In ’46-’47, Report Says
ARRC Cleared 561 Acres
Equipment operated by the<
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration cleared 5611/2 acres of
Valley land during the past fiscal
year, according to figures quoted
in the annual report of the Gov
ernor of Alaska to the Secretary
of the Interior. Considerable
space is devoted to the ARRC in
this 86-page pamphlet.
The report sums up the year’s
work of the ARRC as follows:
“The Corporation made eight
chattel loans for the purpose of
obstruction of cement silos and
grade A barns. Several were
constructed during the year.
During the fiscal year 38 con
tracts for purchase and sale of
realty were made.
“Four persons were issued
deeds to their tracts during the
year, and 13 persons signed quit
claim deeds to ther tracts. Twen
ty-fnree tracts of government
land were approved for sale by
the Corporation’s board of direc
tors.
“An outfall sewer line, extend
ing from the Co-op line south to
the Matanuska River, was con
structed by the Matanuska Val
ley Farmers' Cooperative and the
ARRC. The Corporation allotted
.”27,500 to the project and the
Co-op allotted the same amount.
“The clearing work on the air
port east of Palmer is practical
ly completed. The Corporation
donated $1,250 to the Palmer
airport committee for construc
tion work.
“In the ARRC Subdivision No.
1 in Palmer, seven residence lots
have been sold and one residence
constructed. Two business houses
have been completed and three
more are under construction.
“During the 1946 crop year,
the amounts of principal prod
ucts marketed were:
“1,400 tons of potatoes; 95,000
pounds of head lettuce; 50,000
pounds of carrots; 20,000 pounds
of rutabagas; 7,500 pounds of
radishes; 90,000 pounds of cab
bage; 12,000 pounds of cauli
flower; 13,000 pounds of tur
nips;
“2,163,748 pounds of grade A
and B milk; 38,717 gallons of
ice cream; 33,108 dozen eggs.”
Referring to the total land
now cleared in the Valley, the
report places the present figure
at 9,000 acres but adds that the
demand for land clearing is
growing in volume.
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VALLEY
VISITORS
At the Lodge: George LaRose,
Anchorage; Lt. T. L. McCabe,
Fort Richardson; Mr. and Mrs. L.
L. Smart, Palmer; A. Simmons,
Palmer; Marie Wenzel, Anchor
age; Madeline Douglas, Glen Al
len; Lloyd DeWilde, Palmer;
Mrs. Earl Briggs, Fern Mine;
Donald Nelson, LaTouche; Mrs.
M. Newby, Palmer; Einar Olson,
Palmer.
Don Roberts, Anchorage; Mar
vin Williams, A. C. Brun, Fisk,
Mo.; Joe Gont, Dudley, Mo.; E.
L. Nichols, Fort Richardson; Cliff
Forsberg, Palmer; Bernard Barn
walk, Anchorage; William
Lamm, Richmond, Calif.; Fran
cis Malcolm, Seldovia; Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Lansdell, Arlington,
Va.; Einar Olson, Eska; E. Fox,
Palmer; L. D. Ray, Anchorage;
Isaac Hobson, Jacky Hobson,
Fred Hobson, Anchorage; Erna
Taylor, Anchorage; Charles Gun
ter, Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sher
man, Anchorage; M/Sgt. Samuel
Widner, M/Sgt. Marion Rath
burn, M/Sgt. Jack Reed all of
Nome; Donald Lowery, Palmer;
Lester Blair, R. W. Kruzen, W.
W. Kuoppala, Eska; C. H. Walls,
Anchorage; L. J. Whittington,
Kodiak; Donald Nelson, La
touche.
Plans Announced
For Bible School
A daily vacation Bible school
will be held at St. John’s Luther
an Church from June 21 to June
25 inclusive, it was announced
today by Rev. W. L. Zeile. The
complete program and schedule
for the school will be announced
later.
The week is to culminate in a
Sunday School picnic to be held
on the lawn of the local church.
The Sunday School of the An
chorage Lutheran Church will
be the Valley church’s guest that
day.
Valley residents interested in
studying the governor’s report
in detail may borrow a copy at
the Valley Frontiersman office.
Announcement
In our endeavors to overcome difficulties preventing
opening of the Matanuska Hotel we are bending every
effort to complete financing of the project.
Subscriptions to capital stock of the corporation are
solicited from Valley and Palmer residents. All moneys
being received on stock subscriptions shall be placed
in an escrow account with the Valley bank. The
bank is under agrement to hold your money until
we can raise enough to complete our plans, and. in
the event we are not successful, the bank has instruc
tions to return all subscriptions intact.
Common Capital stock may be had in any amount at
$10.00 par value per share, and 6% cumulative pre
ferred stock in any amount at $50.00 par value per
share.
Address all subscriptions to The Valley Bank or to
William W. Head, President, box 859, Anchorage.
The Matanuska Hotel
Corporation
Fair Board Names j
Superintendents
For 17 Divisions
i
Superintendents to take charge !
of the various divisions of ex- ■
hibits in the coming Matanuska
Valley Fair in September were
named at last week’s meeting of
the fair’s board of directors.
Everyone appointed to a super
intendent or deputy’s position
is asked to be in attendance at
a general stockholder’s meeting
to be held at the Grange hall
on June 4.
General plans, as discussed by
the directors to date, and an ex
planation of desired classes of
exhibits will be outlined by the
board at that time. The premium
list for the coming fair also will
be discussed at the stockholder’s
meeting, and revisions will be <
made, where the group finds j
them necessary. I
Superintendents apointed last j
Friday were as follows:
Division A—agricultural and j
farm exhibits, Alvin Weil.
Division B—individual farm J
and garden display, Art Thomp- ,
son.
Division C—livestock, William |
Hoskins with Pat Hemmery, dep- J
uty.
Division D—poultry, Stanley j
Balloun. j
Division E — handicraft and J
needlework (This group was -
broken down into several sub
classifications with superinten
dents named for each group.
Handicraft—Mrs. Max Sher
rod.
Needlework—Mrs. Don Irwin.
Dressmaking—Mrs. Paul Mar
tin.
Thrift (made-over garments)
—Mrs. Harold Dinkel with Mrs.
Archie Moffitt, deputy.
Exhibitors under 10 years of
age in all above groups under
superintendency of Mrs. Arnold
Carson.
Division F—culinary depart
ment, Mrs. Frank Linn with Mrs. <
Irvin Newville, deputy.
Division G — home canning,
Mrs. Adam Werner.
Division H — floral display,
Mrs. Clyde King, Sr.
Division I—art, Miss Mietzi
Bleck.
Division J—mines and miner
als, Ed Holland.
Division K—furs and native
craft, Mrs. Herbert Caulkins
with Mrs. Frank Brown, deputy.
Division L—education, Fran
cis Malcolm with Mrs. Ethel Ly
ons, deputy.
Division M—4-H club work,
unassigned.
Special Family Service
Planned By Lutherans
A children-parents day is
planned for Sunday, June 6, in
St. John’s Lutheran Church, pas
tor W. L. Zeile announced today.
On that day children of the Sun
day School will be presented in
special songs, while the morn
ing’s service will direct a mes
sage to all parents.
All parents whose children at
tend the Lutheran Sunday School
are particularly invited to this
service.
Going Outside
Charles Wilson, territorial rep
resentative of the Soil Conserva
tion Service, was to leave by
plane this week for a quick busi
ness trip to the Portland head
quarters office of the Service. He
expects to be gone about two
weeks.
On his return, Mr. Wilson will
bring with him his wife and
young daughter. He has just pur
chased the Ray Ferrin property,
and the family home will be
established there.
To Have Memorial Services
Colony Day visitors in Palmer
today were invited to attend the
Sunday morning church service
at St. John’s Lutheran Church by
pastor W. L. Zeile. Special Me
morial Day services are planned
for that morning. Church at St.
John’s begins at 11:30 a.m.
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Prompt attention given out-of-town orders
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GENERAL LAND CLEARING
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FRONTIER BAR
FRONTIER LIQUOR STORE
FRONTIER CAFE
* All three open 24 hows daily,
•even days each week
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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 stopped 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
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