Classified Ads
FOR SALE
BUNDLES of old newspapers; 25c
ea. Inq. Valley Frontiersman
office, (ufn)
’50 CROSLEY 2-dr. sedan. $1,150.
Inq. Hartley Bros. Motor Co.
(ufn)
’40 INTERNATIONAL flatbed
truck; 1 la-ton. $650. Inq. Hart
ley Bros. Motor Co. (ufn)
’41 BUICK coupe; new motor.
Co-Op Garage, (ufn)
GMC, cab-over-engine; flatbed
w/hoist. Inq. Co-Op Garage,
(ufn)
’48 KAISER, A-l cond.; heater;
$1,000. Hartley Bros. Motor Co.
(ufn)
SINGLE stock trailer, $50; See
at rear Co-Op Garage. Bob
Rasch, Gen. Del., Anchorage.
(3x)
*46 CHEVROLET % - ton panel
truck. $825. Kirk’s Sales &
Service, (ufn)
'48 BUICK eight; heater and ra
dio; new tires. $1,650. Hartley
Bros. Motor Co. (ufn)
’47 HUDSON 4-dr. sedan; radio
and heater, $1,200. Hartley
Bros. Motor Co. (ufn)
BE READY for school. Get your
school supplies early. Pencil
boxes, pencils, erasers, typings
paper, tablets. Inq. Valley
Frontiersman office, (ufn)
NEW 1950 Chevrolet truck; 2-ton
stake body. Kirk’s Sales &
Service, (ufn)
TWO acres cleared ground, $500.
Bill Cook, Box 788, Palmer. (4x)
FOR RENT
SANDER and edger. Inq. Co-Op
Warehouse, (ufn)
NOTICE
FOR POWER OFF after office
hours, Sundays and holidays,
call either Vernon Fridley or
Ralph Moore. Remember, of
fice closes at noon on Satur
days. Matanuska Electric As
sociation, Inc.
WORK WANTED
CLERICAL work or cashiering by
lady. Phone Hillside Cabins.
(2x)
HELP WANTED
FARM laborer. ,Inq. H. S. Bauer.
FOUNTAIN girl; must be neat,
pleasant pers. Inq. Palmer Drug
Store, (ufn)
SPECIAL SERVICES
HAVE that sagging chair repair
ed. All work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable. Custom Reuphol
stery (next door to Ken’s Elec
tric). P. O. Box 677. (lx)
CESSPOOLS pumped out. Inq.
Valley Real Estate, (ufn).
THRESHING w/new 22-in. Mc
Cormick-Deering separator. J.
D. Nash, Lazy Mountain Road,
Box 694, Palmer. (3x)
CUSTOM silo filling with field
chopper. Inq. for Tunnicliff
through ARRC office. (4x)
IN VALDEZ. visit B E iTl E
STREETER'S DRESS SHOP
lor women's and children's
wear at Outside prices.
Xurtz-Mercer Merger Planned
Una R. Kurtz of Palmer and
Jimmie Mercer this week filed
application for a marriage license
in the office of Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton. Date of their
coming wedding is not known.
Stamp Collectors Meet
At Chugiak Tomorrow
CHUGIAK — There will be a
meeting of- all adult philatelists
of the Anchorage and Valley areas
at Chugiak Coffee Shop on Sept.
16, it was announced today by
Cloyce Parks. Stamp collectors
will join for a supper, to be served
at seven o’clock, and then will
discuss organization of a club at
a following meeting.
Mr. Parks said the group would
be restricted to adults, at the be
ginning. If a club is organized, it
is possible that a junior division
will be formed at a later date.
MRS. INGALLS' FOLKS
VISIT FROM SKAGWAT
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Johnston of
Skagway, parents of Mrs. Don In
galls of Palmer, are visiting in the
Valley this week. They came to
Palmer in time to see the Fair,
and last week were guests of a
son in Anchorage.
The Johnstons will be joined
here this weekend by two other
daughters, Mrs. Beryl Price of
Healy and Mrs. Christine Lamo
reaux of Skagway. Mrs. Lamo
reaux will drive her parents back
to Skagway at the conclusion of
their visit.
SPEEDER FINED HERE
Norman W. Parker of Anchor
age last week was charged with
speeding in the court of U. S.
Commissioner Dorothy Saxton.
He was found guilty and fined
$25 for the offense. The speeding
occurred while Mr. Parker was a
Valley guest at the recent Fair.
That Old Saying,
'He Knows His Onions,1
Certainly Does Apply
To Our Cooking
We Give You
"Home Cooking"
Away From Home
For Every Meal
Try Our
Home-Baked Pies
(Fresh rhubarb is our “extra
special” special these days.)
Ron-Da-Voo Cafe
Switch To Electricity!!
• It's cleaner
• It's more reliable
• It's easier
• AND it's more efficient
See What Electricity Can Do in Your Home,
in Your Barn and in Your Poultryhouse
MATANUSKA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, Inc.
Your REA Electric Co-Op—Palmer, Alaska
“Serving the Valley Since 1942”
Health Council to Show
Movie Next Thursday
Next Thursday’s regular meet
ing of the Matanuska Valley
Health Council, held at seven p.m.
in the former library at the Rec
Hall, will feature the movie, “She
Also Serves,” Council president
Louise Kellogg announced today.
The film depicts the work of
the public health nurse, and is
especially well suited to showing
in the Valley at this time, since
it will demonstrate how the
Health Council’s Community
Chest funds are spent. The 1950
Community Chest drive now is in
progress here.
All Valley residents are invited
to attend the Thursday meeting
of the Health Council, and the
following movie. Council sessions
adjourn promptly at eight p.m.
KIWANIS CLUB PLANS
FREE MOVIE HERE
ON NATIONAL KIDS DAY
National Kids Day, which falls
on Saturday, Sept. 23, will be
celebrated in Palmer with a free
movie for all Valley school chil
dren. As guests of the Kiwanis
Club of Palmer, school children
will be admitted without charge
to the Saturday matinee at Val
ley Theatre. A program of com
edies and a western movie will be
shown.
Jack Maze of the Kiwanis Club
is in charge of arrangements for
Kids Day.
SCHOOL WING SCHEDULED
FOR COMPLETION NOV. 15
Work on the south wing of Pal
mer School is progressing rapidly.
The first earth was turned at the
school site 10 days ago, and con
tractors are preparing to pour
the forms today. Completion date
on the wing has been set at Nov.
15.
PALMER SCHOOL NOV/ HAS
ENROLLMENT OF 553 <
Enrollment figures at Palmer
School still were edging higher
this week. At a late hour yes
terday superintendent William
T. Zahradnicek reported that
there were 553 students en
rolled. Classroom crowding is
not serious yet, but bus trans
portation problems are becom
ing apparent. One Palmer
school bus is carrying 84 pupils
at present. Mr. Zahradnicek
and school board members are
seeking a solution to that prob
lem.
HARVEST LOOKS GOOD.
MVFCA HEADS SAY
It’s still too early to give ac
curate harvest figures for the
Matanuska Valley, James Wil
son of the Matanuska Valley
Farmers’ Co-Operating Asso
ciation said today. A crop sur
vey is in progress now among
Co-Op members, the manager
said.
Preliminary reports indicate
a Valley potato crop that will
be good both in quality and
quantity. It’s been a fine pota
to year, farmers say.
>r» 7UH 71'IT HIM M il H IT II!1T Win 11,11 mil lin
MACHETE-WIELDING YOUTH
WHACKS A HAND
WASILLA—DicK Wilson, local
youth, was treated in Palmer
Thursday for seriously cut fin
gers and hand. The lad hacked
himself with a machete while en
gaged in brush-clearing tasks. His
physician, Dr. C. C. Bailey, said
Wilson’s injury included severed
tendons in his hand.
CONSTRUCTION WORKER '
BREAKS A LEG
Bob Fisher, a construction
worker, suffered a broken and
badly lacerated right leg last
week, when he was struck from
behind by the scoop of a power
shovel. Mr. Fisher was admitted
to Valley Hospital for treatment.
Attending physician C. C. Bailey
said the man was recovering satis
factorily .although the serious in
jury to his leg will keep him con
fined for some time.
MAN IS FINED $300
FOR SHOOTING COW MOOSE
Shooting a cow moose on Lazy
Mountain last week proved ex
pensive for Joseph Szekely of
Eagle River. Tried in commis
sioner’s court on Sept. 8, Szekely
was found guilty bv Mrs. Dorothy
Saxton. He was fined $300, lost
his hunting license for a one-year
period, and was given a six
I months suspended sentence in jail.
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