Grange Will Push Construction
On Cement Block Basement
“We’ve started, and there’s no
use turning back now,” is the way
members of Northland Pioneer
Grange expressed opinions about
the planned construction program.
It was voted at last Thursday’s
meeting to begin work, as soon as
weather permits, on a cement
block basement. It is hoped that
the basement can be finished and
in use by the end of the summer.
Original plans called for a 30x40
basement, but it is possible that
an even larger building will be
constructed, Art Stacey of the
building committee said. Mr.
Stacey and fellow committee
members Bruce Graham and
Ralph Dye are at work on a new
set of building plans now.
As soon as these plans are com
plete, the Grange will issue a call
for bids on the basement work.
To help finance the planned
construction, an intensive fund
drive has been planned among
Grange members. Clyde King,
Sr., heads a committee which will
seek to get in touch with every
one of the organization's 150
members, to solicit a loan. The
funds committee will ask that
; each Grange member make a per
' sonal loan of $20 to the organiza
j tion, in order that the basement
I work can go ahead with all pos
sible speed.
! Loans will be repaid in chrono
logical order, as the Grange be
• gins to realize rental returns from
its completed structure.
GOES TO SEATTLE
I Mrs. Bob Easterday left on the
Baranof recently. She plans to go
1 to Seattle.
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CALL FOR BIDS
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, j
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station. j
Sealed bids will be received i
until 11 a.m., April 10, 1950, and j
then publicly opened in this of-|
fice, for the construction of 13 j
experimental model buildings, i
Specifications and sketches may;
be obtained by telephoning Pal-1
mer 18, Agricultural Research
Administration, E. G. Ganschow. j
Date first publication, March
24, 1950.
Date last publication. Aoril 7, i
1950.
Published March 24, March 31, j
April 7, 1950.
Dean Thatcher
Honored on Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thatcher en- J
tertained a number of Valdez
school children at their home on
March 22. The occasion was the
celebration of Dean Thatcher’s
fifteenth birthday. The evening
was spent in playing games, en
joying the birthday refreshments,
and in watching Dean open his
many lovely gifts.
Guests at the Thatcher home
that evening included:
Nancy Beals, Roger Schmidt.
Frank Simpson, Roberta Per
singer, Oma Lea Schmidt, John
and Wally Schultz, Jack Hobson,
Wayne Schmidt, Gail Stalker, and
Dean’s brothers and sister, Frank,
Bob and Lee Ann.
Special Services to Be
Held at St. Michael's
Special Holy Week services
were rnnounced today for St.
Michael’s Catholic Church by
Father James Snead. The week
begins on Sunday, which is Palm
Sunday. Blessed palms will be
distributed after the morning
mass. At 7:30 on the evening of
Good Friday, Stations of the
Cross. The week culminates in
the Faster morning mass at 10
o’clock on April 9. The choir at
St. Michael’s has prepared spe
cial Easter music for this service.
DAIRYMEN. CO-OP STILL
CANT GET TO COURT
There was still no scheduled
date for the court appearance of
the 1946 dairymen’s suit against
the Matanuska Valley Farmers’
Co - Operating Association, at
press-time today. Co-Op manager
James Wilson said the case was
listed fifth on the court calendar,
but the date could not be fixed
until several of the cases above it
had been completed.
NOTICE
FREE steak knife as a bonus gift
for everyone having a Stanley
hostess partv during the month
of April. Call 53-Y-l for ap
pointment. (ufn)
LET Stanley E-Z housecleaning
sets make spring housecleaning
easier, faster, more pleasant. On
sale now at stateside prices.
Call 53-Y-l. (ufn)
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Valdez, Alaska
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Building Supplies Pontiac and Chevrolet
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easier—
WORTH TOOLS, Complete Assortment.
DUTCH BOY PAINT, Interior and Exterior.
RICHARDS PAINT BRUSHES—Just Unpacked.
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FOR SALE
WALKING plow, $10 good disc,
$60; 6 h.p. motor saw outfit, $75;
500-watt A.C. light plant, used
only 100 hrs., $150. Write Tex
J. Smith, Trapper’s Den, 162
Mile, Glenn Highway, Palmer.
(2x)
j 4x4 DODGE chassis, cab. tires
block, etc. $140. See at Tost’s
| Service.
[30-ACRE farm, 48 in cultivation.
3/* mi. west of Experiment farm
in Valley. All mach. nec. to
plant and harvest grain and po
tatoes; 100-ton potato cellar:
seed potatoes for 15 acres; 500
chickens, SI,500 worth of grain
F. A. Blom. Palmer.
WANTED TO BUY
CAR motor, good shape, to run
sawmill. Write Tex J. Smith.
Trapper’s Den, 162-Mile, Glenn
Highway, Palmer. (2x)
W - 6 INTERNATIONAL wheel
tractor, comp, w/power take
off, belt pulley, all attach.;
tractor in good cond. mechanic
ally. Inq. Co-Op Garage.
’47 CHEV. Fleetline Arrow sedan,
2-dr.; A-l cond.; looks like new:
radio, spotlight and all extra£
two heaters; low mileage; can
be seen at Co-Op Garage or
contract John L. Wisenberger.
2-RM. cabin, brick effect siding,
$700; 3-room cabin, $750; 2-rm
cabin and lot, $1,200; all furn.
inc. in quoted prices. See Sue
Hill, Palmer. (3x)
JOHN DEERE plow, high lift,
three 14-in. bottoms. See Wal
lace Moffitt, Palmer. (4x)
LAYING hens; wood heater; oil,
wood and coal range; car radio;
1,000 chick battery brooder;
laying battery for 40 hens; Pre
mier vac. cleaner, new cond.,
$45. See Robert Wendt. (2x)
FORDSON tractor and plows.
Archie Moffitt, Palmer. (3x)
FINANCIAL circumstances force
me to offer my l'/i-ton Inter
national truck for sale at a
price to go fast—$1,500! Pur
chased new in late '48. It is a
'48 model in good condition
throughout. See Ernest Har
rington, Palmer.
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.
NOTICE
IN VALDEZ, visit BELLE
STREETER'S DRESS SHOP
for women's and children's
wear at Outside prices.
NOTICE
FASHION FROCK representative,
Mrs. Clyde King, Jr.
PERSONALS
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
P. O. Box 886 Palmer
SPECIAL SERVICES
BUTTO N H O L E S, Alterations.
Mrs. Hanks (near North Palmer
Store).
FOUND
TWO keys in %m. leather case.
Loser can claim by inq. at Co
Op office and paying for this
ad.
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ALTERATIONS: machine - made
buttonholes. See Mrs. C. New
kirk at Valdez Hotel, Valdez,
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