RAiDOIS RAMBUNGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
un* little boy to another: “It
was a swell party. I’m sick as a
cog.”
Sorry; Lack of space prevent
ed running the following news
item in last week’s column.
Past President May Carter was
Installing Officer for the V.F.W.
Auxiliary last Friday. Visitors
from Anchorage’s V.F.W. Post
16&5 were Mrs. Bailey and Mrs.
Palmer. Joseph S. Hong—of the
same post—was Installing Offi
cer for the men. Walt Teeland,
Committee Chairman for the lo
cal Scouts, made presentations
of awards to members of the
organization for their leadership
in Cub, Boy and Explorer Scouts.
Susitna Post 9365 and their Aux
iliary was thanked for their
sponsorship of this youth activ
ity*
Mrs. John Rumohr returned to
Cantwell after a three week
visit with Maud Hosier and
Lacura Mommsen. Wouldn't you
knew it—Mrs. Rumohr was again
loaded down with flowers and
plants.
There’s a lot of volunteer work
done before a person is appoint
ed a Delegate to represent mem
bers of an organization. Colleen
Teeland was singled out for this
honor by the Rainbow Girls.
She’ll be leaving June 16th via
P.N.A. to attend the Grand As
sembly for their order—to be
held in Bellingham, Washington.
Other Delegates from Washing
ton, Idaho and Alaska (Jerry
Stephan of Palmer was selected)
will gather at the Northern
Washington city on June 26th,
27th and 28th. Colleen plans on
visiting in Shelton, Kennewick,
Ravensdale and Seattle—all in
Washington. All this she hopes to
condense into a two week ab
sence from Wasilla.
Waa into Ben Franklin Store
in Anchorage and had Ethel
Smith wait on me at the cashier's
counter.
You have lots of time in which
to plan this trip. Scheduled for
completion in 1957—you’ll be
able to drive the road from Pax
son’s £odge to Cantwell and onto
McKinley Park. Two bridges
will have to be built—one, over
Maclaren river and the other
over the headwaters of the Su
sitna (Big) River. There’s about
forty to sixty miles of road re
maining to be built on this.
Ckaa. “Cad" Cadwallader went
up to Cantwell to visit with Jane
and Bud Browne. Janeil, Loren
end Allan were waiting at the
train foe “Grandpaw". ..
As I get it—the contractors
will start June 20 th to hard-sur
face the road from the four cor
niers to Wasilla—and be finished
by the 30th.
Bey Knapp had a hydroplane
on Lake Wasilla over the holi
days. Me (and another fellow)
have boon building and working
on if during the past winter. This
type of boat has been known to
attain speeds of from sixty to 80
M.P.H.
Palmer Rogers made his trans
fer! He left Curry and is working
with Shorty Long’s crew on Ex
tra Gang No. 3 at Matanuska.
John Rudik is on the crew, too.
Doctor and Mrs. Rayburn
boarded the north train last Sun
day. They were to join a party
out of Anchorage—get off at
Talkeetna and fish, returning in
the evening of Memorial Day.
Some debtors defiantly assert
—“You can’t get blood out of a
turnip”,—little realizing that
they are not turnips.
Just received a letter from
Bert Stewart. Remember—he
used to work at K.S.M. and the
A.R.C. He’s now fishing for sal
mon out of Sitka. In his letter to
“Heinie”, he mentions that he
dropped into the Pioneers’ Home
and held a chit-chat with Bert
McClarity. It was expressed that
McClarity would like to receive
cards, letters or tokens of remem
brance from his Ya^ey friends.
In the meantime—he’s just wait
ing for the “End of the Road”.
WASILLA CALENDAR
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FRIDAY, JUNE 3
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School,
7 p.m.
GIRL SCOUTS, Wasilla Road
house, 3:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 7
WASILLA GRANGE NO. 2,
Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
BROWNIES, Wasilla Library,
3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY. JUNE 9
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Wasilla
Scool, 7 p.m.
CUB SCOUTS, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs.
Combs, 3:30 p.m.
WASILLA VFW OBSERVES
MEMORIAL DAY WITH
SERVICE AT CEMETERY
Memorial Day services, con
ducted at the Wasilla Cemetery
on May 30, were well attended
by residents of the Wasilla area.
Members of the Wasilla Veter
ans of Foreign Wars, Post No.
9365, the VFW Auxiliary Unit,
Explorer Scouts of Wasilla, and
the rifle squad of Co. C., 180th
Engineer Battalion, Palmer, par
ticipated in the ceremony.
Veterans graves located in the
Wasilla Cemetery were decorated
for the Memorial Day remem
brance with wreathes and rib
bons, by the Legion and Auxil
iary.
Officers of the Legion and
Auxiliary conducted the memori
al services and Gary Hjellen and
Fred Nunley, members of the Ex
plorer Scout troop, were buglers.
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THAT'S MOM!
Evmf wonder how Mom does it . . . bow she keeps the
Iftmily 10 well fed# so well dressed • • • always has the
"extra, cash" when a crisis comes up? It's because she's
a shrewd shopper .«• and a systematic saver. Puts money
swsy regularly in a savings account# where it adds up
to all the things the family needs!
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Palmer# Alaska
Open Thursday Evenings 8 —~ 8 P.M. —- Daily 10 A.M. -3 P.M.
Scientists Plan
Extensive Studies
“The International Geophysi
cal Year, due to begin July 1,
1957 and extend throughout 1958,
is incomparably the greatest in
ternational cooperative scientific
enterprise hitherto undertaken
or planned,” its chairman stated
today.
Dr. Sydney Chapman will
speak before an evening session
of the Sixth Alaskan Science
Conference at the University of
Alaska tonight. Scientists from
the United States, Canada and
Alaska are attending the event
which began June 1 and will end
June 4.
Planned researches include
more accurate study of the size
and shape of the earth; the lar
gest-scale meteorological pheno
mena, including the general cir
culation of the atmosphere and
exploration of the atmosphere to
great heights by balloons and
rockets; magnetic and ionos
peric changes; the aurora and
airglow and the zodiacal light;
solar phenomena; cosmic rays;
oceanography, glaciology, and (to
a less extent) earthquaqkes and
the gravitational field of the
earth.
The firing squad was directed by
John Dunlap, VFW Commander,
and Company C Sergeant.
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WE DO . . .
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Cheechako Club
When our Home Demonstra
tion Agent Marylou Rideout pre
sented our lesson in table setting
and entertainment she made it
seem so simple ad so right to
offer our hospitality in the most
gracious and simple way. The age
of days of preparation and long
hours over the hot stove prepar
ing a meal for guests, leaving
the hostess too weary for enjoy
ment, are over.
The Cheechako club is proud
to be sponsors of a 4-H baling
club to be led by Mrs. Driggars
and Mrs. Epler.
Forceps and scissors were pur
chased for the hospital surgery.
More plans were made for the
Fair -booth.
The next Homemakers Coun
cil meeting will be the morning
of June 6 with the Project Lead
ers’ meeting that afternoon with
the subject, “Getting our money’s
worth.”
The May meeting was at the
home of Pat Lawton with Ruth
Zimowske and Daisy Swoboda
co-hostesses. The June meeting
will be enjoying the hospitality
of Evelyn Bush.
Cheechako Club
What does Extension work
mean to me? It means seven
years of wonderful association
with homemakers who have the
same problems; who have the
same dreams; who have the same
desire for the fun of meeting
together and working on all
types of projects, civic or home.
It means working together and
gathering information for our
families, for our homes and for
our communities. It means the
road to better living.
The Extension Service offers
most willingly the solution to al
SNACK OR
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YOU’RE THE
WINNER!
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HOME
Should Never
Be Like
This!
Are you a slave to a washboard and an old fashioned
iub? Well probably not but perhaps some of the ap
pliances that you are using are almost as antiquated
or maybe you are still doing your household chores
by hand.
The new, modern electrical appliances are such won
derful time and work savers. They work for you
more efficiently and do the job in much less time.
Let electricity do more of your work for you ... it
will save you effort, time and money loo.
"Electricity isYour Best Buy"
ELECTRICITY IS CHEAP!
Hatannska Electric Assn.
most any problem in home mak
ing, child rearing, gardening or
farming or can channel the
questions to the proper agency.
Aside from the practical help
received from the Extension Ser
vice it is one of the finest meth
ods of meeting new and inter
esting people.
Let us all say “Thanks” to the
Extension Service for a job well
done and appreciated.
Goldduslers Club
Members of the Golddusters
Homemakers’ club will hold their
next meeting at the home of]
Marion Persinger on June 8.
IN AND OUT
AT THE VALLEY
PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
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Patients in and out at Valley
Presbyterian Hospital this week
included Mrs. Ronald Heddles,
Eiho J. Pietila (Jonesville), Mrs.
Quin to Zanona, Mrs. Walter Mac
Intyre, Ronald Rebarchek and
young David Dodds.
Still hospitalized are: Mrs.
Leonard Moffitt, Mrs. Robert
Smith, Mrs. Howard Campbell,
Mrs. Alvin Sexton, Mis. Florence
. Sandel, Mrs. Albert Mathews and
Mrs. Norman France.
Wright's
Travel Agency
AT BERT'S DRUG STORE
ARE YOU TRAVELING ? ? ?
We are members of IATA, International
Air Transport Assn. Fares arranged to any
point in the world.
WE SHALL BE GLAD TO HELP WITH YOUR
ITINERARY
SUNDAY, JUNE 5,
10:00 A.M. Sunday School Classes
11:00 Morning Worship — Sermon:
"The Holy Trinity"
7:00 P.M. Senior High Westminster
ship meeting
A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL
Rev. Brian H. Cleworth, Minister
Fellow- -fr
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FAITH FOR OUR TROUBLED TIMES
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HERE ARE THE ABC’S
FOR SAFE DRIVING
Always play safe by driving a car that is in perfect
condition. Above all have your brakes checked regu
larly.
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Bring your car to us for gas and oil.
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Count on us to give good service.
Norm's Super Service
HOURS —7 A.M.—10 P.M.
AT HARTLEY MOTORS