WORST BLOW"—
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up admirably under the tow-day
onslaught considering the force
of the gale* C A Brewer, man-!
ager of MEA, said the power
liner stood up almost IhO percen*.
Only two power-outs were re
ported People in the Har<»ld Ni
cholsKing’* Lake area were out
of electricity from shortly before
noon last Thursday until 4 30 p.
m. Friday MEA officials were nit
notified of the outage until short
ly bef< rc noon Friday, after Nich
ols went into Wasilla on skis.
Verne Donaldson took MEA lines
men Verne Fridley and Jim Mor
gan out to the area in his weas
el. After locating the cause of the
trouble—a small. 30-inch branch
no thicker than a little finger—
the re-fusing job took only a few
minutes, hut the men spent al
most two hours patrolling the
area to make sure that there was
no further trouble. Archie Mof
fitt reported an outage at his
place Sunday evening, and it was
fixed Monday morning.
Residents all over the Valley
were frightened momentarily
when the lights went out Sunday
evening. Brewer explained that
the Eagle River tap blew a fuse
and knocked the whole Valley ott
for a minute. “The boys at the
Eklutna plant re-fused for us on
the minute”, Brewer said.
The Matanuska Valley Tele
phone Company reported that
only 20 percent of its lines were
downed as a result of the storm.
However, on investigation May
nard Sands found that the lines
that did go down were cut in so
many places that the repair job
is going to be a long and tedious
one.
Many Stranded In Town
The sudden onslaught of the
wind Thursday caught many ru
ral residents in town and unable
to make their way back to their
homes. When school bus one was
unable to make it up Linn’s hill.
Ida and Lila Hoskins had to go
back to Palmer where they stay
ed with the Seth Cooks until
Tuesday. Darryl Morrison also
had to stay with friends in town.
Rex Kibbee. who returned Thurs
day after a trip over the highway
with a new Co-Op truck, was
stranded in town until Sunday.
By then he was so worried that
he walked home. Harold Harr's
walked 14 miles out to his home
stead near Wasilla to take care of
his animals. His house had burn
ed down completely only a weetc
before. Larry Shepherd walked to
Wasilla Friday night.
The Co-Op produce department
reported a ‘'full house" for four
days with stranded workers
bunking on potato sacks and bor
rowed bed rolls. Palmer Foun
tain had nine over-storm “guests'.
"Shorty” Moellendorf dropped in
to the Frontier Bar Saturday
night to see if he could bunk
there because his barber shop
was a cold, cold place. But every
booth was taken by others with
the same thought in mind, so he
“blew” back down to the barber
shop where he spent the rest of
a sleepless night.
Practically all shows were can
celled at the Valley Theater be
cause of the storm. “We had a few'
patrons”, A1 Hagen reported,
‘but most of them were folk who
were unable to g«t home "
According to report*. a few pa
tram, spent their nights in the
theater Several slept in the dor
mitory section of the theater
basement Apparently no om
thought of asking for accommoda
tions at the city jail where ther.
arc* four warm beds, complete
with shower
The churcnes were virtually
empty Sunday morning but ser
vices were conducted for the few
who did attend. Six attended St.
John's Lutheran. nine huddled
around the fire in Father James
Snead s apartment, and ten gath
ered around a wood fire in the
United Protestant Church base
ment. One of the latter had walk
ed in from the Matanuska Exper
iment Station to attend.
Mar.y Were Short On Oil
Probably the most serious con
sequence of the storm was the
mental agony suffered by people
whose oil ran out during the
storm. With oil deliveries held up
for more than a week because oi
winds and deep snows- many
people were down to their last
drop.
Bill Bouwens observed Monday
“The storms hit us harder in
these modern times than they did
back in the old days. An old wood
range still comes in mighty handy
du- 0 1 a storm.”
Oil was Drougnt 10 many Dy
weasel. One of the most popular
men in Palmer Sunday was Dick
Hamilton, manager of the Stand
ard Oil bulk plant. "They came
running from all directions”, he
said. The sight of the oil truck
in their neighborhood spurred
householders to hurry and catch
him before he could pull away.
Not until the tank was dry was
he able to give up his struggle
against the wind and drifs and re
turn to the plant.
Candid Shots
Perhaps one of the funniest in
cidents of the storm for anyone
fortunate enough to see it was
the'sight of HertHa Beyers, Palm
er Fountain employee, as she
walked a half mile from her home
to the road with two suitcases
and a 30x30 inch birdcage con
taining her three pet parakeets.
Her daughter Carol and nephew
Dave accompanied her. They
were among the guests “vaca
tioning” at the Fountain for a few
days during the storm.
“I'd heard about the wind
blowing here in the Valley”, con
fessed a recent arrival, “but com
ing from Texas. I thought ’What's
a little wind?’ Man. I never saw
anything like that BLOW before.’
And every day the sun shone
in brilliant mockery.
POSTPONED LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION MEETING
TO BE HELD MONDAY
The annual meeting of the
Palmer Library Association, ori
ginally scheduled for Monday,
January 21, had to be postponed
because roads were still too im
passable to permit a representa
tive attendance.
Mrs. Earl Graves, president of
the association, announced this
week that the annual meeting is
now scheduled for Monday, Jan
uary 28 at 8 p. m. in the library.
All adults who hold library
cards are association members
and are urged to attend. Members
will elect officers for the coming
year and one trustee.
REPUBLICANS TO HOLD
ORGANIZATIONAL MEET
MEXT TUESDAY
The Republican Club orgaruza
tonal meeting which w» to
Save been held Tueaday at the
Valley Theater «'u postponed
for one week t>ccauso everyone
-as too busy digging out front
the wind storm to attend as schc
luled
The meeting will be held next
Tuesday. January 29, at 8 p. m.
n the theater. Good weather is
promised this time so that all in
terested Republicans will be able
to get to the meeting.
Attending the meeting will be
Paul Robison, president of the
Anchorage Republican Club;
John Gorsuch; William H. Olsen;
Harold Stringer; and Territorial
Senator Heinie Snider.
NEW RESIDENT ARRIVES
Mrs Anne Raab. wife of Jack
Raab. Koslosky employe, arrived
in the Valley last Thursday from
Seattle, just in time to witness
her first "Matanuska Blow”. Now
the wind has let up. Mis. Raab
says she’s sure she is going to en
joy living here. The Raabs are
living at the Dorm until they
find housing.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Thundiy. January 24
NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange.
Grange Halt 8 p m,
Saturday. January 28
P TA FOOD Sale, Kualoaky s A
Trading Post 10:00 a. m. on
PALMER-Anchorage Basketball'
Game. School Gym.
Sunday. January 27
COL CLASBY and Singing Ser
geants. School Gym. 8 p m
Monday, January 28
VETERANS' Training Class, Co
Op Club Room. 8 p m
K.IWANIS Club. Co-Op club room
12 05 p. m.
Tuesday. January 29
BOY SCOUT meeting. U P.
Church. 7 00 p. m.
REPUBLICAN CLUB. Valley
Theater, 8 p. m.
MAT. Valley Fed. Credit Union,
Co-Op club room. 8 p. m.
Friday. February 1
LAST DAY payment School Dist
rict Taxes.
SQUARE Dance club. Carp Hall.
8 p. m.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING! REMEMBER?
HEW DATES FOR CHEAT
BOOKS DISCUSSION MEETING
The next meeting of the Great
Hook*, discussion wilt be held
Sunday, Feb 10 The Meeting
scheduled for last Sunday had tu
be postponed because of the
storm Effective with the next
meeting, the regular meeting
dates will be the second and
fourth Sunday evening of each
month The place is the Charles
Wilson home on Snodgrass Av
and the time is 7 30 p. m
Parking Meters for Kodiak
Parking meters were installed
on principle streets of Kodiak
recently :n an effort to alleviate
the traffic problem and obtain
revenue for the city.
A total of 75 parking meter?
were ordered by the city. Ap
proximately half that number
hav-j been installed. The city la
ter plans to install the remain
ing meters.
Parking for 30 minutes is one
nickel; 60 minute parking, two
nickles u ith two free ten minute
parking zones in front of the post
i office. Two 15 minute meters
have been installed in front of
the Bank of Kodiak.
ftlM OPENS UP—
(Coatmued ftom Pa*'- 1)
which they are interested A map
of the 421 23-squarc-mile area is
on display in the Land Office
Automobile access to the newly
opened tracts is by the Anchor
age-Palmer Highway to fVters
Creek from where a dirt road
lead* to Birch w ood station on the
Alaska Railroad An unimproved
construction road paralleling the
Kklutna roject transmission lines
leads directly to the tracts.
BLM reported that a good part
of the land is on high, well-drain
ed land covered by stands of as
pen. birch and spruce. According
to report*.the ARC plans to build
improved roads in the area. El
ectric and telephone service will
also be available to inhabitants
eventually.
Lease price is So per tract pei
year. Successful applicants will
be permitted to apply for pur
chase providing they have com
plied with entry requirements at
the end of one year. The tracts
have been appraised at prices
ranging from SI00 to $485,
According to BLM. persons al
ready having one homesite are
not eligible to apply for the Birch
wood tracts.
'I i pzzL~~z.Tz:_
IF YOU WANT A
Reui Water System in Palmer
jjcuuiGA.il. 29 a i*ce. 2>gm!
!
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Here Is What Palmer’s Residents Must Do:
If you do not own property, go to the
polls and vote "YES", authorizing the city
to incur up to $300,000 in bonded indebt
edness.
If you do own property in Palmer . . .
1. Go to the polls and vote "YES", au
thorizing the city to incur up to
$300,000 bonded indebtedness.
2. On another ballot, vote "yes" to per
mit the city to issue $250,000 worth
of bonds for the specific purpose of
guaranteeing the purchase of a $500,
000 water system for only $250,000.
50% of all property and non-property
owners voting must cast a "yes" ballot
to authorize indebtedness up to $300,000
65% of all property owners voting must
cast a "yes" ballot permitting the city to
issue $250,000 worth of bonds to guar
antee the purchase of the new water sys
tem—-at half price!
Remember...
There is a good chance that APW will
never actually require that the bonds be
issued. |
if the bonds ARE issued, they go to the
U. S. Government as security for a $250,
000 loan from APW.
This bond issue will not be offered for
sale to the public.
Willingness to issue these bonds . . .
is a pledge of faith to APW.
Is an expression of the desires and
needs of the majority.
Affords a means of buying a complete
ly new and adequate water system at
half price.
This bond issue will not count against the
indebtedness limit set by law. It applies
only to the water system and cannot be
used for any other project.
I
If the bond issue is not permitted by the
residents of Palmer, then the city will not
get a new water system.
The Common Council
OF THE CITY OF PALMER
SECOND IN A SERIES OF PAID EDUCATIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS EXPLAINING THE NECESSITY
FOR THE JANUARY 29 ELECTION.
Due To Bad Weather... KOSLOSKY'S
APPLIANCE SALE
Continued until February 1st
Savings up to $75
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