WOM Donate Books;
Money in Honor of
National Book Week
Mrs. Theo Campbell presented
a special program in honor of Na
tional Book Week at the* Women
of the Moose meeting held No
vember 25.
Women of the Moose chapters
throughout the country are con
tributing to library work projects.
Local members, through their
participation in the national pro
ject, have contributed $20 to the
Palmer Library. A World Atlas
was donated by the chapter last
year.
Two copies of Fred Mechentanz
books were recently sent to the
Moose Heart library at Moose
Heart, Indiana. These will be ad
ded to a single copy sent last
year and in this manner, Palmer
Women of the Moose plan to
build a complete set of his books
for the library.
39 STUDENTS
MAKE HDNDR ROLL
Highest honor roll, percentage
in the second six-week period
ending November 21 in the Pal
mer Senior High school was tak
en by Grade 11-A (Junior class)
with six out of 26 students attain
ing the required grades. Highest
in the Junior High school was
grade 8-a with four students’
names listed. The entire honor
roll is as follows: JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL: Grade 7-a: Jeanne Bru
ner and Colin Mick; Grade 7-b;
Bradley Inman and Ronald
Shook; Grade 8-a: Derain Curtis,
Betty Schaefer, Leah Rae Schroe
der and Jerry McKechnie; Grade
8-b; Judy Hurley and Judy In
man.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL:
FRESHMEN: Judy Bryant, Norm
an Stadem, Jerene Stephan, Betty
Jo Wendt, Verna Adams, Carol
Berry and Jeannetta Lindsey.
SOPHOMORES: Carol Colberg,
Howard Esslinger, Jane Kneff,
Sylvia Nelson and Carl Zaborac.
JUNIORS: Virginia Boulter, Pat
Diedrich, Dorothy Hoffman,
Ralph Kireher, Bennie Ross,
Neola Sandvick, Dorothy Adams,
Sherry Ball, Janice Barry, Donna
Harris and Alma Roark. SEN
IORS: Margaret Cope, Dick Gei
*’ witz, Robert Hartman, Gerry
Kendgren, Mary Ann Mears and
Mary Ada Lee.
Like to Ski? Attend
Meeting Tonight
Anyone interested in skiing this
winter is invited to attend the
meeting of the senior Matanuska
Ski club to be held Thursday at 8
p.m. in the Co-Op Club room. All
present members are urged to at
tend this meeting, when election
of officers for the coming year
will be held and by-laws re
adopted.
Many hours of work have been
put in at the ski tow site at Little
Susitna, clearing the slopes, erect
ing the motor and setting poles.
Only final preparations remain to
be done, and members are look
ing forward to early use of the
tow.
More active interest is sought
by the club and all who are in
terested in skiing or in assisting
the skiing program planned for
the coming season are urged to
attend the meeting and get ac
quainted.
Membership cards will be avail
able at the meeting or may be
purchased from club members.
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Notice
LET YOUR FOOD WANTS BE KNOWN
With the present strike in effect for over 4
weeks and no telling when it will end, it is wise
to anticipate your feed needs 60 to 90 days in
advance and let your dealer in on the secret/
: so he can place orders without understocking.
; Otherwise, he may let you in on a secret of
: "Fresh out." It is going to be a tough job to
keep those supplied who know what they want,
so please co-operate and no one will suffer—
| We hope.
BROOK'S FEED & SUPPLY
PALMER, ALASKA
Your Ford Tractor Dealer. Remember?
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
The Co-Op is requesting farm
ers to figure out their seed and
fertilizer requirements. These re
quirements should be in soon.
The Co-Op needs time to place
the orders and get supplies in
early enough for spring seeding.
When ordering your fertilizer it
would be well to check with the
fertilizer recommendations put
out by the Experiment Station.
Each year as new data is analyz
ed the Station has been publish
ing an improved version of the
recommendations .
There has been no publication
yet of a 1953 version but their
last season’s recommendations are
the best word we have in the
territory. It will pay you to use
them as a guide. There are no
better. These recommendations in
folder form can be obtained from
the Extension Service office, Ex
periment Station, or the Soil Con
servation Service. The Co-Op
warehouse usually also has a
supply and will be glad to help
you figure out your total needs.
Farmers are asked to order
what they need but not to over
order. A large supply of such
materials carried over to the next
season costs money to hold and
store. The net result of such a
practice is to increase the cost.
A long range method of reduc
ing our fertilizer uses is to prac
tice good soil management. A soil
well supplied with good active
organic matter or humus can use
commercial fertilizers efficiently.
You can raise crops on sand,
water, and fertilizer but it costs
you plenty. It takes organic mat
ter to make fertilizer work well.
You can build up the organic con
lent of your farm by rotating
crops, using grass or green ma
nures in your rotation and
spreading manure. Get the hand
le on that manure fork polished
ap. You will be using it plenty
next spring.
HAM DINNERS TO
BE AWARDED BY ELKS
Special prizes will be awarded
at the Elks’ Alaska’s Favorite
Game party planned for Decem
ber 4, it was announced by com
mitteemen this week.
Food for complete ham dinners
will be featured awards. Other
suitable prizes will be awarded
throughout the evening. Playing
will start at 8:30 in the Elks
quarters. The public is invited to
attend.
Even
Squirrels
Know...
St’s Wise
to Store Food
With a frozen food locker
you can be well stocked
with all kinds of delicious
food at all times. You can
save money by buying in
larger quantities when the
quality is high and the
price is low or process
your own produce. Be ec
onomical and save on the
food budget with the ad
vantages of a frozen food
locker.
Palmer Cold Storage
and Locker
Health Department
Orders Ml Heg Feed
Be Adequately Cooked
JUNEAU—Commercial feeding
of raw garbage to swine, con
sidered one of the principal
means of the spread of VE disease
(Vesicular Exanthema) which has
swept through hog herds in 24
states in recent weeks, brought
action to prevent an outbreak
of the disease in the territory by
the Alaska Board of Health at
its recent annual meeting here.
Garbage fed to swine by new
commercial ventures in Alaska
must be ‘‘adequately cooked,” ac
cording to the Board of Health’s
newly adopted policy.
Trichinosis, a disease transmis
missible from hogs to humans,
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht commission
er of health, pointed out, is an
other disease which is spread
largely through commercial
feeding of raw garbage to swine.
Cooking, he said, destroys the
organisms which cause both VE
disease and trichinosis.
Commercial hog feeders in Al
aska are being advised by letter
this week of the action of the
Board of Health regarding the
feeding of only cooked garbage
to swine, Dr. Albrecht said.
Rosary Society
Plans Monthly Sales
The Altar and Rosary Society
of St. Michael’s Cathoic Church
will hold a series of bake sales,
starting December 6. Mrs. Rich
ard Mohan will be chairman of
the first sale to be held at Bert’s
Drug store from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The decision to hold a bake
sale the first Saturday of each
month was made at the last regu
lar meeting. All proceeds over
a year have been pledged to
ward the church basement fund.
All women of the parish are
invited to help in sponsoring the
sales.
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NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
At the Homemakers Council
meeting in the craft room Mon
day, the district agent spoke to
15 members present, on the Inter
national Farm Youth Exchange
program. Miss June Sproul, dele
gate from Alaska for 1952 who
spent the summer on farms in ^
France, will be in the Palmer area
January 12 and 13 to report on
her experiences and show slides
to various organizations, he stat
ed. Mrs. C\y Brewer, Council
president, appointed Mrs. Vera
Rorrison and Mrs. Lou Sandvik j
as a committee to make arrange- ]
ments for a meeting to hear Miss
Sproul.
A welcoming committee was
appointed and are: Mrs. Amy Ir
win. Mrs. Loretta Talcott, and
Mrs. Lou Sandvik. This commit
tee will “welcome” newcomers
and invite them to Homemaker
Clubs.
Projects for February and
March were discussed and it was
asked that all clubs turn in their
project leaders names for those
months to Mrs. Johnson, at the
Extension office.
Mrs. Phil O’Neill of Sutton,
gave an inspiring report on the
Short Course held at the Univer
sity. It was urged that more
homemakers attend. For the Feb
ruary meeting, it was decided the
Council would sponsor a “notion”
gift tree, suitable for an inter
national gift for the needy. Club
members who desire to do so, may
take a “notion gift” to their re
spective club. The Council officer
in turn will take the gifts to the
Council meeting.
At the Homemakers Achieve
ment Day program, a pearl neck
lace was found. The owner may
have same by calling at the Ex
tension office.
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WHY NOT JOIN YOUR CREDIT
UNION TODAY. CALL 79
LKS LODGE PLAN
:hristmas dance
An informal Christmas dance
3 being planned by Palmer Elks
jodge, 1842 for Saturday Decern
>er 13 for members and their
[uests. Dancing to Schaefer’s or
ihestra will be held from 10 p.m.
o 2 p.m. at the Palmer School
;ym. There will be a checking
ervice provided for those attend
ing. Admission will be $2.00 per
couple.
Committeemen include, Clar
i ence Bell, Wilson Woods, Wayne
Eby, Jim Stewart and Leonard
Kygar.
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advantages to you. Start now doing your business
the convenient way with a checking account.
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