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JOIN THE RED CROSS.
Tc complete the organization
of a branch of the American led
Cross in Palmer, a mooting will be
held in the Lounge Tuesday evening
at 7:00 o'clock.
To help with getting the work
under v;ay, Hr,Keith ..cCoy, ire,
Mari an P. Smith, Mrs • * >. line r J. i e t er
son.or.Sogni and others from the
Anchorage Chapter- are expected to
bo present*
Class In First Aid to bo org
niz d.
i. standard or first course
class in First Aid. will be organ
ized as soon" as twenty persons
(open to both men and women) have
signified their intention to attenc.
the class. Dr,Albrecht and >r.
Flora will instruct the class'
which will meet two hours of two
days a eh week • .•
The first twenty who vgn will
compose the class. Other class.;3
will bo organized later,
rs.Flora, I rs,Dorsey and rs.
Foreman are the committee on First
Aid,
The help of anyone who has
taken first aid work will be appre
ciated in assisting with the class
work. This mooting is open to all
who arc interested in Red Cross,
CALIFORNIANS VISIT VALLEY
• Lr. and Mrs.R. Peterson of
Oakland, California visited Mr,and
t Mrs,’/alter Mau over the we. k end.
The Petersons were very mu
impressed with the Latanu^ka Va
ley and expressed the opinion that
agricultural possibilities and
life as lived in the Valley are
bigger and better than they had
been led to believe by what they
had read.
.The Butte 4-H Club will hold
a BANT SALE at the Trading Post
Saturday, August 2,
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FIRST POLES S'^T
Aerial work on the seventy five
mile electric line in the /alley
started this morning with the set
ting of the first poles at the Sub
station of the hatanuska lectric
Association located at the .hintna,\
ant. Survey staking crews are work
ing west from Palmer. Construction
on the line is up to schedule.
t.ny Valley residents who ex
pect electric service this fall, anr
have not made application should
fill out the proper blanks before
staking is finished.
LAIG CGORC
S
According to information avail
lake
able the waters of
ke through it's glacier dam
(,
,1,
orge
oro
and
started emptying into the tnik riverr
at 10:15 A,II, Only 2"
rise in water measured.
cr-i’seng a
at the Knik
bridge to a depth of approximately
10 ft. above normal. Tie■ viator
reached it's height at II :4‘ P.k.toi
This is the earliest date the break
has been known to occur, and the
high water mark was a foot lower
than that of last year, when the
lake opened up on August / , several
charges of dynamite were used to
free the under-pinning of the bridge
of drift wood and ice, Figh_water
this year did not flood t' ■' high
way, last year there were, eight in
ches of water over the ro.d near
Goat Greek,
Measurements taken at the bri
ge have shown the water to . co
at about one inch per ho .ir, requir
ing 3even days to roach it's high
est mark, and another sovon days to
get back to normal.
The -G CO-CP GL3.'
will bo hold i.onday Augus
Lounge, head art idea o 1
of interest to 77-00 in Jui
of rows nor Cooperatives,
ion will bo on Articles v.
esting to the group.
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