SPRINGTIME
Bo you know what Spring
Time is?
Tis really not a very *
/ hard quiz.
It’s when the grass, and
trees turn green,
And when the woodlands
pick their gu^n.
Tiny animals come
out from every where
From hibernating here
and there.
Many birds come out
and sing.
For everywhere
they know it’s spring.
The mountains look
so warm again.
On picnics children
then begin.
Then brooks and creeks
start to flow,
All winter they were
ice and snow.
The sun shines bright
on country farms
Springtime’s here
with outstretched arms.
DOROTHY L. CAMPBELL
Age 11 years
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Pictured above are, left to right, Stewart Durrani, M.V.F.C.A. general manager; Harold
Pomeroy, territorial Civil Defense director, and Alfred V. Hagen, CD director in the
Greater Palmer CD District. The men are pictured with the 300 KW generator recently
put in operating condition by the Co-Op in their power plant. The generator Was acquir
L ed through the Civil Defense program.
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A number of local residents
joumed by plane or car to the
Ninilcheck and Clam Gulch areas
this past week-end to take advan
tage gf the very low tide. Most of
them reported very good “pick
in’s” and clam chowder, fritters
and fried clams have appeared on
the dinner menues of many resi
dents this week.
Women of the Moose of Palmer
are making plans for their annual
bazaar and bake sale which will
be held on May 11 at Grasser’s
Hardware. The sale is held each
year just prior to Mother’s Day.
Mary Beth Peay has accepted a
position with the Department of
Agriculture as clerk-stenogra
pher.
James Wilson, commissioner of
agriculture, is spending several
days in Juneau where he is at
tending Land Board meetings.
Herbert Lang, Alaska Agricul
ture Loan agent, is spending a
few days in the Kenai, Homer,
and Anchor Point area on routine
business.
V. Louise Kellogg of Spring
Creek Farm returned to her
home this week following atten
dance at the Western Conference
on Higher Education. Miss Kel
logg was reqeusted to attend by
Acting Governor Weino Hen
drickson. Representatives from 10
states were in attendance. *
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INSTALLED AT CO-OP
Harold Pomeroy, Alaska Civil
Defense director, and Ed Fortier,
CD director in the Third Division,
were in Palmer on Tuesday of
last week to view the Fairbanks
Morse 300 KW light plant which
was recently installed in the
power house at the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating
Association. The generator,
acquired through the Pal
mer Civil Defense organization
which is under the direction of
Alfred V. Hagen, was installed
and put in operating condition by
the Co-Op.
The light plant, which weighs
in the neighborhood of 30 tons,
was brought to Palmer on a low
boy about six months ago. It was
set on the ground outside the
powerhouse and the problem of
getting it into the power house
was solved by the Co-Op main
tenance department. With the help
of Ferb Bailey, who has done
considerable house moving, the
plant was lowered into the power
house on heavy timbers and jack
, ed down by removing one timber
at a time. This operation took
three days to complete. The plant
is set on a bed of reinforced ce
ment in such a manner that no
vibration is felt elsewhere in the
power plant. The plant was cut
over and at the first try started
generating electricity.
Director Pomeroy stated that
the cooperation shown by the Co
Op in getting the plant into oper
ation is a superb example of the
combined efforts of the commun
ity and Civil Defense. “It is our
business”, he said, “to try to
make preparations against the
needs of any major emergency.
The loss of power, war conditions,
or other disasters are major em
ergencies.
“The most effective way to
make preparation”, J^e stated, “is
by the combined efforts of the
community and Civil Defense.
This is a superb example of this
community cooperation to ach
ieve emergency preparations.
“This plant was provided by
Civil Defense—however, without
the financial cooperation of the
Co-Op it couldn’t have been put
in operation. Without the work
and devotion to Civil Defense of
your area director, Alfred Hagen,
this and other preparations which
have been made available to Pal
mer and the area, wouldn’t have
been possible”, Pomeroy stated.
“Our preparations to look after
ourselves in any emergency do
not exceed those of Palmer any
where in the territory”, Pom
eroy said.
The generator is valued at
about $70,000 and a similar plant
is being installed at Dillingham,
Pomeroy said. The 300 KW’s are
sufficient to operate the entire
Co-Op area and during a power
outage will save the association
many dollars in time saved, par
ticularly in regards to the milit
ary contracts for milk products. '
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C re: Alaskans
^rlici^ate in
IbSogy Colloquium
Three University of Alaska per
sonnel will next week partici
pate in the 18th annual biology
colloquium sponsored at Oregon
State College by the OSC chap
ter of Phi Kappa Phi, national
scholastic honorary. Theme of the
coloquium was “Arctic Biology.”
Dr. Ira L. Wiggins of Stanford
University will open the program
with a talk on “The Arctic: Its
Discovery and Past Develop
ment.” He is former director of
the University of Alaska’s Arctic
Research Laboratory at Barrow.
Dr. Allan H. Mick of Palmer,
director of the University of Alas
ka’s Alaska Agricultural Experi
ment Station and of the Exten
sion Service, will speak on “Arctic
and Subarctic Agriculture.” Dr.
Troy L. Pewe topic is “Perma
frost: Its Influence Upon Arctic
Life.” Dr. Pewe is engineering
geologist for the Alaskan Geology
Branch of the U. S. Geological
Survey. Dr. John L. Buckley,
head of the Cooperative Wildlife
Research Unit at the university,
will talk on “Wildlife Problems
r in the Arctic.”
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