ASST SECRETARY
OF INTERIOR IS
PALMER VISITOR
Assistant Secretary of Interior
Dale E. Doty arrived in Palmer
by FWS plane from Homer Sat
urday with William Niemi. chief
engineer of the Alaska Road
Commission, and George Rogers,
new director of the Alaska Field
Committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Ingalls met
the visitors at the airport and
drove them to the Matanuska
Hotel.
Early Sunday morning the men
were taken by Byron G. Felkner
to ^the Eklutna Project location
for an inspection of progress
made there. Don L. Irwin, who
accompanied the party later took
them on a tour of projects at the
Matanuska Experiment Station.
Doty, who had spoken in An
chorage about opening up the Ke
nai Peninsula for homesteading,
was interested in experience
gained from the Matanuska Val
ley Colony project. In a question
of precedence. Irwin advised that
feeder roads giving access to ail
proposed homestead sites be con
structed before the homestead
areas are opened up.
Doty. Niemi. and Rogers left
Palmer Sunday afternoon for Mt.
McKinley Park, and planned to
go on from there to Fairbanks.
KITCHEN SHOWER FOR
NEW HALL GIVEN BY
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
A kitchen shower for the new
Moose Hall monopolized all so
cial hour activity for Women of
the Moose at their regular meet
ing Tuesday night.
Governor Merle Anderson and
Senior Regent Kathleen Moore
opened the gaily wrapped pack
ages. Each contained items es
pecially chosen to make the kit
chen in the new Moose Hall a
more complete unity. Dishes and
silverware are being purchased
by the Women of the Moose and
are on order. Mrs. Esther Brager,
publicity chairman, added.
Preceding the kitchen shower,
Mrs. Edith Meier, Mrs. Emma
Fogg, and Mrs. Juanita McKech
nie were intiated into the Palmer
chapter, Women of the Moose.
Announcement was made by
Mrs. Brager that the Tuesday
sewing meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Kathleen Moore
on November 6th.
BOYS' CLUB ENJOYS
PICNIC AT GREEN ACRES
Hot dogs, marshmallows and
pop were the order of the day
when the boys of the St. John
Berchman’s Society, an acolyte
group of St. Michael’s Church, en
joyed a weiner roast and picnic
at Green Acres this past Satur
day.
Officers of the society are:
Chas. Milles. president; Carl Hen
drickson, vice-president; Dick
Hendrickson, secretary, and Bob
by Johns, treasurer.
Members attending the outing
included Ernest Steinberg, Wil
liam Johnson, Carl Zaborac, Jer
ry Gallagher and Johnny Maze.
They were accompanied by Rev.
James P. Snead and their spon
sor, William Elliott.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING. REMEMBER?
WASILLA
PERSONALS
By BARBARA CARTER
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Daven
port and family were visiting the
Walt Teelands this past Sunday.
• • • •
Marlys Overton and Frank
Cornelius, both of Palmer, were
recently married in Wasilla at the
home of U. S. Commissioner May
C. Carter. Attendants of the cou
ple were Esther Wright and Joe
Kircher.
The bride wore a brown street
| length dress with pick accessories.
Her corsage was of pink carna
tions.
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Approximately 10 men met to
take part in the annual commu
nity woodcutting bee last Sun
day. Some of the organizations
and individuals were conspicuous
by their absence. In spite of their
absence, several cords of wood
were cut. The job will be com
pleted next Sunday.
Water Pipe Arrives—
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sight. After frantic attempts to
locate the pipe Monday morning,
it was learned that it had been
switched off at Matanuska last
Saturday. Brought into Palmer
on the noon train, it was unload
ed quickly under the supervision
of Pat Hemmer and trucked to
the location on Fish Hook Road.
Jack Zamowski and Don Me
Kechnie moved their back hole
diggers to the water line site on
Monday and were busy digging
Tuesday morning. The going was
tough in a few places where the
frost had gone into the ground
15 or 16 inches. A few times, it
was necessary to dynamite. But
: tor tne most part, tne graveny
j top layer was so dry that the
I frost made little difference. About
j 300 feet of the 2700-foot pipe line
i had been laid by Wednesday
I night. Co-Op authorities estimat
ed last week that the job would
I take about two weeks.
The water line site is a virtual
; ant hill of activity. Several op
i erations are going on simultane
i ouslv under Frank Clark’s super
vision in order to get the project
completed as soon as possible.
While Zamowski and McKechnie
j are digging and the council men
! and Lew Hanks try to get the
1 steel pipe in operation, Charlie
Schaefer and other Co-Op car
‘ penters are building a structure
to house the chlorination appara
tus and the water pump, to be
I used when gravity flow needs ac
celeration. And off in the woods
rings the shout of “Timber” as
MEA crews clear through a right
of way for a power line extension
to the spot where the creek is
tapped.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING. REMEMBER?
FALL ACTIVITIES
Call for
FALL FLOWERS
Beautiful
CORSAGES BOUQUETS
POTTED PLANTS
Mai. Valley Gardens
MAUD HOSLER
Hope Expressed for
December Completion
Of Eklutna Bridge
Hope was expressed yesterday
by E. J. White of the Alaska Road
I Commission that the long-await
ed Eklutna Bridge would be com
pleted shortly after December l.
Steel for the bridge span was
reportedly on its way to Anchor
age from Seattle. Steel for the
| approaches to the bridge arrived
yesterday and were to be put in
place immediately.
No matter how late the steel
arrives, White said, the ARC
plans to complete the bridge on
its arrival. Cold weather plans
for pouring the concrete deck
call for a tarpaulin over the su
perstructure with forced heat in
side to create the necessary tem
perature.
The steel was supposed to have
arrived in time for the Munter
Construction Co., which holds the
contract for the construction, to
have completed the bridge by
September 1, according to White.
The Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredging Co. of Seattle had the
contract for fabrication of steel
for the bridge and failed to make
good on the promised delivery.
The old one-way bridge was
taken down the latter part of laet
April. Since then a temporary
bridge and a Bailey bridge, both
approached by a steep and ruPy
detour, have served the ever-in
creasing traffic on the Anchorage
Palmer Highway. When the tem
porary bridge was washed out by
floods last spring, the military
provided the Bailey bridge. It,
too, was partially washed out
about five weeks ago and had to
be reconstructed.
The ARC plans to reduce the
grade on the detour from 10 per
cent to five percent as soon as
snow comes.
THANK YOU NOTICE.
It is gratifying to have so many
friends in time of need. We sin
cerely thank all for their kindness
and generosity in our misfortune.
ED and JEANNE CASEY.
After much delay we finally re
ceived our Kumfortites yesterday
—and if you don’t know what
Kumfortites are, by all means
do come in and be introduced—
they are the perfect answer to
the cold weather clothing prob
lem here, if you wear slax or
jeans.
The long awaited Boss jeans
are here, too, in the sizes you’ve
been waiting for. Did you ever
have a jean fit so well? And rea
sonably priced, too.
A few Dolly Myer’s dresses
have come in; of dark Dan River
plaids that are as lovely as their
! cotton always are—and rayon
wash prints that are pretty en
| ough to wear out.
Have you seen the little skirt
and weskit sets of rayon suiting
i that would be perfect for school
or office? You’ll love them for
their wearability.
We’ll see you soon—
BETTY.
(Paid Adv.)
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
TO THE EDITOR:
I fully intended to answer your
very well written editorial of last
week with one of my very best,
however, last night after council
meeting I was kept busy most of
the night clearing up trouble on
hospital lines, and since women
having babies, sickness, accidents
fires etc. have been my chief con
cern for so long. I am unable to
| break the habit 50 had to forgo
' the pleasure for this week.
I will only say that proposal
; submitted to Palmer City Coun
! cil on September 19 was intended
to specifically include complete,
modern telephone service to Pal-;
mer and the entire Valley, from
Wasilla to Jonesville to Eklutna
and as far beyond these points as i
telephones are needed; at any
rate, to cover the entire area
served by M. E. A. We are able
to carry out this proposal.
While Palmer has been going
thru her growing pains since in
corporation, much has been ac
complished. The road commission
has resumed work on streets so
that now we are- able to put up
our saddle horses and use auto
mobiles with safety again.
A group of very civic minded
business men have underwritten
a loan to the Co-op so we can
hope for water this winter.
During the time these many
fine people have been concen
trating on improving Palmer, I,
too. have been busy and have
succeeded in securing financial
backing sufficient to assure the
entire Valley telephone service,
second to none.
SANDY.
FAIR VIEW BARRICADE
The City Council last night
I granted the request of the North
land Pioneer Grange for a 24-hour
barricade on Fairview Ave. start
ing today.
The Grange is having its new
bunding hooked on to the sewer
line.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING. REMEMBER?
1 '
DANIEL HANKS %
INJURED ABOARD BARANOF
EN ROUTE TO STATES
Daniel Hanks, age 4. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Hanks, was taken
unconscious from the S. S. Bar
anof to the childrens' Orthopedic
hospital in Seattle last week. The
boy was suffering from injuries
received when he apparently lost
his footing and fell 30 feet to the
floor of the deck below. The acci
dent occurred only a few' hours
before the ship docked. The
Hanks, Daniel and two other
children recently left Palmer, en
route to Salt Lake City. ^
William Hanks was employed
I on the Eklutna Project until two
weeks ago when he received a
transfer to the States.
SEWARD RECORD
GOES TO WEEKLY
In its October 19 publication,
the Seward Record announced i’.s
plans to publish on a weekly
1 basis in place of the previous tri
i weekly publications.
The change is planned to carry
an increased amount of news, in
formation and features and will
cover the entire Kenai Peninsula.
COMMERCIAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
PORTRAITS
Ray Adams
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