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February 20, 1948
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CO-OP DOTES
ANNUAL MEET INC
The AITTTAL KHETI?tG- of th? members of the
I'atanuska "Valley Farmers Cooperating A-’soc
iatiori will be held on February 25, (T-ed
nesday) at 10:00 a.m. A light lunch will
be served at'noon by the organization.,
lie.mbers be sure to attend.
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION TO AHIT
The Valley Hospital Association stockkolft^
ers will hold their annual meeting in'the
Comnunity Hall, llonday. February 23rd, at
8; 00 p.m*
The numoso of the meeting will be to elect
a board of directors, to near reports of
our present hospital, and to talk over plan;
and nossibilities for a new hospital.
The program for the evening will also in
clude interesting sound movies and a rot
luck lunch, You are asked to please bring
your own cups beside the food for the lunch
They will furnish rlates, silverware, and
plenty of coffee.
It is most important to have a quorum at
this meeting, so you are asked to make everj
effort to attend. If you eanr.ot attend,
however, they ask that you fill out a rroxy
notice. The public is Welcome to a-tt^hd
this meet ir.g.
ARllC NEWS
Mr Cuddy has given his opinion on’taxation
at th.e last executive meeting of the Corp
oration. -;Any Tax levy under a duly con
stituted district would constitute a lien
against the land.
Hereafter the largest Homesite Tracts of
public Domain along the highway between
Palmer and the.Hhik Bridge will not be
l sold'in larger tracts than one and one
third acres.
HAKE SALE
LADES' of. the I'HICH LTGION SUHILIART
are holding a 3ake Sale Sat. Feb. 21st
in the TRACING POST
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LOCAL BRflflGE EHTfLRS COHI'EST
The Northland Pioneer Grange has entered the
"Grange Community Service contest" for 1948
which is being sponsored by the National
Grange. T' e contest is being promoted by the
Notional Grange to strengthen the Grange’s
position of Comnunity Leadershin. The Sears
Roebuck Foundation which is' tremendously in
terested in community betterment, is cooper
ating with the National G ange in making the
prizes possible.
"Projects which a Grange may.choose in enter
ing the contest are:
1. Community clean-up activities including
bfeaning up roadsides, parks, traffic hazard'
etc.
2. Establishing and planting memorial groves
or community narks.
3. School or church projects, such as con
struction of shelter houses at school bus
stows, property improvements, or otherwise
cooperating for church ©r school improvement.
4. Community hoalth projects, including group
hospitalization.
5. F.-oviding rural recreation facilities and
organized use of them.
6. Initiating and devel'oring agricultural an<
other activities involving community-wide
cooperation.
T^e local Grange has chosen the first project
At the last meeting of the Grange a cohmitte
.consisting of Tor. Lenak, B. J. Lessing, M.D.
S odgrass, E, R. B”Ock and Tina Stock ras
appointed as the’central committee. Ocher
committees "ere unpointed to head the rork
in each community'of the V Hey, .“They arc:
Road side clean-up—Clyde King-5 Butte
.Ii'ry King, U -.or F’’sh 31 ok and Kircher road
Carol Stenhan, Charles "'Ison, South sido of
tom and each side of the R ilroad--Btll
Bourons, Srmeriment F rm and torard ? lmer
Bill Hoskins.
E ch committee person is to call a meeting
in his district and appoint committees to en
! courage the rork, Just as many people as
‘possible trill be assigned to rork in their
respective communities. Mrs, Block rill keey
the records shoring nrogress made. Fanners
are to be encouraged to name their farms and
build a suitable entrance ray to the faim.
Home and Yard Beautification is to be includ
ed in this nroject. £n attempt is to be mad
to got quantity prices on shrubs and bulbs s
■that people rill plant more of theca around
their homos,, Tho (continued on page 5)_