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Vol. 1
Ho. 17
palmer, Alaska, March 24, 1938
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HUNTLEY FRESEUT3 TOO CO-OF •
RES GLUT I OTIS TO ARRC BOARD
Selection Of Sales manager is
postponed Until next Monday
Mr. Walter Huntley, president of the uatan
uska valley Farmers' Cooperating Associa
tion Board of Directors, vert to Anchorage
Tuesday to present two resolutions of the
Matanuska valley Farmers cooperating Asso
ciation to the A.R.R.C, Board; first, ask
ing that a permanent; revolving fund be set
up for the operation of the cooperating
Association; second, that the Cooperating
Association be permitted to purcne.se uhe
Trading post building and the tuiloing in
which the cobbler Shop and Bahbor Shop are
located.
There was considerable discussion in which
Mr. Iiuntley and Mr. Jacobs, who also atten
ded the meeting, answered questions and
presented arguments Although it was not
possible for the A.R.R.C. Board to give
an immediate decision on either resolution,
the general feeling was encouraging.
The Co-op B0fird has been working out a plan
by which a revolving fund could be set-up,
and by which the buildings could be pur
chased for some time. The Board held two
meetings just previous to J.'r. Huntley's
presentation of the resolutions to the
A.R.R.C. Board—one on Sunday and another
Monday night.
At the Monday night meeting it was also
voted to postpone the selection of a sales
manager until the next meeting March 28
and no further action was taken at this
time.
Report on the Createry was also presented.
Hr. C.C.Deal, head of the creamery, talked
at some length and gave informs.tion as to
the management and problems of -he crenn
ery. He stressed the iiaporta-.ee of ircrsas
ing the number of eggs handed and of main
taining the quality demanded by the modest.
Re further suggested that advertising was
a very effective medium for increased de
mand and sales.
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WHY DON'T YOU ADVERTISE IN THE "VALLEY
SETTLER"? It will bring you results.
MASS MEETTUG HELD LAST SUNDAY
. NOT CALLED BY COUNCIL, SAYS KCKECNNIE
KoK^chnie pe-elccted President;
HcC’Jlly pemins As Secretary
At the meet inf, of the Civic Council held
in palmer Monday night, March 21, it was
decided that ine sxrcicn as the mass meeting
held in olio Community pall on Sunday was
not called by the civic Council and v/as
not an official meeting of the iflutanuska
Valley Civic Ac3ociation, that the action
taken in that meeting should not be in
corporated in the minutes of the Civic
Council.
However, from other sources it was learned
that there is n possibility that Mi*. Rob
ert M3Cully, who presided over the Sunday
meeting, will present two resolutions to
J'r, Jacobs soon, resolutions as agreed
upon at the meeting Sunday; namely, that
the Corporation defer the signing of the
Realty Sales Conti acts until such time
as Washington, C.C-, could be asked if
certain objectionable clauses therein
could be changed..secondly, that district
meetings be cabled to ark for suggestions
for better clauses to replace those
clauses in the present contract which
are considered unsatisfactory.
Durinr' the past few weeks there have been
two or three district meetings held in
which it was decided tot to sign the con
tract as it is presented, but recent dis
trict meetings have shown a genortl chan
of attitude as a number of districts bav
voted almost unanimously to sign. A will
ingness to sign is besoming more evident
as Colonists booomc. more familiar with the
provisions of she contract'.
At the meeting of the Council on Monday,
Loren L'oKechnie was re-elected president
of the council, prod Johnson was elected
Vice-president and Hobe' t "cCully was re
elected cecl3tary--Treasurer,
At the same meeting, a motion was passed
that t’-'e council should recommend to the
M.V.F.C.A. poaid of Directors that they
ask the A.R.P.C. if it would be possible
to furnish the necessary funds for f.fr.
George Sund to go to 'Washington,D. C., in
an effort to secure funds for rural elec
trification for the Valley. !'r. Johnson
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