Army Issues
Call For Bids For
Year's Produce
The Army’s annual bid invita
tions for Alaskan produce were
received in the Valley this week,
it was announced by James Wil
son, general manager of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
operating Association. Bid invi
tations have been extended to
independent farmers,-the Co-op
and the Valley Producers Asso
ciation.
The produce bids will be then
awarded by the Army on May 12.
Quantities are much the same
as were last year’s require
ments, according to Mr. Wilson.
He said, however, that this
year’s invitations called for bids
on produce for all posts in the
Alaskan Department rather
than for only the produce to be
used at Fort Richardson.
Last year, the Co-op alone
supplied the Army with 1,275
tons of produce, including pota
toes.
Bids this year give the Army
the privilege of increasing or de
creasing needed quantities by as
much as 50 per cent, thus allow
ing for sudden increases in Army
personnel stationed in the Ter
ritory.
Bids will be quited on a quar
terly price basis this year, rath
er than as an annual lump sum.
This allows for a possible price
variation'fiver the quarters, and
can mean that farmers will re
ceive higher prices as the year
progresses.
RELOCATE POWER LINE
The power line of the Mata
nuska Electric Association which
serves the Irwin and Saxton
farms north of Palmer was being
re-located last week by linemen
Ralph Moore and Vernon Frid
ley. The line is to be run nearer
the road which serves the farms
in that area.
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Homemakers
Plan May 6 Tea
The women of the Matanuska
Valley will do their part toward
observance of National Home
Demonstration Week, from May
1 to 7, by holding a combined tea
and craft demonstration on
May 6.
The tea, being planned by a
committee headed by Mrs. Clyde
King, Sr., will be held at the
United Protestant Church at 2
p. m. on May 6. Mrs. Lydia
Fohn-Hansen, territorial home
demonstration leader, and Miss
Charlotte Wells, in charge of the
homemaking programs of sta
tion KENI, will be guests of
honor.
At the May 6th tea, there will
be a display of the handicraft
objects completed by members
of the various Homemakers
clubs in the Valley during the
past year. The exhibits will in
clude knitting, paintings, pic
tures, rugs, crocheting, tinted
pictures, leather work, sewing,
and various types of metalwork.
Ladies in charge of the han
dicraft display include Mrs. Ed
Blom, Mrs. Paul Martin and
Mrs. Maude Ware. Club mem
bers who wish to exhibit work,
but who cannot attend the tea,
are asked to bring their craft
work to the Extension Office
any time prior to the tea. All
objects displayed should be
tagged with the owner’s name.
Ladies assisting Mrs. King,
who include Mrs. Don Irwin,
Mrs. Charles Wilson and Mrs.
Carla Duff, met recently to make
final plans for the tea. They
appointed the following sub
committees to help:
Mrs. Jack Cope and Mrs. Vera
Rorrison to make coffee and
tea.
Mrs. Lou Sandvik and Mrs.
Maud Hosier to decorate the tea
table.
Mrs. Jim Hurley, Mrs. Joe
Lentz and Mrs. Clare Stock to
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arrange cookies, mints and nuts
on the tea tables.
Mrs. William Bouwens, Mrs.
Emma Lossing and Mrs. Virgil
Eckert to take charge of the
clean-up work. These ladies are
to be assisted by other volun
teers from the various clubs.
Mrs. Leslie Gill and Mrs. M. D.
Snodgrass to pour.
Food responsibilities of the
various clubs were assigned as
follows:
The Butte, Twelve-Thirty, Riv
erbend, Cheechako, Chugiak,
Wasilla and Junior Homemakers
Clubs are each to bring either
cookies or fancy cakes in quan
tities of five dozen. The Glacier
View Club is to bring nuts. The
Sourdough Club will bring mints.
Mrs. Charles Wilson will bring
lemons, and Mrs. Irwin and Mrs.
King will make the mints.
COFFEY INSURES EVERY
THING—REMEMBER/
For Those HOME-MADE
Pies and Cakes
It's the Ron-Da-Voo Cafe
CHANGE YOUR
SPARKPLUGS
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Get New Points
for Pleasanter
Summer Driving
TOSrS SERVICE
MEETING POSTPONED
The regular May .5 meeting of
the American Legion and the
American Legion Auxiliary has
been postponed until Saturday,
May 7, it was learned this week.
At that time the Legion chapter
from Anchorage, the Auxiliary,
and the Forty and Eight will
hold a joint meeting with the
local clubs.
JOLLEY RETURNS
T. R. Jolley, in charge of coal
drilling operations at Wishbone
Hill, returned to the Valley last
Monday to begin his summer’s
work.
Eggplant, Peppers
and Tomatoes
ARE READY TO PLANT
MATANUSKA
VALLEY GARDENS
Electric Light Globes
All sizes up through 60 watts — 13c, 4 for 48c
Heat Bulbs — $1.10 each
Good Supply of All Light Globes
KEN'S ELECRIC SUPPLY
Corner Valley St. — Glen Highway
A Good Job
is our specialty
GET THAT TUNE-UP NOW!
Crankshaft Grinding — Rebore Service
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MOORE'S GARAGE
1 Mile South of Palmer on Matanuska Road
PHONE 81Y1
BETTER BE THINKING
OF SPRING PLANTING NEEDS . . .
BROME GRASS — $49.50 cwt. — 55c per lb.
Started Tomato Plants
ONION SETS
All Seeds Ready for Sale Now
FEEDERS — chick’ intermediate and hen-size
Large and Small Chick Fountains
Units for Building Your Own Brooders
CO-OP WAREHOUSE