SHIPS UNLOADING
MATANUSKA CARGO
LISTED WITH PORTS
. For information of Matanuska
valley merchants, farmers, res
idents who are expecting cargo on
incoming ships, here’s the latest
information on ship movements:
CHENA sailed Wednesday.
SS TARLETON BROWN, sails
from Seattle June 8—Due in Se
ward June 13.
SS NORTH BEACON, sails
from Seattle June 5—Due in Se
ward June 10.
SS PACIFICUS, sails from Se
attle June 19—Due in Seward on
June 24. This boat will also dock
at Anchorage dock—arrival date
to be made later.
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NO PENNY CHAN&E
AT PALMER DEPOT
The Palmer station is the only
one left on the Alaska Railroad
which still does not deal in pen
nies. A nickel is the smallest coin
handled. You pays your nickel
and you take no change.
If the bill is two cents or over,
the customer is two cents to the
go4od. If the bill is on the other
edge of the nickel, you pay the
five cents. And the books come
out within a fev; cents either way
in the law of averages, C. L. Nel
son, agent in charge, reported.
Included in shipments received
at Palmer recently were 100 tons
of rail for the road commission
for use as reinforcing steel. Also
300 tons of general merchandise
for stores, farmers and individu
als in the Valley.
Confirmation Services
At St. Micheal's
The Most Rev. Francis D. Glea
son, S. J., bishop of Alaska, will
administer the sacrament of con
firmation at St. Michael’s Cath
olic church on Sunday, June 24
The hour of the ceremony wall be
announced later.
Anchorage Contractor
On National Board
D. L. Cheney, vice-president oi
Birch & Sons, Anchorage con
tractors, has been appointed to the
joint cooperative committee oi
the National Association of State
Aviation Officials and the Asso
ciated General Contractors oi
America.
The committee, composed oi
construction and government avi
ation officials, makes recommend
ations for improvements on air
port development, “endeavors to
stimulate appropriate action thru
national organizations of state
and industrial groups.”
Cheney has had wide experi
ence in airport construction in the
States as well as in Alaska.
CALIFORNIAN BUYS
SHOP IN PALMER
From Long Beach, Calif, to
Palmer is the move last week
by Mrs. Robert Rehard, with her
13-year-old daughter Rose Marie
Mrs. Rehard has purchased and
now is operating the Kut-N-Kur]
beauty shop in the Ward Bldg
Before coming to Alaska she
worked in beauty departments ir
Long Beach and Baltic, Ohio.
Mrs. Rehard came north to joir
her husband who is a power planl
operator at Elmendorf Air Base
He is a veteran of World 11 anc
served with the Navy in far-flung
theatres of operations. For the
past few years he has worked a1
the atomic energy proving grounc
in the Marshall Islands, and alsc
with the Vinnell Corp. in Japar
and Okinawa.
RECOVERING FROM INJURIES
Josephine Ovieda of Ft. Rich
ardson, seriously injured when ;
car in which she was riding
turned over on the highway, ha:
been taken from Valley hospita
to Providence hospital in Anchor
age for treatment of her broker
ankle. Her face lacerations ar<
i improving, the hospital reported
Alaska Dairy
Products Corp.
Anchorage, Alaska
Announces that Koslosky’s Grocery Depart
ment now is handling their milk
"ALASKA'S FINEST CREAMERY"
* MILK
* CHOCOLATE MILK
* WHIP CREAM and
* ICE CREAM
ALASKA DAIRY PRODUCTS CORP.
Anchorage, Alaska
Appeal Made
For Blood Donors
To Save Lives
An appeal to Matanuska valle\
people to donate blood, that live;
may be saved on the home froni
and the fighting front, is issuec
by U. S. Deputy Marshall Williarr
Bouwens, local Red Cross repre
sentative.
The King county blood bank
from Seattle will be at Anchorage
for a few days, beginning Tues
day, June 12.
“Any amount we get will help
save a life. The blood banks are
at their lowest ebb right now anc
immediate replacement is neecs
sary”, Bouwens said.
The blood bank unit will be lr
operation during the followini
dates: Tuesday, June 12, 3-7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 13, 10 a.m.-'
p.m., 5-8 p.m.; Thursday, June 14
10 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-8 p.m.; Friday
10 a.m.-l p.m.
Volunteers are asked to leave
their names at the Valley Fron
DR. MOORE. TB EXPERT.
ON BRIEF KODIAK DUTY
Dr. Philip H. Moore, head of
Mt. Edgecumbe Sanatorium, Sit
ka, and a lieutenant commander
in the naval reserve, is at U. S.
l Naval hospital, Kodiak, for two
; weeks’ active training duty.
Dr. Moore began his work in
Alaska in 1946 with the Alaska
Health Department. His Mt.
Edgecumbe hospital serves the
entire Territory, containing 435
beds for tubercular patients, and
25 for general surgery.
Working under a grant from the
National Research Council, Dr
Moore and his staff at Mt. Edge
( cumbe have completed three
, years of streptomycin research in
combatting tuberculosis.
Asked why the disease is preva
lent in Alaska, Dr. Moore replied:
“We have not determined all the
reasons for the high incidence oi
tuberculosis in Alaska, but are
succeeding in checkink it”.
tiersman office before Monday
noon.
Appointments will be made and
■ volunteers notified by Mr. Bouw
• ens.
I
New Incubator
Baby Born In
Valley Hospital
Holding its own in the home
made incubator at Valley hospital
is the wee babe, three pounds and
nine and one-half ounces born to
Mr., and Mrs. James Frye of Ek
lutna, May 6. The other incuba
tor baby, born to the Alex Ful
tons of Sutton, in March, has
“graduated” and now is gaining
weight at home. Anxiously, hos
pital attendants are awaiting the
incubator bought by the Ameri
can Legion with funds from the
quilt made by Mrs. Carl Meier
and her daughters. The incuba
tor was oi’dered April 5, from St.
Louis. Other supplies ordered at
the same time have arrived.
Mrs. Ethel Zinn, a teacher at
Valley Christian Children’s home
at Wasilla, has left to spend a
summer vacation in Valparaiso,
Indiana. Mrs. Zinn expects to
return in September.
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Roy Dieringer's Garage
Valdez, Alaska