Building Boom, |
Business and Home,
Sweeps Palmer
Construction of modern busi- i
ness blocks on the main street of
Palmer in the near future ap
peared to be “in the making” to
day.
Being wrecked to give way to
an addition to the modern, con- >
crete and fire-proof two-story
Wright building is the old frame
structure occupied until last Sun
day by the Ron Da Voo cafe.
Equipment from the restaurant
has been stored or sold and the
owners and operators say they
wi^l not reopen until suitable and
fully modern quarters are avail
able.
Remodelling and expansion of
the Shamrock bakery into a corn
opening tentatively slated for
June 30.
Excavations on at least two oth
er key locations in the business .
district are being cleared, but an
nouncements of building plans
await completion of financing ar
rangements and the assurance
materials are available.
Residential Building
To help meet the acute housing
shortage, the Alaska Housing Au
thority has one house finished,
nine others nearing completion,
and excavation and preliminary
construction under way on 15
more. Contractor is the James
Construction Co., of Seward.
Proposal of a prospective pur
chaser to buy the Palmer airport
and subdivide it into town lots
for a housing project, still is in
the “consideration stage”.
,Jack Maze, manager of the
Matanuska Valley bank, who said
he was representing a “responsi
ble customer”, placed the matter
before Gov. Ernest Gruening,
chairman of the board of aero
nautics, suggesting it be brought
before the board. More details
were requested by the governor
Wjho wanted to be assured that if
the present airport were so con
verted, Palmer still would have
an adequate airbase.
Housing Shortage Acute
Meanwhile, inpouring govern
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WASILLA
. PERSONALS
By Barbara Carter
The Anchorage Outboard Motor
dub is having boat races at Lake
Wasilla on Sunday, June 10. No
;rophies will be given. Everyone
s welcome to see the races.
Results of the boat races held
Memorial day: High man, Don
Stubbart; unlimited, Pic Pickens;
3-utility, Bill Faulkner; B-hydro,
Don Stubbart; C-hydro, Rube Os
wald.
Don Stubbart received the 3
y^ear cup, which was the large one.
3e has to win the cup three times
n order to keep it. Other win
ners received small cups.
Charmaigne and Annette Sawby
ire visiting the Harry Harpers in
Anchorage. They plan to return
nere on the week-end.
Baseball games are being held
at the Palmer ball park every
Sunday afternoon by the Wasilla
boy’s team and the Palmer boy’s
team. Last Sunday’s game was
rained out, but the boys are plan
ning on having a game this Sun
day at 1:30 p.m.
The V.F.W. post No. 9365 and
auxiliary report a very successful
sale of Buddy poppies. They also
wish to thank all those who aid
ed to make it successful.
* * *
Miss Lu Livingston left Wed
nesday for Lagoon, Alaska, where
her parents are living. Lu has
been working at the Wasilla road
house.
ment supervisors, staff workers
and employes on the Eklutna
project, and servicemen from Ft.
Richardson, who want to bring
their families north, frantically
are seeking living accomodations.
They want homes—first to rent,
otherwise to buy—but homes—or
apartments.
Problem of obtaining building
materials, plus the cost and time
delay of delivery, and the short
length of the building season, all
add to the problems of both busi
ness and home construction.
Mrs. Vivian Dubinick, of Ju-)
neau, assistant director, bureau of
vital statistics, was in the Wasilla
commissioner’s office June 6.
* * *
Mrs. Martin Olson is home here
after spending the past few weeks
in the States.
Mrs. Jim Bryant and daughter
and son, Leticia and Larry, were
houseguests of Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman Betts. Also with them
came Miss Carol Jones of Anchor
age.
The V.F.W. Susitna post No.
9365 held a dance Tuesday night,
May 29..
Mrs. Peter Nelson and children,
Allayne and Erling, have left for
the States for a combined pleas
ure and business trip.
Mrs. Rose Mazy, who recently
j returned from the States, now is
I working at the Wasilla roadhouse.
PLYING GRANDPARENTS
CROSS CONTINENT
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yorak flew
from their home in Maple Wood,
N. J., to the Valley this week, for
a summer vacation. Mr. and Mrs.
Yorak are grandparents of Mrs.
Lillian Pinkham, whose husband
Lewis, is in charge of all farm
work at the Valley Chistian Chil
den’s home at Wasilla.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, who
has been visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Brown at Cantwell, re
cently returned to Wasilla. She
was one of the Wasilla teachers.
She plans to go to Hawaii soon,
where she will teach next term.
Jerry Cottle now is working at
Cantwell.
Bill Kotila returned Tuesday,
after a week at Broad Pass fish
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lohnes
again are living in Wasilla, then
former home.
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starting June 10. Teachers are
Miss Ramona Davis and Mrs.
Jane Moore. Everyone is welcome.
Miss Olive Taylor, missionary
worker at Chitna, has returned to
Reading, Mass., on furlough.
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