Barber Returns to Land
Counsel Job In Alaska
Abe Barber, well-known in
this area, has been reappointed
regional counsel for the Bureau
of Land Management in Alaska,
headquarters at Anchorage. He
had retired from this position last
August after 37 years with the
Department of the Interior.
“Barber is an authority on all
matters pertaining to adjudicat
ing problems in Alaska,” said
Secretary of the Interior Oscar L.
Chapman. “He is a recognized
authority on cases concerning
rights - of - way and railroad
grants.”
Barber has spent his entire
public career in the Department
of the Interior. During his serv
ice as adjudicator, member of the
law board and attorney, he has
specialized in public land laws
relating particularly to the Terri
tory of Alaska.
TELEPHONE COMPANY SEEKS
VITAL MATERIALS OUTSIDE
With shortages becoming cri
tical, the Matanuska Valley Tele
phone Co. Inc., has an agent
scouting Outside for available
materials for expansion, M. S.
“Sandy” Sands, president and
manager, said yesterday.
He expects a report shortly .
“We want to lay the ground
work for 2000 automatic lines,”
Sands said. “Our plans are made.
Now the big question before us is
whether we can get the materials.
That- we are trying to do”.
on Ship Creek in the Anchorage
<ailroad yards is the final link
in a combined ARR-CEA project
expected to turn out 11,150 kilo
watts by the end of 1952.
WASILLA
PERSONALS
By Barbara Carter
Junior class, Wasilla High, is
giving the Seniors a Prom May
5, Wasilla Community Hall. There
will be a reception for seniors,
their parents, escorts and teach
ers from 8:00 to 9:00. The king
and queen, chosen from the Se
nior class, will be crowned at
midnight. The hall will be dec
orated with flowers and spring
colors.
George Venne is in Wasilla
again from the states, where his
family drove last fall. He drove
back over the highway.
Tuberculosis vaccinations were
given at the Wasilla school May
2.
Shorty Gustafson is back in
Wasilla after spending part of
the winter in the states.
Gene Coghlan is now working
for the ARC in Anchorage.
Wasilla had clean-up day last
Sunday. Dry grass around the
buildings was burned and a good
shine-up given the town.
Mrs. Ola Grafton is home after
being excused from jury duty in
Anchorage.
Kathy Coghlan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Coghlan, re
ceived a bad facial bruise when
hit by a bicycle.
Mickie Carter, 2 - year - old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Carter, suffered a jaw injury
when hit by a wooden swing.
Coffee Insures Everything—
Remember'?
TWENTY YEARS AGO...
/ started the Youth Symphony Orchestra move
ment in Dallas, Texas. It is now famous.
THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN HERE!
There is as much musical talent in the Malanuska Valley
as anywhere in the world. No finer young people ever grew!
They deserve the same opportunities as young folk in the
S LET’S GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANGE!
TRADE & HOBBY SCHOOL ‘
Box 1528
(JUAN P. MILLER)
Moutain View
ITS NO MYSTERY!
FUEL
OIL
By RADIO
The only mystery about the whole thing is 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 & SERVICE (Consignee)
Phone 76 Palmer
UNION OIL COMPANY
INIA
Military Services For
Grant France, Colonist
Grant France, 58, Matanuska
farmer, died at Valley Hospital
May 2, after a long illness.
Born at Bagley, Iowa, Mr.
France was one of the original
colonists, coming to the Valley
from Minnesota in 1935.
He was a charter member of
the Matanuska Post No. 15, Am
erican Legion. Also a member of
the Carpenter’s Local.
Surviving are his widow, Iva;
three sons, Vernon, Miles and
Norman, two daughters, Mrs.
•June Withey and Mrs. Laura
Stanberg, all of Palmer.
Burial will be at Palmer ceme
tery, May 5, at 2 p. m. Military
funeral services will be conduct
ed aT the grave by Robert Peter
son, commander, and American
Legion members.
More than forty guests “show
ered” Miss Martha Crawford
Wednesday at the Rec Hall. She
is to be married soon to Richard
Hodson. Both have grown up in
Palmer where they have a host
of friends.
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Skeena Highway
Open For Travel
The Skeena Highway, leading
eastward from Prince Rupert ti>
Prince George and connecting
with the Cariboo Highway pro
ceeding southward to Vancouver,
now is officially open for the
season without restrictions, the
Alaska Development Board has
been advised.
The road is reported in “fair
condition”. Extensive improve
ments are planned at an early
date by the British Columbia
Highway department.
NEW SHIPMENT
•Red Geraniums
•Ivy Plants
•Philodendrons
REMEMBER AUGUST
FLOWER SHOW
Mai. Valley Gardens
MAUD HOSLER
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Carpenters Hall
will be available for meetings or assemblies,
Wednesday nigMs from 7 fo 9
For appointment, see or call
Business Agent Ray Lancaster at 62Y11
6 p.m.
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Gel Ready
for
Clean Up Week
IT'S SPRING AND
SPRING HOUSE-CLEANING TIME.
INDOORS AND OUT. GET YOUR
MATERIALS NOW—THE BEST—
• Dutch Boy Paints
* Rakes... Shovels
* Fertilizers
* Lawn Mowers
* HOSE Plastic or Rubber
Let's make Palmer the cleanest city in Alaska
Cooperate on Cleanup Week May 15—25
GRASSER'S
HARDWARE It
SPORTING GOODS
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Power Shortage
Complicated By
Lack Of Materials
There’s not much hope in sight
in the immediate future to ease
the power shortage, Mrs. Ruth C.
Pierson, manager of the Matanus
ka Electric Association said today.
“Materials are hard to get. We
had been hoping for preference
but no encouragement that we
will get it has come through.” she
explained.
“We can only provide for limit
ed construction, for ‘short service
drops’, but cannot handle any
long construction. Perhaps we
can later; we don’t know.”
Present indications are that
there will be little letup on the
shortage until the steam generat
ing plant gets into operation in
Anchorage, she added.
Meanwhile, bids have been
opened by the Bureau of Recla
mation on construction of the Ek
lutna Palmer transmission line
and distribution system for the<
Eklutna project. Construction on
the transmission line probably
will start within a month, the
Bureau of Reclamation said.
Route will be from the present
Eklutna hydro plant, past the
new plant and into Palmer. The
starting unit will energize 33,000
volts to serve the Matanuska REA
Applications For Power
Anyone wanting power in the
immediate future should apply at
once to the Matanuska Electric^
Association in Palmer, sign an*
application for membership and
make a $15 deposit. An easement
must be obtained to cross prop
ty, then an engineer surveys thej
site to determine how long an ex-.
tension is required. Next question
is whether materials are available
“Right now we are out of,
weatherproof wire, so things are;
at a standstill,” Mrs. Pierson said.j
Anchorage Plant
Sealed bids on the steam gener- •
ating plant in Anchorage capable,
of producing 9500 kilowatts have;
been called for opening May 21 j
by the Alaska Railroad and Chu-:
gach Electric Assn., Inc.
The steam plant, to be located!
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