rftOST FINDS
VALLEY SPUDS
STILL IN THE GROUND
Harold Stephan. Co-Op produce
manager, said this v.eek that for
all practical purposes the 1951
potato digging season is just about
over, but there was no let-up by
farmers with spuds still in the
ground.
Nippy nights this week that
sent thermometers down to a low
of 19 degrees and the frost down
in the ground three or four inches
had caught Valley potato farmers
with about 75 acres of spuds still
in the ground.
Undaunted, many growers are
still digging this week. Mrs. Mar
tin Olson said the last of their
potatoes were taken out Tuesday,
and very little damage was no
ticed. Acting Co-Op Manager
Carl Rasmussen said farmers may
get all their crop in yet if “the
weather’’ holds off. Almost every
one was agreed that this year’s
crop is a good one.
Valley Milk Shortage
Hits Anchorage .
A serious but temporary short
age of milk in the Matanuska
Valley hit Anchorage dealers this
week when Co-Op deliveries were
cut to 40 percent of the usual
supply.
Creamery Manager Clarence
BeM blamed the shortage in part
on the extremely wet fall experi
enced in the Valley. Milk produc
tion usually falls at this time of
the year as the switch over from
pasture to silage and hay is made.
The milk herd reproduction cycle
as planned by many dairymen,
leaves a “dead” period in the fall.
Such a cycle is planned to allow
for a peak production in Decem
ber which will carry over thru
the winter.
The drop in milk production is
shown clearly in Bell’s daily pro
duction figures. Total brought in
to the creamery October 1 was
8,265 pounds. By October 9 of this
4yeek, the total was down to 7,651.
Ironically, the shortage follows a
summer of such unusually high
production that the Co-Op had a
surplus of milk. On August 1 milk
brought to the creamery totalled
11,575 pounds. A drop in produc
tion of 4.000 pounds in just a lit
tle over two months is quite a lot,
the creamery manager pointed
out.
However, Bell was confident
that milk production had reached
its low point and would get no
lower. He expected production to
start rising by the end of this
month. Meanwhile, the Co-Op
creamery is supplying its Anchor
age customers with recombined
milk during the emergency milk
shortage.
“People down there are buying
our recombined milk and are glad
to get it,” Bell said. “Unfortun
ately, there’s also a milk shortage
in the Pacific Northwest, so An
chorage can’t turn to dairymen
Don't wait for the cold weather——Get ready
NOW. Estimates gladly given. Call us soon.
MACS PLUMBING & HEATING
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M.V.B.A. NEWS
BY ERNEST HARRINGTON
Next Tuesday evening, October
16th, the Matanuska Valley
Breeders’ Association will meet
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Thuma. Richard Blue, Agri
cultural Extension Agent, will
lead a discussion on the approach
ing winter feeding problems.
Most of the crops are in now,
and it will be interesting to hear
from the different dairymen as
to what condition in which they
were able to stow away their
feeding crops. Those who have
had ample storage should be well
set for the long winter feeding
period. Of course, there are dif
ferences in the condition in which
the croo was when it was put in
the silo. Those who were able to
get the grass or oats in at the
best time will naturally have the
best silage. But there are many
problems which arise in the pro
cess of silage making. It is how
the individual farmer was able to
meet these problems that we
would like to have discussed at
the forthcoming meeting.
Experience so far here in the
Valley has proven that good si
lage, especially that which has a
good percentage of a legume in it,
makes almost a perfect roughage
feed for the Alaskan dairy cattle.
Oats with quite a bit of peas and
vetch in it or bromus with alsike
clover in the mixture, will have
a high protein content and will
compare favorably with the le
gume silage put up Outside.
We would also like to hear how
those farmers who raise their own
grain feed get along with that
part of the feeding schedule. Is
it cheaper to raise our own grain
feed than to purchase it in the
form of a prepared dairy feed?
That will be an interesting ques
tion to have answered.
So we hope the dairymen will
come to the meeting at Thuma’s
next Tuesday evening and will be
prepared to enter into the dis
cussion of these various feeding
problems.
Lunch will be furnished by the
Thumas and it is hoped the la
dies will come along. Mark your
calendar for Tuesday the 16th,
and get your milking done early
that evening.
FILE INTENTIONS
Beverly Jean Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith,
Palmer, and Carlos F. McKnight,
Anchorage, filed intentions to
wed in the office of U. S. Com
missioner Dorothy B. Saxton, this
week.
down there for temporary milk
^uppl <r.”
One bright spot in the cream
ery supply picture erased a little
of the gloom from the milk situa
tion. Egg production is coming up,
according to Manager Bell. The
Co-Op creamery actually had eggs
to sell its wholesale customers
two days this week, the first they
have had for months.
Geraldine Vickatyous
Wed in Candlelight
Ceremony October 7
Decorated with white and yel
low chrysanthemums, St. Mich
ael’s Catholic Church was the
scene of a pretty candlelight wed
ding October 7, when Geraldine
Marie Vickaryous, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Vickary
ous of Wasilla became the bride
of Bill Patrick, son of David Pat
■ rick of St. Charles, Virginia.
The bride’s gown was a smart
ly styled, long sleeve white satin
entrained, trimmed with lace and
tiny buttons down the back. A
lace trimmed finger tip veil com
! plimented her gown. Roses were
chosen by the bride for her bou
quet.
Given in marriage by her fath
er, the bride was attended by her
sister, Miss Rose Marie Vickar
yous and Mrs. Joseph Smith, for
mer classmate. Miss Vickaryous,
gowned in a blue formal and Mrs.
Smith wearing yellow, carried
nosegay bouquets of yellow chry
santhemums with matching flow
er pieces in their hair.
Preceding the ceremony, per
formed by Rev. James P. Snead,
Paul Martin sang “O Santissima”
and “Panis Angelicus”, accom
panied by Mrs. Bernard Bou
wens at the organ.
Pfc. Frank M. Smith was atten
dant for the bridegroom witn
Buzz Alderman acting as usher.
The bride’s mother wore an
aqua dress with black accessories
and a red rose corsage.
A reception for the wedding
party and guests followed the
ceremony at the Wasilla Commu
nity hall where Miss Marlene
Jensen presided over the guest
book. Guests were present from
Wasilla, Palmer and Anchorage,
j Daughter of original colonists,
the bride received her schooling
; in Wasilla, graduating from the
high school with the class of 1951.
The bridegroom came to Alaska
four years ago with the U. S. Air
EPISCOPAL COMMUNION ;
j Rev. Albert Sayers of An
j chorage, will be in Palmer,;
; Sunday. October 14, to conduct!
; an Episcopal Communion ser- !
; vice to be held in the United
; Protestant Church at 3 p.m. !
ELKS INSTITUTION
DATE SET UP TWO
WEEKS TO OCT. 20
Clair Stock announced this
week that the local organization
of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks will be formally in
stituted as Palmer Lodge No. 1842
on Saturday, October 20, instead
of November 3 as previously an
nounced.
The date change has occasioned
a lot of scurrying around this
week by local Elks to perfect ar
rangements for the ceremonies
two weeks earlier than planned.
Special Meeting Called
For Women of the Moose
Senior Regent Kathleen Moore
has called a special meeting of
Palmer Chapter No. 942. Women
of the Moose for Thursday, Octo
ber 18 at 8 p.m. The meeting will
be held at the new Moose Lodge.
All applications for membership
may be presented at that time,
with a practice session for officers
following the meeting, according
to Mrs. Esther Brager, publicity
chairman.
Force. Following his discharge at
Anchorage, he made his home in
Wasilla.
The young couple will make
their home in Palmer, where the j
bridegroom is employed by the j
Co-Op garage.
Carpenters, Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 41h Wednesday
Each Month
OASTUJISt Lint
Offering Scheduled Freight Service Between
California—Portland—Seattle—Alaska
S. S. JOHN W. BURGESS
Leave Seattle . October 13
Arrive Seward/Valdez . October 19
S. S. SEAFAIR
Leave Long Beach . October 11
Leave San Francisco. October 15
Leave Portland .. October 21
Leave Seattle October 26
Arrive Seward/Valdez . October 31
S. S. TARLETON BROWN
Leave Long Beach . October 25
Leave San Francisco . October 28
Leave Portland . November 3
Leave Seattle . November 8
Arrive Seward/Valdez . November 14
S. S. CHARLES CROCKER
Leave Long Beach . November
Leave San Francisco . November
Leave Portland . November
Leave Seattle . November 16
Arrive Seward/Valdez . November 22
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SIWARD
A. H. Freight Depot
1M
T. Bto
Operating Manager
ANCHORAGE
233 Central Bldg.
P. O. Box BM
Phone 34401
George Hutton
Diet. Manager
FAIRBANKS
P. O. BOX 1301
Jameaon Engineer
ing Building
M. J. Wilcox,
Dist. Freight Agt.
Tranaportatlon
I
Wiring Supplies
Lighting Fixtures, Flor
escent and Iridescent.
BATTERY CHARGER
Universal
VACUUM SWEEPER
Tank type, complete
with attachments
B & C. ELECTRIC
Shop in Shamrock Basement
Tel. 55 Box 648
AL HUEBNER
Valley
Theatre
Friday, Saturday
October 12 and 13
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinee: 2:00 p.m.
WHERE NONE BUT THE LAWLESS LIVED...
mV (At ntklns rtdt'
Sunday, Monday
October 14 and 15
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinee: 2:00 p.m.
MSfD ON »CTI)U CASES HON
rvJiiLvi A 1K£ POST office department TIES!
ALAN LADD
Appointment
ALAN IA08-PHYUIS CM.VER1 PAUL SUMO! IU SltttW nctftft
Wed. • Thursday
October 17 and 18
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
“THE COMPANY
SHE KEEPS”
with
JANE GREER
and
DENNIS O'KEEFE