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VOLUME 6. NUMBER 40
PALMER. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1953
PRICE TEN CENTS
Valley Dairy Business Hits All-Time Hiyh
New Hospital Will
Be One of Finest
Construction of the new Valley \
Presbyterian Hospital is progres- c
sing ahead of schedule. When i
completed it will be one of the 1
finest, if not the finest, in Alaska, 1
Kenneth Pauls, hospital admin- i
istrator announced this week.
The new 25-bed hospital will be 1
equipped throughout with the '
newest, most effecient type equip
ment, including automatic steril
zers, fracture table, solarium and
modern kitchen. The entire build
ing will be fire proof.
Interior decoration will be done i
by Mel Kohler, professional dec
orator from Anchorage. Rooms,
will be done in various pastel1
shades, Pauls said. We are trying
to get away from the browns and
whites commonly associated with
a hospital. Pastel shades in pa
tients rooms have proven them
selves. A comfortable solarium
will be furnished with modern
reclining type chairs.
An outstanding section of the
new hospital will be devoted to
the nursery. A large plate glass
window will be installed to per
mit the proud fathers and grand
parents a view of the new baby.
Adjoining the nursery will be a
work room for necessary “chang-1
es.” In a completely sterile milk
room, formulas will be made up,
eliminating working in the kit
chen. The compact unit will elim
inate travel and prevent the pos
sibility of contamination.
Kenneth Pauls, who started his j
administrative duties June 1. is!
a graduate of Boston University
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^here he received his B. S. and
[id graduate work in Hospital
administration. He comes to the
/■alley from Westport, Maine
vhere he held the position of ad
ninistrator at the DeWitt Minor
iospital. He was hired through
he Shay Medical Association in
Chicago, following a request from
;he local hospital board to the
Presbyterian Mission to locate an
idministrator. Although the Mis
sion board was instrumental in
securing Paul’s, hospital person
id will be hired by the adminis
:rator and not the national board,
dowever, the local board can re
quest assistance from them in se
:uring personnel.
Enthusiastic in his praise of the
new hospital, Pauls pointed out
several additional outstanding
features that will be installed for
the patient’s comfort. Guaranteed
hot meals was one. By the pur
chase of a new type vacuum seal
ed dish, each patient will be as
sured of hot (or cold) meals, re
gardless of distance from the kit
chen.
Construction on the new hos
pital is being supervised by Har
old Moline of C. R. Foss, Inc.,
with more than 20 men presently
employed. Mechanical work is be
ing done by the C. R. Lewis Co.
Both firms are from Anchorage,
as is architect Edwin Crittenden.
Attractive new linoleum was
put on the floor in the women’s
ward in the present hospital this
week. The linoleum was purchas
ed by the hospital board with
small amounts from here and
there. Work was donated by Jack
Land, Max Sherrod, Kenneth
Pauls and Ed Smith.
idany Celebrations
Planned for Fourth
Although no special activities
have been planned in Palmer for
the Fourth of July, neighboring
celebrations, family picnics and
outings will provide a variety oi
entertainment.
Wasilla Post, Veterans of For
eign Wars will hold their annua
celebration, complete with free
ice cream and soda pop for the
youngsters. All Valley resident;
are invited to attend. A basebal
game, foot races and the award
ing of attractive prizes will be
featured.
In Anchorage that city’s Sports
men’s Association is sponsorinj
their first annual Alaska Sport
Festival, starting July 3 and con
tinuing through July 5 with boa
racing, dances, exhibition flying
dog show and other feature:
planned.
The Anchorage Outboard Moto
club are holding races at Lak
Lucille, near Wasilla and the An
chorage Shriners are holding a;
outing at Lake Lucille.
The local Fire Control statio
has taken on a new look, thank
to John Bowers, Darwin Hein
; and their helpers who have bee
' working the grounds around th
station.
PALMER EXPERIENCES
HOT DRY WEATHER
Record breaking figures
have been recorded by weath
er observer Max Sherrod this
past week, with Tuesday’s high
of 82 degrees topping them all.
The unprecedented hot wea
ther has been aggravated lo
cally by dusty streets and
roads. Housewives have prac
tically given up hopes of try
ing to keep their homes dust
ed and local picnic areas have
proven to be the most popular
spots around.
Record breaking figures re
corded by Sherrod were June:
22, 81 degrees and June 23, 82
degrees. Overcast skies yester
day lowered the temperature
to 80 degrees.
However, today was a dif
ferent story ... 87 degrees this
afternoon.
CITY SUFFERS MOCK
SABOTAGE DURING
OPERATION BEWARE
I In spite of the fact that the City
of Palmer was practically “blown
up” early on the morning of June
20 by a team of Fort Richardson
soldiers playing the role of sabo
teurs, Palmer’s participation in
the Civil Defense exercise “Oper
ation Beware” was described as
extremely realistic by Captain
Samuel V. Cox, Fort Richardson
CD laison officer,
Edward Imme, local CD direc
tor, received the yellow alert
shortly before 5:00 a.m. that set
wheels turning for the red alert
that followed at 5:20 a.m. Mem
bers of the police unit, including
wardens and guards, were on duty
almost before the sirens stopped
sounding. Two jet planes “bomb
ed” the city shortly afterward.
| The bombing was similated by ex
; plosions carried out by CD per
; sonnel, with the fire unit respond
ing immediately.
Captain Cox had arrived in the
Valley shortly after five o’clock
and with his three-man crew ol
; saboteurs, was successful in plant
ing bombs at the Standard Oil
j bulk plant, the Co-Op powei
house, city telephone exchange
| the ACS office and much to the
I chagrin of staff members, Cap
‘: tain Cox was successful ir
’ planting a bomb under a desk ir
CD headquarters which theoreti
' j cally meant that headquarter:
: and CD key workers were blowr
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KIWANIS FURNISHES
LITTLE LEAGUE BASI
> j Spectators at Little Leagui
5 j baseball games will be happy b
j learn that there are now benche
r' at the field for their comfor
5; during games.
■! Lumber and paint for eigh
II benches were furnished by th
* Palmer Kiwanis Club and pre
! fab materials were donated b;
i! Bill Roarke. Six benches will b
s arranged behind the player
e bench and two will be behind th
n backstop.
e j Tonight’s Little League gam
I will see the Jonesville Dodger
CITY BUYS WATER
TANK TO ALLEVIATE
BAD DUST PROBLEM
City dwellers welcomed the
ight of a watering truck making
tie rounds late last night and
arly this morning.
Mayor Alfred V. Hagen was'
given authorization of the city
ouncil to obtain a tank and
l imp of suitable size, following a
discussion of the dust problem at
he council meeting June 23. Al
hough the city had been notified
hat a one thousand gallon tank,
property of the Alaska Native
Service, was available to the local
Civil Defense organization, fur
,1 ler inquiries indicated that re
lease and delivery of the tank
vould be indefinite. Yesterday a
J200 gallon tank was purchased
f'om the Wiggins Construction
Company for $220, brought to
Palmer, mounted on a flat bed
tuck, loaned to the city by A1
Ilrager and watering was started
by the mayor and other city of
ficials.
The ANS tank will still be
available to the organization and
! when papers are drawn it will be
brought to Palmer.
Street watering by gravity flow
was continued throughout the
I night until 8 a.m. today when a
! two inch pump was mounted and
j a platform for the city truck was
matte* The pump is capable of dis
charging at the rate of nine thou
sand gallons per hour.
VALLEY SCOUTS
LEAVE FOR
NATIONAL JAMBOREE
Among the more than 50 Alas
ka Boy Scouts who left for Seat
tle June 20 were Harry M. Camp
bell of Palmer and Gilbert E. Hj
ellen of Wasilla.
At Seattle they will board char
I tered Greyhound buses which will
i take them on a tour of elever
western states, climaxed by a
week-long Scout Jamboree to be
held at the Irving ranch neai
Santa Ana, California. More thar
50,000 scouts are expected to at
tend the jamboree.
, Accompanying the Alaskz
Scouts are scout leaders from the
Otuuia ditr sluui icducia xit-rui 111c
territory, including Maurice Pow
| ers, scout executive, from An
! chorage. The average cost of the
trip is around $600 for each Scout.
I Nearly all the youths have earn
ed the money for their trip them
selves.
The trip and jamboree will con
sume around six weeks, with Al
aska scouts expecting to return
home August 1.
BENCHES FOR
[BALL
; and the Kiwanis Indians in z
) six-inning game. In another game
; Friday night, Kosloskyjs will mee1
t the Moose Giants in another six
inning game. The public is in
t vited to attend the games and en
i courage these young ball players
- A free-will offering will be col
r lected.
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ailU II liic cvcm v-au oiafev-ui
members predict that the young
sters will surprise and amaze their
I audience.
ANNUAL FISH FRY
SET FOR JULY 19
Barry’s Lake will again this
year be the scene of the Matan- |
| uska Valley Sportsmens annual
fish fry, scheduled for Sunday,
| July 19 at 12 o’clock noon.
| All fishermen are reminded that
j to make the fry its usual success,
1 fish will have to be furnished in
! quite a large quantity. Any mem
ber who does not have a locker .
j or freezer to store his fish for I
the fry is asked to mark the pack- j
age “Sportsmen” and leave at the *
Palmer Cold Storage, locker 115. j
. i All fish should be cleaned, ready 1
for cooking before freezing.
Bill Bouwens will be in charge j
of cooking the fish. The associa- j
; tion will furnish rolls, butter,
:1 coffee, sugar, cream, Kool-aid and
I ice cream. Each family is asked I
! to take any additional food they j
i desire. I
Over $2,000,000
Production in '52
Matanuska Valley dairy cows
are celebrating National Dairy
Month—June—by setting a new
high for local milk production of
10,000 quarts a day, according to
Jim Wilson, commissioner of agri
culture.
These cows have contributed
$951,074 to local economy by the
5,496,771 pounds of milk produced
since June 1952. At present there
■ ire 51 farmers shipping milk tr
two dairies.
In addition to the 1100 dairy
CORRECTION
Sunday evening, .June 28, at
6 p.m. members of the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club and Pal
mer B.P.O. Elks will play
softball, and not the Elks vs.
Moose Lodge as stated in er
ror, elsewhere in this issue.
Proceeds from the game will
go toward camp improvements
at Kings Lake Camp. The
public is invited to attend.
PLAN HORSE RACES
FOR VALLEY FAIR
Plans for horse races during th<
1953 Matanuska Valley Fair wen
announced this week by boar<
members.
Anyone who would like to ente
a horse in the event is asked ti
contact Alba Brooks, board presi
dent. It is hoped that enough hor
ses will be entered to permit
: relay race. There are enougl
I horses entered now to permit on
relay team and members are an
I xious to get another group oi
j ganized.
One of the high lights, still i:
the planning stage, would be
feature race between two littl
seven-year-old girls. Sandy Kinf
who will be seven years old onl
a few days before the Fair an
Linda Falk who has just turne
| seven, are proving themselves t
: be quite capable “horsewomen
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cattle and 51 farmers, a force of
50 creamery employees and de
liverymen are busy making and.
distributing manufactured dairy
products with a wholesale value
of $1,413,709 annually, bringing
the combined dairy production
in this area to a $2,364,783 busi
! ness, providing full-time employ -
I ment for more than 100 families,
j Many others derive part of their
living from their association with
the industry.
One of the leading dairy items
is ice cream, with more than 431,
643 gallons produced last year.
Most of the ice cream is made on
a 14% butterfat formula compar
ed to 12% which is standard on
stateside brands. This would class
the local product as premium,
Wilson stated.
While most prices have soared
out of sight in the past ten years,
prices of local dairy products have
remained virtually unchanged.
This has been due largely Wilson
said, to increased acreages, larger
herds, more modern dairy equip
; ment and an enlarged sales vol
ume.
“Many people have the impres
sion,” Vjilson continued, "ihat
being in Alaska our dairy stand
; I ards may not be as high as ‘back
? home.’ Actually, our dairy regula
i tions are as strict and our sanitary
• code as rigidly enforced as in any
„ state in the union.”
) All milk sold locally is produc
. ed in Grade A barns, regularly
- inspected by the Alaska Depart
! ment of Health. Butterfat content
! of the milk is checked regularly
; and is guaranteed to be a mini
. i mum of 314%, standard through
. out the nation.
That the dairy people have con
i fidence in the stability of thi3
i area is evidenced by the fact
e | that the Valley dairymen have
;, an investment in land and facil
Y ities approximating one and a
3 half millon dollars and the cream
3 ery plants represent a capital out
0 : lay of at least another half mii
” ; lion.
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