{Sachatanz Paintings
To Bs Exhibited By
Development Board
Four original paintings depict
ing northern scenes—two on the
Yukon River and two along the
Alaska Highway — have been
loaned by the Ford Motor Com
pany to the Territory of Alaska.
The watercolors, painted by
Fred Machetanz, Alaska artist
living at Palmer, were among a
dozen scenes to illustrate articles
appearing in the July and August
issues of Ford Times, a magazine
published by the Ford Motor
Company.
In response to a request from
the Alaska Development Board,
Arthur T. Lougee, art director for
Ford publications, sent the selec
tion of Machetanz originals for
display in the Territory. They
will remain on exhibit in the of-1
fice of the Alaska Development
Board in Juneau.
The Matanuska Valley Fair last
^veek had its own display of Mac
hetanzia. Fred Machetanz’ ex
cellent work took first prizes in
everything offered in the profes
sional class. His flawless oil of the
Eskimo hunter in kayak with har
poon pointed for the kill, and the
sun bathed field of Matanuska
Valley grain done in water col
ors brought only slightly more
admiration than his pen and ink
drawing, the lithograph and the
pastel portrait.
ORIGIN4L COLONISTS
UNITED IN M4RRI4GE
AT LUTHERAN CHURCH
United in a simple ceremony
following the regular services at
St. John’s Lutheran Church about
four o’clock Sunday, September
16, were two original Matanuska
Valley Colonists, neighbors for
many years and both coming
originally from Duluth, Minne
sota.
Mrs. Saima E. Kindgren and
William H. Ising repeated their
vows before more than 50 guests
assembled at the church. The Rev.
♦Joseph Frenz officiated at the
ceremony. Mrs. Clay Pruitt and
Emil Kircher attended the cou
ple.
A reception in the church base
ment followed the marriage rites.
Guests from Anchorage includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Sullivan,
also original Colonists, and Rev.
Frenz.
Room Mothers Named
For Palmer School
Appointment of P-TA room
mothers for the elementary
grades at Palmer school were an
nounced this week by Mrs. Hugh
Johnson, room mother chairman.
They are listed as follows, ac
cording to grade:
First: Mrs. James Gulick, Mrs.
Robert Johns and Mrs. Robert
Pettit.
Second: Mrs. John Linnebur,
and Mrs. Richard Mohan.
Third: Mrs. Eino Wirtanen and
Mrs. Ralph Moore.
Fourth: Mrs. Robert Walker
$nd Mrs. S. S. Westgate.
Fifth: Mrs. Donald Coe and
Mrs. Paul Akelstad.
Sixth: Mrs. Harry O’Donnell
and -Mrs. Carlos Driggers.
Seventh: Mrs. Ray McKechnie
and Mrs. Logan Trowbridge.
Eighth: Mrs. Paul Akiestad and
Mrs. Lauritz Loberg.
| Homemakers’ Club j
The Riverbend Homemakers’
Club meets September 20 at Mrs.
Archie Moffitt’s. The 12:30 Home
makers’ Club meets September
11 at Mrs. Roy Brock’s. The Chee
chako Homemakers’ Club meets
September 10 at Mrs. Marne
Hanks. The Glacier View Home
makers’ Club meets September
18 at Mrs. Grace Reid’s.
Chugiak Homemakers meet on
September 13 in the Community
Hall.
The Butte Club meets at the
home of Mrs. Trudell.
The Evening Craft Club meets
in the Craft room, September 24,
at 7 p.m.
PALMASILLA CLUB
Mrs. Dorothy Laughlin was
hostess to the Palmasilla Home
makers’ Club at their meeting on
September 4.
Newly elected officers for the
club are Mrs. Frances Blom, pres
ident; Mrs. Ruth Schaefer, vice
president; Mrs. Evelyn Mielke,
secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. El
eanor Brooks, reporter.
A new office of historian has
been created in the club. Mrs.
Florence Dunlap’s election to the
post was timely, for the club re
cently celebrated its first year of
existence. Those present at the
meeting included Mesdames Ruth
Schaefer, Emma Dell Reid, Flor
ence Dunlap, Edith Olson, Elea
nor Brooks and the hostess, Doro
thy Laughlin.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Edith Olson,
October 2, and will be an evening
meeting.
LeDUCS RETURN FROM
VACATION TRIP OUTSIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer LeDuc re
turned to the Valley this past
week-end after a two-month va
cation Outside.
Most of their time was spent in
and around Big Timber, Montana,
former home of the couple. It was
their first visit for 15 years. When
asked about the fishing in his
once-favorite spots LeDuc an
swered, ‘‘Oh, sure, the big ones
are still there but they’re harder
to get now. Lots of people out
there”.
The scenery and beautiful
spots of interest visited during
their trip couldn’t compare with
what Alaska has to offer, he said,
and added they were certainly
glad to be back home.
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Science Conference—
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gional Chief of Soil Conservation
Surveys, remarked this week on
the Alaskan atmosphere which
was apparent in every paper read
"These scientists weren’t just
poking around for a few start
ling facts they could publish in
scientific journals”, he said. “They
were Alaskans very conscious of
developing an Alaskan science
which would benefit living condi
tions of people in Alaska. Even
the Outside speakers caught the
bug and eagerly contributed their
bit as a part of this special kind
of science—Alaska’s science”.
Alaska AAAS Formed
High on the list of accomplish
ments at the conference was the
organization of the Alaska Divi
sion of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Charles W. Wilson, Territorial
Soil Conservationist with head
quarters in Palmer, was named
vice president of the new organiz
ation. President and secretary
treasurer are Dr. Laurence Irv
ing and Rachel S. Simmet of the
Arctic Health Research Center in
Anchorage.
Object of Conference
Object of the science conference
was to present a view of the
many investigations going on m
the Territory so that scientists
and agencies will be able to col
laborate in utilizing science for
the advancement of knuowledge
and its application for the im
provement of living in Alaska.
Joint sessions devoted to bio
logical, physical and social sci
ences were held all day Wednes
day, Sept. 5. On Friday, the sci
entists attended sectional meet
ings on agriculture, botany and
forestry, physiology and public
health; engineering, industrial
science and aviation; geology and
geography; sociology, economics
and education; anthropology;
geophysics, meteorology, and oce
anography; and wildlife anu zo
ology.
With nearly 100 papers being
read, scientists had difficulty in
making connections for subjects
of most interest to them in the
several sections.
Conferees Visit Palmer
Dr. Kirtley F. Mather, presi
dent of the national AAAS, de
livered an address following Gov.
Gruening’s at the opening of the
conference. This famous Harvard
geologist stopped in Palmer over
night Sunday to have a talk with
graduate student Frank Trainer
about his thesis problem.
Other conference visitors who
stopped of in the Valley were Dr
O. E. Reed, chief of the Bureau
of Dairy Industry, and Mr. Geo.
Phillips of the secretary of agri
culture’s office. It was old home
week for these two men w hen
they visited here during the Fair.
With Dr. Richard Washburn, ail
three recalled living within a
block of each other back in East
Lansing. Michigan, during the
late twenties. Washburn, ol
course, was a very mere child
then. Dr. Reed was a guest of the
Washburns during his pre-con
ference visit in the Valley. Mr
Phillips and Dr. Cosby were the
guests of the Charles Wilsons
during the Fair. Drs. Cosby and
Reed were back in the Valley this
week checking up on progress ir
their respective fields.
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht got off the
train at Wasilla. Saturday nighl
with other returning conferees tc
keep a hunting date with Bruce
Graham for 3 a.m. Sunday.
Local men who attended the
conference included Wilson, Torr
Day, Dr. George Whetstone, Dor
Ford, Dr. Kirk Stone, Don Irwin
Hugh Johnson, William D. Sweet
man, Dr. Donald Coe, Dr. Allar
Mick and Dr. Washburn.
Most of the Palmer contingeni
had to sleep at least one night ir
the 40-bed hospital cars whicl
were pressed into service to pro
vide adequate housing for the
gathering.
Coe, Sweetman and Reed were
on the tour bus which barely es
caped plunging into a river at the
park when the bridge collapsed
Barely noticing “a jolt and a lit
tie dip” in the bridge, they com
pleted the tour blissfully un
aware that anything was wronj
until an airplane message ad
vised them to walk across the
bridge to another bus.
ANNUAL E DUS OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS
BEGINS THIS WEEK
Despite uncertainty of the
times, despite the spectre of war
and army service which today
robs youth of security, which per
mits of planning, this second
week of September finds at least
28 Valley youths—more than
three-fourths of them boys—on
their way to colleges all over the
country in search of the wisdom
that will be needed more than
ever in the world of tomorrow.
Of last year’s seniors from Pal
mer high school, 10 out of 28, or
nearly 35 percent, are entering
colleges this fall. To the Univer
sity of Alaska go Joyce Hardage
and Stanley Johnson. Paul Barry
has chosen the University of
Washington. Irvin Bentti and
Rose Miller will go to Idaho—he
to Ricks College and she to the
university. Colorado A and M is
the choice of Robert Harris, and
Harvey Hiber will enroll at Cali
fornia’s Leland Stanford. Edison
Thuma and Bill Wade will at
tend Park College in Missouri.
Stan Zaborac goes to the Bem
ldgi State Teachers’ College in
Minnesota.
Others, most of them upper
classmen, who are returning to
school are Leonard Krise, at Way
; land College in Texas; Betty
i Blunck, Ray DePriest, Miles Hy
i land, Charles and Stanley Hoff
man—all at the University of Al
aska; Jerry and Dick Branton and
Edward Cope, at Oregon State;
Roger Woods, at the University
of Arizona; Don Irwin, Jr., for
■ his senior year at Willamette?
Don Dinkle, for his second year
at Minnesota; Lavon Roetman,
back to San Luis College in Cali
fornia; Don Hutchinson, at the
: University of Idaho; and to the
University of Washington go Jal
mer and Esther Kerttula and Bob
Graham.
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