ORC Riflemen from Palmer Cop Top
Scores During Two-Week Encampment
Headquarters, U. S. Army. Al
aska.—Expert Organized Reserve
Corps riflemen from Palmer turn
ed in top scores on the Fort Rich
ardson range during the past two
week’s encampment of ORC per
sonnel from Matanuska Valley
units.
Second Lieutenant T. O. Mur
ton, commanding officer, 453rd
Military Intelligence Detachment
at Palmer, copped top honors
with a score of 185 with the car
bine, one point ahead of Capt.
Curtis Dearborn, commanding
officer, 454th Military Intelli
gence Detachment. Sgt. S. J.
Newcomb followed both contes
tants closely with 182 points.
Units encamped at Fort Rich
ardson for their first two weeks
of active duty since their activa
tion in 1951 are the 345th Air
Photo Interpreter Detachment,
commanded by 2nd Lt. Marvin
Udevitz, the units commanded by
Captain Dearborn and Lieutenant
Murton, the 319th Interpreter De
tachment, commanded by 2nd Lt.
Donn A. Huber, and composed of
University of Alaska students,
and the 344th Air Photo Interpre
ter Detachment of Fairbanks,
commanded by 2nd Lt. John E.
Mead.
The Palmer Units holds 48
drill periods each year, meeting
Wage Stabilization
Bd. to Open Office in
Anchorage Next Week
Leo Kotin, Chairman of the
Regional Wage Stabilization
Board, announced in Seattle to
day that the Board would open
offices in Fairbanks and Anchor
age in the near future to service
employers in the Second, Third
and Fourth Judicial Divisions.
First Judicial Division employers
will continue to be served by the
Territorial office of the Wage and
Hour Division of the U. S. De
partment of Labor.
The appointment of Wage An
alysts who will be in charge of
the Fairbanks and Anchorage of
fices was also announced by Kot
in. Charles H. Goodness, of Anch
orage, who has been employed by
the Alaska Railroad, will be sta
tioned at Anchorage. John S.
Mansuy, Jr„ of Fairbanks, who
has been serving as Rent Examin
er-Inspector for the Office of
Rent Stabilization in Fairbanks,
will be in charge of the Wage
Stabilization Board’s Fairbanks
office.
According to Kotin, it is ex
pected that the Anchorage office
of the Board will be ready to ad
vise employers and employees
and to receive petitions for wage
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4-H CLUB NEWS j
Clover Club
The meeting was called to or
der by Carol Lee Hilburn, our
president, on June 4th, at the
Hilbum home. Five of the mem
bers were present.
A design for our 4-H scrap
book was decided on. There was
a discussion on ways to earn
money for camp. •
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were served.
The next meeting will be held at
Allayne Nelson’s home on June
18th at 1:30 p.m.
Ethel Smith, Reporter
Bureau Beavers
A new 4-H Club, the “Bureau
Beavers” was organized June 13th
at the home of Mrs. Avis Suess.
[ Mrs. Marylou Rideout came out
i from Palmer to assist in organiz
ing the new club.
Officers elected were, presi
: dent. Bradley Inman; vice-presi
dent, Elizabeth Shook; secretary,
Ronnie Shook; also treasurer and
reporter, Ronnie Shook, and song
leader, Genie Suess. Other club
members are Leanne and Lorin
da Westgate.
The club expects to flourish
under the able leadership of Mrs.
Avis Suess and assistant leader,
Mrs. Lillian Westgate. The next
meeting will be at Mrs. Westgate’s
house.
Ronnie Shook, secretary
Mixing Bowl Club
The meeting was called to
order by our president, LeAnn
Hoffman. We only had a short
meeting because we were so busy
eating.
We had a very good time look
ing at the Indian Graves. After
we loked at them for awhile, we
went down to the Eklutna flats.
It was a very good trip but
kind of dusty riding in the back j
of the truck.
Jean Onkka. reporter
The Happy Settlers
The second meeting of the Hap
py Settlers 4-H club was called
to order by our president, Jimmy
Miller at two o’clock on Thurs
day- afternoon in the home of
Carol Berry. A short business
is hoped that the Fairbanks of
adjustments about June 23rd. It
fice will be ready for business by
June 26th. The addresses and def
inite opening dates of the two
officers will be announced later.
Kotin said.
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meeting was held and then Carol
gave a demonstration on plain
cake. While the cake was baking
we played a game planned by
Eugene Jacobson of the enter
tainment committee. For refresh
ments we had cake and cool-aid.
The officers who were elected
at a previous meeting are as fol
lows: Jimmy Miller, president;
Myrtle Sarty, vice-president;
Sarah Moffitt, secretary-treasur
er; Carol Berry, reporter.
The next meeting will be held
June 26 at the home of our lead
er, Mrs. Pinkham.
Club reporter, Carol Berry
Wooden Spoon Baking Club
We had our 4-H meeting Thurs
day, June 8. Our leader Mrs.
Johnson was sick so we had it at
the Sandvik home.
Roberta Uzelac demonstrated
how to make raisin cupcakes.
After the demonstration we had
our business meeting. There was
one new member present, Donna
Prewitt. Jill Cope will not be
able to attend any more.
We played several games that
were lots of fun and ate most of
the cupcakes. Some of us went
to Mrs. Johnson's home and gave
her some of the cupcakes that
were left.
Reporter, Ruth Henry
EKLUTNA PROJECT
CONTRACTORS ARE
HOSTS TO ENGINEERS
One hundred and thirty-nine
engineers of. the Anchorage area
were guests of A1 Coker of Pal
mer Constructors at a steak din
ner given at the Eklutna Project
Laboratory Tuesday night.
The engineers were members
of the Anchorage chapters of the
American Society of Civil Engin
eers and the Society of Military
Only ISc per line for the first insertion
10c per line for each subsequent insertion.
IN THE VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
1951 A A AS ALASKA
PROCEEDINGS
OFF THE PRESS
The publication, “Proceedings
of the Second Alaska Science
Conference,” which is just off the
press, can be oftained by writing
to Ralph Brown, P. O. Box 50,
Juneau. The price is two dollars a
copy.
Plans for the third science con
ference at Mt. McKinley Park
during the week of September
22 are being formulated. It is be
lieved by members of the AAAS
that this coming conference will
be the best yet, since the organ
ization has only recently reached
the point where it can operate on
a Stateside scale, with distinguish
ed visiting scientists reporting on
the latest developments.
Engineers. They had been invited
to inspect work on the Eklutna
tunnel project. This they did in
groups of 30 after they had fin
ished their steak dinners.
Insure today, see Ray.
Better still. SEE BILL!!
Visiting for the summer at the
Butte farm home of Dr. and Mrs.
McKinley are the dentist’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKin
ley of Tucson, Arizona. Mrs. Lee
McKinley is presently visiting
near Detroit, Michigan, and she
may bring her parents back to
Palmer for a visit, also.
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