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James Construction
I Low Bidder on Eklutna
Sub-Station House
The James Construction Co. of
Palmer was low-bidder on the
three-bedroom residence and two
car garage to be built at the
site of the Anchorage sub-station
for the Eklutna Project. Only two
bids were submitted for the bid
opening which took place last
Thursday morning at Eklutna
Project headquarters.
James’ low bid of $22,330 was
well under the engineer’s esti
mate of $24,900 and considerably
under the $31,684.80 bid of the
only other bidder, the Doughty
Construction Co. of Spenard.
As soon as bids have been re
viewed by the Bureau of Recla
mation district engineer for legal
sufficiency, it is expected that the
award will be made to the local
construction company.
KIWANIAN GUESTS TELL
OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Highlights of the Mt. McKinley
Conference was subject of discus
sion at the weekly Kiwanis Club
meeting held August 25.
Members Jim Hurley and Hugh
Johnson as well as several guests
who attended the conference
spoke briefly but informatively on
the development of Alaska.
Guests included Don Irwin,
ARA director; Tom Reiss, new
Trading Post managed C. H. Fos
ter, retired farmer from Craw
fordsville, Iowa who is touring
the Territory; I.M.C. Anderson of
Farm and Home Administration;
Stuart Hamilton. REA field repre
sentative in Alaska and Frank
Hentzleman Division of Forestry
director.
Hientzelman presented impres
sive figures and data to the Ki
wanians on the expected output
and capacity of the new pulp
plant at Ketchikan, remarking
that the mill expects to be in pro
duction soon enough to furnish
materials in the construction of
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall 8 p.m.
DEMOCRATIC DINNER, Moose
Hall
HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRA
TION, School office 9-12
FRIDAY. AUGUST 29
DEMOCRATIC RALLY, Anchor
age
SATURDAY. AUGUST 30
12th ANNUAL FAIR OPENS 10
a.m.
_ SUNDAY, AUGUST 31
12th ANNUAL MATANUSKA
VALLEY FAIR l
FIREWORK DISPLAY IN EVE
NING
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1
FINAL DAY OF VALLEY FAIR.
MOOSE AND CARIBOU and
DUCK SEASON OPENS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
PALMER SCHOOL OPENS
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters’
Hall, 8 p.m.
ST. MICHAEL’S ALTAR & ROS
ARY SOCIETY
BOY SCOUT MEETING, Unted
Protestant Church, 7 p.m. i
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
LADIES AID. United Protestant
Church
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op Club
Room 12:05 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Co
Op club room 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 4
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Carpenters’ Hall, 8 p.m. !
the proposed aluminum plant in j
Skagway and the new plywood >
plant at Juneau.
Because of the Labor Day holi
day and the Fair the regular
weekly meeting of the Kiwanis
Club will be held Tusday noon
instead of Monday.
Congratulations
to
the 12th Annual
MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR
Ketchikan Spruce Mills
Palmer, Alaska
Best Wishes to the Matanraka Valley Fair
Hear Ye!!!
HEAR YE!!!
HEAR YE!!
For those of you in this community who want the
best in entertainment service be it known that
ALPINE INN's the place to go. Here you'll
find the choicest of meals and cocktails.
We'd like to be of service to you. Stop in soon,
Alpine
Mile 61 — Glenn Highway Phone 1-J-31
rrial of Damaged
Zars Leads Highway
’atrol to Drunk Driver
Knik Bridge was the end of the
xail of damage cars for drink
lappy Charles R. Bass, service
nan from Fort Richardson, early
Sunday afternoon.
After a senes of complaints re
ceived by the Highway Patrol
ind the local telephone office the
Highway Patrol tracked down the
Dffender by a trail blazed with
damaged cars, each of whose
cwners described a single car that
had “hit ’em and run.” Damages
amounting to $500 were inflicted
an a car driven by Dewey Pratt
about six miles south of Palmer.
Last to be hit was Slim Hayes in
his truck at Knik Bridge, and that
hit terminated the flight by car.
The serviceman continued his
flight by foot only briefly before'
the Highway Patrol caught up I
with him.
A car parked in front of the
Frontier Cafe belonging to Mrs.
John Wood of Anchorage was ap
parently the first vehicle casual
ty. and it was on Mrs. Wood’s
complaint that the offender was
tried in U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton’s Court in Pal
mer Monday afternoon. The High
way Patrol added another charge
of driving wrhile under the influ
ence of liquor.
Young Bass, age, 20, pleaded
guilty to both charges. He was
sentenced to 30 days in jail on the
hit-run charge. On the driving
while under the influence charge
he was fined $200 and had his
driver’s license revoked for one
year. Appearing with Bass in
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New Zealand Visitors
Add Palmer to List
Of Far Away Places
Two young women from New
Zealand last week added Palmer
and the Matanuska Valley to their
list of far-away places visited in
an interesting trip around the
world.
The visitors were Miss Lydia
Morgan of Gerladine, Canter
bury, and “Timmy” Taylor of Ric
carro, Christ’s Church, New Zea
land. They toured the Valley
Thursday and Friday with Mrs.
Bud Liebing and Mrs. Glen
Schroeder. Thursday night they
camped out in their tent, but they
were guests at the Schroeder
home Friday evening.
Hitchhiking overland from
place to place and working from
time to time to earn money to
continue their travels, the whole
some-appearing young women
nave been traveling for nearly
three years. They’ve been all
through Europe, having left Eng
land last January for Canada.
With four months out for a ses
sion of work (in a kindergarten
and as a nurse maid) in Montreal
they took to the road again the
first of June. By last week they
had visited Canada’s famous Lake
Louise and several cities in Alas
ka. From Alaska they plan to head
j for Saskatchewan to help with the
wheat harvest. Then they have a
month in which to tour the States
before they head for home in New
Zealand.
Court was his commanding of
ficer.
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HOW MANY IN PALMER?
Statistics show that 12 new can
cer cases will appear in the aver
age American town (population
5,000) during this year. You can
help save some of these lives by
giving' to the American Cancer
Society’s 1952 Cancer Crusade.
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