-Alaska Development
Bcaid Hears cf
Local Power Shortage
The shortage ol power in the
Anchorage area was one ol the
major problems brought out at
the hearing conducted by the Al
aska Development Board in An
chorage during day-long sessions
Monday.
Five local person* attended at
least one of the sessions. They
were Justine Parks, president ol
the Matanuska Electric Assn.;
Betty Mears and Charles W. Wil
son of the City Planning Com
mission: James Hurley of ARC;
and Director Don L Irwin of the
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Mis. Parks told the board Mon
day: "We have 1.003 customers
and 230 miles of lines. We have
been granted a federal loan of
S10-1Q.00Q for extension of lines
but cannot use it until we have
■•-power available. ’
“We don't generate any of oar
own power,” Mrs. Parks con
tinued. "We purchase from th?
Anchorage Public Utilities. Even
when Eklutna is finished we will
still be short of power.”
Anton Anderson, chairman oi
the Anchorage Public Utilities
Commission was not very help
ful. He said. "We have notified
the Chugach Electric Association
and the Matanuska Electric As
sociation that we cannot provide
power beyond our contracts.”
April. 1954, was the date set by
Joseph M. Morgan, district man
ager for the Eureau of Reclama
tion, w-hen the first generating
Business h B. Irk
In Hospital Ball
fidvar.ee Ticks! Sale
Sale of ticket* for the Hospital
Ball scheduled for Saturday. No
vember 24 was described as 1
brisk by members of the Valley
Hospital Fund Drive Committee
this week
With nine days remaining in
the advance sale, confidence was
expressed that the ball would be
a sell-out and the proceeds would
put the hospital fund drive well
on the way to its immediate goal
of $6,500 bv January 1.
Members of the fund driv-*
committee are meeting Monday
night in Hugh Johnson’s office at
the Experiment Station to wind
ud all the details of the party
planning. They are determined to
make the Hospital Ball one of the
most memorable events in Pal
mer's social history.
O. E. S. TO MEET
The Matanu.-ka Valley Chapter
O. E. S. will hold its regular
meeting next Wednesday, No
vember 21, at 8 p.m. in Carpen
ters Hall.
facilities of the Eklutna Project
will be placed in operation.
Don Irwin told the board Sun
day that agricultural planning
was dependent on a knowledge of
the locations and extent of ex
pected industrial development.
He said further that a time table
based on expectations of such de
velopment would be invaluable
in planning agricultural expan
sion in anticipation of future
markets.
“Santa” Draws White Christmas
■ i- ,■ -r*
Famous artist Tore Asplund, winner of countless prises, smiles with
satisfaction at his "White Christmas" landscape.
Christmas comes once a year for j
most people, but throughout the
spring and summer and fall, many
“Santas” are hard at work getting
ready the gifts that find their way
round your Xmas tree.
Here is an example of how one
“Santa" works in the off-season.
Early this year, Chesterfield cig
arettes started thinking about
their 1951 “Christmas Card” car
ton. They decided upon a good
old-fashioned white Christmas for
a theme, and carefully selected
one of the country’s leading art* j
ists, Tore Asplund, to create the
loveliest snow scene imagina’. !e.
The result is a heart-warmini;
Christmas scene that dran.a" -
cally conveys the Yuleticle s; hit
“Santa” Asplund is justly pr< ud
of his attractive cigarette gift that
serves as a warm holiday greeting
card as well.
When you open your gifts on
Christmas morning, remember— ,
the story of Santa working all
year is no myth. Just ask Mr.
Asplund.
Frontiersman Classifieds Bring Results!!
Chiia'r:n: Ch islmas
Party Orb S;l For
Decembsr 24
The Mat»nu>ka Valley Mer
rhtmlr co-*pon sored Christmas
party for all Valley childxn will
be held December 24 < Monday)
at 2 00 p m at the Valley Thea
tre.
A letter has been dispatched
to the North Pole residence of
Old St. Nick, asking assurance
that he will be here His mod.’
of transportation i> unknown. It
may lx- that he will arrive in Pal
iner that day via plane or heli
copter. Program committeeman
A1 Hagen is av. aiting his reply.
Mr. Hagen estimated that l
children are expected to jam th
theatre for this year’s part\ As
this will be a childrens party,
adults will again be asked to
please refrain from attending.
The reasons listed for making
this request are, (1) there just
aren't enough seats for all the
children and (2) an adult sits too
high in their chairs, preventing
the little fellows seated behind
them from seeing what is going
on.
This annual Christmas party
for Valley children is financed by
the merchants of the Valley. Ha
gen stated that a number of mer
chants have been contacted and
that they have again given their
whole hearted support to the pro
gram.
Other merchants will be ap
proached this coming week.
For a "forkin'' food Time Its (lob 49
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Friday Nov. 16
Starts at 10 P. M.—Music at 9:00
$25 Defense Bond Award
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