New Committee Spearheads Drive to
Raise Hospital Pledge by January 1
A new civic committee was ‘
born at the Valley Hospital Asso
ciation’s meeting with representa
tives from community organiza
tions held at the school cafeteria
Tuesday evening.
Called the Hospital Fund Rais
ing Committee, its very immedi
ate purpose is to raise through
member organizations and its own
initiative the sum of $6,500 be
fore January 1, 1952. This is the
sum pledged by the community
last spring as its stake in the new
Valley Hospital which is being
planned through the hospital as
sociation and the Presbyterian
Board of Missions.
Mrs. John DeVries of the Val
ley Hospital Association Board
explained the purpose of the
meeting to the representatives as
sembled.
“If we’re going to start build
ing this hospital next year, we j
must have our pledge raised be- J
fore the final application for
funds and approval goes to (1) the ;
Presbyterian Board of Missions, j
(2) the Territorial Department of
Health, and (3) the U. S. Public
Health Service,” she said. “If the
invitations to bid on hospital con
struction go out in February, that
final application must go in by
the middle of January.”
Delegates Fund Raising
Explaining that the members,
of the hospital board were doubly
taxed with duties involving pres
ent hospital maintenance and the ;
tremendous amount of planning
that goes into a new hospital. Mrs.
DeVries tossed the problem of
raising the hospital funds into the
hands of the representatives as
sembled. She insisted that the un
organized efforts of the individual
organizations would not be en
ough; the overall drive had to be
spearheaded by a group that
would make certain the $6,500
pledge was raised by January 1.
Ed Smith, representative from
the Kiwanis Club and the Cham
ber of Commerce, was elected by
the group to be chairman of the
committee. He was given the add
ed duty of making up his own
committee through volunteer/
and/or “command appointments”.
Miss Barbara Rumball of PTA
was enlisted as an assistant.
Will Need More Money
As the evening progressed, it
became apparent that Eld Smith
had let himself in for a job that
could last not just a couple of
months, but for several or maybe
a year. Architect Edwin Critten
den revealed that more would be
needed from the community than
the pledged $6,500. At least $50,
000 more would have to be raised
if all the specifications called for
in the 24-bed hospital, expand
able to 45 beds, are included. At
present, it looks as though there
would be $440,000 available m
funds; $107,000 from the Board
of Missions, $107,000 from the
Territory, $219,500 from Hill-Bur
ton funds allocated to the U. S.
Public Health Service, and $6,500
from Palmer. Not all these funds,
however, are available for the ac
tual construction. Subtract the
equipment for the hospital and
the fees involved in building, and
there is only $319,431 left for ac
tual construction. The plans call
for $413,000. Since federal funds
are matching funds, an extra
$50,000 from Palmer could be
City Council—
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area-wide coverage: Cost of dial
equipment in Palmer, $48,000;
cost of outside plant, $125,000; ad
ditional cost to bring in rural sub
scribers, $50,000; dial units for
Wasilla and Jonesville, $30,000
each; dial unit for Eklutna-Butte
area, $60,000. These figures in
clude neither labor for the in
stallation of the dial equipment
nor housing for them, but they do
include labor for the outside
plant. It was estimated that there
would be a minimum of 73 cus
tomers in the Wasilla area, 72 in
Jonesville, and 150 in the Butte
Eklutna area.
The Kellogg survey was made
on a voluntary and impartial ba
sis so council members could be
adequately informed. The coun
cil indicated last night that simi
lar information from other com
panies would be welcome.
Although most of the council
members were agreed that such
a system would be too expensive
a project for the city of Palmer,
the possibility of an REA loan
will be explored.
Carnegie Creek water rune
A report on the present status
of the permanent Carnegie Creek
water line which* is to he con
nected with the Co-Op water sys
tem revealed that the wood stave
pipe has not arrived yet. Latest
information has it that the pipe
was shipped October 3 and not
September 1 as previously claim
ed. Don McKechnie and Jack
Zimowski are ready to start
working with their gas shovels
as soon as word is received that
the pipe has arrived. The line is
2,700 feet long and should be dug
in 10 days, according ta Acting
Co-Op Manager Carl Rasmussen.
Arrangements for financing the
$10,000 loan to the Co-Op have
been arranged, according to Jack
Maze. The bank is loaning $1,000
each to 10 local businessmen who
in turn loan the sums to the Co
Op. Pat Hemmer, Co-Op board
secretary-treasurer and Jack
Maze are to act as trustees of the
fund to make sure that expendi
tures from it apply only to the
project intended.
Liquor Licenses
An application for a club liquor
license requested by the local
Moose organization was approved
by the Council.
Action on reconsideration of
the application for a liquor license
for Club 49 was postponed until
next week.
Ordinance 16, providing for the
matched for a total of $100,000
Crittenden thought. It was agreed
however, that immediate needs
in getting the hospital started
next year would be satisfied by
the $6,500 pledge by January 1,
1952.
The architect’s preliminary
plans as presented to the group
assembled called for a one-story
building totalling 14,000 square
feet. It will have four wings, with
the hospital oriented around their
intersection. The maximum
length of the wings is 90 ft. Two
of the wings could be expanded.
The hospital is planned, Critten
den said, to allow the patients’
rooms the maximum amount of
southern exposure and protection
from the prevailing winds.
Community Chest—
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District 3 (Four Corners Section),
Mrs. Charles Schaefer; District 4
(Bailey Hill area), still open; Dis
trict 5 (the incorporated city of I
Palmer) Mrs. Frank Trainer and
Mrs. Tom Day; District 6 (Palmer
business district) Matt Perkins;
District 7 (Anchorage Hi-way,
Lazy Mountain), still open; Dis
trict 8 (Butte area) Mrs. James
Hurley; District 9 (Jonesviile),
Mrs. Harvey Hiber.
These supervisors will select
assistants to help cover the areas
in which each district is divided.
Marvin Slaughter, president of
the Community Chest Board, asks
Valley residents to remember
that these Chest representatives
are their neighbors who are vol
unteering many hours of their
time to make the Community
Chest drive a success. Certain
that they will be received with
traditional Valley courtesy, he
asks a prompt response from gen
erous givers, both to conserve the
representative’s time and to keep
the drive within its prescribed
deadline.
licensing and operation of taxi
cabs and vehicles for hire, was
adopted by the council last night
following the third and final
reading. As approved for the final
reading, the ordinance limits taxi
1 cabs to one for every 200 persons
i in the city’s incorporated limits
| and establishes a minimum age
of 25 for taxi drivers. Effective
date is November 1, 1951.
The council also adopted Or
dinance 14, providing for licens
j ing of trades, businesses and pro
[ fessions after the third and final
reading. Effective date, January
1, 1952.
Adoption of the building code
1 ordinance was delayed one week
to provide for posting of an
a nend aent setting the street
widths.
We thought we would tell you
about the new slacks and skirts
that arrived this week, but de
cided you wouldn’t be interested
in maternity things.
Then we thought of the very
large assortment of mittens, in
all sizes and colors, in wools,
leathers and poplins. But who
wants to be reminded of winter
coming down from the hills? We
won’t mention the beautiful new
colors in all-wool and all-nylon
loafer sox for the same reason.
So we decided to tell you of the
new gossamer sheer nylon gowns
that just arrived — they are a
heavenly blue with fitted bodice,
frilled skirt and dainty fuscia ny
lon trim at neck and shoulder
straps. t
The new pajamas are showing
the influence of television on
style, reminiscent of the lounging
pj’s of a few years ago. The coats
are in geranium peacock, trim
med in black with mandarin col
lars; the trousers are black. Very
smart looking, too.
A few Jantzen cardigans, in the
new shades of purple, brown, red
and sapphire and also black, are
here to match up with your skirts
and slacks.
Stop in and see some of these
things—we know you’ll enyoy it
—BETTY.
Paid Adv.
AHA Houses—
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the regular monthly pammen*s,
Wilder explained.
John Gaughan, attorney for
AHA, addressing the City Council
last night asked for and received
a vote of approval and backing
in the AHA plans to make the
purchase of a home available to
more people of Palmer.
Gaughan pointed out the ap
proach of winter makes the sale
of these homes important and
that they are available to anyone
—they are not limited to veter
ans or residents alone, he added.
Arrangements have been made
whereby part of the down pay
ments may now be financed. This
will enable many more interested
home seekers to obtain a new
home now.
Of the 25 houses built by AHA,
only four have been sold. Eleven
more are ready for occupancy or
will be within the next week,
with the remaining number to be
completed in 30 days.
Mr. Ellett. AHA representative,
will be in Palmer at the James
Construction Company office on
Sunday, October 14 from 1-4 p.
m. Interested persons may con
tact him there or by writing the
AHA in Anchorage.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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Roads Graded—
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a proposition which would extend
Bailey Hill Street through John
Bugge’s property along the sec
tion line as far as the new AHA
houses. Hurley said Bugge had
given permission for a right of
way. He proposed that the ARRC
bulldoze the road through if the
city would have “its” grader go
over it to bank up the sides prop
erly and also stand the cost of
having Bugge’s wire fence rolled
up and the fence posts piled. The^
City Council agreed.
New High School—
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tion on the school could begin as
soon as APW allots the construc
tion funds.
APW’s action in advancing the
planning funds followed by two
weeks the approval by school dis
trict electors of a million dollar
bond issue.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18
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