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PALMER, ALASKA. MARCH 9, 1945
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VOL. 8
MO. 10
COO? QRANCH COJVl.
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MEET INC
At a joint meeting of the M.V. F.
C.A..Board, ARRC Board, a Grange
Committe, and representatives from
the. M.F.a. several questions of
local- Interest were discussed and
acted upon. There were about 30
men present. Marshall Koppin from
the C.A.A. was also present.
’The first topic under discussion
was the Falmer AirportMarshall
Hoppins told the assembly that an
Airport whould be at least 2g miles
from town. The C..A.A. will furnish
an engineer to work with the air
port Committee in selecting a ,
suitable place for this field. The
Airport Committee consists of the
following members: C,R.Monaghan,
Don Irwin, Frank Linn, Leo Lucas,
and an Engineer from the C.A.A. As
advisor. This committee will inves
tigate various sites and choose a
place. Marshall Hoppins recommended
a Class #2 Airport with an area
large enough to expand to a Class
#3 in case It Wes desired or needed
The second topic of interest was
a telephone system. Mr. Mau and
Col Ohlson are making inquires
about second hand material, wire,
transformers,phones etc. Mr. Mau
is to make an estimate of the cost.
The-third topic under discussion!
was a sewer system. Roland Snodgras,
pointed out on a platt of the Valle;
several suggested routes of a sewer
line to the Katanuskr. ’River. Several
of these were feasible. It was de
cided to hire an engineer to choose
the best route to the river and
to make rn estimation. After the
Engineer has finished, plans will
be made to lay the 'sejver line.
R.B. HEASTON CALLEE BY DEATH
R.B. Heaston died very suddenly
last week from a heart attack. Mr.
and Mrs. Keaston lived in the Valle?
several years and Mr. Heaston was
at one time Field Foreman for the
ARRC. Mr. and Mrs. Heaston had
many friends here who were shocked
to learn of his Sudden death. A ! 1
private funeral was held in finchor
age'on Wednesday*
Much interest was shown in the
school election on Saturday March
3. The final list of nominees wag
es follows: Mrs. Art Thompson
George Small,Carl Wilson.
There were-110 votes cast,two
of which were for Mrs. King and
Mr. H.L.ThumaThfc remaining i08
were p.s follows: George Small'38,
Carl Wilson 38, and Mrs. .'.n't Thomp
son 32. There has t><;•- n much dis
cussion as to what should and can
be done about a tie vote in this
type of an election. A telegram
was sent to Dr. Ryan for a. decision.
The Attorney General was consulted
and he suggested that- the names be
put in a hat or box, and in the
presence of three witnesses a child
should draw a name. ‘ "■ ■
LATEST MEWS'i'LASH ON ELECTION. .
. The- advised, method of selecting,
tkc new Borrd mcmbpfr j<r s c rid
thi,s, morning.' The result was that
3ari Wilson becomes the rjdw member
Dn the board replacing Max Sherrod.
COL. OHLSON MAKES NEW OFFER ON
, largest cabbage.
It. has been duly reported to the
/alley Settler that Col. phlson has
iqw offered $50. for a 50# cabbage
produced in the Valley this summer,
'an it be done. Max Sherrod sayr he
thinks that it can. Thu largest•yet
produced here was one weighing Ac//.
jMax Sherrod won this distinction.
[Dale sandvik off the gold standard
In a recent letter received from
Dale by his mother, Dale states that
he now has a Silver Bar to replace
his former gold one. He is now a
First Lieutenant. Dale has won the
Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Cluster?
ROAD COMMISSION BUSY THIS WEEK
The Road Commission has been very
rbusy trying to k ?ep snowslides off
the road so that traffic can get
through. This time of the year is
bad with more snow and warmer
weather to cause slides. If it is
lot slides then the wind blows and
bad drifts block the roads. We often
think more snow would be better, but
it creates man--- - r .vs.