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CONSERVATION
NOTES
By LEW HANKS
The Soil Conservation Service
extends New Year’s greetings to
everyone in the Valley.
As we near the end of another I
year, I’m not thinking of the con- j
servation job ahead but of the
conservation work that has been
done here. Folks, it has been con
siderable. There is only one per
son on a piece of land who can ■
do a conservation job. That’s the
one who farms it. I have yet to
meet a farmer in the Matanuska
Valley who wasn’t interested in
protecting his land and doing a
good job of farming. The two
terms are synonymous; they mean
soil conservation. Jobs like plan
ning crop rotation, fertilization,
seeding and managing grass pas
tures, clearing land properly and
leaving windbreaks are the good
farming methods that pay off
here. When you think of soil con
servation, don't think of a few
employees in a government office
in Palmer. Think of the thousand
people who are working the soil
here producing crops for us to
eat. There aren’t just a couple of
soil-conservationists in this Val
ley. There are a thousand con
servationists who are taking good
care of their land.
Sure, we still have wind ero
- sion here. The job being done
i isn’t complete. The important
thing is that we don’t have one
hundredth of the wind erosion
here that we could have if a
thousand conservationists weren’t
doing a pretty good job here al
ready.
Happy New Year!
MASS TO BE SAID
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
AT ST. MICHAEL'S
The first day of the New Year.
Mass w'ill be said at 10 a.m. at St.
Michael’s Church.
It is the feast of the Circum
cision commemorating the first
shedding of blood by Christ for
the redemption of mankind, and
is a holy day of obligation on
which all Catholics are required
to hear Mass.
celebrant will be the Rev.
James P. Snead, and the choir
wm iepeat portions of the music
heard at the Midnight Mass on
Christmas Eve.
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ANNUAL GRANGE DANCE,
rO USHER THE NEW YEAR
DEC. 31 AT SCHOOL GYM
New Year's will be ushered in
to the Valley by the annual New
Year’s Eve Grange dance to be
held December 31 at the school
gym. from 9 o'clock to 1 a m.
Gala festivities have been
planned by the dance committee j
with noise makers, paper hats,
balloons and all the trimmings
for a gay party, to which every-:
one in the Valley is invited.
Charlie Shaefer’s orchestra will
furnish the music for dancing. !
Dress will be optional.
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority|
will conduct the check stand with j
the proceeds to go toward their
hospital fund.
Arrangements for the dance are
being made by the dance commit
tee consisting of Art Stacy, chair
nan; Herb Holstein, George
Small and Eugene Kirsch. Tickets
are on sale and may be purchased
from any of the committee mem
bers or at the door.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR I!
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27
NORTHLAND PIONEER Grange.
Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28
BASKETBALL GAME. School
gym, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 30
MONDAY. DECEMBER 31
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-op club
room. 12:05 p.m.
ANNUAL GRANGE New Year’s
Dance. School gym. 9:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2
MAT. VALLEY SPORTSMAN
CLUB, Co-op recr. basement.
8 p.m.
CHAMBER of COMMERCE. Co
op club room. 12:05 p.m.
LADIES AID. U. P. Church.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 3
LEGION and AUXILIARY, Carp.
Hall, 8 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL meeting. Sev
ern’s Shop. 7:30 p.m.
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Recommends Location
For New Federal Jail
In ^letter from F. T. Wilkinson,
warden of McNeil Island Peni
tentiary. the first choice for lo
cating the new federal jail in An
chorage was made known.
Wilkinson recommended the
site behind the Federal Building
where the quonset huts used as
a Post Office annex and ACS of
fices now stand. He added that it
remains now for the plans to be
completed and presented to con
ferees of the appropriations com
mittee in Congress in order to
get the “go-ahead” for building
the jail.
Wilkinson was in Anchorage a
short time ago to survey prison
conditions there on behalf of fed
eral authorities.
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thousands are now using this daily prayer:
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men
Let Light descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men
May Christ return to Earth.
From the center where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of men—
The purpose which the Master knows and serves.
From the center which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out.
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
_ Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
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