Mf. Edgecuntbe School
Of Practical Nursing
To Start New Glass
On June 16 a new class will be
admitted to the Mt. Edgecumbe
School of Practical Nursing. This
will be the second group to enter
the Practical Nursing School
since its opening on February 25
of this year.
The requirements for admission
include completion of elementary
school through eighth grade, age
from 18 to 35 years, good health
and recommendations from re
sponsible persons as to moral
character of applicant and inter
est in nursing. Applications will
be received from boys as well as
girls and women.
The practical nursing course
covers a 12-month period. The
first four months are devoted to
class and demonstration room
work at the Practical Nursing
School. The remaining eight
months are spent on hospital
wards where experience in medi
cal and surgical nursing, tuber
culosis, care of children, ortho
pedics and maternity nursing is
given. It may be possible to in
clude some home nursing service
in the maternity program. A sub
stitute for maternity training
will be provided for male stu
dents.
Each student in the Practical
Nursing School receives a stipend
of $30.00 per month throughout
the twelve month period of train
ing. This enables the student to
purchase certain essentials re
quired for personal use in the
program, such as, watch with
second hand and white shoes.
Student uniforms are furnished.;
There is a separate dormitory forj
the practical nursing students.
Meals are provided in the Cen
tral Mess. There is no charge for
either room or board.
On satisfactory completion of
the course the graduates are elig
ible for Federal Government em
ployment as Practical Nurses
with a civil service rating of GS-3
at the salary’ of $3,600 per year, j
There is a great need for the ser-1
vices of practical nurses through-1
out Alaska in all health programs.!
Requests for application forms
and inquiry concerning admis
sion to the School of Practical
Nursing should be sent or made;
personally to the Director of the
School of Practical Nursing, or to J
the Principal of the Mt. Edge- j
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4-H CLUB NEWS j
Throughout the summer as 4-H
Club work progresses, this col
umn will contain news of the
various club’s activities. So as
this column begins, perhaps it
would be well to repeat the 4-H
pledge which is repeated at the
opening of alt 4-H club meetings:
I pledge— My Head to clearer
thinking. My Heart to greater
loyalty, My Hands to larger ser
vice, and My Health to better
living, for My club, my commun
ity, and my country.
Council to Me«t
Four-H Council meets tonight.
May 8, at 8 o’clock in the Exten
sion craft room. All leaders ar&j
urged to be present for the elec- j
tion of officers anu to make def
inite plans for club work. Enroll
ments will be continued this
week, but as clubs will organize
this next week, all enrollments
should be in the Extension office
not later than May 16. There is
still room in several of the clubs
for more members, so come to
the Extension office for an en
rollment blank if you have not
been contacted at school. ,
The Mixing Bowl 4-H Club
meets at their leader’s home, Mrs.
Henning Blunck, on Saturday,
May 10 at 2 o'clock.
In Case of Grass Fire
‘Grass fires are due to pure
carelessness,” observed Fire
Chief O. R. Mitchell after the
Palmer Volunteer Fire Depart
ment answered an alarm Satur
day afternoon to put out such a
fire outside of the city.
“Don’t,” said the fire chief,
‘call in an alarm on a grass fire
—call the local fire-control sec
tion of the U. S. Forest Service.
Dr better still, call them when
you start your fire: they'll be
glad to come out and stand by.
“Above all.” continued Mit
chell, “don’t start a grass fire
when the wind is blowing and
where no water supply is avail
able. Stop and think. While the
city Fire Department is out fight
ing a grass fire, a building might
ourn down in town and endanger
several other buildings.”
curr.be School. Anyone planning |
to enter in June should make
their wishes known at once.
Classes are admitted three
times a year, in February. Junej
and October.
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1952 Unemployment
Insurance Payments
Show Increase Over '51
Juneau—Unemployment insur
ance payments during the first
three months this vear reached
$1,740,762, including $863,387 in
basic benefits and $169-211 in de
pendency allowances to Alaska
residents, and $708,164 to former
Alaska workers, according to
figures released yesterday by
John T. McLaughlin, executive
director of the Employment Se
curity Commission.
The more than one million dol
lars in benefit payments to resi
dents of Alaska was distributed
to all parts of the territory. Mc
Laughlin said. Unemployment in
surance has assisted materially m
maintaining purchasing power in
Alaska. Unemployed persons in
Anchorage received $312,541;
Fairbanks, $110,533; Juneau, $79,
546; Ketchikan, $84,574; Peters
burg, $27 442, and all other com
munities, a total of $407,085.
Beneficiaries under the em
ployment security law received
$460,718 in Januray, $486,346 in
February, and $793,698 in March,
according to the tabulation. These
figures represent payments
slightly higher than correspond
ing months in 1950 which saw the ,
end of a nation-wide recession.
McLaughlin attributes the in
crease to the augmented employ- j
ment in Alaska, especially in the
Interior, during 1951. Employed
workers in the construction in
dustries, as an example, rose
from an average of 9-340 during
July, August and September in j
1950, to 15,300 per month in the
same period in 1951. Higher em
ployment increased the benefit
potential, but only a relatively
small number of persons filed
claims for benefits due to un
employment. Insurance recipients
in the first three months of 1950
drew approximately $1,500,000.
Payments for the quarter just
FAIR BOARD TO HOLD
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Matanuska Valley Fair i
Board will hold an election of of
ficers Tuesday evening- May 27, j
it was announced this week.
There are four offices to be
filled; these include two left va
cant by Mads Johnson and Merle
Anderson when they moved Out
side.
All common-stock holders are
eligible to vote and are urged to
attend. The meeting will be held
at the Co-Op club room at eight
o'clock.
ended were 16.5 per cent above
that amount, although twice as
great as in 1951.
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