4-H CLUB NEWS
VEGETABLE GROWERS
Roy F*lix. Reporter.
Friday. June 29. our meeting
was held at Mrs Pearl Trow
bridge's home. Nine members
were present.
Plans for climbing Lazy Moun
tain during our next meeting
were made.
Larry Trowbridge and Gerald
Sisley gave demonstrations. Re
freshments were served by our
leaders and games were enjoyed
by all.
Busy Weeders
Busy Weeders have changed
their meeting night from every
other Wednesday to every other
Friday, first Friday meeting to
be held July 13 at the extension
craft room.
4-H Clover Club *
Our regular meeting was held
June 20 at Wasilla Lake. Jo Ann
Rogers played hostess at the pic
nic and gave a demonstration on
gathering materials. A new mem
ber, Lon Livingston was wel
comed into the club.
▼ Two guests were present, Jim
my Hilburn and James Vicarious,
both of Wasilla. Swimming and
refreshments were enjoyed by
everyone.
The 4-H Clover Club wishes io
thank the people of the Wasila
area for helping make a success
of our entertaining game held
June 16.
Mixing Bowl
Eleven members of our club
met on July 7 with Mrs. Mary
1 Callison, leader. Vice-president,
Leona Lucas called the meeting
to order and plans for a bake sale
were made. It will be held July
30.
Betty Blunck was with us for ,
the first time and she gave de- j
tails on 4-H camping. Darlene
Brager gave a short demonstra
tion on making a sewing basket.
Carla Driggers and Darlene also
demonstrated parker house rolls. I
After discusing our 4-H pro
jects, Betty Blunck told us about
her trip to the National 4-H con
gress in Chicago. Betty won the
trip for 4-H work last year.
Games were played and refresh
ments served by the members.
*■ Our next meeting, to be held
Saturday July 21 will be held at
the home of Mrs. Henning Blunck.
DRIVES TO SEATTLE
Mrs. Rudy Yerbick and her
children left Thursday for a trip
over the highway to Seattle. They
will return to Palmer early in
September.
Mr. Yerbick remains in Pal
mer where he is employed by
James Construction Co. The Yer
bick family recently sold their
, homestead near Sutton. They
hope to live in Palmer next fall.
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Overtime Pay Suit
Decision May Prove
Bonanza for ARR Men
A recent decision by the Cir
cuit Court of Appeals ruling that
Alaska Railroad employes are en
titled to overtime pay for work
i in excess of 40 hours a week may
prove a bonanza to several local
non-operating employes of ARR.
! it was learned last week.
The test case, which counsel
for ARR employes had stipulated
would cover some 850 employes
having claims on file, was award
ed in favor of George D. Poggas,
a section foreman on the railroad.
He was awarded $10.130 for over
time work between March 28,
1934, and July 1, 1945.
C. L. Nelson, local ARR agent
who hopes to collect over $6,000
under the ruling, says the over
time suit stemmed from a De
partment of Interior ruling that
employes of the government op
erated railroad were not entitled
to overtime compensation under
the 40-hour week law which went
into effect in 1934.
Ray Murdock, counsel for the
employes was optimistic about
the other overtime claims. He
said that the Poggas case decision
paved the way for overtime pay
ments to some 850 non-operating
employes. At time and a half for
overtime, this would amount to
between $5,000,000 and $6 mil
lion.
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Remember?
DEFENSE CONTRACTS
AWARDED TOTALLING
EIGHT tf ONE-HALF MILLION
The Territory of Alaska is the
recipient of benefits to be de
rived from eight and one-half
million dollars just awarded by
the Corps of Engineers for con- '
struct ion contracts.
The money is parceled among
six successful bidders for large
scale jobs in Anchorage and Fair
banks areas.
Colonel L. E. Seeman, Alaska
District Engineer, said that the
largest of these contract awards,
estimated at over four millions,
went to Peter Kiewit Sons of Se
attle for the construction of a
hangar at Eielson. J. C. Boes
pflug, also of Seattle, won an
award estimated at over one and
one-half millions for construction
of a laundry and dry cleaning
plant at Fort Richardson.
Another award estimated at
over one and one-half millions
went to Permanente Cement, Cal
ifornia, for 150,500 barrels of ce
ment to go to Eielson Air Force
Base.
Two contractors received a
wards estimated at over 325
thousand dollars each. P. S. Lord
Mechanical Contractors, Portland,
won the contract for furnishing j
boilers and auxiliaries to Fort I
Richardson; A. E. Waxberg, Fair
banks, was awarded the contract
for construction of a fire station
at Ladd Air Force Base.
Doughty and Taylor, Anchor
age, received the award at $53,
045 for a special ammunition
storage building at Elmendorf.
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Clay Prewitt and Cliff Steadman, Owners
Freight Hauling Between Valdez and Palmer
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FWS Reports Styles
Making Long-Haired
Furs Popular Again
Long-haired or "unwanted"
furs are once more becoming
popular in the fur market, accord
ing to Frank G. Ashbrook. in
charge of wild fur-animal inves
tigations for the fish and wildlife
service, in his annual report on
the fur catch in United States and
Alaska.
"For the last few seasons the
so-called 'long-haired' furs, es
pecially foxes, have been ban
ished from the fur trade. Now the
long-haired furs are again becom
ing popular—they have been fea
tured in spring and summer
fashions. The market for these
raw furs is more encouraging.
Raccoons are now meeting a good
demand, special interest being
shown in northern skins of the
heavy shearing types. These are
processed to simulate beaver",
says Ashbrook. "The 1949-50 ex
port value of raccoon pelts
amounted to $1,426,878”.
In spite of this unusual demand
the report shows that annu.
takes of long-haired furs in chi'
fur-producing states still refle.
a slight decline, also shared b
annual takes of all fur animal
Mink, beaver and muskrat dt
mand continues high with goo
markets.
Defense agencies have brougb
about an upward trend for wol
skins. During the past six month
the market for wolf skins ha
been increasingly active with th
prices rising. Current procure
ment by defense agencies of fu
ruffs for parka hoods is the rea
son for this spurt.
Mr. Ashbrook’s leaflet, “Annua
Fur Catch of the United States”
lists the reported take of wile
animals in the various states anc
Alaska for the five seasons fron
1945-46 to 1949-50. The reporter
catch for each state is broker
down into the particular animal
trapped in that state. The full re
port may be obtained free ol
charge by requesting “Wildlife
Leaflet 315” from the Division of
Information, Fish and Wildlife
Service, Washington 25, D. C.
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