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Community Backing—
(Continued from page 1)
lection. It was suggested that lids
fthat can be securely fastened and
H>ossibly racks to hold the cans
would prevent waste papers from
^blowing around the city during
Uhe wind storms.
Erect street name signs.
Review city ordinances to see
Show they may be applied to the
Iproject.
Neater appearance around auto
rfunk yards.
Better water drainage from
^streets and empty lots.
The showing of sanitary and
health films in the schools.
That a committee be created to
^maintain the hospital and school
grounds.
Consult with the Experiment
Station personnel for information
ton planting trees and shrubs. This
n would work in with the proposed
Arbor Day.
Contact the Bureau of Public
Hoads in regards to drainage from
ttheir property into the city
streets.
Dog control enforcement.
The lack of paint on the Post
^Office building was pointed out.
Among those attending the
r«5arden club meeting were a
number of Gir^ Scouts who ex
pressed their willingness to par
ticipate in the project.
Mrs. Woolcock pointed out that
*even though the Garden club is
proposing the project it can not
Ube accomplished without the com
plete backing of the community.
^Organizations and individuals
will have to participate in this
project if we are to get Palmer
looking like a city we can be
proud of”.
“Most of us are too complacent.
We put men in office and expect
they are going to do everything
5for us. Rather than bemoaning,
IHet’s all ask ourselves if we are
guilty of any of these points
bnught up at the meeting, in our
own yards. We might not have to
go much further.
“This project is not nearly as
complicated or big as it sounds”,
she pointed out. “We have many
conveniences in our city that
♦other -small towns do not have.
This roeedn’t cost too much money
—4sqLit it will mean work and the
complete backing from the com
. munity.”
/It'was also pointed out that this
/ shouldn’t be confined to property
‘ fawners, ithat a large percentage
«■ of the residents rent their proper
■ ty ioad that tenants could be a
; big help in making Palmer beau
1 tiful.
. Andtker meeting of representa
tives from area organizations and
individuals will be held April 1.
It is hoped at that# time a large
number will attend and that
• some of the organizations will
some of the organizations will
foave decided upon a project.
of individuals were
preset £& '‘the first meeting, Mrs.
Woolcock said, as well as repre
sentatives from the Girl and Boy
Scouts, Kiwanis, Moose, Experi
ment Station, Co-Op, Chamber,
JP-TA, Glacier View and Palmasil
Jta Homemakers clubs and others.
.'Attending the Chamber meet
ing with Mrs. Woolcock was Edna
' Wehking, also a Garden club
member.
Telephone
.(Continued from page 1)
dialed and enjoyed. After that
dale calls to "O" will go into the
business office during the day and
±o the "O" switchboard at the
hotel after 5 p.m. These calls will
he primarily emergency tpye
xcaHs.
Any subscriber finding a dif
ficulty on his line—either out
going or incoming calls is asked
to report it to the business office
in Palmer. ‘There are going to
fee a few bugs throughout the
system and about the only way
we will know about them will
fee from the subscribers report”,
Hanks said.
Billing will be a little late this
month because of the cut-over.
The new telephone rates will ap
ply for April. Under a new MTA i
policy, bills as presented are due
and payable on the 15th of each
month, (10 days after mailing).
j\ penalty of $1.50 will apply
. after that date and service will be
■discontinued if bills are not paid
by the 25th of each month.
' It is important when making
‘toll calls, Hanks pointed out, that
the exchange be given to the toll
'operator, as well as the number.
There are duplicate numbers in
the various exchanges and for
proper billing the exchange will
Ihave to be given at the^same time
ias the number.
Emergency call numbers are
listed in the mimeographed book.
In some cases no alternate num
bers are listed, such as the city
police department. It is hoped
that such cases will be worked
.out before the cut over/
Strong Protests—
(Continued from page 1)
health physician, consultants
from Washington, D. C. the Al
aska “Senator” and two “Repre
sentatives” in Washington, with
out asking for a thing. The bro
chure brought out reasons why
the hospital should be located in
the Matanuska Valley, but no
formal request was made.
“We believe that the legislators
owe each community the right of
a hearing,” one member said.
Other comments heard were:
“"Looks like a packaged deal!”
“ . . . railroaded throught.” ‘This
isn’t building the Territory—it’s
building one city, Anchorage”.
Members of the steering com
mittee stated they feel that there
is a procedure that should be fol
lowed in the decision of the hos
pital location. “This hasn’t been
followed” they said. If all the ad
vantages of every community be
ing considered for the location are
fairly weighed we feel the pro
per' location of the hospital will
be made, they added.
Serving on the steering com
mittee are Dr. C jC. Bailey, chair
man, Marvin Slaughter, Charles
W. Wilson, Foster R. Sims, Rich
ard Jones, Pat Carter, George Ed
Smith, James Hurley, Allan Mick
and Mrs. Izola Sims.
The steering committee has re
quested all organizations and in
dividuals to send protests of the
House action to the Senators and
other officials at once. The bill
has not yet been passed by the
Senate.
CITY WATER WELLS
STILL PRODUCING
NOTHING BUT WATER
With oil wells being driven two
directions from Palmer city water
users had good reason this week
to wonder if perchance the city’s
deep water wells were producing
“black gold”. The taste and odor
of oil in the city water was re
ported by a number of users.
However, the city budget won’t
be balanced by a “gusher”. To
heat the water in the reservoir
the water department is using
diesel oil in a heater. The new
heater was out of adjustment and
the fumes are what caused the
odor and taste. Contrary to the
rumors around Palmer, there was
no oil in the water—there is no
way oil can get in the water un
less it comes up out of the ground
—and that just isn’t geologically
probable.
Board Terminates—
(Continued from page 1)
them and the association.
“We are given to understand
that this means the Board of Mis
sions will withdraw it’s two ap
pointed members on the hospital
board of directors, and will no
longer provide the $3,000 a year
to pay the insurance on the $232,
000 mortgage held by the Mis
sions.
“It is not expected that this
termination will in any way in
fluence the day to day operations
of the hospital, and as in the past
two years, the responsibility of
operating the hospital will con
tinue to be a matter of commun
ity concern,” he stated.
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