RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
Keep your egg-laying henst
Indications are that the price of
eggs will rise unusually high be
fore July. Because of the low
price paid for eggs for the last
six months, farmers—all over the
nation—have disposed of a large
portion ©f their flocks—and
started 11% fewer chicks this
year.
Jack Cope has high praise for
the manner m which the ARC
has kept the reads traversable
during this record breaking snow.
Jack has had a minimum ef dif
ficulty on hk mail routes.
Some school hue changes: The
loop bus—driven by Clint Thom
as—will pick up the Children’s
Home pupils, the Green’s child
ren.* stop at Green Acres—then
the Olson’s. The “little bus” will
run only after school and will
take these children home. Frank
Smith will be the driver. Clyde
Poisal has gone to work with the
Experimental Station.
There are two schools of thou
ght as to whether or not the
moose are starving. I went to
night school (can't read in. the
daytime)— but I have never
Known ax a moose scrounging in
a garbage dump for something to
eat.- We have one in ours—dead.
Saw a picture of Elmer McDon
ald holding his Third Prize win
ning anglefood cake. Anchorage
News snapped it at the Junior.
Bake Contest sponsored by the
Pillsbury Flouring Mills at the
Rendezvous. Two years of 4-H
cooks and bakers training paid
off for Elmer.
St. Patrick's Day today! Ireland
has been called "The Land of
Song". The language. Gaelic, and
the literature of Ireland are
among the oldest in Europe.
The V-F.W. is sponsoring a
wildlife movie—no admission
charge—also suitable for child
ren. Holger Larsen says this film
was exposed in Southeastern Al
aska. Time is to be at 8:00 P.M.
on the 21st at Community Hall.
"Tuffy" and Mae Fredericks
are back to Hallea after metering
over ten thousand miles on their
'55 Plymouth Tudor—V-8. No
more derogatory comments on
our weather, please—they were
weather-bound in Casper, Wyo
ming for four days.
Typhoid immunizations will be
given at school on March 24,
, March 31, and April 7, 1955. Con
sent for your child must be
checked, signed and returned to
the home room before March 17.
The initial series of 3 injections,
one week apart, is recommend
ed for all who have never had
typhoid immunizations. The
booster of one injection is recom
mended every year after the in
itial series for maximum protec
tion. (The initial series need
never be repeated)
Local physicians highly recom
mend typhoid immunizations for
everyone in this area. It is also
recommended for everyone in Al
aska by the Department of
Health. Immunizations for adults
and pre-schoolers (age 1 and
over) will also be giverl at the
school on the above dates from
2 - 3 P.M.
Now that basketball season is
over—the Explorer Scouts met
to make up for lost meetings. The
first thing agreed on was a party
—indefinite, yet. as to date and
place—but parents may furnish
food—and daughters.
Following the beautiful wed
ding at the Ft. Richardson Chapel
on March 4th—Sgt. and Mrs.
Wallace Murray honeymooned at
Williwaw Lodge. The Dixons
were hosts to the couple before
their return to the post. Mrs.
Murray is the former Jacquie
Busek—a graduate of Anchorage
Hi—arid a student of Brieham
Young Univ. of Utah.
The V.F.W. Auxiliary has a
fund-raising drive on. They will
give a 21 qL capacity pressure
cooker the night of their installa
tion—sometime in May. At 25c
. an “assist"—who can tell—you
' may have a nice kitchen utensil.
Honor Boll for Feb.—First
Grade: Colleen Carter, Billy
Green, Susan Harris, Mary Line,
Linda Wyse. — Seconjd Grade:
George Harbeson, Eric Hamel,
Ruth Davenport, Judy Bergman,
Roger Lincoln. — Third Grade:
Ida Hjellen, Barbara Clarke, Judy
Betts, Jane Nunley and Kathar
ir.ie Coghlan. — Fourth Grade:
Earl Erickson, Eleanor Rickter
off — Fifth Grade: Carol Gersh
mel, Helen Carter, Larry Teeland,
Billy Combs and Patricia Hob
son. — Sixth Grade: Carolyn
Nelson, Linda Bergman), Susan
Hjellen and Patsy Green. — Sev
enth Grade: Sally Betts —
Eighth Grade: Gary Gislason. —
Ninth Grade: Wally Teeland. —
Tenth Grade: James Vickaryous.
—Eleventh Grade: Colleen Tee
land, Alice Church. — Twelfth
Grade: Allayne Nelson.
It was the Battle of the Sexes!
The men flowed onto the basket
ball court in Turkish harem at
tire—sans veils. In one constant
laugh—topping them 43 to 15.
’Twas a very upsetting game.
The 6th, 7th & 8th graders (com
bined as a team) upset the Fresh
men 44 to 27. Vadney Bledsoe,
Jim Byers, Jim Rogers, Floyd
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of our community.
Upon request, a booklet entitled:
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ABOUT FUNERALS AND INTERMENTS"
is available.
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MONDAY — TUESDAY — THURSDAY — FRIDAY
WASILLA COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, MARCH 17
ST PATRICK’S DAY
CUB SCOUTS 319, Mrs. Combs,
Mrs. Barnes, 3:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
GRANGE FOLLIES, Community
Hall, 8:30 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, 619, Wasilla Sch
ool, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY. MARCH 19
GRANGE FOLLIES, Community
Hall, 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 21
SPORTSMAN FILM, Wasilla, 8
p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
WASILLA GRANGE NO. 2,
Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23
BROWNIE SCOUTS 60, Wasilla
Library, 3:30 pjn.
GIRL SCOUTS, Wasilla Road
house, 3:30 p.m.
.FRIENDLY CIRCLE, 1:30 p.m.
THURSDAY. MARCH 24
CUB SCOUTS, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs.
Combs, 3:30 p.m.
Morrison, Erling Nelson, Bob
Peninington, "Sonny” Vickaryous,
Wayne Kirschner and Bud Thom
as "clobbered” ’em in the pre
liminary game of the Battle of
the Sexes.
DahDiDahDit DitDitDah
C U
At the Follies!
When a woman lowers her
voice—it's a sign she wants some
thing; when she raises it—she
didn't get it.
WASILLA GIRL BRIDE
OF JAMES T. WILSON!
In a double ring ceremony on
Sunday morning, March 13, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Curtis of Palmer, Miss Nancy
Fernback, daughter of Mrs. Helen
Fernback of Wasilla became the
bride of James T. Wilson, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson,
also of Wasilla. U. S. Commission
er Dorothy B. Saxton performed
(the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Cur
tis were attendants for the coup
le.
For her wedding the bride
chose a tailored suit of royal blue
with which she wore white acces
sories and a corsage of white.
Following the ceremony a wed
ding breakfast was held at the
Curtis home. A reception will be
held tin Community Hall in Wasil
la at a later date.
The bridegroom is employed by
the Matanuska Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association.
Following a wedding trip to
Anchorage the couple are now at
home in their apartment on the
Fernback farm.
Sea Bees Now Stationed
At Kodiak Navy Base
Mobile Construction Battalion
No. 11, some 400 strong, arrived
at the U. S. Naval Station at Ko
diak on March 6 and have enter
ed into a program of training and
construction. The SeaBees, as
they are more commonly known,
will fulfill a dual purpose while
at Kodiak—the performing of
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necessary construction and re
pairs at the Naval Station, and ac
quiring training in the type work
they will be required to do un
der wartime conditions. They will
also get as much miliary training
as possible when inclement wea
ther interrupts their work pro
gram.
The SeaRees, who were form
ed as a unit during the dark
early years of World War II, cele
brated their 13th birthday on
March 5.
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