Annual Flower Show
Sei For August;
Growers Invited
The amazing flowers of the
Matanuska Valley will be on dis
play at an annual flower show to
be held in Palmer early in Au
gust.
Exhibitors are asked to start
planting their gardens and mak
ing their plans to be ready to
show their finest at the big event.
Rules for the show soon will be
ready, and all flower growers and
enthusiasts are invited to enter.
Northland Pioneer Grange is
one of the leading organizations
preparing for the show Mrs Hen
ning S. Blunck, chairman of the
ways and means committee of
the Grange, said that one of each
of the Homemakers Clubs is ap
pointing a representative. Mrs.
Virgil Eckert is in charge of ar
rangements, and Mrs. Maud Hos
ier is in charge of publicity.
JOB SEEKERS ADVISED
NOT TO COME "BUND"
Men seeking jobs are flocking
into the Palmer district on the
hope that construction projects,
Road Commission work, govern
ment agencies, home building el
even farm labor will provide
work.
Some have union affiliations,
some have leads, but many are
coming ‘"blind,” reports show.
Advice to outsiders is that they
have some definite commitment
or enough funds to carry them
over a stretch before risking their
luck. Many of the government
jobs are civil service. Most con
struction jobs are union.
Anchorage reports the greatest
transient influx in history, ac
cording to the Salvation Army,
basing the estimate on their calls
for work and assistance. Some of
these are coming on to Palmer.
BARBED WIRE VICTIM
Kenneth Ellington son of Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Ellington is re
covering from facial cuts suf
fered April 22 when he fell on a
barbed wire fence.
Valley
Theatre
FRI. & SAT., APRIL 27. 28
Shows 7:15-9—Sat. Mat. 2 p.m.
Manhattan
Angel
with Gloria Jean
SUN. & MON.. APRIL 29. 30
Shows 7:15-9--Sun. Mat. 2 p.m.
The Stratton
Story
with James Stewart
WED. & THURS.. MAY 2. 3
Skews 7:15-9
'Stromboli'
with Ingrid Borgman
RIVERBEND
NEWS
Mrs. Vera Rorrison was hostess
Wednesday to 14 members of the
Riverbend Homemaker’s Club at
an all day meeting.
Much interest was shown in the
proposed Farmers’ Market plan
and Miss Florence Eby answered
many questions relative to it.
Mrs. Laura Berry and Mrs. Mil
dred Buzby were appointed co
workers on 4-H projects in the
Riverbend community. Mrs. Ar
chie Moffitt was named chairman
for club participation in the flow
er show sponsored by the Grange
to be staged in August. River
bend club will meet in May at the
home of Mrs. Dick Tunnicliff in
North Palmer.
Mrs. Lydia Searles came over
from Valdez Tuesday with Dr.
Hale, of Anchorage to visit rela
tives in Palmer. She spent the
week end in Anchorage with re
latives and friends. Mrs. Searles
is a sister of Mrs. Archie Moffitt
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Carlson Jr.
of Ogden, Utah are in the Valley.
They will either locate here or in
Anchorage wherever work can
be obtained. Carlson is an iron
worker, blacksmith, and welder.
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Road Surfacing
Starts Soon On
Glenn Highway
To finish their road contract on
the Glenn Highway Section B I
from Palmer to Mile Post 102,
McLaughlin, Inc., will start pav
j ing operations within the next
| three weeks, officials said today
I in Palmer.
They will lay blacktop for a
two-car lane, which should be
finished by July 4.
Construction camp is being set
up at 94 Mile Post on the Glenn
Highway w’here the construction
camp, bunkhouses and cookhous
es will be located.
Between 25 and 30 men are
employed on the job, according to
O. W. McIntyre, vice-president of
McLaughlin, Inc., of Valdez.
During the surfacing job, that
section of the road will be open I
to one-way traffic only.
Transferred from the Valdez of
fice for the job are Buster Muir,
foreman; Chuck Nell, crusher
man; B H Jt risen, shovel oper
ator, and Don Heck, oil foreman.
Headquaite for the operation
are at Valdez.
John L. Sullivan 111
John L. Sullivan, Matanuska i
Hotel, has been flown to Seattle j
for hospitalization. He is accom- j
panied by Mrs. Sullivan.
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