Camp Sunday afternoon,
June 5 between 2 and 5 p.m. They
will be in camp seven full days,
leaving the following Sunday,
June 12 from noon until 2 p.m.
Juniors (those attending grades
four ,five, and six next fall) will
arrive June 12 from 2 to 5 p.m.
and remain through noon June
19.
Cost for the entire week of
camp is $25: including campers
insurance.
Registrations are open to all
young people of the above grad
es. A printed brochure with pic
ture, additional information and
registration blanks can be secur
ed from the United Protestant
Church in Palmer or the First
Presbyterian Church in Wasilla.
Plans are being made to immedi
ately activate the club.
Ted Ball, fire association presi
dent, says that if anyone finds
he has an extra set of overhead
garage door hangers they would
be much appreciated b*y the com
pany at this time.
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