Dr. and Mrs. Sims Elected to High
Legion, Auxiliary Department Posts
Dr. and Mrs. Foster R. Sims
both were elected to high offices
in the Alaska American Legion
and Legion Auxiliary at the De
partment convention held in Ket
chikan last week.
i>r. Sims was elected first vice
-commander of the Alaska Legion,
ftichard Hardcastle of Ketchikan
was named commander for the
coming year. Other officers elect
ed were: Forbes L. Baker, Fair
banks, second vice-commander:
Edwin M. Mathe, Seward, ser
geant-at-arms: Paul W. Homing,
Fairbanks, historian; Homer L.
Crowther, Ketchikan, chaplain
(re-elected); and William I. Clark
Juneau, and Kenneth P. Samp
son, Ketchikan, department ex
ecutive committeemen. John van
Horn of Sitka was named execu
tive national committeeman, and
Perry S. McLain of Anchorage
was chosen as alternate national
committeeman.
Izola Sims will be chaplain of
the Department Auxiliary for the
coming year. Other officers elect
ed were Esther F. Clithero, Sitka,
president; Hertha Baker, Fair
banks, first vice-president; Jean
Ski Clubs Enjoy
Midnight Skiing
w i 1
Approximately 30 members of ,
the Matanuska and Anchorage (
Ski Clubs enjoyed aTr"t11dpnl|^tsJnJ :
skiing party at Little Susitna j
June ^21. Even th°u^}h^su^^|
■not visible at midnight, the skiers
were successful in f'ndmg plenty
of snow in the Lucky Shot pass
area.
Parking their cars near tne
ARC road block, the skiers pac
ed their equipment UP the moun
tain to the pass, a distance
more than two miles.
According to Russ and Rusty
Dow,C members of the first group
cki this area the 21st ot June,
Sere is only one other member
now in Alaska of the original
Broun who started the stunt of
fSg at midnight on the longest
day of the year. Started m 1^,
it has been continued ea.cn y
there has been adequate snow
The Matanuska Ski cub plans *
continue the stunt and hopes it
wm become a Territorial partici
pation in the future. ittle
P Vic and Edith Continm of Little
Susitna Lodge have invited the
Matanuska and ^nd^°rarg|atm
riubs to a speghetti dinner batur
Sy night June^a^theio^
Carpenters, Rememberl
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY ]
JUNE 25 & 26 !
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
keskmte nmnsK m tut wubcmk owtun
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
JUNE 27 & 28
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sat. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
“Treasure Island
With Bobby Driscoll,
SUNDAY & MONDAY
JUNE 29 & 30
Shows: 7:15 and 9=00 p.m.
Sun. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
“Lemon Drop Kid”
With Bob Hope,
Robert Newton, Basil Sydney
Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan,
Sid Melton
te Traversy, Ketchikan, second ^
ce-president; Selma Smith, An- ^
lorage, secretary-treasurer: San- (
■a Zenger, Juneau, historan: Vir
nia Noonan, Cordova, sergeant- 1
-arms; Ruth Palmer and Ber
ce Kaufman, both of Anchor
»e; department executive com
ittee woman; and Edith A.
avis, Anchorage, national ex
:utive committee woman.
Cordova was chosen as the 1953
invention city.
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fomemakers' News
MfwbMd Qub
The Riverbend Club had its
>gular meeting at the home of
Irs. Viola Lentz on June 19 at
1 o’clock.
After a bountiful luncheon
erved by the hostess, the meet
ig was called to order by the
•resident, Mrs. Maud Ware.
The auction of plants and plant
lips brought by the members,
^ith Mrs. Sarah Moffitt as auc
ioneer, provided much fun and
letted the club $7.90.
The club hopes to have a booth
it the Farmers’ Market on the
ipening day, July 5 or on the first
ivailable date thereafter. There
vill be handwork, baked goods,
vegetables, and other farm pro
luce for sale.
The next meeting will be a
picnic at Moose Creek on July 17
it 11 o’clock. Should it choose to
rain on that day, the meeting will
De at Mrs. Ora Collier’s.
Mrs. A1 Kirsch
Regulations Restrict
Big Game Transport
From and Thru Canada
Under a regulation aitned at
preventing the spread of hoof and
mouth disease, hunters this year
will be prohibited from bringing
into the Territory from Canada
moose, sheep, goats, or any clov
en-hooved animals, it was an
nounced recently from the Juneau
office of the Fish and Wildjife
Service. '
Also affected by the order are
big game hunters from the States
who normally enter Canada
through Alaska. They will not be
able to return with trophies.
It remains legsl to take Alaska
game to the States if not trans
ported through any part of Can
ada. . ,,
The strict regulations followec
incidence of the dreaded hoof anc
mouth disease in the Dominion o:
Canada.
IT'S A DREAM
FOR DISKING
Ample clearance for trash; built-in weight boxes pro
mote positive cutting action in heavy cornstalks. Rear
gangs can be operated at different angles to each other,
as well as at different angles to front gangs, for desired
penetration and level surfaces. Steelite gang bearings.
Hitches to any tractor. Readily adapted to hydraulic
control equipment. See this new, improved harrow now.
BUTTE SUPPLY CO., Inc.
Or See Blake McKinley
Butte Rd. Box 212 Palmer
[alley’s First
Saucer Crusade
Scheduled for August
f
Plans for the first Valley-wide
ancer crusade were made last
'riday at a luncheon held in the
iome of Mrs. Charles W. Wilson,
hairman of the Valley’s caficer
ducation committee.
Present at the luncheon was
drs. Mildred Hermann of Juneau,
ommander of the Alaskan Can
sr Crusade and head of the Alaska
:hapter of the American Cancer
Society. Also present were Mrs.
roseph Sheahan, chairman of the
Anchorage crusade which is now
entering its second week of the
annual campaign for funds, and
Mrs. Stanley Laird and Mrs.
Howard Estelle, members of the
local cancer education committee.
The date for the Valley-wide
crusade was tentatively set* for
some time in August; the exact
date will be announced later.
Mrs. Wilson and her committee
reported widespread local inter
est in the diagnosis and treatment
of cancer as evidenced by the al
acrity with which American Can
cer Society literature has been
collected from local doctors’ of
fices, the Post Office, bank, and j
other spots where it has been,
placed for the public’s conveni
ence.
NEW PUBLIC CAMP
GROUNDS OPEN JULY 4
The new public camp grounds
Moose Creek will be open to
e public the fourth of July, it
as announced this week by A1
lump of the Division of Fores
A new road ieads into the
-a, located 200 yards west of the,
enn Highway, with trails lead
■t through the woods to the
es where three picnic tables,
ree fire places and two rest
ams have been recently erect
. There is a large parking area
r vehicles.
In addition to this new camp
e the Division of Forestry men
am the Palmer Fire Guard sta
>n have been busy working on
m new sites located at King
ver and Big Lake. There will
• one table and one fire place
each of these public camping
ounds. The very popular Finger
ike Camp Grounds are open,
ith four tables and fireplaces
ady for the public’s use.
Caution in using these sites is
•ged by the men. The use of
reworks and the care of camp
res should be well supervised in
,ese camping areas. It was point
1 out that although lightning
ies cause some of the fires m
imping areas, the majority are
om unintentional carelessness
CONSERVATION |!
NOTES 1
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Lew Hanks ,
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I notice through the Valley that .
le cutworms are out in full :
arce. I understand that the Co
ip is “air freighting” additional
ioison in to take care of them,
'here should be enough material
vailable soon to control this pest,
'utworms love oats and peas,
rhey don't seem to damage brome
;rass stands nearly as much.
Speaking of grass stands, Dr.
flick just cut some brome grass
'ertilizer plots on John Bugge’s
'arm. Some high fertilizer appli
:ations produced around 8 tons
>f green forage per acre. That’s
>qual to more than two tons of
lay. It was cut in the middle of
Tune with most of the growing
season ahead of us yet. A total
of two tons is a big yield for
oats and peas.
The fertilizer applied was 160
oounds of nitrogen, 80 pounds of
phosphate and 40 pounds of pot
assium. That’s the equivalant of
about four and one-half sacks of
ammonium nitrate, two sacks of
treble super phosphate and one
sack of muriate of potash per
acre. That’s over fifty dollars
worth of fertilizer per acre.
With hay at sixty dollars or
more a ton it pay for the fertilizer
almost twice on the first cutting
with a bigger second cutting yet
to come. It costs at least twenty
five dollars per acre to work
ground and seed oats and peas.
The idea of these figures just
given is by doubling your ex
pense per acre you can come close
to tripling your yield per acre.
Where we are short of land to
grow feed such as we are here it
sounds like good business.
The Division of Forestry urges
all camp fires be extinguished be
fore leaving the sites.
TIP-TOP-INN
CAFE
Featuring
Steak, Chops, Chicken
Prawns, Fish and Frog
Legs or Special Salads
Ralph and Alice Horton, Prop.
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Ehugiak Nub Plans
Full Summer Program
An extensive summer and fall
>rogram has been planned by the j
Ehugiak Community Club, it was
mnounced this week following a
neeting held June 23.
The club house is to be finished
with new floor and roof; a kit
chen is to be added and a furnace
installed.
With the population increasing
in the Chugiak-*rea, the building
is being put to more and more
uses. Boy and Girl Scouts hold
their meetings each week on Mon
days and Thursdays; a church or
ganization has been holding Bible
study on Sundays and the hall is
rented out to parties and dances
at other times.
Picnic and Folk Dancing
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Saturday, July 12, the Artie
Folk Dancers of Anchorage will
give instructions in folk dancing.
This will be the third time they
have appeared in Chugiak, with
c rri_ia3 a tja**
e dances becoming more popu
r each month.
Dancing will be preceeded by
picnic supper in the woods be
nd the club, starting at seven,
illowed by a short business
Leeting. The public is invited to
ttend both the supper and dance,
here will be no admission charge
ut each family is asking to take
reiners to roast and other supper
upplies. Coffee and pop will be
n sale.
According to plans, this should
e the community club’s biggest
arty of the season.
'Hie chib hall is at Mile 20%
n the Palmer Highway. Further
nformation may be obtained from
Jloyce Parks, the club president.
dile 18%.
rEEN-AGE PARTY
KT MOOSE HALL
The local Moose Lodge will
nold a teen-age party at Moose
Hall Friday night, June 27, from
B-ll p.m.
Music will be furnished by the
Vnot' -'r'-hestra. All teen-agers
we invited.
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HOW MUCH SHOULD
YOU SAVE?
One answer is: as much as you can. Bui in practice
you should save and invest AT LEAST 10% of your
income after taxes. You should save with a goal in
mint!.a home, retirement, travel, children's
education, buying a business. And you should save
REGULARLY.
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until
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MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS 5-7 P.M.
DAILY 10 A.M.—3 P.M.
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