Agronomist to Visit
Famed Laboratory
One of the slowest tasks to
which man has ever turned a
hand may be due for a speed-up.
Agronomist H. J. Hodgson hopes
to use the unique facilities of
famed Earhart Laboratory in
California to hasten the job of
breeding plants for Alaska that
have built-in cold resistance..
What happens inside a plant
as it gets ready for winter? What
changes do its cells undergo to
make it able to survive very low
temperatures? How does Alaska’s
long summer daylight affect a
plant’s life processes? When
agronomists can answer such
questions as these they can de
velop additional superior, winter
hardy crops for Alaska’s farm
ers, Dr. Hodgson explained.
The Laboratory, part of the
California Institute of Techno
logy in Pasadena, can duplicate
any climate in the world. All pos
sible combinations of tempera
ture, light, humidity, and wind
are its stock in trade. Producing
a Matanuska wind or a 50-below
zero Tanana Valley night are
some of the simpler tricks the
laboratory has up its scientific
sleeve.
Dr. Hodgson was invited to
confer with Earhart scientists by
Dr. George W. Beadle, head of
the Biology Division at Cal Tech.
Dr. Beadle, now president of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, visited Al
aska early in June to attend the
Alaska Science Conference. At
that time he saw agronomists at
the Alaska Agricultural Experi
ment Station, where Hodgson is
head of the Agronomy Depart
ment, working to develop an
alfalfa that will thrive in the far
north. He became interested in
their problems and suggested
Dr. Hodgson visit Earhart Lab
oratory to discuss the possibility
of a future cooperative working
relationship between the labora
tory and Alaskan agricultural
scientists.
“While we are mainly concern
ed with alfalfa right now,” stated
Dr. Hodgson, “our findings will
FLYM’ AROUND
AT PALMER AHtPORT
Instructors working off the
Palmer Airport are being kept
busy this summer with a long
roster of students. Among new
flight students is Roy Knapp
who is taking instructions on his
Aeronca Chief from Rene Neil
sen.
Receiving congratulations for
recent solo flights are Larry Car
son, Dick Thompson, and Richard
Jones, all students of Miss Neil
son and members of the Flying
Club and Ralph Crowthers, who
soloed out under the instructions
of Les Green.
At the present time there are
| now 27 planes at the local field
i and two instructors.
The Matanuska Airmens Asso
ciation will hold a regular meet
ing June 30 at 8 p.m. at which
time the chief of the program re
quirements staff of the airways
operation division of CAA; a re
presentative of International Air
port tower; Merril Field tower
and the Anchorage Communica
tion Station will all be guests.
Subjects to be discussed by the
group will be directly connected
with the new radar equipmenl
installed at International tower
flight plan and search and rescue
activities performed by the Com
munication station and the Mer
rill and Elmendorf field traffic
patterns.
have application to other plants
We must investigate the genetic
—or heriditary—aspects of cole
resistance in plants to find a roac
map for developing what we neec
in the way of crops. Dr. Beadle
is one of the world’s top genecet
ists and there are other outstand
ing biochemists, physiologists
and related specialists at Earhar
who can help us.”
j Dr. Hodgson will combine hi:
Pasadena visit with a trip t(
| Cleveland, Ohio where he wil
I attend the International Kiwani:
j Convention June 26-30. Hodgsoi
is lieutenant-governor for the A1
i aska-Yukon Division of Kiwani:
j International.
t KODIAK HOSTS
EXPLORER
SCOUT ENCAMPMENT
The eighth annual Explorer en
campment, held at the U. S. Na
val Station, Kodiak, June 13
through June 20, is past history
now but the experiences gained
by the 191 Sea, Air and Explorer
Scouts, and their 16 military and
civilian leaders, will linger with
them forever. Palmer Explore: s
attending numbered thirteen.
The encampment, which was
open to all registered Explorer
Scouts from all over the Terri
tory, commenced with “welcome
aboard” addresses by Captain
W. M. Drane, USN, commanding
officer, Naval Station, Kodiak,
and Lieutenant Philip R. Dexter,
CEC, USN, Naval Liason officer
for the 17th Naval District at
Kodiak, in charge of the en
campment.
The scouts, divided into four
“watch sections”, underwent in
struction training courses and on
the-spot indoctrination concern
ing Naval vessels and aircraft,
navigation, aerology, damage
control and diving. Various mili
tary units of the Naval Station
demonstrated a jet assisted take
off from water, fire fighting tech
nique from sea to land and in
aircraft fires, and Marine Corps
firepower.
Highlights of the week’s en
campment included a one-day
cruise aboard the USS LSM-161
and the ocean-going tug, USS
MAHOPAC: a barbeque at Tom
Felton’s Cattle Ranch; and a tour
• of the town of Kodiak where the
[ scouts visited the Russian Ortho
l dox Church.
I According to Lt. Dexter, the
i Explorer encampment was aim
ed at training Scouts for attain
ing the seamanship skill required
, of the Sea Explorers, at the
t same time acquaint all scouts
with the Navy’s program and
> techniques so that the under
> standing gained may serve to in
1 crease their value as citizens.
i Ray Jervan Tafte, Minn, was
- I a business visitor to the valley
j I over the weekend. He was a
| house guest of Emil Waldal.
Barbara Kindgren,
John Brown Exchange
Marriage Vows June 24
St. John’s Lutheran Church in
Palmer was the scene of a pretty
wedding on June 24 when Miss
Barbara Ann Kindgren, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Ising be
came the bride of John Edward
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Holte of Duluth, Minnesota.
The double ring ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Brian
Cleworth. Mrs. Lois Weldon of
Palmer sang “Because”, accom
panied by Mrs. Cy Brewer, or
ganist.
For her wedding the bride, who
was given in marriage by Wil
liam Ising, chose a gray dress
maker suit with which she wore
white accessories and a shoulder
corsage of pink rose buds. Her
sister, Geraldine Kindgren, was
her maid of honor and she wore
a fitted suit and a corsage of
pink rosebuds.
Emil Waldal of Palmer was
best man for the bridegroom and
Jim Colberg and Ralph Kircher
were ushers.
Following the ceremony a re
ception for the couple was held
by Emil Waldal at Elks Hall
where the guest book was presid
ed over by Mrs. Jean Prewitt.
Among guests attending the wed
ding and reception was the bride
' groom’s mother who came to
Palmer from Duluth for the oc
casion.
The bride is a daughter of an
original colonist family and has
attended Palmer schools. She is
employed in the office of Attor
ney John Shaw of Palmer. The
bridegroom is a graduate of Pal
mer High School and is now self
employed. The couple plan to
make their home in Palmer.
ENLISTMENTS INCREASE
Enlistments at Army installa
tions throughout the Territory
for the first five months of this
year have already reached a near
all-time high, the Alaska Recruit
ing Office announced this week.
In the first five months of 1955,
nearly as many men reenlisted
for extra hitches as during the
entire year of 1954, according to
SFC Frank Castaneda, Territori
al Recruiter. I
The jump in enlistments and
reenlistments can be attributed in
part to the Army’s new reenlist
ment bonus plan and the raise
in service pay which Congress
passed early this year.
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