Governor Dewey
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ed if the lunrheon i» ruH^IN
Chamber president Jim Hurley
rmphamred that the Chamber
doe* not v. i*h to exclude anyone
but limitation* of apace preclude
a blanket invitation
Special invitations have been
extended only to Governor Ernest
Gruenmg. Walter Huntley, and
Heinie Snyder The later two are
both senators from Alaska's Third
District.
Except for the planned lunch
eon. entertainment of the gover
nor during his visit here will be
on an impromptu basis, pending
expression of his own wishes.
Governor Dewey anved in Ju
neau Tuesday, a little weary after
his flight from Seattle and his 7
week tour of trouble spots in
Asia. On arrival, he was present
ed with a proposed itinerary
which would have kept him busy
almost every minute of his sev
en-day tour of the Territory. Pro
posed dinners in Fairbanks and
Anchorage were cut off the
schedule in favor of a bit of rest
and a possible fishing jaunt.
The approved schedule allows
for the following:
Friday al 5 p. m. he arrives at
Elmendorf Air Force Base.
Saturday at 7:30 a. m. he
breakfasts at the Legion Log
Cabin. Anchorage. The rest of
the day will be spent with Gen
eral Kepner and his staff at El
mendorf.
Sunday he flies to Kotzebue
to participate in dedication
ceremonies for Wien Memorial
Airport. From there he flies to
McKinley Park to spend tne
night.
Monday he flies to Palmer for
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon and talks with Valley lead
ers on agricultural problems of
Alaska.
Tuesday he leaves for New
York City.
No Quorum Council—
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plans for a Valley telephone sys
tem and present it to the Council
for study. He also anounced him
self as available at any time to
answer questions regarding a
comunications system.
To Adopt Ordinances
Adoption of the police and mis
deameanor ordinances as emer
gency measures had to be post
poned until next week’s meeting
because of the lack of a quorum.
These ordinances and the build
ing code ordinance were discuss
ed, however, by members pres
ent.
In addition to the emergency
ordinances to be adopted at the
meeting next Wednesday, May
nard Sands of the Matanuska
Valley Telephone Co., Inc. will
present his plans for improving
the present telephone system.
Fair Grounds—
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New Varieties Added
Three more varieties of pota
toes have been added to the
premium list, Lester announced.
These are Arctic, Kennebec, and
Teton. Edda barley and Golden
Rain oats were left out of the
premium book section devoted to
cereals. These have now been in
cluded and prizes for entries will
be the same as for other cereal
varieties listed in the premium
book.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
EARLY GET-TOGETHER PLANNED
FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS
A reception lor the Punn r
school teacher* will be held Sun* i
day afternoon. September 9 tn
the l<*unge of the Co-Op Dot mi • ;
tory from 1-5. The executive com
mittee* will be asked to furnish
part of the refreshment* Hostes
ses v. ill be appointed by the hot-1
pitality committee.
The reception will offer an op
portunity for parents and teach
er* to get tequinted.
Firs! Regular Meeting. Sept. 58
The first P-TA meeting of the
1951-52 season will be held Sept
ember 18 at the school cafeteria.
Mrs. James Kindler. president,
announced, this week.
At a meeting of the executive
committee and committee chair
men held August 22 in her home,
plans pertaining to programs for
the season, a membership drive
and committee participation were
discussed.
Ine tollowing members have
been elected or appointed to the (
following offices for the coming
year: Mrs. James Kindler, presi
dent; Mrs. Ivan Branton. vice
president; Mrs. John DeVries,
secretary; Miss Barbara Rumball,
treasurer; Mrs. George Whet
stone, membership; Clayton Es
slinger, budget; Mrs. Charles
Schaefer and Mrs. Allan Mick,
programs; Mrs. Joseph Gallant,
historian and publicity.
Mrs. Lew Hanks, ways and
means; Mrs. Chet Sandvik and
Mrs. Harry Wimmer. hospitality;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson,
legislation; Mrs. Chet Sandvik
' and Mrs. Allan Mick, recreation
and the following as group re
presentatives; Health Council
Mrs. Arthur Colberg; Girl Scouts.
Mrs. Charles Wilson and Cub
Scouts, John DeVries.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
St. Michael's Children
To Honor Piiqrima9* of
Our Lady of Fatima
Children of St Michael s Sun
day School are requested to be
at the church after the 10 o’clock
Mass Sunday for a rehearsal of
the procession honoring the pilg
rimage of Our Lady of Fatima to
be held at the church at 4 p. m.
Father Patrick J Moore. SFM,
custodian of the famous "Pil
grim Virgin" statue of Our Lady
of Fatima, will visit Palmer Sun
day with the statue m his tour
of Alaska this month. The pur
pose of the visit is to encourage
the faithful in their prayers for
the peace of the world.
Since the American pilgrimage
began in 1948 after the statue was
blessed by the Bishop of Fatima
in Portugal. Father Moore car
ried the statue to Santo Domingo
(where Columbus first landed),
Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada, Bar
bados, the five Grenadines, the
Vicariates of British, French, and
Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Jamaica,
and the Bahamas.
Father Moore is making nis
tour of Alaska at the invitation
of Bishop Francis D. Gleeson,
SJDD, of the Vicariate of Alaska.
He has already visited Ketchikan,
Skagway, Juneau, Fairbanks, and
Anchorage.
The statue is carved trom wood
and weighs 40 pounds. It stands
42 inches in height.
“THEN WHERE’S YOUR RECEIPT?”
Sure you paid the bill with cash
but you can't prove it because you
misplaced the receipt.
Next time, protect yourself
and pay with check on the
Matanuska Valley Bank. It's
the only way to do business.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
KIRK STONE RETURNS
FROM STUDY OF LAKE
GEORGE BREAK UP
Kirk Stone irturrml Friday
from his post at Lake George,
where he hat been ttudving (or
the past four weekt the whyt and
wherefore* of the myttertou*
self-dumping process involved in
the annual ' break up".
Stone aaid he came back with
a lot of answers to question* he
had had before, but now he’s add- •
ed more question* to hit list.
He described in vivid detail a
period of seven minutes during
w’hich three great chunks of ice. i
totalling 8.700 tons (according to*
his most conservative estimate),;
broke off and dropped into the
gorge from a distance of 150 fert,
one after the other.
Leg Green flew’ Stone in to hit
location on Lake George a few
days before the break-up began
and brought him back on the re
turn trip. Stone's study of self
dumping lakes is a project spon
sored by the Arctic Institute and
the University of Wisconsin.
Drunken Drivers
Get Stiff Fines
Two drivers, picked up by the
Highway Patrol w’ithin minutes
of each other early Monday
morning received stiff fines in U.
I S. Commissioner's Court here
later that morning after pleading
guilty to charges of driving while
under the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor.
Oscar Venable of Anchorage
wras fined S200 and had his driv
er’s license revoked for 90 days
after testimony covering repeated
demonstrations of unsafe driving
| on the highway and Palmer
i streets.
Edward Homme of Palmer was
fined $150 and had his driver's
license revoked for 60 days.
John Wood and Roland Smith *
»f the Co-Op Creamery returned
to the Valley yesterday with their
Irophte* They brought repot la
that mx Valley hunter* had ta
ken their sheep by noon Tuesday
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