THE V ALLEY SETTLER is published
every Friday by t he Latanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperative Associ
ation at Palmer, Alaska.
Mng. Editor: Mrs. Ivan Wilson
Subscription rates; .^1«00 year
by mail; 1.50 year
mailed anywhere: lCjzf copy
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Matanuska Valley
Farmers Cooperating Association* s
work, problems, accomplishments,
and also, news of local and gener
al interest; and to help foster
the cooperative spitit of the
farmers of the Matanuska Valley.
SUPPERVISED RECREATION
After long month® of tiresome
tedious, hard labor in planning
and bring to completion a project
for which one boy or girl has been
entirely responsible. Achieve
ment Day is a harvest or festival
day when they can view with pride
the results of months of effort,
They have planned, worked and. over
come all the difficulties of the
average farmer. Mow they arc
ready to exhibit a written and
s-igned statement or record of
their labors and results.
These 4-H Club boys end girls are
offering a challenge to fathers
and mothers ”To make our Best
Better ".
Suppervised recreation, is the
thing which should be encouraged
more and more. The ambition of
youth is a wonderful thing, if
intelligenfcTytrained to produce
gainful results, which will give
pride and satisfaction.
Ambition which is left to run wild
becomes mischievous, devilish,
and will later develop an over
bearing, egoistic character that
is possitivcly repulsive. Who can
we blame? Surely, youth is not
to blame. The adult is backed by
years 'of experience and should
have learned enough to pass on
some small grain of profit.
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By combined, offort oi past ex
perience wo might try to r.id our
youth to become the, thing w e
would like to be-ii' we could
do it all over again,
Show the ambitious youth how to
work but also, show him how to
enjoy his work and immediately
you have a ccmpoditor that is hara
to beet.
4-H Club work, docs this and with
the trained osporiencc supervisors
we have at o\i.r command, it should
be a simple problem to lend the
nbcessary encouragement in aid as
well as moral support. Just to
say it is a line thing is not
enough. Back it up with the nec
essary support, the kind that ob
tains the essentials to start
something useful. 'Whether it be
soedir for a garden, a calf to work
with and feed or just a piece of
cloth. Produce the things to stait
with, after that it only takes a
little encouragement to keep thing:
going, and on Achievement Day be
sure to bo on hand to view the
results, and help pass cut the
praise whore it is deserving and
a litt&c encouragement won't come
amisSo
STOP AND THINK
Notice has been taken, and commentt
passbd upon the tremendous amount
of reckless- driving upon the high
ways of the Valley, Especially
since the three needless collisions
which took place on last Saturday,
Other uncessary accidents and near
accidents have caused the noro
sane population to seriously con. -
sider enforcement of the law. At
the present rate of disregard for
Highway safety-, it is predicted
that serious accident with possible
los@ of life will soon take place.
One tragedy involving the loss of
a life and some otherwise, law
abiding citizen will'be charged
with, "MANSLAUGHTER", 20 years.
It is.avoidable, Drivers of motor
vehicles are- urged to observe ‘
trafic rules and'regulations before
some tragedy occurs.