... CO-OP nOTES
' BACK TO WASHINGTON C.C.
Bruce Dotrnoy and Charles Broderson from
the 5HA , 'rho have been in Palmer the past
tuo reeks, left for home last Tuesday .
afternoon. During their stay here they
interviewed 75 individual Co-op members
and numerous other people. They made a
completo inspection of the Co-op rocords
and property holdings.
The purpose of their visit ras to deter
mine rhethor the 5HA loan ras amply se
cured and to investigate alleged broach of
contract by the Co-op*-' They met rith the
Directors of the Co-op, AKRC, and represent
atives of the Matanuska Valley Dairymonfs
Association and Valley Producers.
A proposal by tho Dairymen1 s rroup for
purchase of tho Creamery and Dairy facili
ties ras presented to them upon rhich they
spent considerable time determining the
desirability and feasibility of such a
move from the standpoint of the government
They drer up the requirements that must be,
mot to obtain THA approval, but pointed
out that any transaction rould require
prior approval of the.membership.
Those uho mot uith Mr* Brodersen and Mr.
Dounoy fool that they doalt uith our prob
lems on a completely neutral basis and
uero genuinely interested in the uelfare
of the whole organization. Cert a inly, they
have gained, a knouledgo of our operations
that will enable them to bettor interpret,
information they receivo concerning our'
Co-op in the future. . . ;
J^rom all indications they considorod the
FKA loan well secured. Payment of tho .
loan uas not called for as had'been re
quested. While they uero hero, $7500.00
from tho sale of the Hospital was given
them to apply on the loan.
Your Co-op Manager,
James W. Wilson
b MILK TEST ; REPORT BACK
Uoyd A, Morl&y, district Health Officer;
ord Mrs, Alico Powell, City Sanitarian of
anchorage, wore in Palmer on Octobor 28th
collecting milk samples from tho shippers.
A report of thoir findings was received by
Mr.'Mason, Foreman at tho Creamery, on'Nov
8th, Tests uoro made for Total solids,
Cont. on page 3
fTiER LOfln RPPROVED
I The Honorable Claude R. Vickard, Adninis
trator of the Rural Electrification Adnin
istration,has notified the Matanuska Elec
tric Association, Incorporated of Palmer,
Alaska that he has approved their applica
tion for a neu loan for $185,000.00'to
finance a neu headquarters.building, lino
extensions and system Improvements, to,
Thoms Lcpak, President of the Board of
Directors,announced today.
As a result of this loan, the electric co
op uill nou construct a headquarters build
ing on Valley Street in Palmer next .north
of tho nou hotel. Pouer lines rill- be ex
tended to forty-five applicants not nou
-receiving electric service. Tho pouer dis
tribution systom rill be improved so that
the present and future load can bo served
uith adequate voltage regulation. Con
struction uill bo pushed, as rapidly as
ueather and delivery of materials uill per
mit.
•The distribution system of the electric
hco-op nou has 113 miles of lines and pro
vides electric’service to 535 farm and non
farm consumers. TTlicn the proposed lines '
authorized for construction are completed,
an additional 18 miles uill be added to
the present system and rill serve approxi
mately 600 consumers, the President said.
"Wc arc the first non-profit oloctric As
sociation in Alaska in the REA National
program and r:o arc determined to do as
V7oll for this aroa as similar co-ops havo
done for so many faimers'and rural comraun
l.ities in the states#M Mr# Lepak declared*
Congress has demonstrated its approval of
•the Rural Electrification Administration
program by appropriating more than a bil
lion dollars for loans since 1935* The
greater part of these loans have been made
to rural electric cooperatives such as ours*
This Federal rural electrification program
has been a leading factor in raising the
Nation’s* level of electrified farms from
ono'out 6f ten in 1935 to 6 out of ten to
day.
"We’re going ahead uith plans to serve the
greatest, possible- number of rural pqoplo
in our area* Vo operate on an area cover
age basis—in other vords, uo hope eventu
ally to baring service to every member *.7ho
uonts electricity instead of only these in
our more thickly settled communities*
"The Rural Electrification Act requires
Corit# on page 3