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VOL. 12
Palmer, Alaska
August 19,19<9
No. 32
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SALES VDLUniE
1942-1946
i
2 Hi 11ion_
1-3/4 III 11 ion
1-1/2 Hi11ion
1-1/4 Million
1 . Million_ _
3/4 Million_
FLOWER SHOW fl SUCCESS in
SPITE OF COOL SU01FI1ER
In spite of the cool season and the
f *er* that there vouldn* t be many
flowers for the Flower Shov; which
was sponsored by the Northland
Fioneer Orange this last Sunday,
visitors were amazed at the large
nur.ber of entries end the beautiful
display. The committee in charge
was very well pleased with the re
sponse to 'the appeal which was made
for entries. Mrs. Clyde King Sr.and
llrs. Karla Duff did a very fine job
in arranging the flowers.
There were,according to figures kept
by Maud Hosier, 153 entries, Many
Blue ribbons were awarded and a
Sweepstakes prize was awarded to
the tv'/o winning the most Blue rib
bons. Mrs. Karla Duff won first
place and Mrs.Eckert second. They
were awarded Copper planters as
prizes. The judges were Nan Curtis,
Dorothy Hurley and June Liebing.
A Bazaar was held in addition to the
Flower Show. Vivian Goodrich, Nina
Stock and l.Icrjorie Hoskins were in
charge of this event.
A Tea was also given at which Mrs.
II.D. Snodgrass and llrs. B.J. Lossing
poured.
The women of the Orange were very
well pleased with the fine job of
farming which Slim Hayes,B.V.Kirsch
iisJh>sayTia&3hiiSrisgs.uiiisfThf.
REPORTS GIVEI1 AT SEllll
HnnUfiL 01EETII16
About 50 persons in all including
employees and probational members
were in attendance at the Semi-Annu
al meeting on -ednesday evening of
this week.
Detailed reports of the Financial
Standing-6: the Association had been
mimeographed and were passed out to
those present. Clayton Esslingor,
Chief Accountant, gave the report
and explained the different parts.
In this last report the Bulk Station
was set up as an independent depart
ment from the Garage. Heretofore,
this has been included in the Garage
report. Host of the departments
showed remarkable improvements over
last year--the Garage was one of the
most outstanding in this respect.
'The Produce Department was another
one with an excellent record for the
first half of the year. This was
especially so since the first part
of the year is the slow season.
Ice Cream production as will be
noted from the chart on page 2 has
made a tremendous increase. The vol
ume of milk produced as shown in
another chart on page 2, has been
greater for the whole year than it
was last year.
According to the Manager's report,
Egg product ign^jgas^beendless than