BORAGE COUPLE
\ FD !'l~Z TUESDAY
Airs. Hazel Meeks of Logan, N.
was married to Willard Davis
of Anchorage and Palmer last
Tuesday afternoon. The service
was conducted by U. S. Commis
sioner Dorothy Saxton.
The couple was attended by E.
O. Ezzell of Anchorage and A. J.
DeJulio of Palmer.
Mrs. Davis, who came north to
be married, formerly was em
ployed at Los Alamos, N. M., by
the University of California’s
Atomic Energy Commission.
The Davises are honeymooning
at the Matanuska Hotel. They
plan to make their home in An
chorage.
Housing Meeting Thursday j
Last week's postponed meet- 'i
ing oi Valley residents with E. !
Glen Wilder of the Alaska 3
Housing Authority has been
rescheduled ior next Thursday *
evening, Mrs. Betty Mears an
nounced today. The meeting
will be called to order at 8 ,:
o'clock in the school lunch- :
room. All Valley residents in- r
teresled in housing are urged
to attend. 5
Religious Film
To Be Shown Thursday
“God of Creation”, a full-length
technicolor movie, will be pre
sented at the United Protestant
Church at 8 o’clock on the eve
ning of Feb. 16, it was announced
today by Ramona Davis- A pre
vue of the film, which is being
shown by Chaplain George Marrs,
will be given to students of the
Palmer school earlier that day.
The film is one of the finest
examples of photography in ex
istence, Miss Davis said. The en
tire life history, in technicolor, of
a California poppy is reconstruct
ed through delayed photography.
All interested Valley residents
are invited to attend the show
I L A. MOORE LEAVES
! ALASKA RAILROAD
L. A. Moore, assistant ■ to the
| general manager of the Alaska
• Railroad, today confirmed an an
nouncement made earlier this
week in Seattle that he is retir
■ng from his position with the
Railroad. Mr. Moore will go to
a new position, on Feb. 15,. as
manager of the Alaska Chapter
of Associated General Contrac
tors.
Although he will go immedi
ately to Seattle to participate in
the opening of labor negotiations
•vith construction workers, Mr.
Moore expects to make his per
manent headquarters in Anchor
ge.
j The former railroad official,
j who has been in Anchorage sinde
June of 1946, has a long history
■f traffic and public relations ex
perience with state-side railroads.
He served in the Pacific during
the recent war, participating in
fhe campaigns of New Guinea,
Leyte and Luzon. He was re
leased from the Army with the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
In announcing his resignation
from the railroad, Mr. Moore said,
“It has been a privilege and a
pleasure to be associated with
members of the railroad, and to
take part, with them, in one of
the largest and most progessive
development programs in the
Territory. Also, I am truly
grateful for the co-operation giv
en me by the civic organizations
ef Palmer, Anchorage and other
Railbelt towns.”
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A CORRECTION
William T. Zahradnicek, su
perintendent of schools, this week
! announced a change in plans for
, the scheduled Fairbanks basket
ball doubleheader next weekend.
The Fairbanks games will be
played next Friday and Saturday,
rather than Thursday and Fri
day, as announced earlier.
ing at the church.
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GET THAT TUNE-UP NOW!
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1 Mile South of Palmer on Matanuska Road
PHONE 81V1
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in sunflower yellow
bread boxes, cannis
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match safes
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GRASSER'S
HARDWARE AND SPORTING GOODS
U.S.G.S. WORKER WILL
MARRY ON FEB. 14
Edward Casey of the local U. S.
Geological Survey office expects
j to leave tomorrow for Evanston,
| 111., where he will be married to
Miss Jeanne Bjork on Feb. 14.
Miss Bjork is a chemist, at pres
ent employed by the Ketchikan
office of . the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The newlyweds will return to!
Palmer late this month, to set up
j their home here- They will live
in the Grant Kenser home in
North Palmer.
REA OFFICIAL VISITS
Allan S. Amess of the applica
i tions and loans division of the
j Rural Electrification Administra- j
!lion-was a Palmer visitor earlier1
this week. Mr. Arness, head-i
quartered in Washington, D. C.,
I is touring REA installations in
Alaska. He met with the board
of directors of the .,Matanuska
Electric Association, Inc., last
Tuesday evening.
7 TO LEAVE FOR SEATTLE
Mrs. Samuel Youngblood and
daughter Annabelle expect to
i leave the Valley for Seattle next
Thursday. Mrs. Youngblood, the
former Gloria Crousore, -will visit
i there for a week, while waiting
; to be joined by her husband, soon
i to be released from the armed
j forces. After their reunion in
I Seattle, the Youngbloods will go
I to Texas to make their home.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember?
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From a Penny to 50c
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Services Held Every Sunday ,,
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Church Service. 11 a. m
'^Evening Worship .. 7:45 p. m.^
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MORLEY WILL SHOW MOVIES
AT DAIRYMEN'S MEETING
Lloyd V. Morley, territorial
sanitarian, will show two movies
at the Breeder’s Association
meeting next Monday, it was an
nounced today by Louise Kellogg.
Titles of the movies are “Pro
ducing Quality Milk” and “Mon
ey-Making Milking.”
CALENDAR ADDITIONS
Wednesday
VALLEY Hospital Association
annual meeting at school lunch
room at 8 p. m.
Thursday
HOUSING meeting in the school
lunchroom.
Ester Resident Succumbs
Mrs. Rose Lampke, 88 years
old and a resident of Ester Creek,
near Ophir,: died last week at a
Fairbanks hospital. Mrs. Lampke
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REA Headquarters Stay
In Palmer Location
Donald T. Lowery, field engi
neer in Alaska for the Rura
Electric Administration, brought
word of extensive REA plans foi
the territory, upon his returr
here last week. Mr. Lowery hac
been in Washington, D. C. for the
past several weeks.
Mr. Lowery assured Valley
residents that the REA head
quarters office in Palmer will be
continued and enlarged. In addi
tion to Bernard Kirk of REA’i
management division, recently
assigned here, and Mr. Lowery
of the engineering staff, there
will be still other REA personnel
transferred here in the future,
had lived in the Fairbanks arfto
since 1905. She i3 survived by s
b'rot'her.John Karth of Anchorage
in addition to her husband Gus
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