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VOL. 10
Palmer, /Alaska
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OILER
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July 51, 1947
No. 31
CO-OP NOTES
Standard Oil is installing two large tanks
to increase capacity of the bulk gasoline
plant. One will be used for stove oil and
one for gasoline. They will be put on ce
ment foundations.' Considerable improve
ment and repair is being made to the plant
end grounds.
Invitations to bid have been sent out for
painting of water tank , trading post,
produce and creamery building.
"egetables are picking up and rains are
helping the gardens and have eased the
threatened feed shortage.
"'embers of the Tanana Valley Co-on visited
■' he local Co-0-- this week. They arc in
terested in installing a rasteuriring and
bottling department.
I'r. E.A. Byles has Resigned as Chief Ac
countant for the II.V.F.C.A. and he and his
rife left for the state3 Saturday.
Iff. V. Lambert, U.S. Agriculture Research
Aim inistrator, Department of Agriculture
’“ashington, D. C. and lir. C.G. Aamodt, a pro:
o: ist in charge of soils and crops, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, lid.
avc here on Business.
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FR33 CHEST X-RAY
CLINIC HOURS
Honday, August 4th 1-3 F.U.
Tuesday, August 5th 9-11 A.1,1.
Uodnosday, Aug. 6th 9-11 A.U.
Thursday, August 7th 1-3 PA.
7
1
7
7
9 P.M.
3 ? 1!
10 PA
10 PA'
If you do not have an appointmont for one
of those hours, please obtain one in the
- ccrcation Hall Rntry on Hriday, August 1,
or Saturday Aug. 2nd.
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An curly case of tubcrculosis-can bo
cured in a few months at the cost of a few
hundred dollars. Advanced cases frequently
rc-Tuiro years of treatment at the cost of
thousands of dollars, and then often the
fight for health is lost. Tuberculosis
cem '.o foiled oarly by the cheat H-vay.
CONSUMER iUST INSTALL PATER I.3THR
The board of directors of the Matanuska
Valley Farmer's Cooperating Association
rerort that no more rat or hook-ups rill
bo permitted until t’o prospective con
sumer has first installed a water meter
and its installation has been approved by
the Co-op maintenance man.
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I.LARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Announcement has boon made of'the mar
riage of Re' erta Elaine Nanny to Bract
Lee Smith at 7:33 P.’!. on July 29, in
the First Church of Christ in Anchorage.
""enter Harvey, minister of the rrasilla
Church of Christ and The Church in Palmer,
performed the informal service in the
presence of the bride and groom's atten
dants end a fev? relatives and close friends.
Hr. Sfciith mas in the armed forces until re
cently.
The young couple -ill reside at 822 N. 3t.
Anchorage.
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THRRITORIAL D5TT. OF HSALTH R3C3IT5S
GM’T 350?: ALASCA T.B. ASE0CIATI0?T
The Territorial Department of Health has
received a grant of two thousand dollars
from the-Alaska Tuberculosis Association
to be H\ -licd to the tuberculosis edu
cation consultant’s annual budget. Hiss
Lois Jund, tuberculosis education consul
tant loaned to Alaska by the National Tu
berculosis Association, receives half hor
salary Iron the National Association and
half from the Territorial Denartnc:.fc of
-Health. The sum of two thousand dollars
is a generous and most worthwhile assist
ance in carrying out the tuberculosis con
trol program throughout Alaska.
In addition to this donation the Alaska
Tuberculosis Association assisted in es
tablishing the orthopedic hospital at 3itka,
which treats nearly ninety percent of tu
berculosis of the 'rone-—Five hundred dol
lars ras assigned towards alterations to
make the hospital facilities more useful
as an orthopedic hospital, and five hun
dred dollard was contributed towards the
ourchase o'-1 orthopedic equipment.
The Alaska Tuber ulosis Association fur
:oT> -t.T. nr.. dollars towards
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