f 11u RS

HoAJO R. s'*
Go Rnu <( h
C10MG;\\.Iel ..A/.'TH-
JVl E . A . I3 u s. .. r;: s.
At the Mushers Banquet . held
Sunday. night at the Idle H ou George Allen and Earl Ray,
Country Club, local area sen- have been appointed by the
1
-ior and Junior dog nrushers Board of Directors of the
brought home to Chugiak a Ma.tanuska Electric Associa-
goodly share of the trophies tion to serve on the nominat-
and honors. ing comnittee for the annual
Ollieiwalker recieved two t election of board members.
. .phies , for winning the weight This year Mr. O'neUl, Mr.
pulling contest. Combs and Mr. Branton are
Ea.rrie Whitt waiked off with finishing their terms of offi
a large s.ilver ioving cup and ce.
$100. for winning 7th place. Mr. Allen and Mr. Ray think
This 7th place represents the that Chugiak as a comnumity
only Anchorage area win in the should havv a voice in choos-
ooney, which in itself is qt:it g vdiom to place on the ball
an .honor. Sgt. Whitt was also ot so have asked that all sto
prezoented a very beautiful tro olders in the that
. . . phy by McGann's Ea gle River is all rreter users, be presen
Shopping Center - his sponsors t a meeting to be at
a t a dinner given bY Mr. 8:nd the Carnival Hall Friday at
Mrs. McGann at Fire Lake LOdge 7:30 p.m. In conjunction wft
:Monday night. the considera tion of a cand
Bruce Pettit, . local junior mus idate or candidates, a meet
her, won the fastest lap trop is also scheduled at the sa
in five dog class, while place and t ,imo to consider
Bob Lee won the lantern and whether this area should bee
the spdrtsmanship award. The ome a se}:'EI.rate borough.
Juniors given gift certi- Neither subject should take
M R. S . G nT e. R.
BR.E.Ak:CS AtVIcLE...
MRS. EMERY GUNTER of Homestead
Road, slipped on the ice in her
yard Monday morning and broke
her ankle and the .small bone in
her leg just below the knee.
Mrs. Gunter Tlas transported to
Providence Hospital by the
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Company
Rescue Wagon, where she is
progressing
Mrs. Irving Anderson, a good
neighbor, is oaring for the
. Gunter's tw<? small children.
ARTHUR JOHNSON HAS HEART
ATI'AOC

Arthur Johnson has been in the
5040tJl Hospital since Friday
afternoon where q...:was taken
when he suffered a heart: attack
while et work. It is reported
that he will be moved to the
Palmr Hospital as socn as he
is improved enough.
"ATINI . 3. PREPARF".i
ficat.es ..as' prizes. great deal of. time so all7
A great interest in th stockholders and: property The ..... Benefit ! .; ...
Junior races was shom by the ers are urged to attend. and The . ,\., .. iak ..... .,.._.
spectatorS. Gart...;Merrill, Clayl-!---------------t ::.ut;"tk ..greed to
ton Petronovich Bruce 'Pett t p .. 5-E rot t
entered the races OBERG HAS NECKTIE PARTY Be .im
The Markrt Basket sponsored Lake. Tl. : ... t"4:Ya
Bruce, far North sponsorec;l Mr. Dallon Oberg, who has rOad so .... t.ne !b.C"il;l.
Clay:jon, and Gary was sponsore been serving his country a s may ... ; to thE: a
by B & J Surplus a juror in' the District Court pu: . ..ltAr t ...... c. ..
Following are the day records was cited by Judge McCarrey __ ..-.:::.::..
and total elapsed time fo the for wearing: a tie to the
first five junior places: Court room.
First Day 2nd Day Mr. Oberg's good friends in
Pettit 48.40 52.21 Chugiak (and he ha s many)
Stephans 48.54 52.17 have staunchly come to his ai
Beaulieu 49.17 49 in this crisis and have dona.-
Reddington 50.CJ7 49.24 ted a large .numbcr of very
Petronovich51.5l 49.35 handsone ties (new and used)
Third Day so that he will never again
Pettit find himself in this ernbarra-
Beauliou 47.44i ssing
Petronovich 4S.
Stephans 48e55
Reddington 50.01
Total Elapsed Time
Beaulieu 2.26.33!
Pettit 2.28.04
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DElf.OCRATS SEEK TO FIRE DAFOE
In a recent meeting the Demo-
crat Southcentral Committee
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PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
. MEETS HERE
Wednesday noon members of the
Palmer Chamber of Coii'IID3rce mt
v.rith businessnen of the Chugiak
area at Spring Creek Lodge for
lunCh. Subjects discussed
included borough governmcnt
1
marketing of Valley products,
and Telephone Rates .
made a resolution calling for the
resigna tion or dismissal of
Mr . Don M. Dafoe as Alaska Comm-
issioner of Educa tion.
FEBRUARY 26, 19 59
THE KNIK ARU COURIER
Marie & Jim McDowell,
Editor & Publisher
J

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Rusty Bellringer, Assistant .
Published Every irt
Chugiak, A las ka
.c .. _.- .: . .: :
Subscription Rates:
$1. 25 per Quarter
Advertizing Rates:
$,50 wr column inch
SCHOOLS & POLITICS
. 1[1
We balk at Religion in our
.S.chpGls, yet welet Politics
in. In fact, our good
citizens submit proposals
to the end that our school .
will be run by a party and
on party policy. This is
mighty serious and if our
good citizens are just anx-.
ious to.be politicians ,
wou).d be wiser course 'to
leave the schools to those
' trained for the job.
r
Palmer, Alaska
--- - Feb. 21, 1959
Dear Editor:
I wonder if your rea
the infringemont, on vot
ing rights
Bill # 8 ?
Section 1, in partr L Tha:t
all persons are equal and enti
tled to equal rights, oppo:rt-
protection under
the law;_/_
House Bill # 8 clearly violate
tho equal of the citi-
zens, to either vote a. straigh
ticket or choose individual
candidates as his conscience
may dictate,.
This Bill has passed the House
so direct your opposition to
the President of the; Senate,
William E. Beltz .

Sincerely yours,
James Frey
John is worried J
Hs vievm with alarm tho recent
mighty labors of our legisla-
tors to organize the state
govemnent . He fears that the
{are overexerting their mental
and could possibly
complete and terrible
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breakdown of brain cells.
He also deplores the time
consuming leaning on water
wells . (What a poor place to
lean, might fall in. ) He reca-
lls with nostalgia, the old
,

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. 't'
days when he was knovm as the
Grubstake Kid, and leaning on
sho7els was the popular pastime,
That was remunerative too,
$13. 20 per week on the West
Coast. This leads him to cont-
emplate an even larger increase
in his own salary demands . ' The
fact that the legislature has
decided to increase the governor's
salary and that Of the secretary'
of state is annoying to him
since no apppopriation has as
yet been made for bini, The
thought that there may bo licen-
ses on drinkers, thai;. B GirJ;s
may be outlavred, that dog lice-
nces may be revoked the
promiscuous use of eanos may
be prohibited is giving Grub-
stake John the cold chills,
Hm7 can we ever have freedom
even in Tho nilderness Area,
:which will be a Federal Reserve
for miners, prospectors, trappers,
.sourdoughs, old broken dovm
operators and all
othe r true Ala s k.a.ns who came
to Alaska by baat,preferrabb.j y
Forhundreds of years our .
forefathers fought to acquire
QJ: retain a right to vote
But the right to vote is not
enough to maintain a govern-
that is sensitive to our
l'lliiahEts unless we are als_o
: S' 1\;t Co. c lfAmav. e s 1
ates to chooae from. When \ \ ft
1
that number falls below two vTORK GU;.R:JITEEDl
. ,
OU1l voting rights are useless r---L------------..
I belie.ve any bill which te INTRODUCING- Mile cU. H . SS
to r.estrict our voting rights Can_-J..,.-
should be opposed vigorously:. .J..Jl!l..J-
in 3: _

FINE FOODS, -
CATE:RED Pi\RTIES
. I ..-
Pi$ .. ,,
SPEC@/4ti2JHG

AUTO REPAIR
STORE ,.. '
lLiRLIE L. B:JmiCKlL:.N H0-2-5418
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VIDETABLE ViiRIETIES (cont.)
(potatoes early)
:. :
) \" , .r ,
;j;.pic c j / Mrs .. ' . ,. fil r
. Houn l1l '' _, .7 ' for !tJ&it'
cnnoo"l dffifior mcct""":Lng w.nt="
LAKES Teton bo held year at FIRE
LE.tlF:
GR:JIDJ RAPIDS
SJ'.LAD BOTilL
BUTTERHE!..D I
UIUTE BOSTON:
ONION: bln'lching
Evergreen. White
Bunching
PARSNIP
Hollow Cbown
Short Thick

E:lrly
...
Greater Progress
Ulxton Progress
Midsec.son
Freezonia.
Victory Freezer

enrly
Ontqrio
Experiment Station Var-
iety 10-2
-
ifuitc Bliss LJJ<E LOIXiE. This will be
Experiment Station Vcr- a buffet, end is scheduled
ioty 45 for 11...".-rch 14th at 7:50 PM.
Experiment Stc..tion 114 Tho cost will be 2.50 per
RADISH person and reservations must
be made before Uodnosday,
11th.
Cherry Bello This mooting is open to all
residents of the community.
Wh:Lto-round. It is c.t this meeting that
Hh:Ltc plruls for the Carnival are di:r
long cussed and ::my now idc::!.S ore
Ic:Lclo wolcomed. CBA urges thnt any
RHUB.t\RB
Chipman's Canada Red
DonD.ld '
RUTABAGA
club or organization that is
planning to participate in tho
Carnival seno..:.at least one
resento.tive.
tResorvntions may be made by
Calling Hrs. Stewart c.t H0-2-
lJ.ta. Sweet
Improved American
Purple Top
SPIUACH
. 5512o It is not necessary to
attend tho dinner to be pros -
ont at tho mooting; but if you
wish to eat, please mdke Y,Our
t
.
__ Z'nla.nd
In 1to i'dquirics c.s to
whOre tho roeommondod
seeds m::.y be obtained
1
the C
op in Poilmer currios most of
tho so. They arc put out by
the Stokes Seed Co. of Ontari
(cont. next week.)
resorva 1.ona
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EAGlE RIVER HARDWARE
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CHUGL\K (.\ssemblics of METHODIST CHURCH
GOD) Rev. Hulson Moyer
Rev. Berno.rd Terroll Sunday School . . . .. . . .. . 10: 00 :
Sunday School. 10:00 Horning Worship ' ll:OP 11M
Morning llorship 11:00 11 Evening Worship .... . .. . 8:00 Pl-f
Cl'lrists JJn.bc.sso.dors
(Young people 6:00 Pl
Evo.ngolistic Service 7:50 Pl CHRISTL'J'J CH.:.PEL
Bib.}.o Studc.y & Preyer .Hooting
Hodnesda.y 7:50 Pl
Workers trninigg course
(Bible Doctrinos,Fridc.y
Ali B. Jc.rron, H.inistor
Sunday School 10:00 ...'J:f
Horning Worship & Communion
11:00 .AM
7:50 Evening Sorvico 7:50 H1
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CHUGI;i.K ST .l!TIIOlr.i'S
ca.tochism, l , OO
- until 2. 00
Two classes: .:1t HcGnnns b.:lsc-
mont & Rosemary Johnsons hamo.
FIRST BLPTIST CHIECH .
MILE 14 E:.GLE RIVER
E .c. CHROU, :iITiiiGTER
Sund.:1y School 9 : 45 .. "JI
HORN Tim l!ORSHIP 11:00 .

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EHHi'JlUEL CH:...PEL
Rev. Joseph Overy, Pastor
Sund.:1y School lO:OO ..
l1orning Worship eo ... 11:00 l.M
Hor:.>hip 7:50 PH
Tuesday Horning Pr;::.ycr moot
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ing ....... . 11: 00 tJ
vfodnolJd.:ly prc.yor mc0ting .:1nd
Bible P
Youth Fullowship,
o r 7:5Q
B . T U H "
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: OO PH FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR DilTIIER
Evening Uorship . ....... 7: 00 PM
Wed ., Preyer Hooting 'l .PH .
Tile 4th Uednosd.:1y of o.:lch mont Duo to tho fact that Thurs-
tho following groups moot ut: dc.y ovuning was not opun, th
,. 7:30 'Plr Dinnor moutiil.g of tho Friu
REVIV . .'.L SERVICES ! oVor'j' night ly bcun chango
this wo
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k until lbrch 8th b.t to Fr1du.y ovomng Fub. 27th;
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Bm. l'.IIS. : SIO" I ws ' H
nl ' ll n b h
Sunday School 10: 00 ;.:H at
h. 11 00 'll ' PICK-UP OllCE ;l
Horm.ng : .. u HOURS: 9 : 00 JJ.f to 10:00 PH t1EEK
$5. 00 per month
ll.F. TIENSVOLD H0-2-5280
HILE 25
; plint. CMITTEB
ftt_ - We made a book- TAKES ACTION
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lot about eur
firsttPresident, George Wash- Members of the Chugiak Parent
ington, on his birthday. Teacher Legislative Conmittee
. . . . . . met yesteroay afternoon and
4B lliss Egglestm
2 2A .. . . decided to send wires to
Mrs . Saupe !s .room is v10rk:ing both the House- ana Senate
Dennis Hibbard has moved from for speed on basia subtractio reaffirming the'ir origirial
Chugiak to Portla nd, Oregon and addition facts . stand in regard to Commiss-
We miss Dennis but hope he like We have- finished building the ioner of Education Don M.
his new school. village in Social Studies It Dafoe. Their wir es today
Our cl ass is going to put on a has houses , post offi read as
playyfor t he 4th, 5th and' 6th fire department, police statio "In accordance with action
grades thi s Friday. ,We are al so department s-tore, hotel build- taken by the Chugiak Par ent
going to invite our pare'Ilts . . ing and 'Park. . . Teacher Association, we wish
A new boy in our room is Mark to restate our position.
5 Yiss Vlitherall . Guess from Mountain View. Qualifications of Chief of
Dar lene Carnahan who has been We are reading ''More Streets Education should not be
gone for about two weeks, is and Roads" now. We are on Partisan Policy'
back. She said she had Ei gocxi "Tiger:Hunt" . . today. : W:e ?e;J.ieve Mr. Dafoe should
trip a nd m a)l'e .. ' ' I be retawed' until an appo-
she would a repbrt it. 2 B Mrs . - Byers . inted boaro selec.t;;s a Chief
We have baen 'studying about - Our. classsi3 reading tho st<?ry of Education. "
stars and have a picture of of Uncl-e liiggily... . The foroor wire 1mich W2.S
outur space. We. also hayE! a Tomny Cross is back from lili1 sent to the Senatethas been
picture of posture that iS very trip to California and, other recorded in the Senate Journal.
We have a picture places. He care back Monday '!hose present at tbd meeting
of 19 flags, all different. Februa ry 16. '!armey'. brought were Dorothy Steeby, JoAnri
Our we do no his. rocks to show the class. Vanover, Dorothy Jonrowe{
know what we will get' until Vonda Oberg has cooo back to Bruce Robinson (by phone J
report card titro. ., school from two roonths vacat- and P. T Fresident Liz
I
I ion in Wyoming. Ha.rriman. n . Grace Tatro and
1 & 2 C Mr s Erickson . Mr. Sands were not thore. '
We enjoyed our uValentine Party;'
Thank yoU, Mrs. Underwood and
Mrs . Burns, f or helping and
bringj.ng . ..
In first grade we like reading
in
11
Gmess Who" Soon vro rill
start our readers ?Dick and Ja
We made paintings on large pape
with Tempera Paint. We like to
Reporters.: Beverly Johnson
Mary Haeg
Gayle Charles
It is the feeling of maey
that schools should not be
subjected to partisan polit-
ics in any vtay. The recent
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action of the Democrat South-
central Committee resolving
that Mr . Don M. Da.foe be .
asked resign or bo dismi-
ss ed .. places the schools right
into politics.
Russ Meekins is scheduled to
introduce a memorial on this

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HOBRS
Tuesday thru SD.turdny
11: QO lll.f to
6!'
L
7 Evenings by appointment
Jo.ce l J fihg
Business as Us uol
During Remodeling
fr3ESS6S f3ecruty
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FEBRUARY 26,
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GRllCE MILE 2lz-
at tho
Friday, February 'lJ __ __;_ _________ __ _
Y.E. A. NOUINATICNS . SIGN..PAINTING POSTERS
BOROUGH DECISION ART WORK
at Carnival Hall? : 30 Cl..LL: HQ-..2-5275 SIG
Saturday, february 2S
"Cuz Mus" Record H op
\-TILL SACRIFICEl 4; . Bed Davono.
and matchirlg cha:ir ax- .
Monday, March 2 collcnt condition. Both tor
Ski Instruction 6: 30 $55. Christa H0-2-5261
Tues day, March' 3 POTATOES FOR SAAE -** Russel l
. Cub Scout Den 3, 7:00 t<: H. Oberg, Ho. 2-5212
8: 00 p. m. ..
Wednesday, . March 4 ' ;. FOR SALE: TRA:IroR 19'37
Sewing Classes, l t OO P' D 46 ft . 2 Bedroom, Sleep:J
at Mrs . Overy' s, ? t OO pll
7
persons .
at Methodist Church 1958 International 3/4 Ton Pick
Girl.Scout Troop# 120 up All Vfueel Drive, 2 spped
Fire Training Meet Case , 4 speed Trans-
mission and Winc,.
-----------.New Well Pump, Cl :nation Deet:
WINFIELD CHINA: A Beautiful or Shalllw wel l Jet .
gift is Yours Absolutely Raymond "Scotty" Kerr, 18 Mile .
Froo if You Will Let me Call Palmer Hi_g_hway. See after 5 :Rrn
to Demonstration.
Barbara .Pippel.
TOM SLANKER contributed 200
pounds of dog f ood as a prize
for the Junior Dog Racers .
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Junior Mushers -
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Reddington
Petronovich 2. ?9 . 26
Stephens
Reni 2. 49 . 34
Merrill 2. 54. 50
Casa
Lee 3. 04. 02
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It will 'br noted that . the .
they -were orlY
seconds Bruce bea t his
own first place on the
third day and Clayton _11 ..
seconds behind the winner the "
second day and 57 seconds ( l ess
than a minute ) behind <m the
third day. On the third and
final day the mushers go out
according to elapsed time .
Gary Merrill incrqased his
speed and came in flying on
the third day, It 12 hoped
that local mushers will want
to compete next year also and '':
break this record Some one
and three dog entries are also
needed from this area , .
Both Juhior and Senior mushers
expressed their appreciation
of all the moral and f
support which was willingly d
and generouslY. given both ,bY, ,.
sponsors and individual.a ":!'
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FEBRUARYRY 26, 1959
CHUGIAK DOG RACES -
WHY NOT ?
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few people who watch the dog ,JI. 0 /PJ' G lA
1
races--rea1.ize the weeks and . lfiO (/(; \/1 ....
months, the tima, effort arrl \1"
With the keen competitive .money expended to train these It is safe to estimate
spirit of racihg that wa s dogs and prepare them for the that approximately 90% of
shown during the 3 day event rac:lng events(\ the residents of 0\U" communi ,
of he Anchorage Fur Rendez For the com:peti ticn to be a are im various stages of build-
voue, intere'st is stlhll so success it would be necessary their own homes . Therefor any
great that lt is possible to for the entire community to opportunity to save money on
continue racing locally to get behind tha reushers so that building accessories is always
give the boys more competit- enough prizes in the form of welcomeo
ive training which will help dog food could be provided to For the past month> Ray Hen-
them they become senior reward their efforts., riches of the EAGLE RIVER !Urot-
mshers Besides roore trai- Junior dog n:'lshers iL"1d anyone has been presenting just
ning the idea is to help the interested in this sud1 an. opportunity. Readers
ycung mushers rais-e enough plea
3
e co
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tact Bruce or Carl f this paper are aware that
money to feed their dogso Pettit at Homestead 2-
541
3o each week the Hardware Store
Some of the local junior

pernrltting a race or s been featuring a special,

mushers and their parents just rides can be set up for with specific attention. to
have planned this competitio Sunday, March 8t:
1
if the Im.lsh- items tho.t tho home builder
and ft has so connection wit ers can come to a decision., or will eventually need.
the Alaska Racing Associatio By carefully watching these
in Anchorage or any other ads ar..d taking advantage of
group. per diem 'per dis rg? these specials, the do-it- your
Mr. Walter Pippel has graci- self homebtrl.lder can. save Mm-
ously agreed to allow the s t Bi, 1 # '9 a consi.d.E'rable amount in
ena e ... "1 -
junior mushers to use his Authors: Ra1p:
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Coody & tho lc:=g run, To date it has
field across from the shopp- J . EJ.rl Cooper light fixtures a.rd
ing cente"r as a place to car y hardware, this week
on comP3titive dog races. To restrict

it 2b fixtures and
This allows a good ten mile w:
1
ito c-:r:
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to bl:lnd

su.:ppJ.:..c.s, nmct week it may be

course that can be run .. Sled 5.tcm that you are
r ides could be. given before

j_n Tim
2
s no keep reading the
and between .races to hold cf Febru:::.::::r 2:. nels, e.::d you'll be sure to save.
intert:ist of spectators" A':ly fil11j --- I d
. F 1 u.v No uc!t l)u I Sv' n g .
'be eligible . Teams would be _ R.
l:imited to a 7-d.og hook-up, C _ _ , .. f\/\/\/V\IV'v\1\. 'vv v

handle larger teams. Ver: WE DELIVER mP Yard - H0-2-5175
LotS Lake H; 11A
505 SLICED YELL0\<1 CLING PEACHES
4/$1.00
503 BARTLETT PEARS - B/$1. 00
503 SWEET PEAS - 4/$1. 00
505 CUT GREEN BEANS - 4/$1. 00
303 PEELED TOHATOES - 4/$1. 00
46 oz. TOHATO JUICE - 5/$1.00
1! SLICED
16 oz. PINK SALMON - 2/$1. 00
211 SLICED PINEAPPLE - 4/$1. 00
211 CHUNK PINEAPPLE - 4/$1. 00
2i1 TIDBITS - 4/$1. 00
ElllllEL IL\TION DOG FOOD
1 pannd cans 5/$1. 00
26 oz. ce.ns-5/$1. 00
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