Co-Op Reaches—
(Continued from page lj
ate creamery department. This
has the effect of obtaining the
highest possible net return for
the fresh milk producer.
The responsibility of the gen- j
era! manager was extended by
the members to give him super
vision over all functions and em- :
ployees of the business. Hereto- j
fore, the association’s comptroll- i
vr had been subject only to the |
board of directors, which was felt
to create inefficiency and over- |
lapping of management respon
sibilities.
Among improvements made
this year, according to the an
nual report of E. H. Schomburg,
general manager, has been in
t reased refrigeration equipment
to lengthen the time local pro
duce is available to the Anchor
age market. “Not only does this
keep more Alaskan dollars in Al
aska,” the manager stated, “but
Alaskans prefer local produce,
and we must supply them with
what they want.”
“We must continually strive to
build a better co-op—it is good
for the community, good for the
producer, good for the whole
area — everybody benefits,” the
manager told the members.
“Co-op operation puts more
money back into the community
than any other type of business,”
he added, and went on to state
that the “MVFCA” is also respon
sible for maintaining a high
quality product to ' supply the
market, a large portion of which,
is in the Anchorage area.
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Reporters—
Among recent valley visitors
v.as C. L. Anderson, director, Al
aska Department of Fish ^ and
Game. He was accompanied by
Alex McCrae of the F & G staff,
Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hadden
ham, ministers of the Church of
Christ, have returned from a trip
to Homer where they attended
an anniversary day rally at the
children’s home. Mr. Haddenham
spoke at the afternoon session on
Tuesday.
Marine Pvt. Robert D. Estelle,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Es
telle of Palmer, is serving with
the 3rd Provisional Brigade of the
1st Marine Division at Cam{
Pendleton, California. The Brig
ade is scheduled to conduct am
phibious training exercises in the
Camp area during the first two
weeks of September.
A pot-luck luncheon tomorrow
noon will be held by the Palmer
Teachers Association as a get-ac
quainted opportunity for all tea
chers in the Palmer school system.
Mrs. Freida Kruger of Camp
Meeker, California, has been
visiting her daughter and son-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bryant,
and her grandchildren, who live
at Lazy Mountain Childrens
Home. She lias been here since
early July and will remain until
the cold weather this fall.
Mrs. Eunice Braun of Chicago,
Illinois, was a Palmer visitor on
Monday of this week. Mrs. Braum
taught classes at the Baha’i Sum
mer School in Juneau August 9
to 17 and has visited in White
horse, Y. T., Fairbanks, Borrow
and plans a visit to Anchorage
before returning to Chicago about
August 30. While in Palmer Mrs.
Braun was a house guest of the
Vern Stouts. Monday evening she
showed a group of friends very
interesting colored slides she had
taken in Guatemala, Portugal
and other points of interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Ander
son and children returned to Pal
mer this week following a trip of
several weeks which included a.
visit in Gukesdale Wash, and
trips through Yellowstone and a
number of States.
Mr. and Mrs. James Auld of
Sharron, Pa., are visiting at the
homes of their daughters, Mrs.
Joseph Sweeney and Mrs. Mike
Vassili. This is Mrs. Auld’s sec
ond visit to Alaska. She and her
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Council Notes
(Continued from page 1)
A discussion between the men,
Virgil Meehan, and the council
members was resolved with the
decision of the council to hold
an executive meeting.
The beginning of a topogra
phy, which will eventually result
in the establishment of grades
throughout the city, was author
ized by the Council. Jack O’Mal
iey will do the work, starting
with boundaries.
Bills approved for payment in
cluded $1,184.88 from the general
fund and $1,033.03 from the water
fund. The latter amount included
the purchase and delivery of the
screen for the new water well.
Council and Mayor will be held
^Thursday evening, August 28, at
7 p.m. to further discuss the gar
bage contract now in existence
between the City of Palmer and
Virgil Meehan. Three men, Fred
Ayala, Maurice Ranage, and Clair
Bailey, appeared at the August
26 meeting and told of their in
terest in operating a garbage col
ection business within the city.
husband were accompanied by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Somerfeldt of Akron, Ohio, who
are 83 and 82 years of age, re
spectively. Mr. Somerfeldt is a
retired fire captain of the Akron
Fire Department. The group
made their trip to Alaska via
plane.
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LINDA L. LANCASTER
Funeral services for Linda Lou
ise Lancaster, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Lancaster of
Palmer, were held on August 18
from St. John's Lutheran Church.
The Rev. Joseph Frenz of Anch
orage conducted the services.
Linda Louise was bora in Pal
mer May 7, 1954 and died August
16, 1958, following a lengthy ill
ness. She is survived by her par
ents, her maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Lentz of
Palmer and paternal grandpar
ents Mr. and Mrs. James Lancas
ter of Greenville, North Carolina.
Interment took place in the
Palmer Cemetery. Pall bearers
were Billy Lentz, Robert Lentz,
Dennis Wagner, and Donny Wag
ner.
FRANK C. MURCH
Graveside services for Frank
C. Murch, 76, were held at the
Palmer Cemetery on August 27 at
11 a.m., with the Rev. James P.
Snead officiating.
A long-time resident of the Ma
tanuska Valley, Mr. Murch was
born in Maine July 27, 1882 and
had worked as a miner at the
Suntrana mine 27 years before his
retirement. Since retiring he had
made his home with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hardisty, long time
friends, where he passed avcay on
August 16.
The Evergreen Memorial Chap
el of Anchorage was in charge of
arrangements.
HELICOPTER HERE
FOR AIRMENS' MEET
With good weather this evening:
two members of the 80th Trans
portation Company will fly one
of the Army's H-21C helicopters
into Palmer this evening as part
of the Matanuska Valley Airmens
Association meeting program.
Fifteen of the Vertol “copters’*
belonging to the transportation,
company arrived at the Alaska
Army post August 18, after m
historic 3,550 mile flight from
Fort Riley, Kansas.
The helicopter wall be at th«
Palmer airport throughout the
meeting, which will be held at
8 p.m. in the quonset hut. Air
men and other interested per
sons are invited to attend the
meeting and view the helicopter.
CAUCUS CALLED
FOR DEMOCRATS
All Democrats of Palmer
Precincts 1 and 2 are urged to
attend a caucus to be held Fri
day, September 5 at 8 p.m. in
the Matanuska Electric Asso
ciation meeting room. The
caucus has been called by John
Shaw, precinct chairman, pur
suant to the general call from
the South Central Division
During the meeting 14 dele
gates will be named from the
Palmer prcincts to attend the
Southcentral Divisional Con
vention to be held late in Sep
tember.
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