PORTLAND FIRM
GETS ELMENDORF JOB
Rogers Construction Com
pany and Babler Brothers of
Portland. Oregon. Is the appar
ent low bidder for road altera
tion work on Elmendorf Air
Force Base. Alaska, with a bid
of $183,470.
The joint-venture firm sub
mited the lowest bid among
four that were opened public
ly on January 24 by the Lb S
Army Engineer District, Alas
ka. The Government estimated
costs of the project at $204,950.
The other bidders were: Wes
co Constructors. Incorporated
of Seattle. Washington with a
bid of $187,650; Cheney Con
struction Company also af
Seattle. $229,261 and A and
G Excavating and Chris Berg.
Incorporated, a joint-venture
of Anchorage, Alaska. $249,268.
Janie Hanks, Joyce Patterson
Are Local Homemakers of Tomorrow
Janie Ann Hanks is Palmer
high sihoi-l winner and Joyce1
Patterscn s Wasilia winner in
the 1 3 Betty Crocker Search
for the American Homemaker
of Tomorrow. Both thus be
came eligible for one of 102
scholarships with a total value
of $110,000. according to a news
release from General Mills.
Janie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lew Hanks of Pal
mer, and Joyce's parents are
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Patterson of
Wasilla.
Having scored first in their
schools in the knowledge and
attitude test on homemaking
given senior girls Dec. 4, the
winners' papers have been en
tered in competition with those
i of other state high school win
ners for state-wide honors.
The state Homemaker of To
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morrow will be named in the |
I spring. She will receive a $1,
i 500 scholarship from General
Mills, sponsor of the program.
A $500 award will be made to
the second highest ranking
Homemaker of Tomorrow in
I the state. The school of each
! state winner will receive a set
; of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Later, state Homemakers of
Tomorrow with their advisors
will enjoy an expense-paid tour
of New York City. Washington.
DC.. and Colonial Williams
burg. Va., which u'ill culmin
ate with the naming of the 1963
All-American Homemaker of
Tomorrow.
The national winner’s schol
arship will be raised to $5,000,
with second, third, and fourth
place winners being granted
$4,000. $3,000 and 2.000 scholar
I ships, respectively.
LEAGUE TO HEAR
ALASKA STUDY
“Know Your State,” a study
| on the history of Alaska, will
! be presented by Mrs. Tom
Murton and Mrs. James Hurley
I at the Feb. 4 meeting of the
Palmer League of Women Vot
ers. Mrs. Noel Woods, presi
dent, announced this week.
League members will meet at
the home of Mrs. Murton on
Bailey Hill Monday at 8 p.m.
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ALPINE CIVIC
CLUB
Bingo
Feb. I, 1963
$100 Jackpot
Prizes & Gash
I
Eclectic Club
The regular monthly meeting
of the Eclectic 4-H Club was
! held on Friday evening. Jan
25. A new health activity was
| started, and it was decided to j
have something on health j
every month.
Plans for our talent show
were discussed and Friday eve-.
ning, April 19. was chosen as
the date it will be held. Mrs.
Washburn announced that we
have obtained permission to
hold our show in the Swanson
multipurpose room.
Mr. Bacon announced that
electricity project meetings |
will begin this month and the
i project should be finished be
: fore school is out in May.
The next regular meeting of
the club will be held on Feb.
22.
Richard Washburn. Reporter
4-H Junior Leaders' Council
Saturday, Jan. 26. the 4-H
junior leaders’ council had a
meeting. There were ten jun
ior leaders present. David Mar
tin was elected president. Janie
Hanks vice-president, Mary
! Weisenburger secretary, Vic
i tor Barnes treasurer and Cyn
| thia Blissard reporter.
There was discussion as to
1 what committees to have and
i what service projects we could
do. It ■was decided to have
meetings twice a month on the
first and third Wednesday at 7
p.m. The first meeting of the
month will be a business meet
ing and the second will be an
educational meeting.
Cynthia Blissard, Reporter
FAIR BOARD
MEETS MONDAY
! The regular meeting of the
Alaska State Fair. Inc., board
: will be held Monday. Feb. 4. at
8 p.m. in the Extension office.
All board members are urg
ed to attend, since several im
portant items of business will
be taken up.
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Wasilla
News Notes
By Jane Browne
Approximately 25 friends at
tended a bridal shower for Joan
Nunley Wednesday evening,
Jan. 23, at the home of Janeil
Roberts. Following games, re
freshments were served dur
ing the opening of gifts.
* * *
Friday evening, Jan. 25. the
high school girls’ basketball
team downed the Wasilla wo
men's team by two lucky
points. Since it was a mixed
women’s team with no practice
time, the score shows a very
good game. Following this
game, the Wasilla high school
| seniors lost by a high score to
i the Wasilla freshmen, sopho
I mores and juniors. Over confi
I dent, the seniors found it al
most impossible to hit the bas
ket and in the last few seconds
of the game senior tempers
flared. Coach Turner saw evi
dence of a strong team coming
up for next year.
* * *
The Wasilla junior high bas
ketball team and Coach Weth
erington are very proud of their
record to date. They have won
ten games and lost one. Their
loss was to Palmer. Last Fri
day afternoon they won over
the Catholic junior high of An
chorage 32 to 29. The score was
tied up until the last few sec
onds of the game when three
lucky foul shots put the Wasil
la boys on top. Tuesday, Jan. 29
the A and B squads traveled
to Eagle River to play the Chu
giak teams. B squad scored
69 to Chugiak's 8 points. Har
vey was high score man with
22 points Bozinoff scored 13
and Polis and Lemon each scor
ed ten points. The A squad
scored 51 to Chugiak's 22. Pet
erson and Minnick were the
high scorers in Tuesday's game.
Everyone is urged to attend
tomorrow night’s game. Feb. 1
at the Wasilla high gym when
the Catholic junior high team
! of Anchorage will travel by
chartered train to Wasilla.
Many fans are expected from
Anchorage and the Wasilla
boys will need your support,
too. There will be a prelimin
ary game between the Wasilla
; Firemen and the Glass Bar
j team from Palmer.
• » *
Julian B. Dickenson. Adjut
ant General, Veterans of For
eig Wars of the United States,
has informed Henry Katkus.
Commander of V.F.W. Post
9365, of his appointment as Na
tional Aide-de-Camp to Com
mander in Chief Byron B. Gen
try. National Aide-de-Camp
duties are to remain active in
post, district and department
membership campaigns. Com
mander Katkus has been very
active locally in the recent
membership drive and all
V.F.W. activities.
The V.F.W. Auxiliary is
planning to operate their cot
ton candy machine at the Wil
low Carnival this week-end
Everyone is invited to visit us
there. Don't forget V.F.W.
Bingo, V.F.W. Home in Wasil
la, 8:30, Feb. 2.
Late Tuesday Niters Bowling
Scores
Won Lsot
Wasilla Bar -48Mt 34
Johnson Fuel-42 34
Totem Egg-35 41
Youth Camp-34Vi 41 Vi
Wasilla Businessmen 34 42
Cottles Corner -34 42
1st high team, three games,
was the Youth Camp with a
score of 2826. 1st high individ
ual player with a 551 scratch
was Roy Brock.
^QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: I recently quit
my job and started my own
fur buying business. Will this
self-employment be counted
toward social security?
ANSWER: If your net earn
ings amount to $400 or more in
a year, they count toward social
security. If your net earnings
amount to less than $400 in a
year, they do not count toward
social security and you do not
i pay social security taxes on
; them.
QUESTION: I am 5/ ve^rs
old and had to stop working 7
months ago because of a sev
ere disability. Are there any
provisions under the social se
curity law in cases like mine?
! ANSWER: Yes, you may be
eligible for monthly social se
curity disability benefits, and
certain members of your fam
ily may also be paid monthly
benefits.
QUESTION: My husband
died three years ago. I was told
that I could get help from so
cial security when I became 62.
I will be 62 years old on March
1963. Please let me know if
this is true and when I should
see you about getting help.
ANSWER: If your husband
worked long enough in work
covered by social security,
there may be monthly benefits
payable to you. You should
come in or write your social
security office two months be
fore you are 62 years old—that
would be in January 1963. To
speed the completion of your
claim, we suggest that you
bring with you your marriage
certificate, your birth certifi
cate, your husband's social se
curity card, and yours if you
have one.
For more information about
social security: Write to Social
Security Administration, Box
1331. Juneau, Alaska.
II Was Like This,
Judge!
The reason I was
soeeding was . . .
I had to get to one
bank to make a
deposit in my
savings account,
then to another to
see about a loan,
then to still an
other to put some
money in my
checking account
. . . and all on my
lunch hour! Now
I'm going to do
ALL my banking
in ONE full-ser
vice bank, so you
won't be seeing
me any more!
matanubka
PALMER, ALASKA
Open Daily 10 a m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday Evenings 6 to 8 p.m.
-J!\ TO THE
L£n£R^H)ITOR
Dear Editor:
The following eulogy was de
livered at funeral services con
ducted by members of the Loy
al Order of Moose, Lodge 793.
for Carol Clarence Henderson
Brothers, ladies, and friends,
we have gathered today to pay
our final tribute to a departed
brother and friend. Brother
Carol Clarence Henderson died
peacefully in his sleep Janu
ary 23 at his cabin.
To all his brothers ar.d
friends he was known as “Hap
py", and “happy” he truly was.
Also, locally he was known as
“The Strawberry King.” He
had a little plot perhaps twenty
by twenty feet square, plant
ed in strawberries, and wa
very proud of them.
Also. Happy was always busy
improving his little place, and
raised vegetables and potatoes,
giving most of them away.
We will miss Happy, but he
has taken his long journey
which we too one day shad
have to take.
Happy was born in Baldwin.
111., on July 18, 1980. He was
a member of a family of ten
children, but he did not know
the whereabouts of any surviv
ing relatives. He came to Ket
chikan, Alaska, in 1919. Since
then he has never left the ter
ritory, later becoming the 49th
state. Living for 43 years in
this great country of the North
certainly is proof that he loved
this great land of ours. How
ever, before coming to Alaska,
he had served his country as a
soldier in the United States
army with a machinist’s rat
ing. He enlisted on Sept. 13.
1918, at Webster, South Dakota,
and was discharged Aug. 15.
1919, at Fort D. A. Russell,
Wyoming, with an honorable
discharge.
It was his wish to be buried
in the Palmer cemetery, and
that the services be conducted
by the Loyal Order of the
Moose, Lodge No. 793, Palmer,
of which he was a member. He
was also a member of the Pion
eers of Alaska, Igloo No. 31, and
Veterans of World War I, Mat
anuska Valley Barracks No.
1500, and American Legion
Post 15.
And now, we wish you a
happy journey to that distant
land which we all will some
day have to take, and some
day may we meet and grasp
you by your scarred and work
worn hand. Until then, sleep
well, our brother and friend.
Amen.
Leo Lucas
Dear Editor,
Would there be a housewife
in your area who would be in
terested in corresponding with
me, a housewife in the Los An
geles area?
We hope to visit Alaska
when the children are older.
Meanwhile, it would be nice to
hear about it from a "native.”
Thank you for any help you
can give.
Esther C. (Mrs. Donald W.)
Norbut
3615 East 60th Place
Huntington Park, Calif.
NEWS FROM
Sutton-Eska-Alpine
By Sally Norris
Claude Gabbeit went to Ken
tucky last week on business.
Mrs. Gabbett will fly out this
week and join him. Then they
will drive back together.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Matheson and
new baby daughter spent a
few days in Anchorage last
week. We are glad to see Mrs.
Matheson and daughter are
home and feeling fine.
* * •
Cole McFarland of Anchor
age spent Friday at the Evan
Jones Coal Company.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Bersaw
of Sutton spent the weekend
in Anchorage with their daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Lohr and son.
Jimmy.
* * *
Cub Scouts met Jan. 23 at
the home of the den mother,
Mrs. Pat Smith.
* * *
Bob Tucker, Walt Mayr, and
Phil O’Neill returned last week
from their trip to Las Vegas.
• * *
Sorry to hear that Mr. El
wood Killian is in the hospital.
Hope he is home soon.
THE OVERHEAD
The air we breathe is free,
but every year it costs more
and more to breathe it.