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(Discussion of recent Tux Laws has .
brought forth thy folio' ing item--)
I have been bawled out,bullae, up,
held up, hold down, h'uhg up, bull
dozed, blackj iokocj, walkcdi cn,
cheated, squeezed and mooched;stuck
for v;ar tax, excess profits .tax,
state do.g tax. and syntax; Liberty
Bonds, Baby Bonds and' bonds of
Matrimony; Boa.' Cross, green cross
and double cross; asked to help1 the
Cocioty of John the Baptist
• omen's Relief Corps, Mon^/Relief,
and stomach relief. I have worked
like h-and have boon worked-like
h-—, have been drunk and got "
others drunk; lost all I hpd' and
now because I won't spend and lend
all the little I earn )and go ibog,
borrow or steal, I have been cussed
discussed, boycotted, talked to and
talked abou+, lied to and lied a
bout, held up, hung up, robbed and
damn near ruined, and the only
reason I am sticking around now is
to see what the h-is next I
Contributed.
’•'hen you argue with a fool be sure y
he isn't similarly engaged.__
HEALTH CENTER . BE WITS
v VALtE'Y
The Latanuska Valley Health Center
is supported by; the Alaska Depart
ment of Health and’the community.
The ^laaka Department of Health con
tributes the greatest greportion of
the salary of the nurse and a part
time clerk. • The Health Department
al30 furnishes the car and its up
keep, and expenses 'accrued in v/ork.
Operating expenses of.the Center,■
such as rent, utilities, supplies,
and a small portion of the nurses's
salary-are met by the- Palmer Commun
ity °hest and a contribution from
V.'as ill a.
During the period from January 1,
1949, through September 31, 1949
one hundred four x-rays were taken
under the Health Department program.
The Health Department furnishes the
film for these x-rays and pays the
local hospital *-2.50 for each x-ray
taken. During, this same period ap
proximately six hundred children
wer~ immunized either by the local
physician at the Immunization Clinic
or by the nurse, in the outlying
districts. The vaccine for these
immunizations is obtained free from
the Health Department Laboratory.
At the resent time two crippod
children from this area arc rloGiv
ing _care at the Mt. Tdgeeumbo Ortho
p-dio' Hospital at 3itka through the
combined efforts of the Health De
partment end the .Alaska Crippled
Children's association. In addition,
cripple cuildren arc seen at yearly
orthopedic clinics', at the last
clinic in October’ 1949, nine Valley
children were examined by Dr. Ido ore,
the orthopedic surgeon from Vt.
Hdgjocumb-o, and by Dr. Polka, the
orthopedic surgeon from Anchorage in
Consultation for the Health Depart
ment .
All children who are found to need
eye, oar- nose, or throat car- and
whdsb parents are unable to absorb
the cosh, ere referred to Dr. Milo
Prit’z of- anchorage, who is a part
tijno consultant for the Health De
partment. Children, who need Tonsil
lectomies ,may also have their family
physician perform them under the same
program. Under this program the
Children can receive glasses or sur
gical care with little or no cost to
the family.
pie V&Hoy is growing rapidly and
the nurse’s area is quite large, so
that It is; difficult to cover it
thoroughly. The area covered by the
health Center.includes:Palmer, the
Clun Highway as f„r north as Chlcka-*
con, the Anchorage Highway as far
cuth as bklutna, ,'.'asilla,Ijiik,JOnos
ille,lj’ska and the Indopondonco Mine.