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VOI. 13
Palmer, Alaska
January 20,1950
No. 3
ANNUAL MEETING DATE SET
The Board of Directors of the JTFCA,
in session last Saturday,set the
date for the annual Meeting on Feb.
24,1950, Friday. This will be an
all day meeting which will begin at
10:00 a.m. Lunch will be served.
On ’Wednesday of this week the Board
met in an evening session to correct
the membership roil. It appears that
the membership roll will be about
the sene as last year. Several mem
bers were suspended, but new members
have taken their places.
A large number of probational mem
bers have applied for membership,but
Will be ineligible to vote at this
meeting. However, the new applicants
are welcome to attend the meeting
and the Board hopes that they will
do so. Lists of voting members will
be posted in the usual places this
v/oUc tnd "the notices will also be
nailed. CRR
S' C'J 1- 3
GENTLE Rt MINDERS
Formers ore reminded that Baby Chic!
orders should be placed at the ’/ore
house not later than February l,for
early deliveries.
oday is also the deadline for those
eed and Fertilizer requ sts which
ere mailed out in Decemoer. Don(t
forget to bring yours to the Ware
house or Office this week.
CLYDE KING RETIRES
Clyde Xing Sr. announced this week
that ns of this coming Sunday JahT
uary 2d, he is retiring as General
foreman of the Alaska Road Commis
sion for this area. I'r. King will
begin his retirement by celebrating
his 62:id birthday on the some day.
Eh. has- £iv.on v/tho XRC. 17 yer.'rs .ofo
Ca-ithfufli service.
/hen asked what he intended to do
upon retirement from the IRC, he
replied ho had so many things plan
ned that he did not know where to
incoRPORHiian
HGflin PEIH6
OF PfiLiTlER
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Tho largest Clubber of Commerce
meeting that has been held for some
time took place this last '.Wednesday.
It was reported that fireworks would
be exploded at this meeting as the
result of an editorial in the local
weekly newspaper last week. However,
everything went off in regular order
■and no one was hurt (not physically
| anyway).
i ;xft6r some sparring around the mat
| ter of Incorporation of the Village
! of Palmer, the subject was brought
j out on the floor by Jack Maze who
|made a motion that a committee be
jappointed to investigate the edvis
| ability of trying to incorporate
• Palmer. President Clair ~tock was,
! in this motion to name a committee
jwhich would report back at the next
[meeting of the Chamber as to their
•findings in the matter.
! A1 Hagen offered an amendment to the
[motion which was accepted. This a
amendment instructed the committee to
'also investigate the advisability of
[forming a Utility District. fclr.H gen
'gave many pertinent reasons for the
[Utility District in preference to
jIncorporated town.
[One prominent member of the Chamber
i asked who was promoting the forma
tion of an. Incorporated town. Betty
il.Ieo.rs stated that she had the papers
ready to present to the District
|Judge ashing that an election be
I held, however, can agreement had been
imade previous to the meeting that
|this would not be presented until
I the committee had made its report
| available.
jThe Chamber decided to do nothing
iabout the matter of keeping the
Ihlaska Railroad Bus in operation.
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begin.
Oliver Onkka will replace !'r« King
as foreman. Hr. Onkka has been
working with Hr. Xing for the past
six weeks in order to become ecru*-'
j?lfit^3L_£aniiliiir_]aiilL Jii5_ne2L duties.