Vol. 5
1940 Palmer. Alaska
No. 51
December
O'
FIRST ANNUAL C*TRIST!'AS PARTY
■ . V.F. C.A. Elh LCYT3C
The subject of a Co-op em
ployees Christmas party came up at
a staff meetin0 of department hea
ds, with the idea of becoming be
tter acquainted and there* by • ex
panding the cooperati ve spirit
and good fellowship among er.plo ees
The following committees were
appointed•
1. Arrangements:
Dr. Armstrong
Walter Cooper
R. Goodrich
Janice Wilson
Alice Snodgras;
L. C. Olson
2. Decorating:
Jack Clark
H. Parkinson
F. clntvre
A. Pain
o, Cmdy:
L. Lreg orn
0, nertnlla
E. Priebe
V i. X. .uvii
Invitations we:1e extended to
the families of the Co-op Board
of Directors and employees of the
a p * .> n
r- • fi • - « *
Sunday afternoon, Dec.22nd,
the employees of the I'atanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating. Assn,
held their first Christmas party
at the Community Recreation Cen
ter.
Bach employee invite;.1 his
family or a friend making a total
of 1G0 persons who enjoyed the
party and program.
New Co-op employees wore in
troduced by manager L. C. Stock
and ^r. C.C. Brix, president of the
Board gave a word of greeting.
Christmas carols were sung by
the group. George Small -enter
tained with a parody on the poem
"’.Voodman Spare That Tr~e 11 and
special musical numbers wore'given
by Buddy Yohn and Lax fierce. The
Fatal Quest”, a five minute drama
f (Continued bn page 2)
CO-OP HOT'SS
There is a chanc^ that the
membership meeting scheduled for
January 25th may have to be postpon
ed a weuk or two due to our I us
ability to have o’T reports out in
time and have the boohs audited.
If there is a postponement you will
receive another notice.
The Co-op employees sponsored
a little Xmas party the Sun'ay be
fore Xmas with the board of direct
ors and their wives as guests and
Santa Claus with treats for all,
’.Ve hope that more of these kind of
gatherings can be' held where the
emn1oyees in the different depart
ments can get acquainted and build
the true cooperative snirit. I
know of several employees who v;£re
there that have been in the Valley
for several years and they or their
family had to be introduced tc their
in eight) ors.
We hope as soon as this rush is
lover to have another series' of'
ner tings to study our problems and
the' way to correct them with clis
cussibns part of the time On COOP
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in i A 1 JLv . .
L, C•S,
claretcs sjodit \tl"s radio
The Fhilco radio offered by the
Prading Fost as a prise to those
’/ho did their Christmas shopping at
tome was v/on by hr. Clarence Sjodin
who held the luchy number.
Jr. and r..rs. C. . Armstro. v/ill
Leave honday for Valdes w'mre Dr,
Armstrong will start a practice and
i hospital.
Ar. and ’ rs. C. . Albrecht ret urned
’ron the outside with an ei^ht’ weeks
)aby girl.