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might be without shelter in case
ef an emergency here. These
individual arrangements can be
made right now, Mrs. Mick
stressed. Arrangements can be
worked out among families on
either reciprocal or non-recip
rocal terms, depending on the
facilities of the families in
volved.
Others who have not made such
pre-arranged plans would apply
for shelter at headquarters and
would be provided for under mass
shelter plans until the housing
potential following an air raid or
other disaster could be deter
mined by the shelter unit of the
Civilian Defense program. This
would probably take two or three
days and might take longer, par
ticularly if the emergency were
of such mass proportions as a
failure of electricity w'ould en
tail.
Plans for emergency clothing
are also based largely on "a
help thy neighbor" basis, Mrs.
Mick explained. Lack of stor
age space and lack of money
would preclude the purchase of
adequate stocks of clothing to
meet any emergency. Most fam
ilies have stored away, or have
on hand outgrown or little-used
articles of clothing which they
would be glad to contribute in
an emergency. Families and in
dividuals will be asked to make
an inventory of essential cloth
ing, itemized as to type of gar
ment and size. These items of
clothing could then be avail
able on request in the event
of an emrgency.
The Administrative section un
der Hugh A. Johnson is now pre
paring a form for registering ev
ery family and individual in the
defense district. Essential infor
mation such as names, ages, blood
type, next of kin will be added
to highly valuable information
regarding type of construction of
the home, type of heat, type of
cooking facilities, sanitary facili
ties, source of water, number of
rooms, accommodations which
could be offered in case of emer
gency. Other information includ
ed in the records will be shelter
plans made by the family in case
disaster should strike : n t special
skills which might be of use in an
emrgency. The clothing inven
tory form will be filled out at the
same time, Mrs. Mick said.
The Valley will be subdivided
into neighborhood districts, Mrs.
Mick added, each of which
would have a supervisor re
sponsible for reporting changes
in records or needs of people in
his district.
The plans made are based for
the most part on the idea of
“spotty” emergencies and not a
“mass” emergency such as the
failure of electric power follow
ing bombing or atomic bombing
might entail, it was pointed out.
Mrs. Mick also emphasized the
need of “self-help” preparations
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SATURDAY. JANUARY 20
BASKETBALL dance following
Railbelt Conference game be
tween PHS and Seward. Gym,
10:30 p.m. Sponsored by Rock
MONDAY, JANUARY 22
GIRL SCOUT Council meets at
home of Mrs. Charles Wilson,
8 p. m. Leaders, committee
members, and any interested
ladies welcome.
KIWANIS CLUB regular noon
luncheon meeting, Rec hall.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 23
GIRL SCOUT all - day training
class, Rec hall, 9 a.m., Leaders
and any interested ladies in
vited.
EVENING CRAFT Club meets at
the home of Mrs. Marylou
Lashbrook.
FRIDAY. JANUARY 26
MATANUSKA VALLEY Nures’
Association, meets 8 p. m.
Health Center. All graduate
nurses invited.
made by each family in the Val
ley in cooperating with the over
all plan set up by the Civilian De
fense committee.
Mr. Johnson, Administration
head of the Committee, said that
all unit leaders are to submit
plans for their responsibilities
with all records to be correlated
at his central office headquarters
w'hich have been designated as
the Agricultural Research Ad
ministration building. In case
that building should be bombed
out, the records would be trans
ferred to the Soil Conservation
building. Mr. Johnson also said
that there is a need for volunteer
typists to set these records up
properly and any help that might
be obtained would be appreciated.
Volunteer workers may contact
him at his office in the ARA
building.
“As the other committees sub
mit plans to be used in an emer
gency here the information will
be given in the paper so that Val
ley people will understand what
they, should do in case of attack
here,” the Administrator pointed
out.
P-TA MEETING-^
I I ' 4C*nijn»«d on Ba^k Page)
Sanitation gnd jCngJrifcering.
“According to our records th|
last samples collected from thi£
supply were found to be satisfac
tory from a bacteriological stand
stated. He went on to say that
“the chlorine treatment of the
supply has been unsatisfactory
since the water company has op
erated the chlorinator spasmod
ically. Although the last sample:
collected from the supply was
negative w'e do not consider the |
surface supply to be safe at all.
times without continuous chlor- j
ination.
“I realize that use of wrater
chlorinated at the school and the
cost of paper cups is an incon
venience to the school officials. It
may be that the supply will be
safe without chlorination most of
the time,” Mr. Westbrook stated
| in his letter, adding that he can
j not recommend that this supply is
! 100 percent safe.
SUGGESTS P-TA CONTACT
“It may be well for the P-TA
j to contact the Matanuska Valley
, Farmers Cooperating Association
j relative to the continuous chlor
I ination of the supply,” Mr. West
brook also stated in his letter.
Mrs. C. Sandvik and Mrs. Olava
Roetman volunteered to contact
the MVFCA. A Co - Op official
attending the meeting stated that
“Frank Clark makes a trip every
dav” without fail to check the
temporary chlorinator which the
Co-Op has in use pending the
arirval of an adequate chlorinat
ing system that is now on order.
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik, president of
the P-TA. presiding at the meet
ing which was opened wdth an
invocation by Miss Virginia
Carle.
Mrs. Sandvick reminded mem
bers that the sale of the booklet
“Survival Under Atomic Attack”
is now being sponsored by the
P-TA. The booklets may be ob
tained at the school office for
the nominal fee of 10 cents each
and are available to all residents
of the Valley.
Other subjects to come up for
discussion were ways and means
of raising money for the P-TA
with C. I. Branton requested to
investigate movies as a possi
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S.S. Denali, Feb. 8
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Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
S.S. Baranof, Feb. 15
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T. J. MALONEY, Agent, Anchorage, Dial 22001
A Freighter .January 25
The WasiUa School’s big bus
slid into a snow drift near the
Valley Christian Home on Wed
nesday evening while on the way
back from the run.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Berg
man and family have moved back
to Wasiila from the Independence
Mine.
Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Flem
ming have moved back to their
home at Lucille Lake after spend
ing a month in Anchorage as
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rees.
Mrs. Charlotte DeHart, mother of
Mrs. Fleming, is also back from
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rees.
Carol Cottini, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Vic Cottini, will spend
the rest of the winter here with
ble money-raising source. Mr.
William Elliot, eight grade teach
er, won the monthly $2 prize for
room representation at the meet
ing. Mrs. A. Colberg, P-TA rep
resentative on the Matansuka
Valley Health Council, reported
on last month’s Council meeting.
The meeting was opened with an
invocation by Miss Virginia
Carle.
Movies shown by Miss Mar
jorie Myron, public health nurse,
as the program for the evening
were educational and interest
ing. They were “Emotional
Health” and “Human Growth.”
Mrs. Roy Morrison. She is gomg
. to go to sehooMtere'flinee-the~clos
ung of •th.^ll^en^iencp,f^j^.<
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Attention t rtfaidtents /War
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Shoepae ^Local Civilian Defense
Organization) questionaifes are
in the mail. Your prompt coop
eration in filling out and return
| ing these questionaires will help
us all and be gratly appreciated.
Don’t forget to check your
Shoepae bulletin board, located
in the south corner of the Wa
silla Roadhouse, whenever you
are in Wasilla.
Mary Day Bilodeau and Peter
M. Poison are to be married at
the Norwegian Lutheran Church
by Rev. A. O. Odegaard at 9:30
p.m. on February 14. It will be a
double ring ceremony. There will
be a reception following the wed
ding.
MRS. STOCK RETURNS
TO PALMER MONDAY
Mrs. Clair Stock returned to
Palmer Monday after an extend
ed visit Outside. She and the
Stock’s son, Larry, spent the hol
idays with Mrs. Stock’s father at
Kelso, Wn. At Christmas lime
Mrs. Stock and her family were
saddened by the passing of one
of her brothers who made his
home at Spokane. Larry, who
joined his mother at Kelso for
the holidays, is a student attend
ing college at Everett, Wn.
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