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VOL. 12
Palmer,Alaska
October 28,1949
No. 42
CO-OP nOTES •
CO-OP DIESELS HELP OUT
During the shut-down of the Sackett
Harbor generators, the Co-op Diesels
generated 4000 Kc/TH. A few adjust
ments on the steam engine were ne
cessary due to a recent overhauling
job, but# after this was done the
engine:.1 ‘performed very nicely.
GIVEN ICE CREAM CONTRACT
The Co*op has been given another
purchase order to.furnish the Army I
with Ice Cream until the first of !
the year in the same quantities andj
at the same price as the previous
contract.
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TAX LAW PASSED
At the last meeting of the. Palmer j
School Lo.ard the resolution setting,
up a tax law for the Palmer Inde
pendent School ^istrict was passed.j
The tax lav/ contains the points
which Neil Miller outlined at the
last PTA meeting. The tax levy was!
set at 10 mills and will be due and!
payable on -February 1,1950.
Tax Forma are expected to be in
circulation within this next week.
They,are very similar to the forms
issued b r the Territorial Tax Office
These forms are to be returned to
the Tax assessor and Collector,Neil
S. Miller, by November 15,1949. Mr.
Miller has set up an office in the
Lobby between the Gymnasium and the:
School, anyone having any question^
about the forms on how to fill them
out etc., may contact Mr. Miller at j
his office.
Dll. BAILEY to wed
Miss lev;ell Griffith of Bremerton,
Washington, will arriye in the Valle
this ; ,*ek end. She will become the ;
bride of Dr. G.C.Bailey on Friday
November 4, at 2 pm in St. John’s
Lutheran Church. Father Sayr of All
Saints Episcopal Church of Anchorage
will officiate.
CHMIBER OF CGfillllERCE
DISCUSSES NATIVE SCHOOL
The Chamber of Commerce met at the
Recreation Hall last "ednesday noon,
October 9. A letter addressed to
Jack Maze and M.D,Snodgrass from
Don Foster of the Alaska Native Ser
vice was read, in which Mr. Foster
stated that the new Native School
would not be located in Palmer if
the citizens objectd. Mr. Foster
also asked about the "militant ma
jority" in the community who oppose
the project. A long discussion
followed and some new reasons were
presented by the "militant majority"
as,to why the project should not be
located here. One reason given was
that the native children should not
be-subjected to the bad influences
of the local children-a new one.
President .Csslinger stated that the
Anchorage Chamber had invited the
local organization to attend a din
ner, to be given by the Anchorage
Chamber on Monday,October 24th, in
honor of Palmer. The dinner would
feature valley products. Several
members indicated that they were in
terested in attending and thd presi
dent appointed speakers to give talks
on the Valley’s progress.
entertained BY anchorage G*C
The delegation from Palmer which
orginally started out as 20 persons
dwindled to 12 due to slippery roads.
A very fine dinner wa3 enjoyed by
those who made the trip. President
Ps&linger gave a short talk stress
ing the advantage of the two organ
izations working together and point
ing- out the advantages of keeping as
much buying as possible within the
local area.
Co-op Manager Jim Wilson gave a re
sume of the business activities of
the Valley farmers which shows a
tremendous gain in production in
comparison with former years. (At
this point Mr. ’-ilson wishes to make
a correction. The amount of potatoes
produced this year is 3000 tons and
not the 300,000 tons as quoted in a
press report.) It was stated that
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