WasUIa
News Notes
By Jane Browne
The V.F.VV. Auxiliary to Post
9365 spent three days at the 1
Willow Carnival with their cot- j
ton candy machine. The cones |
proved to be very popular with
children and adults. The Aux- ,
iliaryr would like to thank the :
Willow Carnival committee for
the space and extend a grateful
thanks to L. J. Smith for build
ing the counter and shelves and
to those who donated their time
and supplies. Almost forgot
"Windy" Yacovac.
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The March of Dimes dance
has been re-scheduled for this
Saturday. Feb. 9 at the Wasilla
Community Hall. Admission
will be $ 1.50 for couples. ?5c for
teenagers and $1 for stags, j
Wasilla's best western music
ians have donated their time
for the March of Dimes.. The j
dance will start at 10 p.m. and
there will be refreshments for
sale throughout the evening.
The Palmer and Anchorage
Horsemen will gather at Green
Acres for a pot luck dinner Sat
urday, Feb. 9. at 6:30 p.m. Dur- j
ing dinner there will be a dis- |
| cussion on the 1963 program.
Following the dinner meeting
the group will attend the
I March of Dimes dance at the
; Wasilla Community Hall, west
; orn style.
There will be Bingo at the
V.F.W. Hall Saturday Febru
ary 9th at 8:30 P.M. Join us. I
finally won—you can too.
Don't forget the open house
and annual meeting of the
Wasilla Library Association, to
be held Saturday, Feb. 9. at 1
p.m. at the library. Everyone
interested in the growth of the
library is invited to attend. 425
| new books have been added to
| the library during the past!
year, and there are several
hundred more books on hand (
waiting to be processed.
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Local Woman Attends
National Leadership Meet
MRS. CHARLES F MARSH (right) of
Faimer, Alaska, and Mrs. Katherine Lester
(center) of Seward, Alaska, visit with Mrs.
Everett Martin of Cheshire, Mass., Secre
tary of the National Home Demonstration
Council at the Council's Leadership Confer
ence in Traffic Safety held January S-10 in
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Athens, Georgia. The Conference was
sponsored by the Council, the University
of Georgia, and the Allstate Foundation.
Mrs. Marsh is state family life chairman
of the Alaska Home Demonstration Coun
cil.
Home demonstration club
members in all areas of Alaska
will now be in a position to
further strengthen their educa
tional work in traffic safety as
a result of a national workshop
on leadership in this field, the
National Home Demonstration
Council has announced.
Attending the conference
Jan. 8-10 at the University of
Georgia was Mrs. Charles
Marsh, state family life chair
man for the Alaska Home
Demonstration Council.
Mrs. Marsh was one of two
delegates from Alaska taking
part in the workshop. The other
was Mrs. Katherine Lester,
chairman of the safety com
mittee for the state council.
Game Board Asks For Suggestions
Proposals relating to chang
■ es in the Game Regulations and
Guiding Regulations to be con
sidered by the Alaska Board of
Fish and Game at its spring
meeting are now being invited,
according to Walter Kirkness,
commissioner of fish and game.
Persons or groups proposing
| regulatory changes are request
| ed to explain or justify their
recommendations in writing.
! All proposals should be re
i ceived in the office of the com
missioner prior to March 11,
i 1963. Because the 1963 sport
EASY ON
the eyes 1 -
Plan your home and farm light
ing for comfort, enjoyment and
better vision. Don’t let false econ
omy in neglecting adequate light
injure the eyes of your family.
Your home will be more cheer
ful and you will cut down on
eyestrain and fatigue with well
planned home lighting. Ask your
dealer or rural electric system for
the best advice.
Light the home for specific tasks
as well as for general overall illu
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room lighting should he good
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want lighted but not in your eyes,
of course.
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repairs by giving careful thought
to adequate light.
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fishing and commercial fishing
regulations were acted upon
by the board of fish and game
at its fall meeting, only those
fishing regulations of a clearly
emergency nature will be ac
cepted for consideration by the
Board.
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Mrs. Marsh pointed out that
members of the home demon- |
stration clubs have emphasized |
traffic safety for a number of
years and said this conference
was designed to consider the
family’s role in helping to sol
ve one of the most urgent pro
blems facing the nation today—
the growing toll of personal
injuries and property damage
from traffic accidents.
Mrs. Marsh reported that re
presentatives from all 50 state
home demonstration councils
attended the workshop. Speak
ers included home economists,
doctors, psychologists, public
safety experts, traffic training
leaders and officers of the Na
tional Home Demonstration
Council.
Baha’is Sponsor
Anchorage Program
The local Baha’i community,
in cooperation with the com
munities of Anchorage and
Spenard, is sponsoring a Baha’i
proclamation program, ‘‘The
Baha’i Fatit — a Magnificent
Challenge”. A highlight of this
program will be a lecture at
Sidney Laurence Auditorium.
Sat. evening, Feb. 9, at 8
o'clock. Two out of town guests
will be sharing the speakers
platform, Robert Moul of Doug
las, Alaska and Robin Fowler
of College. Alaska. The two
speakers will be Interviewed
on KTVA, Channel 11 TV, at
6 p.m. Saturday, preceding the
meeting.
Friends in the Valley are cor
dially invited to attend and
anyone wishing to do so who
needs a ride may phone the
Millers at PI 5-3876.
The subject of the Compara
tive Religion class for this week
will be "Christianity.” Douglas
Hunt will lead the discussion.
These meetings are held Fri
days at 8 p.m. at the Richard
Miller residence. Wasilla high
way. Everyone is welcome.
BREEDERS' ASS N.
TO ELECT OFFICERS
The Matanuska Valley Breed
ers' Association will hold its
annual meeting Wednesday,
Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. at the Experi
ment Station library. Officers
for 1963 will be elected.
Don’t Miss It! Barn Dance
Sat., Feb. i6—Armory
INSTALLING DATE
MAY BE CHANGED
FOR HOMEMAKERS
Officers of the Matanuska
Valley Homemakers Counc .
will be installed in May rathe,
than November if a propose
constitutional amendment pas
ses, the Council decided at the
Jan. 29 meeting in the Exten
sion Office. Present officer
will continue the extra month'
if the proposal passes.
Small classes In the Exten
sion Office rather than a week
of concentrated meetings may
be the result of the small num
bers in each interest group fcr
Hobby Days. Strongest indicat
ed interests are in photography,
knitting, mitten and glove
making, oil or water painting,
cake decorating, hat makinc.
braided and hooked rugs and
flower arrangements.
“Eye-openers” before Coun
cil meeting will be continued,
clubs taking turns providing
coffee and some conversations,
item.
Karen Tye, Betty Kelton.
Mary Lou Marsh and a new
Council family life chairman to
be appointed will meet wit i
Miss Myrtle Bang, home dem
onstration leader, to plan
family life program for th.
spring.
Mary Lou Marsh, recentl.
returned from a National Home
Demonstration Council Safety
Conference in Georgia, outlin
ed current thinking on causes
and prevention of traffic acc.
dents.
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