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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
I to 4 P.M.
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and Inspect Our Facilities
REFRESHMENTS WILL RE SERVED
“FAIR WEATHER”
By Barbara Hamilton
Have you noticed the newly
painted sign outside the Fair
grounds ticket office? It an
nounces that the theme for
this year's Fair is “Alaska On
the Go". Curly Sutton, Fair
manager, has invited all types
of transportation to be repre
sented—from dog sled to mis
siles (if room can be found on
the grounds)—and this year
the Fair should GO . . . GO . . .
GO . . .
All Alaskan Chambers of
Commerce have been asked to
send displays to the Fair this
year. After all, this is an Alas
kan fair and we are urging
state-wide participation in all
phases. Skagway, Haines and
Big Delta have responded to
our plea for entries and are
sending in some interesting
things. Be sure and see them
Other cities may also be send
ing displays, but more about
that later.
We hear that a youthful
musician, Frank Knapp, is
getting together a swing band
for the nightly dances to be
held on the race track during
the Fair. Good. But we’ll need
more than just one band. Any
body have a fiddle, an old gee
tar, and a washboard?
The new department called
Youth Organization Displays
has instruction sheets at the
Fair office. Come in and see if
your organization is eligible
for the Palmer Kiwanis Club
prizes.
Ed Smith will be Parade
Marshall again this year. Are
you planning on entering a
float? a band? animals? Con
tact Ed, he will see that you
parade in style. It’s gonna be
a good one this year.
And don’t forget that all ex
hibitions must be set up and
ready to be judged by 10 p.m.
on Thursday, August 29th.
Henry Ford enjoyed old
fashioned dancing and encour
aged his friends and associates
to join him in weekly sessions.
Soon more than 34 universities,
colleges and institutions were
offering dance instruction un
der Ford patronage.
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Wasilla-Big Lake News
BY PHYLLIS EDWARDS
George Barnes and son Gene
of Anchorage visited over the
weekend at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Belden and
family.
* • *
The Rev. Claude Klaver and
family are spending a two
week vacation on a homestead
in the Meadow Lakes area. In
their absence Chaplain (Major)
Martin Bohn from Fort Rich
ardson led the services at the
First Presbyterian Church one
Sunday and Dr. Winston
Laughlin from Palmer will
conduct services this Sunday.
* * *
Jane Schilling of Anchorage
has been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Gore.
• • *
St. Jude’s Guild will meet at
Tony Vickaryous’ August 7, at
8 p.m. to discuss church pro
perty. All ladies of the Guild
are urged to attend and bring
their husbands and neighbors
who are interested.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Fleckenstein of Ka^ilof visited
relatives and frienr.s in Wasil
la this week.
* » *
Ted and Laura Mommsen
spent four days at McKinley
Park as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Dick. Mr. Dick is super
intendent of the park. They
also made a trip to Eielsen vis
itors’ center to view the moun
tain. While there they visited
Dr. and Mrs. Aldoiph Murie.
park naturalist; also Mr. and
and Mrs. Oliver Onkka. Before
returning to their home at
Wasilla, they visited at Cant
well with Mr. and Mrs. John
Rumohr.
* * •
Weekend visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Elkins were Marie
Merchant and daughter Jackie
Ree of Spenard, also Dot
Rhoades of Anchorage.
* * •
Mr. and Mrs. William Mc
Pherson are leaving Alaska
this week for Albuquerque,
New Mexico, where they plan
to make their home. They will
visit relatives in Oregon and
Idaho enroute. Mr. McPherson
is a pioneer in Alaska, who
first came to Seward in May,
1927. He worked as senior en
gineer on the survey and map
ping of Elmendorf Air Force
Base in 1940.
The McPhersons filed on
their present homestead on
Lake Wasilla in 1947. They
have built two houses on the
•property and have developed
the Lake Wallace Subdivision.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gilbert
son and daughter Marilyn of
Anchorage visited in Wasilla
with friends Saturday. Marilyn
remained in Wasilla four days
as a guest of the Edwards.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Earl O. Barry
celebrated their birthdays
Tuesday evening by inviting
a few friends over for dinner.
Guests included their children,
Jim, Susan, Anne, Helen and
Mary, and Earl’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl W. Barry. Other
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Tellquest, Edward Hanks, Jen
nie Edwards and Ed Wasey.
• • •
Mrs. Dorothy Nelson of Was
illa and Mrs. Anna Abbott of
Willow drove to Haines recent
ly and on to Sitka by way of
the ferry. While in Sitka they
visited the Sheldon Jackson
junior college and museum,
and Totem Park. They also
visited friends and attended
Church on Sunday before tak
ing the ferry to Juneau where
they visited the state museum
and library, and Mendenhall
Glacier. They also toured an
old gold mine, riding through
the shafts on carts used by the
Miners when the mine was be
ing worked. Bad weather
hampered their efforts at pho
tography, but they able to
gather wild flowers to press.
* * *
Wasilla Assembly of God
Church announces the Bible
school program will be Thurs
day, August 8 at 7:45 p.m.
« « *
A work party is planned
this Saturday for completion
of the church parsonage. The
Rev. Howard Shaffett will
speak at the Sunday services.
* * *
Wasilla Church of Christ
will hold “Camp Retreat” from
Friday 6 p.m. until Saturday
afternoon at the church camp
on Cottonwood Creek. This
will be for the entire family.
Classes and recreation for chil
dren and adults will be held
and everyone is welcome.
* * *
Mrs. Harold Newcomb hon
ored her daughter Niki Jo on
her third birthday with a
party. Sharing her cake and
ice cream were Judy Minnick,
Meg Nunley, Debby Church,
Charlotte Aldeman and La
Dette Kelton.
* * *
Pat Carter and daughter
Colleen returned home Sunday
after a trip to the Lower 48.
They visited friends and rela
tives in Washington and Mon
tana.
• • •
Billy Gilbertson and Gerald
Bouwens left Anchorage for
Kodiak July 25, where they
were sworn into the navy.
They are presently taking nine
weeks of boot training near
Chicago.
• • •
Miss Nancy Mitchell was
crowned “Miss Big Lake Re
gatta 1963” at Big Lake Lodge
Saturday evening. Other con
testants were Maurine An
drew, Linda Lake, Patricia
Nelson, Janice Tompkins, Re
nee Huber and Ginger Rock
hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ander
son were guests of honor at a
dinner following the corona
tion. The 6th annual Big Lake
Regatta program book was
dedicated to the Andersons.
• • •
On Sunday, July 28, the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars held
their first annual statewide pic
nic at Wasilla Ball Park. Post
members and all visitors and
their families had a very enjoy
able time, and the weather was
wonderful.
The Horseshoe pitching con
test proved highly entertaining,
and after many preliminary
contests, the two finalists were
Martin Iverson, a Past Post
Commander of DenaR Post
1685, Anchorage, and Waldo
Erickson of Susitna Post 9365.
Waldo won out and became
V.F.W. state champion horse
shoe pitcher for 1963, bagging
two trophies, one personal, and
the perpetual trophy which
will be held for the Post for a
year. Martin Iverson carried
off the runner-up trophy after
a grueling seven and a half
hours of eliminating contests.
Next year Susitna Post hopes
to expand the idea more and
make the annual picnic an
even bigger and better affair,
involving more activities.
YOUTH CLUB PLANS
SATURDAY DANCE
Members of the Youth Club
of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints have plan
ned a dance for Saturday, Aug.
3, from 8 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in
the church recreation room. A
small charge will be made for
refreshments.
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LINCOLN WAS RIGHT. And rural electrification is a living
example of his wisdom. When rural people could get electricity
no other way, Congress created the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration to help them finance their own non-profit power
systems. Today this combination of local ownership and REA
financing brings electric power to 20 million rural people.
Following Lincoln's concept of helping people to help them
selves, the rural electrification program is strengthening the
nation's economy and fostering democracy in rural America.
Based on the finest principles of the American private enterprise
system, rural electric cooperatives are owned, operated, and
controlled by the local people they serve. Although they serve
the sparsely-settled, country areas, rural electrics manage care
fully to make ends meet. Already they've repaid more than
$lVi billion in principal and interest on their REA loans.
Few programs in our nation's history have accomplished so
much for so many Americans. Rural electrification does, indeed,
prove the truth of Lincoln's idea.
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Electric Association