VOL. 12
Pclnor,Alaska
September 23,1949
1*0.37
PAL ITER CPU HAVE fins
SCHOOL
On Sunday and Monday of this week
'./illion E."arne, assistant Secretar;
of the Interior, and ATS Officials
visited the Valley for the purpose
of investigating the possibilities
of locating a Native School in the
Valley, ^cconpaning Mr. Marne were
Don 0. ■Loster, Head of Alaska Native
Service; Ralph Mize, Engineer for
the Native Service: Howard Burkher,
Engineer in Radio Communications;
and Dr. h.H.Beattie, Director of
Education for the AMS.
On Sunday the group net with Jack E,
Maze and M.D.Snodgrass to discuss
possibilities of locating the schoo;
in the Valley and to look over the
possible sites for the location of
the Dormitories. On Tuesday of this
wee* Superintendent hiIlian Zahrad
nicek wont to Anchorage to discuss
the effect of the location of the
school in the Valley upon the local
Palmer School.
M.D.Snodgrass and Jack Maze conduct
ed the ^JT3 officials and Scc.h'arne
around the Valley to several pro
posed sites for this school. Tuesday
afternoon Jack Maze received a wire
to the effect that the Buggo proper
ty ’ as suitable and would be accep
ted if the people of the Valley
wanted the school located hero. Thi;
parcel of land contains a little
over 100 acres.
The proposition offered to the peop
le of the Valley is that this school
be included in the Palmer School
System under the direction and con
trol of the local school board. Con
ditions of acceptance of this plan
by the AITS are that the school must
be located in Palmer, it must fit
into th~ regular school system, all
pupils mustIfndnitted without dis
crimination and on equal basis with
any oth~r child, and more vocational!
education would have to be offered
than is now available in the PalmerS
School. .
The AITS would build the school whict
Cont. on page 5_
Lugene J.'arsh, age 26, was’ drown in
Snov/shoe Lake last Friday afternoon
,at approximately 3:30.' according to
Co-op Garge employees v/ith whom Gone
worked, he had taken the day off for
a hunting trip. He ..had taken a kay
ak to cross the lake v/hich was found
floating near the shore a short time
.later.
’The Tenth Rescue Squadron was sum
moned to help locate the body, but
for some time it was hoped Gone would
appear at the Pennington home across
the lake, Saturday afternoon his
body was recovered from the lake,
llrs. Harsh and the children wore
visiting in Spokane, Washington with
'Gene’s mother, Hrs. .--rthur Harsh,
They returned to the Talley the first
mart of the week.
-ugono is survived by his widow,
Janet and two children, David ■■■ho is
4, and I.'ary Virginia ago 18 norths;
his father and mother, Nr. and Vrs.
Arthur Harsh of Palmer; and one bro
ther, Janos, rho is attending school
in the States.
^u'gono was born at Anchorage,Alaska,
in November of 1922 where he. lived
until the family moved to the V.-llcy
’in 1936. Ho was married to Janet
liaison, of Palmer in 1944 and has
made his homo here. • He has been em
ployed b’- the Co-op uaragc, except
for a short period, for the past
eight years.
Funeral services will bo conducted
from the Community Hall at 2:00 pm
Sunday, September 25, 1 ith Father
Shcoad officiating. The Noose
'Lodge '.ill also conduct part of the
service. Interment ’/dll bo in the
Palmer Cemetery.
NOTICES
There will bo a mooting of the Com
munity Chest in the basement of the
Lutheran. Church on Tuesday evening
oopt. 27th. Lunch will bo served.
HAEVHST HAULS are needed in the Tel
le y.._Contract Co-rip. office.—