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Valley Fronlitrimin
PTA Ice Skating
Rink Awaits Odd
Weattnr For Flooding
The p**n*nmal PTA ice skatin.j
nnk for Valley youths and yout1
fuh was at last becoming a re
ality this week a* initial leveling
of the Co-Op site west of the
dormitory was completed.
With water for flooding a fair
possibility and the fortuitous
weather break that thawed the
frost out of the earth’s top layers,
long-standing plans for the rink
preparation were rushed into ac
tion Saturday. Co-Op Boaid
members who had given their
blessing to the scheme last year
only to have it voided by th *
sudden shortage of water, again
gave their permission for use of
the well-located site.
Hurriedly, the PTA skating
rink committee rounded up men
with the knowledge and the
equipment to do the job required.
The site had to be leveled and
diked to permit flooding the
largest rink possible with the
least expenditure of water. Even
though water spurted full force
from Palmer's faucets this week,
it was expected that the supply
might still be short especially
during the periods of peak use.
Gladly donating their time and
equipment for this long-need ?d
recreation project, were Frits
Hermon, Charles W. Wilson and
Tom Day. The latter two sur
veyed the site and set the grade,
line stakes Saturday morning.
Then Hermon brought in his
“cat” early that afternoon. Dusk
halted operations that day, but
they were completed Monday
morning.
Now the PTA is awaiting the
inevitable cold weather to start
flooding operations. Tentative
permission has been granted by
Fire Association officials to use
the fire hose for this purpose -f
a volunteer group of men can be
found who will take necessary
precautions of draining the hose
after each flooding. A1 Hagen has
offered his theater for this pur
pose. although the draining
would have to be done during
the period when the theater is
not in use.
Floodlighting of the rink to
permit ice skating at night has
been taken up with MEA man
ager C. A. Brewer. He is inves
tigating a possibility which would
bring such lighting - within the
limited budget of PTA.
Two Large Fires
Cause Death Of Two;
Large Property Losses
Two lives were lost and thou
sands of dollars in damage were
caused this week by large fires in
the Territory.
The Matanuska Valley Bus
Lines suffered a loss of nine
buses and estimated damages at
$250,000 in a fire that started
shortly after eight o’clock Mon
day night at the bus garage. The
cause of the fire is believed to
be from a workers repair torch.
Two persons lost their lives in
a fire at Bethel when the Nortn
ern Consolidated Airlines road
house and the Northern Commer
cial theater burned to the ground
November 7. The entire village
was considered in danger for a
time.
Bethel is an important trading
HOSPITAL CARE
NEEDED THIS WEEK
IT MANY RESIDENTS
The number of Valley residents
needing hospitalization this week
highlighted the need for adequate
facilities for the care of the Kick
and injured
Returning Monday from about
10 days of military hospitaliza
tion at the Fort was Acting Co
Op Manager Carl Rasmussen He
had entered the hospital for a
complete check-up following a
period of ill health According to
his wife, no serious difficulty was
located that could not be helped
by a strict adherence to doctor's
orders. He was still a bit weak,
but he planned to be present at
the Co-Op board meeting Satur
day.
Lauritz Loberg had to be taken
to Valley Hospital Friday with
another case of pneumonia. H'.s
son "Louie" fears that he will be
there for some time.
Johnny Maze came home Tues
day from Providence Hospital in
Anchorage where he had been
rushed last Friday for an emer-!
gency appendectomy.
Other children being hospital
ized this week at the Valley Hos
pital include the Deb Andersons'
two children. Jimmy and Sally,
and the Owen Moffitts’ son Doug
las.
Mrs. Kenneth Hughes of the
Lazy Mountain Children’s Home
was in Valley Hospital for treat
ment late last week, and John
McArthur is still a patient there.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sweet
man left for Seattle yesterday
where Mrs. Sweetman is slated
for surgery at the Virginia Mason
Clinic.
center for about two thousand
natives and has been plagued
with serious fires in recent years.
Last year the Alaska Native Ser
vice hospital burned and previous
to that the territorial school
burned.
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STRANGE AS IT SEEMS. •
b*n*hci*J drug hm com* from
on* of man** tont rtMmin. •
diMtt* • producing streptococcus.
Mr. Trank Ablondi. shown at
work In Ladarla Laboratories.
sp*arh*ad*d tha work which
hamnud th* man-killing gorm
•o produce V arid as* streptold
nasc-str*ptodoroas*. If you chok*
on this name, it's an *nsym*
product which is helpful in treat
ing deep chest infections, blood
clots and gangrene, among othes
things.
REA OFFICIAL ANSWERS
QUERIES ABOUT FORMING
TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
*
Mr. K. Wilde Blackburn, asso
ciate solicitor in charge of Rural
Electrification. U. S. Department
of Agriculture, met with a few
persons interested investigating
the possibility of an REA tele
phone cooperative Wednesday
evening. October 31, at the Ex
periment Station.
The group was hastily assem
bled on a few hours’ notice when
Blackburn’s scheduled trip to Ko
diak was cancelled because of ad
verse weather conditions. Black
burn and Earle J. Smith, REA
Alaska field representative, had
just returned from a trip to Fair
banks.
Blackburn answered questions
about how local groups could go
about application for an REA
loan for a telephone co-operative.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING. REMEMBER?
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OflSTiuise Line
Offering Scheduled Freight Service 8etween
CaDfemia—Portland—SeaHle—Alaska
S. S. SEAFAIR
Arrive Valdez .November 9
S. S. TARLETON BROWN
Leave Portland .November 8
Leave Seattle . November 12
Arrive Seward-Valdez .November 18
S. S. CHARLES CROCKER
Leave San Francisco.November 8
Leave Portland .November 13
Leave Seattle .November 17
Arrive Seward-Valdez .November 23
ItWARD
A. R. Freight Depot
Main 1«4
Captain T. Ble
Operating Manager
ANCHORAGE
223 Central Bldg,
p. o. Box sea
Phone 34401
George Hutton
Diet. Manager
FAIRBANKS
P. O. Box UU
M. J. Wilcox.
Dirt. Freight Agt.
Modern Coart arlae Steamship Transportation
A total of 946 hau trail were
killed on the Stikine river flat*
thi» past aeaaon by Cliff Kilkeen*
and Bert McCay of Wrangell The
men were hired by the Alaska
Department of Fiihenw to re
dluce the number of hair aeaU in
that vicinity
According to Director C. L. An
deraon of the FishrriM depart*
ment. the men also killed >t£iit
wolvn
Anderson r»parted there am
ple evidence to show that hair
seals are predators of salmon at
the mouths of many streams, the
Copper and Stikme rivers being
notable example's
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