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Palater* Alaska - - July 17,
1942
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No. 28
NOTICE
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
Since there my not be a
public health nurse in the
Valley for a short period
this fall* an attempt will
be made to do as many of
the school examinations as
possible during July and
August.
All children who are
planning to attend Palmer
or Hasilla schools this fall
and whose last names begin
with A, B, and C are re
quested* if possible* to be
present at a School Examin
ation Clinic to be held by
Dr. Flora, at the Health
Center, second floor of the
Recreation Hall, Tuesday,
July 21, from 3 to 5 o'
clock* It is requested
that one of the parents be
present for this examina
tion.
Infants and preschoolers
will be examined from 1*30
to 3 p.a* each Tuesday as
usual.
Those school children
whose last names begin with
D, E, and F will be examined
on Tuesday, July 28, from
3 to 5 p.n.
Helen Johnson
Public Health Nurse
NE77LY ORGANIZED TERRI
TORIAL GUARD MEETS
The first meeting of the
Alaska Territorial Guard
unit newly-organized for
Palmer was held last Monday
night in the Recreation
Hall assembly room. At
this meeting Matt Onkkc was
appointed to act as clerk,
for the company.
A program was discussed
for a meeting which will be
held at Community Hall when
Governor Gruoning and Major
Marston return to Palmer
with further plans for the .
organization.
Travelers are rushing to
leave Alaska before the
deadline of rigid military L
regulations. ?
AFTER SO LONG A TIME
BIG BEAR-STORY EMERGES
When Mrs. L. C. Stock,
son Larry and little Bar
bara Lee and Mrs. Ralph
Goodrich* son Duane and
snail daughter Arleta were
in camp several weeks ago*
Mrs. Stock was aroused from
sleep in the early morning
hours by a lot of unusual
clatter* outside but near
their cabin. Her first
. thought was that the child
ren were outside and making
the noise but she found the
children still in bed and
glancing out the window she
saw a big black bear help
ing himself at their com
missary to hamburger, pork
chops and the like.
Mrs. Goodrich owned the
only firearm in comp so Mrs
Stock woke Mrs. Goodrich
with the startling informa
tion, "you’ve got to kill a
bearl" Mrs. Goodrich whom
we'd "figger" weighs around
a hundred pounds shouldered
the gun and went forth and
killed the bear with two
shots - both probably fatal
but she wanted to be sure.
When Mr. Stock and Mr.
Goodrich drove into camp at
dinner-time as was their
custom, they couldn't belieM
their eyes. Stricken with
envy, they went into a hud
dle and came out with the
lugubrious declaration that
their wives had probably got
themselves into a lot of
trouble by killing a bear
out of season. Therefore
Mrs. Stock and Mrs. Goodrich
"kept dark" about the exploi
until they learned that if a
bear is a menace to children
and grownups and pesticates
around camp and food supplie
it is all right to shoot him
dead at any time of the
year.
Mr9. Dorothy Bell and lit
tie daughter*Wanda Lee, re
turned Tuesday of last week
froa an eight-nonths' visit
at Mora and Brook Park, Minn
Mrs. Bell lives in the
Butte section,Matanuska Val
ley.
COTTINGHAM - THOMPSON
WEDDING
Mrs. Esther Cottingham,
who has been eaployed in the
office of the Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation Corporation
since a year ago last May,
was married last Tuesday to
Arthur Thompson, homesteader
in the Valley since 1934.
The wedding took place in
Wasilla with Commissioner
Howard Wilmoth officiating.
Mrs. Howard Wilnoth and J.W.
Folton witnessed the cere
mony.
The newly-weds are making
their home on Mr. Thompson's
farm northwest of Palmer.
Clarence Quarnstrom, who
labors 18 hours a day with
a farm anc! 13 cows which pro
duce Grade-A milk, threw
care to the winds and went
fishing last Tuesday. Mr.
Quarnstrom is president of
the dairymen's association.
Whether he caught a lot
of fish or a few on his fish
ing trip he says the most
satisfactory way to preserve
salmon for use during the
winter is to salt it down}
then freshen it as it is used
during the winter - kippering
it as needed,
© Mr. Quamstrom says that
the rains which finally came,
have started hay to growing
luxuriantly. His two acres
of potatoes and his garden
crops survived the dry spell
and the cutworms.
The USO finance drive is
still on in the Valley. Any
t one who has not been con
tacted but wishes to make
contribution please leave it
at the Extension office or
b with Neil Wright or Arthur
Marsh.
In the scrap rubber driv$
4,351 pounds was weighed in
-at the Extension office and
paid for at 1 <A a pound.Many
people contributed old tires
so that considerably more
1 than 4,351 was collected by
the 4-H club boys and Harold
Thuma and Harold Rice.