CMP GARAGE GETS
AWARD OF MERIT
The Co-Op Garage is the recip
ient of New Holland Machine
Company’s 1957 Award of Merit
m recognition of outstanding
service to farmers in this com
munity.
Through distribution of grass
land information, the Co-Op
Garage is materially contributing
to the development and promotion
of grassland farming practices in
this area. With activities like
grassland forum and field dem
onstration, the Garage makes
grassland movies, up-to-the-min
ute equipment news, farm mech
anization programs, grassland
handbooks and farming aids
available to local farmers.
In presenting the award, New
Holland Regional Manager E. G.
Brown said, “The Co-Op Garage
is supplying worthwhile help to
farmers. In the long run, their
efforts in this direction can do
a lot to help farmers in this
area produce more milk and meat
more efficiently/’
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|| Notebook
Midshipman J. H. Esslinger,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Es
slipger of Palmer has been as
signed to the Canberra (guided
missile ship) and will take a
cruise to South America during
the months of June and July,
with the regular U. S. Navy fleet.
Midshipman Esslinger expects to
arrive home for a 30-day leave
about the first of August.
Explorer Scouts of Palmer have
done a “good deed” for the city
and all its residents by placing
neat collection cans around the
city for the use of the general
public.
Fred and Sara Machantanz, art
ist-writer team who make their
home in the valley, have return
ed following a successful winter
lecture tour in the states.
Stewart Durrant, Virgil Eckert,
and Jim Stewart, were in the
Kenai-Homer area early this
week investigating the possibility
of the M.V.F.C.A. entering that1
section of Alaska.
The set of TV tables and rack
offered by the Women of the
Moose during their bake sale last
Saturday, was awarded to Mag
gie McCartney.
Margaret Cope, senior from
Palmer, has been named graduate
assistant in education for the
1957-58 school year, by Willamet
te University faculty members
and administration. A social
science-journalism major, Miss
Cope edited the school paper this
year, served as treasurer of her
dormitory and is active in the
campus Westminster Fellowship.
She is daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Cope.
City and School District Tax
Assessor Bill Wakeland, who has
been confined to his home the
past week by illness, is up and
around again and back on the
job.
M. D. Snodgrass, 1957 VaAey
Fair book advertising salesman,
has been spending considerable
time in the Anchorage area, sell
ing advertising space in this
year’s premium book.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Pelletier
and three children are on a motor
trip to Winnepeg where they will
visit at the home of Mr. Pellet
ier’s parents. They expect to be
gone for about three weeks.
Pelletier is employed by the Co
Op Creamery.
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INTERNATIONAL MTS 50TH YEAR
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Fifty years of progress in International motor truck engineer
ing and production are represented by the original 1907 "IHC
Auto Wagon" and the new "Golden Jubilee" light-duty pickup,
one of the new International A-line of light, medium and
heavy-duty motor trucks being introduced to the valley area
by the Co-Op Garage.
Continues Is Push
For All-Slate Fair
M. D. Snodgrass, honorary life
time member of the Matanuska
Valley Fair Association, is pro
moting the designation of the
local fair as “Alaska’s Agricultur
al and Industrial All-Star Fair.”
Mr. Snodgrass said this week
that he feels that as the State
Fair it would be possible to pro
mote the development of all agri
cultural areas, the forestry indus
tries, fisheries, mining, and tour
ist trades. In fact, he added, it
would boost our transportation,
airfields, highways and byways,
national parks, tourist facilities,
summer and winter resorts.
In line with the proposal that
the local fair be designated the
All-State Fair, Mr. Snodgrass
proposes that the present board
of directors be enlarged to nine
members, with members to head
each major department. Further,
he said, a five year building pro
Sam to enlarge the fairgrounds
ould include the shifting of the
quonset huts to the south end of
the fairgrounds, utilizing them
until the entire grounds are built
up to the necessary size.
A bill, which would have creat
ed the All-State Fair, failed to
pass the Territorial Senate, al
though it was approved by the
House of Representatives.
LOCAL MAN DONATES
LIBRARY PAINT JOB
Palmer Library patrons will
notice a new coat of paint on
the interior of the library. Bert
ren Curry, local painter, donated
the time and material that pro
vided the new attractive interior.
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REORGANIZED; PLAN
PUBLIC DINNER
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Residents of the Butte area
have reorganized their volunteer
fire department and named new
officials in the organization. ’
At a meeting held to reactivate
the group on May 10 George Ed
Smith was named president of
the Butte Fire Association and
Norma Sweeney was named sec
retary-treasurer. Bud Barnhardt
was named fire chief.
The Butte area has been divid
ed into four fire sections, with a
vice-president named from each
section. They are as follows: From
the center of Plumly road to the
Knik bridge, George Plumly; cen
ter of Plumly road to the Matan
uska bridge, John Rippy; the
lower Butte road from the high
way to Heddles, Cy Brewer; and
the upper Butte road from Hed
dles to the highway, Pete Gallag
her.
Eva Plurhly and Mike Vasilie
were appointed to a fund rais
ing committee and as the first
project are planning a public ham
dinner to be held at Butte Com
munity Hall Saturday, May 25.
Serving will be from 5:00 to 8:00
p m. with Alaska’s Favorite Game
to follow the dinner. -
The group will form a drill
team from each section and hold
practice drills to be certain that
all residents of each area know
how to operate the fire fighting
equipment. The women are invit
ed to learn to fight fires, as it
was pointed out that in many
cases they would be able to reach
the scene of a fire more quickly
than the men.
On Monday evening of this
week the group again met with
the men forming two groups; one
worked on the fire truck and the
other on the firehall, repairing
the door. The women met at Mrs.
Plumly’s to complete plans for.
NEW BABIES
Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Anderson
of Palmer are parents of a new
son whom they have named.
Michael Delbert. He was bom
at Valley Presbyterian Hospital
May 7 and weighed eight pounds,
three ounces at birth. He is their
fifth child. Mr. Anderson is em
ployed at Bert’s Drug Store.
Lucas
iMr. and Mrs. Robert Lucas of
Wasilla are parents of their third
child, a son, who was bom at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital May
15. The Lucas’ have named their
new child Donald LeRoy. He
weighed 11 pounds, three ounces
at birth.
Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Harrison of
Palmei* are receiving congratula
tions, on the birth of their first
child a daughter, whom they
haye named Diana Maureen. She
was bora at Valley Presbyterian
Hospital May 15, weighing six
pounds, 10 ounces. Mr. Harrison
is a flight instructor in the valley.
the ham dinner.
The Butte Fire Association has
a 350 gallon pumper truck, ac
quired through the Civil Defense.
At the present time plans are still
being formulated for an alarm
system. In the meatime fire
alarms may be turned in to Fire
Chief Bamhardt at (PI-4041, Ed
Smith at PI-40b'7, or Valley Con
crete at PI-4062. Residents of the
Butte area are urged to copy the
alarm numbers down and make
all members of the family aware
of their location and, in the case
of children, how to dial the num
bers.
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