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VOL. 10
Palraor, Alaska
3ept.qnt>efc 11, 1947
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co-op rotes
:.jAT kahket
'.Till all those who have meat stored in
the Co-op lockers kindly cone in and tag
or label what belongs to you, so that we
can complete our inventory? After OcSo
ber 1, all‘meat will be inventoried as
Co-op meat.
VT.W, 3eck,Butcher
CUAETSRLY RETORTS DELAYED
Our quarterly reports may be delayed a
little due to the fact that the foimer
Accountant left in July and the new ac
countant needs time to become acquainted
with the records so that he may be better
able to render a complete report to the
members.
PRODUCE DEPARTMENT
As everyone knows the Produce Department
is in the heaviest part of its years work,
!.any problems in regard to packing and"
marketing vegetables' arise at this time.
-Owever, in the course of years certain
methods of handling'and packing take'pre
ference over others. Enil LaTTalters,who■
replaced Harold Stephan recently resigned,
pointed out a few'of the-present accepted
methods of,packing for the market.
Lettuce heads should be packed in crates
wvth a lining of packing paper around the
sides, but not on the ends, and no pacer
between the layers. All heads should be
unifonn in size, fiim and of No. 1 qual
ity.
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PflLIDER SCHOOL HRS
ALL HIGH RECORD
EflROLL fnEFlT
Tiie original enrollment according to the
Superintendent’s report to the Commission
er of Education at Juneau is as follows:
-Fade Grade
1 ‘i.29
2 31
3 39
4 45
5 40
6 49
7 22
8 34
9 30
10, 30
11 24
12 26
Since this enrollment many more students
have enrolled and the estimated increase
would bring overall enrollment, to 417 at
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DALE R. SflnOVIK im TO
REST in PflLOlER CEIT1ETERLJ
Dale Robert Sandvik, mho was killed last
Thursday, September 4, when his plane '
crashed at Wolverine Lake on a tkko off,
was laid to rest in the Palmer Cemetery
on Tuesday afternoon September 9,1947 ,
following a most impressive funeral under
the direction of the Palmer,American Legior
The funeral was held in'the United Proto 3
tant Church at 2:00 p.n. 3oautiful-sprays
and wreaths of flowers were banked around
the casket and across the entire front of
the Church. A brief service was'held in
the Church in which Elder Merle. Steith of '
Palmer read the scripture and -the obituary;
Elder Miles of Anchorage Spoke a few words,
and Rev. Victor I. Alfsen.of Palmer',offeree
the prjtyer and gave the'benediction. Mrs.
Brown of Anchorage sang, "Sometime we’ll
Understand," and "Does Jesus‘Care?".Pall
bearers w6re: Victor Falk Jr., Angus
McKecknie, and George McCullough of Palmer;
and A1 Lindemuth, Clyde Johnson and Edward
Ahrens of Anchorage.
At' the Cemetery the Legion held a short
servicer'with a gun salute by the Legion’
members, and taps played by Leon Faurie.
During the service, seven planes from the
Jack Carr flying service and the Valley
circled over Palmer. Following the Legion
Service the planes flew'over the Cemetery
in salute and dropped flowefs near the
open grave.
Dale Sandvik came to the Valley'vith his
parents in 1935 from Moose Lake, Minnesota
where he was born. He attended the Palmer
school and finished three,years o.f High
School in Palmer. He then went to the
States where he took his Cadet flight
training. When' the war broke out,ho en-"
tered the Air Service and made'73 missions
over enemy territory in Europe. He was
shot down 80 miles behind the lines and
walked safely out. He was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and the Purple
Heart. After this he returned to the
United States until he received his dis
charge in the fall of 1945. He entered
the University of Alaska that winter.
While in attendance at the University,
Dale met and married Mary Ann Kaiser. At
the close of .school they came to the
Valley to liva and later Dale joined the
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