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Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Outside Ministers
 Plan Valley Visit

A seminar of seven Presbyter- ian ministers, who have been at tending the recent Presbyterian conferences in Seattle, will ar rive in the Valley next Monday. They have come north to study Presbyterian missions in Alaska.
 The visitors, expected to ar rive in Palmer from Anchorage at about 10:30 Monday morning, will go immediately to the Unit ed Protestant Church, where a short program has been prepared.
 Don Irwin will tell the visitors of the Valleys history and Mrs. Neil Miller will sketch the his tory of the local church. w. C. Mau then will present the major problems confronting Palmer's church.
 Following the formal program, ladies of the United Protestant Church will serve a luncheon, after which the seven delegates will leave for the Interior with the Rev. B. J. Bingle.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
XalleyPlans For Power
 Not Affected

The decision of the city of An chorage to make application to the Rural Identification Admin istration for a loan to develop power plant at Eklutna will in no way hinder the future of power development in the Mata- nuska Valley, H. G. Bryan, REA representative, declared tn s week.
 'This is no new development, " be stated. 'It's an overall plan that REA has been considering and attempting to work out for the past two years. The Valley is handicapped in any attempt to develop Eklutna, because the site ; is not owned by an REA borrow CT. We have been attempting, for some time, to work out a plan whereby the city of Anchorage, if it could not obtain funds to de- velop Eklutna, could turn over the site to an REA borrower for such development"
 MT. Bryan said the develop ment at Eklutna included plans for high voltage transmission line to connect existing power plant capacities in the area.
 Speaking of the Anchorage ap- plication to REA, MT. Bryan said it would be given every consid- eration by the department, but he felt no action could be taken on it, until Congress amends the act which set up REA. Present regulations forbid REA loaning money to any municipality of more than l 800 population. Also, REA cannot loan funds to any area now receiving electric serv- < ice.
 | In the meantime, the REA pro- gram is forging ahead in other spots in the territory, it was re- ported. Materials are now on order for power projects at Homer, Kodiak and Fairbanks.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Valley Chamber
 Invades Anchorage Next Monday Noon

Valley businessmen again are reminded of Mondays Palmer Day at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting in the Aleutian Gardens. All Val ley residents are invited to join the tour of local businessmen and Chamber members who are going to Anchorage that day.
 Arrangements have been made to delay the railcar's leaving for an hour that morning, in order that more people will be able to attend the noon luncheon. The car will leave Palmer at 9:3O, and will return at 4::3O that after noon.
 Reservations are needed, in or der that the Anchorage group may know the number of guests to expect. Mrs. Betty Mears, Chamber secretary, will accept the reservation of anyone who wishes to make the trip.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
ShamrOcks Win 2
 During Past Week

The Shamrocks softball squad has fallen into a habit of winning ball games that no opponent has been able to break, recently. The nine travelled to Jonesville again last week, to whip the Miners by a score of 10-4.
 They returned to their home grounds on Sunday to meet a CT team from Post Headquarters, who gave them plenty of trouble before the winning run crossed the plate in the last half of the seventh inning. The final score in that game was Shamrocks 3, Post Headquarters 2.
 The Butte squad met the Army in the nightcap and bested them 9-6.
 There will be another double header at the local diamond this Sunday. The Shamrocks will open play against the Army's 175 Signal Service at 2:30 and the Butte will meet an unnamed op- rcnent at 3:l5.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11

a $25 rental if the fair provides quarters.
 Need for regulated police pro- lection and the ordering of print ing of ribbons also was stressed in the report.
 Vacancies existing in the SUD- erintendents' lists were discussed and directors volunteered names of residents who might be will ing to serve. Suggested names in- cluded Mrs. Harold Dinkel, Jo- seph Dickson, Mrs. Rose Johnson, Harold Dinkel and Mrs. Martin Olson. None of those suggested have yet been contacted to see if they will serve.
 Mrs. Ilah Senski brought a re- port on the needs of Homemak- CTS clubs for space at the coming fair, as well as request for space from the Wasilla Library Association. Her report was dis cussed but no action was taken.
 All points under discussion are to be acted upon at special meeting called for next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The meet ing will be held in the Extension Office, and M. D. Snodgrass will preside in the absence of Parker Lester.
 MT. Lester urged, before leav- ing, that every board member make an effort to be present since this is the last meeting be- fore the premium book is sent to the printer.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Fair Board Holds Special Session Next Tuesday

There will be a special meet ing of the board of directors of the Valley Fair Association next Tuesday evening at o'clock. The meeting will be held in the Ex- tension Office and all directors are urged to be present.
 This will be the final meeting held before the premium book goes to press, and there are still matters of policy to be discussed. The deadline for compiling ma terial to appear in the book has been set at June 15.
 Fair manager Marshall Selover spent last week in Anchorage, where he completed the job of soliciting advertising for the book.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Leslie Green Gets Approval
 For Vets School

Wired authorization for the establishment of a veterans fly ing school in Palmer was re- ceived by pilot Leslie Green this week. The program is expected to get under way at the Palmer airport by July 1.
 MT. Green, who has been living and flying in the Palmer area for the past two years, has had extensive experience in training schools in the states. He has been giving private flying instruction at the Palmer airport for some time now.
 Registration procedure in the flying school, which requires a 40-hour training course, is simple. A veteran must get a certificate from the Veterans Administra- tion office and present it to MT. Green at the field. The pilot then will enroll the applicant in the primary training course. Both ground and flight instruction will be handled by MT. Green.
 There is no limit to the number of applicants who may sign up for the course.
 MT. Green said his plans were not completely clear yet. How ever he will either purchase or rent a second plane, to be used with his present Aeronca, in the flying school.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Producers Request Grading School

The Valley Producers, Inc, have requested that a grading school be held in the Valley, Parker Lester, Extension agent, reported this week. MT. Lester has asked Dean c. w. Gasser, territorial commissioner of az riculture, to plan for the school, but has received no reply yet, re- garding possible dates.
 The Producers also are inter- ested in attempting to get a United States inspector here for the school and later to carry on the grading of local products. It is not known whether it will be possible to carry out this plan.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
United Protestant Bible School Announced

Daily vacation Bible school will begin at the United Protes- tant Church on Tuesday, June l5, 1t was announced today by Mrs. Neil Miller, who is in charge of the program.
 Classes are to begin at g O. clock and will continue until noon, Monday through Friday, for the next two weeks. Chil- dren must have passed their fourth birthday if they are to be enrolled in the school, Mrs. Mil Ter said. There is no age limit in the urrsr hrecket.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
IOUORUMLESS FAIR BOARD DOES NO BUSINESS

Since no quorum was present at last Tuesdays regular busi- ness meeting of the board of di- rectors of the Matanuska Valley Fair Association, fair business remains at standstill for an other week.
 A progress report from Mar shall Selover was read, and the members present informally dis cussed the points covered in that report.
 MT. Selover recommended that several full-time ticket-sellers be paid a 10 per cent commission for the sale of automobile tickets, that he be empowered to draft last-minute help in completing the sale of advertising for the fair book this to be paid from his own commission and that he later be allowed to employ such help as is needed to complete the details of business before the fair opens.
 MT. Selover further recom- mended that concessionaires be rented booth space on the Mid way at a per-foot cost Che sug- gested $4.50), with the renter re- sponsible for his own shelter. The renter would be required to post a bond in order to guaran- tee the removal of his booth after the fair is over. For displays of an industrial nature he suggested a $10 minimum rental, if the fair does not supply the shelter, and
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Growers Sign
 Crop Contracts

Members of Valley Producers, Inc, this week were signing their marketing contracts with the as- sociation. Members of the Pro- ducers' seven-man board of di- .rectors each were contracting a quota of growers in order to fa- cilitate the contract signing. Glen Woods, head of the grow CTS said every effort is being made to reach all Valley farm CTS who are interested in signing a contract with the Valley Pro- ducers. However he feels it is possible that some individuals may have b e en inadvertently overlooked. He asks, if there is any farmer who has not yet re- feived his contract, that he con- Eact one of these board members.
 Mads J h n n n, Glen
 Woods. Ray Rebarchek. w. E.
 Ross. w. A. Blum. Irwin New
 vile or Ava Brooks.
 The Valley Producers are now
 rying to contact farmers who will have early crops of onions, Eadishes and rhubarb, MT. Woods
 tated. Orders for these items al
 eady have been received by the ' organization.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Monday Court Action
 Is Dismissed

The case of John Haller of Valdez vs Louis Burcher of Pal mer last Monday was dismissed in the court of w. E. Huntley, U. s. Commissioner, when the com blaming witness failed to appear. Haller was struck by vehicle driven by Burcher on Monday, May 31, and he had filed a com plaint charging that Burcher was driving while under the influ- ence of liquor.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Farm Experts Being Added
 To ARA Staff

Still more new scientists and agricultural experts were arriv- ing in the Valley this week to begin work on the largest agri- cultural research program ever outlined for the territory.
 Latest arrivals were Dr. A. H. Mick, who will be in charge of the soils classification work at the experiment station, and Dr. Iver Nygard, who will conduct soils survey and will assist in getting the work correlated and under way.
 Dr. Mick comes to the Valley from Michigan State College. pr. Nygard's home is in St. Paul, where he has been in charge of district work. He formerly wis ited the territory in the party of agricultural scientists which toured the north in 1946.
 Scheduled to check in at any time is Dr. C. L. Llefebvre, who will remain in the Valley for only few days before going on to Fairbanks where he will be in charge of plant pathology. Dr. Llefebvre will tour the agri- cultural areas throughout the territory this summer, in order to familiarize himself with plant diseases common to Alaska.
 Still others who are expected to come in the near future are Kirk Stone, who will make a survey of economic conditions in the territory and Walter U. Fuhriman who is on loan to the Department of Agriculture from the Department of the Interior in order to begin the territory's study of agricultural economics. MT. Fuhriman is expected to spend about six months in the Valley and the remainder of his time in Washington, D. C., where he will study the facts revealed in Alaskan surveys dealing with the economic side of territorial farming. At least two more men will be included in this party. The project on which these men will be working is most ex- tensive. It will include the col lection of local price data, an analysis of the local market con- ditions, study of the costs and expenses of commercially clear ing land in Alaska, a study of farm indebtedness and the Alas kan credit situation and the gen.
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-11
Voters Don't Come

Only two voting members
 we're present at this weeks Tanned meeting of the Valleys
 agricultural committee, so no lusSness yuas conducted.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Water Cutoff
Closes Schools

It was a spontaneous and en-
tirely unrehearsed gesture that
tickled the school kids no end Fri
day, when a break in the Kenne-
wick Avenue water main forced
closing of the city schools.
The unexpected frightening OF
the Easter week end came at $3.50
Friday morning. Workmen, dig
ging a trench to connect new
home on Owen Road to the Ken
newick Avenue sewer line, broke
two-inch hole in the six-inch
water main with the drag line
bucket. --.-
Backed up by rs pounds of
pressure, a strong jet of water at
once began drenching the sur
roundings. Fortunately officials
of the Kennewick Irrigation Dis
trict were able to shut off the flow
of water at a point nearby.
A collar was quickly fitted
around the breach, and water lines
were back in sesrvice by 11:3O o.
clock. ...
And, for the information of the
delighted school kids, the Easter
Bunny had nothing at all to do
with it. .--
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Johnson-Briece
Rites Held Here

In an informal ceremony Sat
,rday- evening at 1880 Melba
Johnson and John Briece were
married at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Mills. With the fire
place banked with ferns, daffo-
dis and narcissus as a back
Ground for the bridal group, the
Service was read by the Rev. p.
LuvaaS. s n
The bride wore light blue
two-piece dress and orchid cor
sage. Attending the couple were
Mrs. Mills, in gray, with corsage
of carnations, and William SEQ
veil. Relatives and close friends
were the guests at the ceremony
and reception which followed.
Mrs. John Briece, Sr., mother
of the bridegroom, and Mrs. Wal
ter Dorendorf of Pasco, sister of
the bride, served the brides cake,
and Mrs. Truman Selph poured
nunch. Mrs. r. T. McClelland
had charge of the guest book and
gifts. -t.-v az
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Control of Peddlers,
Business Licensing
Favored by Merchants

The Kennewick Merchants COM
mittee, meeting Monday evening
at the Arrow Grill, voted to re.
commend to the city council the
adoption of nominal business Ii
censes for all firms in the city, and
the establishment of an ordinance
regulating the activity of peddlers.
The membership also passed a
motion recommending that all
business houses of the City close
at 2:30 o'clock on the afternoon
of Army Day, April 6, and re-
main closed for the duration of
the parade. -. > go. 49, < .
The council, as the Rev. r. B.
Holden told the chamber of COM
merce recently, has given consid-
Grafton to two types of business
licensing. One alternative would
approach the licensing problem
from a city revenue standpoint;
the other, regarded as unimport-
ant as a revenue producing meas.
ure, would bring in only funds
enough to pay for the actual cost
of issuance, but would give the
city an up-to-daate list Of all bus
inesses operating in the city.
The Merchants recommendation
favors the non-revenue type of Ii
cenSe.
L. M. Cronin, Fred Bunch, Sr
and Austin Simonds were dele
gated to present the committee re
Communications at the Tuesda,
evening meeting of the council.
The next regular meeting dat
of the Merchants committee i
April IL. The time and place will
be announced later by Joe Freer
| committee chairman. $50
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01

pairing weekly grocery bills, founs
their bills added up to 5000 anc
$1,000 respectively. The only diff.
ference was that the second fam.
lily grew garden and canned food
and produced their own apples
and honey. 3D..
If the $40 a week saving is COM
puted on a yearly basis, a packed
pantry could mean saving OF
$500 annually, Miss Cowden point
ed out. OF that amount, she said,
vegetables from a small garden
will add up to 500 or $3.50, de-
pending on the size. Add to that
other home food production of
eggs, meat, honey and milk, and
the food produced at home be-
comes an important item in fam
lily food economy.
A well-stocked pantry or cellar
with variety of foods has many
advantages in addition to the mon
ey saved. Shopping at home on
pantry shelves saves tires, time,
and energy otherwise used for
trips to market. Knowing what
foods are within reach, also makes
menu planning easier.
Planning pantry stores and the
home garden just naturally go
hand in hand, Miss Cowden said
Minimum needs for a year round
family food supply should be
worked out even before the gar.
den is planted. Unless this Is done
the garden will probably be only
of accidental value in scaling
down weekly and yearly grocery
bills.
Benton county families who
would like to make the most of
the garden to reduce year round
food costs are advised by Miss
Cowden that two extension publ
cations to assist them with this
planning are now available in the
County Extension Office. The pub
locations are Extension Mimeo SID
"What Well Eat in 1913 and where
Well 60 to Get It" and Exten-
sion Mimeo 526: Food PreservS-
ton Plan" Both were prepared
by Inez Eckblad, WSC's Extension
Nutritionist.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Birthday Party Honors
Mrs. O. .R. Richmond

Mrs. Waldo Richmond gave a
party last Thursday, March Is
in compliment to Mrs. O. r. Rich
mond on her SEVENTEEN birthday.
Arrangements Of daffodils and
decorations in the Easter moth
were used about the rooms and
in serving the refreshments. The
favored guest received q shove.
of lovely gifts and q corsage Of
white and blue flowers.
The guests were Mrs. II. A.
Settler; Mrs. George Jones; Mrs.
Paul Richmond; Mrs. Ed Holm.
berg, Eddie J. and Virginia; Mrs.
Jerry Ellison, Roger and Karen;
Mrs. Harold Belknap and Peggy;
Mrs. Phil Heffelfinger and Phyl-
lis Lee; Mrs. Care Shaw and
Reanna Kay; Mrs. Roscoe Ricn-
mond and Byron; Mrs. Don cis-
Cloud and Carole Lynne, Mrs.
ger and Donna; Mrs. George
Milton Libby and Mrs. Earl Mag
elson.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Tins For Rabbit Raisers Who Could
Not Attend Recent State Wide School

Benton county rabbit raisers
who weren't able to attend the re-
cent statewide rabbit school in
Seattle will be interested in the
following reminders and advice on
breeding, raising and marketing
problems, says Frank Webster,
Benton County Agent.
These tips, Webster said, were
supplied to the more than 200 rab-
bit men who attended the school
from throughout the state ana
elsewhere. John p. Miller, assist
ant extension poultryman at the
Washington State College, who as
sisted with the schools program,
took down the following notes on
the proceedings there: -
Pelts and Wool ~
The fur industry wants pelts
with plenty of 'fy-back" life, lus-
ter and density. In removing ex-
cess fat use spoon instead of a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01

knife. Immediately after the
slaughtering put the pelts on
stretchers and leave them until
thoroughly dry. Best drying tenn
perature is between SO and so de-
grees, F. Allow air to get to all
parts of the pelts while drying.
Keep the pelts out of the direct
sunlight; use no artificial heat nor
chemicals. .s
Angora raisers should shear and
grade their wool carefully; don't
make No. 8 out of otherwise good
| wool.
Nests and Waterers
Proper nest boxes, and proper
ly fed does, will keep down nest
mortality. The nest box should
provide plenty of room for the doe
and her young, and should be so
constructed that the young cannot
get out before three weeks of age.
Automatic waterers are recon-
mended.
Diseases and Predafors
Coccidiosis and respiratory dis
,, eases give the most trouble in
rabbit raising. Respiratory dis
eases can be best controlled by
keeping the rabbits out of drafts
and by isolating affected ones. To
protect against coccidiosis keep
; the hutches clean and the young
rabbits away from droppings.
Make the hutches so that cats,
rats, dogs and other predatory
animals cannot bother your rab-
bits.
Palpating
Palpating is valuable means
for learning whether or not does
are pregnant. Once having deter
mined the state of the doe you
then can put out nesting boxes
and self feeders if she has con-
ceived, or return her to the breed
ing cage and feed her nothing but
hay until conception is assured.
This saves labor, since it is not
necessary to put in nest boxes for
those that have not conceived nor
clean up nest boxes that have not
been used.
Breeding and r. O. p. 5000.
Start with good stock. Continue
to select and breed it for quality
and characteristics you want.
Keep production records. They
help you to know whether you are !
making a profit on your business.
Join local or state rabbit organ
ization for the new ideas and in
formation you'll get out of them,
and for the benefit of uniting the
thoughts and interests of rabbit
growers in national program.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Easter Rabbits Feature
Four Year Odds Party

Little Hickey Lynn, four year
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herb
Malchow, celebrated his birthday
with a party Wednesday, March
"a.
Table decorations We're Easter
baskets for each of the young
guests. There was ice cream
also, and individual cakes decor
ated with rosettes, tiny candy
rabbits and a candle with Rick
ey's cake bearing four candles.
Eight children and their moth
ers Were present: Mrs. Alice Will
iams and Jimmy; Mrs. Gene
Faulds, Gladys Ann and Dickie;
Mrs. Frieda Gerard and Donnie;
Mrs. Alma Dammier and Marie;
Mrs. Pauline Durham, Vernon
and Beverly; Mrs. Elsie Reese
and Donnie; Rickey's grandmoth-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Nagley : Appleyard

Roma Nagley, daughter OF MIS-.
Alma Nagley, Kennewick, and
Russell Appleyard, formerly of
Pennsylvania, were quietly mar
RED Tuesday, March is. The rites
were read by the Rev. Charles
7. Hatton at the Methodist par
sonape in Pasco with Mr.. and
Mrs. Dale Nagley and Mrs. Vera
Adamov present as attendants.
The bride is an operator at the
local Telephone office and both
e and the bridegroom have re-
in Kennewick for two years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
P.T.A. to Reorganize
At April Il Meeting

A reorganization meeting OF
the Kennewick p. T. A. will be
held Tuesday, April l3, at 8 pm.
in the High School auditorium.
The speaker for the evening will
be Mrs. Lynn Of Yakima, 9th
Vice President Of Washington
State p. T. A. Musical numbers
will be furnished by students Of
the school.
Newcomers TO the community
are especially invited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01

woman has IN
common, no
matter how
much money
she spends on
h er cloth eS,
S h e n e " e r
seems to have
enough access
series. And
for those of us
who operate
on a limited
b u d 6 e t, in
genuity is a
must. So let's
b e g in with
the scarf de-
partment.
G. on S j der
tn O S e ce
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-01
Willard A. Campbell to
Attend Insurance Meet

Willard A. Campbell, local
Farmers Insurance Group repre-
sentative, will depart for Los An
geles Sunday to attend a five-day
Jubilee celebration commemorate
ing the goth anniversary of the
organization. F.
Campbell Is a delegate to the
anniversary convention in recog-
milton of his outstanding sales re-
cord during the past year.