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Palmer, Alaska, January 27, 1938
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LINN, BRIX, SANDVIK TO SERVE
THREE YEARS OH BOARD. DIRECTORS
Amendment Passed Giving Equal
- Membership Rights To Y/omen
' From a field of sixteen men nomi
nated by members at an annual meet
ing Tviesday, January 25, in the
Palmer Community Plall, to serve on
the Board of Directors of the Mat
anuska Valley Farmers’ Cooperating
Association, the following were
elected after a stormy session:
Frank Linn Walter Huntley
C.C.Brix Darrell Frank
Ingolf Sandvik Neil Miller
Laurence Va3anoja
Due to an amendment proposed and
agreed upon at this same meeting,
it was made necessary for all Board
members to be elected by a majority
W vote. In this manner Linn, Brix
and Sandvik, by receiving a majority
vote and the highest number of votes,
were elected for three-year terms.
Vasanoja and Huntley receiving the
next highest number of majority
* votes were elected to serve two
n year terms. None of the others
qualified for election, not having
received a majority.
It was then necessary to cast two
more ballots as the second ballot
failed tr give any two men of those
remaining on the ticket a majority.
After narrowing the ticket down to
the four highest, Darrell Prank was
chosen for the sixth position on
the Board, to serve two years, and
Neil Miller to serve for one year.
There was considerable debate and
parliamentary discussion with re
gard to a proposed amendment which
fundamentally was for the purpose of
giving women the right to become
| members. A motion was finally
W voted upon and passed which read
"That an amendment to the By-Laws
should be made so as to strike out
the second and third sentences of
Article IV, Section 2, reading:
,f Only one person in a family living
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CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY
Meeting Postponed Last Week To
Make Possible Preparation Issues
The annual meeting of the Civic
Association is scheduled to take
place at Palmer In the Community
Hall, beginning at 8:00 P.M. Tues
day, February 1. This meeting was
originally scheduled to be held
this past Monday but several matters
made the postponement advisable,
according to officers of the Civic
Council.
"it was generally felt that atten
dance at this very important meet
ing might suffer due to the much
publicized meeting of the Cooperat
ing Association held the day follow
ing our scheduled meeting," say3
Lcren McKechnie, President of the
Civic Council. "Furthermore, due
to the seriousness of several 3teps
which we have taken recently, it
has been necessary that we hold
several measures in strictest confi
dence. We have every assurance
that it will, be possible for us to
make full report of these matters
at the general meeting on February 1
"The powers .of the Civic Association
and Civic Council have become more
effective during the past few months
and members of the Council feel
much encouraged and the reasons and
results will be shown in eur report.
There is nv doubt but what the
Civic Association has a very impor
tant place in the Governmmnt of
this community,"
ALBRECHTS' PLEASURE TRIP
BE COLES M3STLY BUSINESS
When Dr. C. Earl Albrecht and. Mrs.
Albrecht left here for a three
months' trip, it was supposedly for
pleasure. However, according to
Dra Albrecht, considerable business
developed along the way, making it
necessary to rush some of their
pleasure traveling.
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