Far-Off Lands
Come to Life
In Yule Toys
^"^EOGRAPHY comes down the
^ chimney on Christmas Eve.
In the flood of toys soon to spill
<jut into the nation’s living rooms
will be the touch of many different
lands. Beside a teddy bear, replica
of Australia’s marsupial furred
koalas, perhaps will stand a carved
wooden farm scene from German
Bavaria, a South American gaucho
doll, or a miniature pagoda made
in Japan.
Similarly, the United States, now
the world’s leading toy maker,
sends abroad its wild west cos
tumes, its shiny playtime trucks
and cars and earth-moving equip
ment, its small-scale railroads and
sky scrapers to delight children all
over the globe.
Toy industries in Germany and
Japan are on the upswing again.
Germany was among the first na
tions in the world to make tin
horses on wheels, engines that ran,
animals that walked, birds that
sang. New U.S. buyers go back to
cities such as Nurnberg for the out
put of ingenious middle-aged in
ventors.
New toys that startle the world
often come from Europe. One such
is a German duck which, when set
on an incline, proudly walks down
the slope. Another is a recent gadg
et from Denmark called a “tippe
top,’ a wobbly sphere about the
size of a small apple that suddenly
flips upside down and continues
spinning on its stem.
Winston Churchill was intrigued
by the top when he first saw it. In
Stockholm, the King of Sweden, a 1
cabinet minister and an atom
physicist, a Nobel Prize winner, got
down on their hands and knees at
a banquet to study the mysterious
flip-flop action.
As a mirror of mankind’s cul
ture, toys reflect the progress of
civilization. Yet an amazing sim
ilarity can sometimes be seen be
tween the toys of long-forgotten
eras and the playthings of today.
FINED $100 FOR
ILLEGAL HUNTING
Wilfred Hanson was tried in
U. S. Commissioner’s Court De-1
cember 18 on a charge brought I
by Hogar Larsen of the Fish and
Wildlife, of hunting without a
proper permit on or about De
cember 12 m the Buffalo Mine
area. Pleading guilty to the
charge, Hanson was fined $100.
ne was represented by Attorney
James E. Swan.
Anchorage Travel
Bureau
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
The Territorial Board of the Al
aska Soil Conservation District
held their semi-annual meeting
last week and took action on sev
eral items of business affecting
Alaskan agriculture.
As the only organized group
; representing farmers from all of
Alaska, the are taking the lead
in developing a coordinated pro
gram for agriculture here. They
i requested the various local Feder
al and Territorial Agencies to
ubmit plans for developing an
integrated overall program and
policy to aid farming. They are
requesting the Legislature set up
Land Board to administer Terri
torial lands as a part of this pro
gram.
The Board worked out details
on a proposed farm loan bill to
be submitted to the Legislature.
They also requested the Soil Con
servation Service to make land
capability surveys in the Susitna
Basin, and in the area between
Fairbanks and Standard down the
railroad. These surveys are car
ried out by order of the Board
as part of the overall inventory of
the potential farm land in the
Territory.
Various itemg of equipment
valuable for conservation use
| ,v'ere discussed. The Palmer Soil
Conservation Sub-District was
authorized by the Board to pur
chase a wood chipper to make
bedding material for dairy' farms.
Negotiations for the purchase of
a chipper have already started.
We hope to have this equipment
in operation before spring.
The Board also changed policy
on the nomination of Supervisors
of Soil Conservation Sub-districts.
The may be nominated at an an
nual meeting of coal farmers
which each sub-district is encour
aged to hold. The Territorial
Board and Sub-District Supervi
sors welcome the suport and sug
gestions of a farmers. Don’t be
bashful.
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
HELD SATURDAY
Saturday morning at ten, chil
dren of Elk members enjoyed a
Christmas party at the Elks quar
ters. Games and movies provided
lots of fun for the youngsters at
tending. Committeemen who'
helped with the program includ
ed: Lloyd Short, chairman: D T
McMahon, Bob Pippel, Ralph
Goodrich, Earl Onkka and A1
Mathews.
The boys’ club at St. Michael’s
had an enjoyable afternoon De
cember 20 when an exchange of
gifts was made at the Christmas
party held in the new basement.
All members received a box of
assorted candy in addition to his
gift.
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Electric Trains
Skates - Ski is
Tool Chests
Dolls
Coll Houses
Tinker Toys - Ereotor Sets
Also: SNOW SHOVELS — all sizes
CRICCTD'C HARDWARE S
UnJiEjallU a SPORTING GOODS
PALMER MOOSE TRUMPS
SEWARD FIVE IN TWO GAME SERIES
RAILBELT CONFERENCE
Standings
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Fairbanks 3
Anchorage 3
j Palmer 2
Seward 0
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Coming out in full color, Pal
mer High School basketball
team took decisive victories over
their opponents,i the Seward Sea-:
hawks in the two games played
on the Palmer floor December 19
and 20.
Taking an early lead in ~Hie
Friday game, the Moose never let
go. Apparently playing below par,
the Seahawks hung behind all the
way to the final score of 58-41. •
John Brown was high for the Pal
mer team with 15 points. Monte
Larsh and Jack McKechnie ac-!
counted for IS points each. Gene
Boe of Seward led his team with j
13 points.
Playing before a packed house
Saturday night, the Seward team j
made a complete turnabout in'
their playing tactics and opened
for an early lead in the first quar
ter. Brown, on a rebound shot,
sent the Palmer Moose ahead 5-4
to start a very tight first quarter
of playing that ended with the
Seahawks in the lead when a
long shot by Lindsey of Seward,
pulled the score away from the
Moose for a 13-8 lead.
As tight a game as one could
ask for kept the interest and ex
citement of basketball fans at the
game and listening on radios at
home, all through the second
quarter.
A beautiful check by Winegar
ner of Palmer prevented Farret
from scoring in the opening of
the second period. Then follow
ed scrambled fouls by..both teams
started by Boe of Seward with
Brown shooting. Making his
score 15-11, with Seward still in
the lead. A fast Palmer ball ex
change found Brown dropping in
a field goal to bring the score up
to 15-13. Foul shots made good by
both teams then set the score at
16-14, followed by a long, two
hand shot by Bill Evans of Sew
ard, sending the Seahawks into a
four-point lead. Passing up court
to Boe, the Seward ball was taken
by Brown of Palmer and passed
to Larsh who put a one-hander
up and in for a score of 18-16 at
the end of the half, with Seward’s
lead cut to only two points.
Moose Take Lead
McKechnie of Palmer tied up
the game 18-18 in the opening of
the third quarter with a one hand
push shot, followed by a field
goal by Larsh, sending the Pal
mer Moose into the lead for the
second time during the evening.
Two long-shot baskets by .Larsh
and McKechnie followed a driv
ing one-hand shot by Lindsey ol
Seward. The Palmer Moose then
opened with a series of baskets
that found them leading by five
points at. the end of the third
quarter, 29-24. Dropping 14 points
through the hoop, the Palmer
Moose had held the Seahawks to
only six points‘during the entire
third quarter.
An injury to Geiwitz kept him
out of the game for a short peri
od during the fourth quarter that
saw two Palmer men, McKech
nie and Larsh and Lindsey of
Seward out of the game on fouls.
Final basket of the game was
made by Ingalls of Palmer. The
second successive win for the
Palmer Moose found the score 49
31. ten points less for each team
than scored in the previous
night’s game.
ANCHORAGE TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY
Over-expenditures in the 1952
budget prompted the Anchorage
City Council effort to get out of
the red by increasing the mill
levy tax rate to a total of 20 mills.
The extra two mills, the council
declared, will be applied to the
current deficit. The tax increase
measure provides the revenue
from the extra two mill—or $133,
600—would be used to offset the
deficit brought about by over ex
penditures.
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Most Federal workers were
looking forward to the four-day
Christmas vacation created when
President Truman declared Fri
4'
day. December 26, a holiday for
government employes. I
Those who do have to work Fri
day will receive over-time.
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We always have the good old stand-bys in fresh,
wholesome baked goods such as bread cookies, rolls,
doughnuts, cakes and pies.
We also have a special feature every week that
is new and different or especially suited to the
season. Watch for these specials and treat the family
to a surprise.
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SHAMROCK BUILDING
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