Chamber of Commerce Takes Up
The Case of The Matanuska Potato
The popularity of the frei
Matanuska Valley baked potatoes,
distributed to Fair guests who
visited the grading school con
ducted by Clyde Sherman, com
missioner of agriculture, and Roy
McCue, Federal inspector, in
spired the Valley Chamber of
Commerce to new efforts to pub
licize Valley products last week.
Plans discussed at last Wednes
day’s meeting stemmed from the
Fair’s advertising of local potatoes.
Chamber members were particu
larly interested in crying the
wares of Valley potatoes. “We’ll
make ’em so popular,” one mem
ber said, “that we’ll have to im
port spuds from Outside to fill
the demand we’ll create for Mata
nuska Valley potatoes.”
Only concrete action which
came from Wednesday’s publicity
discussions was the motion that
the Chamber order gummed stick
ers, to be imprinted with the slo
gan “Buy Matanuska Valley Pro
duce” for distribution to all local
merchants. The stickers would
be used on package wrappings
and across the envelopes of out
going mail. It is possible a larger
size will be ordered also to be af
fixed to car windshields of Valley
residents.
While dealing with the subject
of publicity, Chamber members
also decided to make every effort
to hurry the publication of the
new pamphlet, started last spring
and never completed. A motion
was offered, suggesting that some
one be paid to complete prelimi
nary work on the book and so
licit advertising, in order to get
it to the printer in the very near
future.
Ohio 4-H Club Members
Hold Own County Fair
In Cuyahoga County, the most
thickly populated of Ohio’s 88
counties, 700 4-H members are
this week competing for county
fair prizes. The 4-H Club main
tains its own junior fair as a
part of the annual county fair,
with exhibits of prize animals,
handicraft work, prize vegetables,
cooking and clothing.
The outstanding feature of the
junior fair is the coronation of
the King and Queen. Each 4-H
Club makes a nomination of can
didates, then the final choice is
made by the junior fair board
members on the basis of the can
didates’ 4-H Club record.
The 4-H Club work in Cuya
hoga County is maintained by
the cooperation of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
the Ohio State University and the
county commissioners through
the Agricultural Extension Serv
ice. It gives boys and girls from
10 to 20 years old a chance to
carry on agricultural, home eco
nomics and living projects in lo
cal 4-H Clubs under the direction
of volunteer adults.
MOOSE TO HOLD
SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the
Palmer lodge of the Loyal
Order of Moose has been an
nounced for next Tuesday,
by governor Don Ingalls. The
meeting will be called to or
der in the Moose Hut. Mr.
Ingalls urges that all mem
bers be present.
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ON NUTRITION IS
JUDGED BEST AT FAIR
Judges of the Homemakers’
clubs booth exhibits at the Mata
nuska Valley Fair pondered long
and deeply, before they pinned
the coveted blue ribbon on the
display prepared by the Twelve
Thirty Club of the Matanuska
Valley. The booth featured a dis
play of nutritional necessities,
centered about the theme, “Our
Nutrition Train to Health.”
Other prize winners in the
booth contest were the Chugiak
Homemakers, second; and the
Sourdough Homemakers of the
Valley and the Anchor Home
makers of Anchorage, tied for
third.
Exhibits were scored on these
points:
Power to arouse interest; prac
tical value of material exhibited;
artistic value; central idea; qual
ity and suitability of the exhibit
to the material.
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JUDGES AWARD
THREE FIRST PRIZES
TO 4-H CLUB TEAMS
First-place winners in the 4-H
Club team demonstrations at the
Fair were announced as follows
last week:
Jeanne Niemann and Glennie
Combs of the Little Beavers
(demonstration of drop cookies);
LeeAnn Hoffman and Leona Lu
cas of the Mixing Bowl (demon
stration of sewing the 4-H way);
and Elmer McDonald and Lewis
J. McDonald of the Junior Farm
ers (demonstration of how to
make an egg candler).
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Second-place prize winners in
he demonstration included:
Elaine Nelson and Annette
aawby of the Clover Club (derrf
onstration of gingerbread); Dar
ene Brager and Jean Marie Smith
of the Mixing Bowl Club (dem
onstration of icing a cake); Joyce
Dinkel and Lynn Hilburn of the
Sappy Snappy Snippers (demon
stration of clothing).
VISIT IN OREGON
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Whitis
Flew Outside to Portland, Ore.,
recently. They plan to be away
From Valdez for only a short stay.
Mr. Whitis is employed by Alaska
Motor Freight.
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WELCOME BACK
TEACHERS .
And may
we speak for every parent in town when
we say we're grateful to have you return.
After three strenuous months we're
mighty glad to turn our youngsters over
to your expert care.
If there is any way in which we can help
to make your school year easier, call on
us. Please do.
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