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Saturday
PRESSURE COOKERS to be
checked at Extension Office.
Sunday
SHAMROCKS vs. 175th Signal
Service softball squad at soft
ball diamond at 2:30.
BUTTE vs. 175th Signal Service
softball squad at 3:15.
Monday
DAIRYMAN’S ASSOCIATION
meets in Extension Office at
8 p.m.
C OF C delegation visits Anchor
age Chamber luncheon. Train
leaves Palmer at 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday
FAIR BOARD meets at Exten
sion Office at 8 p.m.
California Bound
Jim Morris, bookkeeper at the
Shamrock Bakery, left Thursday
for a short business trip to the
states. He flew to California, ex
pecting to be gone about two
weeks.
Homemakers Plan Food,
Exhibits For Coming Fair
Members of the Homemaker’s
Council devoted most of their
last Monday’s business meeting
to a discussion of club plans for
the coming Matanuska Valley
fair this fall.
It was decided that the group
would sponsor some kind of food
booth; if possible, they would
like to secure space for a mess
hall, where home dinners could
be cooked and served to the fair
crowds.
Homemakers also indicated
their wish for an allotment of
display space for an exhibition
of competitive club displays.
Mrs. Ilah Senski, member of
the Wasilla Homemakers Club
and also a member of the board
of directors of the Matanuska
Valley Fair Association, was di
rected to take Homemaker re
quests for concession and booth
space to the next board meeting.
Monday’s meeting was held at
The Church in Wasilla.
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ELECTRIC MOTORS
REPAIRING —o— REWINDING
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The FIRST to introduce Chilton
Flat Rate Prices in Palmer
Specializing in Motor Tune-ups
Carburetor, Generator and Electrical Repairs
Brake Relining and Adjusting
Motor Rebuilding Wheel Aligning
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The Alaska Railroad
Offers Valley Residents a complete passenger and
freight service—daily except Sunday.
SCHEDULE
Leave Palmer .3:30 p.m.
Arrives Anchorage ..5:30 p.m.
Leave Anchorage . 9:30 a.m.
Arrives Palmer .11:30 a.m.
RAILBUS SERVICE
Can be slopped at any point along the route
Leave Palmer .8:30 a.m.
Return from Anchorage at.4:30 p.m.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Fare—$2.55 one way; $3.40 round trip
FOR INFORMATION
Call Palmer Depot ■ or Anchorage, ARCO 11
Scientists Plan
Summer Exploring
In The Kuskokwim
Two Scandinavian scientists,
Dr. Erik Holtved of Copenhagen,
Denmark, and Dr. Helge Larsen,
curator in the ethnological de
partment of the National Mus
eum in Copenhagen, arrived at
College, Alaska, last week to be
gin preparations for an Alaskan
exploratory trip this summer.
The men, both of whom are
prominent in archeological fields,
plan to explore the Bristol Bay
and Koskokwim region. They
will be assisted by several stu
dents from the University of
Alaska.
Two University students, Wen
dall Oswalt and Walter Arron,
do not plan to fly to the Kus
kokwim with the main party.
They will go by boat, floating
down the Chena to the Tanana
and the Yukon to join the other
group.
Dr. Holtved has spent many
years of study in Greenland,
where he was extremely inter
ested in the Eskimo. He hopes to
study Alaskan Eskimoes in order
to compare their dialects with
those of the Greenland natives.
Dr. Holtved, who has never
been to Alaska before, finds the
country much like Greenland
and Norway, rather than Den
mark which is heavily popu
lated.
Dr. Larsen has spent much
time in the territory. He worked
at Point Hope in 1939, was work
ing at the University of Alaska
in 1941 and 1942, and made a
trip to the Arctic and along the
Aleutian chain in 1945.
4-H Council Plans Classes,
Camp And For Fair
Camp plans, fair plans and
leadership training class plans
were discussed at last Monday’s
meeting of the 4-H Council,
which was held in the Extension
Office.
Camp dates have been tenta
tively fixed for August 3, 4, 5 and
6. It is possible that these dates
will be changed again, however.
It was decided that hobbycraft
would be stressed at this sum
mer’s camp, with classes to be
given in basket weaving, plas
tics and glass etching.
Some judging demonstrations
also are to be featured at camp,
M. D. Snodgrass
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vagatabla farms
City Lots Acreage
HELP FRANK BROWN
CLEAN UP THE TOWN
Garbage Collection
All kinds clean-up work
Call Brown's Cleaners for
BROWN'S GARBAGE
COLLECTION
Wertanen’s Tanker
Service
METERED DELIVERY
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Ready to Plant
CABBAGE
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Matanuska Valley Gardens
Matamuka Electric
Association, Inc.
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in preparation for the coming
fall fair. Camp fees were fixed
at $9 for the four-day session.
In preparation for the fair,
judging systems for 4-H exhibits
were discussed. It was the deci
sion of the group to approve the
Danish plan of judging for all
4-H exhibits. By this plan, all
displays meeting certain qualifi
cations would be ranked as first,
second or third. If no display is
worthy of a prize, then none is
given; if, however, a number of
displays are of almost equal
Mrs. Lloyd Hill, secretary in
the office of Palmer school, was
confined to her home by illness
for several days during the early
part of the week.
merit, they all may be ranked as
prize-winners.
July 12 was selected as the
tentative date for the planned
leadership training class. It is
planned to hold both afternoon
and evening meetings on that
day, when all 4-H leaders in the
Valley will be invited to attend.
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We’ve a good supply of halibut, too
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And don’t forget—NOW is the time to arrange
for that extra locker space you need.
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For Plumbing Supplies and Repairs
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PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
Daily at 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
Daily at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
(Except Sunday)
Sunday bus at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
PALMER FOR WASILLA
Daily at 1 and 8 p.m.
Connections lor Gulkana, Fairbanks and Whitehorse
On Monday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m.
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