Valley Hospital Assn.
Dies; Valley Hospital
Assn., Inc. is Born
Only 29 persons were present
at the Valley Hospital Associa
tion meeting Friday. February 15.
and with the quorum stipulated
un the by-laws amounting to 130.
it was impossible to carry on bus
iness legally.
The association membership
list includes 260 persons who
paid their life-of-the-organization
membership fee of one dollar.
Secretary Julia Graves announc
ed that she had sent cards to all
* members even though she knew
they were no longer in the Val
ley; many cards were sent to the
States. All present agreed that it
would be impossible to get a
quorum together. It was decided
to let the present association die
a natural death when its charter
expires next May.
By-laws for a new association,
Valley Hospital Association. Inc.
were explained by Anchorage At
torney Paul Robison. Incorporat
ors are the present board of dir
ectors—Rev. George Geiwitz, Rev.
Harry Gayley, Rev. Rolland Arm
strong, Max Sherrod. Virgil Eck
ert, Mrs. Graves and Mrs. John
Devries—and George Smith. Paul
Martin, Jim Hurley, and Erwin
Doyle Dues in the new associa
tion will be $5 yearly, and no
property rights go with member
ship. Upon dissolution of the
* association, the property would
be given to another charitable
organization, which might include
a health district or a city.
One of the problems facing
those present was a legal trans
fer of the present hospital prop
erty from the dying association
to the new one. Those present
gave a confidence vote- authori
ng the board to effect this trans
fer. A further effort to forestall
future legal difficulties will en
tail the sending of cards telling
of the transfer to all members at
the last known address. Failure
to register protest within a speci
fied time will be interpreted as
tacit approval of the action.
Hospital Lost $S Daily
Hospital Manager O. K. Kincaid
gave a report of the Valley Hospi
al’s financial condition showing
current assets at $35,952.51. Fixed
assets amounted to $19,621.63. To
tal liabilities, including unredeem
ed bonds and pledges, Were $19,
200.. Kincaid’s report showed that
the hospital had operated at a $3,
431 63 loss during the past year.
The annual $3,000 subsidy from
the National Board of Presbyter
ian Missions took care of part of
this loss, and there were miscel
laneous donations totaling $45.37.
A total of $3,000 in accounts re
ceivable had been written off as
bad debts.
WHEELER ENTRIES PLACE
Palmer is well represented in
the Third Annual Rendezvous
'hoto Exhibit by Wanda and
, Wayne Wheeler.
Their entries are on display
among the winning entries in
Anchorage’s new YMCA building.
Wayne Wheeler’s “Trapper’s
Cabin” won second place in the
color transparencies contest. Wan
da Wheeler w'on honorable men
CONSERVATION
NOTES
Wt'l] the weather is beginning
to feel like spring It won’t be
long until land clearing time. If
you intend to take advantage of
the Agricultural Conservation
payments program to assist you in
(clearing you should sign soon. The
j closing date is March 1. You can
obtain blanks or sign up at the
Extension Service office only.
The Soil Conservation Service
| will make prior inspection of the
land to be cleared. This is for two
purposes. One is to recommend
that properly located windbreaks
be left for erosion control. The
second is to assist you in selecting
good land to be cleared. We don’t
want you to clear land that is too
shallow. We don’t want to see you
end up with a rock pile any more
than you do.
According to the specifications
in the A C. P. handbook, clearing
must be carefully done. Appreci
able amounts of topsoil cannot be
pushed into the stumprow if the
job is to qualify for payment. If
you figure on getting paid, you
better figure on picking roots. It’s
a good way to save topsoil. It’s a
good conservation measure. You
better oil up the old back and
feed the kids because there’s a lot
of work ahead.
LUTHERANS TO MARK
LENTEN SEASON WITH
MIDWEEK SERVICES
Special Mid-week Services are
now being held at St. John’s Lu
theran Church each Wednesday
evening at 8:00 o’clock.
A series of Christ-centered
messages setting forth the re
deeming power of Christ’s suffer
ing and death are being offered
during the Lenten season by the
Rev. Ed Imme, pastor of St.
John’s.
Says Pastor Imme., “ At the
foot of the cross is a clinic of the
inner life where healing can be
found for souls that are sick with
sin, freedom for lives that are
twisted by long habits of vice,
peace for minds that are troubled
by worry, tension, indecision and
fear; and blessed assurance for
hearts that are haunted by an
aching awareness of guilt. We
hope that many will make and
take time during this season of
lent to come with us to the foot
' of the Cross.”
MEA CONNECTS
NEW CUSTOMERS
According to word from the
Matanuska Electric Association,
new services have been connected
in the Lake Lucille and Chugiak
areas.
Service has been extended to
eight new customers in the Lake
Lucille area, although five of
these have not been able to get
out to complete their own wir
ing. Eight customers have already
been connected in the Chugiak
area, and 21 other customers will
have electricity as soon as their
wiring is completed or they have
made their deposit.
tion in the same contest as well
as in the black and white compe
tition. where all three of her en
tries won honorable mention.
GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
KEN'S ELECTRIC SUPPLY
Corner Valley St. and Glenn Highway
Chitna Limousine Service
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a. m. each Monday (leaves Anchorage ai 9:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a. m. each Thursday (leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Friday
ALL THROUGH ONE-DAY SERVICE—NO STOP OVERS
Aggressors Repulsed
In First Phase of
"White Sox" Exercise
Headquarters. U. S Army, ,
Alaska— Exercise "White Sox" i
which ended last week after ten j
days of intensive* maneuvers, ha^ i
been called the "most successful"
j Alaskan maneuver by the Army’s
top commander in the Territory.
"It is the most successful man
euver of any I have witnessed
j in Alaska," commented Maj.
j Gen. Julian W. Cunningham, Ar
my commander, in reviewing the
! local phase o fthe excercise.
j The ten-day field operation be j
|gan at Fairbanks and stretched j
! across Interior Alaska to An- j
I chorage where two days of rapid |
local action ending last week j
Wednesday saw both defending j
! and aggressor troops in full attack j
Army umpires ruled that the!
1 aggressor troops were repulsed!
j during the peak action that cli-1
I maxed the local phase of the j
maneuver.
Beginning last week Tuesday!
morning, agressor troops under
the command of Colonel Kenneth
R. Scurr crossed Eagle River and 1
pressed to within a mile of Fort
Richardson's north gate by after- j
| noon. After regrouping, the agres- j
[ sor launched a major offensive
along Palmer Highway late Tues- j
day.
An unexpected aggressor pra- •
chute drop in battalion force at
4:30 the following Wednesday set;
off alert sirens calling the airstrip j
defense forces into action. Dur- j
ing a seven-hour action, friendly
officers confined aggressor para- j
troops to individual actions joint
ly with enemy setbacks else
! where, the ground defense force
wras declared victorious.
For the men of Lt. Col. Rafael
Montilla's First Battalion. Fourtn
Infantry, the end of the maneu
ver climaxed ten days of bat
training begun when the south
bound unit left its northern head
gressor units for having conquer
ed rigors of sub-zero tempera
tures in their trip from Fairbanks,
the Fourth Infantry made a major
contribution to the combined ag
gressor forces.
In maneuvers such as ‘‘White
Sox" the Army’s announced in
tention is perfection of equip
EKLUTNA PROJECT
ACTIVITY HERALDS
APPROACH OF SPRING
Work on the Eklutna Project
is shaping up for the spring con
struction season according to an
nouncements made this week by
Byron G. Felkner, construction
engineer in charge of the project.
Dredging equipment is arriving
for the contract work at Eklutna
Lake, and it is exepcted that
dredging operation will begin
about April 1. Ben Gerwick. Inc.
af San Francisco has the sub-con
tract for this work under Palmer
Constructors. In addition to the
dredging, the sub-contract calls
for all the underwater work, re
inforcing of the dam. driving of
the piling for the Eklutna bridge,
and the work of erecting the
oridge.
Bids for the construction of the
115 kva transmission line be
;ween Eklutna and Anchorage
will be opened April 1 at the Ek
tutna Project headquarters in
Palmer.
ment and improvement of tech
niques of artic warfare, as well as
the physical and mental condi
tioning of the combat soldier.
Ground defense forces such as
those commanded by Col. Gar
nett H. Wilson at Fort Richardson,
are given as much chance to par
ticipate as the theoretical inva
ders.
In the second phase of "White
Sox”, due to begin shortly, the
2nd battalion of the 196th regi
ment will pit itself against the
Fourth Infantry in the Fairbanks
area, reversing the overland
route in staging an attack move
ment on installations in Alaska's
Interior.
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Harlequin Duck on
1952-53 Duck Stamps
Two harlequin ducks—a drake
and a hen—flying against high
waves feature the design chosen 1
on January 23 for the 19th duck
stamp in the Fish and Wildlife
Service's annual duck stamp com
petition held in Washington. DC
The artist of the winning design
is John H. Dick, of Meggett. So.
Carolina, it was announced re- 1
cently.
This is the third year that the
competition has been opened to
all artists—professional and am
ateur. A total of 70 designs were
submitted by 49 contestants.
Waterfowl refuges benefit
All migratory waterfowl hunt
ers over 16 years of age are re- ,
quired by law to purchase and
have a stamp of current issue!
duly signed when hunting.
Now sold for $2. the duck i
stamps provide fun ;» th.it help
finance the federal government'*
wildlife refuge program. 85 per
cent of the money realized the
sale of the ytamps is used by the
FWS to supplement other funds
for the purchase and maintenamv
of v. atcrfowl refuges throughout
the country. The remaining 14
percent is used for printing and
distribution of the stamps, and
enforcement of regulations
D iring the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1951. a total of $1,903,64*
duck stamps were sold to water
fowl hunters, conservationists,
and philatelists.
Opposition always inflames the
enthusiast, never converts him —
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