Knik Drive-In
Opens for Season
Mrs. Aleen Uzelac this week
announced the opening of the
Knik Drive-In for the summer
season. The drive-in is located at
-Mile 38, Palmer Highway at the
south end of the Knik River
bridge.
Mrs. Uzelac extended ai\ invi
tation to valley residents to stop
in and say hello. The huskybur
gers, which made the drive-in
famous in this section of Alaska,
will be featured on the menu,
she added, as well as home-made
pies. The drive-in will be open
daily except Tuesdays, from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. and will offer
curb service. Mrs. Uzelac is being
assisted by her daughter Roberta
Uzelac.
Oft. BABB TO SPEAK
AT GARDEN CLUB
Trees and shrubs will be the
topic of a talk to be presented by
Dr. Myron Babb at the April 22
meeting of the Palmer Garden
Club.
The meeting will be held in the
basement at the Legion hall and
all members and interested per
sons are invited to attend.
A round robin roll call will
feature favorite annual flowers of
members.
During the meeting Mrs. Glen
Goods will make an arrangement.
Co-hostesses for the meeting
will be Dorothy Cook and Thel
ma Cope.
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Photo above shows trailer with boom
"floating" on roller bearing turntable*
Trailer carries 72 extra pipe lengths for
use ia field.
* Ail underside view of one end of the
bif 140* boom, covering outer circle.
Opposite end of boom carries smaller
poxxlcs for inner-circle spraying.
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circle with W* to 1" of
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The amazing new Vermeer Pow-R
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sprinkler ... a huge 140' slowly
revolving boom, mounted on a
sturdy 4-wheel trailer. Now you
cap irrigate economically and
i you’ll save up to 80% of the labor
involved in moving pipe. The en
itire unit is pulled by any farm
tractor from either end of the
trailer. Here’s truly low' cost irri
gation for nearly every farm with
available water supply.
Here Are a Few Advantages
of the New "Pow-R-Sprinkler"
• COVERS LARGE AREA AT LOW PRE
CIPITATION RATE
• SAVES TIME—Covers over 2 acres in one
hour . . . saves labor.
• JET PROPELLED BOOM—rotated by water
pressure only. Needs no hydraulic pumps,
no electricity.
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WALTER BRIGGS
NAMED MANAGER
AT KIRK’S SALES
Walter Briggs of Palmer has
been named the new manager at
the Palmer branch of Kirk’s Sales
and Service and the Alaska Oil
Sales and Service. Briggs has
been with the concern for nearly
six years and makes his home in
the valley with his wife, the for
mer Eunice Geiwitz, and five chil
dren. Briggs replacing Pat Ryan,
manager at the Palmer branch
for the past one and one half
years, who has now transferred
to the Anchorage office of the
Alaska Oil Sales and Service and
will be on the sales staff.
Kirk’s Sales and Service are
authorized Chevrolet dealers in
the valley, This department em
ployes Briggs, Glen Shank, me
chanic, and Lewis Geiwitz, book
keeper. The Oil Sales and Ser
vice division distribute all com
modities in oil and was one of
the first firms to equip their de
livery trucks with radio com
munication. Larry Vasanoja and
Merle Puddicombe are employed
i in this department.
The Helping Hand
Our electric system, owned and operated
by the rural people in this area, is proud to
extend a helping hand to our urban friends.
Our progress is related.
* Rural electrification has improved the work
ing and living conditions of farm people, but
it has also had a gigantic impact in other
walks of life.
Rural electric consumers, alone, have al
ready spent a staggering $ 12-billion for
electrical appliances and equipmenf. This
means the average farm family spends over
$4 for wiring and appliances for every $1
invested by the rural electric system in its
facilities. But this is only the beginning. These
consumers will continue to spend over $1~
f
billion a year for years to come on new
appliances and equipment.
We are pleased to have had a part in
creating this new appliance market for our
local businessmen. But that’s not alt. As farm
people increase their profits through in
creased use of electricity in productive agri
culture, their spending will also increase. All
along the line—locally, regionally, nation
ally—this money will be injected into the
economy as salaries and wages and taxes
and payments for goods and services.
We are proud that our locally owned and
operated rural electric cooperative is playing
an important role in the progress of our com
munity and our country, with benefits to urban
as well as farm people.
MATAMISKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
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Valuable Prizes
To Be Given In
Auxiliary Contest
“You cant’ miss on a cake when
you use Betty Crocker cake mix”,
said a Legion Auxiliary member
this week, and then asked”—but
can you write a slogan? “ ‘I want
to bake a cake to help celebrate
the American Legion’s birthday
because . . . ’ ” in 25 words or
less may win you a trip to Eur
ope.”
The Matanuska Valley Unit
No. 15 is sponsoring this contest
locally. The winning slogan will
be worth $5.00. The Department
award will be a Betty Crocker
Cook Book and the National win
ner will receive an all expense
post National Convention trip to
Europe for two.
“Don’t forget—a cake of your
favorite Betty Crocker mix—dec
orated any way you choose—the
top of the mix box—and a slo
gan”.
Judging will be done Saturday
April 27 at Koslosky’s where the
cakes plus other baked goods
will be offered for sale to raise
funds for a special project for the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
You need not be a member of
the Auxiliary to enter the con
test, it was announced.
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OLYMPIA
with
pleasure/
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THAT MAKES
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Army Reservists
Return From
Annual Encampment
Eleven members of Co. C, 180th
Engineer Battalion (C) (A) of
Palmer have returned to their
homes follqwing a two-week en
campment at Fort Richardson.
The annual encampment started
March 31 and continued until
April 14.
The local Reserves participated
in engineer field training which
included several days working
with Bailey bridges; two days on
the firing range where they work
ed with the M-l rifles; a three
day bivouac during which they
took part in skiing, compass and
map reading, infantry tactics, en
gineer reconnaissance, and hasty
field fortifications and shelters.
They also worked with various
type pieces of heavy equipment
such as cat tractors cranes, and
compressor units. The Reserves
were supported in the training
and operations by the 2nd Engin
eers of the 2nd Division, USA.
The men reported the best
Army “chow” they ever had.
Participating from the local
company were: Captain Herbert
C. Lang, First Lieutenant Byron
Hallenback, Sergeant Harry M.
Campbell, Sr., SFC Gerald Camp
bell, SFC Frank Smith, SFC Cur
tis Reed, Spc^3 Harry jM. Camp
bell, Jr., Spc-3 Johan Johnson,
Pfc Richard Barnes, Pfc James T.
Wilson, and Pfc Jack Leverett
Since the encampment Pfc Bar
nes has gone into active duty and
Son to Continue
Parents’ Dairy Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond De
Priest, with their young son Ed
win and daughter Ann, have tak
en over the operations of Mr.
DePriest’s parents dairy business,
located two miles south of town.
They have purchased the original
J. J. Tulley homestead which
consists of a 230-acre farm.
The younger Mr. DePriest came
to the valley 12 years ago with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
DePriest, farmers, who have
since retired and are now living
in Palmer.
Mrs. Raymond DePriest is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Vickaryous of Wasillsuwho $ame
to the valley with her parents
during the colonization in 1936,
and was crowned queen of the
Matanuska Valley Fair in 1952.
The young couple are both
graduates of the Palmer High
School. Mr. DePriest also took
four years of agriculture study at
the University of Alaska.
will be receiving his basic train
ing at Fort Richardson.!
Three Reserve members of Co.
C have returned to their homes
following a six-month Army Re
serve training session in the
States. They are Ronald Akelstad,
Gerry Gallagher and Robert Gir
shmel.
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