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Ii was stated that probably the
lnajoi 'ty of eighth grade gradu
ates fi om the home would desire
to continue into high school. It
is expected that a large group of
these students will enroll in Pal
mer High School.
Housing for the added teachers
required by the plan might be con
structed. but the wire recommend
ed that the community attempt to
supply the housing units needed.
Population figures quoted for the
home reported 400 native children
and 100 non-natives.
Following the briefing by Chair
man Alfscn. the meeting was
thrown open to discussion. Argu
ments. pro and con. veered from
charges o frace prejudice to coun
ter-accusations of plans for inter
marriage as one simple solution to
Alaska's native problem .
Jack Maze, school board mem
ber, listed these advantages for
Palmer:
1— The satisfaction that is gain
ed from helping someone else
(the native).
2— It will bring a larger single
payroll into Palmer than any
now here.
3— It will allow Palmer School
to more than double its present
teaching staff.
4— It will greatly increase a'ul
improve the existing school
buildings.
Alfred Hagen, theatre owner,
quuoted figures which purported
iO show that the proposed plan
would bring from three to five
million dollars in new construc
tion to the Valley, would cause
200 new homes to be built, and
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would increase (he Valley's popu
lation by an estimated 1500. 'Mr.
Hagen neglected to cite the source
for his figures..
Charles Wilson asked what the
plan would do to the white chil
dren, who are residents of Palmer.
School means just one thing. " he
said, "and that is the education
of our children. More money in
the bank, or in the movie house,
or in the beer houses doesn't mean
much when you compare it with
the education of our children. "
Clare Stock cited as a disad
vantage. according to his opinion,
a lowered standard in the Palmer
School. "I don't think you are go
ing to get a desirable group of
teachers in here if they know they
must face this problem," he de
clared.
Robert Klem called for construe
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Sunday and holiday working
hours at the ACS office on Sun
been switched rrom a split morning
and afternoon shift, to a straight
two-hour afternoon shift, accord
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days and holidays are from 2 to 4
p.m. Heretofore the office has been
open from 9 to 10 a.m. and from
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tion of added school facilities in
native villages, rather than for
such a vast expenditure for a cen
tral school which will remove the
children from a familiar environ
ment.
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Dr. Ralph Hodgson, assistant
chief of the Bureau of Dairy In
dustries at Washington, D. C., ar
rived in the Valley last week to
inspect the Matanuska dairy in
dustry. Dr. Hodgson will confer
with Matanuska station dairy heads
concerning the artificial breeding
project now in progress here.
Next week Dr. Hodgson expects
to go to Fairbanks in company with
Dr. Alan Mick. Harlow Hodgson,
his brother. Paul Martin. Dr. Sam
uel Litzenberger and Dr. William
Sweetman. The party will inspect
the progress of the several agri
cultural projects in the Fairbanks
area.
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