Wasilla-Big Lake News
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Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Smit.
have returned to their home i
Orlando, Florida, after a visi
with friends and relatives i
Alaska. The Smiths have
homestead on Hayflat Roac
Mrs. Smith is the mother o
Jerry, Benny, Richard, am
Rodney Cottle, also Mrs. Jacl
Minnick of Wasilla and Mr;
Paul LePors of Anchorage.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Cotth
and son Andy visited in Fair
banks last week. They wen
also the guests of Mr. and Mrs
Ernest Line and family of Eiel
son Air Force Base.
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Fifty-five people attendee
the annual Presbyteriar
Church picnic held in the
Snow Bird mine area. Afte:
services, members enjoyee
fishing and mountain climb
ing. A picnic lunch followed.
* * *
Services are being held ir
the Willow Community Chape
each Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The
Rev. Claude Klaver report:
that the new building is beini
used. Everyone is welcome.
• • *
Mrs. Wilma Wilson and Mis:
Sandy Minnick are home afte:
a month’s motor trip to the
Lower 48.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bennetl
and family, Rick, Evan, anc
Joanne, are house guests of the
Teelands, Mrs. Bennett and Mrs
Teeland are sisters. The Ben
netts are former Alaskan resi
dents, but have lived in Sar
Diego. Calif., for the past If
years.
The Henry Gilbertson family
moved to Anchorage recently
Marilyn spent several days in
Wasilla with Phyllis Edwards
last week.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. I. F. “Buck'
Holt and daughter Judy have
moved back to their homestead
near Hollywood and Vine
Road. Welcome home, folks!
“Meet us at Vacation Bible
School,” announces the Wasil
la Church of Christ. Saturday
July 20, and Saturday July 27
only. Time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ages four to 16. Please bring
a sack lunch.
* * *
The Rev. Wenter Harvey un
derwent eye survery at Provi
dence Hospital Friday morn
ing. While he is convalescing.
Jim Hardy from the Puget
Sound Bible College in Wash
ington state will be guest
speaker at the regular church
services.
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Friends were pleased to hear
that Miss Ediann Olson made
the drive over he Alcan with
no trouble. Miss Geraldine
Ruff accompanied her to Van
couver, Wash., and continued
by bus to Arizona and Califor
nia.
Thomas L. “Pat” Carter and
daughter Colleen are visiting
in Washington and Montana.
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Overheard in Wasilla recent
ly: Local Resident (to out-of
state visitor): “Are you enjoy
ing your visit?” Visitor: "My,
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yes out the mosquitoes are
just awful.” Resident: “Yep, I
1 they are bad, all right—been
J bad all summer.” Visitor:
"Really! I was wondering what
1 they ate before we arrived.”
1 * * *
• Mrs. M. Antoni, of Brooklyn,
New York, is visiting her son
1 and family, Mr. and Mrs.
c John Antoni of Wasilla.
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Mr. and Mrs. Doug Carney j
> are at home to their friend at {
400 11th Ave., Apt. B, Anchor
age. Mrs. Carney, the former J
Florene Neal of Big Lake Road j
and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Neal, and Doug were '
| married in St. Michael’s Cath- j
, j olic Church in Palmer on June 1
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■ | Mrs. James Smedley and son i
I Jimmy of Libreral, Kansas, I
left Monday after a three ,
weeks’ visit in Wasilla with
, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i Knute Carlson.
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Mr .and Mrs. Tom Garreth
; and children arrived from
; ! Spokane, Wash. June 17 and
: are at present staying with the
Bob Clarks. Tom is Mrs. Gertie
Clark’s brother. He is employ
ed as a maintenance man at
Sunrise Bakery in Anchorage.
* * *
Pat and Barbie Carney cele
brated July 4 with an early
morning arrival of an eight
pound, 15 ounce son, Mark
Damian. Congratulations!
* * *
Mrs. Gene Dinkel (Elaine
Nelson) and daughter Karen
are visiting at the Harold Din
kels and the Pete Nelsons of
Wasilla.
When Harold Dinkel’s aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Kruitman of Bassett. Nebras
ka, decided to drive to Alaska
this summer, their neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer Todd and
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Iverson,
thought it was such a wonder
ful idea that they joined them.
1 Each couple own a camper
and have had a wonderful trip
and visit. They were also ac- j
companied by the Kreitmans' j
grandson. Billy McLain, and :
the Iversons’ granddaughter,
Linda Iverson. All are start- i
ing the ‘Camp-a-long” back to !
Nebraska this week.
While visiting the Dinkels.
they were joined by their hosts
on a trip to Valdez and Chitina
to fish, but reported no fish—
j just lots of fun!
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The Ted Mommsen home
was the scene of a reunion re
cently when Mrs. Lester Estes :
; and Mr. Henry Peterson of
Moscow, Idaho, arrived in Al
aska for a visit. Mrs. Mommsen
is their sister. Also attending
’were E. A. Peterson, of Spen
ard, Richard Mommsen of
Kenai, and another sister and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Butz, Jr., also from
Kenai.
Walter Teeland and Art Hol
brook flew from Wasilla to
Koyukuk and on to Ruby by
way of Rainy Pass and Mc
Grath Saturday. They spent
Saturday night at Ruby on the
Yukon, where Mr. Teeland liv
ed 43 years ago. The pair re
turned Sunday. They made the
trip in Art’s Super Cub.
* * *
Mrs. Florence Fleckenstein
and granddaughter, Dee Dor
sit, returned by plane to Was
illa after a motor trip outside.
They had driven out with
Mrs. Fleckenstein’s daughter
and children, Mrs. Shirley Bird
of Anchorage. They visited in
Washington, Oregon, and Cali
fornia. Mrs. Bird and children
returned via the highway and
were stranded three days in
Fort Nelson because of the
washout. Miss Joan Oherg of
Port Angeles, Washington, ac
companied Mrs. Bird back to
Alaska. She is Mrs. Flecken
stein's niece.
Wasilla VFW Post 9365 re
cently installed the following
officers for the coming year:
Henry Katkus, post command
er: Thor Barker, senior vice
commander; Richard Yakovac,
junior vice-commander; Neal
"Bud” Browne, chaplain; Don
Amesigger, post advocate; El
dor Hulke, quartermaster;
Jack Woodward, post sergeant;
Bob Lincoln, officer of the
day; Leo Nunley, adjutant;
John Lemon, three-year trus
tee; and Bud Browne, service
officer.
Visitors at the Post were Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Smith of Or
lando, Florida and Hjarmar S.
Waldal, post historian from
White Center 2806, Seattle,
Wash. He is a past commander
of Disabled Veterans, and past
commander of Cottiers.
Post 9365 meets the first and
third Monday of each month at !
the Post home in Wasilla at 8
p.m.
VFW Post 9365 Auxiliary
meets the first Monday of each
month at 8 p.m. at the Post
home in Wasilla. New officers
for the coming year are Zoe
Hazel, president; Ellen Adcock,
senior vice-president; Elverta
Lincoln, junior vice-president;
June Nunley, treasurer; Joan
Nunley, treasurer; Joan Kat
kus. secretary; Marie Hulke.
conductress; Nancy Woodward,
guard: Thelma Brock, chap
lain: Lorraine Lemon, patrio
tic instructor; and Christine
Smith, three-year trustee.
"Kiddie Day.” sponsored by
the VFW post and auxiliary
each year on July 4 at the
Wasilla ball park and Post
home was well attended by
"kiddies” and grownups alike,
and was considered a success.
Free ice cream and pop were
furnished by the sponsors and
hot dogs and popcorn were
sold by members of the auxil
iary. There were games for all
ages.
Miss Sherri Hobson is nine
years oid. About 25 guests re
sponded to invitations from her
mother. Mrs. Beulah Hobson,
and shared Sherri’s cake and
ice cream. The Hobsons live at
Big Lake.
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The Big Lake volunteer fire
department has acquired a new
piece of fire fighting equip
ment in the form of a portable
pump. To date it has not been
aut to use, but lack of fires
n the community shouldn’t
ainder membership. If you live
n the Big Lake service and
lave not joined the volunteer
hre department, call Mrs. Shir
ey Puhl, membership chair
man. at FR 6-3086.
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The Big Lake Business Asso
ciation members are working
m last minute details of the
sixth annual Regatta, slated for
luly 27 and 28. The queen con
:est and boat races are only
aart of the program planned so
far.
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Sunset Lounge on the shore
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liability insurance
for your property?
Accidents can happen,
and if anyone suffers
injury on your pro
perty, the financial re
sponsibility may be
yours!
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for liability insurance that pro
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the cost of personal injury claims.
Boating Tips...
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The boater’s most common use
for line is tying up to a dock.
To do the job like a real “salt ’,
learn these two simple hitches,
suggest Mercury outboard auth
orities: use the upper knot in
the illustration to tie up to a
cleat. Pass the line around the
cleat under both horns, then
diagonally across the top of the
cleat and under the first horn.
Tuck the loose end under the line
where it passes across the top.
The more pull by the boat, the
greater the holding power of the
hitch—yet it can be loosened
easily by tugging at the free
end. Use the other knot, the
clove hitch, to tie up to posts or
piles. It consists of two loops
with the free end tucked under.
Don’t use this hitch for perma
nent fastening, since it may
eventuallv
of Big Lake has opened for
'-■js'ness and proprietors A1
Hibbard and Lee Twing are
planing a grand opening in
the near future. Watch for it!
* * *
Ed Wasey, Big Lake home
steader and fisherman, reports
that the fishing is rather poor.
4-H Club News
The Cookieltes
The last regular meeting of
| ihe Cookiettes 4-H club was
held in Deneke Park. We had
a picnic wilh seven members
present. Mary Weisenberger,
our junior leader, instructed
members on outdoor cooking.
We were reminded to keep
our essential foods record up
to-date.
The next meeting will be
held July 22, at the Extension
office at 1:30 p.m.
Valerie Demming
Acting Reporter
Eclectic Club
A regular meeting of the Ec
lectic Club was held at the
Washburn farm on July 3.
Henry Hill. vice-president,
was in charge of the meeting.
We discussed the formation
of a pep band and decided to !
begin practice sessions in Sep- I
tember. There will be about
ten members with instruments.
Mrs. Washburn urged to jun
ior leaders to participate in
the public speaking contest
runoff to be held in Palmer,
July 25. She also urged all
members to give demonstra
tions at the Fair and offered
to help anyone wanting to do
so.
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Matanuska Telephone Association
7:30 P.M. REGISTRATION - 8:00 P.M. BUSINESS MEETING OPENS
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