LOCAL WATER SUPPLY
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the Health Department until more
permanent arrangements are
made for the purification of the
local water supply, Dr. Patterson
said.
Miss Grover addressed the
council on the BCG department’s
program. She explained that
BCG in full is Bacillus of Cal
mette and Cuerin. The latter two
names are those of the French
scientists who discovered the
vaccine.
Following Miss Grover's talk
the Council voted to make a re
quest for the BCG vaccine pro
gram. The request will go to Dr.
Wendell C. Matthews, T. B. con
sultant of the Department of
Health, with headquarters in An
chorage.
Miss Grover stated that the use
of the BCG vaccine is still in its
infancy in the United States and
as still entirely under the juris
diction of the U. S. Public Health
Service. Thus, it has never been
released to private physicians.
The procedure followed in a
•community where the BCG pro
gram is in effect is to first give
tuberculin tests. Those who re
act “negative” are vaccinated.
Those who react “positive” have
already built up an immunity to
the bacillus.
Research experiments through
out the states and in southeastern
.Alaska have shown that persons
■vaccinated had five to seven times
as much protection against tuber
culosis as those controlled persons
who did not receive the vaccine.
It is not known exactly how
iong the vaccination lasts but it is
usually from three to ten years,
.Miss Grover told the Council.
In its fight against tuberculosis
the Alaska Department of Health
is particularly interested in chil
dren, ranging" in age groups from
birth to 15 years. The program,
.however, is designed for all ages
up to 50 years, the nurse stated.
Miss Grover said that the BCG
program has been brought to
most of the outlying communities
of Alaska, although several towns,
including Palmer, have not start
ed the program as yet.
The program is rapidly becom
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Sportsmen’s Club
Plans Full Program
For Winter Months
Although the fall game dinner,
one of the most important events
of the season for Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen, was voted a com
plete success, the club does not
plan to rest on its laurels, accord
ing to Bill Smith, president.
A full winter’s program is
scheduled which includes out
standing pictures to be shown at
the November meeting. The club
holds its regular business meeting
on the first Wednesday of each
month. Ken Westenbarger and
Vern Donaldson are on the enter
tainment committee.
At the club’s third annual game
dinner, held at the Palmer gym
nasium last Saturday, 148 mem
bers and guests enjoyed 92 va
rieties of Alaskan delicacies.
An Alaskan decor was also car
ried out at the dinner with color
ul autumn leaves, evergreen .
and trophies which club members
loaned for the occasion.
The dinner of a multitude of i
varieties of Alaskan game also
included buffalo meat, which was
served to the members for the
first time.
Following the dinner President
Smith introduced the Sportsmen’s
directors and committee chairman
who had charge of the event.
A delegation of Fish and Wild
life Service representatives head
ed by Holger Larsen of Anchor
age were special guests at the an
nual affair.
Dancing, following the banquet
ing, rounded out a full evening
of entertainment for members
and guests attending.
ing more extensive as most towns
not included in the program have
already made requests for it, Miss
Grover said. With the rapid
growth of the program Miss
Grover added that she could not
promise when the BCG Unit
would arrive in Palmer after the
request had been received at An
chorage, but she expressed the
hope that it would be before the
close of the present school year.
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A royal kings' banquet was never more sumptuously prepared
and served than the one enjoyed by members and guests at the
Valley Sportsmen's Association game dinner, given last Saturday
evening. Over 92 varieties of Alaskan foods were served to the
148 appreciative diners.—Photo by Palmer Studios.
ANCHORAGE FOLK ARE
WEEK-END VISITORS
WASILLA — Several visitors
from Anchorage spent the week
end here. Among the visitors
were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bryant,
and daughter and son, Leticia and
Harry. The Bryants were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Betts.
Mr. and Mrs. Arloe Kessenger
and their children, Lain and Aria,
were also week-end visitors here.
They were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Morrison.
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here from contaminated water.
To take care of the present sit
uation, the Alaska Department of
Health is installing a chlorinator
device that is kept on hand at An
chorage for just such emergen
cies.
The installation of this device
should be completed this week
and will serve as a protection
nendine thp nutmmp nf what
plans can be worked out among
the community, Dr. Patterson
said.
Other discussion and reports at
the meeting included the town’s
housing shortage.
“The people of the Valley have
been most cooperative in making
places for newcomers here,” Clair
Stock, president of the Chamber,
said in reporting a personal in
vestigation on housing for Recla
mation Bureau people coming
here. i
“Two families were taken in at!
one home to help tide them over,”
Mr. Stock said. In other instances
buildings which were small but
warm and clean have been pro
vided that are suitable for use in
an emergency,” Mr. Stock added.
Guests attending the meeting
included Fred Snyder, Dean Han
sen and Henry Cuffel of Anchor
age and John Gustafson, soil con
servationist here from Fairbanks.
Mr. Cuffel extended an invita
tion to the Palmer group to at
tend a meeting of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce to be held
October 30. Herb Hilscher of the
Alaska Development Board will
speak at the meeting on gas tax
being used toward the construc
tion of more roads and better
roads for Alaska.
Mr. Hilscher is urging the or
ganization of various cities and
towns of the territory to voice an
opinion on how the money should
be used. Mr. Cuffel urged that
Palmer be represented at the
Chamber meeting at Anchrage. It
will be held at the Aleutian Gar
dens at 12 noon.
Vaughan Wilson Visits
WASILLA — Vaughn Wilson
was a visitor here this wreek,
spending several days at Wasilla
before returning to his home at
Cantwell.
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the children outlined by Mrs. Al
len Mick.
Mrs. Mick reported that the Ki
wanis Club has started a skating
rink on the north side of Airport
road. The area has been bull
dozed and there is water nearby
for flooding. She also reported
that in investigating possibilities
for a rink close to town that
Manager James W. Wilson of the
Co-Op had suggested that the
P.-T. A. submit a request for an
area between the school and the
dormitory. It was voted at the
meeting to submit the request to
the Co-Op at once so that a skat
ing rink can be made ready for
the children before the season is
too advanced.
Other persons to give reports
included Mrs. Don Ingalls, in
charge of the Seven-Eighty-Nin
ers group and Mrs. Thomas Mof
fitt, room mothers’ chairman.
Mrs. Clayton Esslinger, mem
bership chairman, announced a
new plan of monthly prizes to be
rHpH for nnrpnt atfpnHpnpo of
P.-T. A. meetings.
A prize of $2 will be given to
rooms reprsented with the largest
attendance of parents at the
monthly P.-T. A. meetings, Mrs.
Esslinger explained, based on stu
dent enrollment. The money may
be spent by the room in any v. ay
it chooses, she added.
Tuesday night, Mrs. Grace
Milles, sixth grade teacher,
claimed the prize. Thirteen par
ents of the 25 children enrolled in
her room were present at the
meeting.
Miss Marjorie Myren, public
health nurse, spoke briefly at the
meeting urging that all drinking
water be purified until a chlorin
ator can be installed and the Pal
mer public water supply is again
pronounced safe.
Dr. James N. Morgan, here
from the North Ft. Worth Baptist
Church in Texas to conduct a two
weeks revival in Palmer, was also
a guest at the meeting. Dr. Mor
gan gave the invocation.
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik, president
of the P.-T. A., presided at the
meeting. She announced that the
next regular meeting will be held
the third Tuesday in November.
3,000 Pounds Beef
Is First Delivery
From Chirikoff
Loaded with 3,000 pounds of
freshly slaughtered beef, a 8-23
plane chartered by the recently
formed Chirikoff Cattle Associa
tion flew 9,000 miles to make its
first delivery of meat from the
far-away island here Sunday.
Harry Ryan and Walter Cooper
of Palmer Cold tSorage, together
with Charles Waller of Kent,
Wash., recently formed the new
meat packing company.
Cows on Chirikoff island will
be slaughtered and flown here
for processing and freezing. The
animals were first planted on the*
island in 1888 by the Semidi
Propagation Co.
The newly-formed company’s
fall round-up plans are now un
der way with a load being pre
pared for transport to the island
this week-end.
Corral-building equipment will
be aboard the B-23 when it takes
off as well as “grub for the chuck
wagon,’’ not to mention a small
Cub plane and a Cub trainer.
No “wrangling’’ of beef for
these modern cowboys but a
round-up by plane is the plan,
although requests from the island
included one for a saddle.
Local residents who have dined
on steaks and other cuts from the
fresh beef have reported it to be
“out of this world.”
A. T. & T. Telephone
Line to Be Built
From Tok to Anchorage
American Telephone and Tele
graph Company survey crews and
engineers, working toward the
construction of a high-grade corfi
munication line from Tok Junc
tion to Anchorage, are competing
with time in an effort to get plans
completed before winter sets in
in earnest.
The survey crews and engineers
are now working on the design
for the construction of the tele
phone line which will connect to
the Alcan telephone line from
Tok Junction to Fairbanks,
be completed before winter so
that construction of the line can
start without delay as early in the
spring as possible. The line should
be ready for service bv next fall.
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