Clinic Opens,
Although Dr. Ham
Is Delayed
The Palmer branch of the
Doctors' Clinic opened its doors
on schedule last Monday in the
Koslosky Building. Although Dr.
Kenneth Ham, one of the two
physicians associated with the
Clinic, has been delayed in Val
dez for another week. Dr. How
ard Cates carried on the Clinic’s
work alone.
Dr. Ham will continue to serve
as physician for both Valdez and
Palmer, it was announced. It was
not yet known at press-time
which days the doctor will spend
in Valdez, but he is expected to
make a definite schedule an
nouncement upon his return to
the Valley.
Clinic hours were announced
as 9 a. m. until noon and from
1 to 5 p. m. on week-days. Miss
Borghild Kennedy of Anchorage,
a nurse attached to the staff of
the Anchorage Doctors’ Clinic, is
here on temporary assignment
writh the Palmer office. Miss
Kennedy recently assisted in the
opening of the Clinic branch lo
cated in the Spenard area of An
chorage. She expects to be re
placed by another nurse from
the Clinic's staff, as soon as the
local office is in full operation.
For the present, both Miss
Kennedy and Dr. Cates are re
siding in Palmer. Later, it is ex
pected that the doctor will live
in Anchorage and commute to
the Palmer office. He ultimately
expects to make his home in
Palmer.
A local laboratory is one of
the features planned for the
Palmer Doctors’ Clinic, Miss
Kennedy disclosed.
COFFEY INSURES EVERY
THING — REMEMBER?
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Blossom, Blossom,
Who's Got One?
Members of the flower show
committee for Northland Pio
neer Grange donned sleuthing
disguises this week and sallied
forth to ferret out possible flow
er displays for the Aug. 14 show.
They’ve vowed to track down
every potential bud that prom
ises to flower by show date, and
to bring it back a-blooming.
Valley flower gardeners, ’whose
prize blossoms may elude the
compound eagle eye of commit
tee women Maud Hosier, Emma
King, Karla Duff and Mrs.
Charles Nelson, are asked to
voluntarily submit their flowers
for display.
Vets Will Picnic
On August 7
Members of the Palmer and
Wasilla veterans farm-training
classes will join in a picnic to be
held at Green Acres on Aug. 7,
it was announced this week by
Eugene Kirsch, class instructor.
All class veterans and their fam
ilies are invited to join in the
potluck picnic lunch.
Mr. Kirsch reports that there
are now 40 Valley men enrolled
in the four-year farm training
course. There are 23 students
registered from Wasilla and 17
from Palmer. Palmer classes
meet each Monday at 8 p. m. in
the former library at the Rec
Hall, and Wasilla vets go to
school at 8 p. m. each Friday.
VALLEY FOLKS
CALLED AS JURORS
Valley residents called last
week to serve on the jury for the
fall term of Federal court in
cluded:
Mrs. Delpha Brennen, Alfred
Hagen, P. J. Hemmer, Mrs. J.
Larson, Donovan Lentz, Luane
Meehan, Lila Newville and Wal
ter Niemann.
Unemployment Up
In Anchorage
The peak of the summer con
struction season has passed and
unemployment is on the up
grade. it was announced in An
chorage last week. An Anchorage
newspaper reported that there
were 1,500 unemployed in An
chorage last week, and that con
tractors were cutting down crews
steadily. Union officials warned
workers who were laid off to
“buy a ticket for home, while you
still have the money to get out.”
Regression is not yet apparent
in the Valley, since the new con
tract for roadwork north of Pal
mer is bringing a demand for
workers. However, as blacktop
ping progresses on the highway
between Palmer and Anchorage,
and winter wreather approaches,
local unemployment Is expected
to rise. The September harvest
will furnish work, for short pe
riods of time, but winter is ex
pected to clamp a tight lid on
job openings here.
VISIT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Weaver
of Vallejo, Calif., recently were
houseguests of Mrs. Leslie Gill
and her daughter Myrtis. The
Weavers drove north by way of
the Alaska Highway, visiting in
Valdez, Fairbanks and at Mc
Kinley Park before their arrival
in Palmer. They plan to return
to California by boat next week,
following a few days’ stay in An
chorage.
Meet In Anchorage
Three Alaskan representatives
of the Department of Agriculture,
Herbert G. Bryan of the Rural
Electrification Administration, D.
L. Irwin of the Agricultural Re
search Administration, and Chas.
Wilson of the Soil Conservation
Service, were called to Anchorage
last Monday. The men gathered
there for a meeting of the agri
cultural field committee.
LOBERG'S VARIETY
ARMY SURPLUS
NOTIONS — BOOKS
VALLEY
THEATRE
Friday and Saturday
Aug. 5 and 6
"Kiss of Death"
Victor Mature
Sunday and Monday
Aug. 7 and 8
"Foxes of Harrow"
Rex Harrison
Maureen O’Hara
Wednesday and Thursday
"Naked City"
Friday and Saturday
Aug. 12 and 13
Sunday and Monday
Aug. 14 and 13
VALLEY
THEATRE
Store-Wide Sole Starts Aug. 5, Ends Aug. 20th
Prices Slashed in Dry Goods Department
MEN'S SHOES AT HALF PRICE
One Table of Women's Shoes at $1.50 pair
Grocery Prices CUT
OPEN NIGHTLY UNTIL 9 P.M. AUGUST 8 THROUGH AUGUST 13
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