CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR
GRADE' SCHOOL
The grade, school chili
ren of Palmer are work
ing on their Christmas
program to be given, on
Thursday, December 20,
at 1:30 p.m,
OPS NEWS
JUNEAU-Four Anchor
age grocers have been
appointed to the Food
Distributors Industry
Advisory Committee for
Alaska, Fred G. Hanford
Territorial Director
for the OPS, announced
this week.
They are: K.C. Britt
of Alaska Fi3h and Farm
Products, Inc *j B.J.
Gottstein, of the J. B.
Gottstein Co.; M.W. 0
dera, Anchorage Cold
Storage, and Louis Qd
sather, Luck’s Self
Service, Inc.
The appointments were
made by Michael V. Di
Salle, national direct
or of OPS.
• •
Purpose of the advis
ory committee is to con
suit with OPS officials
in the preparation of a
tailored regulation for
the food distributing
business in Alaska.This
trade is presently cov
ered by Regulation 9»
but a tailored regula
tion is deemed desir
able to take into con
sideration specific
trade practices and bus
iness methods of the
food distributing bus
iness .
Committees have been
formed in the clothing,
hardware, used car and
lumber trades, Hanford
said, and another is
contemplated for the
bituminous coal busi
ness.
.. "OPS policy is to in
vite a representative
group of business men
to sit down with u? and
supply needed informa
tion before we draft a
tailored regulation,"
Hanford explained.
"We have had to con
jfine these sessions to
jthe four largest town3
! in Alaska because these
!are the towns where we ;
maintain branch offices.
It is a little imprac- .
tical to ask business
men from the smaller
towns to travel some •
distance to attend a
meeting 3ince they
would have to pay their
own expenses."
JUNEAU-Farm equip
ment, both new and used
is now under a specific
price regulation, the
OPS said this week.
Previously, all re
sellers of farm equip
ment and repair parts
|were governed by Ceil- ;
ing Price Regulation 67
issued last August -21.
jThis regulation covered
•a. wide range of indust-!
(rial manufactured items:
I In general, It permitt-;
;ed a dealer to price
jaccording to the manu
facturers' price list
:or by taking a percent
age margin over his in
voice costs, whichever
had been his custom
■ during the period of
Apri1 1-June 2k, 1950.
.
; CPR 100 will not
change the pricing •
^methods, the OPS said,- '
|but will take into ccn
jsideration specific
jproblems and methods
|customary I■» the farm ;
'machinery trade. i
~ i
j FERTILIZER AMD 3FED . |
| THE COMPANY THAT SUP
PLIES SEED AND FERTIL- ;
’ IZER TO THE CO-OP MUST ■
1 KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW
! MUCH WILL EE NEEDED
i NEXT SPRING—BY THE 15
) OF DECEMBER. LETTERS
i HAVE BEEN MAILED TO ALL
MEMBERS & CUSTOMERS OF
' RECORD. IF YOU DO NOT
GET A LETTER, PLEASE
ASK FOR A FORM FOR ES
TIMATE AT THE CO-OP
. WAREHOUSE OR THE GEN
ERAL OFFICE. PLEASE
DO NOT DELAY, DO IT
THIS NEXT WEEK--IT IS
, IMPORTANT.
MVFC ASS'N.
PALMER, A.
BUY SEALS
US GOVERNMENT HONORS
con'td. from page 7
teer weather man repre
sents the highest type
of American citizen,
who unselfishly devotes
his time and exposes
himself to the severest
of weather in the serv
ice of hi3 Government,
and who is content to
do so for the general
good he performs,
"The weather observa
tions so gathered in
out-of-the-way stations
throughout the breadth
of the country cumula
tively add up to an in
valuable body of inform
ation of importance to
the commerce and indus
try, agriculture and de
fense of the nation,"
The Secretary said
that it had been estim
ated that a cooperative
observer v/ith SO years1
of service, who has
spent 15 minutes per
day to take and record
observations, answer
questions about the
weather and make regu
lar reports, has con
tributed the equal of
570 full eight hour
days to his government.
"This is a remarkable
contribution," the Sec
retary said. "It is
patriotism functioning
every day of the week,
holidays and.Sundays
not excluded.and it de
serves the thanks of
all of us,"
‘The Secretary, in his
letter of commendation,
told tho amateur weath
er men that he appreci
ated their "remarkable
record" as Cooperative
Weather Observers,
"Your years of volun
tary service, and yopr
unselfish devotion to
the 'work of the Weather
Bureau are not only com
nondable but furnish an
inspiring example of
public service," he
said, "In behalf of
your government and es
specdally in behalf of
the Department of Comm
erce, I wish tp thank
you for tho important
job you have done so
woll,"