PALMER RAINBOW GIRLS HONORED AT
FIRST GRAND ASSEMBLY OF ALASKA
Many members of Palmer i
Assembly No. 7 attended the
Grand Assembly of Alaska. In
ternational Order of Rainbow
for Girls. A number of local
adults also attended the meet
ings.
All sessions were held in
the East Anchorage high school
and began on Thursday, Aug.
22. Palmer girls won second
prize for their maypole dance
at the Thursday evening talent
show.
In Friday and Saturday elec
tions, Janie Hanks of Palmer
was elected grand treasurer.
Palmerites appointed to grand
offices were Mary Lou John
The Pacific yields 20 times
as many salmon as the Atlan
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son, grand reporter, and Glee [
Casler, grand immortality.
Charles Wilson was again nam
ed to the grand executive
board.
On Saturday, four girls from
Palmer received their majority
certificates of honorary mem
bership. They were Trudy
Huston Carlson, Marion Hus
ton. Shannon Mick Carpenter,
and Anne Jones Brown.
Honored with the Grand
Cross of Color degree were
Janie Hanks. Glee Casler,
Mary Lou Johnson, Laura
Mommsen, Ted Mommsen.
Thelma Cope, and Don Dinkel.
The 1964 Grand Assembly
will be in Ketchikan, and in
1965 it will be held in Fair
banks.
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Sportsmen Warned Of Dangers Of
Over-Exertion On Hunting Trips
Each year a number of Alas
ka sportsmen sacrifice their
lives or spend many hours in
the hospital because they have
over-exerted themselves while
hunting and fishing, according
to the Alaska Heart Associa
tion. Most hunter-fisherman
heart attacks could be avoided
or at least controlled if each
person who suffers a heart
condition would carefully plan
his trip and strictly adhere to
those plans, a spokesman said.
The Alaska Heart Associa
! tion has prepared the follow
ing guide, hoping that it will
prove of value not only to the
person with a heart condition
but also to those who may
have to give emergency first
aid for a heart victim.
1. Pre-Trip Planning
1. Arrange to see your doctor
two weeks before your trip.
2. Discuss your hunting
I plans before you go; know ap
j proximate terrain and distance
j to be covered. Consult your
doctor concerning these places
and your physical ability.
3. Dress sensibly. Consider
the climate—both day and nite
(the new synthetic blends are
very hot). Clothing should be
light but warm. Sleep comfor
tably and warm as nights are
often cold.
4. Know your simple first
! aid rules.
[ 5. For the patient with
known heart trouble:
Confide in at least one mem
ber of your party about your
condition and your medicines
(how and what to take). Make
a card listing your medicines
and how they are to be admin
istered, and keep it in your
pocket with your medicines—
just a precaution in case you
should become separated from
your own party.
6. Remember that hunting is
a pleasure—enjoy it.
Caution: Hunting trips are
| not contests of physical pow
PALMER SCHOOL LUNCH MANAGER
ANNOUNCES PROGRAM FOR 1963-64
Hot lunches will again be
I available to students attending
Palmer schools, Thelma Cope,
manager of the Palmer school
lunch program, said this week.
The first lunch will be serv
j ed on the first day of school.
Sept. 4. There will be no chan
ges in the prices of the lunches,
although the cost of living has
, been increasing. Mrs. Cope
said.
The following SANE state
ment of objectives of the
American School Food Service
1 provides a basis for action and
I a basis for evaluation of school
, food service:
Sanitation standards of t h e
1 highest order shall at all times
! be observed in the preparation
i and service of food.
Administration of the school
! food service department shall
be conducted with complete in
tegrity and utmost efficiency.
Nutrition shall be para
mount in the selection, combi
nation and quantity of foods
offered so that school food ser
vice may contribute positively
to the physical health and
mental ability of the child.
Education of the child shall
be furthered three fold by en
hancing his ability to learn, by
leaching him what to eat, and
a knowledge of dining with
one’s fellow' man.
The school lunch personnvel
working with Mrs. Cope are
Mrs. Vivian Goodrich and Mrs.
Leola Rush, high school kitch
en; Mrs. Agnes Colberg and
Mrs. Vi Barry, central kitch
en; and Mrs. Laura Roberts
and Mrs. Naomi Wyatt, Swan
son kitchen. Part time workers
are Mrs. Opal Ross and Mrs.
' Mabel Hayes.
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ers. Be sensible regarding your
own abilities.
II. The journey to end from
the Hunting-Fishing area
1. Plan your journey so that
adequate rest (preferably a
night’s sleep) is obtained be
fore beginning your hunt. If
at higher altitude, go two days
early in order to get acclima
ted.
2. Plan your camp for com
fort. Camp near a spring or a
stream so that you won’t have
to “pack” water. Assign rou
tine camping duties before or
en route. These should be com
parable to your physical abil
ity.
3. Practice moderation in
eating, drinking and physical
exertion.
4. Drive safely and plan to
rotate drivers en route.
5. Drinking while driving
and drinking while hunting or
fishing make a dangerous com
bination. Don’t do either.
III. The Hunt
1. Don't hunt or fish alone.
2. Plan your strategy before
you start out.
3. If you are a city dweller,
don’t try to keep up with men
who live in the bush and
mountain areas.
4. Consider the return trip
to camp before you start out.
5. Heart patients please note
a. If you are with a guide,
advise him if you have any
physical limitations.
b. A man who stays close
to camp is just as important
in the hunting party but ex
pends less physical energy.
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During the Klondike gold
rush, Yukon Territory had a
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Take a stand and wait for the
game to go by. Let the others
“flush”.
6. Bringing the game or a
good sized catch of fish back
to camp is hard work. Sensible
sportsmen share the burden.
7. Heart patients please
note:
Always arrange for some
one else to bring the quarry
in. If you hare medication
for heart pain prepared by
your doctor, take it with
you. Put it in an accessible
pocket, such as the breast
pocket, and tell your com
panions what it is for, where
it is, and how to administer
it if an emergency should
arise.
IV. Emergencies can Happen
1. Be aware of the exhilara
tion that Mother Nature in
spires.
2. If you have travelled too
far or feel ‘bushed’ and don’t
think you can make it back to
camp, rest a few minutes and
rest en route as much as pos
sible.
3. If you find a sportsman
suffering from heart pain or
having what you think is a
heart attack:
a. cover him and keep him
warm, loosen any tight cloth
ing.
b. make him comfortable;
some people want to be prop
ped up.
c. ask him for his medi
cine and give it to him.
d. if no physician is avail
able. make a litter and carry
him to more suitable place
where he can get medical at
tention. Don't let him walk or
ride a horse. Often a jeep or
helicopter can bring him out
with minimal effort.
e. take proper precaution
not to get lost. If lost, don't
wander aimlessly. Wait till
you are found. Relax.
f. If you find a person un
conscious, don't try to force
any fluid into his mouth.
REMEMBER
1. Hunting and fishing are
some of the great pleasures of
man. Let’s keep it so.
2. Not all of us are in physi
cal condition to tolerate exer
cise at higher altitudes. Some
of us can get into needless
trouble by improper activities
and lack of forethought. A few
of us may observe good sense
rules and still encounter those
who have had difficulty. Know
how to help intelligently.
4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO GET AWAROS
FOR TOP AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS
CHICAGO—Annual awards
to top-ranking 4-H Club mem
bers completing an agricul
tural project will again be pro
vided by International Harves
ter Company, the national 4-H
service committee has announ
ced.
The agricultural program is
open to both boys and girls. It
is designed to introduce better
farming methods and practices
affecting production, manage
ment, community improve
ment and personal develop
ment.
Each state will name its top
member for the year who will
attend the 42nd national 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago as
guest of International Harves
ter. Up to four members in the
country can qualify for a gold
filled medal of honor.
The agricultural award win
ner’s records will be entered
in competition with all other
state agricultural records for
one of six $500 college scholar
ships.
All winners are judged by
t he Cooperative Extension
Service which also supervises
and directs the 4-H programs,
assisted by local volunteer 4-H
leaders. Nearly 865,000 of the
2.3 million 4-H’ers were enroll
ed in the agricultural program
last year.
Scholarships for 1963 were
increased $100 each. The six
national champions will be an
nounced during the 4-H Con
gress.
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Holkesrik Ends
2-Month Slay Hare
Roger Holkesvik, North Da
kota commissioner, completed
his two-months’ stay with the
Division of Agriculture in
Palmer and other Alaskan
agriculture areas last week.
“We are truly thankful for
the enormous amount of in
formation he has gathered and
for the suggestions he has made
in developing a future quality
control program,” Sigmund
Restad, director of agriculture,
said.
"Rolkesvik expressed his ap
preciation for the fine cooper
ation of the entire dairy indus
try and the people he contact
ed in making his job easier and
his stay more enjoyable. In
the near future we will have
a report on the work he has
done and the recommendations
he has made for the dairy in
dustry in Alaska.”
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Do tyem
Know.
A new railway, the first ever
:o be built into Canadas North
west Territories, appears likely to
recome known as the “Whooping
3rane Line.”
Two alternate routes were
napped out for the line to serve
luce zinc-lead deposits at Vine
Poiut, on the south shore of Great
Slave Lake.
Tlie‘easterly route, 418 miles
one, would have cut -through; a
'.orner of Wood Buffalo Park in
\lberta, where the last survivors
jf the whooping cranes nest.
The other, 43^ miles long, keeps
well to the west of the nesting
irea.
But, the Federal government
;hose the longer route after bird
lovers and wildlife experts con
demned the short route as a Ihreat
to the continued existence of the
whooping crane.
Wildlife authorities agree that
‘whoopers" require absolute pri
racy and solitude in their nesting
areas.
The world population of the
rare whooping cranes, which sum
mer in the Wood Buffalo Park
area and winter in Louisiana and
Texas, is now estimated at forty
six. This figure includes four
young cranes spotted by wildlife
officers last »IUMMr In Wood Buf
falo Park.
The Canadian Parliament hat
appropriated |8«.6 million for tin
four-year Job of building the
•Whooping Crane" line from a
rumt near Qrlmaliaw, Alta., north
*“rd to Pine Point, N. w. t. The
13i-mile line will become an in
legral part ot fhe Continent-span
uing Canadian National Railways,
whose survey crews have been
working on the route for a year