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VALLEY NEWS
VOL. 10
FALMER, ALASKA
FEBRUARY 13,1947
No. 7
CO-OP HELD ANNUAL
MEETING FEB. lo..
About 70 of the 125 voting members of the
ICatanuska Valley Partners’ Cooperating
Association attended the Annual meeting 1
held In the Palmer Community Hall on Peb.
10, 194V.' Clarence Hoffman, secretary of
the Board, read' the minutes of the previ
ous annual meeting and also* gave a brief'
resume of the intervening Board meetings.
The Co-op chov70d a slight growth in member
ship during the year. In 1945 there word
118 voting members, 24"suspended members,
13 probational members, and 71 Patronage
Dividend sharing members. In 1946 thoro
wore 125 voting members, 21 suspended
members, 10 probational members and 72
Patronage Dividend sharing members. Tho
suspended, members are composod largely of
members who still have*their farms, but
arc not producing anything to soil through
the Co-op. They are then placod on tho
suspended list until such time as they re
sume production. Tho probationaT members
arc new fantors who have novor boon oh the
voting list, but are under product ion.Thoy
have joined the Association, but do hot be.
come full fledged members for a year. Tho
Patronage Dividend members arc those who
own shares of stock in the Consumer units
of the association and share in the divi
dends according to their patronage.
Sono of the things 'brought out in tho re
port's given at the mooting wore that the
turn-over in omployoo personnel had been
too greet in noarly all the unit fee of. tho
Association during tho past jraar, more
cold storage space is badly nepdod, and
tho erbamery noods more roan for expansion.
Prank McAllister and Carl Rasmusson wore
of the' opinion that quarterly meetings of
tho’member ship Should be hold for the. pur
pose of giving tho members; a closer check
on the business and also to pramoto more -
interest in'tho association on tho pert of
the members. They pointed out that yearly
mootings were too fan opart and that ono
meeting ;c year dobs not give the mombors
sufficiont.opportunity to a sk questions
and find out the things thoy should .know
about the association. This question was
put to a vote and tarried in favor of tho
quarterly mootings.
Cent, on pago 5
Certificates of Equity woro issued at this
mooting and if you do not have yours, you
may got it nt the offico, - -;•
MOOSE CHARGES
CHILDREN AT MOOSE-CREEK
Alarmed because her two childron, Mcrlo
and Darlcno had not returned homo from
school at the regular tino, Mrs. Korrin .
Frank started to walk to the main highway
one half' nilo from hor hone at Mboso Crock.
After covering half the distance, she'
hoard tho screens of hor two children, ..-n
whereupon sho began to ran but tact a mad
nooso, Fearing that her childron had been
hurt by tho doteminod animal, end spufrod
on by their continued calling for help,sho
sanoliow managed to oludo tho no030. Sho '
found hor children perched high in a tree,
and,tho nooso cioso on her hools.
1Vhen Mr. Frank returned hgne fron work oho
half hour later, he found no ono at hor.10.
Believing sonithing to be wrong he started
toward the nain highway in the family car.
Ho found Mrs. Frank and children porchod
high in the troe, swaying 'back and forth
in a thirty pile'gale. Boforc tho three ‘
could be rcscuod, tho Moose had to be shot.
SCOUT.'RALLY SATURDAY
Scout Rally,rith fivo troops fron Anchor
r.go, ono fron Pr.silla and ono fron Palmer
attending,rill b6 hold this coning Satur
day February 15, at 7:30 P.M. in the.Com
munity Hall at Painer. All friends end
parents arc urged to attend and boost for
your hone troop.
Shore Are approximately 100 boyp enrolled
in the Boy SC outs in this district rhich
ikcludos Anchorage and Pas ilia.
SCHOOL ' -..ELECTION
..' COMING UP
Tha Annual School oloction rill bo held
on the 3rd'of Mhr’eh this year in the School
fron'9 A,M. until 5 P.M. according to Mr. ‘
J« L. Prescott, Superintendent of Schools.
The toms’of two members rill expire this
year. Dr. Earl Gravos completes a~throe
year tom at this tine and vacancy Created
ahon Carl Pilson left for Fairbanks, rill
bo filled by election for one yoor. Joe
Lontzrras appointed to this position last
summer to Complete tho year or until the
next regular oloction took placo.
THE PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY BAIL or ANNtJAL
.ARCH OF DIMES BALL rill be held on MARCH
L-5, 1947 in the Palmer Community Hall.