Highlights of 1954
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ELKS 54ARK Third birthday
with dance, party
PALMER BAND GROUP mil
itary guests
552 VOTES CAST IN PALMER
precincts, Democrats take lead in
terr. election
NEW COUNCILMEN, A1 Hag
en, Robert Peterson and A1 De
Julio take oath of office
83 RESIDENTS SET mining
course attendance record
October 2L 1954
INDUSTRAL SURVEY start
ed in valley by Chamber of Com
merce
JOSEPH PERRIN, sentenced to
18 months in holdup case
IX)CAL HOSPITAL featured in
national magazine
October 29, 1954
RE-ASSESSMENT BEGINS in
school district
200 ATTEND annual game din
ner
ARC COMPLETES new Hous
ton Road
OPEN HOUSE SET for Nation
al Education Week
CITIZENS COMMITTEE nam
ed to further water rate study
November 4, 1954
FOUR-DAY ELKS’ convention
opens
DETENTION HOME in valley
proposed
HOLIDAY LIGHTING CON
TEST set for Palmer area
COMPLAINT FILED AGAIN
ST CITY
SPORTSMEN TO SPONSOR
firearms safety course
ENGINEER TO BEGIN work
on new telephone system
BUTTE FIRE HAUL complet
ed
AIRPORT TO GET MAINTEN
ANCE if funds available
November 11, 1954
LIQUOR LICENSES to be lim
ited in city
AUXILIARY PRESENTS flag
to Swanson School
LUCILLE MICK named vice
oresident League Alaska Cities
CLARA’S VARIETY moves to
larger quarters
TERR. SCHOOL OFFICIALS
meet for school board association
formation
November 18, 1954
LEW HANKS named head of
School Board Association
ROBERTA SHARP AND ADE
LARD BEYLUND win champion
ship ribbons and $25 in 4-H con
tests
RULES SET FOR Christmas
lighting contest
SORORITY GIVES parade
prize to cerebral palsy fund
VICTOR FALK SR. family on
stateside trip
November 24, 1954
POWER CURTAILMENT nec
essary for Eklutna switch-over
HOSPITAL ' PATIENTS to
share holiday meals with guests
Amazing - New
POP DROPS
^ nfy water to add
P leasingly carbonated
0 ispenses with bottles or cans
R ecommended by Doctors and Dentists
0 utmodes kitchen mess
P leases your figure
S o refreshing
One 6-Pac weighs one ounce. POP DROPS are concentrated
disks that transform ordinary tap water into SUGAR-FREE,
NON FATTENING, CARBONATED POP.
Excellent for home, office, lunches, country trips, etc.
3 Flavors: Orange, Grape, Lemon Lime.
For trial package of 18 assorted flavors, $1.00 j!
Mail Check or Money Order to:
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TOURS reasonable rates
CHARTERS DELIVERIES
Valley Taxi Service
Located in Matanuska Hotel
TELEPHONE 3781 OR 2011 PALMER, ALASKA
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GENERAL REPAIRS - WELDING
GAS & OIL
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SHOOTING AT PLANES re
ported in Palmer
STEWART A. DURRANT of
Utah named general manager at
Co-Op
IFYE DELEGATE returns from
four-month visit in Italy
BASKETBALL SEASON opens
Dec. 3
December 2, 1954
8 CLERKS WALK OUT at
Koslosky’s
MERCHANTS PLANNING an
nual Christmas party for valley
children
PARC holds benefit dance
COBB’S CAFE, new Palmer
restaurant opens
PUBLIC views new MEA head
quarters building
MRS. A. B. COMPTON, wins
1954 Extension Service preserva
tion contest
Dcember 9, 1954
PLANS BEGIN FOR mass X
ray program
DRIVER’S LICENSES must be
renewed before January 1
HOSPITAL PAYS bond inter
est in time for Christmas
OPEN ’55 HOSPITAL member
ship drive
ALASKA FARM FORUM plan
ed for February
December 16, 1954
COURT RULES no injunction
against city
CD OFFICIALS WARNS of H
bomb danger during valley visit
STRIKE SETTLED at Koslos
ky’s store
X-RAY PROGRAM SET for
Jan. 10, 11 in Palmer area
CHARLES LIEBINGS mark
golden anniversary
December 23, 1954
CITY RECLASSIFIED, fire
rates drop from 10 to 30 percent
CITY BUDGETS $99,000 FOR
1954-55 expenses
TELEPHONE SIGN-UP needed
before Jan. 1 for new MTA sys
tem
LOCAL GAME HEARING to
be held Jan. 4
MIDNIGHT MASS; Candlelight
ceremonies to mark Christmas in
valley
NEW DUCK STAMP
TO FEATURE BLUE GEESE
A blacK ana white opaque
watercolor featuring three blue
geese in flight, passing over a
cattail marsh, has been chosen as
the design for the 1955-56 Migra
tory Bird Hunting stamp, John L.
Farley director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, announced.
Stanley Stearns, of Bingham
ton, N. Y., is the artist who drew
the winning design for the sixth
100-WOMAN DORM
PLANNED AT UNIVERSITY
Architect M. R. McEntire of
Fairbanks has completed prelim
inary drawings for the projected
100-woman dormitory on the Uni
versity of Alaska campus, its
president announced today.
Dr. Ernest N. Patty said plans
call for each group of four girls
to have a living unit separate
from sleeping rooms. The living
unit will include a study room
and lavatory facilities. Each
sleeping room will accommodate
two girls. Approximate cost of the
project will be $600,000, depend
ent upon a territorial legislature
appropriation.
annual “duck stamp” competition.
This will be the 22nd stamp to be
issued in the Federal duck stamp
series.
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