UNCLE'S REALLY
IN THE CHIPS
Perhaps some of the many idle
pieces of construction equipment
owned by the Army, which are
now rusting quietly in equipment
yards, will be back in harness
again soon. The Extension Serv
ice, the Alaska Development
Board and the Alaska Field Com
mittee of the Department of the
Interior have joined in a request
that this idle equipment be made
available to Alaskan homestead
ers. It was pointed out that the
greatest barrier to the fullest
Alaskan agricultural develop
ment is the high cost of land
clearing.
Man Is Injured
At Eklutna Bridge
Jack Crawford, employed by
the Bureau of Reclamation on
the Eklutna survey project, was
injured in an automobile acci
dent at the Eklutna bridge last
week. Driving toward Palmer,
Mr. Crawford misjudged the
width of the bridge, and smash
ed into the rockpile just at the
entrance of the structure to
avoid crashing through the
bridge railing.
The man suffered painful head
cuts, when his head smashed
through the windshield. He also
sustained a bruised chest. He
was treated at 183rd General
Hospital, where he was taken by
Mike Alex, Eklutna resident, who
witnessed the crash.
No Manager Yet
Although the new manager of
the Matanuska Valley Farmers’
Co-operating Association is ex
pected momentarily, he still had
not arrived in Palmer at a late
hour last Saturday afternoon. He
is understood to be driving up
over the Alaska Highway and to
be accompanied by his wife and
infant twins.
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Coffey Insures Everything
—REMEMBER?
A YEAR AGO
THIS WEEK...
Students, youths and elders
both, were making news for Val
ley Frontiersman reporting a
year ago this week. Chamber of
Commerce heads launched a
study of incorporation that con
tinues, spasmodically, to this
day, for Chamber members have
displayed little aptitude for their
subject.
Lynn Sandvik of Palmer and
Flo Alice Dinkel of Wasilla, both
high schoolers, were announced
winners of the territorial 4-H
contest trip to Chicago to the na
tional convention.
The first '47 issue of Banana
Belt Breezes reached the hands
of subscribers just a year ago
this week. Palmer High School
heads added up a student bal
ance sheet at the end of the
first school month and found 112
pupils enrolled.
Dr. O. E. Reed, chief of the
nation's dairy industry, was busy
launching the Valley’s herd im
provement program.
Wasillas LaVonne Nelson was
center-aisling with Albert Reed
er, while their elders weighed the
pros and cons of Wasilla Com
munity Club union with the
Cemetery Association. The pros
won and the club became a
member.
Miss Peggy Elefson returned
late to her Palmer second-grade
classroom, but told such glowing
tales of her summer’s vacation
in France with the Youth Hostel
movement that all was forgiven
by school heads.
. Members of St. Michael’s
Church were planning for the
annual bazaar, held last year
on Oct. 18.
Friends were farewelling Mr.
and Mrs. David Harmon who left
for their Compton, Calif., home
just a year ago this week.
Subscribe to the Valley Fron
tiersman. We need your support
and the Valley needs a news
paper.
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