Vol. 5
July 31. 1942
Palmer. Alaska - -
No. 30
NffiJLY ORGANIZED GUARD
UNIT HOLDS MEETING
The first meeting of the
Palmer Company of the Alas
ka Territorial Guard was
held at the School gymnasi
um on the evening of July
27, Around fifty men were
sworn in*
The evening was spent in
discussion of the aim of
Guard. Brief explanation
was made by Captain Seth
Cook, Commander of the lo
cal unit and by Lieut. Har
ry B. DeLand. The meeting
was then thrown open to
questions. These were
many and of considerable
interest. Of course, the
main purpose of the Guard
is for defense of homes and
families. Information
from Territorial headquar
ters is of meager nature,
due to. delayed mails .Anoth
er meeting will be held as
soon as detailed informa
tion arrives.
ix was particularly
stressed that belonging to
the Territorial Guard is
not compulsory. Applica
tions to join the organisa
tion will be considered by
the Commander and if found
satisfactory will be accep
ted and new members will be
sworn in at the next meet
in&.
Officers of the Guard at
present will consist of the
followings
Captaini Seth B. Cook
1st Lieut.,Harry B. DeLand
2nd " Walter F.Cooper
1st Sgt., Vteldemar Uau
Sgt., William R. Smith
" , Ralph A. Goodrich
Corporal, Henry C. LoRose
M , William J. Lents
N tS.Paul Stringfield
" , Wallace J. Ibert
n , Carl E. Wilson
N , Ralph C. Uoore
Other warrant officers
will be announced in the
near future.
Corporal Uatt Onkka,
Company Clerk
PALMER'S HONOR ROLL
The following names of
those men from Palmer and
vicinity who are serving in
the armed forces, are added
to the honor rolls already
published!
Robert Anderson
John Walker
Kenneth Hurd
Donald Adams
Clayton DeLand
Charles Wilson, master
of Nortftland Pioneer Grange
received a telegram from
Lorin T. Oldroyd that he
would be unable to attend
the meeting called for last
evening. Therefore, there
was not a large attendance
at the meeting. It was
enjoyed as a social get-to
gather and ice cream and
coke featured the meeting.
Harry Cheek talked in*
formally about "Cooperativei
in general" and described
the "whole-sale setup" of
the Washington State Grange
of which he was secretary
before coming to Alaska.
Standish O' Sullivan, 72,
died tit ilatanuska Valley
hospital on July 26* He
was a genuine "Sourdough"
as he came to Alaska from
Ireland more than 40 years
ago* He spent most of
those years in prospecting*
He is survived by a sister
in Ireland. Father O'Flan*
agon conducted funeral ser
vices in Anchorage.
The Alaska Rural Rehabil
itation Corporation will
hold its annual meeting in
the corporation offices in
Palmer on August 10. Gov
ernor Gruening is expected
to be present.
Mrs. Don L. Irwin has re
turned from a visit of sev
eral months' duration,with
relatives. She attended
the national Presbytery as a
delegate.
NOTICE
The water situation i*
alarming - the supply is
less for every day. It/
MUST BE conserved. Other- wi
wise we’ll have to cut oif
all of the houses.
We are trying to get a
larger source of supply
but until further notice
it must be used sparingly
and I mean MUST.
L. C. Stock
Delegate Dioond haa in
troduced a resolution that*
"whereas the Japanese al
ready have invaded Alaska,
having occupied several of
the Aleutian Islands,there
is danger that their inva
sion of Alaska may be ex
tended, "ertheref ore, he ur
ges that route "A" from
Prince George,B.C. by way
of VRiitehorseiY.T* to Big
Delta, Alaska, is the most
direct and economical route
and should be built without
delay. In preference to the
rout# from Fort St, John,
province of Alberta, Canada,
He contends thev"A" roubo
can be built with more
speed and less cost, that it
will be of greater trans
portation service, will best
serve Alaskan coast towns,
has the least number of
bridges, while the other
route is more costly and
serves mostly airplane
fields.
Canada has amended its
national mobilization Act
to allow Canadian troops to
ssrvs outside the Dominion.
Canadian troops are already
with the American forces in
Alaska.
It is reported that a
black bear visited Mrs. C.
Earl Albrecht's home last
week. He walked up to a
window and stared in at Urs
Albrecht and Jane.