PIAN LARGE RECEPTION
The University of Alaska board
Of regents and President and Mrs.
Ernest N. Patty will be hosts to
we official Alaska Constitutional
Convention reception in the presi
dent s residence on campus to
night.
The reception will honor con
stitutional convention delegates
FOR DELEGATES
and their husDands and wives,
n itionil and territorial dignitar
ies, the Alaska Statehood Com
mittee, members of the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce and their
husbands and wives, the Fair
banks City Council, and members
| of the Territorial Legislature from
' the Fairbanks area.
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School Dedication
Planned at Wasilla
In November 11
The public is invited to attend
dedication ceremonies to be held
November 11 at the new Wasilla
School. Ernest Line, superintend
ent of schools, will be in charge
of the program.
Members of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Auxiliary will par
ticipate in the program with the
presentation of a large nylon flag
of Alaska. Mrs. Paul LePors, unit
president, will present the all
weather flag on behalf of the
Auxiliary. All memebrs of the
unit are requested to be in atten
dance and to wear their unit hats.
Following dedication services,
the public will be invited to visit
class rooms.
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All residents of the Wasilla
area are urged by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Auxiliary to dis
play their flags on Veterans Day,
November 11. Nancy Slowe and
Beverly LePors will be in charge
of Girl Scouts flags which will be
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= OUR SOIL ★ OUR STRENGTH =
By Cliff Marcus
Nov. 7, 1955
Strip cropping is the growing
of crops in an arrangement of al
ternate strips or bands which
serve as vegetative barriers
against wind and water erosion.
This practice is a useful practice
and serves a two-fold purpose. It
is adapted especially to controll
ing both wind and water erosion,
and is readily adaptable to crop
rotation systems.
On potato land strip cropping
refers to growing your potatoes
in strips, crosswise to the direc
tion of the prevailing wind, across
the field, alternating with strips
of grain, grass or volunteer grow
th. In strip cropping, only a part
of the field is cultivated at one
time, and open to erosion. The al
ternate strips help to decrease .the
wind erosion hazard. On your
farm where large fields are used
for row cropping it is highly rec
ommended that alternate strips
be used for protection.
Strip cropping varies on a
farm. There are many possible
arrangement varying from a
straight grain-potato rotation
where there is no livestock, to
other arrangements including ro
tation grass seedings and grain.
Some advantages of strip crop
ping are: Strip cropping is a good
practice for erosion control and
it conserves valuable moisture
because more snow is left on the
ground and not blown off during
windy periods.
displayed.
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Members of Girl Scout Troop
61 are requested to attend the
next meeting so plans may be
made for a winter play. Girl
Scouts are now meeting in Mrs.
Nelson’s room in the Wasilla
School at 3:30 p.m. each second
and fourth Wednesday. A mother
daughter dinner is being plan
ned and all Girl Scouts are in
vited to attend and “get in on the
fun”.
One hour a day profitably em- i
ployed in reading would enable
any person of ordinary capacity '
to master a complete science. One |
hour a diay would make an ignor
ant man a well informed man in
ten years.—The Alaska Teacher
1955-56 BASKETBALL
ANNOUNCED BY HfCH
Nineteen games and a five-day
tournament, have been scheduled
for the Palmer High School bas
ketball team, according to Robert
(Chip) Chatterton, PHS basket
ball coach. The first game of the
season will be played at Palrr»r
November 18 with the Moose tak
ing on an Army team, and the
day before Thanksgiving the lo
cal team will play Monty’s De
partment Store team at Palmer.
The first game away from home,
and in the Railbelt Conference,
will be played against Anchor
age, at Anchorage, on December
2.‘Seward Seahawks will travel
to Palmer for a two game series
December 9 and 10. December 16,
31, January 6 and February 3 are
open dates which will be filled at
a later date, Chatterton said.
Monty’s team will return to
Palmer for a second game on
Friday, December 23. There is a
possibility of a Christmas Tour
nament at Anchorage during the
holiday period, the coach stated.
On the weekend of January 13
k and 14, the Moose team will
\ travel to Fairbanks for a two
game series with the Malemutes.
A return game with Anchorage
is scheduled at Palmer on Janu
ary 20 and then the Moose travel
to Seward for Friday and Satur
day games on January 27 and 28.
Fairbanks comes to Palmer for
games on February 10 and 11 and
two games between the Anchor
age Eagles and Palmer Moose
wind up that section of play on
February 17 at Anchorage and
February 24 at Palmer. Junior
SCHEDULE
school Coach
Varsity games will be played
prior to all Varsity games .
The basketball tournament,
scheduled for play at Anchorage,
has been set for March 5 - 10,
Chatterton announced.
Members of the Varsity squad
are: (* indicate lettermen) Lane
Rice, Laddie Huntley, *Paul
Campbell, *Jack Worledge, Bill
Bente, *John Reed, and Ronald
Aklestad, all seniors.
Juniors: Larry Puddycomb.
Larny Thompson, Steve Colberg,
Richard Freeman, Mac Galeshoff,
Jerry McKechnie, Larry Trow*
bridge, Neil Herman, Keith Smith
and Tom Kucera.
Sophomores: Micky Leek, Fred
Loyer, Bert Verral, Bob Estelle^
Jay Peterson, and Mike Kelleigh.
Freshmen: Charles Thomas and
Pearson.
Managers of the team are
Dean Parks, head manager: Geo
rge Sharp, JV’s and Dick Benson,,
general.
In addition to announced games
there will be a regular Fresh
man team, Chatterton said. Four
games have been scheduled with
members of the Anchorage Fresh
man team. Names of these play
ers will be announced later,
along with a list of the JV team
members.
Guard well your spare mom
ents. They are like uncut dia
monds. Discard them and their
value will never be known; im
prove them and they will become
the brightest gems in a useful
life.—Emerson
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