Friday Program to Mark Close of
Two-Week Union Vacation Bible School
^*e two-week Union Vacation
Bible School, which has been held
at Palmer at the Church of God
and the United Protestant
Church, will close Friday with a
noon picnic and an evening dem
onstration program. Parents of
the 104 beginner and primary
pupils and the 80 junior and in
\ termediate pupils are invited to
attend both events.
The Friday noon picnics will
be held at each of the churches.
The final demonstration program
will take place in the Palmer
School gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.
The Bible school opened last
week Monday, with the younger
age groups meeting at the'Church
of God and the older ones at the
United Protestant Church. Mrs.
Ruby Clark has been primary
supervisor and her staff of teach
ers include Mrs. Helen Pearson
Mrs. Kenneth Hughes, Mrs. Win
ston Laughlin, Mrs. John De
Vries. Mrs. Alfred Brattain. and
Mrs. Ray Nelson. Assisting them
have been Larry McKinley. Mary
Colberg, Carol Pederson. Jean
nine Gulick, and Leola Sandvik.
Mrs. Dale Bryant has been
supervisor of the junior and in
termediate students at the United
Protestant Church. Her roster of
teachers include Miss Virginia
Carle, Mrs. Walter Phillips, Mrs.
Roy Gronning, Mrs. Thomas Moy
er, and Mrs. Henry Hansen of
Wasilla. They have been assisted
by Carol Colberg and Margaret
Cope.
Teachers and supervisors
agreed that the school has been
a grand success. This week the
Whitworth College Work Caravan
of four young college students
has added a great deal of zest and
enthusiasm to the school program.
Also the Bible school students
had an opportunity to hear Miss
Zoeann Alfred, who has spent
seven years as a missionary in
India. Visiting at the Lazy Moun
SCS Men Leave for
3-Month Survey of
Chena Withdrawal Area '
SCS men Tom Day and George
Woodruff leave Monday for a
land cialsisitacfBnthHshdrul
land classification survey of the
Chena Withdrawal area east of
Fairbanks.
Boats will be used for the party !
of five as they travel along the j
Chena River and its tributarie? j
in this almost unchartered area j
which boasts no roads. The sur
vey will be similar to surveys
conducted previously by the Soil1
Conservation Service on the |
Kenai Peninsula, in the Anchor-1
age area, the Matanuska Valley,'
and the Fairbanks area.
Purpose of the survey is to1
t determine agricultural possibil
ities of the area. These findings i
may be used in determining the
route of a proposed extension of
the Steel Creek Road to the
Chena Hot Springs. Such a road
might then serve a dual purpose
open up a new recreational area
and new agricultural lands.
The survey will take about
three months, according to leader
Day.
TEN CENTS A PEEK
Mounted on a platform near
the intersection of Colony and
Valley streets is a powerful tele-:
scope placed there by private
commercial interests under the
sponsorship of the local Kiwanis
Club.
A ten-cent coin placed in a
slot will permit a three-minute
view of the mountains surround
ing the Valley. A small percent
age of the receipts will go to the
Kiwanis Club to help finance
some of their local benefit pro
jects.
Primarily tourist attractions,
these telescopes are being placed
in several strategic spots through
out the Territory to give the or
dinary traveler an opportunity to
view Alaskan mountain terrain
without the risk and exertion of
mountain climbing. With luck an
observer might even see some of
Alaska’s famous wild life for his
ten-cent peak.
tain Children’s Home, Miss Al- j
fred will have many interesting
souvenirs from India on display
at the program Friday night.
Leaders of the churches co
operating in the Bible school pro
gram expressed their appreciation
for all the help given by the
teachers. Their work, it is be
lieved, has helped to promote bet
ter understanding and co-opera
tion among the churches and the
community.
Lake George
The Eighth Natural
Wonder of the World
To enable the general public
to better appreciate this great
phenomenon of nature the follow
ing article has been written.
Lake George—this beautiful
pearl of Mother Nature, lies with
in 25 miles of the fertile Matan
uska Valley, in the Chugacb
range of mountains about 4a
miles northeast of Anchorage.
From the hiway there is an al
i most impassable treacherous trail
i leading up to the Knik glacier
! that dams up the lake during the
! winter months. Mount Vesuvius
the volcano, or Old Faithful, the
: geyser, or Victoria Falls in South
; Africa, are no greater natural
world wonders, than Alaska’s
own unpredictable Lake George,
that has Mother Nature change its
dumping dates each year.
However, because of the time
variance of the annual ice-break
up, and dumping of the Lake,
the McKinley foundation,
sponsors an ice guessing contest
for the general public, that bene
fits. Alaska’s Crippled Children,
and gives to the lucky winner, a
handsome cash prize.
There is a second glacier that
covers part of Lake George dur
ing the winter months, known as
Surprise Glacier. And this body
of ice like all other glaciers whose
movements are imperceptable to
the naked eye moves faster in
the center than on its outer edges.
Despite being hemmed in by
these two giant glaciers of the
Ice Age,_ and the Chugach Moun
tains, Lake George once a year
during the months of July or
August, bores its way through
Knik Glacier, cutting an escape
channel seven and one-half miles
long, and some 250 feet deep,
fighting its way to Cook Inlet,
and eventually to the Pacific
Ocean. In its travels through the
ice it leaves in its wake many
grotesque shapes and forms of
natural ice bridges and tunnels.
Lake George completely empties
its basin down to the bare earth
and then rebuilds itself. It is es
timated that during the lake’s
runoff the water level drops ap
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Homemakers'News
Homemakers' Council
The Homemakers’ Council held
their third meeting of the year in
the Extension Craft room on June
2.
Miss Alfreda Forswall, home
demonstration agent of Billings,
Montana was a guest at the meet
. ing and gave an interesting talk
j on the homemakers work and
i vearly program in Yellowstone
! County.
j Mrs. Marylou Rideout announc
i ed that a silver-covered vegetable
] d’?h will again be the prize for
' the territorial food conservation
, contest. She reminded homemak
. ers that enrollment in the contest
! should be made at the- Extension
! ff n^t. later than September
1. The Palmer Council voted to
! give the local winner a silver
gift.
i A discussion of subjects that!
! would prove interesting to the \
: local Women planning to attend
' the Short Course at the Univer
sity this fall was conducted.
Family Relationship, Cooking,]
Childrens’ Toys and Amusements, j
■ Government and Fur Craft Work |
j appealed to the majority of worn- j
! en present. The list was sent to j
I the Council by Mrs. Lydia Fohn
■ Hanson for the University.
i All clubs have been asked to
] turn in their 1953 program sug-i
: gestions as soon as possible.
Following considerable discus
i sions, it was decided to leave all
planning for the annual Matanus- j
ka Valley Fair until the August j
meeting.
Gold-Dusters Club
The June meeting of the Gold
Dusters club was held at the
home of Mrs. Alice Wever.
Dr. Myron F. Babb gave a very
interesting talk on problems
found in the small greenhouse.
On July 1, the club will hold'
a pot-luck picnic at the home of
Mrs. Dexter Bacon, starting at,
6 p.m. i
promimately a foot an hour fori
seven days before reaching rock
bottom.
From the Knik River bridge
much of the runoff, as well as
the high water levels may be
observed, for it is at this point
that the McKinley Foundation
places their time recording de
vices to determine the winner of
their ice guessing contest.
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Machefanz to Show
“Shangri-la, Alaska”
At Theater Tuesday
On Tuesday, June 10, Valley
residents will have a chance to
see Fred and Sara Machetanz'
color movie “Shangri-la, Alaska.”
There will be two showings of
the movie at Valley Theater, one
at 7 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m.
The local showing is sponsored
by the Palmer Library Associa
tion, which will benefit from a
share of the proceeds. This is the
same movie that the Machetanz’
have been showing Outside dur
ing the past winter—in Chicago,
Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit,
and many other cities on their
tour through the East and Mid
west. As in the past showings,
Fred Machetanz will lecture
along with the showing of the
movie.
The second half of the movie is
devoted to the Machetanz’ expedi
tion into Lake George last sum
mer, when they were camped on
the shores for three weeks cover
ing the periods before and after
the break-up The audience will
see the lake full—at its peak—
and empty. One of the weeks was
spent one and one-half miles
down the gorge, where they used
two cameras to take pictures of
the ice falls at normal and slow
speed action.
The first half of the movie is
devoted to a trip up the Alaska
Highway—a trip which the couple
has made nine times. This se
quence includes some of the best
things they recorded / on these
trips. Also included are many
scenes in the Matanuska Valley,
including last year’s Colony Day
and the building of the Machet
anz’ studio-log cabin at their
homestead “High Ridge.”
Each showing of the movie will
last about one and one-half
hours. Tickets are $1.20 for adults
and sixty cents for children, in
cluding tax. They may be pur
chased at the door.
Many people will recall the
Machetanz lecture-movie “See
gooruk” shown nearly two years
ago. Those who did will not want
to miss this new production.
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FILE INTENT TO WED
Two local couples have filed
intentions to wed in the local
U. S. Commissioner’s office this
week. June 15 is the date chosen
for the marriage of Valley old
timer James Henry Harrison and
Mrs. Margaret Eleanor Thomas.
Vernon France and Karen Bryant
have set June 14 for their date.
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IN FAIRBANKS Lodge 1392,
Loyal Order of Moose announced
plans for a three-day fund rais
ing campaign to take place over
the Fourth of July holiday. Pro
ceeds will be used to furnish the
Fairbanks playground with recre
ational facilities and other badly
needed improvements.
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