10 YEARS
AGO TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Irving
Nowville announce the
engagement of their
daughter Dorothy to
Dalo W. Graham, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gra
ham of Enterprise, Kan
sas. The marriage will
take place in November.
Miss LaPointe came to
Palmer in May of 1935
and graduated from Pal
mer High School with
the class of 11+1 • Sho
is taking a Post Grad
uate Course and has
part-time employment in
the Co-op office.
D.U. Graham is a mem
ber of the 28th Compos
ite Group who cairc to
Elmcndorf Field in Feb-j
ruary.
Mrs. Henry Ohnstad
won fibst prize at Pi
nochle among the women;
Mrs. Rex Monaghan took
first prize at 500; J.
B. Lossing was high man
r
at Pinochle and Grant
Kensor won first at 5^0.
Mrs. L.C. Stock, Mrs. K
Hoag, Matt Johanson and
A1 Gregors on all drew
consolation prizes at
the Grange card party.
The Civic Center Home
makers' Club mot at the
Rox Ehrhart homo Wod
nesday, October 23•
Plans for the 19l|.l pro
gram of work wore dis
cussed.
Mr. Frank Warden re
cently sold a pair of
goose to H.a. Alien of
Homor, Alaska. It is
quite evidont that Hom
er farmers aro interest
ed in purchasing addi
tional livestock and
poultry from the Valley
if it is available.
A very complete sys
tem of weather report
ing stations throughout
the third district has
been worked out by the
weather bureau. The
weekly weather report
appearing in the Valley
Settler gives the read
or first hand informa
tion of maximum and min
imum temperatures, pre
cipitation, snowfall,
etc., prevailing during
the previous week and
indicates a rather
wide variation in cli
matic conditions in
the different localit
ies within the Valley.
It is hoped the in
formation submitted by
cooperating observers
over a period of years
will bccomo of vital
importance to the farm
ers *
Mr. Bowie of the Terr
itorial Weather Bureau
office in Anchorage was
a Palmer visitor Thurs
day and Friday, check
ing on the Woather
Bureau equipment in
stallations in the. Vall
ey.
Mail messenger ser
vice between Matanuska
and Palmer has been re
instated. First class
mail will be delivered
to and picked up from
Matanuska.
WI7 H A
FARM ALL
TRACTOR.
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