FARMERS' MARKET
MAILED HUGE SUCCESS
ly BUYERS AND SELLERS
Opening day at the Farmers'
Market v. as gay with dancing bal
loons and flapping pennants, un
daunted by threatening skies over
head. Early shoppers ohed and
ahed over neatly packaged vege
tables, lovely bouquets of fresh
flowers, and cellophane wrapped
poultry and home-baked goods.
The first two days of the Farm
ers’ Market were a great success
from the sellers’ viewpoint, and
most of the buyers appeared high
* 1\ pleased with their purchases.
Marketmaster Florence Eby an
nounced this week.
“We were sorry we didn’t have
more produce for consumers,”
she said, “but the volume of pro
duce will grow each week. In
the near future, we hope well
have enough to satisfy every
body’s needs.”
Many people drove out from
Anchorage to visit the market.
Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. marked
the peak of the Anchorage trade.
There were only four or five
i^ooths operating at any one time
Saturday and Sunday, but sales
tot; Ued $210. Miss Eby stressed
the near future, we hope we’ll
this new community enterprise.
She reported that eggs and poul
try are in great demand.
The Board of Directors and the
marketmaster extended their sin
cere thanks to those who believed
in the Farmers’ Market and gave
it their moral and material sup
port to make it a success.
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WEIRD NIGHT —
the street. The two went into the
barber shop together.
There, according to Moellen
dorf, Warner threw some change
on the floor, saying, “If you think
I’ve taken your money, take it!”
Among the coins was a key which
Moellendorf claimed had been in
the cash register. Still missing
from the till was a $38 roll of
bills, two of them identifiable.
Moellendorf then asked Dave
Onkka to drive his taxi out to
Bouwen’s house and bring him
to town. He tried to get Ted Glenn
to “keep an eye on” Warner,
felenn refused, saying he was
afraid because Warner had threa
tened him if “he told.”
Onkka returned with his taxi,
saying that Bouwens was driving
his own car. Onkka and Moellen
dorf drove out to U. S. Commis
sioner Dorothy Saxton’s home.
She drove her car in. and at 4:30
a.m. Bouwens, Moellendorf and
Glenn were in her office where
the whole affair was discussed.
In the end, Moellendorf refused
to sign the complaint, and the
group dispersed about 5 a.m. At
that time, Bouwens told Moellen
dorf not to let Glenn drive home
because he was in no condition
to drive.
Glenn didn’t want to go home,
so he and Moellendorf went back
to the bar. There, according to
Beattie, Glenn talked remorse
fully about having turned his
friend in and indignantly about
Warner’s having done such a
thing.
“I don’t want to have anything
more to do with him,” Beattie
quoted him as saying finally.
Then Glenn slept for a while
and Moellendorf went home. Be
tvvfeen 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. the two
met again when Moellendorf gave
Glenn’s car a push to get it going.
How Warner arrived at Ted
Glenn’s house is not known, but
he was there when Glenn drove
into the yard. Then Warner said
“Don’t go inside. I just shot
Minnie.”
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Queen Contest Plans
To Be Aired Monday At
Fair Board Meeting
The Monday night meeting of
the Fair Board will focus on
rules and regulations for the
queen contest, the budget, and
final arrangements for the fair,
President Clair Stock announced
this week.
He expressed disappointment
at the poor representation of
Vall*v organizations at the Fair
Board meeting last Monday.
Distribution of the Fair Book
will begin soon, he added. The
publication is ready to be run off
the press, and copies will be mail
ed as soon as they are ready.
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New Gift Shop
Opened In Palmer
Mr. Jack Mabee, owner of The
Mukluk Shop, Fairbanks, opened
a new shop in Palmer this week.
Located in the lobby of the Mata
nuska Hotel, it will be known as
the Alaska Crafts Shop. Modern
show cases and a beautiful dis
play of Alaskan made gift items
"rrqf.es another attraction for Pal
mer’s fast-growing business.
Mr. Mabee announced an en
largement to the present line as
soon as deliveries can be made.
In addition to the lovely jade and
gold pieces, there also will be fur
work, including mukluks, slip
pers and ivory carvings. All of
them authentic Alaskan products,
the majority of which will be
creations of the Eskimos and In
dians of the Interior.
Mr. Mabee is the creator of the
packaged souvenir “Sourdough
Starter” that has been sold in
several local stores.
The public has been extended
an invitation by Mr. Mabee to
drop in and visit the new busi
ness.
Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Cates
were here from Anchorage last
week end showing off the Valley
to Mrs. Cates parents who are
visiting them this summer.
PALMER AND WASILLA
GRANGES TO PICNIC
SUNDAY AT DUFF FARM
The Northland Grange joins
the Wasilla Grange at the ranch
home of Karla and Harry Duff
| Sunday about 12 noon for their
annual picnic.
The picnic will he pot luck with
the grange furnishing the cream
and coffee. Art Stacey, chairman,
of the picnic committee, said to
day.
A mystery umpire will referee
the baseball game between Pal
mer and Wasilla granges. There’ll
be swimming, boating, fishing,
and lots of games for the kids.
On the picnic committee are the
Duffs, Henning Blunk, Mrs. Er
nest Roetman. Larry Stock, and
Barbara Bentii.
Moving Day Soon
The Palmer Grange will soon
be moving into the new building
on Fairview Avenue, it was re
ported this week. The floor has
been poured, the roof is on, and
the windows are in. Contractors
have been working on the build
ing all this week.
Need Kiwanian Batmen
To Uphold Palmer In
Diamond Field of Honor
Palmer Kiwanian Jack Maze
challenged some Anchorage Ki
wanian to a soft ball game recent
ly, and the Anchorage service club
called the bluff. Now the Palmer
Kiwanians have to play ball next
Wednesday eveninfg at 7 p. m. in
the local ball park.
This week, H. J. Hodgson sent
out an appeal to all Kiwanis to
be out there at the ball park next
Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in
Martin Sherman will have to line
up two teams to meet the tough
opposition expected from An
chorage.
“We’ve got to have two teams,”
Hodgson insisted. “None of us is
in good enough shape to with
stand the onslaught of seven
whole innings. It’ll take a lot of
recruits to make a good show.”
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The first in a series of square
dances will be held Wednesday
night, July 25. at the T & T Sour
dough Bar, it was announced by
the owners this week. The recent
ly enlarged dance floor will ac
j commodate many couples, with
room to spare, for all the reels,
jigs and quadrilles.
Mr. Elmer Butler will be lead
ing and calling the dances with
music furnished by the Star
rettes and Waterhole Johnny.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler took spe
cial work in square dancing to
equipt themselves as square and
folk dance instructors at St. Paul,
Minnesota. Salt Lake City, Utah,
and Juneau. While in Utah, the
Butlers held one of the largest
outdoor square dances ever con
| ducted in the country with over
ten thousand participants and
fifteen thousand spectators. They
were a big hit at the recent meet
ing of the local square dance
club.
If there is enough local interest
shown, classes will be formed for
beginner and advanced instruc
tions in square and folk dancing,
Mr. Butler said.
MEA MANAGER—
board of directors.
The board accepted with deep
regret the resignation of Ben Hud
gins who had been superintendent
of construction for the past year.
A crying need for experienced
linemen is one of the board’s
gravest concerns right now. As
soon as the local co-operative
gets war priorities on materials,
MEA will be able to take care of
requests for service on the wait
ing list.
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