Churches to Participate in Union
Vacation Bible School May 26-June 6
All boys and girls in the Val
ley are invited to attend the
Union Vacation Bible School
which will be held for two weeks.
May 26 to June 6. Monday
through Friday, from 9 a.m. to:
12 noon.
Almost all of the churches and :
two of the childrens’ homes are
participating in the Union Va
cation Bible School this year.
Classes are planned for children
ranging from a minimum of four
years of age through the inter
mediate ages. The beginners and
primary group will assemble at
the Church of God; junior and in
termediates will meet in the
United Protestant Church. Mrs.
Dale Bryant of the Lazy Moun
tain Children’s Home will super
vise the older groups and Miss
Ruby Clark of the Church of God
will be in charge of the two
younger age groups. An enroll
ment of 200 children is antici
pated. The Bible School will close
with a picnic on Friday, June 6,
and it is expected that a final
program and display of handi
craft will take place that evening.
More definite announcement will
be made later.
The tentative teaching staff is
as follows: Beginners (Church of
God)—Mrs. Neil Miller, Mrs.
Harry Wimmer, Mrs. A. A.
Brattain, and Carol Colberg; Pri
mary Group (Church of God)—
Mrs.' Kenneth Hughes. Mrs. Win
ston Laughlin, Mary Colberg,
Larry McKinley, Margaret Cope,
Margaret Nelson, and Evelyn
Heinrich; Juniors (United Pro
testant)—Mrs. Pearl Moyer, Mrs.
Lillian Phillips, Mrs. Gronning
(Lazy Mt.), and Neola Sandvik;
Intermediates (United Protestant)
Rev. Harry Gayley, Rev. Went
worth Pike, and Mrs. Jessie De
Vries.
Cost-of-Living
Allowances for Gov't.
Workers Outside U.5.
Delegate E.L. Bartlett will tes
tify May 14 before the Senate
Post Office and Civil Service
Committee on a proposed bill
that would permit cost-of-living
allowances to federal employees
outside the United States based
on actual differences above liv
ing costs in the District of Colum
bia even if in excess of the pres
ent 25 percent limitation.
in sending the draft of the leg
islation to the Senate last year,
Chairman Ramspeck of the Civil
Service Commission pointed to
Alaska as the place where the
need for increased cost-of-living
allowances is essential.
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NO SWEAT IN FIRST
AIRCRAFT LANDING
AT NORTH POLE
ELMENDORF AFB.—The first
aircraft landing at the geographic
north pole was made Sunday
when a ski-wheeled C-47 of the
Alaskan Air Command landed on
the pack ice there to make scien
tific observations in connection
with the Air Forces polar expe
dition “Icicle Island”
Maj. General William D. Old,
commanding AAC announced the
landing today. Lt. Col. William
P. Benedict of Paradise, Califor
nia, piloted the aircraft for this
historic event. The flight took
off from T-3, Fletcher’s Ice Is
land, for the 135-mile flight.
Three hours and 10 minutes were
spent on the ice at the pole while
scientists accompanying the flight
made various measurements in
cluding ocean depth and gravity
field strength.
Lt. Col. Joseph Fletcher, who
established and outpost on T-3,
also made the flight as co-pilot.
Lt. Col. Fletcher has been living
at the floating ice island since
March 19th, when he and two
others were left there to establish
camp in sixty below tempera
tures. Since that time a weather
observation station has been set
up whose regular reports are
proving of considerable value in
northern area forecasts.
Col. Benedict’s message to
General Old stated simply “Oper
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CONSERVATION
NOTES
BY LEW HANKS
The Palmer Soil Conservation
Sub-district is holding its annual
election this week. Two Super
visor positions are open. Candi
dates are Johan Johnson, Howard
Estelle, Victor Falk Jr., and Clar
ence Hoffman. The Supervisors
of the Sub-district direct the
policies and supervise the agen
cies doing conservation work in
the area. The ballot is at the Ex
tension office. Every land occu
pier of three or more acres is en
titled and requested to vote. Your
choice of candidates is free.
That’s more than you can say for
a lot of this old world. How about
it?
The Palmer Sub-district will
hold a windbreak planting dem
onstration on the Irwin-Albrecht
place on Bailey Hill on Friday,
May 16 at 2. We were looking for
a place where the value of a
windbreak planting would be
quite evident. I think we got it.
The Sub-district has also re
ceived a small number of Rus
sian mulberry, Sitka spruce,
Colorado Blue spruce, hybrid
poplar and Yellow Golden wil
low. These will be distributed at
that time also. These are being
furnished to check their survival
under Alaskan conditions.
A number of native spruce and
birch seedlings will also be
available for those desiring to
start plantings. Incidentally, lad
ation instructions carried out. No :
sweat.” thus making a routine I
mission of the first aircraft land- |
ing at the top of the world.
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Stainless Steel Work
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Wasilla Plans Party
For Kalweis Family
All Valley residents have been
invited to attend open house at
Wasilla Community Hall Sunday.
May 18 from 2-5. The residents
of Wasilla are planning the event
to welcome the recently arrived
Martin Kalweis tamily. Refresh
ments will be served.
Mr. and Mrs. Kalweis and chil
dren. Gerda, Horsh, Helmut and
Ltheia formerly made their home
in Lithuania. Following a few
weeks stay at the displaced per
sons camp in Hamburg, Germany,
they flew to New York where
they boarded a plane for Anch
orage, arriving April 18.
They are making their home
with the Harold Harris family
and plan to continue farming.
The children are attending the
Wasilla school .
CITY FINANCES DISCUSSED
William Head. City Clerk of
Palmer gave a highly informa
tional talk on the finances of Pal
mer’s city government at the
Monday noon meeting of the Ki
wanis Club.
ies, Dr. Babb says the lee side of
a windbreak near the house is a
most excellent place to start a
nice fruit hedge. Currants, goose
berries, raspberries, high bush
cranberries and strawberries are
pretty nice picking in a well
planned planting. They grow best
in such sheltered spots as behind
windbreaks. Better get the “old
man” to planting trees.
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Mrs. Lloyd Pennington of
Snowshoe Lake was the winner
of the model 70 rifle offered by
the Little Leaguers. At the draw
ing held Friday night at Valley
Theater her number 150 was the
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RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Tuesday
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