Homemakers’ News
by Maxylou Rideout
News For Homemakers
Mary Lou Rideout
The Anchorage Homemakers’
Council is again sponsoring the
Homemakers Needlework. Craft
and Canning exhibits at the Pa
rade of Industry during the Fur j
Rendezvous.
The Parade of Industry is to
be housed in the new railroad
dormitory, across from the depot
and opens at 12 o’clock noon.
February 23 to March 2. All ex
hibits should be mailed to Mrs.
Norman Vaughan. 201 Manor.
Government Hill. Anchorage or;
if an exhibitor from the Valley
will bring her exhibits to the Ex
tension Office. Palmer, the Home
Agent will see that the exhibits
are entered.
The following rules were sent,
from the Anchorage Council:
1. Any person, male or female.
;n Alaska may enter. EXCEP
TION: Judges or members of
their families.
2. All articles to be entered be
fore closing date, Feb. 22. 5 p. m.
3. Any article mailed, to be
insured and have return postage
with it.
4. No club or group display. No
individual display as a unit by
itself. All articles are to be placed
Dy Committee that are to be
judged by judges.
£. Decision of judges final. _
6. Any article of unusual his
tory or material to have story
of such fastened to that article,
when entered.
7. No one may remove any ar
ticle to be exhibited or displayed
before closing date. To do this
disqualifies any other entries
made by that individual.
8. All articles for sale not to
be entered in competition. Mark
display or sale. Articles for judg
ing to be marked - competition.
9. All articles not claimed by
closing date will NOT be the re
sponsibility of the Committee.
Claim all articles between 4 and
7 Sunday evening, March 2.
10. Any article that has won a
previous Rendezvous exhibit may
not be entered in competition.
The coveted Eagle Scout Rank
in the Boy Scouts of America is
earned bv'nearly 10-000 boys each
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HOMEMAKERS CLUB
Cheechako Club
On February 11 the Cheehako
Homemakers’ club met at the
home of Mrs. Ida Stadler, with
Mrs. May Thompson as hostess.
Seventeen members answered the
roll call with a current event.
During the business meeting,
the members voted to hold a
rummage sale, the date to be set
at a later meeting. It was also
announced the club has $142.63
more to add to the Hospital Fund.
This amount was realized from
sale of goods at the Alaska Crip
pled Childrens’ booth in the Mat
muska Hotel. Many thanks were !
offered to the Hotel ladies who;
donate their time to the selling:
if these articles. The club will'
■ponsor the Alaska CrippledI
Childrens’ Association "Seal and i
Lily Sale” in April.
Mrs. Charles Wilson, the Can
cer chairman for Palmer, distri
buted literature on the subject.
A book review was given by :
Mrs. Loretta Talcott on "Son of
i Hundred , Kinks”, by Thomas'
3. Castain.
Mrs. Talcott will be hostess for
;he club at the next meeting, to
be held in her home.
A delicious Valentine lunch
vas served the hostess, Mrs.
rhompson.
Evening Craft Club
The Evening Craft club met at
the home of Mrs. Ben Hudgins
February 12 and spent the even-i
ng doing textile painting and
jutting stencils. The following j
■nembers were present: Wanda;
Daggs, Fannie Wirtanen, Esther
Sruokbauer. Karla Duff- Eloise i
Hudgins, Harriet BelL Nina:
Stock. Edith Eggleston. Maty
Lou Rideout and Helen Crites.
The next regular meeting will
ae held February 25 at the home
bf Mrs. Crites.
The 47,000 Scouts at the Na
tional Boy Scout Jamboree at
Valley Forge. Pa., in July 1950
was the largest gathering of
youth in the Western Hemis
phere.
CLARA’S VARIETY
YOU WANT IT—
WE'VE GOT IT!
Located in Shamrock Building
PTA Members to Visit
Childrens' Rooms at
Meeting Next Tuesday
Members of the P-TA will have
an opportunty to visit in their
children's rooms at the meeting
next week Tuesday. February 19.
The meeting will be called to
order in the school cafeteria, and
after a short business meeting
parents will go to the individual
teachers* rooms to learn a little
more about what the school has
to offer the child.
Letters are being sent out to
parents this week thanking them
for their splendid co-operation
in the recent P-TA food sale. A
total of $176.96 was received from
the sale. This amount not only
FARMERS HAVE TO ACCEPT
SUBSTITUTES FOR
AMMONIUM NITRATE
The Co-op was unable to get
ammonium nitrate for its fer
tilizer customers this year, Pat
Hemmer reported this week.
The Co-Op Board secretary
| said that most farmers are order
| ing substitutes as recommended
i in the recent. Alaska Experiment
Station circular on fertilizers for
Alaska.
gets the organization out of the
red as far is its previous commit
tments me concerned, but also al*
: lows purchase of a much needed
record player for the school. This
; extra project will be voted on by
i the membership.
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