VOL. 12 Prlncr, Alaska
Fcoriu-xy 18, 1949 N -, 7
CO-OP nOTES
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tho Annual Meeting of- the M tanuska V-llcy
Fenners* 6''operating Acme iat ion rill be
held this next Frid.y, F bruary 25, in the
Co rtunity Hall at 11:00 n*n.
The latest News flash on the mooting is
that a DOOR PRIZE is to be awarded this
year to nonbers attending. You rill soo
this nor Co-op T.'as'hing Machine on display
in the Trading Post and sene lucky person
will rin it on February 25th*
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
The following proposed amendments have beer
posted apd nailod to the Board of Directors
a^ required by the By-La- ci -
nI rronope that re change our by-laws by
repealing anendnents Number 1 and Nu: ber C.
A'jcrdrar.t No, 1 provides that no member of
the MVFCA shall bo clc.ible to servo as a
nenber of the Board of Directors who is or>
ployed at a.regular salary of )100 per
nonth by the MVFfiA or the ARRC.
Ancnt'.ant No. 3 ^rovidos that no nenbor
shall bo eligible to bccono or renain a
nenber of the Board of Directors rho is a
Board r-erber or official of any othor or
ganization, having direct or indirect re
lations rith the MVFCA.
T'cse tuo arondnents should be passod upon
by the nenbership before the election of
our non Board. , ■ , >
I propose, also, that uo, as an organiza
tion, offor to doed the Palnor gynnasiun
and the north half of the school'playground
tc the Palnor Territorial School, provided
the proper Washington D.C. officials rill
waive our'original purchase price of the
gynnasiun, by subtracting said anount fron
our FHA. obligation.
Very tru}.y yours,
Harold L. Thuna
GET YOUR PURCHASE SAVINGS
TICKETS IN
ALL noribers are requested to turn in thoir
purchase savings tickets for 1948 at tho
General Office nithin tho nejet ueok. T]iis
includes Voting, Probational, suspended,
and Patronage Dividend sharing nonbers^So
bo sure that you got then all rtounded’ up
and into the office so that you nay share
in the distribution of dividends for 1948.
C Of C TO GRAFT PETUlQR
or inr.0RP0Rf-:i!0n
At tho last Chamber of Comcrco meeting
uhich uas held in the Dining Boon of, the
llatanuska Valley Hotel on YTodnosday cf this
TToek'a comitteo uas appointed by the Presi
dent, Clayton Esslinger to draft a petition'
for the Incorporat ion .of tho tourt of'Palmer.
Tho follouing members uore selected: Mrs,
Halter'E. Hartley, 6. -W, Peters, J.’T7.
Hilson, Ila'rry Ryan and Jan Koslosky, pno
hundred signors from the proposod’area to
be incorporated trill bo nocossary. This
petition uil'l then be pres ranted to the Dis
trict Judge uho uill call a Public Hearing
to detomino uhether a majority of people
aro in favor'of Incorporation, ;According
to the lau onjrono rosiding in the proposed
aroa for tho past six months and in tho
Territory for one year is oligiblc to vote.
ANNUAL MEETINGS COXHN6 LJP.
Tho Fair Board of the itatanuska ;Valloy Fair
Association has cabled tl^o Anhueil nooting
of that Association foi* tho first Tuesday
in March .which is March 1st, The nooting
will bo held in tho Grange Hall at 8 p#n,
M.E-.A. ilMJAl MEETING
Tie Matanuska Eloctric Association has
called the Annual noot'ing of tho As seda
tion for Tuesday April 5th in the Ccnnunity
Hall# Toro will bo in addition to tho
election of Bocfd members and the regular
businoss nooting, sono fbm of'Entertain
ment and a Doot Prize as/usual.
Tic Nominating cormittoo,whidh was appoint
ed by tho Board of Directors, not on Tab#
9, and nominated the folldwing candidai/as:
Tor.i Lcpal:,_ Talter Tccland, R,B. Graham,
'Robert Johns, and Merlo Anderson; all in
cumbent; and Miss Loiliso Kellogg, Hor.ry
Jenson, I«M# Sandvik, Trillion Hoad and
Darrell Frank* Othor names can be proposed
from the floor at the mooting#
WAFFLE LUNCH EC N
Ladios of tho Luthoran Church aro giving
a T7; fflo Lunchoon in the basement of the "
Lutheran Church on TJashington’s Birthday,
February 22, from 12 noon to 1;30. A plato
of JlafDlost and sausago will bo *1*00.
Doo’t forgot the Co-op meeting-Feb. 25th#