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VOL. 9^_PALMER, ALASKA
No. __U
MARCH 28, 1946
TO HAVE PUBLT’C
HEARING 7; E D N E S D A Y
A public hearing on the Utility
District Plan will be held on Wed
nesday, April 3rd at 8:00 P.M. at
the V~lley Theatre. Aoo persons
interested °re urged to attend.
If you are interested in civic im
provements, sewer lln^s, water lines
street improvements, and public
buildings, bo sure to come. These
things can hannen with your help.
A half hour of motion pictures
starting t 7:30 p.'l. will be given
free.
SMALLPOX VACCTN..TTON CLTNTC
TO BE HELD TUESD-Y, APRTL End
At the present time the- Health De
partment reports a smallpox ep’d
emic 'n Seattle with already throe
deaths. With smallpox on the West
Coast, it Is highly possible th^t
the infection will spread to Alaska
because of the amount of traveling
back and forth.
Our Public Health Nurse states that
there is absolutely no reason for
anyone to have smallpox. Tt is a
•veil established fact th~t the dis
ease can be prevented by vaccination
This will protect the individual
for a period of from' five to seven
years.
L clinic for vaccinot1on against
smallpox will be held at the Health
Center on Tuesday afternoon, the
second of April, from .2:00 to 4:00.
There will be a charge of one dollar
per person. If you have not had a .
vaccination within the last five
y^ars, you should report at clinic.
Adults and children arc urged to
take advantage of this opportunity.
UTILITY DISTRICT
j APRIL 26th SET
; FOR VOTING DATE
|Tho residents of the immediate vi
cinity of Palmer will' have a chance
to vote for or against the Proposed
Utility District on April 26th accord
ing to Seth Cook, Temporary Chairman
of the Utility Committee.
A petition containing nearly a hun
dred names of residents of the pro
posed district was presented to
Judge Anthony Dlmond of the District
Court, Territory of Alaska, asking
that an election be held in order
to find whether the people of the
district w.ere in in favor of the
utility district plan. Judge Dimond
set April 26th as the date of elec
tion and appointed Emil S. Lorsh,
Victor Nielson, ^nd Seth B. Cook as
commissioners to arrange for, super-,
visa- and appoint judges and elec
tion officers for said election.
The proposed district takes 'n oil of
Sect*on Four °nd oil of the East hoIf
of See. F1ve of Township Seventeen
North. All of Sect’on Thirty-Throe
ond 'East half of S-ct’on Thirty-Two
of Township Eighteen North. To the
reader, 1't takes In all of wh°t is
called North P°lmcr, also the area,
comprising the towns1 to of Palmer,
the community center area and includ
ing the Egtvot subdivlsion, and the
proposed airport ^rea. Tt comprises
less than three square miles.
The public utility district c-n build
roads, .improve streets, build sewer
lines,' and put up public buildings,
[etc. The district organized accord
|i ng to the laws of Alaska would be
'eligible for outright grants and
[Loans for bringing about civic fm*
provements from the Federal Govern
ment .
REMEMBER THE ELECTTON DATE APRTL 26.