4-H Club Work
To Begin This Week
Organization of Valley 4-H
Clubs was practically complete
this week, Miss Mary Lou Lash
brook, home demonstration agent,
said today. Wasilla clubs were
organized last Monday, through
the Wasilla School. There were
at least 40 children who enrolled
in 4-H clubs there.
At Wasilla, Mrs. Ola Grafton
^vill lead a 4-H group in clothing
and baking projects. She will be
assisted by Mrs. Florence Sawby.
Mrs. Genevieve McDonald will
lead a group interested in live
stock, gardening and poultry.
Mrs. Frances Dinkel will lead
a second ' group interested in
clothing and baking.
The Valley Christian Children’s
Home 4-H Club is to be organized
next Monday. There will be about
17 children enrolled in 4-H Club
work there.
Palmer clubs organized now,
and their leaders, are as follows:
No Name Club—led by Eloise
Swoboda in baking and sewing
projects.
Jolly 4-H Club—led by Mary
ivhng in baking and sewing.
Unnamed club — led by Ruth
Estelle in baking and gardening,
ing.
Mixing Bowl Club—led by Mrs.
H. S. Blunck in baking and sew
ing.
Nimble Fingers Club—led by
Mrs. Duane Mohan in baking.
Knik-Knackers Club—led by
June Burden in a variety of proj
ects.
Clubs began actual work this
week, when the first club meet
ings of the season get under way,
following the organizational
meetings.
A
Lei's keep our Valley green this
year. Make sure that cigarette is
out.
Kiwanians Will Launch
Colony Day Events
With Flight Breakfast
Although official events of Col
I ony Day do not get under way
until one o’clock on Sunday, May
28, the day officially will get off
to a flying start at 10 o’clock that
morning. That’s the hour that
the Kiwanis Club of Palmer will
entertain the Kiwanis Club of
Anchorage at a flight breakfast.
The local club tendered an in
vitation last week, and the An
chorageites this week acknowl
edged and accepted the invita-!
tion. If the weather is kind, there
will be half a dozen plane loads!
of the Anchorage club members
who will make the flight. An ad
ditional six or eight automobiles
are expected to come by highway.
ALASKA STEAM WON'T
SHIP CANNERY CARGO
An Alaska Steamship Company
official this week announced that
the company had been informed,
by the secretary of the Salmon
Industry and Cannery Workers’
Union, that its vessels would no
longer be picketed if cargo is not
loaded for canneries involved in
the dispute between cannery
workers and the Alaska Salmon
Industry. Steamship company
heads have decided not to accept
the cannery cargo in order to
“keep supply lines open to Alaska
and to avoid an interruption of
commercial and government serv
ice to the territory,” a spokesman
said.
DAUGHTER BORN
TO MELVERN NEWBYS
Mr. and Mrs. Melvern Newby
of Palmer became the parents of
a daughter, Linda Edith, on May
14. The little girl weighed an
even seven pounds at birth. Her
father is a mechanic at Hartley
Brothers Motor Co.
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But why not give her a
break and take her out
to dinner occasionally?
You'll both enjoy our
tasty, well - seasoned
meals.
Home-Made Pies
and Cakes
Short Orders
Steaks Chops
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