Couple Motors Down Cut-Off
To Juneau on May 11
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Page of An
aconda, Mont., were the first mo
torists to travel over the Haines
Highway this season, it was an
nounced in Juneau recently. The
Pages arrived in Juneau via ferry
from Haines on May 11. They
said they were able to cross the
pass without assistance, but they
found ice and mud over the road
in spots. The Haines cut-off of
ficially opened to traffic on May
15 of this year.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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Eastern Bankers Dig Up
$3 Million for Alaska
Eastern banks last week in
vested more than three million
dollars in the future of Alaska,
the Alaska Development Board
announced this week. Banks of
Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y., in
vested the money in a mortgage
loan to the Fairview housing
project in Fairbanks. The money
will be used to construct a 270
unit apartment building.
The Development Board spokes
man said the New York loan rep
resented the greatest distance
from which capital has been in
vested in Alaska.
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They'll Soon Be Here
JOHNSON OUTBOARD MOTORS
We Are Headquarters for All Camping and
Fishing Supplies
' Tents Stoves
Sportsmen's Kits
Guns . Knives
GRASSER'S
Hardware & Sporting Goods
SPRING CREEK LODGE
Mile 20 Palmer Highway
Meals—Steak & Chicken Dinners
Homemade Pies
Open Daily Except Tuesday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 1 1 p.m.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SCHEDULED SAILINGS j/ „ _jT"
From Seward
S.S. Denali, June 6
Seldovia Sitka
Homer Ketchikan
Kodiak Seattle
S.S. Alaska, June 13
Valdez Petersburg
Cordova Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
S.S.AIeutian, June 9
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
S.S. Baranof, June 16
Juneau Ketchikan
Seattle
FREQUENT FREIGHTER SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
S.S, CHENA, May 25
T. J. MALONEY. Agent. Anchorage — Phone 32271
Tires - Tires - Tires
U. S. Army Surplus Tires for Sale
9.00x16, 7.50x20, 9.00x20 — Also Larger Sizes
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General Automotive Repair
Crankshaft Grinding
MOORE'S GARAGE
1 Mile South of Palmer on Malanuska Road Phone 81-Y-l
Five New Teachers
Appointed to Staff
Of Palmer School
Five teachers have been ap
pointed to the staff of Palmer
School for the coming fall term,
superintendent William T. Zah
radnicek announced today. Still
other candidates are being con
sidered for vacancies on the Pal
mer. school staff.
Mr. Zahradnicek said he was
uncertain, at this time, how many
positions still remain to be filled
on the Palmer staff.
Appointed to date are:
Miss Betty Kreutz, first grade
teacher who will replace Mrs.
Alberta Rausch; Miss Barbara
Rumball, third grade teacher who
will replace Mrs. Florence Puck
ett; Miss Colleen Mealia, who will
be assigned to an intermediate
grades vacancy; Mrs. Grace Mil
ler, who will be assigned to an
upper grades vacancy; (Mr.) La
verne Thelen, who will handle
either high school mathematics
and science or eighth grade teach
ing chores.
Mrs. Miller already has arrived
in Palmer and is engaged in an
active search for housing. She
has one child, a high school age
boy, an i s:.e li welcome any sug
gestions as to where she is to live.
VISITS FROM SEWARD
WASILLA — A1 Axtell visited
here this week. Mr. Axtell now
makes his home in Seward.
Juneau C. of C. Sponsors
City information Centers
The Juneau Chamber of Com
merce is sponsoring five informa
tion centers for tourists within the
city this year. The centers, to be
located in five of the city’s prin
cipal stores, will be equipped with
j posters and maps,
i Information on city points of
I interest and hunting and fishing
information about southeastern
Alaska, will be supplied by the
centers. They also will be able to
arrange charter trips by sea and
air for visiting tourists.
To divert travellers on the Alas
ka Highway to Juneau, the cap
itol city’s Chamber is planning a
motor trip to the junction of the
Haines Cut-Off and the highway,
there to erect a sign pointing to
ward Juneau.
Alaska Steam Is Now
Booking Cannery Freight
Cannery freight bookings for
! Bristol Bay Sailings are now be
j ing accepted by the Alaska
j Steamship Company, it was an
j nounced this week. The Coactpi
Rambler already has left for that
area, and the Square xvnoi loauea
cannery freight for southeastern
ports, leaving from Seattle today.
Last week’s temporary restrain
1 ing order, prohioiting lmenei
ence with salmon industry sup
plies, led to the announcement of
change of policy by the steamship
company. Last week a spokes
man had said that no cannery
freight would be handled, be
J cause of picket lines.
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Located at corner of Valley Street and Glenn Highway
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
APPLIANCES
Valley Barber Shop
Palmer, Alaska
Shorty
The Little Shaver
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For the Finest in
Home Furnishings
And the Best in
YARD GOODS AND DRAPERIES
In Short, for Every Household Need
It's
lAfAl EErC HARDWARE AND
If V L I C ) FURNITURE STORE
300 Fifth Avenue Phone 35141
Anchorage, Alaska
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FOR SALE *5
42 GMC pickup; good mech. con
dition; good rubber. Inq. Co-Op
Garage or Harry Duff iufn)
MODEL A Farmall tractor comp,
w/belt pulley power take-off,
pneumatic tires. Inq. Co-Op
Garage (ufn)
'41 GMC lVa-ton truck; priced to
sell. Inq. Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
ALLIS-CHALMERS tractor, exc.
cond.; complete v,/ hydraulic
lift, belt pulley, power take-o^f;
has 2-bottom plow, also culti
vator and hiller attach. Inq.
Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
’40 PACKARD convertible coupe;
new paint job, new top, new
front shocks and knee - action
parts. Inq. Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
’49 MERCURY convertible; radio
heater; undercoating and por
celainized; number of other ex
tras; low mileage; price $2,650.
See at Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
’49 4-dr. Chevrolet; de luxe; radio,
heater. $1,750. Inquire Leonard
Kyger or Matanuska Valley
Bank, (ufn)
NOW AVAILABLE. Latest model
High Speed Floor Sander. Ev
erything to complete a first
class job. Co-Op Warehoqse.
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SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY
I HAVE seven tickets left for Fri
day night’s performance of
“Minstrels of 1950."’ First come,
first served. James Hurley, (lx)
FOR SALE OR TRADE
INTERNATIONAL 8 - foot grain
drill; new; will take crush
breaking plow in exchange.
John McDonald, Box 755. F ai
mer. (3x)
NOTICE
FOR POWER OFF after office
hours, Sundays and holidays,
call either Vernon Fridley or
Ralph Moore. Remember, of
fice closes at noon on Satur
days. Matanuska Electric As
sociation, Inc.
IN VALDEZ, visit BELLE
STREETER'S DRESS SHOP"
for women's and children's
wear at Outside prices.
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FOR SALE
6x6 Trucks f
>r GOOD CONDITION
yf PRICE REASONABLE ^
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Spenard Road
Northern Light Blvd. ^
FRANK G. DICKSON ;;
Yr Box 518 J\
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HOUSES
DAIRY FARMS
PIONEER
Insurance and
Realty
Wright Building
PALMER
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