By VINCENT MICHAELS
(Vincent Michaels, of Philadel
phia, is a personnel manager
whose interest in coins began in
1943 when he kept mistaking the
then new steel pennies for dimes.
The confusion aroused his curios
ity, and his curiosity made him a
coin addict.)
You’ve got a hobby in your
pocket. Chances are, you have
coins with you now that can give
you a fast start in one of the most
popular collection hobbies.
Coin - collecting achieves far
more than
merely acquir
ing an assort
ment of metal
chips: it is his
tory come
alive. Small
special - issues
of commemo
rative coins
are almost as
exciting as
having attend
ed the event
itself.
Everybody is in a position to
start a coin collection. You might
start with the Lincoln-head penny.
Issued first as recently as 1909,
the “VDB” coin is already a rarity,
since it was the only fcne with the
designer’s initials on it.
The 1922 Lincoln-head without
a mint initial has an ever-increas
ing value. Look in your pockets
for it: it’s a much-hunted coin.
You can—when the hobby cap
tures you as it has me—extend
your collection right back to our
country’s birth. The big cent coin
issued in 1793 and containing the
strawberry cluster amounts to
something like the rainbow’s pot
of gold to coin-collectors.
Like all hobbies, coin-collection
has its clubs. Enthusiasm rides
high in these circles because of
difference of opinion among ex
perts on the authenticity of some
of the ancient issues. My friends
often sit up half the night, argu
ing over coins, catalogs, and
Skippy Peanut Butter sandwiches.
You can increase your collection
through exchange clubs. Also, coin
houses publish bulletins that list
available coins they will sell
through the mail.
There’s big money in coins. Of
fers for Confederate half-dollars
have soared to $30,000. The U. S.
C-mint gold dollar is worth $500
today. Large collections, like that
at the Chase National Bank in
New York, are worth unbelievable
thousands.
But don’t let that frighten you
off. Order a catalog from one of
the exchange houses. You can find
listings in hobby magazines. Then
start by examining all the loose
change among the family.
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ARA Workers Start Seasonal Scurrying
To Far Corners of the Territory
The annual summer migration*
of the staff of the Agricultural
Research Administration has be
gun. Temporary - duty staffers
are arriving for concentrated
summer work, regular employes
are beginning their, seasonal hops
to Fairbanks and other Alaskan
cities, and some are sandwiching
brief outdoor vacations among
the protracted comings and go
ings.
Dick McCurrey, economist, has
arrived from Berkeley, Calif.,
where he is a student at the Uni
versity of California, to assist
Hugh Johnson. He will be in Pal
mer about three months.
Mr. Johnson has just returned
from Kodiak, where he has been
making a survey for the past sev
eral days.
Hugh Dolan, engineer, has just
returned from a visit to Peters
burg, where he went to confer on
plans for a house to be construct
ed at the fur farm there.
Dr. Allan Mick and Dr. M. O.
Babb left earlier this week for a
brief visit to Fairbanks on crops
business.
Dr. S. C. Litzenberger also left
for the northern city yesterday.
Dr. Nolan F. Farris, experiment
station administrator from Wash
ington, D. C., arrived in Palmer
earlier this week and will spend
several days here inspecting sta
tion acccounts.
Mrs. Jack Newcomb and Mrs.
Roland Snodgrass have just re
turned from a brief vacation spent
in the Whitehorse area. Mrs. Rob
ert Pippel also is just returned
from a vacation spent motoring
along the highways to the north.
She drove as far* as Circle Hot
Springs on the Steese Highway,
before returning to her desk in
the local AKA office.
Immunization Certificates
Ready at Health Center
All Valley residents who re
cently completed the typhoid im
munization series through the
Valley Health Center, may pick
up a certificate of immunization
there, it was announced this
week. Mrs. June Knopf is on
duty at the Center from nine a.m.
until noon daily and will issue
the certificates to all who com
pleted the three-shot immuniza
tion series.
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Valley Contest Winners
Almost Count-Perfect
Guessing was too close for com
fort in the “light bulb contest”
which closed last week at Palmer
Drug Store. Store managers Ir
win Plitt and Bill Rempel heaped
their window with globes—big
globes, little globes, tiny globes,
and in-between globes—and then
invited Valley residents to guess
how many.
By actual count, 872 bulbs were
on display in the window. First
prize winner Dorothy Mau
thought there were 875, while
second-place winner Frank Dark
of the Alaska Road Commission
was sure there were 876. David
Bryant estimated a couple more,
and was third with a guess of 878
bulbs.
Today Plitt and Rempel were
emitting sighs of relief in uni
son — guessing that comes that
close in a guessing contest is a
little too close for comfort.
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job. Labor-saving devices for kitchen and cleaning shave off
many minutes of leisure time for you during the day.
Don't fail to plan for the many electrical appliances that will
save you steps, yet will cost you only a few cents a day to
operate.
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“Serving the Valley Since 1942”
FARM DOINGS
IN THE VALLEY
By Lew Hanks
Charles W. Wilson has just re
turned from an inspection trip to
southeastern Alaska. He was ac
companied by Lorin T. Oldroyd.
They drove from Fairbanks to
Haines. He states that about 5,000
acres in the Haines area will
stand further investigation, as to
its agricultural possibilities.
A good stand of purple blossom
alfalfa was observed on this trip,
at the Yukon Territory Experi
ment Station near Haines Junc
tion. This stand is four years old
and is growing in an area that
has only about 10 completely
frost-free days. Our local agri
cultural agencies will follow this
Canadian trial.
Max Sherrod is planning the
installation of a sprinkler irriga
tion system next year. The Soil
Conservation Service will design
the system.
One of the best one-year-old
bromegrass plantings in the Val
ley can be observed on the Hen
ning Benson farm.
The Territorial Board of the
Alaska Soil Conservation District
will meet in Fairbanks June 27
and 23th. Frank Linn, Virgil Eck
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Delores Bouwens
Married Sunday
Miss Delores Bouwens, daugh
ter of deputy marshal and Mrs.
William Bouwens of Palmer, was
married to Alfred Martin of An
chorage at three o’clock last Sun
dav. The double-ring wedding
ceremony was held in St.
ivnehaei s Catholic Church here.
The bride was attended by Miss
Anna Martin and Miss Kathleen
Patten. John Linnebur was best
man.
Miss Bouwens wore a navy bli^i
suit with white hat and acces
sories for her wedding costume.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin will make
their home in Anchorage.
LUTHERAN MEETING
PLANNED FOR SUNDAY
There will be a fellowship
meeting at St. John’s Lutheran
Church at eight o’clock Sunday
evening, Rev. Joseph Frenz
announced today. Topic for
the meeting will be “The
Guiltless Sinner.”
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