SL£Ci/\L CO-OP
M££TJNS CALLED OM
TrljJXSDAY
A Special Meeting of the Mata
nuska Valley Farmers* .Cooperating
Lssociation will be held at 8:00
P.M. on June 28th, 1945 in the
Community Hall, for the purpose of
considering the.following:
1. Audit of the-Books of the Assn*
for the fiscal year of 1944.
2. Lee sing of a site south of the .
General Administration building
for construction of a hotel,
3. Gr'd* nr standards and general
marketing situation..
Admission was restricted to
stockholders, probationnl members
dividend-sharing members, and
immediate members of their
families.
The Audit of the Associations
books was given by Mz\t Mullaney.for
the information of the members.
Discussion as.to the profit and
loss of some ;unit<: s followed. The
question of cashing personal checks
at the units by the cashiers was
rather unsatisfactorily settled.In
other words no one is certain that
it was settled.
The question of leasing land for
he construction, of a hotel* on
Co-op property took up the remain
der-of the evening. Arguments for
end against were given. The ques**'.
tion was finally tabled until an
other meeting to give the people
more time to think over the prop
osition, '
The subject of Marketing was
nevSr taken up at this meeting, but
has been scheduled for this next
Monday evening In the Community •
Hall at 8:C0 P.M, Sharp. All veg
etable growers'ore urged to be
present as the grading*.-^standards
will be discussed and acted upon,
ALASKA AIRLINES CARRYS-RADISHES
TO NOME.
Bunching radishes were shipped
to Nome this past week via the
Alaska .Airlines, Thyy of course
were sent f*om Anchorage." Xtita
marks the beginning of our new
markets by Air,
IMVms VALLEY for
■FOURTH1 CELEBRATION
Mr, Rolond Snodgrass,Mgr.
M.V.F.C.A.
Palmer, Alaska
Dear Friend:
Through you we wish to
Invite the people of The Valley to
help us put on a Fourth of July
Celebration which will do justice
to the occasion and to the people
of this part of the Territory,Will
you please give this invitation as
much publicity as possible without
too much trouble to yourself.
This year we arc offer
ing a GRAND PRIZE of $100.00 for
the best FLOAT‘of any description.
This is in addition to the First
Prize of $50.00 offered for First
Prize in a number of different
divisions. We can see no reason
why OUR FARMERS should not walk
nway witn one Hundred and fifty
dollars of prize money this year
in the float division.
Many other cash prizes
are being offered in the athletie
events as well as the other con**
tests usually conducted during the
Celebration, , The Parade will form
at the corner of 5th and D Street • av
and march off at.10:00 A.M, SHARP.
Following the parade there will be
Patriotic Exercises at the City
B all Park,(in case of too bad
weather these exercises will be
h«ld in the High School auditorium)
and we are certain the people in
your Section will erijo'y'those events*
Yours sincerely,
■ Walter G.—Culver, Gen.Chairman
Fourth of July Committee
We understand that B. W. Thoron ;
has resigned as. Director of Terri
tories and Insular .Possessions, Mr.
Thoron was also on the °oard of’
Directors of the' Alaska R^ral ,R'e»
habilitation Corporation, He visited
the Valley last summer.