ARA Administrator
Arrives Today to
Visit Expt. Station
Dr. S. B. Fracker. assistant to
administrator of the Agricultural
Research Administration i n
Washington. D.C., is expected to
arrive in Palmer today for hir>
first visit to the Alaska Experi
ment Station since 1949.
With him will be Mrs. Fracker,
who is making her first trip to
Alaska. They will be guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Irwin dur- !
ing their stay here.
While in Palmer, Dt Fracker ;
will review the progress mad:
at the Experiment Station since
his last visit. He planned to visit
the Petersburg Experimental Fur j
Station earlier this week, and |
will proceed to Fairbanks for an
inspection of the research facilit
ies there after leaving the Valley.
While in Fairbanks he will meet
with the president and the Board
of Regents of the University of
Alaska.
Alaska Gets $200,000
Allotment for Direct
Housing Loans to Vets
Alaska has received an addi- j
tional $200,000 allotment for di
rect housing loans for veterans, j
according to information given j
Delegate E. L. Bartlett last week
by the Veterans Administration. |
The direct housing loan pro- j
gram was started in 1950 and!
under present law is scheduled to j
extend through June 30. 1953. j
Since the inauguration of the '
program, Alaska has received $2.
859,200, the new allotment made ;
last week bringing the total to 1
$3,059,200 The additional allo;
ments made throughout the coun
try last week were made possible
through a lav, signed by Presi-; i
dent Truman on April 18 provid
ing supplemental funds, for the | :
program It is expected that fur- '
ther allocations will be made to <
Alaska as the new law provides I
quarterly allotments up to the ex
piration date in 1953.
"Mileposter" Reports
Alaska Hi-Way Travel
Doub!e That of '51
Arriving in Anchorage last
week after his fifty-first drive
over the Alaska Highway, Bill
Wallace, author - publisher o f
“The Milepost,” the motorist’s
guide to the Alaskan highway
system, reported travel nearly
double over the 1951 season and
the roads in excellent condition.
Alaska-bound travel statistics
picked up by Wallace from the
customs officials at Tok are as
follows:
1952: January—419 cars, 920
passengers; February—630 cars,
1,396 passengers; March—1,785
cars, 4255 passengers; April—
2,273 cars, 4,778 passengers.
1951: January—308 cars- 619
passengers; February—371 cars,
768 passengers; March—798 cars,
1.753 passengers; April—1,116
cars. 2,591 passengers.
Public Health Nurse
Attends Conferences
Public Health Nurse Marjorie
Myren left Saturday for Juneau
md what promised to be a three
week succession of conferences
md classes.
This week she is attending the
Southeastern Alaska Public
Health Conference. On May 12
;he will be in Seattle to take in
h e Cardiovascular Institute,
which will be in progress there
until May 23.
Because of this schedule of
Judy and review there will be
io Well Baby or Immunization
•linics during the month of May.
rhe Health Center will be open
nornings with Mrs. Eileen Bran
on in charge.
ro TEACH HOME EC AT
JNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
SUMMER SCHOOL
Ruth Lambie, assistant profes
:or of home economics at the
Cast Carolina Teachers College in
Jreenville, North Carolina, has
ieen named visiting professor of j
lome economics for the 1952
Jniversity of Alaska summer
Popular Reno Nile
Planned for
Settler’s Celebration
Better git out yer spurs, the
old days of the rugged West are
coming to Palmer May 31. The
Moose Basketball Club plan to
stage a Reno Nite at the school
gym during Palmer’s three-day
Settler’s Celebration, it was an
nounced this week.
There will be plenty of money
around; one hundred, five 'hun
dred and even thousand dollar
bills will be a common sight. The
group plans many special attrac
tions. including lovely taxi-danc
ers. a soft drink bar, enumerative
games and something new—two
orchestras.
Dancing is scheduled to start at
nine o’clock and continue until
two. Don DeLand, committeeman,
promises this Reno Nite will be
even bigger and better than the
one staged a few years ago.
MEA TO START WORK
ON NEW KNIK LINE
Members of the MEA Board
recently approved Knik transmis
sion line, with construction to
start immediately .
When the line is completed 18
to 22 new customers will be ad
ded to the association.
MEA Manager C. A. Brewer
reported this week that activity
over the past few weeks on the
new transmission line linking the
new Palmer sub-station to Eklut
na indicates completion soon. He
says there will be two 1-0 copper
circuits leading out of the sub
station. which will connect with
Jonesville and Palmer, indepen
dent of each other. This will al
low Palmer residents to get away
from any flicker from the Jones
ville lead.
session and will teach courses in
crafts and child development, it
was announced last week by
Dean William R. Cashen, director
of the summer session.
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