Wasilla Pays Back
$35 In Bends
WASILLA — The first seven
bonds, sold to pay for the new
school lunchroom, were redeem
ed at a drawing held last Tues
day. Bond-holders who were re
turned their lunchroom invest
ment were:
Floyd Smith, L C. Nelson,
the Wasilla P-TA, Dick Gam
well, Frank P. Jones, Wayne
Hunter and the Wasilla Boy
Scouts.
The second drawing of bonds is
planned for the third week in
January.
Boundary Question Slows
New SCS Sub-District
The question of boundary limi
tations of a proposed Soil Conser
vation sub-district in the Anchor
age area has postponed the for
mation of that district for a time,
it was learned this week. The
postponement was decided upon,
in order that a second hearing
might be scheduled in the Chugi
ak area, it was explained by
Charles Wilson, territorial con
servationist.
Mr. Wilson said the feeling was
expressed, at the recent Anchor
age hearing, that the area to be
contained in the sub-district, as
proposed, ought to be split into
two separate districts. The Chu
giak hearing, to be held at the
Chugiak Coffee Shop on Feb. 11
at 8 p. m., is to allow farmers in
that area to express an opinion.
Frank Linn and Virgil Eckert,
members of the territorial Soil
Conservation board, Mr. Wilson,
Lou Hanks, district conservation
ist, and Parker Lester, local Ex
tension agent, all plan to attend
the Chugiak hearing.
Seward Makes Plans
For Winter Festival
Plans for a mid-winter festival
for all the communities of the
Kenai Peninsula, destined to be
an annual event, were announced
in a recent issue of the Seward
Seaport Record- A merchants’
committee met earlier in the
month to do the preliminary
planning for the event, which still
is nameless. The Record is con
ducting a contest to select the
most appropriate name for the
Seaward winter festival.
Exact dates for the celebration
still are not announced. The
planning committee is organizing
their thoughts around a weekend
of entertainment that will include
competitive games, races, square
dances, hobby displays and other
types of amusement.
SEATTLE C OF C AGAIN
TO VISIT NORTH IN '51
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce again will sponsor a tour
to Alaska in 1951, it was an
nounced this week. Present plans
would start the tour north next
May. John H. Perry, chairman
of the Seattle Chamber’s Alaska
division, said the increasing com
petition for Alaska’s trade makes
it necessary for Seattle business
men to make personal visits to
the territory “at least annually.”
BAPTIST SERVICES MOVE
TO ADVENTIST CHURCH
Baptist church services (South
ern Convention) now are regu
larly scheduled each Sunday in
the Seventh Day Adventist
Church, it was announced this
week. Services there include Sun
day school at 10 a.m., morning
church services at 11, and an eve
ning evangelistic service at 7:45.
All former Baptists now living in
the Valley are invited to attend.
FRONTIER CAFE
* Try our home-made apple pies
* Big Juicy Steaks and Chops
Ice Cream Served ... or take some home, pack
ed in pints or quarts.
Open from 6 a. m. to midnight daily
For That Refreshment
Pause In Palmer ....
VISIT THE
FRONTIER BAR
e
FRONTIER LIQUOR STORE
e
BOTH ARE OPEN 24 HOURS DAILY
7 DAYS A WEEK
Mining Course
Opens Here Jan. 16
A class in mining, offered by
the Extension Service of the Uni
versity of Alaska, will open in
Palmer on Jan. 16, it was an
nounced today by Eugene Erick
son, who will be instructor.
The course, which has proved
so popular in Anchorage and on
Fort Richardson this winter that
disappointed students have de
manded its repetition, will offer
both lecture and laboratory sub
jects. To be held five nigins
weekly for a four-week period,
classes will include lectures on
placer prospecting and mining
and almost two weeks of labora
tory work in the identification of
minerals.
Of particular interest, and add
ed to the course since its presen
tation here two years ago, is the
new phase which deals with pros
pecting for radioactive minerals.
Here students will learn the use
of the Geiger counter in the
search for uranium, the atomic
bomb metal.
Mr. Erickson, who is a gradu
ate of the class of 1940 at the
University of Alaska, invites
prospectors and miners with spe
i
cific problems in mining "or num
eral identification to bring those
problems to the class for group
discussion- Enrollment in this
Extension course is open to all,
he added.
Those interested in the mining
course are asked to pre-register
with Parker Lester at the local
Extension Service office. There
is no fee. All students who suc
cesfully complete the work will
be given a certificate at the con
clusion of the course.
Classes will meet Monday
through Friday in the chemistry
laboratory at Palmer High
School, commencing at 7:30 p. m.
Jennie's On Vacation
Mrs. Jennie Perkins, employed
as secretary in the office of the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration, is now enjoying her an
nual vacation. Mrs. Perkins is
spending her leave at home.
LOBERG’S
Hand-Made Gifts
for Baby
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VALLEY CLEANERS
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Pickup and Delivery in Wasilla Each
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Introducing . ..
MATANUSKA MAID
Cottage Cheese
made with
MATANUSKA milk
and cream
COTTAGE CHEESE is good and is good for you
Use it daily in lunch or dinner menus
Distributed through Valley and Anchorage
groceries by the
MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS’
CO OPERATING ASSOCIATION
Palmer, Alaska