pod, in the event .
that Alaska- were to
become a battle-front.
Palmer's distance
from Anchorage is ad
mitted, Valley resi
dents feel it an ad
vantage. Insofar as
shipment of supplies
and building, material
are concerned.. Seward
would be an e.ven more
logical Ideation, if
that fact were to. be
the major considera
tion, in the location
of a hospital. Palmer
h~s just as much, or
just as little, elec
trical energy as has
the. city of Anchor
age, for the two ci
ties draw from the
same source. Neither
has power enough, but
both expect to have
increased power faci
lities before the
mammoth ed.n struct ion
job on a 400-bcd hos
pital can., be complet
ed.
In short, Valley
Chamber of Commerce
members still feel
their arguments weigh
more heavily .than do
those for the site
proposed. in Anchor
age. They are eager
ly awaiting the re
turn of Messrs. Stock
and Esslinger-to find
how next to direct
their efforts in the
bid for the hospital.
LETTERMEN
Plan Banquet'
The Let tcrm^il ’ s
Club of Palmer High
School . is planning a
public aware1, banquet
for the ''evening of
April 19. Details of
the event? . which is
open to: all, .will be
announced at ablator
date o
Letternen. are hop
ing for large-scale
support from, parents
and friends that ev
ening. In fact_, some
of the banquet pro
ceeds probably .will
go toward paying for
the letter awards,
since Palmer’s ’ ath
letes still haven’t
met the basketball
trip defi-cit yet.
8//VGC Party
TO 6L SATURDAY
. The postponed
Grange Bingo party
will bo held this
Saturday evening,
Grrnge Mrster George
Snail reminded today.
Play begins at the
Grange Hr11 at 8 o’c
lock.
A farm theme will
be carried out, from
costume to Bingo
prizes. Those who
cone are asked to
dress in appropriate
farm garb, and they
will play for prises
that come seraighc
from farm barnyards,
kitchens, fields and
cellars.
Following the Bin
go game, players are
invited to enjoy a
lunch (for a price).
Home - made cake, hot
dogs and coffee will
be menu attractions.
MARKET 3VKVEY
|$ PLANNED
A team of agri
cultural ..Xperts will
conduct a nr! riveting
survey irr .elaska this
'summer, it was ^riroa
need this week 'ey ton
Irvin, heed 0:1 • the
hgr iculturel-Rescareh
Administration. The
survey Fill be'simi
lar in character to
the economic survey
made last season.
Mr. Irvin said all
plans for group col
onization of the ter
ritory will be post
poned1 until the re
sults of this market
ing survey are known.
Personnel who will
make the survey are
not known at this
time. It is possible
that some of the ec
onomists who spent
last summer in the
Valley will return.
TC ANCHORAGE
Mrs. Ruth Hodgson,
.secretary at Palmer
School, was in hhch
"orage oh Tuesday of
this- week, where she
'went to greet a neph
ew arriving from the
states.
VOGUES TO LIST
BABYSITTERS y
■ An employment reg
istry for baby-sit
ters is the latost
service being, ofierod
by Mrs, Betty Means
of Variety V>; gucs .
The plan has a., is on
loom the need for a
c 4 Y:c r nr e* 1 e a v mg
hoi se for sit iior-wan
c c o a: id - s i c tors' wh o
■ xt si it fng a s s i gn
ne o t s . Ther c a ppar -
onbly is no lack of
either in the Valley,
but to date there ins
boon no . eentrefi spot
where the twain client
nee e *
It is Mrs! Means1
plan to have all,.who
seek such employment
(AI though she ao-ar cic
uiarl-y . hopes mo en
list the teen-agers)
to register ax her •
shoo next week* Fol
lowing the week of
registration of'girls
and. women who want
baby-sitting chores,
she hopes to carl the
registrants together
for a meeting. At
that time a uniform
pay scale will be dis
cussed and agreed up
on,. and rules of bn
by-sitting deportment
will be out2inod,
It is r.l s o Mr So
Moors ; ' thcdghc to
meet v;ith prospective
employers in -order to
discuss with then the
points of duty they
expect of hired:brby
Sit ter s .
ohile the . plan is
presently confined to
baby - sitting opera
tions, Mrs.- Mecrs
pitted that it is po
ssible the plan vn. 11
grow into o’ full
scale employment ser
vice*,'if the need ar
ises.
assembly speakers
' Dr. David Cowrie
and Rev, R. Roll' ad
Armstrong, return 1 n g
-from the Yukon Pres
•bytcry nt ‘ Fai'rb^n:*s
-this : ■week, v;u :e
guhsts ht a special
-assembly he Palmer
school on Tuesday.