VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post oitice at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
„ Viola Daniels'..Editor
Barbara Carter .Wasilla Correspondent
Mrs. Jack Thatcher .Valdez Correspondent
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We have some rather special plans for the next
few days in August, and we thought we'd like to ex
plain them to you this week. We offer this as an ex
planation only, and with no apologies, although we
fully intend to do less than our job for the next couple
of issues of the Valley Frontiersman.
We're expecting to take a sort of semi-vacation
from this job of editing, reporting and putting to
gether a newspaper. But we can't get a regular holiday
since there wouldn't be any newspaper, if we did.
What we're planning is an on-job vacation, which will
be very nice for us and better than one of the regular
' kind for Frontiersman readers.
You see, there are some Very Important Persons
coming to Palmer next week — namely, a pair of
Daniels parents and a Daniels sister. And we plan to
spend as much time as we possibly can with them in
the short time that they'll be here on this, their first
visit to the Matanuska Valley.
Of course that time spent with them will mean time i
away from the Valley Frontiersman. We're explaining
this, because we hope that perhaps our readers can
help us a bit with news-gathering in the next two
weeks. We intend to go to just as few meetings as we
possibly can in the 14 days ahead. So we'd like to
ask that if we miss a meeting we normally attend as a
reporter, you see that some kind of an account reaches
our desk.
We know that’s a poor way to report, but we
haven't even a guilty conscience about it. We're
warning you now that we're going to do a poor job of
reporting in the next two weeks. You'll get your regu
lar issue of the Valley Frontiersman, and it will have
as much Valley news in it as we can gather in the lim
ited time we intend to spend on it.
If you, our readers, would like to help by submit
ting newsworthy items, club reports and other material
for the columns of the Valley Frontiersman, we'll be
deeply grateful. But even if you don't, we're still going
to take that semi-vacation for the next 14 days.
We would like to add one final word—if something
important crops up, and we can't be reached at the
office, call us at home. We don't intend to so far for
get the Frontiersman that we can't make a special
effort to get where we ought to be when we ought to
there. But for regular routine news, we'll take your
word for it for the next two Fridays. We do want some
time to sit down and get acquainted with our family
again.
Kirk's Sales & Service
Authorized Chevrolet and Oldsmobile Dealer
in the Matanuska Valley
(Located corner Valley Street and Glenn Highway)
GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS
Using Only Genuine Repiacemenl Parts
TIRE REPAIRS
LUBRICATION
WASHING
MRS. CHMIEL DELAYS
RETURN TO VALLEY
Mrs. Gladys Chmiel, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Larson of
Calmer, has been delayed in her
planned return to the Valley, the
Larsons said this week. Mrs.
Chmiel and her three children
had expected to be back in mid
August. However the mother has
been injured, and the family will
not return until she is recovered.
The injury was incurred in a
carnival accident. Mrs. Chmiel
was thrown from a ride at a car
nival, to which she had taken the
children. The extent of her in
juries is not known.
Speedy Studies Planned
Over 600-Foot Ice Wand
Next item on the agenda at the
camp of scientists of the Juneau
Ice Research Project on the Ju
neau ice field, is the removal of a
two-inch circle of ice, 600 feet
long, from the ice cap. The work
will be conducted under the di
rection of A. K. Anderson, dia
mond drill expert, who will use
special equipment for the job. A
two-inch aluminum pipe will be
sunk in the hole left by the drill
ing operations.
Scientists then will study sec
tions of the removed ice core, and
next year will scan the condition
of the sunken aluminum shaft.
MARLOW USERS WILL TELL %<uc
WONDERFUL •/jJL
Leading users keep
sending letters like these:
"A year ago we were having so much
udder trouble (mastitis) that we were
planning to go into a mastitis control
program. After using the Marlow
Milker a short time the udder trouble
cleared up.
“Our daily production averages about
5,200 pounds of milk and we test in
the Cow Testing Association for but
terfat. The run varies from 43 to 45
pounds of butterfat per month and the
herd average for 1949 is about 435
pounds butterfat.”
Charles Marks, Anaheim, Calif.
"I am well pleased with the Marlow
Milker, have had no mastitis since
installing it. Easy cleaning is a good
feature. I like it the best of any ma
chine I h-’ve seen. I am glad to
recommend it to anyone.”
Pc!..- Bancroft, Coleman, Wis.
J. C. Marlow, nationally
1 known breeder cf purebred
dairy cattle, cr.d a dairy
man for over forty years.
J. C. Says: “Ask any Marlow user about
the Marlow Milker. They will tell you the
Marlow is easier on udders, that it elimi
nates a major cause of mastitis flare-ups,
increases milk production, and makes
dairying easier and more profitable. Get
the facts, and you'll get a Marlow ”
THE MARLOW IS NOT JUST
ANOTHER MILKER—IT’S DIFFERENT!
ORVILLE HANSON
Phone 27131 Anchorage
Authorized Dealer For
MARLOW MILKERS
SHOP IN ANCHORAGE
WASILLA — Mrs. Pat Carter
and daughters, and Mrs. J. M.
Bryant and daughter, drove to
Anchorage last Tuesday for a
day’s shopping.
They expect to get valuable in
formation on glacier flow from
the allied studies.
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SON ARRIVES
A son, their first child, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gei
witz at Valley Hospital this week.
The baby arrived on Aug. 2. He
weighed six pounds, seven ounces
at birth.
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Remember?
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