July 10. 1947_Ho. 23
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IMPORTANT MEETING TO /if HELD
An'. important- membfersLIp .meeting’ will be"
held Friday night. Annual reports of op
erations will be considered. Important
changes- in operating policy will, also be
discussed. • ■ ••
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i’ILK AI'D PRODUCE is being sold the Arm y
again. It will be necessary to provide
additional delivery equipment for army
-urchases.
The first head lettuce was brought ir. this
week. Because of the extremely dry meathr
it rill be necessary to revise or make a
new crop survey.
A rater shortage is still existent and
plans are being considered for imorvnent
of the system in order to provide enough
water for the summer and the short water
period next winter. It is hoped that this
necessary work can be completed before the
fall rains.
V. D. Snodgrass is mailing a survey of
crows and livestock in the Valley for
Cr. r. Gasser, Commissioner of the Alaska
Department of Agriculture.
Ted Davenport left for Eugene, Oregon by
plane Thursday morning after receiving
word of the death of his father. Ee Trill
he gone about a reek. Frs. Davenport and
family are remaining heroj
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ACCIDEUT GIT HIGE5AY
Four soldiers returning from. Ninneapolis,
Finn, lost control of their automobile at
Caribou bridge Tuesday evening. The car
-lunged dorm a steep bank and all sustaindc
injuries. One suffered a broken back and
another a fractured skull.
A VOLUNTEER, PLEASE.
iAII'ER LIBRARY would like anyone interested
to volunteer for work as librarian on TFed
nesday afternoons or Friday afternoons,
from 2 to 4 p.m.
TUBERCULOSIS SURVEY PLANNED
An X-Bay Clinic willstart in Palmer July
29. A survey i3 being made throughout the
Territory to determine the extent of thin
communicable disease and to find out in
which localities it is most prevalent.
Statistics show that in the year 1945, one
death out of every five’in the territory
was due to tuberculosis; so that it has be
come the number one health problem.
Hiss Jund, specialist in this line of -ark,
is spending a few days here distributing
literature and organizing a survey of the
Valley. Mrs. F. F. Sims has been appointed
chairman of the Hass Tuberculosis X-Hay for
this locality. A meeting is being held
Thursday and a committee will be appointed
to help conduct the survey. The survey is
sponsored locally by the ITatanuska Valley
Health Council and the work is being done
by the Territorial Public Health Depart
ment. The X-ray ecuinment will be in the
cafteria of the school house.
Mrs. Pins says it is the desire of the
council to get 100 percent cooperation
from the people of the Valley during this
survey. Free chest X-rays will be given.
The survey will include Palmer, ^asilla,
Matanuska, Jonesviile, Fska, and Knik.
DAIRYIEK’S MEETING
The regular meeting of the I.Iatanuslca
Valley Dairymen Trill be held in the Ex
tension ' Off ice, Monday evening at 8:00.
o'clock, July 14. Herd has been received
regarding the importation of some dairy
heifers from Canada, and all interested
parties should attend this meeting.
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4-E CAMP AT KIPG’S LAKE *
4-H hoys and girls fror: Anchorage, Mt.
View, Moose Pass, Seward, Homer, ^asilla,
and Palmer will gather at King’s Lake for
their annual camp to be held August 1 to
August 5. As in previous years, all b03*s
and girls are to have a" health check uo
before leaving for camp.
The Wasilla and Palmer boys and girls are
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