COPTER TACKLES
TEDIOUS TAXI JOB
ON EKLUTNA PROJECT
That helicopter seen landing
and taking off in the vicinity of
the Matanuska hotel for the past
two weeks has been doing taxi
service for the Bureau of Recla
mation geological survey crew.
The pilot, John D. Shields, and
his wife have been staying at the
hotel during the assignment here.
According to his original as
signment, he was supposed to
move some survey equipment left
up on a nearby mountain ridge.
That was accomplished in one
trip, according to Eklutna project
geologist, Murray Athearn. After
that, he was pressed into service
by project surveyors to take them
to their mountain work sites
where they were setting up tar
gets at different triangulation sta
tions in the precision plotting of
the proposed Eklutna tunnel line.
With his 200 horsepower Bell
helicopter doing 90 miles per
hour, Pilot Shields could accom
plish in a matter of minutes what
would take the individual men
hours and hours of climbing—not
to mentioyn aching backs — to
reach their daily objectives. The
700-pound capacity copter could
take up two men and their equip
ment. About four round trips
were made each day while Mr.
Shields was on the assignment.
The pilot and his wife left on
Monday afternoon for Talkeetna
for another Bureau of Reclama
tion assignment. Assisting the
district engineer’s office in mak
ing surveys of possible reclama
tion projects, Shields will use his
copter for reconnaissance and for
ferrying men and equipment into
isolated positions.
Shields expects to be working
for the Bureau of Reclamation
most of the winter, and probably
will be back in Palmer for speci
fied assignments here.
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4-H CLUB NEWS
MIXING BOWL
The Mixing Bowl club mem
bers met at the home of their
leader, Mrs. Henning Blunck, on
September 15.
With the money earned by the
club this year, members voted to
purchase pledge and motto ban
ners and cookie cutters. The Mix
ing Bowl club won the trophy for
the second time, this year.
A demonstration of corn bread
was given by Joan Hurley and
Betty Jo Wilson.
The next meeting will be held
September 29. Each member has
been asked to furnish their own
weiners and buns for a weiner
roast to be held at the meeting.
FREE KIDS' SHOW
A BIG SUCCESS
A full house of Valley kids
laughed and squirmed their way
through the free sitting of “Blon
die Hits the Jackpot” last Satur-.
day. Dagwood, with his usual an
tics, was provided as feature at
traction for the National Kids*
Day observance sponsored by the
Kiwanis club of Palmer, with an
able assist by theater owner, A1
Hagen.
Kiwanians Ed Smith of Ketchi
kan Spruce Mills and Hugh John
son of the experiment station,
were on hand to greet the young
guests as they trooped in singly
and by the carload. Ed Smith’s
short talk on the meaning of Na
tional Kids’ Day was loudly ap
plauded by the more than 200
youngsters present.
Following the show, the local
chapter of Beta Sigma Phi pro
vided a homey touch by passing
out free ice cream bars as the kids
left the show. Mrs. Dorothy Hur
ley, Mrs. Mary Lou Johns, Mrs.
Clarabelle Kopperud, Mrs. Helen
Maze and Mrs. Helen Crites aided
on this detail.
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TO
REGISTER.
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Leave Seattle .. October 12
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Leave San Francisco.October 15
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Operating Manager
ANCHORAGE
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P. O. Box S92
Phone 5*401
George Hutton
Dlst. Manager
FAIRBANKS
P. O. Box 1501
Jameson Engineer
ing Building
Phone Tut MO
Modem Coastwise Steamship Transportation
Certificated
Bush Pilots
fiet 5Year Waiver
Rather than having to seek
waivers on a year-to-year basis
as previously required, Alaska
pilot-owners have been allowed
a blanket five-year exemption by
the civil aeronautics board to
conduct limited air carrier opera
tions in the Territory.
The exemption granted by the
civil aeronautics board on a year
ly basis since April of 1948 was
due to expire the end of 1951 and
has now been extended until De
cember 31, 1956.
A pilot having a commercial or
airline transport pilot rating may,
under the terms of the waiver
from regulations, operate an air
plane having a certificated capaci
ty of no more than four passen
gers if the pilot owns and oper
ates that plane. The pilot-owner
must also have a non-scheduled
air carrier operating certificate
issued by the administrator of
civil aeronautics.
“Few complaints regarding the
operations of the pilot-owners
have been received from the gen
eral public or, with one excep
tion, from the certificated car
riers”, the new regulation stated.
“Experience has shown that the
certificated carriers do not have
the facilities to perform all need
ed ‘bush’ operations, and that
with growing defense needs in
Alaska and the difficulty of air
craft replacement, the equipment
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of pilot-owners in air transporta
tion is essential to supplement the
operations of the certificated car
riers.
"Moreover, it appears that the
diversion of revenue from the
certificated carriers is not eco
nomically significant and the pi
lot-owners are in the main oper
ating within their jurisdiction.
Heretofore, the exemption per
mission to the Alaska pilot-own
ers has been extended on a year
to-year basis. It now appears to
the board that the need for this
supplementary service will un
doubtedly continue to exist for
the next several years and that
consequently the extension of the
operating authority should be
continued for a period of five
years”.
GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSIONS
TO BEGIN AGAIN OCT. 7
After nearly three months of
vacation, members of the Great
Books Discussion Group are back
at their reading in preparation
for the first fall discussion meet
ing, Sunday, October 7, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wilson.
Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
is the book to be discussed at this
meeting.
The Palmer Great Books group
is now in its second year of the
program sponsored by the Uni
versity of Chicago. New mem
bers and those who merely want
to listen in on a discussion meet
ing are equally welcome. The
meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and
last two hours.
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