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Valley Frontiersman
Local Members Attend
Cook Inlet Chapter
Of AAAS Meeting
Seven local men drove to An
chorage Friday evening to attend
the monthly meeting of the Cook
Inlet chapter of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science.
They were Don Irwin, William
J. Sweetman, and Dr. Richard
Washburn of the Alaska Experi
ment Station staff; Pat Murphy
of SCS; Dr. George Whetstone
and Don C. Ford of Geological
Survey; and Kirk Stone, repre
senting the Arctic Research
Council.
Plans for the second Alaska
Science Conference to be held at
Mt. McKinley Park Sept. 4-8 were
discussed. With 80 invited papers
by scientists distinguished in their
respective fields and reservations
for 130 persons already taken, it
was feared that the hotel would
be unable to accommodate all
who desired to attend. Only 241
persons can sleep at the hotel.
Mrs. Rachel Spinney Simmet, ex
ecutive secretary-treasurer of the
conference, is taking reservations.
Box 60, Anchorage, is her address.
Don Irwin has been named
chairman of the committee to
draft a divisional constitution and
by-laws for the Alaska Division
■of the AAAS. The Alaska Division
now boasts three chapters: the
Cook Inlet Chapter, the Southeast
Alaska Chapter at Juneau, and
the Arctic Chapter at Fairbanks.
Robert Dale, in charge of the
Climatological Section of the
■Weather Bureau in Anchorage,
presented a paper at the July 3
meeting.
GLENN HIWAY JOINS
ALASKAN; TOK CUT-OFF
BECOMES EXTENSION
The Glenn Highway became
135 ’siles longer this week as Sec
retary of the Interior Chapman
extended its name to the section
of road between Gakona and Tok
Junction, formerly known as the
Tok cut-off.
The Glenn Highway now joins
Anchorage with the Alaskan
Highway, some 342 miles away.
The highway received its name
from an early Alaskan explorer,
Captain Edwin F. Glenn.
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NEIL MICHAELSON RETURNS
Neil Michaelson arrived in Pal
mer last week-end, returning to
his duties with the Soil Science
department of the Alaska Experi
ment Station. He has been at
Michigan State College since the
first of the year working off re
quirements for a Ph. D. degree.
He reported that the trip up the
highway was fine except for a
landslide near Lake Teslin. That
delayed him.
Mrs. Michaelson. the former
Alice Jean Sweetman, has been
visiting her parents, the William
J. Sweetmans, for a couple of
months.
The Michaelsons plan to make
their home in one of the new
AHA homes as soon as the red
tape connected with their pur
chase is unsnarled.
Byron K. Felkner, construction
engineer in charge of the Eklutna
Project, was back at his desk
Wednesday morning after a fly
ing trip out to the Denver district
headquarters of the Bureau of
Reclamation.
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Boy Scouts Schedule
Board of Review And
Court of Honor
The Boy Scouts have scheduled
a Board of Review for their meet
ing to be held at the United Pres
byterian Church next Tuesday
evening.
According to Scoutmaster Vic
tor Alfsen, this will give local
Scouts a chance to pass re
quirements for merit badges be
fore going to camp later in the
month. At a Court of Honor to
be held on July 24, the badges
will be awarded to those who
have earned them.
About 12 boys from the local
Scout group have signed up for
the camp which begins July 29.
Registered in the local troop are
24 members.
Scouts have recently completed
I work on a council fire ring and a
; log entry way located on the
Matanuska Valley Fair grounds.
A flag pole was also cut, trimmed,
smoothed and installed with Rev.
Alfsen supervising the ax work.
I The July 24 meeting will be
Rev. Alfsen's last as Scoutmaster
of the local troop. He leaves at
the end of the month for further
study at the Princeton Theologi
t cal Seminary. Vernon Fridley,
■ assistant Scoutmaster, will as
sume the leadership of the troop
when Alfsen leaves.
Jim Carlson of Oklahoma A and
M College has been helping with
Scout work this summer. He at
tended the Jamboree at Valley
Forge last year.
Dr. F. R. Sims is expected back
in his office next week. He has
been in Seattle where he attend
ed the Pacific Coast Dental Con
ference.
Health Center Clinics
Resumed As Miss Myrer
Returns From Vacation
Marjorie Myren, Valley public
health nurse, returned Monday
from a vacation spent at her home
in Ontonagon, Michigan.
During her absence Mrs. Eileen
Branton started painting the
Health Center quarters on the
second floor of Rec Hall.
Miss Myren resumed her duties
Tuesday with the regular Well
baby and Pre-school Conference.
These will continue on the sec*
ond, third, and fourth Tuesdays
of each month, Miss Myren said.
There will be no adult im
munization clinics until further
notice.
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