Homemakers' Club
Patmasilla Has
First Birthday
Pamasilla Homemakers’ club
met at the home of Mrs. Eugenei
Reid, May 8, celebrating its first
birthday. A decorated cake, sup
plied by Mrs. F. A. Blom, boast
ing one candle in its center, was
tangible reminder the club had
outgrown its infancy.
Shortly after organization the
club adopted the Palmer library I
as its project for the year. A sale
was held last Dec., and with the
$77.41 which it netted, the club
completed payment on the library
door. Balance was used for a
steel cabinet, which, according to
last report, has not yet arrived.
At the May 8 meeting business
discussion centered around the
sale to be held in the fall, toward
which members already are con
tributing.
In line with the Homemakers’
club’s move to help back 4-H
clubs in the valley, Mrs. Grover
and Mrs. King, assisted by Mrs.
Reid, have agreed to accept
leadership of one of the clubs.
Also, it was voted to donate $8
for infants’ clothes to the Valley
hospital. Following the business
meeting, the lesson, “So much to
learn before six,” was presented
by Miss M^ry Lou Lashbrook,
University of Alaska extension
service.
At the meeting were Mrs.
Robert Mielke, Mrs. Alva Brooks,
Mrs. Bernard King, Mrs. Rolland
Grover, Mrs. F. A. Blom, Mrs.
Charles Schaefer, Mrs. Winston
Laughlin, Mrs. Eugene Reid, Mrs.
Jack Dunlap, and Miss Mary Lou
Lashbrook. Mrs. Mary Miller of
Wasilla, was a guest at the meet
ing. Mrs. Dunlap will be hostess
for the next meeting, June 5.
"NOT GUILTY."
PLEADS LIQUOR MAN
Only defendant out of 10 to
plead “not guilty” to liquor
price fixing charges, *is Howard
J. Smith of Seward.
He maintains he is “strictly
not guilty” and wants to prove
his innocence before a jury.
Smith with other liquor deal
ers was indicted last June. The
others who plead guilty were
fined by Judge Anthony J. Di
mond in Third District court.
Dry Cleaning, Too,
Has Gone Modern!
Dry cleaning methods have
changed greatly in the past
few years ... today results
prove that clothes which
are cleaned regularly in a
cleaned the old-time way.
modern plant like ours ac
tually outlast garments
BROWN'S SHOP
Winning Clean up
School Posters
On Display
Winning posters in the cleanup
campaign are on display in the
lobby of the Palmer post office.
First and second prizes of $3 and
$2 were awarded to the follow
ing: First prize, Sally Burnett,
grade 2; Joan Stephan, grade 4;
John Mears, grade 6; Adelard
Beylund, grade 7.
Second prizes went to: Frankie
Cornelius, grade 2; Rose Marie
Williams, grade 4; Derain Curtis,
grade 6; Gary Verrall, grade 7.
Receiving honorable mention
were Ernest Sienburg, Linda Rea
Henricks, Ann Whetstone, Carol
Hartung, Carolyn Wallace, grade
1 and 2; Jean Grover, Donald
Wright, Kelly Wright, Henry
Gallant, Douglas Hamilton, grade
3 and 4.
Kit Johnson, Gwendolyn Mee
han, Darlene Brager, Leann Hoff
man, Dale Lee Wahlen, George
Sharp, Jean Allen, Everett John
son, Errol Hamann, Susie Elling
ton, grades 5 and 6.
Selection of the winners was a
problem, the judges reported.
Rusty Dow, local and nationally
known artist, said it was a “splen
did display,” made even more so
considering the fact that the
school has no regular art teacher.
“I wish we could have given
every one of them a prize,” she
said.
Honorable mention posters are
on display in the window at the
Palmer Drug building.
Coffey Insures Every Thing
Remember?
CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW E. HANKS
I was talking to H. J. Hodson,
head of the agronomy department
of the experiment station. He is
becoming more convinced that for
general conditions in the Valley
smooth brome grass of well
adapted strains is the grass as far
as we are concerned.
Reeds canary grass looked fine
on first-year plantings. It isn’t
showing up so hot this spring.
Bluegrass just doesn’t produce
the volume. Timothy is good for
one or two years only. We don’t
have a proven legume yet. Al
sike and white Dutch clover are
the best we have, so use them.
On those fields that were seeded
to grass last year or before, let’s
see some management. Manage
ment is simple.
Hard Work Required
All it takes is a little work,
time and money. Here are the
steps in pasture management: (1)
Fertilize, (2) put up a couple of
cross fences in that brome field, 1
(3) give the grass a chance to get :
some growth before you turn the
cows into the first division. When
the old cows have mowed off that
first division field, preferably in
about a week, rotate them into
the next one. By holding the
cows in small pasture units they
do a more even job of grazing.
The grass in the protected fields
has a chance to compete with the
weeds. The best way in the world
to secure a crop of foxtail is to
use an open field grazing system
or graze new stands too heavily. '
Don’t do it. It costs a lot of mon- >
ey to seed a pasture field. Why '
GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Corner Valley St. and Glenn Highway
IT'S NO MYSTERY!
OIL
By RADIO
The only mystery about the whole thing is that we
didn't do it sooner. What. Why equip our delivery
trucks with radio receivers.
It has done away with all waiting. Just phone 76 and
your oil is delivered pronto. "Join the regulars"—let
us keep you in fuel oil without the bother of your
having to call in.
PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY WITH
ALASKA SALES & SERVICE (Consignee)
Phone 76 Palmer
UNION OIL COMPANY
O* CALIFORNIA
DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS WARNED
TO STAY OFF RUNWAY AT AIRFIELD
Warning to drivers to stay oil the runway of Palmer airfield
or face arrest has been issued by authorities.
The warning followed a near-accident when an incoming
plane barely missed a car speeding up the runway. The differ
ence of a few inches might have meant a collision dealing death
both to the persons in the car and in the plane.
"Too many smart alec drivers seem to be using the runway
for a race course," members of the Airfield Association said.
"Drivers and pedestrians alike must stay off that runway for
their own protection. We are having the field watched and the
license numbers of any cars driving onto the runway will be re
ported and a complaint sworn out." The runway is being serious
ly damaged *by cars cutting across it.
Youngsters on bicycles also are warned to stay off the field.
Many planes a day, business and pleasure, on unscheduled
flights, now are using the field. At night there are no lights on
the runway and the danger is multiplied.
"If people don't stay off that runway someone is going to be
critically injured or killed," was the warning.
A^aste it? Good management will
double production and that makes
'or lots of contented cows—and
farmers.
If there were less jaywalking,
;here would be less scraping up
acquaintances.
SHOE REPAIRING
All heavy sewing of leather
and canvas now done at
LOBERG'S VARIETY
Ren Luse & Co.
PAINTING CONTRACTORS
741 'C St., Anchorage, Box 2276— Dial 35601
Palmer, Alaska, Phone 4
DISTRIBUTORS
MILLER
Paints—Enamels
Varnishes—Stains
CHURCHILL'S
Floor Maintenance
Janitorial Supplies
LINOLEUM
CHITINA LIMOUSINE SERVICE
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a.m. each Monday (Leaves Anchorage at a:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a.m. each Thursday (Leave Anchorage al 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Friday
Leaves Anchorage from 4th Ave. Travel Bureau
(Fourth Avenue Theatre Bldg.)
Leaves Palmer from in front of Post Office
Leaves Valdez from Valdez Hotel
All Through One-Day Service — No Stop-Overs
Moore's Garage
General Automotive Repair
Crankshaft Grinding
Rebore Service
Post Office Box 789 Telephone 28Y1
Palmer. Alaska