Housewifery Worries Occupy Sportsmen,
Planning for October 14 Game Dinner
uisnes, spoons, now much cot
fee to buy, and a dozen othe;
housekeeping details plagued th<
►membership of the Matanusk;
Valley Sportsmen this week. Th<
club members were making fina
plans for the annual game dinner
to be held in Palmer Gym or
Oct. 24.
It was voted that the organiza
tion should attempt to buy
through surplus, four cases oi
cups, silver service for 200, anc
100 plates. The cost would b«
borne, in part, by the $2.50 pei
person charge, for game dinnei
tickets.
Club president Bill Smith re
quested that all committee heads
meet with the board of directors
at next Monday’s regular meet
ing, to complete planning for the
event. Those committee heads
include:
Gertrude Felzien, hall decora
tion; Nina Stock, table decora
tion; Esther Brock and Marie
Westenbarger, kitchen; Ro;y
Brock, carving; Clair Stock
dance.
Some of the club’s members
►protested the $2.50 dinner charge,
saying it was unfair since mem
bers must kill the game, then pre
pare it for the dinner, and then
must pay $2.50 for the privilege
of attending. Last year’s charge
was only $1.50. President Smith
called for a vote on the question
and the protest failed to carry,
It was announced that the jun
ior rifle team, to be sponsored
this year by instructor Ercego
cich of Palmer High School,
would practice on Thursday eve
nings rather than Wednesday,
since Wednesday is a regular
club meeting night. Hereafter
Wednesday will be reserved for
j 4-H Club Achievement
i Day to Include Exhibits
“ At Nov. 3 Event in Gym
■ i Four-H Club members who did
1 j not have an opportunity to ex
! hibit handiwork at the Matanus
ka Valley Fair this year may
bring a display to the 4 - H
Achievement Day program, Miss
Mary Lou Lashbrook, home dem
| onstration agent, announced this
i week. Achievement Day will be
held in the Palmer Gym on Nov.
i 3 at 8 p.m.
Miss Margaret McElhinny will
be in charge of displays for
Achievement Day
Miss Lashbrook again remind
ed 4-H Club members that all
project record books must be
: filed in the Extension Office by
Oct. 20. The book must be com
plete before a club member can |
be awarded his pin.
Brother Visits Mrs SawJjy
WASILLA—Mrs. Irving Saw
by’s brother, Fred Seville, visited
the Sawby family on a recent
weekend.
general practice sessions only.
There was some discussion of
the Sportsmen’s planned ski tow,
but no one knew- how the tow
could be constructed without the
supervision of Russ Dow, who is
working in Anchorage now.
Members fixed the date for the
beginning of indoor shooting sea
son at Oct. 16, the Monday fol
lowing the annual game dinner.
Club members named to the
Nov. 1 serving committee were
Vern Donaldson, Harry and
Karla Duff.
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I As Achievement Day
Thursday, Nov. 9, was selected
as Achievement Day for Home
makers at Monday’s meeting of
| the Homemaker’s Council. The
day’s program, to be held at Butte
Hall, begins at 11 a.m.
Mrs Frances Blom is chairman
of the program committee for
Achievement Day. She will be
assisted by Mrs. Kathryn Wilson
and Mrs. Mary Jane Washburn.
Homemakers also elected new
Council officers at last Monday’s
meeting. Named to office were:
Mrs. Eloise Swoboda, president:
Mrs. Blanche Ryan, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Alava Roetman, sec
retary; Mrs. Dorothy Laughlin,
treasurer; Mrs. Harriet Bell, re
porter.
Retiring officers of the Council
were: :
Mrs. Vera Rorrison, president;
Mrs. Nina Stock, vice-president;
Mrs. Amy Irwin, treasurer; Mrs.
Dorothy Hurley, secretary.
Plans for the year’s club work
were discussed at this meeting, i
Both newly-elected and retiring |
officers of most of the individual
Homemakers’ clubs were present. [
Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook, home
demonstration agent, extended a
warm welcome to all and urged
them to enter more fully into
club activities.
She requested that all clubs
elect an active reporter, in order
that club activities may be more
fully covered in Valley papers.
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Game Dinner—Oct. 14
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! For Fall Announced
The Crafts workshop will be
open each Friday from nine a.m.
to five p.m., it was decided at last
Monday’s Homemakers’ Council!
meeting. In addition, there will j
be two evening sessions a month, i
Evening hours will begin at 7:30,
p.m. on the second and fourth'
Tuesdays of the month.
Because of the scheduled J
Homemakers’ trip to Fairbanks. !
no meeting will be held on the |
evening of Oct. 24.
A CORRECTION
The press release of the Alaska
Moose Association with respect
to new initiates to the Moose fel
lowship degree, was incorrect,
Ralph Moore of the Palmer
Lodge said this week. Don Ingalls
of Palmer newly attained that
degree at the recent Association
meeting here. A. W. Pearson of
Palmer, named as new to Fellow
ship ranks, has been a member
for the past two years.
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