City Planning Com.—
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oouncil meeting la*t night. A let-1
ter from the ARC notified the city
that it* bid of $200 for a surplus |
road grader now located at the
Palmer headquarters had been ac
cepted Meier, who heads the
council road committee, estimated
that it would take no more than
$1,000 to get the grader in good
working order and possibly less, j
Realizing that this used grader j
would not be sufficient for the
complete street overhaul job next
spring, Meier had also explored
toe possibility of purchasing a ,
new piece of equipment. When he
told the other members that i
new Caterpillar Diesel No. 112
motor grader could be delivered
to Palmer for $14111 94, a resolu- j
tion was passed permitting its |
acquisition on 12-month contract.
The council acted swiftly in order
to obtain a grader which is in
Seattle now. ready for shipment.
They had expected to wait sev
eral months to get a priority foi
such a grader.
Mayor Meier also asked for and
received approval of an agree
ment between the city and Oliver
Onkka of ARC which would be
of mutual benefit during the win
ter months. In return for keeping
Airport Way cleared of snow is 1
far as the airport, the ARC will
keep up all of Wasilla Road and
Valley Street.
City Ordinances
Ordinance Number 17, an or
dinance providing for the licens
ing of liquor license applicants,
had its second reading last nigh:.
Ordinance Number 9. an ordi
nance governing the public health
and sanitation in the city of Pal
mer, Alaska and providing regu
lations therefore and penalties for
the violation thereof, was read
for the first time.
City Clerk Bill Head pointed
out that Ordinance Number 16
goes into effect November 1st. All
taxicabs operating on the streets
of Palmer must be licensed by
that time. Applications should be
made to the city cierK.
J ire Destroys Home—
they reached home, the Caseys
found refuge at the home of their
friends, Dr. and Mrs. George
Whetstone, in North Palmer. Al
though they were offered tem
porary residence elsewhere in the
Valley, they remained with the
Whetstones after learning that a
Bureau of Reclamation transa
house would be available for
them Friday this week. Mr. Casey
is employed on the Eklutna Pro
ject.
Food Slower
Monday evening about fifty
friends of the Caseys gathered at
the Whetstone home with contri
butions of groceries for an im
promptu food shower to replenish
the family larder destroyed in the
fire. The wake for a home lost by
fire was enlivened by conversa
tion over paper cups of hot cof
fee and doughnuts and cookies
brought in by thoughtful friends.
New Babies
Cindy Lea, first child for the
Robert Bettines, was born at Val
tey Hospital Sunday morning, Oc
tober 21. She weighed seven
pounds and two ounces at birth.
* * * *
Mr. and Mrs. William Casler
are parents of a new daughter,
born October 19 at the Valley
Hospital. The fourth girl for the
Caslers, Joyce Irene weighed six
pounds and 10 ounces.
Hospital Ball to be
Kick-off for Valley
Hospital Fund Drive
Kick-off for concerted efforts'
of the Valley Hospital Fund Rais
ing Committee will be a post- ’
Thanksgiving dance to be field in
the school gymnasium Saturday.
November 24. it was decided on .
Tuesday night at a meeting in the
Alaska Experiment Station soils
laboratory.
Sub-committees are working on
every phase of the Hospital Ball
to make it the biggest party of
the year. A hundred dollars in
silver will be offered for the door
prize.
Bank Account Started
O. K. Kincaid, treasurer for the
fund drive committee, announced
that a bank account has been set
up for the Hospital Fund Drive
and that there is a current bal
ance of $20 to start the drive..
-Mayor Carl Meier, Fund-Raising
Committee Chairman Ed Smith.
Banker Jack Maze, and Kincaid
each contributed $5 to get the
bank account started.
Kincaid emphasized that the
committee’s goal is to get that
bank account up to $50,000, if
possible, in order to insure the1
building of the new hospital. At |
least $G,500 of this must be raised >
by January 1, 1952, before final
application can be made and the
matching funds requested.
Organizations which have rais
ed money for the hospital can
now make deposit in the common
Valley Hospital Fund. Kincaid
assured representatives of local
organizations, who make up the
membership of the Hospital Fund
Raising Committee, that careful
records will be kept of the am
ounts contributed by each or
ganization. Those who wish to
have their money go toward the
furnishing of a room or a piece
of hospital equipment will be so
credited even though the money
goes into the common fund now
Only with the money being raised
in one account is there any cer
tainty of progress toward the
fund raising goal, Kincaid point
ed out.
Committee Organized
The Valley Hospital Fund Rais
ing Committee was formed in re
sponse to the request of the Val
ley Hospital Assn. Board at a
meeting attended two weeks ago
by representatives of community
organizations. At that time, Mrs.
John DeVries explained that the
board was too busy supervising
the operation of the present hos
pital and making plans for the
new hospital to take on the extra
responsibility of raising the mon
ey for the local pledge. Ed Smith
was unanimously elected commit
tee chairman and was given the
responsibility of picking his com
mittee from representative com
munity organiations.
At present the members of the
fund raising committee include
Smith, M. D. Snodgrass, Tom Day,
Kincaid, A1 DeJulio, Erwin Doyle,
Chester White, Hugh Johnson.
George Small, Ray Lancaster,
Barbara Rumball, Lucille Mick,
Katheryn Wilson, Betty Mears,
Louise Kellogg, Amy Irwin and
Minnie Clark. Advisers to the
group are Don L. Irwin and Wm.
T. Zahradnicek.
Speakers Available
A three-man committee con
sisting of Hugh Johnson, O. K.
Kincaid, and Ed Smith has vol
unteered to appear before any
civic organiation to answer ques
Servicemen Killed—
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curve. The car was reported to
have somersaulted end-over-end
in a 50-foot drop, to have hit a
tree and landed upside down with
the wheels spinning in the air.
The highway patrol expressed
belief that the car must have been
travelling at an excessive rate of
speed because there were no skid
marks and the accident occurred
where the road is straight.
All three servicemen were at
tached to Headquarters Special
Training U. S. Army. Alaska.
Killed were Pvts. Darrel K.
Moreland. 21. of Tipton. Iowa,
and William L. Jacobs. 24. of Tuc
son, Ariona.
The driver of the car. Sgt.
Jerry McIntosh, was the only one
to survive the accident. Despite
severe facial and scalp lacerations
he made his way down the rail
road bed and followed it until he
could get to the road. At the high
way an unnamed tourist picked
the sergeant up and took him to
Drift Inn. From there a group of
Jonesville miners took him to
Valley Hospital where Dr. A. J.
Colberg attended him before he
was removed to Elmendorf An1
Force Base Hospital.
When he was able to be ques
tioned, McIntosh said he was run
off the road by an oncoming
vehicle.
The 1951 Plymouth convertible,
which was delivered to the owner
only July 3 of this year, was com
pletely demolished.
David Warner
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her head almost severed by the
blast of a high powered 30. 08
Winchester, model 70.
According to testimony heard
in the hearing held by U. S. Com
missioner Dorothy Saxton tne
morning the tragedy occurred,
the shooting followed a night of
drinking in the local bars by
Glenn and Warner, who was a
boarder at his house. Very early
in the morning Warner had brok
en into a local barber shop after
allegedly hearing a noise inside.
Glenn reported the break-in to
the owner and to Deputy Marshal
Bouwens. Later, some time after
6:30 a.m., when Glenn drove into
his yard and prepared to enter
his house, Warner called to him
from a nearby shed.
“Don’t go in there. I just killed
Minnie. Go call the law.”
Warner was arraigned in Third
District Court Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. Donald C. Coe
moved last week from the Mat
anuska Experiment Station to one
of the ARA houses on Fairview
Ave. They are living in the house
vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Moore when they left for Man
hattan. Kansas.
tions about the fund drive or
about the hospital plans which
are dependent on the success of
the drive.
Alaska Telephone Co.—
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the Matanuska Valley Telephone
Co. The agreement discloited that
m return for an undisclosed in
terest in the MVTC. the Alaska
Telephone Company is prepared
to assure the city of Palmer an
■ip-to-date and adequate tele
phone system in the event that
“a fair, inclusive, and acceptable
franchise is offered by the city >f
Palmer to the MVTC and is rati
fied or accepted by the citizens
nf said city at an election held
for that purpose."
According to Sands the agree
ment upholds his telephone prop
osition presented to the City
i Council September 19, and that
proposition has been approved by
his backers. Ready for immediate
installation would be a three po
sition WE-10 type common bat
tery switchboard capable of serv
ing “all presently known and pos
sible subscribers in Palmer and
the Palmer area". Rebuilding of
the outside plant of the telephone
system in the Palmer area could
start immediately, but would bo
contingent on tiie construction
season and the availability of
necessary materials.
Within 30 days after the grant
ing of a telephone franchise, an
order will be placed for auto
matic dial equipment so that Pal
mer will have an automatic dial
operating telephone system, the
agreement stipulates. The Alaska
Telephone Co. also promises to
furnish the local telephone com
pany with all the necessary en
i gineering or technical aid neces
sary.
The Alaska Telephone Com- i
pany operates telephone services
in the Alaskan cities of Seward, I
Skagway, Wrangell and Nenana.
Mrs. Max Sherrod entered the
Providence Hospital Monday for
treatment. She is expected to re
turn to her home this week end.
HEAR
A. V. Richey. B.A., B.D., M.R.E.
Pastor
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Meeting in Carpenters' Hail)
Sun., 11 a-m.—Have you count
ed the cost? 7 p.m.—Christ of
the Bible.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
GOODRICH MACHINE WORKS !
Welding and Machine Work
Located in the ARRC Shop Bldg,
behind Fair Grounds
Phone 20Y1
Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blom have
formally moved info the base
ment of their ncv. home in the
i Smith Addition, close by the Mar
v.n Slaughter home.
Car and Truck Chains
Snew Tires
Anti-Freeze
Windshield Wipers
Diodes
Defrost Shields
and
end Batteries
TOSFS SERVICE
Down Town Palmer
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
PASSENGER LINERS
From Seward
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Thurs., Nov. 1—Thurs., Nov. S
Cordova Sitka
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Petersburg Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
Ketchikan
FREIGHTER SERVICE
From Seattle
FREIGHTERS
M. V. COASTAL MONARCH
Leave Seattle November 7 for
Sitka, Whittier, Seward,
Valdez.
S.S. JOHN QUICK
Leave Seattle November 12
for Seward and Valdez.
FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY, Agent
Phone 22001
Office: Westward Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY