The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 28, July 7, 2002, Article 12

BINGLES

  David Gladfelter writes: "In 1980 the Alaska Rural
  Rehabilitation Corporation, then still in existence, published a
  collection of photographs of the Matanuska Valley colony of
  1935, taken by the official A.R.R.C. photographer, Willis T.
  Geisman.   I obtained this book at a visit to Palmer on a family
  vacation in 1982, when we actually saw the legendary
  18-pound turnips and 70-pound cabbages grown there.
  Included is a photo of Arville Schaleben, a Milwaukee
  Journal reporter, on assignment.

  Schaleben, whom I knew, was sent to Palmer for several
  months to report on the activities of the Wisconsin colonists
  and was respected for the accuracy and thoroughness of his
  coverage.  He later became an editor of the Journal.  The
  stories told by Geisman'sphotographs bring to life my
  otherwise plain-jane set of A.R.R.C. bingles.

  (Reverend Bingle, incidentally, is mentioned in the book as
  a civic leader who started the 4-H club and led fishing
  expeditions during the salmon season, both for recreation
  and for home canning of winter provisions. Nothing is said
  about connecting Rev. Bingle to the tokens.)"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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