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Palmer. Alaska
Vol. Ik
August 10, 1951
No. 51
Dr. Earl GreJros
See. 34*66 P.L. and R.
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PALMER, ALASKA
Permit No.3
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The Matanuska Valley Farmers’ Co
op is gettine ready for the yoarly
meeting to ho hold in the Community
Auditorium next Wednesday, August
15th. Tho mooting will start at
11:00 A.M., and a lunch will he
served at noon. Tho financial re
port of tho years' operations will
be given, and the officers and mana
gers will he available for reports
on tho operations of their depart
ments .
A valuable and useful door prize
will be given away at the conclu
sion of the meeting. The officers
hope that as many members as can
possibly come will bo there tc
learn about their Co-op. There is
c. very special reason why the mem
bers should be present that can not
be made public.
Mr. Ed Davis of the firm of Ren
frew & Davis of Anchorage has pro
nged to come and give all the in
formation that is available on the
various legal activities of the
Co-op.
Members who do not have transpor
tation arc requested to get in
touch with other members, so that
provisions can be made for getting
to the meeting which is one of the
most important that has ever been
hold. It behooves each one of us
to be there.
WQTER com SIGHED
The contract between the City of
Palmer and the Co-op, providing for
the extension of a permanent line
from the now source of water to
the Co-op's prosont line, was sign
ed; the pipe has been ordered for '
the installation. A six-inch wood
stavo pipe will be buried to keep
it from freezing; arrangomonts arc
being made to do the work so the
water line can bo in use before the
freeze this fall. The Matanuska
Valley Bank has agreed to finance
the project, and will be reimbursed
by 25$ of the water rentals that
are collected by the Co-op. Tho
city is proceeding with plans for
a now and larger water system to be
installed whon funds are available.
Howover, it is doubtful if this can
be accomplished for some time* Dur
ing the meantime tho Co-op will fur
nish water to the residents of Pal
mer under a contract with the city.
TDK CUTOFF DROPPED
AS RGAD-LlflK HAIllE
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
has extondod the nano of tho Glenn
Highway to a 135"™!!° section of the
Alaska road systen between Gakona
junction and Tok junction on the A
laska Highway*
The ncwly-namod section formerly
was known as tho Tok Cutoff. The
32L}.-milc Glenn highway is named for
Captain Edwin P. Glenn, an early
Alaskan explorer. It now extends
from Anchorage by way of Palmer and
Glcnallcn to tho Alaska Highway.
CREATIVE APPROACH to SOCIAL PROfiLEmS
A notable event in the field of
social relations will be the publi
cation on September 6th of "Tho Mind
of a ‘Member’" by Alfred D. Shef
field and Ada Eliot Sheffield. Ex
position Press, New York, is the
publisher.
Both in hone living and in indus
try, the authors contend, tho com
plexities of modern living cannot
ho met hy vaguo impulses to "human
ize relations" or hy mere moralizing.
They present a "grass-roots" approach
which will build the real membership
character of each individual. This
approach includes the application of
special semantic and psychosocial
insights in clarifying group situa
tions •
Alfred D. Shoffiold, Emeritus
Professor of Group Loadorship at
Wolies ley Collogc, has been active
for over thirty yoars in promoting
good group relations in tho labor
field. Before writing "The Mind of
a ’Member’" he gained valuable first
hand insights by taking a job in a
manufacturing plant, whore he did
job evaluation and related personnel
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