FIGURES SHOW
BOOST IN BABIES
HERE IN 1949
The Matanuska Valley’s popu
lation problems will be solved in
short order, if the next 10 years
of vital statistics prove as encour
aging as did those of 1949.
Figures compiled by Dorothy
Saxton, U. S. Commissioner, show
that in the year just ending there
were exactly three times as many
births as deaths in this area. This
year’s figure of 63 births also was
well above the average of 55 new
arrivals recorded over the past
five years.
In the year of record, which at
press-time still had five days to
round out the complete total,
there were only 21 deaths. Dur
ing that same period there were
47 marriages performed at Palm
er. However, there were even
more licenses issued here, with
the following ceremony perform
ed in other towns.
A perusal of birth records of
the past five years shows that 270
babies have been added to the
Valley’s population total since
1945.
1950 Car Licenses
Are Here Now
The 1950 motor vehicle li
censes have arrived at the office
of U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton, it was learned this week.
Valley drivers are urged to se
cure their plates early and avoid
the delay of long lines when the
rush starts.
This year’s plates are consider
ably more substantial than past
issues, it was pointed out by
Highway Patrolman A1 Luebcke.
The licenses are just twice as
heavy as those of former years,
and they are expected to prove
much more durable.
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it rich
this year.
BAR-B-Q
PALMER. ALASKA
(CLOSED NEW YEAR’S
Community
Calendar
TODAY
MATANUSKA Hotel basketball
practice at Gym at 8 p. m.
Saturday
NEW YEAR’S Eve ball sponsored
by Northland Pioneer Grange
at Gym.
Monday
VETERANS’ farm training class
in former library at 8 p.m.
ROCKETS basketball practice at
Gym at 7:30 p.m.
SHAMROCK basketball practice
at Gym at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday
KIWANIS Club dinner at Rec
Hall at 6 p. m.
Wednesday
VALLEY Chamber of Coifimerce
at Rec Hall at noon.
MATANUSKA Valley Sportsmen
and OPEN hearing at Rifle
Range at 8 p. m.
Thursday
NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange
meets at Grange Hall at 8 p. m.
MATANUSKA Hotel basketball
practice at Gym at 8 p. m
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BAPTIST
MISSION
Services Held Every Sunday
in
SEVENTH DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH
^Sunday School.10 a. m.
Church Service. 11 a.
Evening Worship .. 7:45 p. m.£
EVERYONE WELCOME
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Let’s do it up
right this year
and pin our
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» each other the
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season ever.
TOST’S SERVICE
means a new
opportunity to serve old friends, make
new friends and redouble all efforts to
see that our bank contributes a real
part toward your prosperity and hap
piness.
Closed New Year's Day
January 2, 1950
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS