Mrs. Mealy's Father
is Much Improved
Word received here this week
from Mrs. Harriet Mealy, Palmer
schoolteacher, reports that her fa
ther is much improved in health.
Mrs. Mealy recently was called
home to Duluth, Mich., because of
his serious state of health. How
ever Mrs. Mealy will remain with
him for a time, and will not re
turn to Palmer to resume her
classroom duties.
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Lutheran Ladies Plan
Afternoon Aid Circle
There will be a special meeting
of the Ladies’ Aid of St, John’s
Lutheran Church at 2 o’clock next
Tuesday afternoon. The meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Ernest Roetman. Purpose of this
meeting, Mrs. Roetman explained,
is to organize an afternoon circle
of the Aid, to meet the need of
those women who are unable to
attend evening meetings.
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Located at corner of Valley Street and Glenn Highway
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
APPLIANCES
NEW ON OUR SHELVES THIS WEEK:
OILCLOTH, 46- and 54-inch widths. Plain or
choice of print.
RED RYDER Air Rifles.
CAN-O-MAT Can Openers.
AIRFLOW Ironing Board Pad and Cover Sets.
LIFETIME Steel Ironing Boards.
GRASSER'S
HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS
I'
Allis-Chalmers E';
WD 5
demonstrates
new
earth-gripping
traction
RELAX!
Let WD engine power ad
just rear wheel spacing.
Extra traction
when you need it... auto
matically. That is how the Model
WD’s hydraulic Traction Booster
increases the pulling power of the
tractor.
The 4-cylinder hydraulic pump
automatically shifts weight to the
rear wheels as the load increases.
The WD’s quick-mounted plow,
with two 16-inch bottoms at your
control, bites deep and stays deep.
The Traction Booster also works
with other rear-mounted imple
ments.
And here are additional WD ad
vantages. Adjusts its own rear
wheel spacing with engine power.
Has new two-clutch system to con
trol power take-off driven
(fHUS-cisflLMERsN
SALES AND SERVICE /
macnmes maepenaeni oi
forward travel.
Here is down-to-earth
power for your farm. Stop
in and talk to us.
YUKON EQUIPMENT, INC.
Cor. 6th & G St. Box 1539 2-5101
I
Trucks To Garry Limited Loads
On Palmer Pavement, ARC Decrees
Load limitations on commercial
trucks went into effect on the
paved highway between Palmer
and Chugiak yesterday. Until fur
ther notice, truckers are restrict
ed to 50 per cent of the gross load
allowed by the Alaska Traffic
Code, according to Oliver Onkka,
Alaska Road Commission district
foreman for this area.
Mr. Onkka said the regulation
would be enforced by territorial
highway patrolmen. Special-duty
men have been hired for this
break-up period. The ARC fore
man said there would be no defi
nite checking stations for trucks
and their loads, but vehicles
ACREAGE
HOUSES
DAIRY FARMS
☆
PIONEER
Insurance and
Really
Wright Building
PALMER
might be halted anywhere along
the Anchorage-Palmer Highway
for the check.
In addition to the load limita
tion for trucks, a speed limit of
35 miles an hour will be imposed
for all vehicles. In weakened
areas, which are indicated by par
tial barricades, drivers are asked
to slow to 20 miles an hour. ,
There is only one portion of the
highway in poor condition now.
according to V. R. Wilkerson of
the Matanuska Valley Bus Lines.
That section lies about a half
mile from Knik Bridge.
Bus schedules will remain un
changed for the present, Mr. Wil
kerson said. They will be main
tained unless road conditions get
considerably worse during the
break-up period.
Mr. Onkka said that the road is
in good condition at present, and
it is possible it will get no worse.
In that event, no more stringent
regulations than those announced
yesterday will be imposed. ARC
engineers check the paved strip
daily to determine its condition.
They promise a 24-hour notice pe
riod before any change of regula-1
tion is enforced.
IV4 mwhile, Carl Meier of Pal
mer Transfer, whose business is
hauling freight between Anchor
age and Palmer, expressed his j
appreciation for a load limitation !
regulation rather than a total!
closure of the highway to trucks, j
as was first announced.
THE BEST BUY IN TIRES IS
[\^ by GOODYEAR
Here’s why...
MORE RIDING COMFORT
MORE SAFETY .
GREATER EASE OF CAR
^HANDLING
LONGER CAR LIFE
AND FEWER
RE PA I R BILLS
Switch to Super-Cushions . . .
we’ll make a liberal allow
ance for your old tires.
CO-OP GARAGE
Palmer, Alaska
FRONTIER CAFE
We Serve
Regular DeLuxe Dinners (family style)
EVERY SUNDAY
Short Orders Steaks and Chops
Home-Made Pastry
French Fries to Take Out
Ice Cream (pints or quarts)
VALLEY KIDS FIND
NINE SID PRIZES,
100 DOZEN EGDS
Nine Palmer youngsters reaped
a rich reward in candy and Easter
bunnies at last Sunday’s Kiwanis
club-sponsored Easter egg hunt.
Promptly at 12:30, the two divi
sions of the hunt began a deter
mined search for the more than
100 dozen eggs that Kiwanis com
mittee members had gathered,
dyed and hidden in the two-block
square hunt area.
Winners in the one to five age
group were Susie Black, Gregi
Pippel, Sandra Sue Carroll
Marie Anderson.
Susie was given an Easter bas
ket for finding a gold egg. Greg
won a live bunny for the silveg
egg he found. Sandra Sue got a
stuffed duck for finding 18 eggs;
the most in her division. Mari^
was given an Easter basket for
being runner-up in this class witr
a total of 15 eggs. 5
Winners in the six to 10 ag<
group were Lynn Roberts, Roge^;
Wendt, Bert Verrall and AUefr
Wilson. James Fogg won af
Easter Bunny all his own. whefc
he caught the rabbit loosed in tht
hunt area.
Lynn won an Easter basket for
finding a golden egg. Roger got
a rabbit for finding a silve? egg,
and Bert got five passes to the
Valley Theatre for collecting 14
eggs, the most to be found in this
division. Allen was given an
Easter basket for being second
highest in the matter of eggs
found—he sleuthed out an even
dozen.
Members of the hunt commit
tee, which was headed by Jack
Maze, this week expressed their
appreciation to all Valley resi
dents who contributed eggs for
the event, to the Boy Scouts who
patrolled the park area on Sunday
morning, and to ministers who
helped publicize the plan through
church announcements.
Committee members who as
sisted Mr. Maze were James Hur
ley. Bill Rempel, Alva Saxton and
Marvin Slaughter. Joe Hudock
was field manager.
Bailey Talks to Club
On Typhoid Fever
A lecture on typhoid, its causes,
symptoms • and control measures,
was presented to the Palmer
Speakers’ Club (nee Toastmasters)
ay Dr. Clarence Bailey last Wed
nesday evening. Valley physi
cians and representatives of the
territorial department of health
this week issued a joint washing
to local residents to take all pos
sible precautionary measure;
against this disease, which so re
cently broke out in the Spenarc
area.
Brown's
Cleaners