FORMER INDEPENDENCE MINE CHIEF
IS NEW COMMISSIONER OF MINES
Governor Gruening this week
announced the appointment of
Phil R. Holdsworth of Anchorage
to be Commissioner of Mines for
the Territory of Alaska. Mr.
Holdsworth succeeds Leo H. Saar
ela who has resigned to take a
position in Anchorage with the
Geological Survey. Mr. Holds
worth was born in Grants Pass.
Oregon, in 1910. He first came to
Alaska in the winter of 1913-14.
His father built and operated
Lode Mill at Skein-Lickner prop
erty near Moose Pass. He attend
ed the University of Washington
between various mining jobs and
received a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mining Engineering
and Geology in 1937. Thereafter
Mr. Holdsworth was Mill Super
intendent from 1937 to 1941 of the
Mindanao Mother Lode Mines at
Surigao in the Philippine Islands.
He was commissioned a 2nd lieu
tenant in the United States Army,
Philippine Division, and was a
Japanese prisoner of war after
engaging in guerrilla warfare
against the Japanese.
Upon his discharge from the
army he was successivefully con
sulting mining engineer in Seat
tle; Cyanide plant foreman of the
Holden Mill of Howe Sound Co.,
at Chelan, Washington, and Gen
eral Manager of the Independence
Mine of Alaska Consolidated
Mining Company at Wasilla,
Alaska. More recently he has been
General Superintendent and Min
ing Engineer of the Snowbird
Mining Company at Anchorage,
Alaska; Project Engineer for
Birch-Johnson-Ly tie Contractors
and a Construction Engineer for
the Corps of Engineers in Anch
Soil Conservation
Sub-District Formed
At Ninilchik
As a result of a hearing con
ducted by Clarence Hoffman and
Bert Stemple of the Alaska Soil
Conservation Board March 28
the Kenai Peninsiila will have a
new Soil Conservation sub-dis
trict at Ninilchik.
Hoffman and Stemple met
last week with Virgil Eckert,
another member of the Territori
al board, to decide definitely on
the formation of the new sub
district. The hearing held in Nin
ilchik and attended by 25 inter
ested farmers in that area in
spite of a sudden, heavy snow
storm. was very favorable to the
formation of the sub-district.
Charles W. Wilson. Territorial
Soil Conservationist, also attend
ed the meeting at Ninilchik.
“With the creation of the new
sub-district at Ninilchik,” he said
this week, “all the known agricul
tural land west of the mountains
on the Kenai Peninsula is includ
ed within a Soil Conservation
sub-district.”
Other sub-districts on the
Kenai Peninsula are the Kasilof
and Homer sub-districts.
oage. H. Holdsworth has thus had
a highly varied professional ex
perience in mining and engineer
ing. He has been v.armlv recom
mended for the Commissioner
ship of Mines by a variety of men
prominent in the mining world
of Alaska.
Mr. Holdsworth is married and
has three children.
Special Movie to Be
Sponsored by P-TA
A PTA-sponsored movie enti
tled ' The Green Promise” will be
shown to the public Tuesday
evening. April 29 at Valley Thea
ter, Mrs. Marne Hanks, chairman,
announced this week.
"The Green Promise” has a
good interest-holding story and
the cast, consisting of Marguerite
Chapman, Natalie Wood, Walter
Brennan, Robert Paige, and Ted
Donaldson, has turned in an ex
cellent performance, according to
the committee selecting it.
The movie will be shown to
grades one through six Tuesday
afternoon. Children’s admission is
25 cents; high school, 50 cents;
and general admission is one dol
lar.
EASTER EGG HUNT
WINNERS GET
BABY CHICK PRIZES
Well over 100 Valley young
sters were on their mark and
ready to go at the blowing of the
Co-Op whistle shortly after noor
Sunday in the third annual Ki
wanis Easter Egg Hunt.
Through the grass and under
the trees they searched for the
85 dozen hard boiled eggs and
the 50 pounds of candy eggs bag
ged in cellophane.
In the tiny tots age group two
year-old John Flint found the
gold egg and Jackie Linnebur
age three, got the silver one. Ir
the four to six age group Lorlee
Bouwens found the gold egg and
David Linnebur the silver one.
Both are five-years old. Dian^
| Crites and Ronnie Burke found
| the gold and silver eggs respec
J tively for the seven to ten age
group. All prizes were the same:
six Easter chicks with a month s
food supply.
There were no prizes for the
“mostest” eggs because of pre
vious confusion leading from sus
pected collusion.
PINOCHLE GAME SCHEDULED
FOR TUESDAY EVENING
Pioneer Grange will hold "he
fourth in a series of five Pinoch
le games at the Co-op club room
Tuesday evening. April 22. Play
ing will start at eight o’clock.
The public is invited to attend.
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MILE 41 Vi PALMER HIGHWAY
NOMINATE
Walter H. Hodge
Of Cordova
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
for
Territorial Senate
Resident of Third Division
for Twenty-One Years.
PRIMARY ELECTION
APRIL 29th
Homemakers' News
Ch*«chako Club
The- regular business of the
I Cheechako Homemakers' Club
April 14 turned out to be a special
i event this month when 16 Chee
| chako Homemakers played hos
tosses to seven guests who met to
plan the organization of a new
club in Palmer. Eleven Nugget
Club members, who recently or
ganized under the sponsorship of
the Cheechako Club and guest
speakers also were guests.
Following a very colorful and
tasty ham dinner Mrs. Lucille
Wimmer club president, welcomed
the group and introduced Mrs.
Kathryn Wilson, charter member
and former president of the Chee
chako club. Mrs. Wilson gave a
brief history of the first Home
makers club in the Valley, the or
ganization of the Cheechdko club
and their subsequent accomplish
ments.
Mrs. C. A. Brewer, president of
the Nugget Club gave an inter
esting resume of the four charter'
members of her club and the
growth in membership to 15 since j
last December.
Plans for the Short Course at j
the University of Alaska this I
summer were explained by Mrs. j
Justine Parks, chairman.
Mrs. Marylou Rideout home
demonstration agent presented
“Color and It’s Uses,” with the
group examining her “colorful”
display at the close of the meet
ing.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Cloycine
Driggars May 12.
WORLD PREMIERE OF
PRIBILOF MOVIE
TO BE IN ANCHORAGE
1 Anchorage has been selected
for the world premiere of “World j
in His Arms,” a movie about
pioneer days in Alaska, a spokes
man for Universal-International
studio announced last week.
Attending the premiere will be
Gregory Peck and Tony Quinn,
who play leading roles in the
film. Other Hollywood stars will
join the troupe which will con
tinue on an entertainment tour
of Alaskan military bases.
The picture is set in the Prib
ilof Islands and tells the story of
early seal-hunting days.
John Gorsuch to be
Keynote Speaker At
Republican Convention
Herald Stringer, acting Third j
Division committeeman for the j
Republican Party announed this
week that John Gorsuch. candi- j
date for Republican nomination i
for the Territorial Senate, will
make the keynote address at the
Third Division Republican con
vention to be held in Seward on
Saturday, April 19.
It is estimated that 150 dele
gates from the district will be in
attendance at the convention.
Resolutions will be adopted for
presentation to the Territorial
convention to be held in early
May. Time and place of the Ter
ritorial convention will be an
nounced later.
Reach One-Third Mark
In Basement Fund Drive
One third of the total goal of
fifteen thousand dollars needed to
build St. Michael’s basement has
been pledged to date, according
to an announcement made by
Rev. James P. Snead, Pastor. A
large number of the parishioners
stili have not been contacted per
sonally by members of the com
mittee for various reasons.
Tonight, an Alaska’s Favorite
Game Party is being sponsored
at the Moose Hall at 7:30. All the
members of the community are
invited to attend and proceeds,
will go toward the Basement
Fund goal.
Admission is free and if the
party is a sufficient success, a
series wall be held in succeeding
months.
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S3,000 Damage Caused
In Wasilla Fire
YVasilIa residents turned out in
full force last Friday evening to
help quench a fire in the home
of Mr. and Mi's. Orlando Byers
Damage was estimated at $3.
000. with the majority of damage
confined to rlothing and furni
ture. The family has moved tem
porarily until repairs on the
house are made. A defective
floor furnace is believed to have
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Valley rroniiartmar.
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Been tin* cium' <>f the tiro
Mrs Byers is .1 tr«« hei in the
Wasiila school
Be Sure to Learn What
"Aunty's Big Joke" is
April 19—School Gym—I p.m.
Adultt SI.00 Students 7Sc
Rea. Seat! at School Office
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VOTE FOR
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ED BALDWIN
Democratic Candidate For
Territorial House of Representatives
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