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director who has time to devote j
to oi :»ni7«tiuna] problems,
Palmer Is "It"
Col Landreth observed th.it
Anchorage is an almost certain
target in the event of war. If the1
city is bombed, it is planned to
evacuate the population to th *
Palmer-Wasilla area, where they
will be kept for four or five days
until it is determined whether or
not evacuation to the States is
necessary. If it is not. the emer
gency guests will lx* sent back to
their homes: if it is. a detailed
plan already in blueprint stage
will go into operation.
In the Palmer and Wasilla area
during this interim period. 10,
000 and perhaps as many as 24.
000 persons must he given food,
shelter, and medical care. Al
though the Anchorage Civil De
fense organization will help, the
local organization must be ready
to assume responsibilities assign
ed in the co-ordinated plan. First
and foremost is the immediate
necessity for a survey of all
homes and buildings in this area
to determine the number of per
sons who could be accommodat
ed in each for billeting. It must
be determined which buildings
are suitable for mass housing, for
messes, for an emergency hos
pital, for administrative and reg
istration purposes. Organization
■of group and individual functions
should be so specified that in a
given emergency each individual
Civil Defense worker will have
before him a list of v. hat he is!
to do and the order in which to j
do it.
The obvious problems of food
and gasoline for visitors number
ing several times the total Valley
population would be taken care j
of by Anchorage Civil Defense,
according to Col. Landreth. He i
said also that it is planned to
move railroad cars to Palmer for
housing supplementation.
The local popluation might al-:
go have to be evacuated. Organiz-!
ation and planning for this even
tuality should be made ready im
mediately in case the unexpected
happens.
“No plan should be considered
final,” said Col. Landreth “until
it has been tested in training and
found practicable.”
Col. Crockett, who was a mili
tary attache in Moscow during
the last war and was recently
transferred to Alaskan Civil De
fense following organization of
similar activities in the Chicago
area and Illinois, listed the three
fundamentals of Civil Defense:
Self Help. Each person should*
know what to do to protect him-'
self. Mutual Aid. Neighboring
communities should be ready to
assist stricken areas. Mobile Sup |
port. This is furnished by the|
Federal and Territorial govern-!
ments in the form of money.1
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PUMPING STARTED
TOOAY ON CiTY'S
FIRST TEST WELL
Pumping was begun today on
first test well drilled for the
city's new water fystem By Sun.
d*y. according to Frank Lyon
Tho*. B Bourne Associates en
gtncot in charge, he should know
* tether or not there will be en
ough water for Palmer’s needs.
The test well, which is located
on Mrs. Henning Benson's farm,
is 165 ft deep from ground level.
Water was struck at 115 feet in a
gravelly layer and has risen to
within 25 feet of the ground sur
face
Clyde Lewis, distributor for the
pump t>eing used on the test well,
arrived in Palmer yesterday and
installed it in readiness for to
day’s operations.
ALTAR AND ROSARY
SOCIETY CHRISTMAS PARTY
The next meeting of St. Mich
ael's Altar and Rosary Society
will be a Christmas party on
December 5 at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. James Smith.
All the ladies of the parish are
cordially invited to attend, and
each of those attending is asked
to bring a small gift for exchange.
equipment, supplies, transporta
tion, and experts.
Up to City Council
“What are you men going to do
about Civil Defense?” Highway
Patrolman Stanley Laird de
manded of the City Council meet
ing in regular session several
hours later.
And well he might ask, for the
detailed evacuation plan puts
most of the burden for the move
ment of evacuated persons and
preparations for same on the or
ganized Highway Patrol. Lieu
tenant Wesley Gilman, in charge
of the Highway Patrol for the
Third Division, has been desig
nated as evacuation column com
mander. Laird said he’d been or
dered by his boss to contact the
Council about their Civil Defense
plans and forward them to him
along with names of the director
and deputies assigned to the in
dividual functions.
Hagen followed a quick review
of Col. Landreth’s earlier remarks
by the observation that the An
chorage area evacuation plan was
in addition to the army plan for
evacuating dependents.
“Palmer is ‘it’ for both of
them”, Hagen said. “However, the
army evacuation would probably
take place weeks in advance of
the Anchorage one.”
Betty Mears told the council
men that Ed Fortier had promised
to talk at the Palmer Chamber
of Commerce meeting next Wed
nesday noon on the overall Civil
Defense planning needed for this
area. They were all invited to
attend.
On that temporary reprieve
from immediate action, the Coun
cil turned its attention to other
matters which burdened its agen
da for the evening.
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WE’RE MOVING!
Our New Location Will Be In
THE SHAMROCK BUILDING
Watch fcr Our Opening, December 4lh
CLARA'S VARIETY
Open at Present Locate Until December 1st
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appeal decision was: Are the 21
dairymen responsible for the re
turn of money received by them
»r u C. R Monaghan, who
brought suit, responsible for th*'
return of the entire amount?
Judge Dimonds decision Friday
makes all 22 dairymen respon
sible. although Monaghan is re
sponsible for the balance if the
entire amount is not collected.
With interest and court costs,
the amount owed by the 22 dairy
men has grown to $40,500 The
amounts due the Co-Op by the
individual dairymen has been de
termined, and settlement has al
ready been made by several of
them. Others are in the process of
settlement. Although some of the
dairymen have left the Valley in
the meantime, almost all of them
own equities or property here in
the Valley and these may be at
tached. if necessary, to satisfy the
judgment rendered.
In the long court battle. Co-Op
interests were represented by the
Anchorage firm of Davis and
Renfrew and Seattle attorney
Jack Cluck. George Grigsby rep
resented the 22 dairymen. The 21
dairymen, who with C. R. Monag
han shared in the $31,904.84
awarded in 1948 wrere: Frank Mc
Allister, Merle Anderson, A. A
Remple, Arvid Johnson, Jack
Cope, William Ising. Joe Lentz.
Clarence Quarnstrom, Tom Mof
fitt, Paul Nelson, B. J. Lossing,
Chet Liebing, Alvin Collier, Wil
liam Lentz, Henning Benson,
Walter Huntley, Lawrence Plum
ley, H. S. Bauer, A. R. Moffitt,
Leonard Bergan, and Harold
Thuma.
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Anchorage Chamber
Sponsoring Hospital
Drive on Palmer Day
Monday Dcr^mbcr 10 ha* been
j net tentatively as Palmer Day in j
Anchorage when the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce will re
I lum me Palmer Chamber's hos- j
pitahtv to them last month
Following the luncheon to
which members of the Hospital
Fund Raising Committee as well
as local Chamber members are
invited, the hosts will sponsor a
canvass of the Anchorage busi
ness area for hospital fund con
tributions
Realizing that a fine modern
hospital in Palmer will benefit j
the Anchorage area also, the An
chorage Chamber last week re
sponded wholeheartedly to EJ
Smith's request for help with the,
Palmer Day invitation and the
bu . ess area canvass plan. Smitn !
v. as assured of the big city cham
ber’s complete support, and a
goodly number of Hospital Ball
tickets were bought on the spot
to demonstrate the good will felt
toward Palmer.
NAMED IN SUIT
The Shamrock Ha k cry wr>
named in a suit filed in District
Court, Anchorage November 2?
The recovery of $2.589 53 hie
Ix'cn askid by the plaintiff, the
Matanuska Valley Cooperating
Association T he Association
claims goods worth $1.999 53 were
sold by the group and that two
other smaller claims were as
signed to them by A1 O. King and
B A Huebner.
Anyone not a local chamber
member who wishes to attend
and join in the canvass should
get in touch with Jim Hurlev
Don't Forget the
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
“Stranger
in The Night"
Friday, Nov. 30
Palmer Gym
8:00 P. M.
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. . . your own personality
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for the one you love.
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