Foster Organizations
Of P.-T. A. to Provide
Tuesday's Program
Girl Scouts, Brownies, Cubs and
the Seventy-Eighty-Niner Club,
all organizations sponsored by the
Palmer P-TA, will present the
program at next Tuesday’s meet
ing, chairman Harry Wimmer an
nounced today.
Each of the organizations is
preparing a short skit for pres- ■
entation at the meeting, the last i
of the current work year for the j
P-TA.
An installation of officers also j
is planned for this meeting.
Susan Lee Born
To Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Susan Lee Otis, a six pound, 13
ounce daughter, was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Otis at Valley
Hospital on April 8. Susan Lee is
the first child for Mr. and Mrs.
Otis and is a granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Johnson.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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Labor Commissioner
Visits Here Briefly
Henry Benson, territorial com
missioner of labor, and Ed Gar
nick, his assistant, were Valley
visitors over the past weekend.
The pair had just concluded a
labor school and a safety demon
stration in Anchorage.
Mr. Garnick said it was their j
hope to bring a similar lecture^
series and demonstration to Pal- j
mer and to other areas of Alaska i
next year. The cost of moving;
! equipment made it necessary to:
j confine this year’s showing to j
| major cities only, he stated.
! IT'S TOASTMASTERS NO MORE
The so - called Toastmasters’
i Club here has changed its mind,
president Thomas Day announced
this week. Members of the club
have decided not to affiliate with
the national organization of that
name, and hereafter will do their
public speaking under the name
of Palmer Speakers Club.
Meeting time and dates of the
organization remain unchanged,
Mr. Day said.
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Small Baking Hams, just right for a family dinner
Palmer Cold Storage & Locker Service
VALLEY CLEANERS
For Free Delivery
CALL 6 Y 3
Pickup and Delivery in Wasilla Each
Wednesday at Wasilla Cafe
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
REDUCED WINTER FARES A ^ D l O W A U T O B A G G A G E RATES
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
From Seward
S.S. Baranof. Apr. 21 S.S. Baranof. May 5
" ■ ~ ^ ■1 Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangeh Seattle
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
S.S, Denali. April 28 S.S. Alaska, May 12
Valdez Petersburg
Sitka
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
Cordova
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREQUENT FREIGHTER SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
T. J. MALONEY, Agent. Anchorage—Phone 32271
Are You Building?—See Us for —
Cabin Logs
Log Siding
Framing and Sheeting
Lumber
Barnhardfs Mill
Box 682—Palmer
Valley Merchants Also To Beneiit
From ARR's Reduced Freight Rates
Valley merchants, in company
with other Alaskan businessmen
in the Railbelt area, stand to gain
substantial savings on freight,
due to the new rate reductions an
nounced this week by The Alaska
Railroad.
At present, these reductions are
effective only on carload lot ship
ments, according to Col. John P.
Johnson, ARR general manager.
The new rates, which Colonel
Johnson says are directly attrib
utable to the enlarged and im
proved box cars purchased under
the Railroad’s rehabilitation pro
gram, include a multitude of
items. The list ranges from
canned foods to building supplies
and drugs and medicines.
The total savings reflected to
Alaskan shippers are expected to
average $15,000 a month.
Specific items affected by the
rate changes include:
Canned foods, grain flour, fibre
LOCAL FIRM GETS
BID FOR ARA HOUSES
The firm of Loyer & Casler,
contractors, has been awarded the
bid for construction of the seven
residences to be built this season
by the Agricultural Research Ad
ministration.
Work on the houses will begin
at once, William Casler said. He
estimated that the job will keep a
payroll of 10 men busy for most
of the coming construction season.
Mr. Casler emphasized that his
firm has no need for employes
now. “We have plenty of men
waiting to go to work, he said.
‘We make a practice of hiring
local men first, and we already
have more of them than we can
use.”
SCOUTS STEP UP
AT COURT OF HONOR
An adult training class, for all
men interested in Scouting, will
be held in Palmer and Wasilla on
April 14, 15 and 16, Scoutmaster
Victor Alfsen announced today.
The opening session will be held
in the United Protest Church at
7:30 p.m. tonight, Mr. Alfsen said.
All interested men are invited
to participate in this conference.
Scout Executive Gene Butler of
Anchorage, as well as other lead
ers from the Anchorage area, will
lead the conference.___
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Let Us Help
in the Time
of Your
Bereavement
SERVICE
AND
W ffiemdijid I.
Arnold
Funeral Chapel
627 H. Slreel Phone 2-0095
Anchorage
board cans or bottles, drugs,
chemicals, ale, beer and stout,
sugar and salt, insulation, minei'al
wool, iron and steel building
products, pipe and pipe fittings,
plate and sheet steel, reinforcing
iron and steel for concrete and
roofing and siding materials.
The former freight rate on the
Railroad from Seward to Palmer
was $1.19 a hundred, for carload
lot shipments. The new rate low- j
ers that charge to 95 cents a hun-!
dred.
On the through rate, from Se
attle, Tacoma and Portland to
Palmer, the new rate on a hun
dred pounds of canned goods is
$2.30, as compared with a former
rate of $2.69.
The announced rate reductions
become effective tomorrow.
Colonel Johnson said.
Nurses Buy Equipment,
Rather Than New Roof,
With Dance Proceeds
An anesthetic machine, rather
than a new roof, is next on the
improvement program of the Val
ley Hospital, it was announced to
day by Miss Edna Davis, hospital
manager, it was announced today
by Miss Edna Davis, hospital man
ager. Valley nurses raised such
an unexpectedly lrage sum of
money at the March benefit
dance, that they voted to use it
for the much-needed equipment
rather than to repair the roof.
“This machine is much more
important to us right now,” Miss
Davis said. “The Hospital lacks
valuable life-saving and time-sav
ing equipment, and each new
piece added may help to save a
life some day.”
The machine is already on or
der and should arrive in the Val
I ley within the next three to four
weeks, the manager said.
Dance funds were not quite
great enough to finance the total
cost of the anesthetic machine, ac
cording to Miss Martha Collier,
who helped with plans for the af
fair. However Neal Wright con
tributed $47, raised through the
sale of shamrocks on St. Patrick’s
Day, and^the Homemaker’s Coun
cil added $50 to the sum. The
total cost of the anesthetic ma
chine is $685.
“We hope that Valley people
will appreciate what we have
done with the money they con
tributed.” Miss Collier said. “We
truly believe that this machine
will be of greater benefit to more
people than would a new roof, at
thic t imc* *’
Scout Training Classes
Begin Here Tonight
There were 14 Valley Boy
Scouts who advanced in rank, at
the Court of Honor held last
week, Scoutmaster Victor Alfsen
announced today. Scouts and
i their new ranks are:
Carl Burnett, Dennis Hamann
and Johnny Reed—Tenderfoot:
Jack Dragseth, David Ingalls,
Kenneth Hughes,, Douglas Bixbv.
Larry Puddicombe, Tim Miller,
Kermit King and Tony Hilderman
! — Second Class;
Vernon Fridley, Jr., Vernon
Fridley, Sr., and Harry Campbell
—First Class. _
NOTICE
! WHEN in Wasilla visit DORO
THY’S GIFT SHOP, 1 blk. from
Depot. Features birch items by
Paulson. (2x)
NOTICE
FREE steak knife as a bonus gift
for everyone having a Stanley
hostess party during the month
of April. Call 53-Y-l for ap
pointment. (ufn)
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FOR SALE
FORD tractor and equipment'-(430
hrs.): double plow; field culti
vator w/hilling shoes; 5 ft. tan
dem disc; saw; power take-off:
chains; trailer. See V. Fridley,
near Grange Hall, (ufn)
CLEAN seed potatoes; uncertified
Arctic Seedling. See Ashley
Egtvet. (3x)
POTATO equipment: planters and
diggers, with picker attach.
See C. C. Hoffman or L. Moffitt
(2x) g
7-RM. modern house: lake front
aee on Wasilla Lake. Inq. Mar
tin Olson, Wasilla. (4x)
ALLIS-CHALMERS tractor, exc
cond.; complete w/hydraulic lif‘
belt pulley, power take-off; ha:
2-bottom plow, also eultivato
and hiller attach. Inq. Co-O]
Garage, (ufn)
’40 PACKARD convertible coupe
new paint job, new top, new
front shocks and knee - action
parts. Inq. Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
'41 PONTIAC, 5 - pass., sedan
coupe; good cond. Co-Op Ga
rage. (ufn)
ELEVEN 6.00-16 tires and tubes;
I used; priced to sell. Co-Op Ga
rage. (ufn)
18-FT. boat. Inq. Brown’s Shop.
(2x)
80-ACRE farm, 48 in cultivation,
% mi west of Experiment farm
in Valley. All mach. nec. to
plant and harvest grain and po
tatoes; 100-ton potato cellar;
seed potatoes for 15 acres; 500
chickens, $1,500 worth of grain.
F. A. Blom, Palmer. (2x)
! ’47 CHEV. Fleetline Arrow seaan,
2-dr.; A-l cond.; looks like new;
I radio, spotlight and all extras;
| two heaters; low mileage; can
! be seen at Co-Op Garage
2-RM. cabin, brick effect siding,
$700; 3-room cabin, $750; 2-rm.
i cabin and lot. $1,200; all furn.
inc. in quoted prices. See Sue
Hill, Palmer. (3x)
JOHN DEERE plow, high lift,
three 14-in. bottoms. See Wal
lace Moffitt, Palmer. (4x)
LOST
TWO-PC. sleeping bag, dov.n
| filled; wrapped in pup tent.
! Probably lost between Goodrich
i place on main highway afld
! Butte area. Reward. Return to
i Extension Office, (lx)
NOTICE
FOR POWER OFF after office
hours, Sundays and holidays,
call either Vernon Fridley or
Ralph Moore. Remember, of
fice closes at noon on Satur
! days. Matanuska Electric As
sociation, Inc.
NOTICE
! FASHION FROCK representative,
i Mrs. Clyde King, Jr.
NOTICE
1 IN VALDEZ, visit BELLE
STREETER'S DRESS SHOP
for women's and children's
wear at Outside prices.
SPECIAL SERVICES
BUTTO N H O L E S, Alterations.
Mrs. Hanks (near North Palmer
Store). ^
SPECIAL SERVICES
ALTERATIONS: machine - made
buttonholes. See Mrs. C. New
kirk at Valdez Hotel, Valdez,
(ufn) ^
LET Stanley E-Z housecleaning
sets make spring housecleaning
easier, faster, more pleasant. On
sale now at stateside prices.
Cad 53-Y-l. (ufn)