Eskimo Scouts Begin
Third Training Camp
At Fort Richardson
Headquarters Alnok* National
Guard. Juneau, Alaska — The
Alaska National Guard it under
taking its third winter field train
ing camp at Fort Richardson.
Alaska with the 1 Ft and 2nd
during the 13th to the 27th of
January 19S2 .
Eskimo troops make up the
majority of personnel assigned
to the two scout battalions For
their field training camp, ail
troops will he moved from their
isolated villages in the Seward
Peninsula, Bering Sea and Kus
kokwin areas by bush plane and
dog team to Nome. Bethel and
Unalakleet. where they will again
be moved by the Alaska An
Command to Fort Richardson,
Alaska. National Guard person
nel from the Island of St. Paul in
the Pribilof will also attend this
camp. They will fly by charter
aircraft direct to Fort Richard
son. Guardsmen from the Seward
Peninsula will come from the vil
lages of Elim, White Mountain
Koyuk. Shaktolik, Teller and
Wales, which is the outermost
village on the western tip of the
Seward Peninsula facing north
ern Siberia across the Bering
Strait. The remainder of Nation
al Guardsmen will come from
areas surrounding Unalakleet and
Bethel, Alaska. During the two
weeks of training, the scouts will
be afforded the opportunity of
receiving instructions in rifle
firing, small unit tactics, patrols,
w'hich are modified for tundra
conditions, map reading and com
pass. road marches involving
thermatechnique in the uage of
snow-shoes. The troops will be
housed in Quonset huts at Fort
Richardson. Technical training
such as personnel and adminis
tration as well as radio on-the
job training will be given.
Captain Frank Clayton, acting
battalion commander, 2nd scout
Battalion. Bethel, Alaska will as
sume command of all troops dur
ing the two weeks of field train
ing.
Colonel L. L. Johnson, the ad
jutant general, Alaska national
guard will be in attendance at
ixpt. Station
Re&ulft Show TCA
Controls Quack Grass
Then* good newt thi* *wk in.
• itIcmt tram the Aframny
Department of the Aiaaka Ex- |
pen men t Station for farmer* and
gardener* in thi* area who have
; had quackgraa* trouble*
Quack grass can be effectively
1 controlled by appropriate treat
ment* with TCA (SO percent Tri
chloracetic acid), according to ex
perimental result* obtained at the
Matanuska Experiment Station
near Palmer during 1950 and
1951. Plowing and or discing of
quackgiass areas before treat
ment with TCA considerably in
creases the effectiveness of the
weed killer Ninety percent TCA
applied late in May or in June a*
the rate of fifty pounds or more
per acre has resulted in complete
control of quaekgrass when the
treatment was preceded by til
lage. Direct application to the*
soil is more effective than appli
cation to grass stems or foliage.
Since TCA has residual effect on
the soil, plantings should not be
1 made on the treated area until
j several months after the TCA has
been applied. Under Alaskan con
ditions this essentially means not
until the following growing sea
, son. Where v. ind erosion is a
' problem during the winter
; months, a cover crop of rye may
be established during the latter
part of the fall rainy season.
Treatment of patches of quack
grass or spot application with
TCA has a definite place in con
trolling one of Alaska's most pre
; valent noxious weeds. Care
should be exercised when apply
i ing TCA not to spray or apply
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camp from 12th until the 27th
of January.
Colonel Johnson stated “Since
the formation of the Alaska Na
tional Guard in March 1949, this
j is our third field training camp,
i The first two encampments, the
I 207th Infantry Battalion held in
| October 1951 at Fort Richardson
; and the second, the 208th Infan
j try Battalion held at Juneau
; Mendenhall Glacier Camp in Dec
ember, w’ere well received by the
top military commanders in Alas
ka. I feel confident that the scout
battalions will be equally suees
sful”.
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Beta Sigma Phi
To Donate $750
For Hospital Fund
At a meeting held Januaiy 7
Theta chapter Beta Sigma Phi
voted to donate the sum of $750
to the Valley Hospital Fund Com
mittee toward the cost of a room
in the new hospital Nearly $300
of this amount was realized
through the sale of Christmas
trees and holly and the check
stands conducted at three dances.
The sorority plans to continue
their donations to the fund until
the ultimate cost of the room is
reached. A suitable plaque is
planned by the Hospital Associa
tion to mark the room as a gift
from the local sorority.
the chemical on plants that are
to be retained, since TCA may
kill the desirable plants as well as
quackgrass.
i
Dr. T«rri» Moore
Dinner Speaker in
New York City
Dr Terri* Moon*. president of
the University of Alaska, will be
| <>•»• of the after-dinner speakers
1 to be featured at the 48th annual
meeting of the Exploier'a club.
The meeting will be held Satur
day. January 12 at the Roorevelt
hotel, New York city.
Dr Moore's discussion will in
clude the first ascent of Mt Mc
Kinley by the western appr'iach, j
the feat accomplished last sum- !
mcT by Bradford Washburn anil
party. Also the mapping of The!
Mt McKinley area.
Other speakers listed on the
program include Henry Larson. of;
the Royal Canadian Mounted Po
lice. Jack Breed, Quentin Koynes,
the famous “Sea Devil" Count Fe- i
lix von Luckner, Lewis N. Cot- i
low and Charles Brush.
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SORORITY PLANS
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
FOR MARCH OF DIMIS
Beta Sigma Ptu will sponsor *
community activity in rnnjurtmn
with the local Mnrrh of Dimes,
it was decided at the regular
meeting held by the sorority Jan
uary 7
In answer to request bv this
year's March of Dimes chairman
Betty Mears. Blanche Ryan so
rority president appointed Esthr
Brock as chairman with Dorothy
Saxton. Marge Myrcn and Vir
ginia Gallant as her committee.
Recalling the successful Talent
Night co-sponsored by Kiwanis
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Valley Fren t.«rsm«n
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and the Mortfily last year. the
members • x pressed regret at
theif inability to duplicate it
again the time T<* be govemed
by the availability of the gym,
the committee plans to work out
a leasable program whereby the
sorority art-1 the community will
be able to participate and aid In
the 19M March of Dimes
Mr and M- Carter Sherman
and "Sonny" of the Mat musks
Experiment Station have gone
Outside f*r an extended trip
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