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RANDOM RAMBLINGS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
A bunch of miners from Evan
Jones Coal held an “Old Home”
gatherpg at Tangle Lake. Bill
and Delia Kotila joined them to
verbally mine a couple of tons of
Black Diamonds. *
Heard that “Buz and Charlotte
Aldeman, with their first-born
boy. Caleb, went stateside for a
visit with “Buz's" Mother—near
Sacramento. California.
Earl Combs was pouring con
crete for his Grade “A” bam.
He’ll have fifteen cows when he
gets under way.
Better . power . was promised
with the new line strung by the
3MLE.A. Ralph Moore was around
Wasilla for that purpose with his
new; Phil McRae, Paul String
iield Bret Trudell. Bill Smith,
loon Smart and Stan Lowe._
A1 Truss was telling me about
his four Beaver Lakes—draining
into Meadow Brook. He has
eleven boats and two cabins for
rent and promises good fishing.
Just 2x/2 miles beyond Rocky
Lake.
"Cy" St. Amand is back around
town after a siege of pneumonia.
Past address, Providence Hospit
ai—present, wasma.
After 39 or forty years of com
mercial fishing—Martin Olson
has decided to reap his harvests
£rom the Land instead of the sea.
Martin has his usual diversified
crop—and will be around all *
summer—instead of going to
Bristol Bay.
Dick Wilson went '‘down the
coast" for M. K. Construction
Co.; Pete Polis had is five-year
birthday party at home; Johnny
Polis the (Pa) made a home
swimming pool for the kids.
Hawaii will observe their an
nexation to the U. S. on July 7th
(1898). Congress established them
as a Territory in 1900. We’re not
doing so well ourselves! Alaska
was purchased from Russia in
1867 and made into a Territory
in 1912. Until we achieve state
hood we’re still "foreigners”—
have to pass thru customs to en
ter the continental U.S.
New school playground is
leveled and bulkheaded. There
will be a web-wire fence imbed
ded into concrete. That's where
the playground equipment is to
be set up.
The Church of Christ has
Church at ten A.M. and Sunday
School at eleven—same place as
before. Wenter Harvey and Ken
ny Holdt are working with "Ev”
Lamon. Saw some "green”
blocks put out in the sun to
"ripen”. Mary Harvey is work
ing with May Carter at the P. O.
as a clerk.
Wasilla's Cemetery Assn, com
pleted granite rack entrance pil
lars to their plots. Joe Winkle
pleck and Fred Nelson volun
teered their sendees in the build
ing of the foundations. The help
of two others was paid for—and
the ..Assn, has ..pro-rated costs
among other local orgaizaiions.
Saturday is the most dangerous
d*ay in the week for traffic driv
ing.
The V.F.W. Fourth of July
oicnic for the kids was called off
because of rain. It definitely will
be held on Sunday, the tenth,—
Community hall if it rains—ball
park if weather normal, at noon.
Alice Horton is working as
cook at Williwaw Lodge. All
cabins were taken for the long
Fourth weekend.
Returning from the Rainbow
Girls’ gathering in Northwestern
Washington — Colleen Teeland
brought her Grand Uncle and
Grand Aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian
Margan. Mr. Margan (brother of
Mrs. Evan Jones) is Supt, of fin
ishing dept, in the Rayonier Pulp
Mill in Shelton, Washington.
During their ton-day visit around
here— they plan on a drive to
Homer and a train ride to Fair
banks. ‘Way back in the early
twenties—'Margan was at the
Evan Jones Coal Co. in its em
bryonic stage.
PLAN REHABILITATION
CONFERENCE AT JUNEAU
The first Alaska Rehabilitation
Conference will be held on July
7 in Juneau. This conference is
an attempt to bring to the at
tention of the people of Alaska
some of the rehabilitation pro
gram aspect as they have receiv
ed added impetus under Public
Law 565.
This is a one day meeting* be
ginning with a general session
at 9 a.m. with a welcome by the
Honorable Frank B. Heintzle-.
man, governor of Alaska and
keynote address from William A.
Shannon, city controller, Car
bondale, Pa.
In the morning session there
will be a panel discussion, “Co
operation in Rehabilitation”
chaired by Henry Harmon of the
Department of Public Welfare. In
the afternoon there will be a
panel discussion, “Opportunities
for Training the Handicapped”,
chaired by Don M. Dafoe, com
missioner of education. “Oppor
tunities for Employing the Hand
icapped”, chaired by Don M. Da
foe, commissioner of education.
“Opportunities for Employing
the Handicapped”, chaired by
Leonard Evans of the U. S. De
partment of Labor will be dis
cussed.
This is the first conference to
be held in Alaska on rehabilita
tion. It is anticipated that such
conferences will become an an
nual affair. Opportunity will also
be made available for those in
terested, to join the National Re
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PALMER, ALASKA
Extension Service
Marks 25 Years
Alaskan Service
Service is a meaningful word
in the title of the University of
Alaska Extension Service. Dis
trict agents, extension specialists
and territorial directors devote
their special training to provid
ing the information and help Al
askan farmers, homemakers,
city dwellers and youth want.
Twenty-five years ago last
Friday (July 1, 1930), W. A.
Lloyd of the Federal Extension
Service organized the Alaska Ex
tension Service. Dr. Charles Bun
nell, now president emeritus of
the university, was first director.
His assistants were Dr. George
W. Gasser, now retired, and Mrs.
Fohn-Hansen, president associate
director for home demonstration
work.
Since 1930 the Extension Ser
vice has reached Alaskans direct
ly or by mail from Point Barrow
to Metlakatla, from Teller east
to Eagle. Home demonstration
agents have helped lonely new
comers make Alaska home. From
a staff of three, the Extension
Service now has six district home
demonstration agents, three dis
trict agricultural agents, and the
help of agricultural experiment
station staff as extension special
ists. These agents and specialists
are expanding their efforts to
serve a third of Alaska’s popula
tion.
habilitation Association which
is the major organization for
workers in the rehabilitation
field as well as those interested
in the broad areas of rehabilita
tion.
A general invitation is made,
all interested persons who wish
to attend the conference are in
vited to obtain further informa
tion from the Office of Vocation
al Rehabilitation, Room 5, Alaska
Office Building, Juneau.
HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Golddusters Club
The Golddusters Homemakers’
club will meet at the Kopper
ude’ls on July 13 at 11:30 a.m.
with their children and proceed
from there to a picnic and swim
ming party. Members will receive
cards this week if they are to
bring anything further than
utensils for themselves. A report
will be expected of all doll tick
ets sold to date. If bad weather
should prevail, the picnic will be
called off.
Caroline Lentz Wed
In Pretty Ceremony
St. John’s Lutheran Church in
Palmer was the scene of a pretty
wedding on June 25 when Carol
ine Ida Lentz, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Lentz be
came the bride of Carl Raymond
Riley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les A. Riley of Dallas, Texas. The
church was beautifully decorat
ed with white baskets of gladioia
and stock and long white tapers
in candelabras. Chaplain Falk
ers performed the double ring
ceremony before a large gather
ing of relatives and friends. Mrs.
Cy Brewer, organist, played tra
ditional wedding music and ac
companied Annie Havemeister,
soloist, who sang “I Love You
Truly”. Barbara Lentz, sister of
the bride, and Katherine Hodson,
were candlelighters and wore
similar dresses of pastel blue and
pink and dainty corsages of red
roses.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father and wore a
beautifully fashioned gown of
embroidered nylon. The fitted
bodice of white satin had a scal
loped yoke, neck and long point
ed sleeves. The satin underskirt
was topped by the bouffant over
skirt of embroidered nylon. Her
float length veil was of sheer,
nylon, and she carried a bouquet
of red roses with ribbon stream
ers.
Mrs. Dolores Lancaster, sister
of the bride was matron of hon
or. Her ballerina length gown
was of pink nylon net and lace
over a full taffeta skirt. Dorothy
Lentz, also sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid and wore a bal
lerina length gown of nile green
nylon net over a full taffeta. The
attendants carried red roses ar
ranged in muff style.
Paul Riley, cousin of the bride
groom was best man and Russell
Lancaster, brother-in-law of the
bride and Kenneth Riley, cousin
of the bridegroom, were ushers.
For her daughter’s wedding
Mrs. Lentz chose a princess styl
ed dress of blue with which she
wore white accessories and a
shoulder corsage of red roses.
Following the marriage cere
mony a reception was held by
the bride’s parents in Carpenters
Hall, with guests present from
Palmer, Anchorage, and Wasilla.
Jane Stephan presided over the
guest book, Mrs. John Reed serv
ed punch and Mrs. Harold Ste
phan presided at the wedding
cake table.
The bride’s parents came to
the valley in 1935 as original col
onists from Wisconsin and have
made their home here since that
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time. She graduated from Pal
mer High School in 1954 and has
attended the University of Alas
Ka for one year.
The bridegroom is stationed at
Eielson Air Force base and the
couple will make their home at
North Pole, Alaska. For her going
away outfit, the bride chose a
summer suit of blue wool with
C. Ivan Branton of the Alas
ka Agriculture Experiment Sta
tion is making a short trip to
Fairbanks this week on station
business.
white trim on the collar and
cuffs. Following a wedding trip
to McKinley Park they will drive
to their home at North Pole.
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