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Notebook
Mrs. Dorothy Hasekoister of
Chugiak is new manager at Kim
ball’s Store in Palmer. Mrs. Hase
koister commenced her new dut
ies January 4, replacing Mrs.
Charlotte Aldeman who recent
ly resigned to be at home.
Fred Zieke, Co-Op general
manager; Jack Newcomb and
John Nash. Co-Op board mem
bers spent Monday and Tuesday
of this week in Fairbanks on
business pertaining to the new
Co-Op creamery planned for that
city.
Word was received in the Pal
mer Soil Conservation Office of a
fire in the new Fairbanks SCS
office during the holiday week
end. Damage was estimated at
approximately S300. It was be
lieved to have started from a
heating cord. Lew Hanks of the
Palmer office went to Fairbanks
to check the damage, in the ab
sence of Charles Wilson who is
attending a SCS meeting Out
side.
Roger Woods, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Woods of Palmer ar
rived home January 2 following
three months in Ecuador where
he was an International Farm
Exchange delegate.
Lloyd Severns returned this
week from a month and one-half
trip Outside where he was called
on the illness of his father.
Jane LaGier, nurse in Dr. C. C.
Bailey’s office; Francis Lynn,
Irene Spergess and Edith Eggles
ton all of Valley Hospital and
Earl Paine spent the New Year
holiday week end at Mt. McKin
ley.
Samples of manufactured feeds
being sold in the Matanuska and
Tanana Valleys are being sent
to Boise, Idaho for routine con
tent check by the Department of
Agriculture. The lab work is be
ing done by the Boise office as a
courtesy to the Alaska depart
ment.
A group of Palmer School
teachers enjoyed a trip to Mt. Mc
Kinley during their Christmas
holiday vacation. Those who went
to the popular resort were Lou
Lagner, Margaret Wever, Lois
Thompson, Eileen Donnan, Step
| hanie Sobczak, Carol Clark, and
j Robert Diltz.
Mrs. Betty Harrington will be
hostess for the regular Altar and
Rosary Society meeting to be
held next Monday. Mrs. Sybil
Bates, who is ill was scheduled as
hostess.
Rev. Michael McKay, formerly
of Palmer, and more recently of !
New Mexico, has been named pas- j
tor of the Native Baptist Mission 1
in Anchorage. Rev. McKay and
his family are now making their
home in Anchorage. Mrs. McKay
is the former Virginia Krise,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Krise, of Palmer.
Miss Jewel Maddox. Palmer
School teacher, spent her Christ
mas holiday vacation visiting her
parents in Idaho, returning for
school resumption on January 4.
Residents of Palmer area were
j among the several thousand per
sons effected by a power failure
the evening of January 1. Al
though those in the Anchorage
are were without power about
! three hours, power in the Val
ley was resumed in a little over
an hour. A chain of events
caused the failure, members of
the Chugach Electric Association
1 announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson
i are planning a trip Outside, be
! ginning next week. Mrs. Thomp
| son plans to visit in San Fran
i cisco and Colorado, returning to
1 Palmer in approximately six
weeks. Mr. Thompson plans to go
1 on to South America. They have
March of Dimes
(Continued from page 1)
ary protective against paralytic
polio. GG was widely used in epi
demic areas during 1953, with
health officers reporting a drop
in cases among children injected.
Extensive field studies of a polio
vaccine will be made during 1954,
officials have announced.
John O’Shea, Anchorage busi
ness man, was named, earlier this
year, by Basil O’Connor, presi
dent of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, as Terri
torial chairman of the 1954 March
of Dimes. As chairman, Mr. O'
Shea will coordinate the fund
raising activities of volunteer
campaign workers throughout
Alaska.
A challenge from Hawaii for
a 49th State Race ii. the 1954
March of Dimes campaign was
accepted two weeks ago by O’
Shea. The challenge came from
Frank Thomson of Honolulu who
said the race will be to see which
of the two candidates for state
hood will contribute more to
fight polio.
The 1954 March of Dimes open
ed January 2 and will continue
thi'ough January 31.
More than 600 Americans die of
cancer each day American Cancer
Society statistics show.
leased the T & T Sourdough Bar
to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peterson.
Approximately 15 city tele
phones were put out of order by
the wind storm last Saturday.
They are all back in working
condition, once again.
Holiday guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Esslinger
included Mrs. Nathalie Panic. Mrs.
Panic spent the past two years in
Paris, France and is making a
temporary visit in Alaska. Visit
ing this past Sunday were Col.
and Mrs. Curts, Col. and Mrs.
Walrath and Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Jones all of Anchorage.
Council Notes
(Continued from page 1)
stating that one half the cost of
new service connections from the
main to the property line will be
charged to the water user. Water
service rates will be established
by the city council and promul
gated by the signature of the city
clerk. The city clerk is empower
ed to disconnect water service for
non payment of any water bill or
servijce charge, connection fee or
the like.
The manager of the City Water
Department shall recommend the
proper methods and types of in
j stallation of water lines to water
users and he may in his discre
I tion refuse to make a water con
■ nection to a water user if such
| installation does not meet his ap
I proval. subject to the right of the
water user to appeal to the water
committee.
No person shall refuse to admit
after notice and at reasonable
hours to premises owned or oc
cupied by him or hinder any
authorized agent of the city en
tering such premises for the pur
pose of inspecting any pipes in
connection with the water dis
tribution system or checking the
water meter therein.
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Following the announcement
that time cards have been secur
ed, it was decided that all city
'.rr r/ryt/ry
employes will make out weekly
reports to be turned into the of
fice of the city clerk. These rec
ords will be used in determining
the employment needs—when
city employes are available for
other than their specified work—
and other such uses.
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A letter from the Washington
State Press Association was read
by City Attorney John Shaw, fol
lowing a protest from The Week
ly Frontiersman of a sales tax on
advertising. The letter stated that
to the associations knowledge a
sales tax has never been levied on
advertising in any part of the
States, and pointed out that
in the state of Washington where
a three percent sales tax is levied,
there is no sales tax on advertis
ing. The matter was referred to
members of the finance and bud
get committee for study and rec
ommendation.
The latest information on can
cer diagnosis and treatment is
j sent without charge to 170,000
| doctors regularly by the Ameri
I can Cancer Society.
JANUARY 10th
10:00 Sur.dav School Clasees for all ages
11:00 Morning Worship
Sermon: “Sacrifice and Song"
12:00 Poi-Luck Dinner
1:30 Annual Congregational Meeting
7:30 Sr. Hi. Westminister Fellowship
A CORDIAL INVITATION TO ALL
Brian H. Clev/orth, Pastor
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Noodles
FINE
MEDIUM
WIDE
EXTRA WIDE
MISSION’S 1C*
16 oz. Pkg. Jv
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HALVES
NO. 303 TINS
Unpeeled Apricots 34c
HALVES
NO. 2/z TIN
Freestone Peaches 54c
Corn on Cob
NO. 404 TIN
52c
NO. 300 TIN
Asparagus Spears 42c
SOLID PACK
Tomatoes
NO. 303 TIN
25c
Realemon
Orange Base
Only 2 Z 27c
MEAT DEPARTMENT
41/2 lb. canned PICNIC HAMS $989
Reg. Price $4.45 Now »
LOIN END - U. S. NO. I
PORK CHOPS .
lb. 69c
SPECIAL FOR ONE WEEK
STRAWBERRY PRESERVES
20 oz. Jar Olllf 53€
SPECIAL
BROWNIES.per pkg. 37c
By Palmer Baking Co.
liiirA UBBY,S
JUICe BLENDED
Oxvdol
LIBBY'S
Whole Beets
NO. 2 TIN
21c
GIANT
82c
NO. 303 TIN
24c
Facial Tissues 45c
Pillsbury Cake Mixes
17 OZ. Anjy 49c
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