VOL, III.
PALMER. ALASKA. DECEMBER 29. 1949
NUMBER 16
Pair Narrowly Miss Death On Road
Judge Dissolves
Court Order
Granted to MVFCA
The injunction granted the Ma
tanuska Valley Farmers’ Co-Op
erating Association last Tuesday,
restraining six Valley dairymen
from marketing milk through any
source but their Co-Op, was lift
ed by Judge Anthony Dimond of
Third District Court later in the
week. The action followed a
hearing granted to legal repre
sentatives of the six and of Alas
ka Dairy, Inc., the firm which
had been receiving milk from the
dairymen.
Legal technicalities in the court
document filed were responsible
for the dissolution of the injunc
tion. Since the hearing on the
matter is fixed for next Thursday
morning at 10 o’clock, in Federal
court in Anchorage, the Co-Op
did not seek a new injunction,
James Wilson, MVFCA general
manager, said.
Alaska Dairy lost one day’s
milk sale from the six dairymen
named in the court order, a
spokesman said.
During the period the injunc
tion was in effect, the dairymen,
with only one or two exceptions,
brought milk to the Co-Op for
handling, according to Mr. Wil
son. The stand-patters poured
the milk down the drain, rather
than allow the Co-Op to handle
it, it was reported.
Grange Tells Plans
For New Year Bail
With the posting of their very
attractive red and' green toned
placards announcing their annual
New Year’s Eve ball, members of
Northland Pioneer Grange this
week began final preparations for
their traditional evening of fun.
Biggest job in front of the Grang
ers at press-time was the inflat
ing of several hundred balloons,
to be released over the dance
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Yes, once again we extend New Year
Greetings to you, our friends and cus
tomers. May the coming year bring
you happiness and prosperity.
IT SURE AIN'T COLD HERE
Looking for a nice warm spot
to park for an Alaskan winter?
You’ve got it right in Palmer,
especially if you pick a place
along the hill-top banana belt
area where weather woman Mrs.
Oscar Beyland lives.
While the rest of the Territory
shivered under a week of very
minus readings, Palmer’s official
record topped the zero mark four
times out of seven in readings
taken from Dec. 22 through 11
a. m. Dec. 26. Tuesday, Dec. 27,
was the coldest day on record
during the week with an official
reading of minus 23. The warm
est mark on that coldest day was
also the coldest warm mark at a
minus 13. The week’s readings
look this way on Mrs. Beyland’s
records:
Dec. 22, a high of plus six and
a low of minus eight; Dec. 23, a
high of plus three and a low of
minus 16; Dec. 24, a high of zero
and a low of minus 15; Dec. 25, a
high of plus four and a low of
minus 20; Dec. 26, a high of plus
six and a low of minus 20; Dec.
27, a high of minus 13 and a low
of minus 23; Dec. 28, a high of
minus 12 and a low minus 20 (at
the 11 a. m. reading).
K. MEIER, BRAGER
INJURED SERIOUSLY
IN HILL WRECK
One serious highway accident
marred the weekend holiday in
Palmer last Monday afternoon.
Kenneth Meier and A1 Brager,
both of Palmer, were seriously
injured when their vehicle over
turned on Bailey Hill and slid
down an embankment. Mr. Bra
ger was in a critical condition at
Valley Hospital for 24 hours, but
was definitely improved at press
time.
No clear-cut story of the acci
dent was available today. No
traffic accident report had been
filed at a late hour yesterday and
Highway Patrolman A1 Luebcke
had no statement for publication.
There were no eye witnesses.
Mr. Meier, less seriously injur
ed of the two men, said he wasn’t
definitely sure what happened.
He remembers that Brager, who
was driving the wrecker of West
Side Service, turned out to pass
a car as they were coming down
hill. The vehicle swerved onto
the soft shoulder on the right side
of the road, but Brager regained
control and brougt it back into
the highway.
Mr. Meier believes that the
swerve loosened the tow chain
fastened to the front end of the
wrecker and that the chain
caught on the wheel. The wreck
er then apparently overturned
twice in the highway and ran
down the embankment on the
left, to come to rest right side up
on the flat beneath. It sheared off
a telephone pole in its descent,
disrupting communications with
Jonesville and other areas north
of Palmer.
Both Meier and Brager were
thrown clear of the vehicle.
Meier sustained back and inter
nal injuries and Brager suffered
serious head injuries as well as
injuries to his back. He was un
conscious for 24 hours following
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Gifts To Greet First 1950 Babv
Again the first baby to be born
in the Matanuska Valley in the
new year is to be accorded a roy
al welcome by Palmer merchants.
Following the lead of A1 and Eth
el King of Palmer Automotive
Service, who annually give the
baby and. mother a $25 bond and
a ride home from the Valley Hos
pital, other merchants and busi
nessmen have listed contributions
which should supply most of any
young one’s preliminary wants.
Rules in the contest are simple.
The Valley’s first arrival of 1950
must be born in the Valley Hos
pital to qualify, must be ushered
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into the world by a Valley doc
tor and must choose as parents
someone who lives within the
area of the Valley.
For contest purposes that
area has been outlined to in
clude the following boundar
ies: Beginning at Knik Bridge,
running north to Jor.esville, in
cluding the Wasilla area and
south to Matanuska.
Gifts that .had been listed, at
press-time, to greet the Mata
nuska Valley’s first arrival of
1950, included:
A $5 savings account from the
Matanuska Valley Bank, the
$25 bond and taxi rid* home
from Palmer Automotive Serv
ice and Al's Taxi, a $5 mer
chandise order from Variety
Vogues, a baby book from the
Valley Frontiersman,
A baby blanket from Kpelos*
ky's Department Store, a Rog
ers silver cup from Palmar
Photo Art, a dozen Curily dia
pers from the Trading Post,
three dozen baby announce
ments from the Anchorage
Shopping Guide, a half a case
of milk from Palmer Cold Stor
age, and a first portrait, to be
/
taken before the baby's third
month birthday, by Ray
Adams, photographer.
Nurses at Valley Hospital have
been alerted and they promise to
keep an especially careful time
check on new year arrivals there.
They were non-committal as to
the number of potential candi
dates for the 1950 baby crown.
Parents of the contest winner
are asked to get in touch with the
Kings as soon as the baby is
named, so that the bond can be
purchased immediately.