By Williams
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HALT OF ALL as PRESIDENTS
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Leaks, Drafts and
Ailing Pipes Fixed
At Hospital Work Bee
Morning routine at the Vallej
Hospital was slightly shaken or
Saturday while a volunteer worn
crew tightened the building foi
winter.
Promptly at 8 a.m. Tom Day.
H. J. Hodgson, Jim Hurley, Ken
Kincaid, Hugh Johnson, Allan
Mick, Ed Smith. M. D. Snodgrass
and George Whetstone, of the lo
cal Kiwanis Club, and Rev. Geo.
Geiwitz of the Valley Hospital
Association Board started swarm
ing all over the building. Some
started digging at broken pipes,
others started building forms to
hold sawdust, plugging cracks in
the walls, sealing off unused
doors, and patching the roof.
When the expected trucks for
hauling the sawdust failed to ap
pear, Jim Hurley requisitioned
one from Doc Sims.
All the jobs that could be done
were completed a bit after noon,
and the men on the job repaired
to the Palmer Cafe for a late
lunch, where they talked over
their accomplishments and things
yet to be done.
Roofing, nails, and rough lum
ber were furnished by the Ketch
ikan Spruce Mills. A bucket of
fibre cement was donated by the
Co-Op. The hospital nurses con
tributed a mid-morning snack of
coffee and donuts for any man
who would take time off from the
job to visit the kitchen. Mac’S
Plumbing arranged to send one
of its men to work on the ailing
pipes, and by sundown the hos
pital was quieting down to its
normal activity.
Kodiak Naval Station—Rela
tives of naval personnel stationed
at the naval station, Kodiak, were
quite perturbed recently when
the station newspaper, The Ko
diak Bear, stated that the 1,700
men daily drank 1,900 gallons of
coffee and 620 gallons of fresh
milk. The mistake was corrected
the following issue to read week
ly instead of daily.
Elmendorf Air Force Base—
Patients in Alaska’s military hos
pitals won’t have any Christmas
card problems this year.
As part of a world-wide gift to
patients in armed forces hospitals,
i 5,000 colorful Christmas cards
I have been received from the Na
j tional_ Association of Greeting
Card Publishers in New York
City.
The generous gift is being dis
tributed in the United States
through the cooperation of the
American Red Cross and overseas
by the special service divisions
of the armed forces.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
oasTiuist Lint
Offering Scheduled Freight Service Between
Califeniia—Portland—Seattle—Alaska
S. S. JOHN W. BURGESS
Arrive Seward-Valdez . October 20
S. S. CHARLES CROCKER
Leave Seattle . October 20
Arrive Seward . October 25
S. S. SEAFAIR
Leave Portland .
Leave Seattle
Arrive Seward-Valdez
October 20
October 25
October 30
S. S. TARLETON BROWN
Leave Long Beach
Leave San Francisco ...
Leave Portland
Leave Seattle
Arrive Seward/Valdez
October 25
October 28
November 3
November 8
November 14
IIWARD
A. H. Freight Depot
Uthl 1M
Captain T. Bia
Operating Manager
ANCHORAGE
323 Central Bldg.
P. O. Box an
Phone 34401
George Hutton
Diet. Manager
FAIRBANKS
P. O. Box 1301
Jameaon Engineer
ing Building
Phone—Beat Mi
M. J. Wilcox,
Dist. Freight Agt.
Modern Coaatwtee Bteamahip Transportation
GIRL SCOUT TRAINING
CLASS SCHEDULED FOR
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23
Mrs. Marjorie Kafer, executive
secretary of the Susitna Girl
Scout Council will be in Palmer
Tuesday, October 23, at the Co
i Op Club Room for an all-day
Girl Scout training class.
All persons interested in as
sisting in the local Girl Scout pro
gram are cordially invited to at
tend the meeting. The session
starts at 10 a.m. and will last un
til about 3 p.m.
New Ghugach School
Opens With 66 Pupils
The new Cnuguch School, lo
cated on the Anchorage-Palmer
Highway opened Monday Octo
ber 15 with 66 pupils and two
teachers.
Begun last fall by contractor
Loyer and Casler to fill the needs
of a community expanded thru
the new Eklutna Project, the
school building is not entirely
completed.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomp
son, who formerly taught in Bris
tol Bay share the teaching load
at present although another
teacher is expected soon. Mr.
Thompson is principal and tea
ches grades five through eight.
Mrs. Thompson teaches the lower
grades. Both of them are veiy
much enthused about the new
school, particularly about the lo
cation which permits a view of
Mt. McKinley on clear days.
Enrollment in the eight grades
included in the school system is
as follows: 1st grade, 11; 2nd
grade, 11; 3rd grade, 8; 4th grade,
3; 5th grade. 9^~frth grade, 8; 7th
grade, 13, and 8th grade, 3. Still
more students are expected to
enroll this fall.
Grades 1 and 2 get off early at
2:30 p.m. Third graders are out
at 3 p.m. and the rest of the chil
dren stay in session until 4 p.m.
Classes start promptly at 9 a.m.
for all grades.
WASILLA
PERSONALS
By BARBARA CARTER
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith of
Anchorage were visitors of the
Hilburn family this past week
end. Mrs. Smith is the former
Lynne Hilburn. graduate of Wa
silla high school last spring.
* * * *
Among those on the sick list
in Wasilla this week are Mrs.
Ala Grafton and Mrs. May Car
ter.
• * * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Redington
and family are moving to Wasilla
for the winter from their home
stead near Knik.
* * * *
The Harold Byers family re
cently moved to Wasilla from the
Hay-flats road.
* * * *
The Wasilla Community is
holding the annual wood-cutting
bee. All members of the organiza
tions will get together to cut the
wood for the Communuity Hall.
Members of the Veterans’ of For
eign Wars, Grange, Community
Club. Church members and farm
school classes are asked to co
operate. Coffee and sandwiches
will be served in the hall. Per
sons interested are asked to bring
saws and axes and be at the top
of Cannon Hill on the Knik road
at 10 o’clock.
FOUR MORE WEEKS IN
HOSPITAL FOR RAY FERRIN
Ray Ferrin is resting comfort
ably at the hospital despite i
fractured vertebra and a fracture
of the left side sacrum, his phy
sician, Dr. A. J. C«lberg reported
| this week.
Ferrin '■eceived his injuries on
September 10 when he fell
against some poles while working
for the Matanuska Electric Asso
ciation. He worked for a day and
a half before reporting his injurv.
MEA officials then insisted that
he get medical attention. Even
after Dr. Colberg's diagnosis was
confirmed by hospital x-rays Fer
rin resisted hospitalization be
cause his back did not bother him.
Dr. Colberg stated that this is of
ten the case when the vertebra
stays in place despite a fracture.
Nevertheless. Ray Ferrin was put
in a hospital bed flat on his back,
and he will be there another four
] weeks, the doctor said With good
cooperation—like retraining from
| walking around or working—Fet
1 rin may be permitted to enjoy the
| remaining four weeks of his con
! valescence at home.
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Detachment Baker of Navy Pa
trol Squadron Sixty-one has re
turned to its home base at San
Diego, Calif., after completing
19,903 airial miles of photographic
mapping of Alaska During its
four-month mission, the detach
ment flew Liberator bornbey1
photographic planes out of the
naval station at Kodiak.
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