Health Council Lauds
“City Fathers' Action
In Water Emergency
Sometimes interested consti
tuents take time out to thank
their elected officials for work
well done. Palmer’s City Council
was pleased to receive the follow
ing letter last week:
July 15, 1951
Mayor and City Council
Palmer. Alaska
Dear Sirs:
We have been concerned for
some time over the water situa
■on in Palmer. From a sanitary
viewpoint, both the purity and
. supply of water is a major health
~concern.
We are pleased at the report
that the problem of a sufficient
supply of water has been solved.
We appreciate the ceaseless and
untiring efforts of your adminis
tration in the solution of this em
ergency and the pushing to its
completion one of the first impor
tant tasks.
We pledge our support to the
-extent that we are able in any
future emergency involving the
health and sanitation of the city
of Palmer.
Sincerely yours,
Matanuska Valley Health Council
Thomas A. Moyer, Secrtary
INTERESTED IN BUILDING
Two instructive booklets on
construction principles, recently
issued by the Associated General
Contractors, are offered free to
interested builders according to
Larry Moore, Manager of the
Alaska Chapter of the A. G. C.
The publication “Safeguarding
Public Funds” is designed to ad
vise governmental agencies on
the benefits of construction of
public projects under the contract
method. Another booklet, “Un
divided Responsibility” is a key
to lower construction costs and
points out the advantages of
awarding general contracts to ob
tain efficiency and economy in
construction projects which in
volve interlocking operations.
Moore added “The pamphlets
are most timely in view of the
» many government regulations
controlling supplies and permits
to build under Defense Produc
tion Legislation. They illustrate
the benefits of placing full re
sponsibility for a completed pro
ject under one general award”.
Booklets will be mailed, free
upon request, to municipal agen
cies, governmental bureaus and
private builders of construction
projects, from the Anchorage
office of the Associated General
Contractors.
FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR
BETA SIGMA PHI;
PICNIC PLANNED
Local chapter Beta Sigma Phi
will celebrate their first birthday
anniversary with a family picnic
to be held at the Jack Maze’ land
on Cornelius Lake August 6.
Formerly scheduled to be held
July 17, the picnic dinner will
start at six o’clock, following the
previously announced plans.
During the evening, secret sis
ters will reveal themselves to one
another while presenting gifts. A
drawing will be held to determine
^the coming years sisters.
W.R. Benson of Homer, Alaska,
Alaskan distributor of Memo Li
quid Coffee was a Valley visitor
early this week.
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WASILLA
PERSONALS
Miss Lu Livingston left on
Tuesday’s train north for Lagoon,
where she will spend the rest of
the summer with her parents.
She plans to return here for
school this fall.
Mrs. Clara Slumberger left this
week for a trip to Cordova where
she will visit with old acquin
tances. She is a former resident
of Cordova.
Mrs. James Simpson has retur
ned to Wasilla after several weeks
visiting with her parents in the
States.
Mrs. Charles Isaacs left for
Seattle this week where she will
again visit with her husband who
is receiving medical treatment.
Dr. S. C. Litzenberger, William
Senske, and Earl Combs went on
a prospecting tour near the Lucky
Shot Mine last weekend. They
reported finding some good pans.
Sccut Executive
Moves to Anchorage
Maurice F. Powers, Alaskan
Boy Scout executive, is making
his home in Anchorage, following
a move from Juneau where he has
lived the past three years.
Powers is head of the five man
professional staff in the Territory.
Eugene Butler, assistant execu
tive, also of Anchorage and Pow
ers have made several Palmer vi
sits and are well known in the
valley.
Suggests Ala&ka Chapter
Civil Engineer*, Society
“I heartily advocate the organ
izing of an Alaskan Chapter ol
the National Society of Civil En
gineers."
So said Gail A. Hathaway,
President of the NSCE. while ad
dressing a distinguished group
of 80 local civil and military en
gineers in .anchorage last Tues
day.
“With so many civil engineers
now engaged in Alaska on large
federal and other works, there is
a genuine need for their getting
together for an exchange of ideas.
Our national society will cooper
ate wTith such a group to the ful
lest extent.”
Mr. Hathaway has been flying
over and to many projects in the
Anchorage area the past few days
and will continue to inspect, in
Fairbanks and Juneau, civil and
military engineering, until return
ing Stateside on July 25th. He is
in the Territory as a special con
sultant in the Office of the Chief
of U. S. Army Corps of Engin
eers.
Introduced at the local meeting
by Colonel L. E. Seeman, Alaska
District Engineer, who is a past
president of the Society of Mili
tary Engineers. Mr. Hathaway
traced the ups and downs of the
civil engineer from early days.
Father Snead should keep Susie
securely fastened lest the strains
from Neal Wright’s new hand or
gan lure her from her treetop
roost.
TOST'S
SERVICE STATION
• General Repairs
• Batteries - Tires
• Standard Products
In Down Town PALMER, ALASKA
IT'S NO MYSTERY!
FUEL
OIL
By RADIO
The only mystery about the whole thing ii that we
didn't do it sooner. What. Why equip our delivery
trucks with radio receivers.
It has done away with all waiting. Just phone 76 and
your oil is delivered pronto. "Join the regulars"—let
us keep you In fuel oil without the bother of your
having to call in.
PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY WITH
ALASKA SALES A SERVICE (Coesigaee)
Phone 76 Palmer
VALDEZ GARAGE
DESTROYED IN BLAZE
The Roy Diermger garage in
Valdez was levelled by fire early
this week.
Owned by Mrs. Betty Dieringer
and operated by Owen P. John
son. the garage and apartment
above were completely destroyed
by the fire that for a time threat- j
ened the Valdez Cold Storage.
Firemen concentrated their ef
fort* on the storage plant when it
became evident the garage was j
beynnd saving.
The estimated damage was not
announced.
SHIP CAPTAIN
VISITS PALMER
Captain Edgar W Miller spent
a few days in Palmer and Anchor -
age recently, on business
Captain Miller is one of the
oldest ship pilots and navigators
in Alaska, having spent the past
54 years in the Territory with
about 40 of them spent piloting
ships on the rivers of Alaska.
A veteran of World War II,
Captain Miller now is making his
home at Glenn Allen.
JOHNSON
Power Mower
Makes Fun of a Tedious Chore
ft MOWS GRASS AND WEEDS
☆ PUSHES ITSELF!
SPECIAL $25 REDUCTION ON PHILCO
REFRIGERATORS
9-FOOT MODELS $284.95 and $326
$irf}-95 and S9AA.00
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11-FOOT MODELS WERE $356.20
$3 * <1.20
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