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VOL. 11
Palmer, Alaska
July 23, 1948
No. 29
CO-OP nOTES
MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
To all Stockholders in good standing:
The Special Somi-Annual meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Farmer a' Cooperating As
sociation Trill bo hold in the Community
Hell at Palmer on July 28th 1948 at 8:00
p.m. Reports from operations nill be given
and such other information that might be ot
interest to members. Pleasoattend.
Cooperatively yours,
Carl R, Rasmussen.
STEPHAN HEADS PRODUCE
Harold Stephan became Produce Manager as
of July 15th. J.L. Dickson, nho ras form
erly hired, had resigned at an earlier date.
Harold Stephan is experienced in handling
fresh produce in tho Valley as he -as at
the head of this Dopartment several years
back,
NEW BOILERS IN
Both boilers are non in the Porer House
and tho brick nork on the furnaces rill
soon begin. Tho second boiler ras pulled
into the Porer House pit today.' There is
still plenty of mark to be done, but all
indications arc that the ner boilers rill
be in operation before cold reather sets
in.
PLflllE CRASHES - no
ohe mjuREO
Four Palmer men are happy to be back in the
Valley uninjured this reek after rhat very
easily could have been a disastrous acci
dent.
T”o planes, one piloted by Juji Koslosky
and the other by Emin Long, ware in the ’
vicinity 6t Black Lake this last week end.
On Monday, the one piloted by Jan Koslo6ky
and in which L.C, Stock was a passenger,
returned safely to Palmer. When the other'
plane failed to'shot? up by Monday evening,
Maynard Enfield, accompanied by Jan Koslos
ky and L.C. Stock, flew over the area to
investigate, but cloudy weather interferred
with their visibility and nothing could be
seen. Ibeling certain that something had
happened, the same group with the addition
of Tom Lepak flew back the next day,l\icsday,
with food. The wrecked ship was located
and the food was dropped.
On Wednesday, Hens Rigger flew in with a
float ship and landed on the lake. He
brought out Bill Roark'and Clayton Doland.
The Tenth Rescue Sruad, also in a float’
plane, rescued Emin Long and Leo Lucas.
According to the pilot, Erwin Lang, the
plane had cleared the field and whs air
borne when the_right wing stalled,causing
Cont. on page 5
EDITORIAL
MORE STARTLING HOTS
During the past week the Co-op has been very much surprised to learn that this is a
government agency and on the other hand is unable to repay the government on a loan
of $300,000.00—to say nothing of several other failings of like nature.
Wo always have understood that it was necessary for news reporters to go to the source
for information—to get both sides of the story and above all to be careful about re
porting anything untrue because of possible libel involved. It seems we must be wrong.
From what we have been reading recently, we have wondered if there is no protection
from distorted and untrue stories about us. Stories of this kind can be counteracted
of course, by the correct and true story, but just like slanderous attacks on a person's
character—the first story has left its mark and cannot be entirely erased.
We refer to a recent release in Seattle papers by a UP correspondent dated July 17,
from Anchorage. It reads as follows:
"Dissension has broken out among farmers in the Matanuska Valley Cooperative over the
signing of a contract to sell produce to the Army, it was leaned here today. Farmers
are dissatisfied with the Cooperative and a large number of them have served notice
they are”pulling out." A rpolzesman said 65 per cent of the farmers in the Volley have
signed a contract to sell their products to any agoncy other than the cooperative. The
Cont. on page 3