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Palmer, Alaska
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ELKS HOLD RECEPTlOH
Mr* and Mrs. Clair Stockj Mr* and Mrs*
Oliver Onkka; Mr* and Mrs* .n't Stenberg;
Mr* and Mrs. Matt Onkka; Mr* and Mrs* L*
Kyger and Dr. and Mrs. F.R* Sims all trav
eled to ..nchorage on Thursday of this week
to attend the Elk’s reception held there j
in honor of the Grand Exalted Ruler, Jo- I
seph B*‘Kyle of Gary, Indiana* Emmett T*
hnderson of Tacoma, Washington, Past Grand:
Exalted Ruler, was also in attendance.
This was the first time in 18 years, that
there had been a Grand Exalted Ruler at
the Enchorage Elk’s Lodge.
The reception started with a cock-tail
hour from 5-7 °folo<jk.# followed by a din
ner from 7-9 o’clock, at which ff2000 of
King Crab was the "piece de resistance,”
with approximately 800 people in attend
ance.
Following the dinner, a delegation of
the Palmer people, met with Mr. Pyle to
discuss the possibility of starting an
Elk's Club in palmer.
Everyone reported a thoroughly enjoy
able time.
Kiujpins mtETirib held
The Kiwanis Club held a meeting of spe
cial interest last Monday noon in the Co
op Club Room. Mr. Hugh Johnson presided
and introduced Don Irwin and Carl Ras
mussen as special guests. Then, city man
ager Sharp of anchorage was introduced as
speaker of the day. Mr. Sharp was invit
ed principally on account of the incorpor
ation project in Palmer. Mr. Sharp, it
was felt, had special qualifications as a
result of his position in anchorage, that
would enable him to give the people of
Palmer useful information on the incor
poration proceedings. Several of the
nominees for the city council were pres
ent and heard Mr Sharp enumerate the du
ties of a city government. 47 paragraphs
were included in the reading of the cit
ie's responsibility. .Mr. Sharp stated
that he had no opinion as to whether or
not Palmer sjiould be incorporated. He
merely wished to state his experience in
^uichorage, and that it would be up to the
people of Palmer to decide the issue.
Mr. Sharp stated the Anchorage Light &
Power System had been the best money-mak
er, and had always made a profit. The
telephone system had been a losing venture
sec. si.PAUL cflinws ymcfi
Donald Dinkel, son of Mr* and Mrs * Harold
Dinkel of Vasilla, Alaska9 has boon elect
ed Secretary of the St.Paul Campus Young
Men13 Cliristian association, on the St*
Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota.
Dinkel, an agriculture Freshman, has been
active this past year in the YMC-^’s Fresh
nan Fellowship as Program Chairman* -*s
Secretary, Dinkel will serve on the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Campus* YMCM.
PRICE REGULATIONS
JUNEAU---Grocery stores are still cover
ed under Ceiling Price Regulation 9* Fred
b. Hanford, territorial director of the
pffice of Price Stablization said today,
Hanford said inquiries had resulted from
news releases from Washington, D,C», this
,7eek which told of a new pricing method for
food stores. He said this now method did
not apply to Alaska and that grocers here
ere still governed by Regulation 9 which
calls for establishing a base period price
and figuring dollar-and-cents markups for
that period.
He urged all grocers and other retailers
to start at once to prepare their base per
iod data in accordance with instructions
.vhich have been mailed from the Juneau off
ice.
until the last year, and that a consider
able outlay of capital would be needed this
year to keep up new requirements# JThe
water system, he stated had been a diffi- x
cult problem and regardless of what had
been done, it was still unsatisfactory to
a lot of the people.
The speaker also went into the question
of finances and was not too enthusiastic a
bout the possibility of borrowing funds by
•bond issues or securing grants for municip
al improvements# That while it is possible
it is rather difficult at this time# He
was emphatic in stating that the people of
any community could not expect very much
uhless they were willing'to do the work
and assist in the financing#
C.R.R#
SWEDISH WRITER HERE
Mr. Albert Vicksen, a prominent writer
from Stockholm, Sweden, was a visitor in
Palmer this week# Mr# Vicksen iis gather
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