HAS BIG PAY LOAD
What is believed to be the j
largest passenger load ever i
hauled by bus arrived in the Val- i
ley via O’Harra Bus last Monday
evening. The driver reported that
evening’s passenger list totalled
1,254 in all. However 1,250 of the
passengers arrived in crates con
signed to Bert’s Drug Store. They
were newly-hatched baby chick
ens en route to a home on a Val
ley farm.
SPORTSMEN'S BOARD MEETS
The next regular board of di
rectors’ meeting of the Mata
nuska Valley Sportsmen will be
held Sunday evening at 8 o’clock
in the Palmer Fountain.
HERBIE WRITES
Herbert Ising, Palmer high
school student who recently flew
Outside for medical attention, is
now a patient at Olive View San
itorium, he wrote friends here
this week. Herbert will be glad
to hear from all his former
friends and classmates, who may
address him at the sanitorium at
Olive View, Calif.
GOES OUTSIDE
Harry Johnson left the Valley
this week to go Outside for medi
cal treatment. He plans to enter
the Marine Hospital in Seattle,
where he will seek treatment of
a foot injury sustained nine
months ago. Mr. and Mrs. John
son are the present managers of '
the Matanuska Valley Lodge.
Immunizations To Be Given
Next Tuesday Afternoon
Parents are reminded of their
appointments for immunizations
which will be given in the local
Health Center on April 27. Im
munizations will be given by Dr.
R. E. Garrett at 1 p.m.
The well baby conference will
be conducted as usual between 2
and 4 o’clock. No appointment is
necessary for these conferences
to which any mother may bring
her child to discuss growth and
development with the health
nurse.
Mrs. Miles France has ac
cepted the stenographic position
in the office of Charles Wilson,
soil conservationist.
BRYANT & CO.
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GENERAL LAND CLEARING
Writ* Box 1848
Expert Carburetor and Generator
Tune-Ups
Repairs of All Kinds Wrecker Service
Gas Oils Greases
PALMER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
& STORAGE
Phone 25 Day or Night
For an Everyday Dinner Dessert
or
For a SPECIAL Dessert
We have a CAKE to suit the occasion
Birthday cakes, wedding cakes
Other special occasion cakes
made to your order
at the
SHAMROCK BAKERY
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VOTE FOR
Harry B. DeLand for Territorial Auditor
on the Democratic Ticket
At the April 27 Primary Election
He has had over 10 years of administrative experience
in accounting, auditing and tax collecting
operations in the Territory
A Vote for DeLand Is a Vote for a Progressive Alaska
Your Support Will Be Appreciated
Pol. Adv.
C oncerted Statehood Drive
Old Age Benefits
No More Fishtraps
Road and Airport Aid
Increased School Facilities
0 enerous Welfare Appropriations
Hospital Facilities For All
T
axation—Fair and Adequate
VOTE RIGHT
Vote For
CONRIGHT
Democratic Candidate for House of Re]
Agricultural Trio
Visit Seldovia,
Homer And Seward
Miss Marilyn Johnson, home
lemonstration agent, and Charles
Wilson, soil conservationist, were
back in the Valley this week
after several days absence at set
tlements in the Kenai peninsula
area. They were accompanied on
their tour by Lorin T. Oldroyd,
director of Extension Service in
Alaska.
The trio first visited Seldovia
where they held a conference on
gardening and where Miss John
son spoke to students of Seldovia
school on gardening. She organ
ized a 4-H club there, but was
unable to secure a leader before
she left.
The group also visited the
Frank Bell dairy at Seldovia, be
fore leaving for Homer. They re
port that Mr. Bell complains of
a surplus of milk from his four
cow dairy, which is the only
source of fresh milk for a city of
about 500 resident.
At Homer Miss Johnson visited
the Homemaker’s club, which she
found busily engaged in planning
a clean-up day for the Homer
park are?. The ladies are sched
uling a picnic, and it is their
plan to hand every prospective
picnicker a rake or hoe upon his
arrival at the park picnicking
site.
The home demonstration agenl
also visited the Homer school,
where she spoke to upper grade
girls on present fashion trends,
She did some recreation work in
the Homer school and assisted in
conducting two meetings on gar
dening and poultry raising.
The group then flew to Sew
ard where Miss Johnson held a
demonstration on home freezing
in the Seward school. A garden
meeting also was scheduled al
Seward.
Because she was unable tc
complete all her scheduled or
ganizational work, Miss Johnson
plans to return to Seldovia and
Homer for several days nexl
week.
Wasilla Girl
To Wed Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Teague oi
Wasilla this week announced the
wedding plans of their daughter
Mildred Shirley. Miss Teague
will become the bride of John
McDannel at the Church of God
in Anchorage Sunday evening at
8 o’clock.
A wedding reception to be
held in the church parlors will
immediately follow the cere
mony.
MAC'S PLUMBING AND
HEATING SHOP
(Basement of Ward Bldg.)
for
Plumbing Supplies
and Repairs
JACK CONRIGHT
Anchorage Businessman
Vorld War II Veteran
iresentatives
Pol. Adv.
PRESBYTERIANS MARK
YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT"
The forty-ninth session of the
Yukon Presbytery, which ended
in Palmer last Sunday, heard re
ports and lectures which proved
the past year to have been one of
definite progress in the work of
the church in Alaska, it was re
ported today by Rev. Victor
Alisen.
Two Outside visitors, Dr. Paul
Calhoun of Spokane, Wash., and
Dr. Mortimer Stocker, synod
executive of Seattle, expressed
surprise and pleasure at the dig
nity and purposefulness with
which the session members car
ried out their business, Reverend
Alfsen said.
Two men, Fred Koschmann of
Faith Presbyterian church in An
chorage, and Roy Ahmaogak of
Wainwright, were ordained to
the ministry during the year.
The church group at Wasilla
petitioned the Presbytery for en
rollment as a church, and their
petition was accepted. No full
time minister will be appointee
New Fire Siren Is
Readied For Use
The fire siren recently ordered
by the Valley Volunteer Fire As
sociation has been received ir
Palmer, and is expected to be in
stalled and ready for use withir
the next few days, it was an
nounced at last Wednesday’s fire
drill.
It was further announced thai
the Valley’s second firetruck, foi
which a 600-gallon water tank is
being constructed in Anchorage
is expected to be returned to the
Valley next week.
At Wednesday’s drill furthei
plans for the recruiting of volun
teer firemen from local business
houses were discussed. It was
decided that a door to door cam
paign soon would get under way
Seven men were present ai
Wednesday’s drill.
Miner Remains Same
The condition of Edwarc
Casey, Snowbird miner who was
severely frozen in last week’s
cold weather, is little changed
hospital attendants reported to
day.
to the Wasilla area tor the pres
ent, however. *
The Palmer session of the Pres
bytery was unusual in that a
Presbyterian minister from the
Arctic was present for the first
i time. He was Percy Ipalook of
Wales, and he greatly interested
a Sunday night audience with
his account of life and church ac
tivities in that remote settle
ment.
Rev. R. Rolland Armstrong of
Anchorage was named the new
moderator of the Yukon Presby
tery. Delegates elected to tne
general assembly, to be held in
Seattle next month, were Rev
erend Alisen, bishop delegate,
and Paul Silook of Gambell on
St. Lawrence Island, elder dele
gate. The trip will be Mr.
Silook's first visit Outside.
It was decided to hold ^ the
fiftieth anniversary session of
the Yukon Presbytery in Fair
banks. Rev. Harry Champlin of
that city will be host pastor.
Vegetable Men Reminded
Ot Saturday Meeting
Members of Valley Producers,
Inc., and all independent grow
ers of the Valley are reminded
of the important general mem
bership meeting of the group to
be held at the Grange hall on
Saturday night at 8 o’clock. All
vegetable growers are urged to
make every effort to attend this
meeting, where growing quotas
to fulfill Army contracts will be
fixed.
New Valley Farmerette
Miss Louise Kellogg of Pasa
dena, Calif., is in the Valley this
week to complete negotiations
for the purchase of a local farm.
Miss Kellogg plans to operate a
240-acre dairy farm here, she
said. She is interested in pur
chasing the B. J. Lossing prop
erty. _
Last Senior Picture
Members of the graduating
class of Palmer high school were
photographed in caps and gowns
on the school steps last Wednes
day afternoon.
W. B. BARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Write Box 682, Palmer
(Mill located on Lower Butte road)
Come To
PALMER COLD STORAGE & LOCKER SERVICE
for
A Complete Assortment of Heinz Soups
Every type of fresh-frozen fruit or vegetable.
We carry these varieties:
Lima Beans Broccoli Corn on Cob
Cooked Squash Peas Asparagus
Fresh Frozen Strawberries
Complete Assortment of
Wasilla-Made B-R Moccasins
Denim Pants
Sizes 3 to 36
Baby Shoes
Pajamas and Nightgowns
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