Legion Aiuiliaiy
Opposes Hoover
Commission Bills
W**men of thr American Legion
Auxiliary have joined The Amer
ican Legion In determined opposi
tion to a aerie* of hill* affecting
veteran* and their families now
before Congress, Mr* Lola Sim*,
legislative chairman *'f Matanun
ka Valley unit of the Auxiliary,
announced thu v.eek
The bills, drafted to carry out
recommendation* of the Hoover,
Commission, would di«*T**»mbci :
* the Veterans Administration and
endanger the benefit* which have
been provided for veterans and
their dependents Mrs Sims de
clared She said
"These bills are supposed to be
m the interest of governmental
economy, but the Legion and
Auxiliary ran so*- no economy in
them, only confusion and hard
ship for veterans and their famil
ies One of these- bills would
create a huge new Federal De
partment of Health which would
take over all the Veterans Ad
ministration hospitals and merge
them with other health activities
of the Federal Government. Vet
erans would no longer have as
surance that hospital beds are
available to them, and there could
be no economy in establishing an
other government bureau.
"The Senate already has passed
a bill to revamp veterans' pre-l
ference and civil service pro-!
cedure. If the House also passes
this bill and it becomes a law
preference for veterans in Fed
eral employment would be emas- 1
culated. if not entirely eliminated.
"Another bill now before botli
houses of Congress would create
another new bureau, an Insur
ance Corporation to handle vet
erans' insurance now being hand
led by the Veterans Administra
tion. This does not look like an
economy move to us. It looks,
like a step toward confusion, be
cause insurance matters are close
ly related to health matters and
to have different agencies handl
ing each can only mean separa
tion of records, delay and lost
motion.
‘‘There are 17 of these bills in '
all, and we are against them all.
We are for government economy |
but not at the expense of sick
and disabled veterans.”
REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S
CLUB MEETING
Mrs. Don L. Irwin, president of
the Women’s Republican Club of
the Valley announced an impor
tant meeting of the club at her ;
home next Monday evening.!
March 31, at 7:30 p.m. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
Richard Jones, new manager o;
the Matanuska Valley Bank, has
acquired the Marlow Johnson1
house for his residence. His wife
and three children are expected
to arrive in the Valley the first
of next week.
the Alaska line
PASSENGER LINERS
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From Seattle
FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY. Agent
Phone 22001
Office: Westward Hotel
Anchorage. Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SCS FLANS SURVEY
Of CHINA RIVER
AREA THIS SUMMER
W WiImw rrtumpd to
Palmer fmm hu trip OuUide last
Friday with aK»umrur that thr
*urvcy of the1 Chen* River with
drav, at area will go ahead as
planned this coming summer
The area n-nsists of about 86.•
fXKl arret east of Fairbanks It
consists of a two-milr-widc strip
on either side of the LiHle Chrna
and a strip two miles wide on the
notth side of the mam Chena
The Soil Conservation i* plan
ning to m nd four soil scientists,
including Tom Day. to make tin
land classification surveys. Faeri
fies for boat transportation and
for personnel from the States to
assist the camp have been def
initely arranged for
Little is known about the area,'
Wilson said because there are no
roads into it, but it is believed
that the survey will uncover
lands suitable foi agriculture. The
Alaska Hoad Commission plan;
to build a new road through the
area toward Chena Hot Spring.
Findings from this summer's sur
verv may effect somewhat the
exact route of the road.
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment is also planning a cadastral
survey in the same area this sum
mer and it is hoped that BLM
and SCS facilities can be com
bined to keep costs down.
Palmer High Pep Club
Travels to Seward
The girls of Palmer High
School's Pep Club traveled to
Seward by bus last Saturday for
a Play Day. which was sponsored
ay the Girls' Athletic Assn. of
Seward.
The girls left Palmer early
Saturday morning and arrived in
Anchorage about 8 a.m. There
they met 20 girls from the An
chorage High School GAA who
were also traveling to Sewarc)
for the Play Day.
The schedule was changed be
cause of the late arrival of the
Palmer girls. The bus had engine
trouble, and after 10 hours of
riding, a tired bunch of girls
climbed off the bus.
A welcoming committee was
waiting, and they took the girls
to the Seward School where they
nad a very welcome lunch.
At 6:30 p.m. Seward had a
GAA mixer. The girls from the
three schools divided into several
teams and enjoyed two hours of
basketball. After the games,
there was a get-together dance at
the school. Although the girls
were tired they all enjoyed the
dance.
After a good night’s sleep, the
girls got up and went to the
church of their choice. At 12 noon
Regular City Cornell
Session is Brief
Little action was taken by the
City Council tn regular neaseon
last Thursday night before the
chamber was cleared for an ex
ecutive session to decide on ac
tion in regard to the telephone
situation
A letter from the Palmer In
dependent School District Board
inquired what percentage of the
sales tax moneys collected since
SeptemtHT 1- lf>51. and due to be
collected through June 30. 1952.
would lie turned over to the
school district An answer was
authorised by the Council recall
inn a verbal agreement at the
tin* of the sales tax election last
July that the school would need
no money for the present fssc.il
year, that the budget had already
been set up and approved at that
time
More v.ork for the city roads
n . nager, Rusell Fol/ien emanat
ed from the granting of two
special requests for grading In a
joint request. Russell Swan*.
Neal Wright, and C L Nelson
asked to have graded the alley
behind Bert’s Drug Store in or
der to get some of the bumps out
of it There wa- some discussion
about the propriety of using city
equipment on private property —
and it was definitely agreed that
this alley is private property, it
was decided that each such re
quest would have to be decided
>n its own merits: if for the good
of the community, the request
might be granted. In this case,
with public transportation and
the delivery of mail to the Post
Office involved- the request wa;
considered worthy. Tony Sch
wair.m of the Territorial Commis
sion of Aviation requested that
the city grader lie used to clea"
one ot the Palmer Airport run
ways.
Eci Dimock of the Labow-Hav
nes Insurance Company offered iu
give quotations on workmen’s
compensation insurance for city
employees and insurance on city
vehicles.
In answer to the request from
the Anchorage- area Civil De
fense. the Council also approved
a prepared draft assessing the
Valley’s defense potential and
needs in line with proposed eva
cuation of Anchorage’s civilian
population in case of attack.
they met at a cafe for a farewell
luncheon.
The bus left Seward for Palmer
at 3 p.m. Although everyone had
a good time and enjoyed their
stay at Seward, they were ail
glad to get home again.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING REMEMBER?
Home Style Cooking
And
HOME-MADE PIES
THE FRONTIER CAFE
MAURINE AND EVELYN
ALL CHiX SAY “FUL-O-PEP FEEDS”-THE
NOTICE: 400 White Leghorn pullet chicks,
due April 25. These are available. Place
orders now.
Ful-o-Pep Vitamin-Rich Chick Starter
PLUS
Healthy, Vigorous Chicks
PLUS
Ful-o-Pep Growing Mash
PLUS
Home Grown Whole Oats
EQUALS
FIT, NOT FAT HIGH PRODUCING LAYERS
Brook's Feed & Supply
PALMER. ALASKA
Be Sure to listen to "MAN °N THE FARM" over KENI each
Satu-t^y. 12:30
WISCONSIN CHIlDftIN
LOST IN SNOWSTORM
LIAVI LOCAL KIN
Tv. o fut vfir old youngifUn*.
niece and nephew of John Church
of Pain cr, pariah**! in th« winter
txund Nicolet National Forest in
lakrwixid Wisconsin after be
coming I net the. afternoon of
March 22 Little Mar> Ann
Church 3’*. who accompanied
her lister and raunn wan fmind
all if. huddled with them in an
abandoned outbuilding Monday
morning
Sought by hundreds of snow
•hoe-borne sc-achcii. the children
were |oc«t«*d by two men. Mary
Ann wan rushed to Sunng, Wis
consin where ?he regained con
actousneiui. Her condition was
reported at fair.
e * -..-4 at.. i L 4..
**•' v "«•' H u t;ia» lit llii>
rt-oivi <1 ii" direct word of th-*
tras* iy. h;> f;j t knowledge was.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
ACCOUNTING FORMS
OFFICE SUPPLIES
Everything
for the Office
Expert Office
Machine Repairs
COMMERCIAL
STATIONERS
Re*d Bldg., Opp. Federal Bldg.
; Dial 3051S—Anchorage, Alaska
gained through radio nrm rv
|»'rt» of I hr moving rhildrcn
The dead rh.ldnm were Mai >
Ann's sister Cathy and thrir
cousin Steven Kennedy Steven
was w»n of Mr Church's sister
while Cathy was hts brother *
child T‘»ey were both five year*
old in January
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
COFFEY INSURES
CAULK INS r AM1LY HLTURNS
The Herbert Caulktn* family
ri turaH to Painter lid week end
after visiting friends and rela
tive# in Roy. Montana. *ince lac*
* August
Jim Caulktna. a senim and
Carl, a *ophomor* say they arr
glad to be home Jim played ba»
kelball and football at Roy Public
High School
I This wa* the Caulkin ' first trip
to the States #mce 19.lt>
J* #* -«•# ft* * *•
MATANUSKA VALLEY
REALLY FRESH EGGS
1 V
Jusl One of Our Many
“MATANUSKA MAID'’ PRODUCTS
Others Include FRESH
IceGream Buttermilk
Cottage Cheese Whipping Cream
Chocolate Milk
Co-Op Creamery
"MATANUSKA MAID" PRODUCTS
Palmer, Alaska
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Starting April 1
A change of policy in the Creamery Department of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association in
regard to WHOLESALE sales to organizations.
3>&e ta . . .
■
continued abuse of privileges extended to organizations, there
will be no more cash sales to representatives of organizations.
BONA FIDE requests for ice cream for organization meetings
should be contained in a purchase order signed by the or
ganization treasurer; the purchase price will be billed to the
organization. Purchases for charity use will have to be made
at retail price, except through approved organization channels.
CLARENCE BELL
CREAMERY MANAGER