Chamber Asks Anchorage
Sponsorship For Hospital
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Rural Electrification Adminis
tration program.
(3) Water and sewer lines
needed by the hospital are near
the proposed site.
(4) Coal, cheapest fuel in
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Alaska, is located in nearby
fields.
(5) Both the railroad and the
Anchorage-Fairbanks highway
reach Palmer.
(6) Palmer is the milk, poul
try and vegetable production
center of Alaska. Location near
this source of supply would
virtually eliminate transporta
tion cost for the hospital.
(7) Palmer's greater num
ber of clear days, which aver
age 40 a year, would provide
better opportunity for outdoor
rest or recreation for hospital
patients.
(8) This greater number of
clear days gives more favor
able flying weather in Palmer.
Palmer has an airport under
construction, and expected to
be finished within a year,
which will furnish one means
of transportation for hospital
patients.
(9) Location of the hospital
at Palmer will help in the total
development of the territory
by extending its population
over a greater area.
(10) The scenic advantages
of the site under discussion are
unparalleled, and will play an
important part in keeping pa
tient morale high during the
long period of recovery.
(11) Palmer offers closer ac
cess to outdoor recreation
spots, which will mean much
to the staff in its off-duty
hours, and to convalescent pa
tients, as well. Fishing streams
are easily reached in a few
self is not so highly industrial
ized as Anchorage, and there
minuies' lime,
(12) The town of Palmer it
fore would provide more of
the restful quiet needed by pa
tients in a tuberculosis sani
tarium.
Petitions incorporating these
points of advantage had been
prepared by the Valley Chamber
of Commerce. They were circu
lated among Anchorage business
men for endorsement following
the luncheon meeting.
Valley representatives who at
tended the meeting included:
Daryl Meeks, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Teeland of Wasilla, Harry
Peebles, A1 Hagen, Bill Rempel,
Matt and Ivan Perkins, Richard
Demming, Viola Daniels, Evon
DeLand, Arvid Johnson, C. W/.
Peters. Clayton Esslinger, Carl
Rasmussen, Mrs. Betty Mears,
Steve Ward, Rusty Dow, Mrs.
Elsie Brown, Mr. and Mrs. May
nard Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Meiers, Jan Koslosky, Parker
Lester, Rev. Walter Zeille, Leo
Michalek and Jack Maze.
Pair Jeep To Valdez
Miss Dolores Zeis and Miss
Louise Kellogg left Palmer early
Saturday morning on a two-day
automobile trip to Valdez. They
drove in Miss Kellogg’s jeep,
and were planning to pick up
Miss Florence Eby, nursing
supervisor for this area, for the
return trip.
FOUR TRIPS DAILY
Matunuska Valley Bus Lines
LEAVING PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
(Daily except Sunday)
6:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. It 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
36 Years of Settlement
Reviewed In Statistics
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and family. C. H. Halslad. Mr.
and Mrs. William Senske of
Wasilla, Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Ohnslad of Wasilla. O. A.
Berg, Emil Kircher, Walter
Menck, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kircher, F. Lothrop of Wasilla,
W. H. Grow, J. C. Grow, Dave
Grow, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Ware, Charles Wilson. J. J.
Tully, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Har
rison, E. P. Stringfield, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Johns, F. T. Ohn
slad, Harry Morehouse, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde King, Jr.. Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Falk, Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Art Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Lucas, Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Lee and Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Snodgrass.
Of the true colonists, those
who arrived in the Valley 14
years ago, Mr. Snodgrass found
that 48 of the original 298 fam
ilies were still in the Valley,
either on their farms or in busi
ness, on the occasion of the thir
teenth Colony Day. The 48 who
remain include:
Lawrence Arndt, Ferber
Bailey, R. W. Barry, Henning
Benson, Leonard Burgin, Os
car Beylund, William Bou
wens. Harry Campbell, Ar
nold Carson, William Casler,
Herbert Caulkins, Joe Church,
Herman Diess, Harold Dinkel,
Lawrence Dreghorn, Virgil
Eckert. Kenneth Foster, Grant
France, Darrell Frank,
Leroy Hamann, Mrs. A.
Havemeister, Pat Hemmer,
Wilhelm Ising, Henry Jensen,
Arvid Johnson, Victor John
son, Oscar Kertulla, Cecil
Kurtz, Henry LaRose, Fred
Larson, Joe Lentz, William
Lentz, Tom Lepak, Joe Loyer,
Neil Miller, Paul Nelson, Irvin
Newville, Don Parks, Clair
Patten, Ray Rebarchek, I. M.
Sandvik, Gus Schiebl, Loren
Smith, William Smith, George
Venne, A. Vickaryous, Eino
Wirtenan and Francis Henry.
(Note: The Valley Frontiers
man is grateful to Mr. Snodgrass
for compiling these figures and
making them available for pub
lication. It is a task which could
have been completed only by
someone with a thorough knowl
edge of the Valley and its his
tory, such as Mr. Snodgrass has.
Donald Barry Is Home
Donald Barry, former Palmer
high school student who has
been attending parochial school
at Fon DuLac, Wise, returned
to Alaska for a summer's visit
last week. He spent the weekend
at the Barry home, but returned
to Anchorage on Monday where
he plans to find work. He will
go back to college in the states
next fall.
REMEMBER DAD
ON FATHER'S DAY
JUNE 20
We have a complete selection of fine gifts
WALLETS TIE CLASPS PIPES
MANY OTHER DESIRABLE ITEMS
PALMER PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER
ART AND GIFT SHOP
Accepts Appointment
L. M. DePrie'st, Valley dairy
man who recently was selected to
fill A. R. Carson’s seat on the
board of directors of the Mata
nuska Valley Farmers Co-operat
ing Association, last week accept
ed the position. He was sworn in
at Thursday’s meeting of the
board.
Agriculturist Arrives
Kirk Stone of Madison, Wise.,
who will conduct a survey of a^
I ricultural economic conditions
j here this summer, arrived in Pal
! mer late last week. He spent sev
i eral days in Anchorage before
j coming on to Palmer. j
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Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
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
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Cali Long Distance
Theatre —Mon., WecL, FrL, 8 p. m.
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FRONTIER CAFE
All three open 24 horn* dally,
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SPORTSMEN
Now is the time to stock up on your
AMMUNITION
We have just received a complete line of rifle, pistol and shotgun shells
NEW GUNS JUST ARRIVED:
L. C. SMITH double-barrel 12-gauge shotguns, .38 S & W revolvers, .22 HY-STANDARD
Other guns are arriving constantly
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