f 4-H CLUB NEWS
learn by doing
Siikt the dcmon*t ration* are
an important part of the 4-H pro- (
gram, a number were given dur
tng the Fair, At the beginning
of the club year, the member* see
the importance of learning thru
demonstrations—a method which
means. SHOWING how while one
TELLS why. Have you ever giv
en a demonstration? If so, you
know it is a good means of learn
ing. both for the demonstrator
and the audience, yet it is hard to
do.
At the Fair, there were nine
team demonstrations given, and
one individual demonstration.
The latter, given by Jeanne Brun
ner. won first, in second year
baking. Jeanne demonstrated a
“pineapple up-side-down cake"
with great efficiency and success.
Annie Smith and Sharon School
ing from the Valley Christian
Home placed second, demonstrat
ing “dropped cookies". A team of
boys, Wendell and Jesse Wilson,
placed third with their “raisin
cup cakes".
Carol Berry has taken Baking
I and Gardening I this club year.
She and her brother, Mike, won
third prize for their best 4-H gar
dens in the Valley. At the Fair,
Carol demonstrated "baking pow
der biscuits” and won second
prize.
There were three clothing dem
onstrations. Joyce Dinkel showed
and told very well “How to Alter
a Pattern” and won first prize.
Verna Adams and Barbara Hud
gins demonstrated “Proper
Seams” winning second, and a
team of three, Judy Hurley, Le
ona Lucas and Darlene Brager,
demonstrated “How to Hem a
Dress”, placing third.
Under 4-H Food Preservation
project, a team of brothers, Elmer
and Wayne McDonald, showed
“Jelly Making”, placing third.
There was one garden demon
stration, “Transplanting”, given
by Larry Trowbridge and Roy
Felix, placing third.
Thanks are due these 4-H club
•members for giving these demon
strations which added to the Fair
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ALASKA CANNING CONTEST
Thu* far. there are only four
contestant* in the Valley for the
'Home Preservation of Food"
contest a* sponsored by the Na- j
tional Garden Institute. You prob- j
ably saw the lovely silver cov- j
i red vegetable dish on display in t
the Homemaker*' Club's quonset. t
Anyone putting up Alaska grown
products for home use may enter •
the contest.
A record of food canned, frozen ,
and stored is kept (record sheets (
may be obtained at the Extension ,
office) and before October 10. ,
when reports of district winners ‘
are due at the university office. (
judges wrill come and see your ,
winter's supply of food and judge ,
according to quantity, variety and ,
quality. ,
A grand opportunity and so ]
easy, since there is no extra work, <
you would preserve food for win- j
ter use anyway. It just seems that
a Valley woman has to win. We (
live in the garden spot of Alaska, <
and without a doubt, other dis- j
tricts believe that the winner will .
be from the Valley. .
SPECIAL ASSISTANT (
TO HANDLE OPS PROBLEMS
Working with commodity pric- '
ing personnel of OPS, the special '
assistant will examine the ef- :
fects of all present and future re
gulations on the small merchant
and will advise the Director of
Price Stabilization.
Finally, the special assistant
will serve as the contact point
within OPS for small merchants
and will expedite the handling of
their inquiries and problems.
OUTSIDE FOR TREATMENT
Nels Stensland of the Palmer
Food Center and Shamrock Bak
ery is a patient at the Virginia
Mason Clinic in Seattle where he
is receiving further treatment for
back injuries received several
weeks ago, when the elevator on
which he was riding dropped to
the basement.
activities, but more important, an
added experience to a 4-H mem
ber’s life! Thanks, too, to the
club leader, in training these
demonstrators.
Copper Center
I Roadhouse
and Trading Post
I Center of Good Hunting and Fishing
Lodging - Meals - Bar and Liquor Store
€r
Home Comforts and Old-Time
Alaskan Hospitality
Mile 103 Richardson Hiway
14 Miles South of Glenn Hiway Junction
OWNED AND OPERATED BY KATHERINE AND
GEORGE ASHBY
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
Then?** snow on Lazy Moun
ain. There will soon be snow in
he Valley and another harvest
'■ear will be done. Everyone is in
i hurry. Right now no one has
ime to stop and think This year
ve will have one of the biggest
Tops in Valley history. I'm glad
o see it. we need it. I hope next
rear’s crop is bigger. The policy
if the United States Department
if Agriculture is to assist farm*
:rs in all out production. Our
■ountry needs food. Everything
ve can raise here means that
nuch less must be shipped in.
Tere is the reason farmers all
iver the country are being asked
o pour on production: ,
1.—Our population has in
■reased 20 million since 1940. 2.—
Ve are eating 13 percent more
'ood than we did 10 or 12 years
igo. 3.—We are exporting 50 per
:ent more food now than we did
hen. 4.—We have three and a
quarter million men in the armed
orces. That’s less than 3 percent
if our population but they re
quire more than 8 percent of our
bod.
Food reserves in the United
States are dropping. We ate more
:his year than we produced in
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PASS CLOSED BY SNOW
Thatcher's Puss was snowed in
this week, leaving several moose J
hunters stranded in the Willow j
area, according to word from oth- J
ers who got through by truck or
by journeying into Willow and
returning to Palmer by railroad.
There is at least one house
trailer there, but it is expected!
that the Alaska Road Commission
will open a road through the pass
shortly. The path through is
navigable for heavy trucks, jeeps
or the like but not recommended
for car travel.
ANCHORAGE MILKSHED
J. Frank Field, chief sanitarian
for the Territory, was in the Val
ley this week inspecting dairy
farms as part of a survey of the
! "Anchorage milkshed”.
1950. We’re in a war. It may oe
called a lot of different things,
but to the boys in Korea there is
no doubt whatever as to what it
is. Food is a vital necessity dur
ing these times. To get more land
into cultivation is a slow process.
We .ran stretch our acres by do
ing a good job of fertilizing and
conservation farming. Think
about how you can increase your
yields while you harvest your
crops this year—then next spring
you can do it.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Corner Valley St. and Glenn Highway
SPECIALIZING IN . . .
ICHICKEN-IN-THE-ROUGH — FRIED PRAWNSj
SANDWICHES
COCKTAIL LOUNGE and BAR
The Butte
MILE 40. PALMER-ANCHORAGE HIGHWAY
21 LOCAL NAMES ON
JURY LIST FOR
OCTOBER TERM
Names of 21 local men and
women appeared on the grand
jury list for the October term as
announced last week by the Third
Division Court.
Named from Palmer were John
J Dugge. Claire Barnhardt, Louis
A Burcher, Frances Blom, Thel
ma Caulkins, Mrs. John DeVries,
Leslie Green, E. A. Hendrickson,
Kaspar Keiser, Adelaine Kezack,
Mary Kwitz. Irene Lepak, Marive
Laird, Winifred P. Martin, Rich
ard P. Mahan and Agnes Reed.
The Wasillc liai included Ern
est E. Line, Fred Nelson, Rose
Peck, Anton Velanis and Thomas
J. Wilson.
Th* most important thing
about a fuel oil is that it be
clean. Union fuel oils are re*
fined and transported with
the same degree of care as
premium gasoline. This
means that when delivered
to you they are completely
free from moisture and for
eign substances. It means
they’ll do a soot-free, eco
nomical, dependable job
wherever you put them to
work. Try them next time.
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Palmer