NEW TELEPHONE HEAD LISTS PLANS FOR
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICE
Melvin Haugen, newly appoint
ed superintendent of the citj
telephone department was ques
tioned this week about immediate
plans for improving the presenl
telephone system.
Since the ideal improvemenl
and enlargement of the telephone
system is known to be dependenl
on capital running into six figure:
as well as priorities, it was wit!
a great deal of interest that mem
bers of the recently elected Cit}
Council heard Haugen’s plan foi
temporary but immediate im
provement of the system through
a minimum expenditure of fund:
for equipment and material.
Haugen believes that he car
put the present switchboard intc
satisfactory operation through re
placement of old cords by nev,
and the addition of supervisor}
lights, which will tell the opera
tor immediately when calls art
completed and when someont
wants to come back on the line
Thus rehabilitated, Haugen be
lieves the old switchboard, which
others described as worn out com
pletely, will give satisfactory ser
vice for a year or two. With co
operation in limiting the time oi
calls during business hours, he
believes that 300 customers car
be handled by the board with its
single operator. At present thert
are about 190 customers. Already
purchased are 100 telephones
Their installation, however, mus!
await receipt of special bells ir
harmony with the present ringing
equipment and replacement of or
dinary field wire of the outside
plant with cable. Applications are
already on hand for between 3(
and 40 new customers, according
to the telephone superintendent
Improved reception is expectec
when a new battery charger i;
acquired. Keeping the batterie:
up to 24 volts will eliminate th<
frequent cross-talk and noise
Haugen believes.
Improvement of the outsid<
plant is already under way. /
limited amount of cable now oi
hand is being placed in opera
tion. By the end of this week i
is expected that all customers be
tween the telephone office ant
the Matanuska Hotel will hav<
new cable connections. Althougl
presently available cable is no
sufficient to replace lines to al
customers, it is hoped that fund
will be appropriated to acquir
more cable. Bettys’ basemen
storage space is being used tem
porarily for the storing and splic
ing of cable.
Asked about the chances of ex
tending lines and service to mor
rural customers, Haugen admitte
they were poor for the immediat
present. The Council, he said, wii
presently negotiate a contrac
with the Matanuska Electric As
sociation for the use of pole;
When this is done and mone
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for more wire is appropriated,
Haugen said he hoped to extend
the lines outside of Palmer as
fast as time and weather permit
Customers outside of town will
still have to have hand ringers
but new magneto phones should
be available.
Ultimate goal of the telephone
department is a dial system, bu1
full development of such a sys
tem would have to be on a loar
basis. Haugen believes that the
city will be ready for such a sys
tem in two years. In the mean
time proof of customers and prof
its to be made through telephone
service in Palmer and the Mat
anuska Valley is the responsibil
ity of the new city telephone de
partment. Already its plans fo:
improvement anticipate the dis
tant goal. The new cable replac
ing the field wire of the old out
side plant will be suitable for use
in a dial system.
Local Girl Scout
Leader to Attend
Regional Conference
Mrs. Charles W. Wilson, Vallej
representative on the Susitna Gir
Scout Council, has been chosen tc
represent the Council at the
Regional Girl Scout Conference ir
Seattle, October 28-30
Mrs. Lowell Puckett, a membei
of the board of directors, and Mrs
George Parkke of Anchorage wil
also attend. Mrs. Wilson wil
represent the intermediate Gir
Scout leaders.
Regional Girl Scout conference;
are held biennially to acquaint th<
councils and lone troops with nev
trends and developments withii
the Girl Scout movement. The]
provide an important means b]
which the members in each regioi
keep the national organization in
formed as to needs, problems anc
thinking of the Girl Scout field
Regional conferences have th<
further purpose of stimulating th<
work of local Girl Scout group
and of promoting general interes
in Girl Scouting.
Mrs. Wilson leaves Saturday fo
Seattle, and will visit two or threi
days in Portland before returninj
to the Valley.
MOOSE LODGE TO VIEW
FILM ON CHILD-CITY
Palmer Moose lodge will cele
brate their James J. Davis Da;
with a showing of film fron
Mooseheart October 28. The file
will illustrate the latest stor;
and developments at the “Chil
City,” known throughout th
world as the first children’s cit;
to start volitional training i:
school. Child psychologists fror
many points of the world visi
Mooseheart annually for specie
studies.
Refreshments will be served b
Women of the Moose.
PALMER MOOSE 11
END FIRST SEASON
IN VICTORY, 13-6
The Palmer High Eleven ended
their first football season Friday,
October 17, with their first victory
as they nosed out the 39th Air
Depot Wing team for a >13-6 de
cision.
The season ended not only in a
well-earned triumph but also on
a glorious fall day. The combina
tion would leave team members
and fans alike with a fond en
thusiasm for football during the
sports’s long hibernation until
next September.
Watching the game were all the
students from the fourth grade
on up. The Palmer School Band
and the Majorettes added music
and color to the excitement pro
vided by the game- Palmer School
spirit was at its height.
The game got off to a good
start for the Moose with two
touchdowns in the first quarter.
Fullback Bob Smith, with good
support from the line, carried the
ball around the left end and over
the line for the first score of six
points. The second touchdown was
made on a pass from McKechnie,
elected captain of the Palmer
team, to Johnny Brown. Brown
j caught the pigskin over the goal
I line. Monte Larsh made the extra
| point after this touchdown by
j rushing the ball over the line.
During the next two quarters
the Moose maintained their 13
points lead. Both Palmer and
j Army played an exciting game.
. Coach Rousey said his boys' of
| i fense and defense showed up bet
' ter than they ever had before.
Although no count was made of
! first downs—because Statistician
William T. Zahradnicek was
helping out with the refereeing—
1 Rousey was satsfied that there
, had been many. .What paid off
particularly well in this final
>ame was the steady drilling on
aerial plays. Budding profficiency
in passing was noted in the first
l practice game with the Army
team, but it failed to develop any
„ threat in the two contests with
, Anchorage. Friday, however, the
; Moose completed 10 passes, out
’ of 13 attempted. Brown caughl
five, Hemmer three, and Larsh
f two. A good share of the credit
for the competed passes was due
to the linemen, who really help
- ed out on the defense.
r The Army’s one touchdown was
l made in the final quarter. It was
l made on a completed pass.
i Monday morning the 24 tearr
1 members started turning in theii
j equipment. Soiled trousers anc
f jersies were put in separate piles
l for the cleaners; knee pads, hip
i pads and shoulder pads wert
t stacked up neatly. Eight of the
1 players would never be wearing
them again. They are the Seniors
y who will graduate next May
Among them are the three valu
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DON’T MISS THE
Marita Farell Concert
(Star of the Metropolitan Opera)
Sunday, Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m.
High School Auditorium
Artist’s time and all proceeds will be donated to the
HOSPITAL FUND
YOU ARE INVITED TO
Enjoy a rare musical privilege and help a worthy cause.
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ARRC Offers to Sell
City Interest In
Water and Sewer Lines
The ARRC offered to sell to the
city all of its interest in the exist
ing water and sewer lines togeth
er with any interest the corpora
tion may have in the sewer out
fall system for the sum of $35,
523.27.
The offer which win be good
until June 30, will permit pay
ment over a ten-year period with
three percent interest on the un
paid balance.
The ARRC water lines are be
ing incorporated into the new citj
water system, and the city i:
required by Alaska Public Work:
to purchase them.
If the new sewer project is ap
proved, the city will also be re
i quired to purchase the existing
| sewer system to which the pro
jected plans are an extension. Th<
MVCA also has an interest in th<
outfall system as well as the exist
ing sewer lines.
able members of the back field—
Geiwitz, McKechnie, and Larsl
—all of whom will have to bi
replaced by Coach Rousey foi
Palmer’s second football season
Don't Miss The
MARITA FARELL CONCERT
Gloria Lepak to Wed
Nile T. DeLand
Saturday Evening
Repeating their marital vows
at St. Michael’s Church Saturday
night, October 25, will be Gloria
Lepak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Lepak, and Nile T. De
Land.
Friends of the young couple are
invited to attend the ceremony,
beginning at 8 p.m. and the recep
tion v/hich will follow at Grange
Hall.
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Pinochle Party Planned
By Wasilla Grange
Wasilla Grange No. 2 will hold
a pinochle party October 29 in
Community Hall at 7:30 p.m. Ad
mision will be 50 cent—cake and
coffee will be served by the wom
en of the Grange. Children are
welcome.
A variety of attractive prizes
Will be awarded.
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NO STALLED CAR — NO LONG WARMING UP—
FREEMAN HEAD-BOLT HEATERS
For Easy Starting
DU FONT’S GAS GUARD
Prevents Cold Stalling and Freezing of
Fuel Lines
PRESTONE-ZEREX
Tost's Service
IN DOWNTOWN PALMER
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