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;atives, city users should be as
sured of water for the coming
winter and until the new city
supply is ready some time in 1953.'
Maze, Frank Brown, and Allan
Mick met with MVFCA Board
of Directors president Roy Brock
recently relative to a loan needed
by the Co-Op to construct a per
manent line from Carnegie Creek
to the Co-Op line.
Brock pledged that the Co-Op
would not turn off the water this
winter; if at any time, an emer
gency made this necessary, he
said, water would be shut off on
both sides of the tracks. Ke as
sured the Council members of the
present Co-Op Board’s desire to
cooperate wuif the city in every
way.
The Co-Op will get a $10,000
loan from 10 local businessmen.
Payments on the loan are to be
made through the bank at the
rate of $400 per month plus eight
percent interest. The loan itself
will be administered as a trust
fund to make certain that expen
ditures credited to it are concer
ned only with essentials to the
continuous flow of water in Pal
mer.
Personnel
Council members were also fac
ed with personnel problems at
I »st night’s meeting. Most serious
was Bill Head’s definite deter
mination to terminate his “on
• lie-cuff” duties as city clerk. He
had warned the Council two
weeks ago that another city clerk
would have to be found soon, be
cause the heavy load of duties
connected with the organization
of a new city has been cutting
into time needed for his private
compensable) accounts.
Application for a position com
bining the tax work for both the
Palmer School District and the
•ity 6f Palmer was made by Clar
ence Moore, agricultural econo
mist presently employed by the
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station. The application was tabl
'd for further consideration.
Telephone Proposition
Charles W. Wiggins of Wiggins
Construction, contractor for the
Western Electric construction of
telephone facilities from Anchor
age to Tok, made formal request
or a telephone franchise of 35
year’s duration. The communica
tion as read at the Council meet
ing last night outlined specific
plans for equipment, service, and
rates to be offered. It also con
tained a clause providing for
eventual purchase of all facilities
by the city.
Consideration of this specific
proposal was delayed pending the
receipt of other proposals provid
ing for adequate telephone ser
vice.
Ice Cream Flows—
a thing of the past with the nev
freezer. The creamery will b<
able to produce 40,000 gallons pei
month. The freezer is capable o
handling 180 gallons an hour. Ir
July, with the old freezer run
ning 14 hours each day, th<
creamery was able to produce
only 23,202 gallons of ice cream
The old freezer is being kept fo:
occasional use and for smal
batches. In case of urgent need
both freezers may run simul
taneously.
Approximately 500 gallons o'
ice cream per day go to Elmen
dorf Air Force Base and Fori
Richardson. Still more goes tc
other military installations.
Huntley Appointment—
ly two months since he receivec
the Territorial Democratic Com
mittee’s official endorsement.
He is also apprehensive aboul
the conditions he will find if anc
when he does take over the Third
District Marshall’s office. The
long delay in filling the job lef1
vacant by the late Paul Herring
has been marked by temporary
appointees whose uncertain ten
ures offered little incentive foi
firm decisions and establishec
policies.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
C. A. BREWER TAKES
OVER DUTIES AS
NEW MEA MANAGER
At 12:30 a.m., just as Septem
, ber made its 1951 appearance, the
| C. A. Brewers of Deer Park,
Washington, drove their trailer
. into the back yard at Martin’s
I West Side Service and settled
down for a real night’s sleep. It
was the end of a long, long trip
j up the highway for the new MEA
. manager and his family.
Last week, at work in the MEA
office, Mr. Brewer had almost for
gotten the rigors of the trip, in
cluding the time out for supply
parts north of Dawson Creek, in
his enthusiasm for the Valley.
Already he and his family had
tasted moose steak and had found
Matanuska Valley vegetables as
good or better than the ones they
had back home. They were par
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gach Range side of the river to
had sought to cross to the Chu
hunt goats. Livesay and Miss
Nielsen had already crossed, and
were marooned there for some
time following the accident until
another boat could be found.
In Anchorage, Dan Hurst’s wi
dow and four small children were
reportedly left penniless by the
tragedy.
ticularly impressed with the lo
cal broccoli and Arctic Seeding
potatoes.
“There’s one difference be
tween people here and people in
the States”, he said. “The people
here are here because they want
to be”.
Two of the Brewer children.
Oliver, aged 16, and a high school
junior, and Margaret, aged 6, and
a first-grader, are now enrolled in
the Palmer school. Four-year-old
Donald will have to w'ait a couple
of years.
The new MEA manager is busy
learning all the ramifications of
his new job. When he gets his
bearings, he'll be able to appfy
all the experience he’s gained in
utility work for the past 15 years
or so. He’s a graduate of Wash
ington State University with the
class of 1932. Before coming to
Palmer, he was employed by the
Citizen’s Utilities Co., in Deer
Park. Previous to this assignment
he worked for the Pend Oreille
Electric Cooperative of Newport,
Washington and Idaho, and for
the Montana State Conservation
Board as supervisor of construc
tion.
Regarding construction work in
progress here in the Valley, Mr.
Brewer announced that clearing
began last week in the Lake Lu
cille area. It is hoped that the line
will be in before winter. The line
to Jonesville, which has been held
up because of supplies shortage
will be completed very soon.
Absolutely Every lien of Civilian Wearing Apparel-Our Business in Military Wearing Apparel Has Grown So Large
That We Must
WORK GLOVES
Heavy White Cotton
Special 25c pr.
/VWWWVN^sA/WWSAAA/W
Nylon Kits
Reg. $2.25
$1.45
Plastic Kits
Reg. $1.25
95c
All-Leather Kits
Reg. $4.50
$2.95
All-Wool Worsted
Dress Slacks Vz Off
Broken sizes — Values to $20.00
Zgpper Carry-all Bags
Regular $14.95 . $10.95
Regular $8.95 .$6.95
Regular $6.50.$3.95
Regular $2.25 .$1.45
Quilled Jackets
Mouton collar and lining—
Assorted colors and sizes'
Regular price 9 IA QR
$24.95—NOW . V ■ “tiOU
Heavy. Solid Leather
SHOES
$ 7.45
Regular price $9.95
NOW
WORK PANTS
Values from $3.50-$4.50
Broken sizes
$2.45
*
Hand Painted Ties
Values to QCA
$2.so %IwC
Gray Sweat Shirts
Regular $2.50 9 I OR
ONLY . V««Ov
WOOL SWEATERS
SPORT SHIRTS
JACKETS, etc.
Vz OFF
Leather Motorcycle
* Jackets
Regular $32.50 . $24.95
Men’s
LEATHER JACKETS
Values to $25.00
$15.95
MEN’S DRESS
PANTS
80% wool
Sizes 30-36 only
Regular $8.45
$4.95
ALL-WOOL SCARFS
Regular up to $3.50
Now $1.95
AUFURCAPS^OFF