COMMITTEE HEADS—
(Continued from Page 1)
Dispersal area and dispersal
plans—J. K. Dunlap.
Food and water—James Wil
son.
Measures against looting —
Bill Bouwens.
Communications — Wayne
Wheeler. Maynard Sands.
Bomb disposal or isolation—
Richard Demming.
Security of public facilities
—"Cap" Allen. James Hurley.
Frank Clark, platoon of Ameri
can Legion members.
Transportation—Roland Snod
grass, Ed Christensen.
Traffic control — Stanley
Laird.
Care of school children—Wil
liam T. Zahradnicek.
Air raid shelters—John Swi
delsky.
Local residents repeatedly em
phasized the need for careful
planning and for public dissemi
nation of those plans, as soon as
possible. A system of raid warn
ings will be worked out, and trial
warnings will be announced in
the very near future. There will
be no practice alerts, without
prior public announcement.
Stanley Laird, territorial high
way patrolman, said that civili
ans are being instructed to stay
at home, should danger strike.
Highways are to be cleared for
military use, he stated.
The need for first aid instruc
tion was stressed, and classes will
be planned for interested Valley
residents.
Lieutenant Murton repeatedly
asserted that Palmer must look
to itself for defense plans. Mili
tary authorities are making no
plans for civilians. Planners
should not depend upon mem
bers of Army and Navy reserve
units, because they undoubtedly
will be gone from the community
long before an emergency arises.
MEETING REVEALS
(Continued from Page 1)
Chamber president Clair Stock
told visitors of the Palmer air
port, now nearing completion,
and suggested that it would be of
great benefit to the Valley to re
ceive direct air freight service
from Portland to Palmer.
Chamber member Betty Mears
deplored the heavy accent on ag
riculture which had keynoted
most of the two-hour discussion
and sketched the Valley’s need
for industrial development, as
well. She suggested as possibili
ties here a brewery, a coal briquet
plant and development of the
birch industry.
Portlanders were keenly inter
ested in the latter point. The
steamship company official sug
gested that since there is no back
haul rate on lumber at the pres
ent time, a very attractive sched
ule might be worked out. He
felt the industry would develop
with the export of birch logs and
later would enlarge to include the
establishment of mills in the ter
ritory.
Other members disagreed with
him, reporting that there were
certain properties of birch which
make curing essential within 30
to 60 days after cutting. A logging
industry in Alaska, leading to the
location of small mills and furni
ture factories here, was discussed
at length before the luncheon
gathering broke up.
CO-OP MANAGER—
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nuska Valley. He breaks that
down by estimating 75 percent of
the milk business, 60 percent of
the traffic in eggs, and 75 percent
of the business in produce.
To round out the picture of the
Co-Op’s paying and receiving ac
tivities, he reported the annual
payroll of the MVFCA is $250,000.
That means more than $850,000
in Co-Op money was changing
hands in the Valley in 1949 in
payrolls and agricultural products
alone.
Homemakers' Schedule
For Month of August
Is Announced
Following the month-long hol
iday from meetings in July, the
Valley’s Homemakers clubs are
preparing to swing into their
final session of pre-fair gather
ings next month. Club meeting
places and dates were announced
as follows by Miss Marylou Lash
brook, home demonstration agent.
July 31—Cottonwood at Mrs.
Dolores Levan's.
Aug. 8—Evening Craft at Mrs.
Agnes Zaborac's.
Sourdough at Mrs. Thelma
Cope's.
Sunny Knik at Mrs. Mary
Ann Wiedner's.
Aug. 9.—12:30 Club at Mrs.
Bill Smith's.
Aug. 10—Butte at Mrs. Peggy
McKecknie's.
Aug. 14—Cheechako at Mrs.
Ella Crosby's.
Aug. 15—Glacier view at Mrs.
Ruth Estelle's.
Palmasilla at Mrs. Fred Lar
son's.
Aug. 17—River bend at Mrs.
Laura Berry's.
The Homemaker’s Council meets
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LILLIAN LOBERG
LEADS QUEEN RACE
Miss Lillian Loberg, the brown
eyed blonde candidate of North
land Pioneer Grange for the
crown of queen of the Matanuska
Valley Fail', currently is leading
all contestants in ticket sales,
fair manager Robert Crites an
nounced today. Miss Loberg has
checked in $100 in tickets sold.
Miss Jean Smith, sponsored by
the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen,
stands in second place with $50
: in tickets sold.
All of the five candidates in
the race must sell 250 tickets in
order to qualify for the honor of
wearing the queen’s crown.
Ticket sales help the queen
candidates amass points, but they
are not the deciding factor in
electing the queen. Fair board
members are keeping the method
of selecting a queen a secret, not
to be announced until the queen
is chosen.
in the Extension craft room at
10:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, Miss Lash
brook reminded.
4-H Club camp opens at King’s
Lake on Aug. 1 and continues
through Aug. 4.
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MARINE CORPS CALLS
FOR ITS VETERANS
The Marines called for volun
teers last week.
New recruits may sign up for
four years. The Marines also
want their veterans—trained men
to fill a gap until recruits can be
brought to combat efficiency in
Leatherneck training camps.
Marine Corps veterans not now
in the reserve, and Marine Re
serve veterans up through the
rank of sergeant may volunteer
for one year of active duty at
their nearest recruiting station.
In order to encourage experi
enced veterans to reenlist, med
ical requirements for color per
ception and teeth have been re
laxed.
Headquarters meanwhile ex
pected to announce “in the near
future” what the quotas would be
for present male Marine Corps
reservists holding higher enlisted
rank than sergeant, and for wom
en marine veterans.
No immediate limit was set on
specialists. Headquarters asked
all applicants to get their infor
mation from local recruiting of
fices.
All one-year active duty reserv
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Newshounds and Club
Woman Visit Palmer
A pair of wandering jou;n?!ists,
and a national representative of
the Business and Pi’ofessional
Women’s Club, sojourned in the
Valley for a time last week. Vis
itors of the writing fraternity in
cluded Mrs. Jessie Arndt, editor
of the woman’s page of the Chris
tian Science Monitor, and Mar
shall Dana of the Oregon Journal.
Mrs. Julia Fauber was the wo
man’s club representative. Mrs.
Fauber is the mother of Mrs.
Chester F. Ricker of Wasilla, and
she and Mrs. Arndt were house
guests of the Rickers.
Mr. Dana was a member of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce
party, but true to a newsman’s
instinct to get there first, he ar
rived in the Valley a day before
the remainder of the party. He
was interested in a story on Val
ley farming, and talked with a
great many local residents to col
lected his facts.
ists enrolled under the new pro
gram east of the Mississippi River
will be sent initially to Camp Le
jeune, N. C., and all others to
Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.
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