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VOL. 8
PALMER, ALASKA
MATA M\J 5 J C A *VA LLEY-NEWS
AUGUST 17,1945
NO. 33
Saturday evening at about 6 o' ,
clock vvor-o was received here that j
the Congressional Conmittee on> 1
Terr trries wOUj.o arrive* in the ^
Valley the * fo± lowing day,. * The com
mittees that'hud previously been
fowned fleifr lr-tu action and had
everything ready ,'f or the aext 'day* I
The eomnioc. e of Congressman was;
composed of fe.' lowing riernbq’rs:
Hugh l>t' raoiijvi.iio.lrma:' ^D':G£), Ed
Gos3^11 (D-Ter.), A-3 Kelley (D-'Pa) .
Henry D0 Lnrcade dr^(D LaJ/Homer D.i
Angeil (R-O^eJ, Paux Cunningham i
{.R-Iovm), Arthur L. Miller vR-Neb)*;
Marion T.^Iiennott 'Cfc-MoyHarold C;.
Hagen (R-Mlr.n) and Charles H,
Robertson, They were accompanied
y Governor Ernest Gt*ucring Del
gate Bob tiartlcv.c ; Godina and;
or. M< redith Biirrl 1 L"fTom the Dept,
of the Interim'; Lew V. '/L-lifams, .
Secreatarv for, Alaska * Lieiit.
Warren Catos Officia.i Escort as
f aval j-.ido to. the Governor; Hon,
Judge Anthohy Diamond; Mrs. Ernest
Gruening, Mrs, Hugh Peterson and •'
• '* Hugh'Jr. ace 10;
and- Sue Peterson, nieoa of Hugh
Beterson,
“ Upon arriving in'the valley,they
we re me t by a committee and taken i
for a tour around the Valley* At j
one o'clock they returned to the •
diping room of the school where the
ladies had been very busy preparing
a' banquet. An all kntnnuska Valley
dinner was served of
Kdpperrd Salmon, Mntanuska grown
fri^d chicken and Fried 4-H Rabbit
with Low bush cranberry sauce,
Parsleved new notatoes, buttered
■cauliflower, chopped green salad • j
and a Relish tray of carrot sticks,'
celery, greet! onions, and radishes,;
along with hot rolls, currant Jelly,
blueberry jam, strawberry jam fur- :
lished the main course of the menu,
he last course consisted- of Mata
mska Maid Ice Cream with Home
grown strawberries, and wild rasp- |
berries with- an assortment of cake a,
coffee with cream, a«V fffltk.
Cotflr’.-oh 4f
V-J DAY. OBSERVED w
, IN PALMER /V
' At aboftt 2 P.Mm Tuesda?/ the 14th
vhen word came over the Air that the
Fapanese government; had accepted the
ceace terms, It was rather hard to
relieve at firstj- The power house •
\rhistle blew which caused some to
chink a fire had broken ov^t somewhere,
Mr, L.C. Stock who was at hone at
the time brought his radio with him
co the Palmer Fountain Cafe and the
ceopie gatherad in there to listen
co 'the news os It came from • 1*1 over
th'£ worl?.,
The Garfge' closed almost at once,
cut the Trading Post remained ope«n
ror the rest of the day so that •
people' co-uid get a supply cf food,
ill units of the Co-op that could
ce closed the following day were*
accordingly closed Except for the
dreamery, Pewer House, and cafe the
5nst Side of the tracts was quiet-.
All government employees were
given notice that they had a twe-day
loliday with -pay.
On Thursday the stores opened up
for ‘business even though some cele
brating was still ih process.
PALMER SCHOOL WILL OPEN SEPT. 4
Fhe following teachers have been
hired for the .ensuing-year in the
Palmer School.
Superintendent: E.E. llarriss, Seattld
1st; grade: Mrs. Bonnie McPeak,
’ Longview, Washington
1st. grade: Mrs. Les lie-Will,
Anchorage
2nd grade: Miss Edna Bori^o,Homer
2nd grade: Miss Rodine Holme,
Ortonville, Minn,
3rd grade: Miss Ethel Lyons,
* Fairbanks
4th Grade: Mrs. Lee Whalin, Douglas
’5th grade Mrs, Myrtle Bryant,Sitka
6th grade: Mrs. Virginia Pine,
Palmer '
7th Grade: Mrs. Margaret B.Swanson
Palmer
8th grade: Mr. Neil S« Miller,
* Palmer
Cont» on pp, 7