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co-op nuTES
MEAT MARKET
It, SomKcist, butcher at the moat market,
has.rcquosted that all persons having neat
coolers of the Co-op cone and claim thoir
moat. This moat has been in tho coolers a
long tino and the space is needed for
otter purposos. It "rould be greatly ap
preciated if porsons having moat in thoso
coolors rould came and claim tho same.
EGGS
Since too many producers aro leaving their
eggs for afternoon delivery to tho cand
ling room, it has become nocossory to plac<
nil eggs received after 4:00 o.n. on any
candling day on tho following days egg
receiving shoot.
On Wednesday of this rook thero roro no
oggs in tho Candling room for tro hours
dnring the morning 10:00 to 12:C0.During
the afternoon so many camo in that it ras
impossible to finish the rork beforo 5 p.n
Some of thoso eggs orriyod after 4:30 p.n.
T'crc have boon tines rhon eggs have camo
in at 5 minutes to 5 p.n. This doesn’t
give very much tino to do any candling and
packing. Tho Creamery closes at 5 p.m.
and tho doors arc locked including tho
Egg Coo.l Room. Thcrofore, it becomes
necessary to put, a deadlino on the receiv
ing of. eggs for that day’s dandling. Eggs
brought in after 4 p.m. rill bo placod in
tho cooler for tho next day’s candling
operations.
1. B. DREGHORN LAID
TO .REST
Lawrence B. Dreghorn, "Scotty" as he was
known to his many friends, was laid to
rest - in the Palmer Cemetery on Thursday of
this week-foilSwing burial services con
ducted frcm St. Michael’S Catholic Church
at 11:0C a.m. Scotty passed away at his
home Monday morning, August 9, following
a lingering illness of several months.
Pall Bearers at the funeral were: Joe Lent
Don Parks, I, M, Sandvik, Paul Nelson and
A1 King.
Scotty Dreghorn was born in Scotland where
he grew to manhood and entered the British
Army in 1914. He served through 1918 witi
the 51st Gordon Highlanders. He left the
Army Signal Corps with the rank of Major
at the close of the T7ar. Cont. on p. 5
ARRC BOARD TAKES
ACTinri TO SOLVE CO-OP
TROUBLES
At the Annual meeting of the Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation C6rporation held this last .
Monday, August 9, in the Palmer Offices
the dissension in the Matanuska Valley Far
mers’ Cooperating Association came in for
much discussion* Roy Brock,'President of
the MVFCA Board of Directors, ras called
in on consulation, and M.D,~ Snodgrass re
quested a hearing rith the Eoard and v&s
admitted.
ATtor discussing the difficulties of the,
MVFCA, it ras decided that it ras the Pub
lic Relations of the Association rhich are
bad and not tho financial condition.' The
AHRC Board, feoling that a deadlock had
boon reached in the situation, usted to
recommend to the SHA that action be taken
on the Loan .Agreement betroon the MVFCA
end tho FHA. '• r
This means that in spite of tho fact that
the MVFCA has mado uvory payment to the
FHA ns required, tho balance of the *loah
mould bo called immediately. This mould
dutomatically throm the Association into
recoivorship undor tho control of- the Court.
Mr. ?etors explained that this did not
moan that the ARRC mas destroying tho
.Co-op as it mould, continue functioning,but
mould be under tho supervision -of tho Re
ceiver. The Receiver pould to approved by
the pm and the ARRC as the principal Cred
itors. . .
The plans aro, according to Mr. Peters, to
straighten out the. difficulties feefore re
turning the control to the farmers. Mr.
Peters expressed rogfet that this action '
had become necessary* but said that f'
mas the fooling of the,.Board that this mas
the only rccourso. . . ' ,.
This action mas a recommendation of tho
ARP.C Board and no information is as yet
available as to mhothor tho THA chooses
zto act upon, the recommendation. Just mhat
clause in the loan agrdcmoht mith tho
MVFCA ’-ill be used in calling the loan is
not dofinito.
Tho MVPCA Board stated that to their knom
lcdgo no agreoment of the loan had been
viMatod by thp MVFCA and that all pay
ments and ropevts had bocn.mado as request
ed. Tho Association is' in good financial
_Cont. on pp. 5__