VALLEY SETTLER
Published every Friday at Palmer, Al
aska by the Mrtr.nuskn Valley Farmers Coop"
orating Association in the interests of
its members and of the Matanuska Valley
in general.
By L. H. Allen
By subscription per year $1.00
" " " ” mailed 1.75
Single copy .10
ELABORATE PLANS MADE FOR 4-H FAIR
Deserves Large Attendance -
The 4-H Fair will be held in the Palme
gymnasium next Wednesday, September 2,
from 9 a.m, to 7 p.m, and it v/ill be
sponsored by the Matanuska Valley Fair As
sociation. There will be exhibits in
gardening, canning, clothing, homo im
provement, and booth displays. The 4-H
local loaders and the Extension Agents
will be in charge of the displays.
At 3»20 p.m., a dress revue v/ill be a
feature, when the girls will wear the
dresses they have made in the clothing
project and the following demonstrations
will be given*
10*00-Barbe« Lossing-Preparing a Breakfas'
10*10-Alice ft Deloros Bouvens-Muking Cup
Cakog
10*20-0iivia Painter-Different Y/ays to
Measure Shortening
10*30-Bertha Newman-Mixing a Loaf of
Bread
10*40-Jennie Churchill-Kneading a Loaf of
Broad
10*50-Effie Rasmussen-Holding a Loaf of
Bread
lliOO-Annic, Mensoff-Propnring Vegetables
for Market
llilO-Alice T^ayak-Putting in a Zipper
lltrO-Jr.net Sherrod, Gayle Eckert -
Hemming a Towel
11:30-J'an McNeese, Hazel Werner-Making a
Patholder
ll«40-Willr. Rae Smith-Individual Canning
Ii30-Beverly Natti, Katie Murphy-Garden
Plans
1:40-Ella Rock, Jacquiline Hollman
liaking a Hotbed
Ii50-Xenia Kuzakin, Louisa Anta9ki
Making Fresh Vegetable Salad
2i00-Agnes Delphan-Building Camp Fire
for Cooking
2*10-Ella Standifor, Katherine Joseph
Camp Cookery, using a 10# Can
2*20-Bonnie Moore, Jeanette Hemmcr
Testing for Pectin in Jelly-Makinj
2»30-Lnrry Stock, Edison Thuma-First Aid
2:40-Duane Huntley-Mixing Concreto \
2:50-Nr.ncy Pitka-Control of Root Maggots
At a meeting of the local Selective
Service board held Tuesday night, the fol
lowing registrants at Palmer were given
the following classifications for selec
tive servicei
Classification 1-A - Sino W. Wirtanen,
Bernt I. Eikemo, James C, Grow, Justin Mc
Carty, Peter N. Lund* ; 1-C - Einer V.
Anderson, Phillip R. Dickey, Ed. H. John
son, Don Lawson Derrington alias William
Lawson Wright, John U. Corbett, Jr,, John
R. Nikshich, Gus F. Drrappa, Oscar V. Ol
son, Ervin D» Affield, Roger G. Halsted.
2-B - David E. Grow(cont),Leonard K. Kyger
(cont),Dan Fillison, Jr.) 3-A - Robert
Leary(continued), Denver Halverson, Agraar
Lynn Hellebust(continued). 3-B - Peter
King, Perry L. Garner, Max Pierce, Chas,
D. Raymond, Glen Fuson, Wto. C. Whitman)
%4-F - Peter King.
A meeting of the Anna Smalley Eastern
Star club wqs held at Wasilla on August 13
"with Mrs. Neil Browne as hostess. Due to
the present tire shortage and to the fact
that people's time is so badly needed for
other purposes, the club decided to discon
tinue meetings for the duration. The few
dollars in the treasury, never large at
any timo, were contributed to the fund for
a car for tho Public Health nurse.
The Anna Smalley Eastern Star club of
the Matanuskn Valley was organised with 10
.irfembers on August 25, 1938. This little
'club has met once a month ever since. The
membership was never larger than 14. The
object of tho club was to promote fraternal
relationship between tho members and to
give what assistance was possible to other
organizations in the Valley and to give
help where it was needed, if possible.Sev
eral donations to v/orthy causes -were given
and the club, for several years, ha3 paid
the subscription to tho National Geograph
ic maguzino four the Matanuska Valley hos
pital. Uending for tho hospital was the
main work done at tho club meetings,
Mrs. Carl Rasmussen is acting as book
keeper at tho Anchorage Dairy.
The Ladies Aid of the Protestant Com
munity church will meet next Y/ednesday,
September 2.
September 2 at 9 a,m, will be the closig
time for all entries in the 4-H Achievement
Shov/. Entries may be made in the following
classes! clothing, home improvement, baking,
meal preparation, canning, camp cookery,
and gardening,Each club is request,e.d .tp have
n h w.h with entries other than
ue.ste.d .tp ha’'
individual.
3 iOO-Liargarct Rnsmussen-Hov; to Feed
Small plants 7/hen Set Out
3ilO-Flo Alice and Donald Dinkel
Transplanting Celery
3i20-Dress Revue-Girls in Clothing Pro
ject