Hospital Auxiliary
Soaking Funds for
Hew 0. B. Table
Members of the Valley Hospital
-Auxiliary are seeking funds with
-which to purchase a new obstet
ric table for the local hospital.
Mrs. Frank Clark, auxiliary
president, spoke briefly at a re
cent meeting of the Valley Home
makers Council during which she
pointed out that a new table has
long been needed at the hospital.
The one now in use is antiquated
and dates back to the very earl
iest hospital days of the valley.
In fact, she pointed out, this type
table is no longer manufactured.
A new table would cost be
tween $1200 and $1600, she said.
Ford Foundation funds, made
available to the local hospital
’last year, 'do not allow replace
ments and the table will have to
be purchased with funds derived
from some other source.
Mrs. Clark said that all organi
sations, and individuals, are in
vited to help the auxiliary make
this equipment purchase. Dona
tions should be earmarked for
the O. B. table and sent to the
auxiliary, care of Mrs. Clark.
lew Members—
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valley. As a tribute to their ef
.forts desk sets in the form of
xninature telephones, were pre
sented to Mr. Snodgrass and to
Don L. Irwin.
Hanks urged members to get
out and “sell telephones”. Make
"this association a stronger one,
he said, by uring that neighbor
that now uses your telephone to
join the association and enjoy
the convenience of a phone of
his own.
-The financial report of the as
sociation showed that the system
operated in the black three
months after cutover. From June
"So December 1955 the system
fwhich had been purchased from
'the City of Palmer) operated at a
aaet loss of $8,610.31. During the
.©ext 12 month period the net
loss was $11,534.96. The first three
months of this year, prior to cut
server, the net loss was $5,248.22.
¥iom April 1 to June 30 the sys
tem was operated at a net profit
>M S410.76. It was pointed out
* Shat this operation will continue
aia3 will show larger profits as
•- the .system increases in size.
Equities .uncollected as of June
: 3®, \ER57 amounted to $12,605.20.
Sowever, this figure included
equities not yet sold ‘in the sys
rlem which was set up to operate
■on a 951 membership. At the
present time there are 695 work
- arg stations, including.extensions,
"^according to Manager Clement’s
ineport.
~ CEienoents reported that at cut
time there was 575 stations.
The gain since then is quite
•good, he said. If we continue at
tthis rate, our picture will be bet
Jtet, he slated.
Members of the out-going board
directors, Lew Hanks, A1 With
ty, Phil O’Neill, James McDowell,
sand Eugene Reid were presented
desk sets identical to those pre
sumed to Mr. Snodgrass and Mr.
Jtmsrin.
Suggestions made from the floor
during the meeting included that
‘if.beannual meeting date be chang
ed to sometime in the spring.
Also that financial reports be
mailed to members at the time of
^meeting notice to allow more
time for study.
Refreshments were served by
■’women of the Northland Pioneer
(Grange
(Continued from page 1)
tSonded Warehouse—
vpomted out. Chamber members
jirplsua to work with the dairy in
taSostry on such a program.
Anchorage Day
Plans are being made for the
■ ssBunial harvest luncheon held by
dflse local Chamber for the An
^rnorage Chamber each year. It is
'tentatively planned for early in
tSeotember.
ROAD OPEN TO
mt. McKinley park
Effective August 5 the Den
ali Highway from Pazson Lake
to Mt. McKinley National
Park was open to through traf
fic. Motorists are urged to
drive with caution as the high
way is still under construction.
Farm Month—
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try grows and Alaska becomes
more self-sustaining, the develop
ment and growth of all Alaskan
industries will be greatly enhanc
ed.
“Watch for the NUGGET
BUYS of Alaskan grown fresh
vegetables. Buy Alaskan produc
ed milk and dairy products.
“Agricultural production in Al
aska can be increased three or
four times if Alaskans use noth
ing but Alaskan produce when it
is in season. When we buy and
serve Alaskan grown food we
can be asusred our families are
getting the freshest produce
available. At the same time we
are insuring Alaska’s future by
developing an essential industry.
“Nations or states seldom have
a prosperous economy unless
reasonably priced food, timber
and other agricultural products
are abundantly available,” the
economist said. ‘The high cost
of living, as much as anything
else in Alaska, keeps our abund
ant natural resources in a “deep
freeze’ ”.
Local Alaska Farm Month
plans are being made by the local
Chamber of Commerce, the Ex
periment Station, Extension Ser
vice, the Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association, and
other interested persons and
groups. All Alaskans are invited
to participate in the observance
by buying and using Alaska farm
products.
4-H CAMP OPENS
FIRST SESSION SUN.
FourwH camp ,at King’s Lake
Camp, opens this coming Sun
day at 2 p.m. and all youngsters
planning to make reservations
for this year’s sessions who have
not yet done so must hurry—-or
it will be too late, Lew Hanks,
Extension agent said this week.
Hanks said that if the 4-H mem
bers in Palmer are planning to
attend only one of the two ses
sions being planned that it is
prefered that they attend the sec
ond session which starts August
18. This would apply especially
to the older 4-Her‘s, he said.
Queen Contest—
(Continued from page D
ing here with her family from
Germany. Gerda graduated from
the Palmer high school this past
May and is employed on her par
ent’s dairy farm in Palmer.
Sharon McCartney is a stu
dent at the University of Alaska
and is being sponsored in the
queen contest by Mac’s Plumbing
and Heating and Grasser’s Hard
ware, both Palmer busfness es
tablishments. She is 19 years old
is five feet, five inches tall—has
green eyes and light brown hair.
Her hobbies are cooking and
sewing.
Audrey Parks, candidate oi the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
operating Association, is a stu
dent in Palmer high school. She
is employed ion the family dairy
farm,
Enola Scheibl, who graduated
from Palmer High this past year,
is being sponsored by Uncle
Tom’s Cafe and the Palmer Bak
ing Company. Miss Scheibl was
the first contestant to qualify in
this year’s contest.
In addition to Miss Scheib^
Sharon McCartney, Dorothy Loy
er, and Audrey Parks have quali
fied in the contest and are con
tinuing their ticket sales. Once
the girls have reached the 500
mark their commissions increase
to 15 percent.
Dorothy Loyer is being spon
sored in the popular queen con
test by the Frontier Cafe and
Hartley Motors, Inc., both of Pal
mer. Miss Loyer is employed as
secretary in the law office of At
torney John Shaw. She graduat
ed from the local high school in
May of this year.
The girls and their sponsors
are working hard selling queen
contest tickets here and in the
Anchorage area. Attractive prizes
are being offered this year to for
tunate queen contestant support
ers. Heading the list of valuable
prizes will be a 1957 Ford Thun
derbird, secured by the fair asso
ciation through Hartley Motors,
Inc. The second prize, a 21-inch
Zenith Cinebeam (remote con
trol) console television set from
the Co-Op Building and Farm
Supply and valued at $450. Next
on the list is a portable Motorola
transistor radio, valued at $79.95,
secured through the Alaska T-V
of Palmer. The fourth prize will
be $75 worth of groceries from
Teeland’s Shopping Center in
Wasilla. The prizes will be award
ed the final night of the four
day fair by the 1957 Valley Fair
queen, who will be named to her
position during the coronation
ball which will be held in the
school gym Saturday, August 31._,
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