HEALTH AND DISASTER
COUNCIL AIDS IN
EMERGENCY CALLS
Help in emergency, when
things break tough, is the record j
of the Matanuska Welfare and
Disaster Council, headquarters at
Palmer.
The past year, among other
and Disaster Council—which is
stringent measures the Health
and Disaster Council—which is an
agency of the Community Chest—
provided clothing, new and used,
for four families who had been
completely burned out. The
Council outfitted a needy crip
pled child; bought glasses for four
children and repaired glasses for
another; outfitted an invalid child
en route to hospital with neces
sary warm clothing.
All funds available were used
to meet critical problems for
needy persons as the emergency
broke, officers reported.
Welfare Workers Here
Miss Nancy Cameron and Miss
Ruth Cameron of Anchorage,
welfare workers of the Alaska
Department of Welfare are in
the Palmer area a few days on
field work.
PASSING SCHOOL BUS
ON CURVE DRAWS FINE
Mrs. Ruth Everett of Palmer
plead guilty and was fined $30
by U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton, for a traffic, violation.
The complaint, filed by Stanley
H. Laird, stated that Mrs. Everett
passed the school bus on a curve
on the Palmer-Anchorage high
way.
Birthday Surprise Party
A surprise birthday party hon
oring Mrs. C. A. Sandvick was
held at the home of Mrs. Martin
Olson in Wasilla. Decorations
were daffodils and yellow can
dles. And baked right into the
birthday cake were a pair of
sweetheart ear rings.
In from Drift Inn
Mrs. Evelyn (Kent) Cummings
of Drift Inn at Mile 60 was in Pal
mer Monday celebrating her
birthday. She was also buying
supplies and lining up music for
regular dances at the Inn. From
Palmer she flew to Anchorage.
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WARDS ON NORTHERN TOUR
Mr. and Mrs^ Steve Ward are
off on an auto tour to the North,
destinations according to whim.
With them are their two red La
brador retrievers. They expect
to return this week end.
SOIL EXPERTS
CONFER WITH KENAI
ON CONSERVATION
Soil conservation experts of
the Dept, of Agriculture have
busy schedules.
Frank Linn, Palmer farmer,
chairman of the Alaska Soil Con
servation Board, and Cliff Mar
cus, district conservationalist of
the Anchorage district, have been
at Kenai conferring with super
visors of the newly formed Kenai
soil conservation district.
Kenai is the eighth district
voted in a month ago. Other soil
conservation districts are Palmer,
Wasilla, Anchorage, Chugiak,
Fairbanks, Salcah-Big Delta, and
Homer.
Alaska Soil Conservation final
ly received a small appropriation
from the last legislature for ad>
ministrative expense. Seems the
Alaska Soil Conservation was
formed by Territorial legislative
law, which overlooked the little
matter of appropriation. The
workers have been operating
“out of our own pockets” as one
member put it.
Thomas H. Day, soil scientist,
and Lt. USNR, has just returned
from two weeks training at Ko
diak, attached to the Intelligence
section. Others in the department
are on various field duties.
Chugiak Community Active
Chugiak Homemakers Club
will meet April 10, for a report
on their St. Patrick’s day dance
which grossed $562.85. A large
proportion of the net will be
turned over to the Community
Club to help furnish Community
Hall.
Movies now are being shown
Friday nights at Community Hall.
This was made possible when the
Community Club voted to change
regular meeting nights from the
third Friday to the third Thurs
day of each month.
Lynn Sandvik, son of Mr. and
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik returned
to the Valley Monday. He has
been traveling in the states since
last September. Lynn expects to
go into service shortly.
Health Center
Has Counsel for *
Mothers, and To-Be
The next generation should
have a good start in the Matanus
ka Valley.
Classes for prospective moth
ers start Monday, April 9, at the
Health Center, Palmer, 1 to 2 p.
m. There will be a series of six
classes including demonstrations
and movies. Dr. Arthur Colberg
will conduct the first class next
Monday in anatomy and physiol
logy.
After the first class, the pre
natal instruction will be held
each Monday from 2 to 3 p. m.
The well baby clinic is held
the second, third and fourth Tues
day of each month, from 2 to 4
p. m. at the Health Center.
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GORSH!
Iffen my maw knowed I wuz a-singin' tenor, she d say:
"Paw, I done iol' ye, nigh onto sixty year ago, we orta
drowned that young-un soon's he wuz horned. Now he's
nigh growed up, he's done larnt hisself to read outa
them new-fangled, high-falutin' classical music books.
An' he's a-singin' TENOR! Lawsy me!
"Paw, what is a Minnie-sterile Show?
"An' whatsa Kee-wampus?"
JUAN P. (Puddin’head) MILLER
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