Leaders' Council
The “Umbrella Court” was
very successful. Team No. 1
won.
On Friday, March 1, there
W'ill be a 4-H party in Anchor
age. 4-H'ers should check with
Mr. Hanks or Miss Bang to
find out who is taking cars.
Next week is National 4-H
Week. It is hoped that the in
dividual clubs will have ex
hibits or plan a special event.
The next meeting, a business
session, will be held Wednes
day, March 6. at V p.m. in the
Extension Service office.
Cynthia Blissard
Reporter
Eclectic Club
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Eclectic 4-H Club
was held on Feb. 22. We contin
ued working on our Health ac
tivity. Another exercise was
added to the group of limber
ing exercises that each member
is doing each night.
Further plans were made for
the talent show that we are
holding on April 19. This is
part of our Recreation activity.
It was decided to sell tickets
for the show to help members
go to camp and to Roundup.
The next meeting will be
held on March 8 in the Exten
sion Office to practice skits for
the show.
Richard Washburn. Jr.
Reporter
The Frontiersman
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250 Attend (ub Scout Banquet;
Cubs Receive Awards, Graduate
Over 250 Cub Scouts and
their parents attended the Blue
and Gold banquet held Feb. 22
at Swanson School, the largest
turnout thus far for the annual
affair.
Honor guests were Dan Hart
ley and family and Ed Smith
and family, both members ol
the Chugiak Council; Peter
Kokes. Bov Scout master.
Troop 54; and Clifford Sauls
bury and family, assistant
scoutmaster. Troop 54.
New cubs of Pack 354 receiv
ing the Bob "Cat rank were
John Weisenberger. Frank Ste
wart, Wesley Carman. Leslie
Hermon. Howard Erickson, Ben
DeLand. Gordon France, and
Rodney Holt.
Den mothers honored with a
presentation of pins were Mrs.
Teachers Discuss
Reading Procedures
“How Johnny Learns to
Read in the Palmer Schools"
was explained by a panel of
teachers at the Feb. 19 meet
ing of the Palmer Parent-Tea
cher Association. Mrs. James
Hulbert. president, said this
week.
Mrs. Glen Schroeder explain
ed first grade procedures in
teaching reading, and Mrs.
Henning Blunck discussed the
special methods used in the
progressive first grade. Second
grade methods were described
by Mrs. William Hecker, while
Mrs. Larry Weihr covered the
third grade. The remedial read
ing program was described by
Mrs. Lonzo Smart.
The need for teaching phon
ics throughout the reading pro
gram was emphasized by all
the teachers who took part in
the panel, Mrs. Hulbert said.
The educators recommended
the combination method, which
employs both phonics and sight
reading.
Illustrative materials were
used by the teaching group in
outlining the steps in the read
ing program through the first
three grades.
Isaacson, Den 1; Mrs. Sandvik.
Den 2; Mrs. Ward, Den 3; Mrs.
Guffey, Den 4; Mrs. Warner,
Den 5: Mrs. Smith, Den 6; Mrs.
Luther. Den 7: Mrs. Stewart.
Den 8; and Mrs. Hodgson, Den
9.
Cub Scouts who graduated to
Boy Scouts in an “Over the
Bridge" ceremony were Sammy
Amans, Ronnie Lazenby, Eu
gene Plumley. Paul Michael
son, Mark Hodgson, and Char
les Demming.
A number of cubs received
awards at the banquet. They
GUILD RALLY
TICKETS ON SALE
Plans for the Theatre Guild
i rally are firming up. with most
! Guild members giving a help
ing hand. Barbara Hamilton,
chairman, said this week. With
the play. "Speaking of Mur
der." to be given this weekend.
March 1 and 2. interest in the
membership rally is high, she
said.
Tickets, at $2.50 per person.
! may be purchased now from
Mrs. Hamilton, and will soon
be generally on sale at several
1 places of business as well as
from all Guild members. The
j rally will be held at the Moose
j hall on Friday. March 8. begin
; ning at 7 p.m.
Its purpose is to add mem
; hers to the Guild, a six-months'
1 membership card being the tic
ket to a delightful evening.
Mrs. Hamilton said.
"A splendid buffet dinner is
i being planned by Joyce Kert
tula." she added. "Thelma and
Jack Riley have a delightful
surprise in the way of enter
tainment, and all those who at
; tend the dinner will have a
chance at the door prize, one of
Fred Maehetanz's new litho
i graphs.”
Combine
The main ingredient to suc
cess is to be a good mixer—mix
brain and power with tireless
energy.
Sunshine Mine, largest silver
mine in US, is at Kellogg, Ida
ho.
were Charles Demming. Lion,
gold arrow, and three-year pin:
George Hooks, Wolf, gold ar
row, and asst, denner; Tommy
Hooks. Wolf and gold arrow;
Roland Vasanoja, denner; Don
Estelle, one-year pin; Jess
Metz, Bear; Mark Hodgson.
Webelos, gold arrow on Lion;
Ted Luther, Wolf and gold ar
row; Greg Luther, Wolf; Sam
Amans. Lion; Steven Meier,
denner; Paul Isaacson, assist
ant denner: Bill Mackie. den
ner: Charles Demming, Webe
los; David Vasilie, one-year
pin; Wralter Ward, two silver
1 arrows on Bear and assistant
denner; Keith Tomlin, silver
! arrow on Wolf; David Tomlin,
silver arrow on W'olf: Ronnie
Lazenby, denner: Toni Pippel.
Bear, one gold arrow and three
silver arrows; Lynn Callison,
Bob Cat and Wolf; and Mark
Hodgson, three-year pin.
News From—
:
Sutton - Eska - Alpine
By Sally Norris
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Matheson
and family of Jonesville spent
the weekend in Anchorage.
♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Michel
| es of Sutton are proud parents
of an eight pound. 11 ounce
boy. He was born at the Valley
Hospital on Feb. 25.
* * »
Mr. and Mrs. Colin McLaugh
I lin of Jonesville spent Satur
day in Anchorage.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Lohr and
son Jimmy of Anchorage spent
the weekend with Mrs. Lohr’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woody
Bersau.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coop
er of Anchorage, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Anderson of Anchorage,
and Mrs. Fannie Wirtanen of
Palmer spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Leppanen and
family of Sutton.
• * *
A spaghetti dinner was held
at the Sutton Community Hall,
given by the Community Club.
Elmer Hawk of Sutton left
for May Creek on Feb. 20.
Thursday, Feb. 28
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
CAP SQUAD, Moose hall, 7:30
p.m.
NORTHLAND PIONEER
GRANGE, Grange hall, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 1
“SPEAKING OF MURDER,”
Central school, 8 p.m.
COMPARATIVE RELIGION
COURSE. Dick Miller home,
8 p.m.
GOLD STAR REBEKAHS,
Carpenters hall, 8 p.m.
IOOF LODGE, Carpenters hall,
8 p.m.
Saturday, March 2
“SPEAKING OF MURDER,”
Central school, 8 p.m.
VALLEY SCHOOL OF DANCE
OPENS
Sunday, March 3
1 AA. Mile 60, Glenn highway, 7
p.m.
Monday, March 4
1 KIWANIS. Grange hall, noon
' BETA SIGMA P£I. Members’
I homes, 8 p.m.
I PIONEERS OF ALASKA.
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 5
LIONS CLUB, Frontier Cafe,
noon
LIBRARY BOARD, Library,
7:30 p.m.
MASONIC LODGE. Carpen
ter’s hall, 8 p.m.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE.
Moose hall. 8 p.m.
CHEECHAKO HOMEMAK
ERS. Member’s home, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 6
M V CHAMBER OF COMMER
CE. Frontier cafe, noon
AA, Mile 60, Glenn highway,
7 p.m.
BPO ELKS, Elks home, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
EXPLORERS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
Thursday. March 7
EASTER SEAL CAMPAIGN
OPENS
BOY SCOUTS. Legion bldg., 7
p.m.
CAP SQUAD. Moose hall, 7:30
p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION. Legion
bldg., 8 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION AUX„
Legion bldg., 8 p.m.
M V SPORTSMEN, Grange
hall. 8 p.m.
STEP-BY-STEP
Look at it from any angle
and you'll find that the ladder
of success is always a step-lad
der.
Division of Lands Schedules Oil!
Gas Lease sale in Tyonek, Susitna
Acreage in the Tyonek
Range, the Susitna Gunnery
Range, the Susitna River Val
ley, and the Susitna River
headwaters has been opened
for the filing of non-competi
tive oil and gas lease applica
tions, according to a Depart
ment of Natural Resources an
nouncement. The leasing blocks
or tracts will be mapped on the
none protraction sheets cover
ing the 393,277 acres opened for
lease.
The availability of the lands
for oil and gas leasing does not
necessarily mean that they lie
within a sedimentary basin and
are, therefore, prospectively
favorable for oil and gas de
velopment, the announcement
stated. Instrusive, extrusive,
and metamorphic rocks are
known to exist in some of the
areas available at this time.
Applications may be filed
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday
through Friday beginning at 10
a.m. March 4 and ending at 3
p.m. April 2, 1963. At the close
of the 30-day simultaneous fil
ing period, the public will be
notified of the date of a pub
lic drawing to establish prior
ities on each tract.
Applications must be filed in
duplicate on the DL-2 applica
tion form, as revised May 1962.
Each application must be ac
companied by a $20 filing fee in
certified or cashier’s check,
money order or cash.
Further information, appli
cation forms and protraction
sheets may be obtained from
the Division of Lands, 344 Six
th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.
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