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VOL. IE
Palmer,Alaska
October 14,1949
No. 40
1949 TO BE TOPS
With only three-fourths of the busi
ness year completed 1949 has alread;
"coppea the honors" as being the big
gest yeax your Co-op has had it its
history. The 2 million dollar busi
ness predicted at the last member?
ship meeting will be reached,
’/hat does increased business mean
to the association? It m^ans a morG
efficient utilization of our facil-:
ities and employees time. It means
that fixed costs can bo spread over
that much more volume - which means
a reduction in Indirect overhead toe;
We have heard lots of talk about "G<
A." (G.A. means General Administra
tive expenses not directly charged
to any one department). In 1946 G.A^
was 12^% charge. This was on slighti
ly more than one million dollexs
volume. Last year on l£ million G.
A. was. This year on a 2 million
dollar volume GA will bo only .
slightly more than 6$. Simple isn't
it - twice the volume - t the cost
charged to,each unit of volume?
Lot us suppose our present facili
ties would bu adequate for a 3 mil
lion dollar business. In that ease 1
it would be reasonable to assume
that our G.A. could bo brought down
to something less than 5$. I believe
that 3 million can bo reached in a
few years du^ to the rapid increase
in population. The Co-op has its
roots established in several basic
industries which cannot help grow
ing as long as we maintain a policy j
of putting out quality products.
Among the departments which were
most largely responsible for the
30yo overall increase in business arc
the produce department, gargge,
creamery and v/arehouso. The dairy |
and egg departments both showed morq
modest increases.
James W. Wilson,
General Manager
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harris of Palmoj
aru the proud parents of a girl
born at the Valley Hospital on
October 13th. I
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SELECTS ITEli) OFFICERS
The Community Ohest Board of Direc
tors met at the home of J.L.Rry on
Monday night of this week to select
new officers for the ensuing year.
Miss V. Louise Kellogg was named
the now Chairman. Miss Kellogg has
had previous experience in this work
in Pasadena, California. Mrs.Harvey
Hiber was named to the post of Vice
President. J.L.Ray is the new Sec
retary end Kail Miller is the new
Treasurer.
Old officers were present and turned
over their respective offices to the
new officers.
another meeting was held on ’•odnes
. day evening of this week to lay plans
for this year’s drive. The Communi
ty Chest has now become a definite
part of Valley Community life. It
combines all welfare efforts so that
each person is asked to donate just
once a year.
GRANGE ELECTS OFFICERS
New officers were elected at the
Northland Pioneer Grange nesting
held on Thursday evening of this
week in the Grange Hall. Th_y are:
E.V.ICirsch
Ralph Dye
Esther Drock
Bruce Graham
Art Stacy
Vera Rorrison
Tom Lopak
Nina Stock
Leon Paurie
Lillian Loborg
Opal Dye
Carol Stephan
Karla Duff
George Small
& Bill Hoskins
Vivian Goodrich
Lou Snndvik
’/forthy Master
Overseer
Lecturer
Steward
Assistant Steward
Chaplain
Treasurer
Secretary
Gate Keeper
Ceres
P anon a
Flora
Lady assist.Steward
Executive Committee
Home Ec.Chaifman
Pianist
About 30 persons were in attendance.
Following the meeting Pot Luck Lunch
was served by the ladies of the
Grange.