VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office at
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
PRINTED AT PALMER, ALASKA, EACH FRIDAY
By the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Manager and Advertising
.Editor
Valdez High School .„.Valdez Correspondent
Barbara Carter .Wasilla Correspondent
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(Ed. Note: The following editorial appeared in the
January 27 issue of the Kodiak Mirror.)
Palmer Has a Good Idea
The Palmer Chamber of Commerce has bunched,
a campaign urging residents and all businesses to do!
their buying in Palmer.
A committee to advertise the project and so keep|
it before the public has been started. The civic-;
mindedness ana public spirit of the Palmer C of C are
praiseworthy.
Such a campaign should be started in Kodiak. It
is, evident that a great amount of business that is
transacted with stateside firms could be done in
Kodiak.
A1 J. DeJulio ...
Opal Lu Smith
It would take a lot ot campaigning to make the
project successful here. One of our prominent busi
ness men, a most active member of the Chamber of
Commerce, is forever trumpeting his own business and
urging Kodiakians to patronize it, yet he consistently
rpakes most of his firm's purchases and sends busi
ness that could be done here to the states.
There are no laws, nor will there be any under our
democratic form of government, that say a person
shall do business with any certain person or firm.
But it is the duty and responsibility of every person
making his living in Kodiak to support businesses and
persons here that contribute materially to the success
ful operaton of his own business.
Many local business houses religiously support
other local businesses. They are the true builders and
are worthy of the support of every Kodiak resident.
Local merchants know that every need of Alaskans
cannot be obtained in the territory but they have a
right and do expect other businesses to patronize them
whenever possible.
Olivera's
519 E. FIFTH
ANCHORAGE
DIAL 34255
Italian Dinners and Cocktail Bar
Also American Dishes
Fines! in Home-Made Italian Spaghetti and Raviola.
Fried Chicken, Frog Legs and Steaks.
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J. VIC BROWN & SONS
"The Alaskan Jewelers"
* 523 Fourth Ave., Anchorage
Phone 22051
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4ETTER5 TO
THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Would you be able to give me
kindly some information about a ;
job in Alaska?
At the present time I am work- j
ing as a clerk and head stockman
in a supermarket here in Sioux !
Falls, but would like to better my
self in a financial way.
I am 32 years old, citizen, sin- j
gle, driver, and worked, before I i
came to this country, in Germany j
as a carpenter’s helper, in the j
woods and for a German news- .
paper as a teletype operator.
Since I haven’t got any friends
or relatives in Alaska, I would be
very thankful if you could give 1
me any information about living
and working conditions in Alaska
or send me some ad additions of
your newspaper.
Sincerely yours,
John Burger,
415 E. 31st St.,
Sioux Falls. S. D. !
Miss Eby to Discuss
Nurse Aid Program
At Council Monday
Miss Florence O. Eby, Valley
nurse, will be guest speaker at the
regular Homemaker’s Council to
be held Monday, February 5. at
10:30 a.m., in the craft room. Miss i
Mary Lashbrook, home demon- i
stration agent, announced this
week. Miss Eby, who was named
president of the recently organ
ized Matanuska Valley Nurses
Association, will discuss plans for
nurse aid. Also scheduled for dis
cussion at the meeting are plans
for a farm and home institute,
Miss Lashbrook said.
Miss Lashbrook also announced
regular Homemaker club meet
! ings for February which are as
[ follows:
Feb. 6—Palmasilla, Mrs. Win
jSton Laughlin; Feb. 8—Butte. Mrs.
i Mary King; Feb. 9—Chugiak,
[community building: Feb. 12 —
1 Cheechako, Mrs. Evelyn Bush.
Feb. 13—Knik, meeting place
[indefinite; Sourdough, Mrs. Vic
jtor Falk, Sr.; Evening Craft, Mrs.
| Emma Fogg; Feb. 14—12:30 Club,!
Mrs. I. M. DePriest.
Feb. 15—Riverbend, Mrs. Archie j
Moffitt; Feb. 20—Glacier View,!
Mrs. Howard Estelle. I
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