CUB SCOUT NEWS {
Cub Sreut P#( k number
will hold it* monthly Pack nwrt
n( Monday mnm( Murrh 31, lit
the LutItffifl Ctiurrh hwnwnt
Meeting time ha* Uen trt ft»r < 3ti
Parent* and friend* are urg«<J t>
attend v. ith the Cub*
Membrtatup card* have arriv«*d
for Gordon Aekl«'»taU. Hogv
Everett and Noel K>pp*: ud. and
the folio* mg Cub* WiU receive
award*; Hofei Ev*ntt, will rt
reive Bobcat and Wolf bad^ii,
Gordon ArUnta BcAieat and Wt4t
badg< a. Jerry Comb*. Wolf badge,
Jarry Fogg Bear badge. JoM-ph
Want Wolf badge, ana Den Chief
Neil Herman will receive his
shoulder curd.
Wolf badges have now arrived
for those cub* * ho received a
certificate instead of a badge at
the last Pack meeting
Committee Msetm§
Service stars will also be
awarded to a number of boys.
The new t leld Executive for
the Alaska Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, Mr. Clifford
Smith, has arrived to assume his
duties, and will meet with the
Cub Scout Committee and Den
mothers this Friday evening at
8:00 at the Lutheran Church for
the beginning of a Training
Course and to help solve some ol
the problems of Cubbing in the
Palmer area. Such a meeting as
this with Mr. Smith will be >f
inestimable value, and all con
nected with the Cub Program are
urged to attend.
Den Four
Cub Scouts of Den Four held
their regular mteing Friday.
March 21 at the home of Den
Mother. Mrs. Howard Estelle.
Wu worked on our skit for the
Pack Meeting which is the story
of "The Elephant’s Child" by
Rudyard Kipling.
Dickie Estelle, reporter
SCOUT EXECUTIVE VISITS
IN PALMER AND WASILLA
Clifford A. Smith, Alaskan
field representative of the Boy
Scouts of America was a visitor
in Palmer and Was ilia this past
week on a regularly scheduled
field trip.
Tuesday evening Smith re
viewed the Palmer Scout Troop
854 during their regular meeting.
Following the meeting an infor
mal troop committee meeting was
held with two members present
A new district committee will
be created in the Palmer area
with the United Protestant
Church as the sponsoring unit
ht'irr* responsible ior submitting
names loathe basic committee
Mr. Smith arrived in Alaska
February 28 anci was assignee o
the newlv created Westward Dit
trict, of which Palmer and Wax
illa are member.-.
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Meets 2nd and 4ih Wednesday
Each Month
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Wright Building—Palmer
F^S? D f nsc
Construction Program
Awaits Alaskan Spring
ANCHORAGE-A **60 milium*
i Al«*k;> drft-BM ronrtiurtiofl pro*
gt am u ill he undttway when
j *pnnc brr»k»> here thi» jrir,
Seventy-thtw artivv nmrtnK •
it»on contract*. »n varying perron
tape* of completion are mk»t» to
) come out of v. inter mothball* to
launch the 1PM spring opening of
construction activities under *u
jprrs o'on of the Corps of Engtiv
j ■•er* Theae and some seventy new
I 'ontract* planned to be offers!,
j to op» n competitive bidders dur- j
ing the balance of the year point;
up vi»M opportunities for contrar-1
[tors in Ala-kb.
! Several thousand migration!
1 workers are expected to accept j
J employment with firms now hold-1
ing the partly completed eon
: tracts with value in excess of $190
millions. These projects are car
jried over from previous season
and have been buttoned up dur
i ing the four winter months with
I only interior work progressing.
! The jobs are typical of those to
lx- put out on bid invitations over
1 liu n< xt nine months as a $170
i million extension to the program.
A significant rise in interest on
! Alaskan defense jobs is noted in
the increased average of 9.K bid
ders at each opening during re
cent months as compared with the j
4.0 average back to March, 1951
•-ariler handicaps are apparently
being mastered by old line build- :
ers here and new interest is ap- j
ptaring at bid openings. Some
450 newly interested stateside
contractors have recently written
for details on this year’s open
competitive bidding schedule.
LOCAL AUTHORS
"SPRING" INTO PRiNT
Articles by three local authors j
appeared in spring publications
this month.
Probablv most farmers in the
Valley will see A1 Brooks’ article
appearing in the spring issue of
i the Alaska Agriculturist. It is
entitled “Brooding Chicks in
Alaska.”
Harder to find will be the arti
cle bv H. J. Hodgson and A. H.
Mick on “Farming in Alaska." It
appears in the March issue of
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY MARCH 27
M1NSTREI SHOW Fin* nicht
PklrTM-t Gjm, LSD pm
PIONFJER GRANGE. Gi*n «r
Hall, (i p m.
FRIDAY. MARCH 21
MINSTREL SHOW Second n ;:ht
Palmrr Gym. 8 JO p.m.
SATURDAY MARCH 29
MINSTREL SHOW, Final Pt r
fomunn. School Gym, 8:JC
p.nv
TEEN AGE PARTY. Moose Hall.
H p.nv
SUNDAY. MARCH 30
SEWARD DAY
MONDAY. MARCH 31
KIWANIS CLUB. Co-op club
room. 12.05 p.m.
VETERANS’ TRAINING CLASS.
Co op club room, 8 p.m.
CUB SCOUT PACK MEETING.
Lutheran Church basement.
7:33 p.m.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S CLUB.
Mrs. Don Irwin’s. 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY. APRIL 1
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
Polling M Palmer School ami
K-ki Post Office 11 a.m.-7 p.m
BOY SCOUTS. United Protestant
Church. 7 p.m
MATANUSKA SKI CLUB. Val
iev Theatre. 7:30 pm.
ST MICHAEL’S ALTAR AND
ROSARY Society
VALLEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCI
ATION
MASONIC LODGE. U D F&AM.
Carpenters’ Hall. 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2
VALLEY SPORTSMAN CLUB.
Rec Hall basement. 8 p.m.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Co
op club room, 12:05 p.m.
LADIES AID. United Protestant
Church. Luncheon. 10:30 a.m.
CITY COUNCIL. Serven’s Cab
inet Shop. 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY. APRIL 3
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Carpenters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
•'What’s New in Crops and Soils. ’
a journal published by the Am
man society of Agronomy. For
anyone interested in a good des
cription of overall Alaskan topo
graphy, the article is worth look
ing for. There’s a copy at the Ex
periment Station Library.
Tost's Service
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ALASKAN TREASURE
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St. John* Luth*t*n Church
Thn’*- sourdough* drank rtront
pol(« with Pitt Guntir m ht«i
j cabin In the morning they wuuld
hunt oner moie. for old tim-’t*
1 Mikr
One of the n « n Lu t Lanun.
watched Cl.ilkout John as he car- ,
«>»*d the beautiful rtfh lying
wrovt hi* lap. “John*' said h.\
"I never you without that
run. "I think that gun be yust
about your mo^t pru-ed powsej
rurs.** j
“Through lonely month* wh.'n '
I lor pot what « human voice!
ounded like.” said Chiikoot John.;
this pun has been my constant
xunparuon. and many a time she's
saved my life. I guess you've
; it right. Lars.”
This led the men tn talk about
their most cherished possessions.
Lars boasted h:s proof sled dog.
King, whose exploits were known
throughout the Northland.
; A1 Oakum laid on the table a
knife with carved handle of Alas
kan ivory: a personal gift from
an Eskimo chieftain for service
done his pe ople.
Pete’s turn came, and Jonn
grinned. “Now tell us about your
homestead. Pete.” he said, for
everyone knew the fierce, pos
sessive pride Pete (lander had in
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MACS PLUMBING
and HEATING
hi* land Utd w.tn ft «m t!v
v. ii<h (Tin*
IVtc lc;mrd But b» furr h*
nuM HK'ik the door i>pinH and
a boy r*!w in With a quirk tmJk*
and a "lit Dad' hr *d<*«d at hit
Ifcthrt'a Mdr IMt'» mind w« nt
t *« k to a night foui torn yean
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mg down out of the North, an
rnful night that took thr life of
a woman who Iwd, and tu\t m
rrtum a M>n to br lund H*
plac'd a h*n1 on th* thin bony
•houldit id h;* boy.
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