Grange Committee
To Investigate Co-op
Phone Possibility
At a meeting of the Northland
Pioneer Grange Thursday, Octo
ber 25, a committee was appoint
ed to explore REA possibilities
for financing a Matanuska Valiev
cooperative telephone association.
The committee of three includes
M. D. Snodgrass, chairman: Rich
ard Blue; and Eugene Kirsch.
These men were appointed fol
lowing informal Grange discus
sion regarding such a cooperative.
The committee is to confer with
individuals in outlying commu
nities and local organizations to
determine interest in such a pro
ject. If enough interest is revealed
meetings of all persons interested
will be called in the near futuie
with the purpose of organizing
for action.
previous Phone Attempts
This is not the first Valley at
tempt to acquire a telephone sys
tem, M. D. Snodgrass reminded
this week. Even before the Col
ony arrived, the Matanuska Val
ley Farmers’ Assn, at Palmer :n
1934 appointed a committee to in
vestigate the possibilities of a tel
ephone system. Some 30 farmer's
each planned to cut tripod poles
for a line through or by their
farms around the loop west of the
Matanuska Experiment Station
to Wasilla. via King’s Lake, Fin
ger Lake, the Monoghan farm,
Palmer and to the Butte.
These plans were dropped i;v
1935 when the ARRC came to the
Valley with telephone lin.es.
Three and one-half years later,
according to Snodgrass, most >f
the lines were down and in 1942
thei'e was hardly a telephone in
existence in the Valley.
In May of 1944, the telephone:
issue became a live one for the
159 Grange members. On the pro
posal of Worthy Master L. C.
Stock, a committee was selected.
Through Cooperation of REA,
ARR, and the Army, plans pro
gressed to a point of having per
mission to use existing facilities
for wires, and a telephone switch
board set-up. The Army was go
ing to furnish 190 phones. Appar
ently all that was needed was 160
miles of wire and someone to go
ahead and do the work.
At this point, Maynard S.
Sands came into the picture with
the Matanuska Valley Telephone
Company, and the Grange with
drew its plans in favor of his pro
ject.
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put it in classifieds, under FOR
SALE.
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Development Board to
Report Nov. 10-12 on
Anchorage Area Study
The Alaska Development Board
will meet at a special three-day
j session to be held in Anchorage,
j November 10-12, it has been an
nounced by Don H Goodman.
| Chairman.
Specific Alaskan development
problems and opportunities, as
well as matters of general policy
will be discussed at the meeting.
Goodman said. General Manager
George Sundborg will report on
a recent trip to the eastern Unit
ed States where he interviewed
officials of the Aluminum Com
pany of America and others in
terested in large-scale develop
ments in the Territory.
Special emphasis will be given
the Anchorage area when a pre
liminary copy of the Anchorage
district survey, now' being com
piled, will be reviewed by the
Board. Field work for the survey
was completed in early October
by Ralph Browne, assistant man
ager.
A highlight of the meeting will
be a public forum featuring
prominent leaders of Alaskan
business, industry and govern
ment to be held during the final
day of the session. Speakers, top
ics and other information relating
to the forum will be announced
later, Goodman stated.
Members of the Alaska De
velopment Board include, Chair
man Don H. Goodman, Anchor
age; Antonio Polet, Nome; Herb
Hilscher, Fairbanks; Robert Boo
chever. Juneau, and Wilfred C.
Stump, Ketchikan.
RETURNS FROM
FAR-EAST TOUR
Elmendorf A. F. B.—Mrs. Chas.
W. Mayo, who with her husband,
Dr. Mayo of the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester. Minnesota, inspected
medical facilities at Elmendorf
Air Force Base and Fort Richard
son in September, stopped at the
base for several hours on her way
back to the States from the Ori
ent. She was met at the air ter
minal by Mrs. W. E. Kepner, wife
of the commander-in-chief of the
Alaskan Command.
Last month Dr. and Mrs. Mayo
were guests of Gen. and Mrs.
Kepner during their one-day
stopover en route to the Far East.
Mrs. Mayo reported that sha
left the remainder of the party
in the Orient. Dr. Mayo, she said,
has already visited the front lines
in Korea, and was surprised and
pleased to note the efficiency
with which the wounded were
being evacuated. He praised the
work of the Third Air Rescue
Squadron in that area. He was
also gratified with the effective
use being made of blood plasma,
which he said was saving many
lives. He, Dr. W. Randolph Love
lace and Lt. Fred R. Colman will
have visited most of the major
military theaters of the world be
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GOODRICH MACHINE WORKS
Welding and Machine Work
Located in the AftRC Shop Bldg,
behind Fair Grounds
Phone 20Y1 Palmer
SADfE HAWKINS DANCE
DOG-PATCH STYLE.
PLANNED BY GRANGE
“Look out men. here they
come", will be a familiar cry
come November 10.
Pioneer Grange is sponsoring
a “Sadie Hawkins" dance on that
date, with authentic costumes and
decorations planned.
A Dog Patch shack will featuic
cider and doughnuts in place of•
“presarved turnips", and all the
characters from Dog Patch are i
expected to be there, including'
Lil Abner, Daisy Mae. Ma and
Pa Yokum, Moonbeam McSwine
AND Sadie Hawkins, the homeli-1
est gal in them thar hills.
For those who attend the dance
in “Dog Patch style”, there will
be a prize for the one best por
traying the character represent
ed. Hammus Alabamus Salomey
will be honored when a ham is
presented in his name as the door
prize. People dressed in any old
style will be eligible for the door
prize.
Sure to be a hit of the evening
is the Sadie Hav.kins race. True
Hawkins rules will apply with a
jrize for the gal who catches her |
man first. There will be old time,
reels, squares and fox trot dances,
scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Music j
for the square dancing will be ;
furnished by records with Lau
ritz Loberg and his accordian and
possibly Tom Moffitt with the
bass fiddle. The hard working
committee includes A1 and Es
ther Kirsch, Martin and Violet
Sherman, Barbara Bentti and
Mildred Buzby. Callers will be
local. |
Proceeds from the dance will
go toward the Grange building
fund. So come on out, all you Dog
Patch fans, there’s goin’ to be a
lot of fun. I
fore they return to the States.
Mrs. Mayo is now planning to
visit in Los Angeles before pro
ceeding to Rochester.
job
Car and Truck Chains
Snow Tires
Anti-Freeze
Windshield Wipers
Modes
Defrost Shields
and
and Batteries
TOST'S SERVICE
Down Town Palmer
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Go Id Production
Highest in 8 Years
Juneay—Gt>ld output in Alaska
in 1850 following a two*year de
cline, increased to the highest
point since 1942. according to a:i
area report released by the Bu
reau of Mines. U S. Department
of Interior, this week
This unexpected gam in pro
duction of the Territory’s great
est value commodity was largely
responsible for the increase in
over-all value of mineral output
in the Territory to $17,798,000
from $15,549,000 in 1949.
Although coal continued to
rank second to gold in value of
output, production was slightly
less than the record production of
1949. Alaskan production in 1950
(in terms of recoverable metal)
was 289,272 fine ounces of gold
valued at $10,124,520. The 1950
Alaska coal production total was
393,000 short tons, which was nine
percent less than the record total
of 1949. Production increases over
the 1949 output in Alaska v.ere
chalked up in 1950 for copper,
lead, silver, Tungsten and zinc.
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'aiibanks Attorney <
Says Sales Tax Legal
Ugaitly of municipal taxes on
'ales and services, questioned bv
«»nie opposition factions, appear
'd more certain this week follow
ng a carefully prepared opinion
»f a Fairbanks attorney.
In a letter to the Fairbanks
News-Miner, Attorney Warren A
Taylor, expressed the belief that
nunicipal sales tax collections are
perfectly legal. His belief is based
>n findings by him during a ta
rent trip to Juneau where ne
studied the acts of the last legis
lature.
“Obviously," he pointed out,
the legislature had no intent „o
repeal the sales tax law when
they left it out of a bill, because
three days later they passed leg
islation. pertaining to a municipal
sales tax.”
“The ommission of a paragraph
from the bill would, standing
alone, constitute a repeal of the
aaragraph by implication. But re
peals by implication are not fav
ared by courts. In this case they
would have ample evidence that
the legislature did not intend to
*epeal the law by implication.”
Fairbanks voters recently ap
proved a one percent tax on sales
ind services.
Palmer sales tax returns for the
month of October will be due at
the office of city clerk, William
Head on November 10. ,
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Chitna Limousine Service
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a. m. each Monday (leaves Anchorage al 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 al 9:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Friday
ALL THROUGH ONE-DAY SERVICE—NO STOP OVERS
OPSTUJISt Lint
Offering Scheduled Freight Service Between
CatHamia—Portland—Seattle—Alaska
S. S. SEAFAIR
Arrive Seward-Valdez .
November 2
S. S. TARLETON BROWN
Leave San Francisco
Leave Portland .
Leave Seattle .
Arrive Seward-Valdez
November 3
November 8
November 12
November 18
S. S. CHARLES CROCKER
Leave San Francisco.November 8
Leave Portland .November 13
Leave Seattle .November 17
Arrive Seward-Valdez .November 23
SWARD
B. Freight Depet
IS*
T. Bte
ANCHORAOl
233 Central Bid#.
P. O. Box sat
Phono 34401
Oeorge Hutton
DM.
FAIRBANKS
P. O. Box UM
Jemeeon Engineer
tog Bull dine
M. J. Wilcox.
Dirt. Freight Act.
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