HEALTH DISTRICT WON’T BE FORCED ON
VALLEY SAYS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
There will be no attempt by
the Alaska Department of Health
to foist a health district on the
Matanuska Valley if it is not
■wanted, Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, As
sistant Commissioner of Health,
assured about 75 representatives
from the Palmer and Wasilla
School Districts last Thursday
night in a special meeting called
by the Health Council.
Suspicion that the Alaska De
partment of Health might take
advantage of the public health
nursing vacancy in the Valley,
beginning November 1 when Miss
Marjorie Myren leaves, and fill
such vacancy only if the com
munity agreed to form a health
district was declared unfounded.
Dr. Bishop said there is no nurse
available right now to fill the
vacancy either under the present
health program or under a dis
trict program if one were to be
filled. Even if the city of Palmer,
the Palmer School District, the
Wasilla School District, and the
Chugiak School District should
decide to form a health district,
there would be no more Territori
al funds available than there are
right now until biennium, which
begins next July 1, Dr. Bishop
said.
Actually there would be less
funds available. Presently the
Territory furnishes a nurse, a
part time secretary and pays for
the upkeep on the nurse’s car. Be
cause of cuts in the federal ap
propriation this year, the several
programs all over the Territory
have had to absob the decrease in
funds. In the Valley the decrease
is reflected in the ADH request
that the community pay $100
Tionthly toward the nurse’s sal
ary (instead of the present $600 a
year and take care of the main
;enance on the nurse’s car except
for repairs costing over $50. A
letter from Miss Dorothy Whit
ney, >in charge of nursing service
for ADH, had advised the Health
Council that this community sup
port would be expected of the
Valley if a replacement were to
be found for Miss Myren. The let
ter asked for a prompt answer
so that plans coujd be made for
storage or transfer of the nurse’s
car. The urgency of this request
was one of the main considera
tions prompting the meeting.
Miss Louise Kellogg, represent
ing the Health Council and the
Community Chest explained that
the budget for the Health Council
had been increased for the com
ing year to include the extra
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PALMER, ALASKA
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OCTOBER 15—16
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OCTOBER 19—20
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$600 for the nurse’s salary. She
said that Palmer’s share of the
budget (apportioned according to
school population) was $1,580. She
said she did not believe that any
more could be raised by the Com
munity Chest, indicating that
money for maintenance for the
car would have to come from an
other source.
The question was asked: Could
the Palmer School District hire
its own nurse and get Territorial
and federal funds? The answer to
this was “no.” Dr. Bishop explain
ed about the high standards re
quired of a public health nurse
in Alaska—regular nurse’s train
ing plus a year and a half of pub
lic nursing training, and a year of
public health experience. The As
sistant Commissioner also ex
plained why employment had to
be on the Territorial level: other
wise, some communities might try
to lure public health nurses away
from other communities. Dr. Bis
hop also described the employ
ment of a strictly school nurse as
a luxury that few communities
even in the states could afford. To
be efficient, she said, a public
health program should cover the
entire community. A hypothetical
question was put to Dr. Bishop:
If there were in the Valley a qual
ified public health nurse, would
the Alaska Department of Health
hire her with the provision that
she work in the Valley where her
home was established. The an
swer to this question was an en
thusiastic “yes, where can we find
such a person?”
Methods of financing the nurse’s
car were discussed. Three possi
bilities seemed open: have the
community purchase a new car
and pay for upkeep, pay a nurse
14 cents a mile on her own car.
or use the present nurse’s car
until July 1, and get a temporary
appropriation for maintenance
until that date. It was pointed out
that the present car would soon
hav to be replaced. Yearly cost of
mleage at 14 cents was estimated
at $1,820 on the basis of Miss My
ren’s estimate of 13,000 miles per
year. Maintenance for the balance
of the present fiscal year was es
timated at approximately $400.
Superintendent William T. Zah
radnicek was asked if the Palmer
School District Board could
squeeze the $400 into this year’s
budget. It was assumed appro
priation for both a car and main
tenance would be impossible out
of this year’s budget. Zahradnicek
indicated that there was no legal
reason why the school district
could not appropriate the money
needed for maintenance.
On the motion of Hugh John
son, the group present authorized
the Health Council (1) to inform
the Alaska Department of Health
that the community will take care
of the maintenance of the nurse’s
car as necessary and provide $100
monthly toward her salary and
(2) to request the Palmer Inde
pendent School District Board to
appropriate $400 of the present
fiscal year funds to assist in the
public health nursing program.
Suggestions were made during
the evening that the Wasilla and
Chugiak school districts incorpor
ate so that they could join with
the Palmer School District to sup
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TWO RN MEMBERS OF
VALLEY HOSPITAL
ASSN. BOARD RESIGN
Two resignations were turned
in at the special meeting of the
Valley Hospital Board last Thurs
day evening: Mrs. Julia Graves,
secretary and director for a three
year term, and Mrs. Jessie De
Vries, director for a one-year
term. Both women are registered
nurses.
Mrs. Graves resigned for per
sonal reasons. The resignation of
Mrs. DeVries stemmed from the
fact that she is now serving as
a full-time member of the hospital
nursing staff.
Max Sherrod is chairman of the
Board committee that will recom
mend names for replacement at
the regular meeting of the Valley
Hospital Board tomorrow night.
Engagement Announced
Mr and Mrs. Maynard Knowl
ton Carle of Isington, Massachus
etts, announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Virginia
Carle of Palmer, Alaska, to Mr.
Sigurd Haaland, formerly of Oslo,
Norway but presently employed
at Koslosky’s in Palmer. Miss
Carle has taught for the past two
years in Palmer School system.
Plans call for a wedding dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
port local costs of a possible Mat
anuska Valley Health District in
the future. Dr. Bishop said that
legislation might be introduced at
the coming Territorial session to
permit setting up of a health dis
trict as a tax unit.
Interesting figures on person
nel needed in a given public
health community were given by
Dr. Bishop. She said it was not
feasible to have a public health
physician-director for a popula
tion under 50,000. One public
health nurse can serve a popula
tion of 2,500-3,000, depending on
how widespread the community.
There should be one sanitarian for
every 5,000 of rural population,
she said.
Regular meeting of the Health
Council begins at 7 p.m. tonight in
the Co-Op Club Room. Anyone
interested is welcome.
Turkey Dinner, Oct. 23, 5:30 to
8:30 p.m.. Grange Hall.
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BUYS BEAUTY SHOP
Mrs. Bessie Luggas has purch
ased the Valley Beauty Shop
ocated in Recreation Hall from
Mrs. Wanda Daggs.
Mrs. Daggs, who was injured in
an automobile accident near Mat
anuska Bridge two weeks ago,
plans to go Outside with her hus
band, Dan Daggs. who came to
Alaska for a construction assign
ment a year ago.
Mrs. Daggs operated the shop
last week on' a part time basis
while continuing with her regular
shift in Koslosky’s clothing de
partment. She started operating
the beauty shop on a full time
basis last Saturday. Mrs. Duggas,
who is the sister of John L. Sul
livan, used to have her own shop
in Kilbourne, Texas.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
GRAND CHANCELLOR
ENTERTAINED HERE
The Palmer Moose Lodge enter
tained several honored guests at
a party given for Katherine
Smith, Grand Chancellor of the
Women of the Moose on Tuesday,
September 30 at Moose Hall .
Other guests included Dr. Mon
niger of Baltimore, Past Supreme
Noble North Moose; Walter Her
manson, Past President of the
Moose Association and Mr. and
Mrs. Berggren of Juneau. All
were on their way home from the
Alaska Moose Conference recent
ly held in Fairbanks. Mr. and
! Mrs. Ralph Moore of Palmer were
i local delegates in attendance at
I the conference.
The guests were introduced to
local lodge members following a
luncheon. Miss Smith was pre
sented a set of moose horns by
Governor Leo Lucas of the local
lodge. Miss Smith extended
thanks to the lodge and chapter
for their hospitality and stated
she wished prosperity and growth
but no changes for she found the
outlook and attitude of Valley
folk most desireable.
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