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Houston-Willow News
By Kelly Palmquif t
A carnival-picnic is Being
planned for Aug. 10 at the Wil
low community grounds. The
Willow Civic group is staging
the event to raise money for
the VFW Post 9365. Further in
formation will be available
soon.
* * *
The MacPhersons moved out
of their home on Wallace Lake
this last Tuesday. After a day
attending to business affairs in
Anchorage, the family will fly
to Seattle today. In Seattle
they will pick up a new Dodge
station wagon to tour Oregon,
Idaho, and Utah before look
ing for a place to settle near
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The MacPhersons are old
time residents of Alaska.
“Mac,” who is a graduate elec
trical engineer as well as a
civil engineer, first worked in
Alaska from 1927 to 1928 in the
southwest part of Alaska, in
cluding the Kenai Peninsula
and the Matanuska Valley. He
would often walk from Eklut
na to Wasilla on business. On
his trips from Palmer to Sut
ton and back, he would have to
walk on the railroad tracks be
cause no roads had as yet been
constructed.
Then in 1929 he went to
work for the Bureau of Public
Roads, first as an engineer and
later, because he didn’t like
I indoor work, in the construc
tion of the road from Wasilla
to the Willow Creek mines.
The MacPhersons first filed
for their homestead in 1947 and
re-entered in 1951. At that
time only a cat trail existed
i from Pittman to Anderson’s at
Big Lake. It took 45 minutes
to an hour to get to the Mac
Pherson homestead from Was
illa.
From 1947 to 1949 the family
lived Outside, and on their re
turn “Mac” worked for the city
of Anchorage for two years.
After that. Mac worked for
FAA for four years, and when
the “Dew Line” was in opera
tion. he worked for Federal
Electric.
The first heart attack occur
red in 1951. but with treat
ment and proper routine, Mr.
Mac Pherson kept on with his
professional duties until 1961.
when his condition became
worse and he was retired on
disability.
The MacPhersons still own
a tract of land which was a
part of their original home
stead. This is the land near
the railroad track and highway
between the home sold to the
Ruffs and Wallace Lake. The i
lakeshore, which was subdivid- .
ed by Dick Demming. is now 1
all sold.
The MacPhersons always
took an active interest in com
munity affairs, as well as in
their neighbors’ welfare. They
have made a big contribution
to the development of Alaska.
4 * *
Mr. McGinnis, fish and wild
life biologist, was the featured
speaker at the Homesteaders
4-H meeting on Monday, July
29, at the home of Mr. Mary
Batchelor. A good-sized group
of members, guests and lead
ers heard a description of the
various game fish and the best
way to “land” them. It turned i
out that Mr. McGinnis is an j
expert in kippering, and con
siderable interest followed his
description oi hicuiuud wmvn
he found successful.
The next meeting of the
Homesteaders’ 4-H club will
be on Monday, Aug. 12, at 1
p.m. at the Jim and Dorothy
Sullivan home.
• * *
Mrs. Peggy Behnke will be
hostess for the Aug. 14 meeting
of the Homesteaders commun
ity club. As usual, this meet
ing will lead off with a potluck
lunch and all are invited.
* * *
Leora and Bob Bechtol were
pleasantly surprised last week
when friends with car and
house trailer (and motorcycle!)
ended a month’s tour of the
highway from Arizona to the
Bechtol homestead in Alaska.
• * *
Try those access roads into
the new areas when you are
out for a drive. You will be
amazed at all the land that
has been cleared and planted to
oat or brome hay. One such
road is the connection from
Pittman to the Schrock road.
Another is the Burma Road.
On both sides of the Little Su
sitna, homestead roads go for
several miles toward the east
from the “Heartline Highway."
On the other side of Willow,
the Mine Road branches off the
main highway. On all these
roads there are new fields, and
of course houses of all kinds,
and people.
^ocial S«c*rtly
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: My father gets
disability payments from social
security. How long will they
continue?
ANSWER: If he recovers
from his disability the pay
ments will stop. If he doesn’t
recover, they will continue un
til he is 65, at which time the
disability benefits will be con
verted to retirement benefits.
QUESTION: I hired two
men to help me fish this sum
mer. They do not have social
security account numbers. How
can they get numbers?
ANSWER: Tell them to get
in touch with our office right
away to get a number.
You have to have their num
bers when you file the quarter
ly tax returns. If you do not
have their numbers by the
time you file your quarterly
tax return, put their mailing
address on the form.
For more information about
your social security, write to:
Social Security Administra
tion, Box 1331, Juneau, Alaska.
SCAPE GOATS
It’s the government and the
weather that gets the blame
when people’s affairs are not
going right.
PIED PIPER PRE SCHOOL
CLASSES BEGINNING
SEPTEMBER 9, 1963
In New Chalet Building just off
Airport road 14 mile.
PI 5-4131