SUPERINTENDENTS
AND ASSISTANTS OF
1952 FAIR TO MEET
A $17,500 budget was set up by
the Fair Board for the 12th an
nual Matanuska Fair at the meet
ing held in the Co-Op Club Room
Tuesday night.
The board decided to sponsor
a Fair Queen Contest again this
year, and mechanics of the con
test will be formulated at next
week’s meeting.
A call was issued for all super
intendents and assistants and
anyone interested in taking part
in this year’s Fair to meet with
the board next week Tuesday,
June 17, at 8 p.m. in the Co-Op
Club Room. Plans for all Fair
departments will be formulated
at this meeting.
Already plans are under way
for the 1952 Fair premium book.
Preliminary arrangements for
printing have been made with
The Frontiersman, and M. D.
Snodgrass early Monday morning
started selling ads for the book.
Exp't. Station Area
Gets a Face Lifting
“I’d like to report,’’ said Coun
cilman Allan Mick at the Council
meeting Monday night, “that the
road work and gravelling of roads
around the Alaska Experiment
Station and its housing area to
day is part of an Experiment
Station project and is being ac
complished through federal
funds.”
“I’m glad to hear that,” re
sponded Palmer’s Mayor Carl
Meier, “because I’ve had a couple
of inquiries about it already.
Russell Felzien volunteered that
he had spent 20 minutes on the
area with the city road maintain
er after Leo Lucas had done all
the preliminary work with his
bulldozer.
A proposed horticulture depart
ment landscaping plan for grad
ing all the grounds and roads in
the Experiment Station area and
planting trees, shrubs, and flow
ers that would make the local
headquarters a show place of Al
aska had £o be abandoned this
spring because of lack of funds in
the defense emergency. However,
as the fiscal year drew to a close
with a slight balance remaining
due to savings in the several de
partmental operations, it was de
cided to use it for a rough grad
ing of the grounds surrounding
the Experiment Station and need
ed roadwork around the recently
constructed buildings. The resi
dents of the Station area are
working on the landscaping in
their spare time under the super
vision of Dr. Myron F. Babb, head
of the horticulture department.
ALASKA'S FAVORITE GAME
TO BE PLAYED AT WASILLA
, Alaska’s Favorite Game will be
played at Wasilla Community
Hall Saturday night, June 21, un
der the auspicies of the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars. Proceeds
will go toward the organization’s
building fund. The public is in
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Cheechako
The Cheechako Club met at the
Charles Wilson home in regular
session, Monday, June 10, Lucille
Wimmer presiding. Twelve mem
bers responded to roll call with, a
household hint. It was decided
that we have a display booth at
the Fair. A committee will work
on the theme and report at a later
date. *
We will do handwork at our
meetings, the products to be sold
for the benefit of the club. This
will be under the direction of
Katheryn Wilson.
Our Alaska Crippled Children’s
program will be continued under
the direction of Mae Thompson
and Billie DeJulio for the present.
The next meeting will be a
picnic at Finger Lake on Satur
day, July 12. Marne Hanks will
be in charge of arrangements,
with Mae Thompson assisting.
Homemakers Club
The Palmasilla club held its
regular meeting Tuesday evening.
June 10 at the home of Mrs. Win
ston Laughlin. We made plans
for our picnic in July and for our
booth exhibit at the Fair.
Mrs. Wayne Bouwens showed
the club members how it was
possible to sponsor a needy baby
in a foreign country, with gifts of
money and clothes. The club
plans to take it up as a project,
using money made from sales for
this purpose. We will also work
on baby clothes sent out by the
“Save the Children Federation.”
An interesting demonstration
on Figurine Painting was given
by Mrs. DePriest.
After the meeting a delicious
lunch was served by the hostess.
Those attending the meeting
were Mrs. Ruth Schaefer, Mrs.
Dave Philo, Mrs. Winston Laugh
lin, Mrs. Carl Mielke, Mrs. Wayne
Bouwens and Mrs. Robert Mielke.
We had three visitors, Mrs. Combs
Mrs. Ross and Mrs. DePriest.
vited and many prizes will oe
offered.
The VFW Auxiliary will assist
the men and also serve refresh
ments. Playing will start at 8 p.m.
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II
Wind Responsible
For Brush Fire at
Melvin Saunders Farm
A brush fire at the Melvin
Saunders place north of the Ma
tanuska Experiment Station
levelled 11 acres and destroyed
two shed-type farm buildings be
fore it was brought under con
trol at 6 p.m. last Friday, after
over four hours of steady fire
fighting by the Fire Control Unit
of the U. S. Forest Service and
volunteers.
According to the local Fire
Control station, Saunders started
to clear a five-acre field by burn
ing about 8:30 a.m., when there
was no wind. The wind came up
about 9 a.m., and Saunders stayed
with his fire until 11 a.m., when
he thought it was all out. He had
taken the further precaution of
plowing a control swath around
the area that he had burned.
Nevertheless, when he returned
from lunch at 12:30 p.m., he found
his farm buildings ablaze and the
brush fire spreading beyond the
control limits. The morale to this,
says the Fire Control team is:
“No matter how many precau
tions you take, don’t burn brush
when the wind is blowing!"
The treacherous wind twice de
layed the control of the fire last
Friday. Twice the Fire Control
team and eight volunteers from
the Experiment Station had the
fire under control only to have
fire break out anew when the
wind shifted. Before it was finally
brought under control a bulldozer
furnished by Dalian Oberg cut a
swath all around the fire area.
The Fire Control team stayed
on at the scene until 9 p.m. for
“mopping up” operations, and
Melvin Saunders continued the
vigil for the remainder of the
night.
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4-H CLUB NEWS
Mixing Bowl Club
The 4-H Mixing Bowl Club was
called to order by our president
LeAnn Hoffman. We had three
demonstrations, two in sewing
and one baking. One in sewing by
Dorothy Hoffman, the other in
laying a pattern by Judy Hurley
and Arleta Goodrich. We had one
in baking by Joan Hurley and
Betty Jo Wilson. We played
games and had refreshments.
We are going to have a trip. We
are supposed to meet at the Rec
Hall at 10:00. At the bake sale we
made $21.51.
The meeting was adjourned.
Reporter, Jean Onkka
Wooden Spoon
We met at the Craft room June
5, 1952. There were five members
and Mrs. Bernice Johnson, our
leader, present.
We voted to name our club
“Wooden Spoon”.
Mrs. Johnson demonstrated the
making of good muffins. All of
us played “Fruit Basket Upset”
while the muffins were baking.
We ate up the muffins and
went home. We all had a good
time.
Ruth Henry, reporter
Vegetable Growers
We held our third meeting
June 6. Our president, Don Boul
ter was absent. We acquired one
more member, Mike Berry. Larry
Trowbridge was elected game
leader at this meeting. The busi
ness meeting was held as shortly
as possible so we could start the
Hound and Hare hunt.
It extended from our leader’s
home to Mrs. Wimmer’s. When
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ve got there we played games
md then refreshments were ser
ved.
Our next meeting will be held
rune 20 at 1:30.
Larry Trowbridge, reporter
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Mrs. F. R. Richey of Beau*
mont. Texas, mother of Rev. A.
V. Richey, arrived in Palmer
this past week end following a
motor trip over the Alaska
Highway. Mrs. Richey plans to
spend her summer vacation
with the Richey family here in
Palmer.
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