Local RKb Club To Enter Outdoor League
The Rifle Club of the Matanus
ka Sportsmen will enter outdoor
leagues for both rifle and pistol
shooting and anyone interest in
the matches is asked to contact
Marie Westenbarger, rifle club
secretary, by calling CAA, Eklut
na, or stopping in at the CAA sta
tion on the Anchorage-Palmer
highway as soon as possible so
that targets may be ordered be
fore the deadline.
In four matches recently shot
against clubs from the States
and Territory, the Matanuska
Valley Sporismen rifle club fin
ished with 23 wins and three los
ses, as follows: MVS versus Tan
ana Valley Sportsmen of Fair
banks, MVS won eight out of
of eight; MVS versus Kodiak,
MVS won eight out of eight;
MVS versus Laurel, Montana,
MVS won two out of five; and
MVS versus LaBrea. California,
MVS won five out of five.
In recent League Postal mat
ches the results were as follows:
Utah State Intermountain Lea
gue: Class AA: Lost to Laurel,
Montana. Class A: MVS won,
with Larrie Woods, Dan Fleming,
Lynn White, Allen Richie and
Leona Dickow each receiving a
trophy.
Class C: MVS won with Pat
ricia Cromett, Talicia Smoot,
James Shook, Warren Woods and
Norma Richie receiving trophies.
i Class B and D were lost this
year.
Blue Cross, the nation’s fore
most hospital prepayment plan,
paid last year for hospitalized
members more than $673 million.
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HOMEMAKERS’
Glacier View Club
For me, HomemEkers’ club is
-n mjovrble cpp *-'tunity to meet
and exchange ideas with neigh
bors .many of whom I would
otherwise rarely see; to learn,
through reports of Homemakers’
Council meetings, of what other
r ubs in the valley and Alaska are
doing; and to acquire valuable
information and ideas for home
making from the Extension Ser
vice.
Cheechako Club
Spring is here! The Cheechako
Homemakers’ club project lead
ers, Clara Whetstone and Cloy
cine Driggars proved it by bring
ing ideas from the leaders’ meet
ing on how to clean house most
i efficiently. As long as families
| have to be fed along with house
! cleaning, timely suggestions for
I long range meal planning were
| also given, A pamplet on casser
! ole dishes that can be popped
into the oven directly from the
deep freeze was gratefully re- j
ceived.
Gwen Morley reported that Mr. j
| Morley had taken the club’s con- I
j tribution of three or four boxes
i and several shopping bags to the
| Salvation Army in Anchorage.
Rules for the annual food pre
servation contest were discuss
ed.
A committee was appointed to
buy a desk pen set for the use
of the chart nurses at the hos
pital.
A tea, honoring Lydia Fohn
Hansen who has been in Exten
sion work for 25 years in Alaska;
celebrating 25 years of extension
work in Alaska; and compliment
ing Miss Madge Reese, field agent
for the Western States from the
Federal Extension Service, the
featured speaker of the afternoon,
is to be given by the Homemak
ers’ Council June 9 at 1:30 p.m.
The Cheechako Club is to help
the Nugget Club in decorating
the table and making favors for
each guest. NfftiHt
The Cheechako club is happy
to welcome Mrs. D. Johanson as
a new member.
More discussion was held con
cerning the Fair booth.
The club enjoyed the Hospital
ity of Jerry Pazeruski at this
April meeting. The May meeting
will be held at the home of Ruth
Zimowski.
Butte Club
The Butte Homemakers’ club
met at the home of Mrs. Marty
Sherman April 21, with 11 mem
Slate Special A & R
Meeting Monday Night
"here will be a special meeting
the Altar and Rosary Society
' St. Michael’s Catholic Church
m Monday evening, May 9. The
eeting will be held at the home
5 Mrs. Kay Pippel at 8 p m.
All members are urged to attend.
bers present. Mrs. Oreen Zonona
was a guest and joined the club
during the meeting.
The next meeting will be held
at Butte Hall (roads permitting)
on May 19. Esther Gallagher
and Mary Rippy will be hostess
es.
Nugget Club
The Nugget Homemakers’ club
held their April 26 meeting at
the home of Marjorie Brewer. A
good attendance of members and
several visitors were on hand to
hear a report on the Project
Leaders meeting' which was giv
en by Aleen Uzelac. Following
the reading of letters from
Homemakers’ Council concern
ing the tea to be held June 9
a committee was named to meet
with a similar committee from
the Cheechako Homemakers’ j
club to play decorations for the
tea.
The next regular meeting will
be held at the home of Ruth Hod
gson on May 24.
Happy Valley Club
We oi’ the Happy Valley Home
makers’ club appreciate the help
given us by our Home Demon
stration agents, Mrs. Lydia Fohn
Hanson, and Mrs. Marylou Ride
out. We enjoy the opportunities
of meeting with our neighbors to
become acquainted and to better
understand one another.
Homesteader Club
The regular meeting of the
Homesteader Homemakers’ club
was held at the home of Mrs.
Joyce Leppanen on April 20. Wil
liam Adams, local Forester, gave
a very interesting and informa
tive talk on fire protection, con
trol, burning, and the laws per
taining thereto. He then showed
movies of forest fires and effects
of forest fires on wildlife. Both
talk and movies were thoroughly
enjoyed and appreciated. Forest
er Adams was guest at the pot
luck lunch served at noon.
The business meeting was held
at 1:00 p.m. Members brought
donations of clothing, -jams, and
jellies for the Good Samaritan
Foundation. This month’s project,
“Housecleaning Made Easier”
with Mrs. Mabel Wallace as pro
ject leader was presented.
The next regular meeting will
be held at Mrs. Edna Johnsons
on May 18 at 7 p.m.
Ghugiak Fire Hall Opening Celebrated
Members of the Chugiak Vol
unteer Fire Company celebrated
the opening of their headquarters
with a covered dish supper held
April 28. The occasion marked
another milestone in the history
of Chugiak when the doors were
opened to receive the first of sev
eral pieces of apparatus. Alth
ough the building is not yet com
pleted, it is to the point where
equipment is properly housed
and operational.
For this, members of the fire
company expressed their grati
tude to the Alaska Civil Defense
organization for their cooperation
and particularily to Regional Di
rector Ed Fortier.
, In an after dinner talk, T. ET
Ball, president of the company,,
stated that within the next few
weeks a 24-hour fire guard will
be in the building to receive and
respond to emergency calls. Fu
ture plans and aims of the com
pany were outlined to the as
semblage.
An open house is planned for
May 13 when a movie will be
shown and wives of the firemen
will serve refreshments.
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