VAttfrY
CO-OP
VOL. 8
NEWS
PALMER, ALASKA
IS
JUNE >£,1945
N0.a4
ATTORNEY GENERAL, RALPH RIVERS
visited palmer on Thursday.
The Attorney General,Ralph
Rivers, was a visitor in Palmer
Thursday afternoon and evening of
this ’/'-•ok, He made a short tour of
the. Valley, He has. been visiting
in the Territory at Fairbanks be
fore coming to Palmer and
Anchorage*
Sirs, Rivers and their children
are. now''on Puget Sound visiting.
Shje. expects to return in about a .
month., but the children will’spend
the .summer in girls•' apd boys’ ; •
cemps on the ‘Sound, - .
NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO ARRIVE IN
PALMER SOON. • ! ’ -. *
,• It has been nhnounced by the
, Palmer* School Board .that Mr. Earl
hitehend from C.Qupville,Washington
•i as been employed as the new auper
intehde'nt' to repJL.cuce. Mr. P.E.Shaw.
Mr. Whitehead has beerr superint
endent in schools similar to .this
otje in Palmer,- apd is very highly
recommended. He "has also been a
coach, ,
Mr. Whitehead and wife and two
children.are expected to arrive
by the end of, this montji. * ii-. ■
GRANGE TAKES ' VOTE . 0N*ij O.INIfc''MGO&E
• . AND LEGIOH. IN BUILDING ‘ ; - f
At !the In 3t* me*eting of the N6*>fch
land Pldneer Grange No, 1, n vote
wbs taken as to whether the Grange,
should build their own separate
hall, or whether th.ev should join '
wl th the Moose and Legion In build
ing onelarge hall for the tfyree r
orders. The Committee made a‘ report
and it was voted to have the com
mittee meet with-ttye Legion and r
Moose committees for further plans.
Post War planning-was discussed
by Clyde King, ^gnes Snndvik, and
~arl Rasmussen. A committee wa s
opointed to work on Post War Plan
ning and to report nt the next
meeting. Any member is invited to
make suggestions to the committee o:
^at^Qr Mrs. Wm. Bouwens.
Palmer has-gone well over the
quota of $15,000. in the Eighty
7th War Loan Drive. It hps the honor
of ,being the' first In the. Territory
to do so. We a:re .'urged,however,not
to-let this slow down our purchases.
We;could still gain a second dis
tinction,1 of being the Community to
have the; highest percentage abovfc
t,h.a Quota
; . The goal was "attained this week
duj to the purchase *f a large sun
invested in bonds by Mr, F.E. Shaw
just befora’hfe returned to the
Skates, .Mr.* Shaw, Superintendent rf
Schools,' in Palmer during the past
year promoted very successful Bond
Drives In the School during the
year which put our school over the
top in School purchases.
Mrs. Beatrice Huntley, Postmaster
of Palmer, received the following
T-elegram of .Congratulation 'from
■Governor GrueAing.
Heartiest ''congratulations on y«ur
splendid record in reaching" your •
goal in Seventh War Loan. You- tire
the first Community in the Territory
to exceed t‘«tal quota. You and your
Committee may be proud *f your
splendid work and excellent res
.ponse of youi* towns peoolo^
*• ■ • ; ; . /
'Ernest Gruening, Governor.
MR.-.'AND-MR S. PjEiSHAW ’LEFT F,QR
THEIR-HOME ‘ IN THE STATES - THIS 'WEEK.
• / . % 1 l f
’ / Mr*, and Mrs.FvE* "Shaw returned
to the States this weelc. after- spend
ing almost a year in Alaska. Mr.
Shaw will-be, replaced by Mr. Earl
Whitehead as Superintendent of the
Palmer School.
The Coftijunity of Palmer wishes
them well<>-'a bon voyage. We are
glad to have had them with U3 for
the, pnat-. year.
Harold Stephan,Slim Hayes,Mrs. $ack