FIVE DIRECTORS
ELECTED AT MEA
ANNUAL MEETING
A crowd of more than 500
jammed the annual meeting of
consumer members of the Mata
nuska Electric Assn., April 14, in
Palmer
Ulected to the board from 15
candidates were Miss V. Louise
Kellogg and R. B. Graham, (both
reelected), Ray McCartney and
George Small of Palmer, and Mrs.
Cloyce Parks of Chugiak.
Next year the board may be I
increased to seven members with
staggered terms. I
Power Relief
Plans for power relief were one
of the major topics. Demands for
service have outgrown lines as
the original number of consum
ers multiplied from 150 to 840
. . . and that is forecast “as just
the beginning”.
Service breakdown this past
winter was attributed to the fact
that all power had to come from
Anchorage over the old line. Pos
sibility is that more power may
be obtained from Anchorage
through a joint plant with the
railroad and the Chugiak elec
tric, so enough power from Pal
mer steam plants may be avail- i
able. The Eklutna transmission -
line, when completed, is antici
pated to provide more power.
Telephone Survey
A telephone survey requested
on for formation of a cooperative
telephone line as against the pres
ent private enterprise, brought a
low number of votes: 80 voted
yes; 24 voted no.
Report of last year’s operation
was made by Mrs. Ruth C. Pier
son who dropped a bombshell
into the meeting when she de
clared she wished to be relieved
as manager. She served as acting
manager starting in 1949 and last
year was voted permanent man
ager.
Prize Winners
Prizes won at MEA meeting
were:
Electric kitchen clock and steam
iron, donated by General Elec
tric, won by Lucius Ross and
Mrs. Clair Stock.
Toastermaster toaster, donated
by Line Material Co., won by Bill
Hoskins.
Electric corn popper, donated
by Graybar Electric Co., won bv
Henning Johnson, new member
from Chugiak.
Electric roaster, donated by
Westinghouse Electric Co., won
oy Walter Mayr, new member re
cently connected on the Jones
nlle line.
Paratroops “Invade”
Fairbanks Area In
Operation “Firestep”
Operations “Firestep”, engaged
in military exercise in Alaska,
dropped a busload of sleek-clad
airmen mostly from the Carolinas
into Palmer without warning
Thursday.
Explaining their mission as a
sight seeing tour,” 37 personnel
of the 316th Troop Carrier Group,
68th Provisional Squadron USAF,
were taking a fast view of the
Matanuska Valley.
Civil defense authorities in Pal
mer said they had received no
notification that the airborne
troops would be here and that no
maneuvers had been planned.
They hoped the “boys v,ould en
joy the town and Valley and per
haps see some of our defense
needs.”
In charge of the detail were
Capt. Edward Sofranko and Capt.
Joseph Misenko. They repeated
that the detail had arrived on “a
sight seeing tour” arranged by
Mrs. Bobbie Downes, service club
director stationed at Elmendorf
Air Base. Mrs. Downes is form
erly of Florida.
Capt. Thomas Kizak, with the
detail, started searching Palmer
when he found residents here
had the same last name. Others
in the party wanted to see the re
puted giant vegetables, big brown
bear, moose, Indians and glaciers
(but not so keen on the glaciers)
for which the Territory is famous.
Several carried movie cameras.
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MISS LASHBROOK ON
EXTENSION TOUR
Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook, lo
cal homemaker leader of the Uni
versity of Alaska Extension Ser
vice, will go to Copper Center and
Glen Allen April 23. She will
conduct a workshop in hand
crafts at Copper Center and com
plete 4-H enrollment at Glen Al
len, returning to Palmer April 27.
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