Outing Club Plans
Midnight Skiing,
Summer Sports
A summer packed with sports
was planned at the meeting of the
Matanuska Outing Club at a
meeting May 1 in Matanuska
Lodge.
Picnic and ski-tow building
venture are set for late May at
Little Susitna. Mel Monson,
president, appointed Betty Shaw,
Nettie Smith and Jean LaCrosse
on the committee for the month’s
activities.
The Anchorage Ski Club is in
vited for the week-end of June
23 at Little Susitna, including a
midnight skiing party with hik
ing, photography and picnicing
the next day. Fishing parties, a
trip to Mt. McKinley park, swim
ming and other excursions are
scheduled, dates to be decided
later.
Several reels of film were
shown by Mel Monson, including
pictures of members on skiing
trips at Little Susitna.
of fun was enjoyed April 29 by
A full day of fun was enjoyed
Apriy 29 by Anchorage Ski Club
members and Outing club. Skiing,
photography and snow shoeing
started the day. Dinner at Little
Susitna Lodge, followed by a
songfest and dancing brought an
end to a good day of sports.
Flyer Praises Airport.
Enthusiastic about Palmer’s
airport is Chuck J&mson, Anch
orage, who said he flew up in his
Supercruiser “just to take a look
at it”. Said he buzzed a couple
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
I was out to Max Sherrod’s the
other day. He was having some
land cleared and was disposing of
the timber by pushing it across
an open field to form a wind
break. Just think, no stump row
to fight and burn up and a good
windbreak started. It costs some
money to properly place a stump
row for a windbreak. It also
costs a lot of time, money and
patience to burn up a stump row.
Speaking of burning things up,
I’ve seen a few fields where the
grass or stubble has been burned
off. It’s a mighty poor practice.
Practically all of your nitrogen
in the soil is tied up in organic
matter or humus. We don’t have
any to spare, so why burn it up?
Sure, the fields look green earli
er after burning. That is because
in a properly managed pasture
the first green growth is hidden
by the old, dry grass. That old,
dry grass will provide the fer
tilizer for next year’s green grass
crop. Burning doesn’t add pot
ash or any other fertilizer. If'
anything, it removes it from the
soil.
Speaking of fertilizer, now is
the time to get it out on the field.
That manure is doing no good in
the yard or barn. Get some of it
on your boots and the rest of it on
the field. It’s hard on the back
but it’s time to get to shoveling.
of moose on the flight. His pas
sengers were Mrs. Patricia
Greene and his doberman pins
cher, Jeff. They were guests of
Steve and Sally Ward.
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SINGERS INVITED
TO FORM PALMER
COMMUNITY CHORUS
If enough folk in Palmer want
to sing and rehearse, a communi
ty chorus soon will be formed in
Palmer, Bill Remple said today.
And he has high hopes of stag
ing such productions as Oklaho
ma, or the Red Mill, or the ever
popular Gilbert and Sullivar
HMS Pinafore.
Remple was the music directoi
of the highly successful Kiwani'
minstrel show. Most of thal
group will remain in the Vallej
this summer and with ten or mort
additional voices, he believes £
fine musical production will be
not only possible but a pleasure
both for singers and for the pub
lie.
“We want to start within the
next thirty days,” Remple said
“Everyone who is interested is in
vited to try out. We especiallj
need more sopranos.”
He asked that singers contac
him at once.
“Once the group is formed we
will have to limit it to that num
ber,” he said.
I CHUGIAK NEWS
The Chugiak Community wil
hold a dance at the communitj
hall on Saturday, May 5. Then
will be coffee an’ . . .for sale dur
ing the dance.
The club is preparing for a Ba
zaar to be held at the hall the
Fourth of July. On the planninj
committee appointed by Les Fet
row, president, are: Vern Haik
chairman; Paul Swanson, Gi
Rosenberg, Loie Stewart and Ger
aldine Jahr.
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RED DROSS DRIVE
DOES OVER TOP
Final returns are not yet in on
the Red Cross drive, but Walter
E. Huntley, chairman, said today
that the Valley went “over the
top”.
Most of the hard “leg work”
was done by Boy Scouts. To them
and their leaders Huntley gave
full measure of credit.
“We have many drives and
many calls for funds”, Huntley
; said. “Most of us, perhaps, do
not realize the varied services,
the emergency and year-round
work done by the Red Cross. We
hope we never will have a disas
ter where we have to call on the
Red Cross. But if that should
happen—the Red Cross, with
national funds behind it—will be
' there.”
Huntley thanked the merchants
who displayed the emblem in
their windows, the clubs who
noted the drive at their meetings.
, And to the Boy Scouts he asked
that special merit recognition be
given.
Among Scouts who helped were
Eldon Sandvik, Laddy Huntley,
Howard Esslinger, Dave Ingalls,
Ronny Aklestad, Neil Herman,
[ Johnny Mears, Lawrence Bizby,
. Tommy Sharp, Larry Johnson,
, Wecol Herman, and Errol Ham
. ann.
PUPILS TAKE MERIT EXAMS
> Looking ahead to job possibil
r ities, senior commercial students
! in Palmer high school last week
, took Alaska merit exams. Those
1 who qualify will be placed on the
- eligibility list for Territorial job
appointments.
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Now It's "Casey
At the Bat;" Local
Teams to Play Off
Half the men in Palmer have
sore arms—and other spots—this
week, winding up for coming
baseball games.
Several teams are being organ
ized, depending on how many
players turn out and will keep at
it. League is being formed: High
school, town, Wasilla, Moose and
Miners.
High school baseball is going in
good shape, Robert W. Crites, the
coach, said today. They made a
fast record when they took the
town team to two cleanings in
practice games, winning 6 to 5
and 3 to 0. They’re playing An
chorage at 2 o’clock next Sunday
in the ball diamond.
Crites says that Lacher will
start pitching again. He fore
casts some good games this sea
son.
Palmer merchants’ team are
urging that all free lance players
sign up now with Shorty Moel
lendorf, Jack Tost, or Bob Peter
son. Incidentally Peterson and
Tost have quite national baseball
records which they insist are
“strictly off the record”.
James L. “Jimmie” Harrison is
due home on furlough, his father,
Henry Harrison, said. Jimmie,
who grew up in Palmer, went to
school here and later worked in
Jonesville mines, has been in the
service a year, on the heavy
cruiser USS Los Angeles. He s
flying home from Inglewood, i
Calif.
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