Final Revision
Of Premium Book
Is Continuing
The endless number of “final
revision” meetings for the 1950
premium book of the Matanuska
Valley Fair was continued for
still another session this week.
Supervisors and fair board mem
bers met together last Tuesday,
but suggestions for improvements
\ffere still flying thickly when
board president Clair Stock end
ed the meeting.
Next week’s meeting of the
fair board, to be held next Mon
day evening at eight o’clock in
the Rec Hall, is expected finally j
to wrap up the “final revision” i
work.
Most important suggestion of- [
fered at Tuesday’s meeting was
A1 Brooks’ outline of a “chicken
style show,” in which poultry ex
hibits are dressed in clothing for
the show. Fair board members
thought the suggestion an excel
lent one, and will consider the
proposal for this year’s fair.
There was prolonged discussion
of/*the rule changes for the indi
vidual farm and garden display,
top prize for which will be $100.
Most of the supervisors attending
left that the rules should require
that all exhibits in this display be
grown on the exhibitor’s farm,
rather than merely in the Valley.
It also was suggested that the
class be enlarged to include group
exhibits, if any agricultural or
ganization or group of farmers
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wished to participate. Opinion
was almost evenly divided on the
merits of this suggestion.
In the livestock division, it was
decided that there were to be four
classes of entries: Holstein,
Guernsey, Cross-bred and Others.
Bulls were eliminated from com
petitive entry throughout all
classes. A straight calves class
was added, and age limitations of
existing calf classes were more
clearly defined.
A grand champion ribbon was
added to each class and a prize
was added for the “best cow of
the show.”
The breed classes for pigs were
eliminated and all breeds will
compete in one class.
Dr. S. C. Litzberger, super
intendent of the vegetables and
grasses division, announced sev
eral small additions and elimina
tions to the various classes of
competition. He explained that
he is endeavoring to promote
competition in classes of vege
tables and grasses best adapted
to Valley growing conditions.
Those classes eliminated, in al
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Mrs. Cebula Exchanges
Typewriter for Fish Net
Mrs. Jake Cebula, who has been
employed in the local Soil Con
servation office, has resigned, it
was announced this week. Her
resignation became effective late
last month. Mrs. Cebula has not
yet been replaced.
The former stenographer and
her husband have purchased a
fishing site on the Kenai Penin
sula and are planning to spend
the summer there. Their future
plans are indefinite, following the
fishing season. The Cebula farm
home has been purchased by Pat
Murphy, conservationist with the
Palmer office.
Mrs. Mary O'Donneil is now a
part-time stenographer in the soil
conservation office.
most every case, grow here only
rarely and cannot truly be con
sidered potential market products
of the Matanuska Valley.
Couple Uninjured
When Car Overturns
On Matanuska Bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole of
Fort Richardson were uninjured
last Saturday evening, when their
automobile overturned on the
Matanuska River bridge near Pal
mer. Mr. Coles, at the wheel of
the vehicle, said he could not
clearly explain the cause of the
"ccident.
The automobile failed to make
the turn onto the bridge. It
turned over, hit an upright steel
girder and rolled to its side across
the bridge, throwing up an ef
fective highway block for some
time, before its removal. The ac
cident occurred about 11 o’clock
last Saturday evening.
Other than a broken pair of
glasses for the driver, the Coles
escaped from the accident un
scathed. Their automobile is con
siderably damaged.
It is planned to rebuild the
Lew Hanks Is Budding
Newspaper Columnist
The newest feature to be added
to the Valley Frontiersman will
make its appearance next week,
when a planned agricultural col
umn, written by Lew Hanks, is to
make its debut in these pages.
Mr. Hanks, who is working unit
conservationist with the Palmer
and Wasilla soil conservation
sub-districts of the Valley, hasn’t
fully worked out the details of
the planned column yet.
He is considering appropriate
items of agricultural news about
Valley farmers, -as well as timely
farm hints and suggestions. He’ll
welcome any ideas that Valley
farmers have concerning the con
tent of this column.
narrow and difficult-to-negotiate
Matanuska bridge this summer.
The exact date of beginning con
struction is unknown at this time.
New Convenience for Your Travel Outside
.Alaskans returning to the Territory from trips Outside now will find the Alaska Steam*
ship Company’s Seattle ticket office at a more convenient location—1223 Fourth Avenue,
in Seattle’s Metropolitan Center.
The office itself is a model of comfort and streamlined efficiency, designed to provide the
best in service for all Alaska travelers.
This attractive new "gateway to Alaska” also will make it easier for tourists to arrange
crips to tne i erritory, thus helping to develop the tour
ist industry which is contributing so much to expanding
Alaskan economy.
The Alaska Steamship Company is proud of its new
ticket office and cordially invites you to drop in for a
visit the next time you are Outside.
The genial man presiding over the ticket counter in
the picture above is Ken Cross, Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s assistant general passenger agent, who has charge
of reservations and ticketing for the company. During
his 25 years as a member of The Alaska Line staff, Mr.
' Cross has been a frequent visitor to the North Country
and counts thousands of Alaskans among his personal
friends.
ThU it the convenient new
Alaiko Line ticket office at
1223 Fourth Avenue, In
Seattle's Metropolitan Center.
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