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Vo 1» 111_Palmer, Alaska _August 17. 1951_No. 32
CGDP ANNUAL MEETING NOTES
President of the Board, Brock,
called the neetinp to order. Sec
retary read the Roll Call. Guests
were introduced--Mr. Ed Davis, Le
na 1 Council for MVFCA; and Mr;
Jones fron Jonesborourth, Ore. Tho
ninutes of the last neetinc were
read and approved.
Accountant's Report by Mr.EaslLIr,
er, with discussion by nenbers.
Manager's Report by Acting Manager,
Mr. Rasnussen was read and approv
ed. Dairynon Cormittee Report by
Fat Hemner--said there will be a
neetin'i of dairynen soon. Veno
table Connittee no report.
There was election of two direc
tors: one for a 3-yr. tern, and
one 1-yr. tern. Noninees for dir
ector for 3-yr. tern were the fol
•l-wino: L. Short, J.D.Mash, H.Hol
c : -;.’.n, H. Winenarner, A. V.Entvet.
i .(ineparner was elected. Noninees
Icr a 1-vr. tern were the follow
ing: R.A.Nowell, H. Holstein and
L. Short. R.A.Newell was elected.
Attorney Davis made several im
portant points and suggestions.
(1) Articles and By-Laws were a
dopted many years ago, when Co-op
was an appendage of ARRC— they are
not 3et up to cover the now two
million-dollar business. It would
be wise to give Articles and By
Laws a general working over. Sug
gests everyone study them to see
where they need working over. (2)
Marketing Agreement was adopted
prior to 1935 and doesn't fit pre
sent set-up. It should be arrang
ed to meet present needs. (3) Co
op authorized the issuance of
notes last year, and sold ^9^00.of
them. Members should consider pur
chasing bonds and let nonoy work
for Co-op instead of borrowing
from bank.
1st. suit--Dairymen*s suit. Re
ceived a roverse judgement on that
decision, so the money which had
been collected by thoso dairymen
must be returned to Co-op. Mr.
Monaghan was the representative of
the dairymen involved in the suit,
receiving the thirty odd thousand
in his name, and splitting it anonr
then. Mr..Davis 3ald that all par
ties should be named in the judge
ment, and let them arrange how it is
to be paid back.
2nd. suit—Somebody didn't pay Mr.
Reach for rental for the Anchorage
Dairy Property in December of 19^1-6•
He had boon unhappy with the situa
tion for some time, since he was re
ceiving only $14.5 monthly rental on
the property and the taxes amounted
to twice that much. He seized on
this chance to try and break the
lease. However the lease was per
fectly vallid for its’ term. But
it was decoided that the Co-op should
pay the OI4.5 monthly rental and the
taxes on the p38,000 building which
they constructed there.
Nov/ Business: (1) Potatoe sacks
it was suggested that wash sack3 in
stead of branded sacks be used where
ever possible. (2) Mr. Y.'ilson sa>
,rested'that the board proceed to
work with Legal Council to bring By
Laws up to date and present to mem
bers. Motion was made and carried.
Mr. Thuma brou~ht up two points:
(1) Fixing and repairing the gym
nasium is expensive and should be
a responsibility of the school,since
they use it. Moved that the Board
negotiate with the School Board that
the Co-op soli tho building to the
school. Motion carried. (2) Made
a motion to the effect that the di
vidends shouldn't be prorated to
employees. After a discussion on
the subject the motion carried.
It was announced that the door
prize would he an Outboard Motor
for a iran or the finest Vacuum
cleaner in tho Trading Post if it
were a woman. Bobby, snail Grand
son of the Henry La-Roses,drew the
the winning number held by Johan
Johnson. Ho received tho Outboard
Motor.
$IO---THEN ANU NOW
From the U.3.Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics cones a graphic illustra
tion of the food prices in 1939 and
Continuod on Pago 3
Dr. Sari Grefros
Sec. 3U*66 P.L. and R.
U.S.POSTAGE
l<£ PAID
PALMER, ALASKA
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