Blood Record—
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of 18 and 55 would participate in
the project. School superinten
dent William T. Zahradnicek has
offered the use of Palmer Gym
nasium for taking the blood sam
ples.
The first group to be tested, all
adults within the age brackets
named, whose names are includ
ed in the letters A through M, are
asked to report at the Gymnas
iuum on Sunday, Nov. 20. Tests
will be given betweeen the hours
of 9 a. m. and noon and from 1
to 5 p. m.
The second test group, adults
whose names begin with letters
N through Z, is to report on Sun
day, Nov. 27 during the same
hours.
Dr. Bailey is expecting to run
samples on 500 adults each Sun
day. He said that if the Sunday
sampling hours made it impossi
ble for some people to attend, he
would try to work out an evening
time during the week for these
persons.
It was estimated that these
records could cut to 45 minutes
the time it takes to transfuse
blood. “It could be the means of
saving your life, or your child’s
life.” the doctor said. “And the
greater community participation
there is in the plan, the better it
will be. It means we will be able
to put our finger immediately on
a donor of the required type,
frhen the need arises.”
It also was urged that every
one, even those who have had
their blood typed previously, re
port to the Gymnasium at the
scheduled time for re-typing.
”1 realize,” Dr. Bailey said,
“that there is a large number of
men who have been typed and
who know their type; however
most of them on’t know their Rh,
which is a rather recent labora
tory determination to be utilized.
None of the men who have dog
tags in the Army have this on
their dog tags, so even if you do
know your type, we’d like to
have you come in and run
through this test again.”
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PHONES WORK
ROUND THE CLOCK
The switchboard of the Mata
nuska Valley Telephone Com
parfy went on a 24-hour basis last
week, manager Maynard Sands
announced today.
Mr. Sands said there had been
much concern expressed over the
board’s being “off duty” between
the hours of midnigt and 7 a. m.,
particularly since trere has been
an apparent increase in crime
about Palmer recently. For that
reason, and to give service in ill
ness and fire emergencies, the
extra shift has been added.
To meet the cost of the new
service, residence phone rentals
were upped one dollar a month
and business phones were in
creased two dollars.
Mr. Sands himself has taken
the extra shift on the board.
Co-Op Takes Action
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ment. We feel that each should
stand on its own feet.”
The Co-op manager pointed to
several advantages, which he felt
outweighed his competitor’s ini
tial price payment. He cited
these advantages to farmers using
the Co-op as- their marketing
agent.
(1) The price to Co-op dairy
shippers has consistently in
creased since 1946. The aver
age price per hundredweight in
1946 was S7.28; in 1947 it rose
to S8.24, climbed to $9.39 in
1948 and will reach $9.54 in
1949.
(2) During the same period.
operating costs of the dairy
have decreased annually.
(3) During this period dairy
men have received 100 percent
of the proceeds from the sale of
milk.
(4) The organizational period
of dairying has been passed by
the Co-op, and its reputation
for handling "only first-class
products" is established.
(5) The Co-op's dairy now can
handle milk in volume, for it
has the personnel and equip
men! to do a better job than
ever before.
(6) The Co-op is now about
to engaged in the production of
certain milk by-products, thus
creating an outlet for surplus
milk during the peak summer
months.
In conclusion, Mr. Wilson again
emphasized that Co-op dairymen
this year will not only receive an
average price of $9.54 per hun
dredweight for their milk; they
will, in addition, get their propor
tionate share of any surplus that
has accrued during the year. “We
don’t anticipate that it will be
large this year, but there will be
some overages,” he said.
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station, known as KIFW, already
is 80 percent complete. It will
have a pow’er of 250 watts, and
will cost about $40,000. Anchor
age’s KFQD, established in 1924,
was the initial station of the Al
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