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PALMER, ALASKA
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Vol. II4.
August 31 > I95I No. 3I4.
Palmer, Alaska
■ CO-OP DOTES
Tho Co-op is getting a big dis- !
play ready for the Matanuska Val
ley Pair that starts Saturday•
There will be an International Ma
chinery display on the lot between
the two Quonset huts down near the'
end of tho midway, A booth will
be prepared for the display of
vegetables and potatoes, besides
the Dairy and Creamery display in
the Dairy Building.
The Co-op will send a lot of milk
and dairy products as well as vege
tables to the Scientists meeting
at Mt. McKinley Park hotel next
week.
An announcement came over the
ratio recently that the people, of ’
/l.ska had contributed over thirty
nine million dollars in income
taxes to the Federal government
during the last fiscal year. Of
a curse, a great deal of this came
ii ora money sent up here to re-es
tablish military installations by,;
the government; but a lot of it
came from the people of Ala ska, too.
The almost constant rainy weather
during the last two weeks., has been1
causing some concern among the far
mers who have hay to cut and pota
toes to dig. There' is always some
consolation, however, in the fact
that as long as it remains cloudy
and rainy it probably won’t frost.
The delayed building of the
bridge across the Eklutna River has
caused trouble this summer, and the
steel is still not on the ground
for the construction of this bridge
It seems as if the steel was pro
mised and was to be here last
spring, but something happened and
it never came. It has been pro- ,
misod again for September, but if
It doesn’t arrive soon some steps
should bo taken to cut down the
steep grade before winter sets in.
The strike of Longshoremen in
Seward is still on; if it continues
wo may have considerable difficulty
in getting needed supplies.Divert
ing ships to Whittier and Valdez
won’t help much--they are overloadec
JOHfl ALEX DIES
Friends of John Alex wore shocked
and saddened to learn of his 3uddcn
death. 17 yoar old Johnnie was an
Honor Roll Student at- Palmer High
School during his Freshman and Sopho
more years. He spont -his Junior-year
at the Prairie Bible Institute, Throe
Hills, Canada--a non-dcnominational
high school.
I PIo had been' visiting his mother and
brothers- in Seldovia, before going to
San Francisco to finish his last yoar
of highschool. Mr. Malcolm, with
whom he lived in Palmer during his
Freshman year>'was going to put him
through. Medical College.
The Alaska Airlines Trave1-air
float plane took Off about a mile
up beach from Seldovia, reached a
height of about 200 ft. and dove in
to Kachcmac Bay. Five boats rushed
to the scene and removed the victims.
Tho only survivor, II4. year old
Shirley Edclman, is holding her own
at,Providence Hospital. Her mother,
►Mrs. Jack Edelman and sister Jackie,
fisherman Art Haugen, pilot "Tex'1
iHickcrson and John Alex were dead
when the boats arrived at the scene.
i Johnnie lived with the Vernon Frid
ley’s almost two years and worked at
jthe Standard Oil Bulk Station. Ho
jspont another month with them this
summor, during which time he worked
at tho Co-op Garage.
CtILinG PROJECTORS
1 Patients at Mt. Edgccumbe San are
looking forward to the opportunity
of reading books on tho ceilings
over their beds in tho very near fu
ture. Two projectors’and a supply
of books arc on order, to be paid
for by Christmas Seal Sale funds in
the hands of the Occupational Thera
py Department.
The ceiling-projectors arc de
signed for patients who must lie
jflat on their backs for treatment
Reasons . They can be operated by
a simple finger movement of tho pa
itient himself, so that no exertion
or supervision is required.
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