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the amount needed for the 30-bed
hospital.
Mrs. DeVries added that the re
quirement that hospital staff
members be of the “evangelical
faith” had been stricken from the
contract between the Presbyter
ian Board of Missions and the
local hospital association.
Retiring Hospital Bonds
Bonded indebtedness on the
present hospital is being decreas
ed at the rate of $1,000 a year.
That amount is being set aside
from the $3,000 received annual
ly from the Board of Missions for
hosDital assistance. Bonds retired
each year are “picked from a hat,
Mrs. DeVries explained.
Edwin Crittenden of Anchorage
has been selected as architect for
the hospital. He has been meet
ing with the hospital board since
May. This month, some time after
August 19, Dr. Gerhard Hartner
(Ph. D.), a hospital consultant
from Iowa City, la., is expected
in Palmer to assist the Board of
Missions and the local hospital
board in the preparation of pre
Timinary sketches for the hospi
tal. He is the superintendent of
the University Hospital in Iowa
City and takes on only a limited
number of assignments as con
sultant. He was enthusiastically
recommended after serving in a
similar capacity for the communi
ty hospital in Morristown, N. J.
It is hoped that the ground
will be cleared for the hospital
site this year, and that construc
tion may get under way some
time in 1952, Mrs. DeVries added.
At present the local board has
not been notified of any funds
raised by local groups to go to
ward the Valley’s $6,500 share.
Net proceeds from the Kiwanis
benefit show of July 3 are expec
ted to realize about $200 after all
tickets are turned in and bills
paid. Mrs. Earl Graves, also a
member of the local hospital
board, revealed this week that
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an individual contribution of
$500 had been received from Tom
Merton to go toward the purchase
of the land for the hospital.
Plans of the several Home
makers Clubs for raising the
$1,000 pledge were somewhat in
definite at this early date. It is
known, however, that the Chee
chako Homemakers are using the
free booth at the Farmers’ Mar
ket this Sunday, and the proceeds
from the sales of produce, potted
plants, baked goods, and gift
items will go toward their share
of the pledged amount. The Sour
dough Homemakers hope to clear
a tidy sum from an afghan, and
this will be slated for the new
hospital fund. Each homemakers
club will try to raise $100. and the
council will make up the differ
ence.
Mrs. Graves stated that the
Valley Hospital Association will
set up a separate acount for the
receipt of local contributions to
ward the new hospital as soon as
any such contributions are re
ceived.
St. Paul Realtor—
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planning engineer, along.”
Meanwhile Mr. Lane is scramb
ling through files and figures, try
ing to estimate what kind of
housing will be suitable for An
chorage. He said one of his first
discoveries was the rental level
in Anchorage—people are pay
ing $100 a month per room, he
said.
‘‘I haven’t a single idea to start
wTith. but something will turn
up,” Mr. Lane said. ‘‘Anchorage
has perpetual frost in the ground
and housing there will have to be
different than here.”
Mr. Lane plans to leave for
Anchorage before the end of the
month, make a survey in the An
chorage locale this fall, then try
to get a housing development
started next year.
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
BY RICHARD BLUE
ANNUAL FIELD DAY
Here are the details of the an
nual field day to be held at the
Matanuska Experiment Station,
Monday, August 13. The program
will get underway at 9:00 a. m. at
the Agricultural Research Admin
istration building in Palmer. Mr.
Branton will show his wall con
struction project located next to
the ARA. This experiment using
native materials in comparison
to standard imported materials
should interest many persons in
Palmer and vicinity. The remain
der of the day’s program will be
spent in the vicinity of the Exper
iment station.
Morning Schedule
Exhibit No. 1—Wall construc
tion using native materials (9:00
to 9:30)—Agricultural Reasearch
Administration building in Palm
er.
Exhibit No. 2—Brome grass un
der different rates of fertiliza
tion. (10 to 11:20)—Fields at rear
of Frank Linn’s farm.
Exhibit No. 3—Dairy bulls and
cross-bred heifers. (11:30 to 12
noon)—Experiment station barns
Exhibit No. 4—Display of in
sect pests and controls (lunch
hour) at Mat. Experiment Sta.
Exhibit No. 5—Display of re
cent Extension bulletins ( lunch
hour)—Station lawn.
Afternoon Schedule
Exhibit No. 6—Forage drier (1
p. m. to 1:15)—at Station barns.
Exhibit No. 7—Ventilation in
Poultry Houses (2 to 2:30 p. m.)—
Poultry houses below Station.
Exhibit No. 8—Displays of flax,
grain and buckwheat (2:40 to
3:10 p. m.)—Fields across from
poultry exhibit.
Exhibit No. 9—Horticulture ex
periments in lettuce, cabbage and
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VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Only do your merchant (and us) a fa/or, won't you, and tell him where you saw
the bargain advertised that caught your eye.
Your merchant wants to know if he is getting value received for his advertising
dollar. He has no way of knowing if his advertising is attracting readers, if you
don't tell him so.
And we want him to know it. too. We don't feel that advertising is a graft—we
honestly expect, when we sell an ad, that the merchant is going to benefit by that
ad. Sure, it's our business to sell him an ad, but it's also our business to sell him
the kind of ad that's going to bring him more business so we can sell him a bigger
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So. remember, the next time you shop, tell your merchant:
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Fair Queens—
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in Fairbanks. She is employed by
the Co-op Trading Post.
Joan J. McNeese, 19, was the
most recent registrant. Graduat
ing from the McHenry. N. D. high
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school with the class of 1950, Miss
McNeese returned to the Valley
with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
George McNeese this past Decem
ber. The family had lived in Pal
potatoes ( 3:15 to 4:15 p. m.)—
Fields beyond grain experiments
and poultry houses.
Exhibit No. 10—Varieties of
Brome grass (4:30 to 4:45 p. m.)—
Field above Station on way to
Four Corners.
a
Valley Frontiersman
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mer from 1939-1945 before going
Outside. Miss McNeese is em
ployed by the Palmer Drug store.
No one has yet qualified by
selling 200 tickets but returns are
beginning to come in. Clair Stock,
fair board member said. “It’s still
early, they’ll begin to come in
faster, soon”, he added.
Local photographers have been
busy and posters throughout the
Valley-Anchorage area are look
ed for shortly.
The contest is still open to any
Valley girl between the ages of
15 and 21; register at the Valley
Frontiersman office and get your
tickets from Clair Stock at the
Palmer Fountain.
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