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Valley Frontiersman
Valley Homemakers Re'orn To Chores
After An Inspiring Week At College
It was a lot easier this week ■
for nine Valley Homemakers to 1
get on with the same old house
hold chores.
Fresh from their 10-day Home
makers’ Short Course at College
and full of inspiration gained
from discussions on everything
from family relationships to a
background for world under
standing. they went back to “the
old grind” with a broader out
look on life and a greater ap
preciation of their potentialities
as shapers of community thought
and action, as mothers of tomor
row’s adult Alaskans.
Although there was no indica
tion that they were “wined”
they were dined, tea’d, danced,
movied. and interviewed by a
whole college community eager
to keep them entertained every
moment of their stay. Some of
them managed to get a little
sleep in with their continuous
schedule, but many of their chil
dren would have been shocked
(and maybe delighted) to hear
of the hours when they climbed
into their dormitory beds.
On Sunday, October 28, after
church, they visited the gold
dredge at Ester and had tea at
the Ester Community Hall
Scheduled meetings on the week
days Monday through Friday
lasted from 8:50 a. M. until 9:00
p.m. The first morning they
neara a panel discussion on com
munity planning by University
President Terris Moore, Exten
sion Service Director Lynn Hol
list and Dr. B. L. Fryxell. In the
panel on international relations,
Dr. C. C. Hulley, Dr. Antoma
Hatliff, Dr. J. Pajaujis, and Dr.
N. R. Mukherjee presented his
torical backgrounds to present
problems in Europe and the
Orient.
At an assembly over which
Mrs. Justine Parks presided,
there was a panel discussion on
“What are we doing for World
Peace?”.
On the strictly practical side
the homemakers learned about
sewing short cuts, child guidance
problems, how to select and ar
range kitchen equipment, build
ing a home in Alaska, counting
calories, and how to raise money
for club projects. Instruction in
crafts included ceramics, weav
ing, hand made rugs.
Winding up activities last Fri
day, the final day of the short
course were discussions on the
mature mind, Alaskarl statehood.
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AMCHOStAOX. ALASKA
INSURANCE COMPANY
BEATS FIRE TO THE
DRAW; PRESS SAVED
Some insurance companies
merely pay off their customers
whose property is destroyed by
fire, but others give the added
service of heading off fires before
damage is done and for which
claims might be requested. The
local Pioneer Insurance Companv
is apparently one of the latter.
Last Saturday morning shortly
after ten o’clock, the inconveni
ent time when many workers are
enjoying their mid-morning cof
fee at nearby lunch counters. Kay ‘
Pippel, partner, looked out of the
window of the local insurance j
company and saw fire across the j
street. The tarpaulin protecting
A1 Hagen’s cold-weather concrete :
pouring operations was aflame ;
Swiftly she grasped the phone
and acquainted the operator wich
the imminent danger to customer
Hagen’s property. The Matanuska
Press building, with all its valu
able printing equipment, was
inches from the blaze. Not satis
fied with than, she ran into the
drug store to summon more aid.
About that time, lay-out man
Walt Parcells looked up at the
print shop window and saw red.
He grabbed the fire extinguisher
and went outside to fight the
blaze with carbon dioxide. About
that time “Mitch” Mitchell ar
rived from the drug store with a
fire extinguisher also. In a mat
ter of seconds, the blaze, which
might have grown to a serious
fire, was out. Damages were con
fined to the tarpaulin. That didn't
Point 4 and ECA, and the movie
“David and Bethsheba.”
Valley homemakers who at
tended the short course were the
Mesdames Robert Crites, Newell
Talcott, James Hurley, Charles
W. Wilson, R. Hardage, Cloyce
Parks, I. M. Sandvik, and Ei'nest
Roetman. Miss Marlou Lash
brook, Valley home demonstra
tion agent, accompanied them.
Homemakers from all over the
Territory joined in the ten-day
session.
New Bathroom
Kitchen Sink?
Let Us Install Them For
You Efficiently
TIME TO CHECK YOUR
HEATING PLANT
MAC’S
Plumbing & Heating
iwenlyci: Scilictcd
At Moose Breakfast
Mott than 75 Moose members
and candidates enjoyed a ham an'
egg breakfast at Moose Hall No
vember 4 when the organization
held their dedication breakfast
and initiation. Credit and thanks
were extended to fellow members
Bill Fogg and Harold Meiers,
chief cooks, and their able assist
ants Don McKechnie and Leo
Lucas.
A group of Anchorage Moose
lodge members were guests for
breakfast with officers of the
lodge assisting Palmer members
with the initiation rites.
New candidates initiated in
cluded: Laurence Pelouski, Rob
ert Rehard. Philip McRae, C. W.
McPherson, Robert R. May, Frank
Cornelius, Harold F. Hale, Ter
rence Fitzpatric. Lew Hanks,
Chester Eggleston and Henre
Liebing.
A. N. Staveland. Ray McKech
nie, LaVern Marple, Ben Hermon.
John Linnibur, Willard M. Cook,
Maynard Sands, E. D. DeLand,
Stanley G. Lowe, George L. Cole
man. Donovan Stetson. Alex
Carlson. Matt Onkka, Roger Ells
worth and Harrison Marth.
belong to customer Hagen, any
way: it was the contractors’.
The incipient fire was caused
by the tarpaulin’s close proximity
to the chimney leading from the
lead pot in the Press basement.
It became overheated; and with
the tarpaulin draped around it,
the inevitable happened.
SCIENCE and HEALTH
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SINCE THE DAWM Of HlSTOtT \
CHILD BEARING HAS MIAHT X —
SUFFERING... J ~
IN CAESAR S TIME
WINf WAS tH» 0*H*
anesthetic
USED DURING
LA DOR
amuNS SOME EARLY
AMERICAN INDIANS,
THE WOMAN WENT
OFF ALONE TO
DEAR HER
CHILD
l
ether was the first
modern anesthetic
USED IN CHILDBIRTH
THE LATEST ANO MOST ,
EFFECTIVE RAIN Alllft
iS man-HADE NlSENTIt
Easier
Childbirth
For all their advances medicine
and chemistry have not been able
to abolish the p^-in of childbirth.
Since 1847, when ether was first
used as an anesthetic during la
bor, physicians have been search
ing for better pain-killers for use
in obstetrics. Notable advance
was made in 1902 with the intro
duction of morphine and scopo
lamine. In succeeding years there
were many other drugs, but none
of them were ideal.
Now, Dr. Henry G. La Forge of
the University of Buffalo Medical
School reports that a new lab
oratory-made drug, Nisentil, is the
most successful pain-killer yet
found and “an improvement over
any analgesic drug heretofore
available.”
Dr. La Forge reported that 1,000
women were given hypodermic
injections of NisentiL Results
showed that “the drug definitely
relieves pain and anxiety of la
bor,” shortens its duration, acts
rapidly and has little or no un
desirable effects on either mother
or child.
PREFERENTIAL TEA FOR BETA SIGMA PHI
Mrs. Blanche Ryan, president
of Theta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi
v/ill be hostess at a preferential
tea to be held at her home Sun- |
day afternoon, November 11 from
2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Members and
guests have been invited.
Approximately thirty-five so
rority members and guests en
joyed a pot luck dinner held Mon
day night in the basement of the
Lutheran Church. Following a
short business meeting, an even
ing of stunts and fun was' en
joyed by the group.
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And New "Dress-Up"
Watch Bands/
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Convenient Lay-away Plan
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wide range of prices. Remember, a small
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under our layaway plan.
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MANUFACTURING JEWELER
340 Fourth Avenue Anchorage