Community
Calendar
Tuesday
FAIR BOARD meets at Exten
sion Office at 8 p.m.
BIBLE SCHOOL begins at
United Protestant Church at 9
a.m.
BUSY HOES 4-H Club meets
with Howard Esslinger.
Wednesday
CHAMBER O F COMMERCE
meets at Lutheran Church at
noon. *
CHUGIAK HOMEMAKERS meet
at home of Mrs. Howard
Green.
MOTHERS CLASS meets at
Health Center at 1 p.m.
FIRE DRILL at Fire Hall at 8
p.m.
Thursday
AMERICAN LEGION and
AMERICAN LEGION Auxil
iary meet at 8 p.m.
Friday
CHUGIAK Community Club
meets at home of Henning Ben
sons at 8 p.m.
VALLEY
VISITORS
At the Lodge:
Sgt. Shockley, Cpl. Mohacsi,
Whittier; M/Sgt. Parrish, Cpl.
Covington, Cpl. Borden, Sgt. Bel
lum, S/Sgt. Taylor, Fort Rich
ardson; Bernard Schmitz, Earl
Skiver, George Friel, Palmer;
Iver Nygard, St. Paul, Minn.; A.
C. Clemmens, Palmer.
J. M. Pastore, West Overshore,
Ga.; R. M. Carroll, Josper, Tenn.;
H. Sparks, Anchorage; H. Walter,
Fairbanks; R. Garrett, Anchor
age; Lillian Hoy, Violet Nickolai,
Chistochina; Lani Austin, Slana;
J. W. Burke, Fort Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mielke,
Palmer; Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Griffen, Anchorage; Einar Olson,
Eska; Tom Ashburn, Anchorage;
Harry Journeary, Fairbanks,
Thomas Hyke, Mary Keeler, Cop
per Center; Howard Lewis, Se
attle; L. F. Nuss, Sitka; George
Bellfountain, Palmer.
Mrs. June Barker last week
returned from a vacation spent
motoring along the Glenn and
Richardson highways. It was her
first trip to the interior by car.
She traveled as far as Fairbanks.
M. D. Snodgrass
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vegetable farms
City Lots Acreage
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CLEAN UP THE TOWN
Garbage Collection
All kinds clean-up work
Call Brown's Cleaners for
BROWN'S GARBAGE
COLLECTION
Wertanen’s Tanker
Service
METERED DELIVERY
i Gasoline, Diesel and Stove Oil
{ Ph. 6-23Y-11 Eino Wertanen
Ready to Plant
CABBAGE
SNAPDRAGONS
ASTERS
at
Matanuska Valley Gardens
Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc.
For Power Distribution
WM
Trappers Catch
lOJBeaver Coats
Because 101 beavers lost their
shirts this spring, 10 happy wom
en are each going to be the proud
owner of a new beaver coat this
year. And they can be properly
grateful to Leo Lucas and Vern
Donelson, local trappers, who
are responsible.
The trapping pair just last
week finished the work of beaver
de-populating the Big Lake and
Fish Creek area, where they
were licensed to trap for the
territory this spring. Lucas and
Donelson were assigned the job
of eliminating the beaver be
cause they were interfering with
salmon spawning grounds.
The trappers spent one month
last fall getting ready for this
spring’s work, and two months in
the spring doing their actual
trapping. Their work paid off
late last week with a check for
more than $3,300 for their 101
beaver skins.
But it wasn’t the easy money it
sounds, the trappers hasten to
add. The two months on the
trapline were hardly a picnic,
for they often worked 14 to 16
hours a day, and the going got
more than a little rough before
their chore was ended. Held up
by ice at first, when the break-up
finally came, they raced against
time, for beavers migrate in the
spring.
Although assigned to rid the
area entirely of beaver, the men
don’t feel they quite eliminated
the animals, for the migration
started before they were finished.
However they tore out dams and
broke down beaver houses as
they went, so they don’t look for
them to return in force for some
time yet.
Asked if they got any unusu
ally large pelts, or any with
unique markings, Mr. Lucas re
plied, “We didn’t run into any
thing unusual, but we sure did
get some awful nice blankets.
They run all the way from kits
to good-sized blankets.”
Anyone who saw the $3,300
worth of beaver coats in the raw
last week undoubtedly will agree
with Mr. Lucas’ statement that
they were “awful nice.”
Grange Cleans Up
To Show How It’s Done
Fence posts enclose the lot
about the Grange hall, wild
flowers bloom in stone-outlined
beds, and lumber piles and trash
are conspicuously absent as a re
sult of last week’s clean-up day.
The Sunday work-day was the
outcome of a Grange-declared ar
bor day. Also, could be that the
Grange is pointing an example
by leading off in its own clean-up
and beautification campaign.
That campaign and contest has
only two more months to run.
SIGNS of all kinds
Showcards and Bulletins
PALMER SIGN COMPANY
(in rear of Photo Shop)
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The Alaska Railroad
Offers Valley Residents a complete passenger and
freight service—daily except Sunday.
SCHEDULE
Leave Palmer .3:30 p.m.
Arrives Anchorage .5:30 p.m.
Leave Anchorage . 9:30 a.m.
Arrives Palmer .11:30 a.m.
RAILBUS SERVICE
Can be slopped at any point along the route
Leave Palmer .8:30 a.m.
Return from Anchorage at.4:30 p.m.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Fare—$2.55 one way; $3.40 round trip
FOR INFORMATION
Call Palmer Depot — or Anchorage. ARCO 11
Date Changed
For Baby Clinic
Next week’s Well Baby Con
ference, scheduled for Tuesday,
has been advanced to Friday of
this week, it was announced to
day by Dolores Zeis, public
health nurse. Immunizations, by
appointment only, will be given
by Dr. R. E. Garrett at 1 o’clock
Friday afternoon. The Well Baby
Conference will be between the
hours of 2 and 4 o’clock that
day.
The change in schedule is for
this time only, and is made be
cause Miss Zeis will be vacation
ing away from the Valley next
week. She plans to spend a week
in Fairbanks with Miss Marilyn
Johnson, home demonstration
agent.
O’Harra Bus Helps
Keep Valley Healthy
The Valley’s drug supply,
source of which was destroyed
in the recent fire at Bert’s Drug
Store, has been maintained
through the courtesy of O'lArra
Bus Lines, it was learned this
week.
Immediately after the fire, a
representative of the bus com
pany offered to deliver all need
ed drugs daily. Each morning the
bus driver picks up a list of drug
necessities for the day, drops the
prescriptions at an Anchorage
pharmacist, and then returns the
medicine to Palmer each evening.
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Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
We’ve Got New Equipment
and
We’ve Got Experienced Help
Therefore we can assure you of the best
possible cleaning service
at
BROWN'S SHOP
FRESH Valdez red snapper
FRESH crab
FRESH king salmon
FRESH oysters
at
PALMER COLD STORAGE & LOCKER SERVICE
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Mac’s Plumbing and Heating Shop
(Basement of Ward Bldg.)
For Plumbing Supplies and Repairs
ALL WORK GUARANTEED—PHONE S3
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SAILINGS ARE FREQUENT
Sailings from Seward alternate Fridays. Next
sailing SS BAR ANOF June 25, calling at Juneau,
Ketchikan and Seattle.
Sailings from Seward alternate Thursdays. Next
Sailing SS Aleutian June 17, calling at Valdez
Cordova, Juneau. Ketchikan and Seattle.
All sailings subject to
change without
notice
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Serving All Alaska
Grasser’s Hardware & Sporting Goods
KITCHEN APPLIANCES STOVES REFRIGERATORS WASHING MACHINES
COMPLETE LINE OF PAINTS TOOLS OF ALL KINDS
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