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VOL. 10
PALMER.ALASKA
APRIL 5, 1947
No. 14
CO-OP nOTES
CAR OF FEED NOT OK TRACKS AT FAHEHOUSS
A car'of food just r.rrivod at the Fare
house. It consists mostly of Fashing ton
Co-op Egg Hash and Albers Egg Mash vrith
some other typos of food included.
TRAD FTC FOST The, Trading Font reports
that a non shipment of Groceries Is ex
pected in the very near future.
POFSR HOUSE Tho absence of heat during
part of this rook was due to difficulty
with one of the boilers. It'vas aboolato
ly nccossary, Mr. Shith says, to repair it
at the present timo. It arcs fortunate'
that the weather was as mild as it, was,
CREAMERY Tho creamery requests that
Farmers please bring their eggs in every
other day. This is necessary to insure
the freshest eggs at all timos. ' .
VIRC-IL ECKERT is nor spendiflg only a half
day in the Manager’s'Office, and that is
during the afternoon,
GARAGE Tho Co-op Garago has a bright red
nov gasoline pump on hand ready to be in
stalled. One of tho pumps is nor in the
repair shop and the nor one rill replace
.the old one vh,ich is nor in use.
DORMITORY The doimitory is getting a ncr
coat of paint in the hallrays,'bathrooms
and on the Living Room coiling.
BINDING‘TVriNE Mr. L. C. Stock repos’
that ho located some binding tVine ’fbr tho
Co-op rhile he ras in the States.
MUTING CALlE J TO PLAN
A CLEAN. UP . WEEK
Next Tuesday April 8, all organisations in
Palmer are requested to send representa
tives to a Special mooting.called by tho
Health Council for the purpose of discuss
ing and making plans for a general-.clean
up campaign in Palmer. The mooting rill"
be hold in the Health Center at 8:00 p.m.
Tho campaign is being sponsored by the
Health Council,and the..cooperation of all
organisations is neodod.
C HRfll 8ER OF COOlOTECt
HAS RECORD -TURn-QUT
Twcnty-oight persons attended tho Mntnnuskn
Volley Chamber of Conmorco mooting this
Inst ’.Icdncsdny lioon in the br.soncnt of the
Lutheran Church. The'Indies of the Luth
ernn Church served n very fine Turkoy
Dinner.
Mr. John Martin, reprosontntivo of the
TTyoth Drug Co.,'ms n guest from out of
tax,
During the business meeting, letters from
different sources in the Interior Depart
ment rcro rend in reply tO’letters from
this •Chamber regarding proposed changes .
in the Homestead Lor. It was stated in
these letters that follow up Research "fork
would continue as a.result of the prelimi
nary work done in Alaska last summer by
the Agricultural specialists.
Mr. '"alter Huntley, representative in the
Territorial Legislature from the Third
Division, gave a brief report on the Hos
pital legislation'which was enacted during
this last session. . .Ono till provided for
the setting asido of $165,000,00 f'or'the
construction or repair of Hospitals,that
could "Ualify as non-profit organisations.
Aftor midnight on the last day,he said,
an act was wassed v/hich was necessary
in order that we could.participate in the
National Hospital Fund' which was set up
under the Hill-Burton Bill.
Rev. Zeile gave a'report on the progress
of work at tha Hospital. 'He stated that
ho had a crow of six men Working on A-ril
1, setting up the' second flu on sot Hut.This'
last hut is to be used as nurses Quarters.
A report was mado on the progross of the
Publicity foldor which is being printed
by the Chamber of Commerce. This foldor
on the llatanuska Valley is to bo printed
and spread throughout the country in as
| many Travel Bureaus as possible. The out
line so far includes; 1. The cover is to ..
have a picture of'Pioneer Peak with .a farm
in the foreground, page £ will list the'
BuSinoss opportunities to be found here,
: page 3 will give an account of recreation
al facilities and sports, page 4 will be
devoted to agricultural opportunities
Cont. on page 5