VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
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“ ^ PRINTED' aV^ALMER, ALASKA^ EACH FRIDAY
Entered as second class matter oh Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Viola Daniels .................Editor
Barbara Carter ..... ...Wasilla Correspondent
Mrs. Jack Thatcher ....Valdez Correspondent
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Ten Business Houses
Get Food School's
•Attendance Award
Ten of the 15 local groceries,
cafes and bars, which sent em
ployes to the recent food handl
ers’ school, received the Valley
Health Council's’ food handler’s
certificate, Miss Louise Kellogg
reported. The certificate, was giv
en to each establishment whose
employes had an attendance rec
ord of SO per cent, or better.
Of the 50 individuals who reg
istered for the school, 38 received
Brown's
Cleaners
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the Territorial Department of
| Health certificate for perfect at
tendance.
Miss Kellogg this week ex
pressed appreciation to the Mat
anuska Valley Sportsmen, whose
range the school usurped one
Monday evening and to the Val
ley Frontiersman, which contrib
uted the food handlers’ certificate.
Establishments which sent em
ployes to the school included:
Palmer Fountain and Cafe,
Frontier Cafe, Wasilla Cafe, Mile j
1263 Roadhouse, Valley Theatre i
Wasilla school lunch, Palmer
I school lunch, King’s Lake Camp,
'Shamrock Lounge, Frontier Bar,
(Valley Grocery, MVFCA Cream
ery. Koslosky’s meat department,
| Trading Post meat department
! and Shamrock Bakery.
Terminal Knot Become* Simla*
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s Terminal Knot is now to
be known as the motorship Susit
na, it was announced this week
from the steamship company’s
Seattle office. The Susitna has
been plying Alaskan waters since
1946.
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OUR FIRST FEED SHIPMENT
Has Just Arrived
Make your purchases from I to 5 p.m. daily !
At Our New Store in the Velley Grocery Annex
ALASKA SEED, INC.
PISHING TACKLE
- - - Everything for the fisherman
* Camping Kits
* Camp Stoves
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V* . Garden Seeds
GRASSER'S
HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS
extension Office_
Asks to S»Hs Samptoft
Right now, when . Valley gar
dens and : fields ire fre>zen, is
when soil samples should be test
ed for the coming planting sea
l-son, it was announced this week i
by Parker Lester of the Extension
Service office. A soils testing pro
gram, for the purpose of deter
mining the amounts and kinds ofi
fertilizer needed on garden plots'
i nnd fields, will be conducted by
| Alaskan experiment stations in
I conjunction with the Extension:
[ Service.
Since the soils laboratory staff
of the station will be busy with j
special research during May and'
June, it is requested that all)
samples be submitted before!
[May 1.
In digging the soil sample, it is
stressed that samples of the com
plete plow layer must be ob
tained. A small garden plot
should require only two such
samples. From fields, five sam
ples from every 10-acre field is
an average requirement.
Samples may be sent either to
Extension Service offices at Fair
banks, College, Anchorage or Pal-1
mer, or to the Palmer office Of!
the Soil Conservation Service, i
Results of the test should reach!
the farmer in not more than two I
weeks. i
MOOSE Lt)0Of PLANS
CANASTA TASTY
A canasta party is planned by
the Moose lodge for the evening'
of March 25, it was announced
this week. The party is given by
the local lodge with members of
Women of the Moose as honor;
guests. Luncheon and planning '■
are responsibilities of the men's'
organization.
In addition to canasta, there
will be other card games for those
who do not understand the new
game.
For this social evening, only
members of the Lodge or the
Auxiliary will be admitted.
ARR Shows Movie at Wasilla
WASILLA—Local residents en
joyed a free movie at Community
Hall last Thursday evening. The
show was presented by Robert
Hartwell, safety specialist with
The Alaska Railroad.
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New Porous Nylon &
Cotton Uniforms
Your choice of many
styles and colors
LOBERG’S VARIETY
Lott Half of Skit Night
To ¥«? Given Tonight '
Section two of skit nighty spon
sored by the junior class of Pal
mer High School, will be pre
sented tonight, it was announced
this week by Supt. William T.
Zahradnicek. The show gets un
der way at 8 o’clock in the Gym
nasium. .. .
Students from grades seven
through twelve will present their
acts that night. Tickets purchased
for the first section of the show,
given two weeks ago, also will
admit the holder to tonight’s
show. Tickets for this section only
also will be available at the door
that evening.
ELKS LODGE TO BUY
AN AMBULANCE
FOB JUNEAU ABEA
Juneau is to have an ambu
lance, through the courtesy of
that city’s Elks Lodge, it was an
nounced last week. The Elks
have offered to purchase a
$3,500 vehicle to be used as an
ambulance for the entire Channel
area.
Use of the vehicle will be su- j
pervised by a committee of three]
—a member of the Elks Lodge, a1
member of the Juneau city coun
cil, and a third member chosen
by the appointed pair.
CUBS TAKE ONE HIKE,
FLAN A SECOND SOON
.Cub Scouts of Den Three of
Palmer enjoyed a hike and picnic
last Saturday. Den mother, Mrs. j
Joe Gallant, and Den chief Ver- i
non Fridley, took the Cubs to the
Matanuska bridge and back by
way of the Palmer airport. Scouts
saw two moose while on the trip,
but weren’t quick enough with
their cameras to get a picture.
They are studying photography
this month.
The regular Den meeting was i
held last Thursday. Cubs played i
games, talked about Saturday’s i
hike, and then made plans for an-1
other one to be held soon.- ‘
ALASKA STEAM ADDS
MORE FREIGHTERS ‘ ’ •
Weekly freighter sailings to
Cordova, Seward and Valdez will
augment the Alaska Steamship
Company’s present scheduled I
service, it was announced this j
.veek. The new sailings will com
nence with the departure of the:
steamer Nadina from Seattle on j
Vlarch 17. This will be the initial1
/oyage of the Nadina under ’the
\laska line’s flag.
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Located at corner of Valley Street and Glenn Highway
GENERAL
E L E G T R I C
APPLIANCES
YOU'LL FIND
HOME COOKING
AWAY FROM HOME
at the
RON-DA-VOO CAFE
HOME-MADE CAKES and PIES
MEALS SERVED AT ALL TIMES — OPEN 24 HOURS
[Democrats Name
Precinct Commiffee,
Dine Delegates
A precinct committee was elect
I ed and delegates to the drvsivnag
: convention were chosen at the
i recent Democratic caucus
| here. Walter Huntley was chair
; man and Betty Mears was secre
I tary of the local meeting.
Members of the precinct cocn
; mittee include Mr. Huntrey, Mrs,
! Mears and Jack Maze.
Nine of the 13 delegates allotted
i to this district were selected at
the caucus. The nine will carry
; four proxies when they go to thm
Third Division convention, to ba
held in Anchorage on March 23,
24 and 25.
Delegates chosen included:
Ray McCartney, Jack Maze; W.
E. Huntley, Betty Mears; Charles
Dillon, Victor Loyer, Charles El
ton, William Caster and Benue
Bouwens.
Tr»op 11 Girt Scouts
Also To SeR Cooklos <
On Sunday, March 12
Girl Scouts who are registered
members of Troop Eleven nt«i*
will participate in the March 12
cookie sale sponsored by the or
ganization, Mr's. Lois Winegar
fter, troop leader, said today
Scouts everywhere participate in
a sale on this one day, to budd a
fund for troop expense.
Members of Girl Scout Troop
Eleven are already working on
second class badge requirements,
Mrs. Winegarner said. The troop
meets after school in the United
Protestant Church basement on
the first, second and fourth Fri
days of each month.
On the third Friday of the
month, the Girl Scouts meet in
the Gymnasium for folk dancing,
drills and action games.
Members of Troop Eleven in
clude:
Virginia Boulter
D. Hoffman
B. Kindgren
J. Lindsey
Moyene Lucas
Neola Sandvik
Verna Adams
Mary Clark
Patty LaWalters
Nancy Shelton
Margaret Cope
Margie Huntley
G. Kindgren
Leona Lucas
M. A. Mears
Jane Stephan
Jerene Stephan
Mary Ada Lee
Elsie Limberger
M Dragseth
Mary Louise Moore
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