POLIO IN VALLEY NOW TOTALS NINE
Three new cases of polio in tht
valley were reported to Dr. C. C
Bailey, city health officer, this
'week. This brings the local total
of cases this summer and fall tc
nine.
According to the attending phy
sician, one of the new cases, a
five-year-old boy is mildly par
alytic, while his six-year-old sis
ter has the milder type. The third
■case, that of an 11-year-old boy,
is also mildly paralytic. All three
are hospitalized in the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital.
To date gamma globulin doses
have been given to 230 persons of
the valley area, who were con
sidered to have been exposed to
polio.
Parents were urged by the city
health officer not to become al
armed over the presence of polio
m the valley. He stressed clean
liness along with care that the
■child does not become over tired
or chilled.
The Department of Health has
issued a leaflet titled “Is the
water which you and your chil
dren drink safe?” It states that
any creek water is subject to hu
man contamination. J.f you reLy
on this source, a simple way to
assure your family of a safe
j water supply the year round is
to use one drop of household
bleach (Chlorox, Purex, etc.) to
one quart of water for twenty
minutes, or two drops of house
hold bleach for two minutes per
quart of water.
When it is believed that the
virus causing polio is in your
neighborhood, it is recommended
by the Alaska Department of
Health that you boil drinking
water and that used for washing
fresh vegetables.
Anyone wishing to have his
water tested by the Department
of Health labratory may obtain
this free service by obtaining a
special container from the local
Health Center. Water taken for
sampling should be as fresh as
possible and the sample should
either be taken to the labratory
at Anchorage or sent in on the
bus the same day it is gathered,
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PALMER,: ALASKA
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Rusty Dow, secretary of the Matanuska Valley Fair As
sociation offers her congratulations to Airman Peter
Cipriano as she delivers the caribou-hide pouch containing
$300 in gold nuggets. Cipriano was awarded his prize during
the recent Valley Fair. Mrs. Dow had fashioned the pouch,
including the old prospector design worked on the front side.
Photo by Russ Dow
it was pointed out. The report on
the test will be mailed directly to
the person requesting the service.
The samples must be sent into
the lab in the special containers
which may be obtained at the
Health Center.
Council Notes
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stalled in the new building was
briefly discussed with council
members deciding to ask for rec
ommendations from local sup
pliers for controlled type heating
systems, requesting recommenda
tiors for both coal and oil type
equipment.
Bills approved for payment to
talled $1255.45 and were as fol
lows: Public Administration Ser
vice, $1; Palmer School District,
$8: Standard Oil Co., of Calif.,
$88.22: Bert’s Drug Store, $24.94;
F & E Sales Corporation, $37.50;
Palmer Machinery Co., $3; Val
ley Concrete Products Co.. $50;
Pacific Water Works Su'pply Co.;
$17-10; Union Oil Co. of Calif.,
$11.48; Alaska Railroad, $41;
ACS, $16.70; Marian Anderson,
$104.77; Marvin Kneff, $44.28;
Bill Fogg, $162.36; C. Waldram,
$162.36; J. C. Land, $199.75.
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The next regular meeting will
oe held at the clerk’s office Tues
iay, September 21 at 7:30 p.m.
taxpayers—
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:o be held on October 5, one posi
.ion on the Palmer Independent
School District board is to be fil
ed. Anyone desiring to run for
office on the school board ballot
nust fill out a declaration of in
:ention at the Central School of
fice. It is not necessary that a
candidate for school board office
circulate his petition and obtain
signatures as must be done by
city council candidates. •
A public meeting for the dis
cussion of the proposed sewer sys
tem in the City of Palmer is to
be held in the Co-Op club room
an Thursday evening, September
30 at which time the need for
the system, how it will be finan
ced and how it will be paid for
will all be discussed.
IRA CURTIS,
ACCIDENT VICTIM,
LAID TO REST
Funeral services for Ira Curtis,
: son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cur
tis of Palmer were held at 2 p.m.
at the Church of God on Septem
ber 14. The 12-year-old boy was
accidentally killed September 11
while hunting with a playmate
when the boys were in the pro
cess of exchanging guns. Rev.
Wesley Lancaster conducted the
church and graveside services. A
large delegation of the youth’s
i seventh grade classmates attend
i ed the services.
Burial took place in the Pal
mer Cemetery. Pall bearers, all
members of the Palmer Moose
ledge of which the youth’s fath
I er is a member, were: Leo Lucas,
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the date and hour of filing:—This !
petition is filed by _, whose 1
address is _ Received by j
. (City Clerk).
Any candidate may withdraw
his nomination not later than the
last day for filing nominating pe
titions by filing a written notice ,
of withdrawal with the City i
Clerk.
Within three days after the fil
ing of a nominating petition the
city clerk shall notify the candi
date and the person who filed the
petition whether or not it is found
to be signed by the required num
ber of qualified electors. If unsuf
ficient, the clerk will return it
immediately to the person who
filed it w;th a statement where
in the petition is found insuffi
cient. Within the regular time for
filing petitions a new petition
me^y be filed for the same candi
date. The petition of each candi
date nominated to elective office
will be preserved by the clerk
until the expiration of the term
of office for which he was nom
inated.
Three existing vacancies to be
filled at the polls on October 5
are the two, three-year terms of
■Russell Felzien and Don Moore
George Plumley, William Fogg,
Eino Wertanen, Bill Cook and
I Don Ingalls.
The boy is survived by his par
ents, a sister Dorene. two bro
I thers, Aaron and Riley, and ma
1 ternal grandpartents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Overton of Kallispell,
Montana.
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and the unexpired term to whidh
A1 J. DeJulio was elected to serve
until the municipal election in
October. Two years remain in the
three-year term.
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All bills against the Fair Association must
be turned in immediately, in order for
the Fair Association to clear its books at
the next regular meeting September 20.
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