DR. EARL GRAVES
Hay 13, 1949
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' COLONY DAY
L,C. Stock, Chairman of Colony Day, annour.
cod this reck that'General Trining ras
being invited to speak on Sunday, but no i
rord has been received as yet as to rhethor.
he.has accorted the invitation.
Mr. Stock states that plans arc progress
ing roll, but that ono more conmittco is
needed—that of a Housing Comittee to find ;
rooms for all people rho desiro to stay
over in the Valley'for more than one day
of the celebration* Ho asked that anyone'"
having extra beds or rooms to contact Mrs.
Botty Hears.
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Tr'F c \tG PftOQUC EPS
All poisons delivering 2q:s to the grading
roon of the Co-op are asked not to let
your oggs pile up for a nook and then brine
then all on "odnesday cxpcctddg then to bo
candled and graded on that day in tine for
the chock-on 'Friday. This-is especially
true for the large producer.
Last Wednesday over 7C0 dozen eggs rcro
brought in to the candling roon. This is
farm too nany to be handled by one person
in the crovded quarters that re havo all
in one day. 450 dozen eggs is about ail |
one person con do in one day.
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bEEMAlM ViSIT*, PALMER
Plant
Cap Beaman, Manager of the Anchprngc- Dairy,
acconnaniod by a representative of the
Ilonroo Dairy Machinery, spent Friday in
P. lner discussing plans for improvonenttlie
C£?Mmory and Dairy rrith Claronco Boll,
Manager of the P.-lr.or Plant, and Jones
T7. ’'ilson, Oenoral Manager.
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PH5 GRADUATION WED..
19 Seniors rill rocoivc their Diplomas from
• tho Palmer High School on h'odnasday evenin'
of this rock. Graduation "ill be held in
tho Palm or Community Hall at 8;0C p.n* oh !
•Wednesday. ■ .
Gajrlc Eckert is Valdictorian of the class
and Esther Kerttula Salutatorian. Eho grad-'
uates arc: Vaync Bourens,1'ollic Klcm 3”s
Coiri a rtnTr-is goivatz, Janes Glea-1
Hutchinson,Esther .
.Foma Loycr,Richard
r ,1'ary Ann .fllchalok,
on page 9
son,
-Go or go Homon,Don
Kerttula,Honry Kircher
Lo.All istir,Vivian lloic;
Cont.
hurley new arrc
manaCER
3,W. Peters, Ifenager of the \ ,n.,R.C,, for
ihe past year and a half, announced this
aeek that Jim Hurley had been named b?/ the
..B.t.C. Board to fill his place when he
Leaves this week, Friday the 13th, The ap
pointment was rede at an A,!{,?. ,C, Board
Lee ting held last Frida", Hay 6,
ir. Hurley Cane to the Valley one year ago
In June to take the position ts District
.'gent for the Soil Conservation Service.
!e has been in the employ of the Soil Con
servation Division for the past eight j^ears
Ln the Northwest area,
fri Hurley stated that he had made the
jhange from Government Service to the man
agership of the - . because he was in -
ierested in raaldng his home here and in gov
ernment service he was always subject to
transfer to some other district. Last fall
ir. Hurley purchased the Chester Diess place
•/liere he and his family now make their horns.
rle stated that Cffiee hours would remain the
sane as they have been—lionday through Fri
iay—and ever"-one is welcome to cone in and
:li30uss his problems.
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BURN GuA$5
homesteaders, fanners, summer home comers
and others living out of town are urged now
td burn off the dry grass on their fields
and around their hones and buildings, Roger
l, Robinson, Regional Forester for the Div
ision of Forestry, Bureau of land lianage
nent, 'urges that the burning be done within
the next few days while it is comparatively
safe. Green grass soon grows up through the
burned over area forming a safety zone ar
ound buildings and home3,
rho Fla ska Fire Control ,.ct amended by the
last Legislature placed greater responsibil
ity on the private land owner in the pry on
handling of clearing and other fires si :hud
by him in nr.king it a misdemeanor to lo: ;-e
a fire unattended during the fire season on
either private or public lands. It also
became a misdemeanor to set fires on any
lands' in Alaska when dangerous fire weather
or hazards exist.
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