Flyin’ Around
At Palmer Airport
One of the busiest spots in the
valley this season is the Palmer
Airport where several valley
people are learning to fly—mak
ing cross-country trips—and pil
ing up flying time toward their
solo, private and commercial li
censes.
Twenty ships are using the
Palmer Airport as home base this
summer, with many times that
number in and out during the
week and especially on the week
ends.
Familiar faces at the airport
this past week included Mrs. Lu
cille Hutchinson and Mrs. Mary
King who are taking flight in
structions from Rene Nielsen on
their own planes. Emil Stadler
was recently soloed out by Les
Green. Clyde King, Jr., was also
soloed out this month by Miss
Nielsen. Ronnie Aklestad, 16, is a
new member of the Flying Club
and is taking time on the club
ship. Larry Bixby is working on
his solo cross-country time.
Clair Barnhardt took her first
ride in a small ship on Sunday
of this week when Ralph Farns
worth took her on a trip around
the valley in the King’s Champ.
Les Green flew back from the
west coast last week v/ith a Piper
Pacer.
Dick Thompson is new presi
dent of the Flying Club, having
been elected to fill the vacancy
in that office when Stan Lowe
resigned.
Bids will soon go out for work
on the washouts at the end of
the runways, it was reported this
week.
Members of the Anchorage
Airmen’s Association are plan
ning a trip to Homer the first
week in August. All sea and land
plane owners in the area are in
vited to attend. A clam bake is
planned.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Troop 2
Members of Troop 2 met at
Helen Schaefer’s, from which we
went on a hike and identified
11 wild flowers for our Rambler’s
badge.
We have made a change in our
meeting dates for summer. Will
all girls make a note of these
dates. June 30, July 14 and 28,
August 11 and 25. Our next
meeting will be at Mick’s at 1
p.m.
THURSDAY/ JUNE 16
GIRL SCOUT DAY CAMP opens
at Tooth-acres.
AMERICAN LEGION & AUX
ILIAY, Legion Hall, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17
LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, 6:35
p.m.
VALLEY HOSPITAL Board
meeting, Hospital, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY/ JUNE 18
LEGION Service officer visita
tion
MONDAY, JUNE 20
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
LITTLE LEAGUE GAME, 6:35
p.m.
BETA SIGMA PHI, Cobb’s Cafe,
8 p.m.
PALMER LIBRARY BD., Li
brary, 8 p.m.
ALTAR & ROSARY SOCIETY,
8 p.m.
TUESDAY. JUNE 21
CITY COUNCIL, Clerk’s office,
7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
BOY SCOUTS, U. P. Church
basement, 7 p.m.
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters Hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER GARDEN CLUB, 8
p.m.
PALMER B. P. O ELKS, Elks
- Hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY. JUNE 23
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
GREAT BOOKS GROUP
INVITES PARTICIPATION
OF INTERESTED PERSONS
All persons interested in dis
cussing basic human problems
are invited to enjoy the Great
Books discussion group. The
Great Books are chosen from
the most widely read books of all
times; they are for beginners and
laymen, not just for experts; they
are always contemporary as they
deal with the persistently unsolv
ed problems of human life.
The public is invited to attend
the June 22 meeting of the group
and hear the discussion of the
'‘Wealth of Nations” by Adam
Smith. The meeting will begin
at 8 p.m. at the Extension Office.
The new set of books for next
fall’s readings will soon be order
ed and a substantial reduction in
price is given to orders of 12 or
more.
now for
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SUTTON SALLIES
Flach and Rueffer
Our road is still impassible,
previously for snow—now for
mud, but it is well on its way
to drying out. Some land was
cleared previously and plowed
for the first time most satisfac
tory with the Rome disc from the
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Now the garden is being plant
ed putting the land under culti
vation for the first time.
The For Sale sign on the Dolfi
Homesite advertising their house
trailer had us worried for we
thought the decision had been
made to leave us, but we are
happy to see an extension being
built on their home. James V.
Dolfi is a coal miner at the
Jonesville mine, but he is also
a builder as seen by the floor on
the new addition being placed
one day and the rafters up and
windows being set in place the
next.
Celery is being planted on a
large scale at the Albert and
Mary Bannon home. Many baby
chicks have been hatched this
spring also at the Bannon Poul
try farm.
Mrs. Jean O’Neil is doing a fine
job of beautiflying their home
on the exterior with a good coat
of varnish.
The cozy cottage of Allen Rit
chie set back from the highway
is now for sale. The red trimmed
in-white house is attractive with
its landscaping and row of gladi
olas in the front yard.
Darrel Callison has much of
his good vegetable garden in
with turnips coming up already.
It was a pleasure to show the
families from New Mexico, the
Caudill and Davis, who tempor
arily camped at Moose Creek our
land at Sutton and hoped they
would be interested in settling
here. However, after seeing the
Kenai the previous year and
much of other Alaska their mind
was pretty well made up to set
tle at Wasilla. We do love our
place, but we do hope they find
a homestead as much to their
liking as we do with ours. These
families proved they have the
rugged pioneering spirit and will
be a welcome addition to the
Territory.
The winter was rugged but
Snuffy Danielson is getting along
fine with his new home after
being burned out of his previous
one. He is now digging basement
and soon expects^to lay the stone
basement.
The James McPherson family
is also expanding. The new en
trance to their basement made
of stone is attractive. And the
stone flower bed is very pretty.
In the words of Mrs. LalMe Lee
Mcffherson, thanks to the grit
and determination of Rev. Comp
ton, pastor of the Sutton church,
the new Church by the Side of
the Road is being erected. Come
and see it. It is the materializa
tion of hopes and dreams and is
a monument to the integrity of
our community.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Johnson I saw a very
unusual plant which Mrs. John
son told me was a fig tree
which had born small figs the
previous year. Getting back from
nature to people daughter Nancy
is still vacationing as well as
having dental work done in Sew
ard.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hiber of
Eska left Sunday to attend the
college graduation exercises of
Harvey Jr. in California..
“Red” Weatherbee is working
on the Chickaloon bridge.
Harry Wimmsr from the Agri
cultural Station was around tak
ing pictures of the land worked
VACATION SCHOOL
PLANNED BY
CHURCH OF CHRIST
“The Christian's Walk and
Talk” is the theme for Vacation
Bible School at the Church of
Christ on Smith Avenue in North
Palmer. The school will begin
Monday, June 20 at 9 a.m. Any
one four to 18 years of age is
1 cordially invited to attend each
, forenoon for two weeks, Mon
, day through Friday. “Be there
the first day to get your foot
print recorded”, school officials
suggested.
with the Rome disc. Mr. Wim
mer, Palmer High School prin
cipal, enjoys getting out taking
pictures during the summer.
ALASKA LINE PLANS
1955 NOME SAILING
The first sailing of the year
for Nome is the Alaska Steam
ship Company motorship Square
Knot due to clear from Seattle
June 9. Actually this is the first
departure for Nome since this
same vessel sailed from Seattle
on September 23, 1954.
Sealed in by ice for more than
six months each year, Nome and
other Bering Sea ports must de
pend for their annual supplies
on the brief summer period of
open transportation.
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