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Vol. 14 ' Pr.lmcr, Alaska. March. 23. 19jl»_*__No.12
CHAMBER MEElS
... very interesting meeting of the CharpbQr
of Commerce was held with the usual lunch
eon,. last‘Wednesday noon. The General
Manager of the ..laska Railroad, Col. John
son, .nd General Cunningham, in command of
Fort Richardson, wore the principal gucst3
and speakers of the day. Col. Johnson pre
sented the Chamber with a beautiful podium,
with a special light that was made in the
..laska Railroad shops just before the late
fire. It is made of carved hardwood. Pres
ident Hurley received the podium for the
Chamber and thanked Col. Johnson for it.
Col.Johnson's address was ligh-lighted
by an explanation of the Railroad's 3xpan
sion program. He stated that a major part
has been completed, and that it should be
finished this y^ar. However, the six and
one-half million dollars loss, suffered in
th«* recent fire, presented another trouble
some problem. Congress has appropriated
four and one-half million dollars to re
place part of this loss, so far. .. finan
cial and operating statement was pr^s^nted
that showed that the Railroad had operated
in the black this year, by a small margin.
Col. Johnson is greatly concerned with
the loss of revenue to the Railroad, by
the handling of high profit items by truck£
and believes that it will eventually mean
that the lower revenue items will have to
stand a higher freight charge. Col. John
son stated he had reason to believe that
the present military program might be fin
ished within two or tliroo years, and that
unless other business is established by
that time to take the place of the military
activities, that the boom might be over,
with troublesome complications. He men
tioned several small industrial operations
that should be profitable in Palmer.
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CUES I lo MEtl
The P lmcr Community Chest will hold its
annual meeting on Tuesday evening, March
27th.f r.t 8s00 in the Co-op Club Room. The
public i3 invited, but only members, i.e.,
those who contributed to the 1950-51 cam
paign, r.r.o entitled to vote.
Voting will be held to fill three vacan
cies on the Beard of Directors. The board
consists of nine members, rotating so th .t
three .re elected each year for a term of
three years. prepared slate will be
presented at the meeting, but nominations
may also be made from the floor.
In addition to the annual report of the
Chest, reports and descriptions of the
year's activities will be given by m-mb^r
agencies including the A.C.C.a., Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts, Fublic Library, Welfare Coun
cil, and the Health Council,
If the Chest is to bo c. truly useful
community enterprize, it must have the
interest and support of the community. If
you, especially the newcomers to the Valley
are unfamiliar with the operation c.nd ser
vices of the above organizations, come to
tho meeting and ask questions. These ser
vices are for the use of everybody in the
community.
YUKON 70 AID ACC A
Two specially built clocks -that will
record the exact second of the Yukon Riv
er's break-up at Fort Yukon this spring'
arc how on displuy at the J. Via Brown and
Son's jewelry store in anchorage.
Tho eight-day clocks were constructed by
tho Time Equipment Co. of Seattle, and both
include 11 jowcl Seth Thomas movements,
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