Chugiak
Comment
The next meeting of the Chugi
ak Homemaker’s club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Howard
Green on June 16.
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The Chugiak Community Club
will hold its June meeting at the
home of the Henning Johnsons
on June 18 at 8 p.m.
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Jim Parks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cloyce Parks, came home last
Sunday evening. He had been en
route from Salem, Ore., since
April 14. His car was one of the
many which were stranded in
Canada when spring floods
washed out sections of the Alas
ka Highway. Jim’s not sure yet,
whether it’s a permanent return
home.
Mrs. Vern Haik and Mrs.
Cloyce Parks went to Wasilla
last Monday to attend a regular
meeting of the Valley Homemak
er’s Council.
Butte Gardeners
Finish Planting
Members of the 4-H club liv
ing in the Butte area, who are
planning a garden club, met last
week to report on the progress
of their work. The club’s name
still has not been selected, but
was to have been chosen at a
second meeting, scheduled for
last evening.
At last week’s meeting these
club members reported that their
garden had been planted:
John Barnhardl, Lowell and
Gary Krise, Mike Balogh,
Mark, Kent and Lynn Sandvik.
There are still some club
members who have more plant
ing to do, but who expect to have
all their garden in the ground
within the next few days.
The Butte club meets on Thurs
day evening following the Butte
softball practice.
i A A.
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ARRIVING SOON
2—Farmall Super A Tractors
Plows and Cultivators
With hydraulic implement control
1—Farmall H Tractor
Plow and cultivator
1—Farmall Cub Tractor
with tillage equipment
CO-OP GARAGE
FOUR TRIPS DAILY
Matunuska Valley Bus Lines
LEAVING PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
(Doily except Sunday)
6:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 12 Noon 6:00 p.m.
LEAVING ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
(Daily except Sunday)
9:00 a.m. 12 Noon 4:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
LEAVING PALMER FOR JONESVILLE
7:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
LEAVING JONESVILLE FOR PALMER
8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
ON SUNDAY, LEAVING PALMER
9 a.m. 6:00 p.m.
ON SUNDAY, LEAVING ANCHORAGE
Noon 9:00 p.m.
Palmer ticket office at Charlie's Bar-B-Cue
or the Sourdough Club
The first two formal weddings for the month of June both took place in local churches last
Sunday afternoon and evening. Shown standing before the altar of the United Protestant
Church, in the picture to the left, are Robert Mielke and his bride, the former Evelyn Foster.
In the second picture, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Betts of Wasilla are shown following their wedding
at St. Michael's Catholic Church. Mrs. Betts is the former Miss Peggy Cronk. (Photos by Palmer
PholoaraDhic Center.)
More Agricultural Men
Arriving Daily
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eral economic and social aspects I
of Alaskan farming.
It is the plan to compile as
much information as possible on
the social and economic factors
of Alaskan farming, in order
that the experiences of pionee -
ing farmers may be interpreted
to best help the new farmer ju;it
beginning his life in Alaska, ac
cording to Don L. Irwin, director
of the territory’s Agricultural
Research Administration.
Work on the economic phases
of Alaska’s agriculture is expect
ed to continue through the new
fiscal year and to be increased
in the year of 1950 and 1951.
Fire Association
Pays Its Bills
Wednesday’s fire board meet
ing was “mostly a matter of pay
ing bills,” according to board
chairman A1 Hagen. Firemen
changed their minds and held the
board meeting early, then left on
a hydrant-checking program fol
lowing the meeting.
It was reported that there are
now 43 new members in the Val
ley Volunteer Fire Association,
with the present recruiting cam
paign still continuing. Mr. Hagen
said it was the drive’s goal to add
150 names to the membership
roster of the Association.
If the Asociation can sign up
150 new members, the board
chairman said he felt it might be
possible to purchase a new fire
truck to replace the used tanker
recently bought from Surplus
Property. A pump is needed on
this unit before it can become ef
ficient firefighting equipment. A
price list on pump parts was dis
cussed at the Wednesday board
meeting, but it was decided that
it would cost little more to pur
chase a new pump.
Fire drills will remain sched
uled for Wednesday evening, it
was decided. Drills will be held
at the Fire Hall each Wednesday
at 8 o’clock. All Valley men are
invited to be present. Eight vol
unteers attended this week’s
drill.
MEA, REA Are
‘At Home’ Again
The offices of the Rural Elec
trification Administration and
the Matanuska Electric Associa
tion, Inc., are now set up to do
business in their new location
over Koslosky’s store, their re
spective managers announced
this week.
The first office on the upper
floor, which is REA’s new home,
is not the spot to pay the elec
tric light bill. That office be
longs to H. G. Bryan and secre
tary Myrtis Gill.
MEA is lodged in the two
rooms just next door. They are
happy to announce that all elec
tric records were filed in their
safe and were entirely un
harmed in the recent fire, so
light bills can be paid in the
usual manner.
MEA’s general office is next
door to the REA establishment,
while manager Walter Mau’s
sanctum is across the hall.
Coffer Iiuutm Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
OFF TO KENAI
Parker Lester, local Extension
agent, leaves for a three-week’s
jaunt to the Kenai peninsula next
Monday. He plans to visit Sew
ard, Hope, Homer and Seldovia,
and will not return to the Valley
before the first week in July, at
the earliest.
PLUMBING
CARPENTRY
WIRING
REASONABLE RATES
ANY JOB ANY SIZE
-Contact
HARRIS BROTHERS
Wasilla
For Fire Protection
JOIN
The Valley Volunteer Fire Assn.
,$10 yearly buys protection for a home, lodge, farm
or church
$15 to $75 yearly buys protection for a business
establishment.
Membership entitles you to—
On-Call Service of Equipment
Voting Rights in the Association
,Your Fire Association was organized for your pro
tection. Its by-laws read that the Association fire
equipment need not answer the call of non-mem
ibers.
JOIN TODAY
See A1 Hagen, Bob Peterson or Jack Maze
for your membership.
An Association member need not be a firefighter,
but he is welcome at all drills. Next fire drill is.
at the Fire Hall Wednesday at 8 p.m.
In case of fire, call the Valley Telephone Exchange,
VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
British Visitor
Enjoys Comforts <
In Alaskan Wilds
CHUGIAK—Mrs. D. M. Sitch
of London, England, is findSig
Alaska a land of strange con
trasts. She is constantly amazed
and delighted with the abun- s
dance of good food and warm
clothing, ration-free fats and
woolen yarns, in particular, but
she is finding life in a one-room
homesteader’s cabin a puzzling
| comparison.
I In London Mrs. Sitch lives in
| her own comfortable and modern
S home, but she finds shopping for
! food for an almost meatless di^t
! a constant challenge to her cook
I ing ingenuity.
The Londoner is the guest of
I Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Reid of
Chugiak. Mrs. Reid is Mrs.
Sitch’s daughter.
The visitor flew to Alaska
from the English city, coming by
j way of Chicago and Toronto. She
i will remain until August before
| she returns home.
The Reids met in London while
he was on overseas duty during
the recent war. A former Chi
cagoan, he came to the territory
to homestead after his discharge.
NOTICE
On and after .June 1. 1948, the un
dersigned will not be responsible for
any debts incurred in the name oil
the PALMER AUTOMOTIVE SERV"
ICE * STORAGE other than those
contracted by each for themselves
and not one for the other.
(Signed)
AL KING
KENNETH C. ROBERTS
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I Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.