LOCAL MEN LEAVE ON
COW-BUYING MISSION
FOR CO-OP DAIRYMEN
Forty-eight Holstein cows in the
Pacific Northwest are placidly
rating their familiar grass this
week without the slightest know
ledge of an impending boat trip
' that will take them north on the
Pacific Ocean, through the Gulf
of Alaska, and finally into the
very heartland of Alaskan agri
culture in the Matanuska Valley.
Fall fresheners all, they soon
will be furnishing milk to the Co
Op dairy. They will boost the
total milk production of nine Co
Op dairymen by a roughly esti
mated 1440 pounds daily and pro
vide an (estimated) extra 700
quarts of pure, fresh, Grade A
milk for children and adults of
central Alaska.
The Co-Op dairymen gathered
last w^ek to place their orders;
and Sunday their chosen repre
sntatives, M. D. Snodgrass and
Jack Cope, left for the States on
, a cow-purchasing trip. They will
make a survey of the whole
Northwest dairy country to line
up their selections for the Alaska
trip. They will help load the
cattle on a boat in Seattle and
acompany them on the trip to the
Valley, arriving about the third
week in September. All of the
. cows will be Holsteins, Co-Op
Manager Fred Zieke stated this
FREAK WEATHER
ENDANGERS VALLEY'S
VALUABLE SPUD CROP
Freak weather continued this
week to subject the Valley to
early frosts, light but often re
sulting in spotty but widespread
damage.
Fears for the Valley’s valu
able potato crop mount as reports
come in about vines that have
been nipped or frozen to the
ground. An estimated 30-40 per
cent of the potential yield de
pends on continued growth at
least through mid-September.
Danger times, as farmers all
know, are the unusually clear
nights which have been experi
enced several times during the
past two weeks.
week, because they are big pro
ducers.
The nine dairymen or dairy
partners who Will receive the 48
cows are: Robert Anderson, Wil-.
liam Hecker, C. H. Kurty, Snod
grass and Newcomb, M. D. Snod
grass and Hale, Melvin Sanders,
Vernon Williams, and Dave Philo.
ATTENTION
Additional assistants are need
ed in all axhibit departments
at the Valley Fair, primarily in
the Flower Department. Vol
unteers please contact Parker
Lester or Maud Hosier on the
grounds Friday.
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j Notebook.
Gottfried Stevahn and Keith
Stanton, Palmer school teach
ers, returned to Palmer Sunday
from their summer vacation
spent Outside. Although they
both enjoyed their vacations,
they said they were very glad
to be back in Palmer.
Betty Jo Starr, Waterhole
Johnny and Norma Beal, local
entertainers leave for Seattle
September 3 whefe they will
make new recordings, planning to
return to the Valley sometime in
October. Betty Jo Starr recently
signed a new contract with Coral
Recording Company, a subsidiary
of Decca Recording. While Out
side Mrs. Beal plans a quick visit
with her mother in Michigan.
Back ai the U. S. Geological
Survey laboratory after a few
weeks’ vacation at the home of
her parents in Duluth, Minne
sota, is Gertrude Andresen.
Marvin Slaughter and his US
GS staff on su.face water investi
gations are on the Kenai Penin
sula this week where a new gaug
ing station is being constructed
near Trial Lake.
Visiting his sisters, Alice
Snodgrass and Flora Newcomb,
for a few days last week was
Harry Mikami of Philadelphia,
research chemist for the Lavino
Corporation. With him during
his visit in the Valley was his
old anthropology professor from
the University of Alaska, Ivar
Skaarland. who took the op
portunity to check up on some
anthropological observations in
this area.
Mrs. Agnes Rich, Palmer first
grade teacher, and five people
from the Eklutna Project—Mrs.
C. H. Inman, Mrs. Lee Johnson,
Jeanette Jacobson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Bates are planning to
take the special flight excui'sion
to Kotzebue and Nome this week
end.
Mr .and Mrs. C. O. Huntley
are now settled in their new
home on the Anchorage High
way, after returnng form an ex
tended Stateside visit a little
over one week ago. The Hunt
leys purchased their new home
from the Clyde King, Seniors.
. Alice Norman, cousin of Sheila
Hagen, left her Alaskan summer
vacation behind her this week as
she left for home in Minneapolis
and the inevitable beginning in
school. For Sheila school will be
gin in Palmer this year for the
first time in five years. Because
of a condition aggravated by Al
askan winter climate she pre
viously attended Annie Wright
Seminary in Tacoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waller
of Chirikoff Island are guests
at the Matanuska Hotel and
plan to stay for the Fair.
Also returning to school is Mrs.
Jack Frost, who has based her
| Alaskan summer vacation at the
Matanuska Hotel. Joining her
husband, who is in charge of the
Western Electric project of con
structing ACS repeater stations
between Anchorage and Tok. Mrs.
Frost has become enthusiastic
about Alaska and Alaskans.
Thanks to this summer in Palmer
and side trips to several other
areas of Alaska, she will have an
entirely different picture of the
Territory to present to her fourth
grade pupils in Seattle. “We feel
very definitely that we’ll be com
ing ‘back to Alaska,’ she said,
“You can’t find a place like this
and then give it up.”
Sergeant Stanley Laird of the
Highway Patrol returned to duty
this week after busman’s “holi
day” all over the Territory.”
CANCER CRUSADE NETS
$189 IN FIRST WEEK
Contrbutions to the Cancer
Crusade received by the local com
mittee through Tuesday of this
week stood at $189 .according to
the report of Mrs. Charles W.
Wilson, chairman.
Out of 807 letters set out to
Wasilla, Jonesville. and Palmer,
55 have been returned.
Final date of the Matanuska
Valley Cancer Crusade will be
September 10, Mrs. Wilson said,
although any contributions re
ceived later will be credited to
ward the local drive. Cancer fund
Drunken Driver to
Answer Charges Today
Arthur I. Justison will appear
in U- S. Commissioner’s Court to
day at 4 p.m. to answer a com
plaint filed by the Alaska High
way Patrol in which he is accused
of driving while under the influ
ence of liquor on August 27.
Justison was held at the Fed
eral jail in Anchorage when he
was unable to raise the $400 bail
imposed by U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton, Justison is ac
cused of driving a road grader,
property of Stock and Grove
Company, while under the in
fluence of liquor. The grader was
i impounded by the Highway Pa
trol and the owner notified by
City Chief Bernard Bouwens.
drives in other cities of the Ter
ritory were ended by August 15.
and the Alaska Commander of
the Cancer Crusade must soon
make her district report to the
American Cancer Society nation
al headquarters.
WELCOME
Sunday, August 31
SINGSPIRATION
8 P.M.
United Protestant Church
ONGRATULATION S
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MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
BEUYS’ LADIES SHOPPE
VI RO GAFE
SEVERNS BUILDING—Offices
PALMER REALTY INC.
NEW WRIGHT ANNEX, Offices & Store
OLIVES SNACK AND SANDWICH BAR
MOTOR-IN-SERVICE
PALMER PAINT CO.
BUTCHER & SHAW, Attorneys
WILLIAM W. HEAD, CPA
PALMER BAKING CO.
PIPPEL INSURANCE
CITY AUTO SERVICE
DROOKS FEED & SUPPLY
itjs immensely gratifying lo note that those of yon w ho are new, as well as those who have rebuilt and
expanded facilities have joined us in showing great faith in the development of Palmor and the
-Matanuska Valley.
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Our sweetest welcome and loads of luck!
BERT'S DRUG
PALMER DRUG
PALMER BAKING CO.
PALMER PAINT CO.
PALMER BAR
PALMER REALTY
HARTLEY BROS.
BETTYS'
PALMER SHEET METAL
KOSLOSKY'S DEPT. STORE
FRONTIER BAR '
SHAMROCK LOUNGE
MARTIN'S WEST SIDE SERVICE
KETCHIKEN SPRUCE
KENS' ELECTRIC
BROOKS FEED
CLUB 49ER
T & T SOURDOUGH BAR
MVFCA
TOSTS' SERVICE
VALLEY THEATER
PIPPEL INSURANCE
MAC'S PLUMBING & HEATING
WHITE SPOT CAFE
PALMER FOUNTAIN
PALMER MACHINERY
NORTH PALMER STORE
VALLEY GROCERY
MEA
GRASSERS HARDWARE
VALLEY REALTY
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