Hospital Readied
For New X-Ray
Work of remodelling the Val
ley Hospital, preparatory to in
stalling modern x-ray equip
ment, is now well under way, it
was announced this week by C.
W. Peters, board secretary. The
equipment already has arrived
in Palmer, but its installation
awaits the procurement of prop
er wiring equipment by the
Matanuska Electric Association,
Inc.
In the meantime, the surgery
in the hospital, which will be
converted to an x-ray lab, has
been vacated. The surgery is
now set up in what was the
maternity ward, and the mater
nity ward moved to quarters
which were once temporary of
fices for Dr. R. E. Garrett.
New linoleum has been laid in
the surgery and x-ray lab at the
personal expense of Dr. Garrett.
As soon as wiring materials
arrive in Palmer, a company
representative from Seattle will
fly to Palmer to set up the new
x-ray machine.
GO TO CALIFORNIA
Mr. -and Mrs. Bud Lacher and
son Wayne left for the States
recently, on a combined business
and pleasure trip. They expected
to visit relatives in Washington,
and then to continue to a gold
mine claim on the California
Nevada line.
Bobbie Lacher, Palmer High
School freshman, will remain
here as the guest of the Ernest
Roetmans until school closes in
May.
To Kenai They Will Go
Weatherbound in Anchorage
last week, Parker Lester and
Mrs. Lois Capper of the Exten
sion Service were trying to fly
to Kenai again today. They ex
pect to be gone several days, and
Mr. Lester hopes to begin his
vacation immediately upon his
return. He will break his leave to
make a trip to Fairbanks early
in May, but will assume the va
cation upon his return. He does
not plan to leave the Valley.
Palmer Fights for
Office Building
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sponses, except Mr. Baker’s,
were favorable to location of the
building in Palmer.
Copies of the wires, together
with figures concerning the
Valley’s utilities, and local pic
tures, were forwarded to Stan
ley McCutcheon of Anchorage,
who is on record as favoring
Palmer for the building. Mr.
McCutcheon plans to go to Ju
neau to make a personal plea for
Palmer before the board of ad
ministration.
At Monday evening’s board
meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce, it was decided to
send Jack Maze as a second
delegate to Juneau, to further
the Valley’s cause.
The territorial house recom
mendation that the building be
located “north of the Gulf” is
expected to be one of Palmer’s
strongest talking points, in the
attempt to get the building con
structed elsewhere than Juneau.
The vitally-needed employ
ment that construction of the
building would bring to this
area, is also to be urged. Wasil
la’s commissioner Pat Carter re
cently stated .that “seven out of
ten of the homesteaders, most
of them veterans, living in this
area, will be off their land with
in two years, unless they receive
some aid, either through em
ployment or loans for capital
improvements.”
TO GO TO FAIRBANKS
Don Irwin, director of Alas
kan experiment stations, Dr.
William Sweetman, Dr. Myron
Babb, Dr. Alan Mick and Har
low Hodgson, all of the Matan
uska experiment station, plan to
go to Fairbanks next Monday.
They make the trip on station
business, planning to lay out the
spring work at the Fairbanks
station.
Is Home Again
Mrs. Darrell Frank, who spent
the past winter with her moth
er, Mrs. Fred Gehm of Prospect,
Ohio, returned to the Valley last
week.
Valley
Visitors
At the Lodge:
Mrs. Lois Capper, Anchorage;
D. L. Gales, Herbert' Blakeley,
Lloyd Morley, Anchorage; Luci
ano Taylor, Jr., Portage; C. J.
and E. V. Triplett, Kentucky;
Beverly Larsh, Palmer.
Beech icks’ Have a Son
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beechick of
Palmer became the parents of a
son last week. The little boy,
first for the couple, was born at
the Valley Hospital on April 6.
Here's How To
Build a Highway
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and Mountain View sections' to
dry thoroughly before being
worked. The job probably will
last until late November, when
weather is expected to halt op
erations.
Incidentally, Mr. H a a p a 1 a
would like to have it known that
the inch and#a half of topping
planned for the highway is no
-lause for worry. He says it’s
what goes under the top coat
that counts and in this case it’s
plenty—six inches of crushed
rock on top of a carefully pre
pared road base, plus an oil mat
plus the seal coat.
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IT WILL GET THE BEST CARE THERE
FOR THAT REFRESHMENT
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