Remember . . .
Tolio Fund Benefit Bingo at the
Moose Hut at 8 p. m. Wed., Nov. 9..
VALLEY
THEATRE
Friday - Saturday
NOVEMBER 4, 5
7:15 and 9 p.m.
Saturday Matinee at 2 p. m.
Sunday - Monday
NOVEMBER 6, 7
7:15 and 9 p.m.
Sunday Matinee at 2 p.m.
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"the Return
of October/
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Wednesday - Thursday
NOVEMBER 9, 10
7:15 and 9 p. m.
£
ROBERT MITCHUM
JANE GREER
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PHONE LINES
CAN BE BUILT
BY REA NOW
The president’s signatures on a
new bill last week now makes it
posible for the Rural Electrification
Administration to extend telephone
as well as power service to rurai
areas. Herbert G. Bryan, Alaska's
REA representative, announced.
Since no copy of the bill has yet
arrived in Alaska Mr. Bryan could
not make specific announcement as
to the immediate effect for the
Matanuska Valley.
In general. Mr. Bryan said he be
lieved the bill would give existing
private companies six months in
which to file and qualify for an
REA loan to improve their facili
ties and services so that rural
homes might have telephones.
If private companies already in
existence in rural areas do not
take advantage of the opportunity,
and if their service does not meet
the need, then REA could make
loans through its co-ops to provide
the service.
Mr. Bryan promised a complete
interpretation of the bill, as it will
affect the Matanuska Valley, as
soon as he has had opportunity to
study its provisions.
REA has been given an appropri
ation of twenty-five million dol
lars to start its program of bringing
telephones to rural homes. Private
companies have completely failed
to meet the need, investigation
shows. Statistics compiled for hear
ings, held when the phone bill was
moving through Congress showed
that there are only half as many
phones in rural areas today as
there were in 1918.
Hagaman-Axtell Vows
Repeated Here Monday
Mrs. Callie Hagaman of Sioux
Falls. South Dakota, was married
to Samuel Axtell of Palmer by U.
S. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton
last Monday morning. Mrs. Haga
man arrived in Palmer last week,
flying north from her home in the
states.
For her wedding, Mrs. Hagaman
wore a grey gabardine suit with
black accessories. Witnesses to the
ceremony were Gloria Crousers
and Alva Saxton.
SPEND YOUR EVENINGS AT THE
SOURDOUGH CLUB
Your Recreation Center in Palmer
37 Street Signs
Erected Here
It took a hired man to finish the
job, but Kiwanis Club members
this week proudly announced that
37 marker posts now point to Pal
mir streets and avenues. The last
of the posts was installed last Sat
urday, and by Monday noon mali
cious mischief-makers already had
uprooted at least two of them.
Kiwanians were forced to do
some christening before they could
complete their street marking job.
Streets run North and South on
Palmer's map, while avenues go
east and west. Anyone interested
in learning the location of town
streets may consult the map hang
ing in the office of M. D. Snodgrass
which is probably the only com
plete city map, at present.
The club committee in charge of
the street-marking project included
in addition to Mr. Snodgrass. Ir
win Plitt, Everett Yohn, Bob Johns
and Clyde King, Sr. Mr. Plitt made
the stencils used to letter the posts,
when it was found there were none
obtainable except in the states.
Cubs Study Fire Prevention
The Valley’s Cub Scouts culmi
nated a month of fire prevention
study last Saturday, when they
visited the Valley Theatre to listen
to a summarizing talk by A1 Hagen
of the Valley Volunteer Fire Asso
ciation. Following the talk. Cubs
were guests of the Valley Theatre
for the afternoon matinee. A plan
ned ride on the firetruck was can
celled by bad weather.
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Alaska Sales & Service, Inc.
oosuHialUf, IniUtel you to attend the
FORMAL OPENING
4
Kirk's Sales & Service me.
CORNER GLENN HIGHWAY and VALLEY ST.
PALMER, ALASKA
Saturday, Nov. 5th.
ItyteAJun&nti £ edited «2 ta 7 fx. m.