CO-OP—DAIRYMEN
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contracts, then in existence, or to
be enacted at any later date.
There is now a territorial law
limiting this type of contract to a
10-year period
(3) That the contracts of three
of the men, Johnson, McAllister
and A. A. Rempel, have been
breached by 'the Co-op itself,
which has failed to make what
Kay termed “proper payment” or
dered by the court in the earlier
Co-Op-dairymen dispute in which
the milkmen were winners.
(4) Mr. Kay finally argued that
granting the injunction would be
working unnecessary hardship on
the Alaska Dairy, which he said
had purchased equipment in or
der to handle the milk of the Val
ley dairymen. He pointed out
that it would take a period of
from only 20 to 40 days for the
dairymen to re-file notice of
withdrawal, during the permissi
ble period of Feb. 15 to March 15.
Attorney Ed Davis, represent
ing the Co-Op, replied that the
notice of withdrawal filed last
March could not be considered a
release from contract or member
ship, since the Co-Op’s board oi
directors had never officially ac
cepted that withdrawal- He ad
mitted, however, that the Co-Op
board did enter into negotiations
for the lease of dairy and cream
ery facilities, but said that the
dairymen were never considered
to have legally withdrawn fron
the MVFCA. He pointed out thai
Association by-laws do not permil
the termination of membershii
merely by giving notice of th<
wish to terminate.
On the question of contract ex
piration at the end of 10 years
Mr. Davis replied that the Co-Oj
was not organized under the lav
for co-operative marketing asso
ciations, and therefore this con
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1 Mile South of Palmer on Matanuska Road
PHONE 81Y1
AN INEXPENSIVE HIRED HAND
Modem poultry raisers, a6 well
as others who farm, demand
electricity. These farmers
know that the convenience and
profits that come with elec
tric farming pay for the low
cost of electricity over and
over again.
They, and you too, will find
that electricity is an inexpen
sive hired hand.
MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.
PALMER, ALASKA
Your REA Electric Co-Op
“SERVING THE VALLEY SINCE 1942”
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tention is not valid in this case.
The Co-Op is not organized as a
marketing co-op, he said, and
therefore, laws having to do with
marketing contracts which are
specifically limited to that co-op
erative set-up cannot be binding
in this case
in discussing the breach of con
tract on the part of the Co-Op,
claimed by the dairymen, Mr. Da
vis said the dairymen won their
earlier court case by claiming
I their rights under the terms of
their contract and by the same
token that contract, declared valid
i then, must so be considered at
; this time.
Mr. Davis said it must be furth
i er considered that the dairymen
; had waived their notice of with
drawal when they entered into
■ further negotiations with their
, Co-Op.
> In conclusion, Davis reminded
r that the amended clause in the
by-laws of the Co-Op which per
mits members to file withdrawal
notice, has never become official,
because written permission for
that amendment has not yet been
received from the Farm Security
Administration.
The Co-Op attorney asked that
the injunction be granted until
the case is settled in court, and
pointed to a number of similar
cases in law where the injunction
remained in force until the point
Eileen Hartley Weds
Ferman Strickland
WASILLA—Eileen Hartley of
Palmer and Ferman Strickland of
Wasilla were married last Friday
evening at the C. W. Betts home
in Wasilla- Rev. Wenter Harvey
performed the ceremony. The
wedding was the culmination of a
school-days romance for the
couple
Mrs. Gertrude Watkinson was
the bride’s only attendant. Mr.
Betts was best man.
The bride wore a wine-colored
suit as her wedding costume.
Following the ceremony, a re
ception was held at Hallea Lodge
at Wasilla.
The couple will make their
home in Wasilla. The new Mrs.
Strickland is a waitress at the
Ron-Da-Voo Cafe in Palmer. Her
husband, a former Anchorage bus
driver, is now employed at Inde
pendence Mine.
FWS CHIEF WEDS
Seton Thompson, chief of the
branch of Alaska Fisheries, Fish
and Wildlife Service, was married
on Dec. 28 to Miss Eleanor Feick
of New York City. The new Mrs.
Thompson was a former Wave of
ficer. _*
at issue was determined by trial,
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SS Denali, Feb. 3
Sitka
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SS Baranof. Feb. 10
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Dance and Movies
To Mend Hospital
Roof and Plumbing
A rejuvenated hospital plant is
the goal of two Valley organisa
tions planning benefit events here
in the next six weeks. A Kiwan
is Club-sponsored movie, to be
be>ld next Tuesday evening in the
Valley Theatre, will endeavor to
collect funds enough to fix the
leaky roof of the building.
A nurse-sponsored ‘hard times’
| dance on Feb. 25, is designed to
j collect funds enough to repair
leaky faucets and put bathroom
plumbing in hospital approved
running order.
The movie, 16 m.m. films ^ in
color, will be presented by Dr. C.
C. Bailey and will deal with
Alaskan wild life. Dr. Bailey,
whose commentary will accom
pany the film showing, said high
lights include pictures of Kodiak,
shots of the Bering sea, the Ta
nana Valley, Fielding Lake, Mc
Kinley Park and the Talkeetna
mountains.
Game scenes include pictures
of caribou, bear, fish and sheep.
The nurses’ dance, for which
tickets (at $1 each) will go on
sale in the very near future, will
be held in the Gym between the
hours of 9 p. m. and 1 a. m. There
will be suitable prizes for the
most effective costumes oi\ the
“hard times” theme.
Schaeffer’s Orchestra will play
for the dancing.
WASILLA TEACHERS
ATTEND INSTITUTE
WASILLA—Frank Jones, Mrs.
Margaret Turner, Miss Mary Beth
Loshbaugh, Miss Elizabeth Ander
son and Mrs. Clara Slumberger
were in Anchorage on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week to
attend a teachers’ institute there.
Wasilla students enjoyed a two
day vacation during the institute
Those hollow poundings and
scrapings coming from the base
ment of the Matanuska Valley
Bank these days aren’t brazen
evidence of a coming bank rob
bery. There is construction go
ing on there, but it has nothing
to do with a tunnel beneath the
bank’s safe. It’s just a part of
the remodeling necessary to make
room for a planned vault. Safety
deposit boxes are expected to ar
rive soon and the vault will be
placed and ready for use some
time in the very near future.
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VALLEY
THEATRE
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