Dr* &rl Graves
Sec. 3L\.»66 P.L. and R
U.S. POSTAGE
li PAID
PALMER, ALASKA
Permit No. 3
mfilHriUSKR VfiLLEy FflRmERS' CfJ-QPERRTlDG flSVn
No. 19
Vol. ill
Palmer. Alaska.
May 11, 1951.
CO-OP Lflnos GIB SPUIJ COriTRPCT!
Tho Matanuska Valley Co-op was j
the fortunate bidder on nearly Bof:
of tho potatoes to be used at the
Army installations at Fort Richard
son, Elmcndorf Field and Whittier
this coming season. An average
price of $5.79 per hundred pounds
was received by our association. A
total of nearly 1,700 tons was
given to the Co-op out of about
2,250 tons. Tho bid was split into
three sections. There were monthly
deliveries from September to June
of 100 tons per month to Fort Rich
ardson and 115 tons per month to
Elmcndorf Field. Tho Co-op receiv
ed the bid for all of the potatoes
to Fort Richardson except for tho
months of January, February, March
and April. Those i|00 tons went to
Glen Woods at an average price of
$5>56 per hundred. The Co-op bid
was an average of $5*91 for the
Tamo period. The Co-op received
the bid on Elmendorf for nine of
the ten months, losing only October
which went to Mr. Evens on of Anchor
ago at $1;.00 per hundred. The Co
op^ bid was $>5*25 for the same mon
th. The September, October, Novem
ber and December bids for Whittier
went to Mr. Newby at ^I|..60 per hund
red. The first three months of
1952 went to the Co-op for Whittier
at '$5*90 per hundred; and the April
May and Juno, at $6.25.
On green vegetables, the Co-op
got all of the lettuce for Fort
Richardson and Elmendorf Field, at
155^ per pound. Mr. Newby got all
of the cabbage at $6.70 per hundred
pounds; and also all of the carrots
at $7*40 per hundrod. 'rhe celery
was divided betwoon the Co-op and
George McNecsc and other deliveries
at about the same ratio.
C *R a R *
HO AtoC PARTY VI* US PALM IP
Col. Dallas Knoll and party, con
sisting of Maj. B.Landry, Capt.
Mueller, C. Snow and C. Burraahlm,
all of HQ, Air Material Command,
Wi’ight Patterson Air Force Base,Day
ton, 0., visited Palmer this week er
route to Tokyo, Korea and the Phil
ippine area in connection with world
wide responsibilities of the Service
FUnnS AVAILABLE. HOSPliAL
A recent communication from the
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church to the local
hospital board revealed that a
$5°>°00 advance on a $120,000
pledge would be immediately avail
able for now hospital construction.
The Territorial Board of Health has
earmarked for the Valley Hospital a
sum of $107>000. This would give
the Hospital Association $157,000
at the present time to be used in
matching funds from the Federal
Hill-Burton Hospital Bill. Ponding
the acceptance of the application
from the local board, which has al
ready been submitted, this would
make available a total of $>3lU>000.
A cost per day study has been
worked out by the hospital manage
ment revealing a daily overall cost
of ^li+l.OO to operate the hospital
per day. Over against this figuro
a daily actual income of *99*00 was
reported; leaving a daily deficit
of $i;2.00 per day. In view of
these figures tho hospital board
feels that it is necessary to raise
the daily ward rates. Effective
June 1, the daily ward rate will bo
$10.00.
The annual subsidy of $3,000 from
the Eoard of National Missions has
been received, and, although the
bulk of this sum had to be spent to
pay current bills, a portion of it
was sot aside for debt retirement.
Following this policy, chocks for
interest on all bonds will be in
the mail in the next few days and
we shall redeem one bond a month as
long as the money lasts. The bond
selected this month by drawing was
in the name of Vera or Frank Linn.
Two representatives of the board,
Mrs. John DeVries and Mrs. Earl
Graves have been appointed to be a
vailablo to appear before any in
terested organizations to explain
tho plans and problems of tho Hos
pital.
Signed,
J. Graves. Sec.
division of which Col. Knoll is the
chief. Purpose of this tour is to
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