Dr. Bennett Resigns As
Chief of U. S. SCS;
New Head Appointed
Chas. W. Wilson, Territorial
Soil Conservationist announced
this week that he has been noti
fied of the appointment of Dr.
Robert M. Salter, nationally
prominent soil authority, as new
Chief of the U. S. Soil Conserva
tion Service succeeding Dr. H. H.
Bennett, who has headed the con
servation agency since its crea
tion by Congress in 1935.
Dr. Salter. Wilson said, has
been Chief of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, Soils, and Agricultural
Engineering since 1942—a bureau
within the Agricultural Research
Administration of the Depart
ment. He has been directly en
gaged in all aspects of soil con
servation for more than a quarter
of a century and has spent most
of his professional life working in
the field of soil science.
Wilson reports that Secretary
of Agriculture Brannan praised
Dr. Salter highly in announcing
his appointment as successor to
Bennett. “In his present posi
tion, Dr. Salter has demonstrated
outstanding ability as an admin
istrator of agricultural programs
and devoted much effort to fo
cusing public attention on the de
clining trend in inherent soil pro
ductivity of the Nation’s farm
lands,” Brannan said.
Before his appointment as
►Chief of Bureau of Plant Indus
try, Soils, and Agricultural En
gineering, Salter was head of the
Division of Soil and Fertilizer In
vestigations within the Bureau.
In 1940 he was Director of the
North Carolina Agricultural Ex
periment Station. For 20 years
preceding that he was in soils
work at Ohio State University.
Bennett To Be Adviser
In announcing Dr. Salter’ ap
pointment, Secretary Brannan
also announced that Dr. Bennett
was being asked to remain tem
porarily on the Secretary’s per
sonal staff as an adviser on con
servation matters, Wilson said.
The Agriculture Secretary termed
Dr. Bennett’s “wide and rich ex
perience” as a valuable asset to
him and said Bennett’s appoint
ment as a special assistant to him
was “the greatest honor he could
bestow on a distinguished public
servant rounding out 48 years of
achievement for American farm
ers—and farmers in other parts
of the world which have had the
benefit of Dr. Bennett’s imagina
tive work with the most basic of
all resources, the soil.”
“It will be a privilege”, the
Secretary commented, “to work
even more closely with the man
who awakened this country to
the need for stopping depletion
of our soil and pioneered in get
ting us on the track of conserving
our precious land for future gen
erations.
Made Alaskan Survey
Three comprehensive reports
written by Dr. Bennett on the
soils of Alaska following a re
connaisance survey in 1915 are
still useful guides for the soil
conservationists and soil scien
tists now working in the Terri
tory.
Hospital Benefit Game
At Moose Hall Tonight
ALASKA'S FAVORITE GAME j
Wjth the entire net proceeds
slated for the Hospital Fund.
Palmer Moose Lodge members;
are busily gathering in prizes, ,
lining up workers and getting
things ready for next Thursday
night when they will sponsor Al
aska’s favorite game at the new
Moose hall. Three hours of play
are scheduled, starting at 8:30
and running until 11:30. There
will be fun for all and some fine
prizes to take home, the commit
teemen promise.
Women of the Moose will sell
refreshments during the evening
and they too have pledge all
profits to the hospital fund. So
tuck the youngsters in bed. enjoy
an evening of fun and help the
Moose lodge swell the Hospital
fund coffers.
Coffey Insures Everything
Remember?
Charter Night Dinner
and Dance Enjoyed by
Kiwanians and Guests
Eighty one persons attended
the Kiwanis Charter Night din- j
ner and dance at the new Moose j
Hall Saturday night, and about j
81 were in agreement that the
hall was a splendid place to holi
a party.
After an excellent dinner pre
pared and served efficiently by
the Women of the Moose, Master
of Ceremonies Allan Mick was
introduced by President Hugh
Johnson. Jim Hurley, the only
man present in a dinner jacket
and dress shirt, ad libbed about
the trials of a husband left to do
the family chores while his wife
goes off to school for a home
maker’s course. Mrs. Hurley ar
rived from the train in Wasilla
too late to hear that he’d got
down to his last shirt—the dress
shirt—on which buttons had to
be sewed because she, Mrs. Hur
ley, had filched his studs.
Accompanied by Miss Caro] 1
Colberg. Miss Lois Thompson of
Palmer School gave a beautiful
interpretation of “Through the ,
Years” in a mellow mezzo.
After Tom Day brought cheers
from the Grand Stand on his pas
sionate portrayal of “Casey a. ;
the Bat", John Gorsuch. guesi
Krwanian from Anchorage, struck
a serious note in his address on
Americanism. He stressed the
deep obligations of citizens to as
sume community leadership in
order to make Americanism
work. He congratulated Palmer
Kiwanians on their record of
community service, adding that
their parent Anchorage Kiwani- 1
ans were proud of them for so '
determinedly carrying out the!
purposes for which Kiwanis was
founded.
After the tables, with their tall
white tapers and bowls of ma
donna lilies, were cleared away,
the dance began. Even the juke
box was good, and the tile floor
v. as excellent. The dancing was ;
punctuated periodically with Paul
Joneses called by H. J. Hodgson
and Jim Hurley.
The Charter Night committee,
headed by Ed Smith and Jim
Valley Fronlieraman
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"All I did was give him a piece
of my coconut Mound* and before
I knew it, wa wara engaged."
Hurley, included O. K. Kincaid
for the program, Elmer LeDuc for
the tickets, and Mrs. Mary Lou
Johns for decorations.
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