U. of Alaska Head
Misses Science Meet,
Visits Farms Instead
Strong headwinds that held up
his flight between Fairbanks and j
Palmer caused U. of Alaska Presi- j ,
dent Terris Moore to miss his;
scheduled meeting with members!
of the Cook Inlet chapter of the j ,
American Association for the Ad- ! i
vancement of Science last Friday! ,
evening. |
About 60 people, including I
AAAS members, their families I
and others interested, enjoryed a *
picnic meeting at the Matanuska
Experiment Station. A tour of re
search projects in progress fol
lowed the picnic. ,
President Moore landed his Pip
er Cub float plane on Finger >,
Lake about 9:30 p.m. Friday eve- I j
ning. After spending the night in I .
Palmer, he delayed a scheduled j
trip on Saturday to visit several j
farms in the Matanuska Valley ,
area.
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Fred .and Sara Machetanz, re
urning last week from a photo
jraphic jaunt at McKinley Park,
eported only a few hours of sun
shine and clear weather out of
wo weeks of cloudiness and utter
rustration.
The Valley lost its top im
pressario and stage production
genius when Joe Hudock left
Palmer last week. After visit
ing his family in California, he
plans to go on to Maryland,
where he has a leaching job
waiting for him.
The Neal Wrights got off to an!
inspectacular start on their an-!
mal vacation Monday, they had
i full three hour to make their
>lane. No holdng planes, no 80
nph speeds, no excitement; just a
outine departure.
New office opened in the Sev
erns Building last week is for
the Bureau of Mines coal in
vestigations in the Matanuska
coal fields. Robert May is in
charge of local operations.
Experiment Station men Wil
iam Sweetman, Hugh Johnson,
ind Allan Mick headed for Fair
>anks Monday via the highway.
Jweetman and Johnson will
vork on research projects and
dick will be working on a con
ract with the Veterans Adminis
ration for the on-farm training
irogram.
Helen Criles left yesterday
on a four-week vacation. She
will join the rest of her family
in Columbus, Ohio, and return
to Palmer with them on August
13. During her absence Helen
Mae Stenvahl Stock will take
her place as secretary to the ;
Co-Op manager. On their re
turn to Palmer, the Crites
family will be at home on Air
port Way just west of the
United Protestant Church.
The Clayton Esslingers, who
eturned from Ohio Monday,
light, reported torrid tempera
ures for Columbus—108 degrees,
hey said—hottest in the country.
)f course, there was a slight in
erim of travel over the Alaska
highway after they escaped from
Dhio, by this week, the tempera
ure might have dropped to 100.
Week-ending at Valley Hos
pital were Mrs. Izetta Gans
chow and Mrs. Edith Behson,
mother of Maud Hosier. Mrs.
Benson fell Sunday and injured
her ankle and Mrs. Ganschow
was ordered hospitalized when
pleurisy threatened. Both were
released early this week.
Visiting Mrs. James B. Gulick
3 her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Cams
f Pilot Rock, Oregon.
Lynn Auten, formerly of
Minneapolis, Minnesota is the
new bookkeeper at Valley Hos
pital. Miss Auten and Adeline
Brunken, new clerk in the
clothing department at Kos
losky's recently arrived in the
Valley to visit the former Bar
bara. Rumball. Both girls found
the country to their liking and
are making plans to stay. Miss
Brunken's home is in Lincoln.
Nebraska.
Quite a number of Valley
leople went to Anchorage last
veek for the excellent produc
ion of “South Pacific” put on by
he Anchorage Little Theater and
nembers of the Alaskan Military
Command. Observed were Dr.
md Mrs. Foster Sims, the H. J.
lodgsons, Mr. and Mrs. Byron
i’elkner, Mrs. Minnie Clark, Ray
Lancaster, the Lester Mears
iamily, Mr. and Mrs. William
sweetman, the John Weisenberg
*oscoe Taylor, Alice McCann, and
iirs. Margaret Cope and daugh
er. A former Palmer girl,
Dorothy Mau, was one of the
rurses in the cast.
W. H. Redder of Duchess
County, New York, dropped in
on his daughter, Mrs. Richard
Washburn, for a five-day visit
last week. He drove up over the
highway.
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Continued from page 1
or such facilities has been voiced
or several years. Specifications
ire now being draw up, and the
>ids will be called for in the very
lear future.
The dinner and luncheon con
:ession on the Fair Ground will
>e taken over this year by the
ocal Elks Lodge. The Elks plan
;o feature Matanuska Valley pro
lucts in their menus.
SUTTON CHURCH BUILDING
rO BE DISCUSSED
Sutton Community Church will
hold a business meeting in the
;hurch Tuesday night, July 22 at
7:30 p.m.
All persons interested in having
i church built in the community
ire invited to attend the meeting.
!tev. Albert Compton will be
:hairman.
Insure today, see Ray.
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Breeders to Hold
2nd Annual Picnic
Ai Barry’s Lake
Members, families, and invited
guests of the Matanuska Valley
Breeders Association will- meet at
Barry’s Lake picnic grounds next
Tuesday, July 22 for the associa
tions’ second annual picnic.
A pot luck luncheon will be
served at 12 o’clock noon. Every
one interested in swimming, boat
ing. or pitching horseshoes should
arrive before the serving, at 11
a.m.
Ice cream, coffee, seasoning,
and butter will be supplied by the
food committee. Those attending
are asked to bring their own dish
es and, of course, some food.
Gentle rain or a slight drizzle
will not affect the picnic as sch
eduled. Only in case of a general
downpour will the picnic be post
poned to the following Thursday,
July 24—same time.
The general * committee in
charge of food and decorations
includes Mrs. V. W. Williams,
Mrs. L. M. DePriest, Mrs. Georg©
Brewster, Mrs. Gene Kirsch, and
Miss Louise Kellogg. L. O. Wil
liams and L. M. DePriest are on
the ground committee; Clarence
Hoffman and William Hecker are
on the coffee committee; and
Harold Thuma and A. A. Rempel
are in charge of ice cream.
City Water May—
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stallation of the meters); elimin- ,
ming half of the storage tarn
(from 250,000 gallons capacity to ,
125,000 gallons) at a savings oi ,
$20,000; and cutting out some of ,
the lines, particularly those in- ]
eluded for anticipated expansion.
Councilmen mulled the possib- i
ility of eliminating the meters,
but they were unanimous in the
opinion that it would be foolish
to cut down on the lines and the
storage tank, both of which items
would later cost the city much
more than the present savings in
volved. The possibility of elimin
ating some of the six-inch pipe
lines was also discussed, but
members of the water committee
wanted these left for water pro
tection.
Boberg said APW officials were
negotiating for a cut in the low
bidder’s estimate for the storage
tank, the only item which they
considered too high. He said this
item may be pared down $7,000
$8,000, thus reducing the extra
amount which the city would have
to raise. The extra money, Boberg
said, would not have to be raised
by the community until possibly a
year after the project was com
pleted—until late 1953 or in 1954.
The Palmer project contract
has not been awarded, Boberg,
told City Councilmen; accord
ing to the terms of the bidding,
it must be awarded or rejected
within 30 days of the July 3 bid
opening.
The extra amount needed for
the water sytem according to
present specifications would be in
addition to the $300,000 author
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PASSENGER LINERS
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FOR INFORMATION
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ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
Fish Fry Expected
To Draw Large Group
A large attendance is expected
by the Matanuska Valley Sports
men at their annual Fish Fry to
be held for members and families
Sunday, July 20 at Barry’s Finger
Lake Resort.
Chairman Leo Lucas reminded
club fishermen very strongly this
week that they must get their
fish into Locker 299 soon. He said,
“There’s lots of room left in that
locker and we’d like to see it
full before Sunday.”
Harry Rice, from Independence
Mine and Leonard Soley of the
Palmer Baking Cqmpany will
supervise the frying, scheduled to
start between noon and one
o’clock.
Sugar, cream and coffee; buns,
butter, ice cream, Kool-Aid and
paper plates will all be furnished
by the club. Members attending
are asked to take their own cups,
eating utensils and food for their
own group.
Tug-of-war, soft ball games and
other outdoor sports will help
keep activities going in the all
day program.
CEILING PRICES
SO ON ALASKA'S
USED CARS JULY 19
JUNEAU—The Office of Price
Stabilization took steps to stabil
ze prices of used cars in Alaska,
rhe action was in the form of an
imendment to Ceiling Price
Regulation 94, which heretofore
toverned the price of used cars
>nly in the states.
Under the regulation, the OPS
vill require ^Alaska used car
irices be determined by using the
)rice range fixed for the West
Hoast and adding a stateside-to
\laska transportation allowance,
rhis method of determining
slices is in line with normal
;rade practices in the Territory.
The allowance which sellers
■nay add to West Coast prices is
Dased on actual transportation
charges and is reduced on a per
centage basis as the age of the
vehicle increases. A table of
transportation allowances is con
tained in the regulation, a copy of
which may be obtained at any
Alaska OPS office.
The OPS called attention to the
fact the used car regulation ap
plies to private sellers as well
as dealers and advised individuals
who contemplate selling their car
to contact the OPS to find out
the ceiling price.
The regulation goes into effect
July 19.
ized by the city for the water
project in a bond authorization*
election held last January 29.
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Extension of Wasilla
Road Included in ARC
Sommer Work Schedule
Alaska Road Commission con
struction work in the Matanuska
Valley area this summer will in- '
elude the extension of the Wasilla
Road beyond Pittman toward 1
Houston and erection of two new
bridges, one on the Wasilla Road
near Green Acres and one on the ‘
Glenn Highway across Caribou
Creek.
The Wasilla Road extension
will be the first lap toward the
eventual linking of the Wasilla
Road with Willow. The length of
the extension will stretch only
as far as this year’s appropriation
will permit, according to Fore
man Oliver Onkka. It might be
two miles and it might be fur
ther, depending on terrain and
construction problems involved.
Erection of the new wooden
bridge at Green acres will also
involve a straightening of the
road at that point. Whether or
not there would be any other cur
ve taken out of the Wasilla Road
was not known, pending comple
tion of an engineer’s report. The
local ARC workers hope that the
Wasilla Road paving project will
be included in next year’s ap
propriation. With the present
rate of travel over the road, they
believe it is no longer feasible to
keep up the present gravel road.
A
Onkka stated 4747 cars passed
over a tape placed on Wasilla
Road just one mile out of Pal
mer within a week.
Commenting on the newly re
built stretch of Springer Road,
Dnkka stated that this is an ex
periment. ARC men will watch
vith interest how the built-up
road with its deep ditches on
either side holds up next winter,
traveling of the road was inter
rupted when ARC workmen were
looded out of their gravel beds
by the rising river.
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WILLIAM W. HEAD
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Announces the establishment of an
office in the
NEW WRIGHT BUILDING, PALMER, ALASKA
for
GENERAL ACCOUNTING PRACTISE
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SPECIALIZING IN INCOME TAX MATTERS
Enrolled to practice before the Treasury Department
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