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PALMER .ALASKA
AUGUST 22, 1946
NO. 28
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF
EXTENSION SERVICE IN
PALMER THIS WEEK
Mr. M. L. Wilson, Director of Extension
Service Work in the United States and Ter
ritories, has been in the Valley the past
few days. Ho arrived here from Fairbanks
end was accompanied by Director Oldroyd,
Head of Extension Work in Alaska, and Mt3.
Oldroyd; Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hanson,Demonstra
tion Lender; also Miss Marcaret Martin,
District Agent for this aroa whose head
quarters are in Anchorage; and'Mr. Hirrold
Rice, Assistant Director to Mr, Oldroyd
who is now temporarily stationed in Palmer,
On Wednesday evening of this week, Mr.
Wilson spoke tc the Valley residents at a
Special meeting'colled for that purpose in
the Grange Hall, Thirty-one'people'wore
present which was not too bad considering
the Vory wot weather that ovening. Cako’
and icocrccra were served as refreshments.
palmer is central station FOR ALASLA RADIO
INC.
Tinder the direction of Mr, Henry Perozzo,
the Alaska Radio Inc., on Alaskan organ
ization, is installing a Radio communica
tion system with central station in Palmer,
It is the main purpose of this company to
reach isolated towns and settlements in
the Territory, but telegrams rill be trans
mittod by Radio to all points in the Terri
tory and States when the system is con
pie tod.
At present the Palmer station has'contact
with Hope, Coopers Landing, Kenai, Homcf,
Anchor Point, Tustumena, Chalatna Lodgo,
and at McGrath is a relay station with
contact points at Candle Creek, O.phir,
Folger, Nixon Mine, Poorman, and Timber
Creek,
The company is installing wireless tolo-'
phonos. Of tho 133 telephones they have,
8 are nor in use, and 5 are used by tho
company.
The local station in Palmer is located in
the front of tho Valley Theatre Building,
first door to tho right.
Vince Stephan is'in charge of the sub
station at Kenai.
MATANUSKA DINNER
GIVEN FOR SEC. KRUG
AND PARTY.
On Saturday August 17, Secretary of the
Department of the Interior, J.A. Krug,and
Party came to Palmer via Special Train"'
from Anchorage,' They arrived in Palmer
about 11:00 a.m, and left shortly after
12:00 noon. A small party of local citi
zens met the train at Echo Lake where
some of tho members disembarked and made
a tour by bus to the Matanuska Experiment
Station and then to Palmer'through the
farming area south of town. Those who met
the train at Echo Lake were: Mr. Walter
E. Huntloy, Representative Territorial
Legislature; Mr. Don L. Irwin, Manager of
the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corpora
tion; Mr. E.E. Hnrriss, Manager of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association; Mr. Carl Rasmussen, Comman
der of the American Legion Post No. 15;
Mr. Harold Rice, Assistant Director of
Extension work in Alaska; Mrs, Dorothy M,
Bell, Editor of the Valley Settler; and
Mr, Ray Cathor and Mri IXiano Huntloy,
drivers of the busses.
Secretary Krug and part of the party re
mained on the train which come into Palmer
where they were mot and conducted to.the
Dining Room of the School at which plnco
a Matanuska Dinnor was prepared and served
by the Homemakers Council, They wore '
joined by the remainder of the pnrty-as
they returned from the Experiment Station,
and other rosidonts of Palmer and tho
Valley.
A most delicious Mntanuska Dinner, for
which our ladies are'becoming famous, was
served to 91 persons. Although the party
did not remain in the Valley long enough
to inspect many gardens or farms, they at
least had an opportunity to sample the
products from the farms as prepared fo*
the table. They wore served:'Baked Ham,
Now potatoes with fresh peas, buttered
broccoli, Groen onions, Radishes, Carrot
Sticks, Matanuskn Maid Icecream with
Fresh'Strawborrios, coffoo with fresh
croam, fresh milk, and whole wheat rolls
with butter.
Cont. on pp. 13