Body Found April 26
Identified by FBI
Through fingerprints sent to
the FBI office, Washington, D.C.,
identification of the body found
near the airport on April 26 has
been established as that of one
John Leonard Larson, whose last
known address was St. Paul,
Minnesota, in 1941.
Although nothing further has
come to light, officials are hoping
someone may recognize the name
and help solve other questions as
to his family and whether he
lived in the Valley. A check on
the local hotels has failed to show
the registration of such a person.
The U. S. Army C.I.D. is check
ing army records for service con
nections and information. Their
findings will be reported to local
authorities, it was announced.
U. S. Commissioner Dorothy B.
Saxton has requested anyone
with information about this man
to please contact her office.
B AND B ALASKA SHOWS
ARRIVES IN TOWN
Convincing proof that spring is
here came early Monday when
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stein and
seven other members of the 3
and B Alaska Shows drove into
town in two of the carnival
trucks.
Reaching their permanent Alas
ka headquarters at the Fair
Grounds had meant a grueling
17-day trip over the Alaska High
way from California. Stein re
marked that after considerable
trouble encountered enroute, they
were very glad to reach Palmer.
The journey was begun with
three trucks, but one had to be
left behind at Haines Junction.
If anyone has an axle for a 1037
two-ton GMC truck with a single
speed rear end, Stein would be
pleased to hear about it. He needs
this hard-to-find part before the
third truck can be brought to
Palmer.
The B and B Alaska Shows will
open its 1952 season in Palmer
at the three-day Settlers Cele
bration, May 30 through June 1.
This year Manager Stein is the
sole owner of the carnival. He
purchased it last winter from his
former partner, R. A. Schoonover
of Fresno, California.
Added to the equipment of the
show is a newly purchased light
plant mounted on a truck. Power
for the shows will be furnished
CONSERVATION
NOTES
By Lew Hanks
0#r windbreak planting dem
onstration will be held on the
Irwin-Albrecht place on Bailey
Hill Friday, May 16, at 2 p.m.
At that time we hope to demon
strate how to plant shelterbelts
that will be a joy to your chil
dren and a pleasure to you in
the years to come. We also in
tend to have available a few
seedlings from the States, for
distribution at that time, as well
as a number of native trees. A
planted shelterbelt can be worked
into a nice landscaping plan for
a farm. Think about it. A line
of trees can improve the looks
of a farm a lot. Nothing looks so
bare as a farmhouse and barns set
out on a flat or on a bare hill.
A few trees planted in judicious
spots can make this country look
grown up..
The Soil Conservation Service
has purchased a small Brillion
grass seeder for demonstrational
use. The date and place for the
first demonstration using this
seeder will be announced next
week. Speaking of grass—now is
the time to start doing that cross
fencing for rotation grazing.
Fertilize those pastures good—
harrow them and put up those
fences. It pays. If you want good
utilization of your pasture, those
field units have got to be small.
This open field grazing is a lot
of mularkey. Proper rotation
grazing and stocking can double
your pasture production. I
haven’t noticed anyone around
with a lot of spare pasture yet.
If you do have more pasture
than you need, cut it for hay. I
know you need that. It costs
money to buy wire and posts. It
costs a lot of money to buy ninety
dollar hay.
Incidentally, if you set out
wooden fence posts, treat them
with pentachlorophenol. The Co
Op has it.
from the 25 kw transformers, the
generators being powered by
gasoline.
With the extension of the Alas
ka highway system, several more
towns will be added to the B and
B Alaska Shows itinerary this
year. Leaving Palmer shortly
after the Settlers Celebration,
the carnival will return to the
Fair Grounds for the Fair.
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NEW BANK SECRETARY
IS ALASKA NEWCOMER
The new face noticed for the
past few weeks at the Matanuska
Valley Bank is that of Mrs. Shir
ley Haire. wife of Paul D. Haire,
a carpenter affiliated with the
local union.
Mrs. Haire holds the bank posi
tion of stenographer and secre
tary to the manager. She and her
husband, their two children, four
pups and a dog arrived in Palmer
with a house trailer on April 3.
They came from Oakesdale,
Washington, where both of them
graduated from the Oakesdale
.ugh School—Mrs. Haire as vale
dictorian. Mrs. Haire also obtain
ed her banking experience from
the Oakesdale branch of the
Seattle First National Bank. She
graduated from Washington State
College, where she specialized in
secretarial training in the school
of Business Administration,
ane has had secretarial ex
perience in an army rehabilita
tion office, and at Spokane Sta
tion KHQ, and in the office of the
Inland Empire Pea Growers Assn.
Paul Haire has been engaged in
farming and carpenter work since
his discharge from the army in
1945. He was with the 503rd Para
troop Division in the South Pacif
ic.
The younger members of the
family are Cheryl, aged four, and
Donald, aged two. All four of the
Haires plan on making Alaska
their home.
"Father of Soil
Conservation" Retires
Dr. Hugh H. Bennett, national
ly and internationally recognized
as the “father of soil conserva
tion” retired April 30 from the
Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Bennett made one of the
earliest soil surveys in Alaska. He
Buy an American Legion Poppy
May 24.
Elks Honor Volley
Mothers at Annual
Mother's Day Service
About forty Valley mothers
were honored Saturday evening
at the Elks’ annual Mothers’ Day
services held at the local lodge.
The inspiring ritualistic ser
vices were followed by two vocal
solos sung by Ray Nelson and
Mel Munson. Both men were ac
companied by Mrs. Ray Nelson
on the organ.
headed the Soil Conservation
Service from its beginning until
October, 1951, when Secretary of
Agriculture Charles F. Brannan
named him special assistant on
conservation and resource mat
ters.
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You're carving the Sun
day roast or fowl . . . and
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your suit all splattered
with gravy! Don't fret or
waste time trying to
sponge it out. Send the
soiled garment to us. Let
us remove all such "hard
to take out" stains. We'll
return the clothes to you
good as new.
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