Body Of Missing Man
Found Near River
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ported he saw the man walking
up the railroad toward North
Palmer on the morning of the
seventeenth.
Testimony at the inquest re
vealed that the deceased had
been drinking heavily several
days prior to his disappearance.
He had recently come from An
chorage, where he had been em
ployed at Bagoy’s Greenhouse.
He stayed one night with Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Ward and then
registered at the Matanuska
Hotel.
It was reported that the man
was seriously ill with tubercu
losis. Friends said they thought
he was aware of his condition.
The coroner’s jury ruled that
the deceased met death as the
result of exposure and alcohol
ism. Medical testimony revealed
that if the man had consumed
all the whiskey gone from the
two empty bottles, he might have
slept for 48 hours. Temperatures
for the week of the seventeenth
plunged as low as 25 degrees at
night, and witnesses say prob
ably were lower on the exposed
riverbank, which is swept by
winds.
The body was buttoned tightly
into a topcoat, as if for warmth.
The position of the body indi
cated that death may have come
as the man slept, for he rested
in a natural sleeping position.
Mr. Butorac had been a resi
dent of the Palmer and Anchor
age area since 1912. He had been
a miner at the Jonesville, Lucky
Shot and Independence mines,
and more recently varied his em
Community
Calendar
Thursday
BUTTE Homemakers meet with
Mrs. Diana McKechnie.
NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange at
Grange Hall at 8 p. m.
Saturday
PCRA Bingo game at Gymna
sium at 8 p. m.
Monday
MATANUSKA Valley Breeder’s
Association at Extension Of
fice at 8 p. m.
PCRA at ARRC office at 8 p. m.
VETERANS’ farm class at for
mer library at 8 p. m.
Tuesday
WELL Baby Conference at the
Health Center, 2-4 p. m.
SOURDOUGH Homemakers at
Mrs. Ed Johns at 11 a. m.
LOYAL Order bf Moose at Moose
Hut at 8 p. m.
WOMEN of the Moose at Moose
Hut at 8 p. m.
Wednesday
CHAMBER of Commerce at the
Matanuska Hotel at noon.
Thursday
MIXING Bov/1 4-H Club at Mrs.
James Hurley’s at 2 p. m.
RIVERBEND Homemakers at
Mrs. Harold Stephan.
ployment between Bagoy’s in
Anchorage and the Frontier Li
quor Store in Palmer.
He is believed to be survived by
relatives in Fairbanks and an
other in Seattle. He was orig
inally a native of Jugoslavia.
Graveside funeral services were
conducted in Anchorage by the
Oddfellows last Saturday.
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MACHINE WORK — WELDING
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Construction Seoson
Underway At Snowbird
The construction season at
Snowbird Mine will be under way
soon, it was announced this week
by Superintendent Phil Holds
worth. It is planned to build a
mill and a power plant at the
mine this summer. A crew of 30
men will be employed. Many of
the men will come from the Knik
and Wasilla homestead area, the
superintendent said.
If construction proceeds ac
cording to schedule, the Snow
bird superintendent hopes to get
in a month’s milling in the fall,
before weather shuts down mine
operations for the winter.
PATROLMAN IS HERE
Highway Patrolman Stanley
Laird arrived in Palmer last
Monday to take over policing
duties for this area. Palmer’s E.
R. Alexander left for Tok, which
will be his new assignment.
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Don Payne
Will Not Come
Don Payne has refused the
managership of the Valley Hos
pital, it was announced this week
by James Wilson, head of the
hospital board. Mr. Payne had
written last week that condi
tions “appeared unfavorable” for
his acceptance of the offered po
sition. His letter of refusal fol
lowed this week.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Herbert Kop
perud has refused the board’s
offer of temporary managership.
Mrs. Ruth Callison has indicated
that she possibly may remain for
another month, but she has
made no definite decision.
The hospital board is consider
ing the situation. At present,
board members have no solution
to their managerial problems.
COFFEY INSURES EVERY
THING—REMEMBER?
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It s Time for a Little Plain Talking . . .
"ed like to ask a simple question: If you bought your gro
ceries from a man who was enlarging his store, and that
man had borrowed money from his bank to finance the en
larging, would you pay your grocery bill at the bank at the
end of the month?
We don’t think there are very many of you who would
expect to do business that way.
.... YetJhe™ ?re stiH Plenty of you who try to pay a light
bm in the REA office, instead of at the MEA headquarters
m the former postoffice building. You say you didn’t think
there “was any difference.”
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE — It’s the same difference as
your grocer borrowing money at the bank. He may owe vour
banker money, but you don’t pay your food bill to* the
banker or call up the bank and expect to get 10 pounds of
potatoes.
SO, LET’S SAY IT AGAIN — YOUR
Matanuska Electric Association, Inc.
^Located in the former postoffice building)
is the place to pay your light bill, sign up for electricity, or
talk about plans for new line extensions
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