QA7TU DISEASE PROGRAM TO BE
mmussed by agriculture officials
th. A. K. Kuttler will be in
IPalmer on April 18 to confer with
the Alaska Department of Agri
culture concerning the Brucel
loaia and T. B. eradication pro
gram, James Wilson, commission
er of agriculture announced this
Week. Dr. Kutler is with the
livestock disease eradication
Branch, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Brucellosis and T. Ej were both
common in Alaska a few years
®go, causing considerable losses.
Today, however, because of the
vigorous campaign which has
Been conducted against these dis
eases, there is a very low inci
dence. Hie* 1054 tests .covering
over 1,600 animals, showed no
T. B. reactors, the last reactor
Being detected in 1950.
Brucellosis, regarded as cattle
f
enemy number one, costs Ameri
can cattlemen 58 million dollars
per year in reduced milk produc
; tion. and loss of calves and other
stock. Alaskan dairymen have
lost their shafe. Brucellosis, com
monly called Bang’s disease, is a
threat to public health, for it
can cause undulant fever in hu
mans from drinking unpasteuriz
ed milk or handling meat from
infected animals. Through the
full cooperation of dairymen, the
disease has been narrowed to a
level better than the national
average. The 1954 tests show only
30 reactors and 57 suspects. Con
stant vigilance will be necessary,
however, to detect new outbreaks
and prevent its introduction by
imported cattle. With the cooper
ation of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, the program will be
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Russ and Rusty Dow arrived
back in town Friday, following
an extended Stateside automo
bile trip. Among points of inter
est visited during their vacation
was the Mardi Gras celebration
at New Orleans. They also visit
ed in Florida, old Mexico and
states between. They report a
wonderful time and said except
for a few miles of mud and ice,
the Alaska highway is in good
condition. “We’re glad to be
home”, they said. Rusty said
most of the time they spent in
Florida it was so cool they had
to wear sweaters.
Dorothy Lynch Modenese, for
mer Palmer resident, has been
named to the women’s Olympic
Ski Team. Mrs. Modenese, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lynch,
attended the Palmer schools. Mr.
Lynch was mill forman at Inde
pendence Mine. Although Mrs.
Modenese is now confined to the
hospital as the result of a skiing
accident, she will participate in
the Olympics.
Sardra Seth McDonald, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Mc
Donald, made dean’s list this past
even more accelerated, and it is
the hope of Commissioner Wil
son to have Alaska completely
free of these two costly diseases.
week at the University of Wash
ington with a 3.88 out of a pos
sible 4 grading. Miss McDonald
plans to spend her summer vaca
tion visiting her parents here in
Palmer. Mrs. McDonald is em
ployed in the Soil Conservation
Service office and Mr. McDonald
is pharmacist at Bert’s Drug
store.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones
attended the Purple Bubble Ball
held at Seward last Saturday
with a group of Anchorage
friends.
Annabelle Cristler is working
in the office of Dr. Foster R.
Sims.
Dr. John Burnett of Palmer
made a business trip to Seattle
this past week.
Herbert D. Hoff, former Pal
mer resident, has been appoint
ed Special Officer and Criminal
Investigator for the Alaska Na
tive Service, it was announced
this week. Hoff is a veteran of
over eight years of service in
law enforcement. While living
in Palmer he was an officer with
the Alaska Highway Patrol, is
a former U. S. Deputy Marshal
and spent approximately four
and one-half years with the Jus
tice department in Alaska. He
will be working out of the An
chorage office.
Arthur L. Brundage, wife and
son, returned to duties at Alaska
Agriculture Experiment Station ;
i April 4. Brundage has been com- j
pleting requirements for PhD to
be presented in absentia in June,
from the University of Minnesota.
The family has been gone for
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CUB SCOUT AWARDS MADE AT MEETING
Thirty-seven parents and 27
Cub Scouts were present at the
March Cub Scout Pack 354 meet
ing held at the Lutheran Church.
The Cubs were resplendent in
Saxton on April 3. Among those
attending were senior girls of
the past four months.
Forty persons attended a tea
held by Theta Chapter Beta Sig
ma Phi at the home of Dorothy
Palmer High School and spring
rushees of the chapter. Pourers
were Mrs. M. D. Snodgrass, Mrs.
Don Irwin and Mrs. Harold
Thuma.
Students in the Palmer school
system and their teachers will
have an extra day this week
end. School will close on Thurs
day afternoon and reopen Mon
day morning. There will be no
school on Good Friday.
their knight’s regalia.
Awards were made at the
Round-Table ceremony to the
following Cub Scouts:
Bob Cat: Kenneth McNally,
Keith Lovejoy, Martin Buzby
and James Ehrhart. Wolf: Dee
Graham (who also* received a
gold arrow), Billy Adams, Wally
Wirtenen and Dee Graham. The
latter two boys also received gold
arrows. Bear: Sam Lazenby (gold
and silver arrows), and Steve
Curry, (gold arrow). Silver ar
rows were awarded to Charles
Lake, Arthur Braetigan, Steve
Lundin, Stanley Smith and
George Smoot.
An interesting film of the 1954
Wolf Series was shown. A film
on forestry conservation is plan
ned for the April Pack meeting.
Forestry is the April theme.
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67c
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Slew Beef
. 53c
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Picnic Shoulder
53.29
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Apples
Bananas
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Buffer
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per pkg.
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