Vol. 1. --43
1938 Palmer, Alaska
September
30,
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GENERAL MANAGER
RESIGNS
Leo B,Jacobs General Manager of
the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation, resigned from his
position September 28 th, at a
meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of tho Corporation held at
Palmer,
Regarding his resignation, hr,
Jacobs said in part: u This act
ion is believed advisable in
view of the recent transfer of
this Project from the PERA to
the Department of Interior, This
will make it possible for the
Corporation Board of Directors
to appoint a General Manager who
will, without doubt on the part
of the Board of Directors, be in
sympathy with any new policies
of the Corporation and of the
Department of Interior, "
The Executive Committee accepted
Mr.Jacobs resignation.
Mr.Jacobs came to the Pro-Ject in
193b with the first Colonists.
Ha was employed by the FERA u,s
consulting architect. In the
spring of 1936 ho was employed
by the Corporation as Assistant
to the General Manager and upon
the resi0nation of Mr.Ross L.
Sheoly in 1937 became the General
Manager of the Project.
Mr. Jacobs is particularlly in
terested in the Project as it is
a definite attempt on the part of
the Federal Government to organ
ise into a cooperative rural
community, under what should be
most favorable conditions and
Mr.Jacobs is 'thoroughly familiar
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P.T.A. ?
There has boom cone Tiecushion
both for end against organizing
a Farent Teachers Association in
Pf-lnor* Duo to..tho .fact that wo
now have six Homemakers Clubs and
ai proximo,ccly■ the oano•fcumbor of
4-H Clubs, -Girl Scouts, Boys Scouts
LadiOs Aid, Catholic Ladies Scioty,
the ' Amo r i e anLe {§ 1 or.. and Legion
Auxi liary,Domecfatic Club, nCpubr.
iicnh Club, Grange, and nino other
worthy’ ORGANIZATIONS,the'VALLEY '
SLTTLEu would seriously liko to
sponsbr' an"Eiastic Program* Adjuster"
which would-enable everybody1 to
join every worthy cause and not
r.dss anything,._
whooping cough
Health authorities wish to announce
the existence cf whoopirig cough
in this vicinity. Whooping cough
is dangerous and highly contagious,
it should not be regarded as a
simple childhood disease. If a
child has suspicious symptoms he
should not attend school, church,
picture shows, or mingle with
neighboring children. The Doctor
should be notified of his condi
tion, Parents of children under
two years of age are advised to
keep them away from crowds a.nd as
far as possible from contact with
older children. Dr,Albrecht is
equipped to administer vaccine
which is harmless and has in some
cases - seemed hclpfdll both in pre
vention and treatment.
The usual signs of whooping cough
are slight cold, running.at the nose,
fever, dry cough, and blood shot
eyos. After a week the cough gets
worse , the child becomes pale and.
draws in his breath with a sharp
scrapina; sound. The- disease is
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