THE FRONTIERSMAN
Snared as second class matter on Oct. 21, 1947, at the post office a*
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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SAME DINNER HELD
OCT. 27 BELIEVED
LARGEST OF KIND
Although poor road conditions
liept attendance at the Matanus
ka Valley Sportsmen annual
.ga ne dinner below the anticipat
«d number, those attending re
ported it one of the best ever
staged by the valley organization
Capably prepared dishes of some
uf Alaska’s most tasty game were
served buffet-style to local
sportsmen and a number oi
.guests. It was pointed out during
the dinner that it is believed the
annual game dinner sponsored
by the Valley Sportsmen is the
largest of its kind in the world
vri .h the greatest variety of dish
*es. Last year’s dinner had a var
iety of 96 dishes, and although
the list had not been counted at
that time, it is believed that this
year a least that number of dish
es were furnished, with possibly
mi re.
Clair Stock past president of
the organization, was master of
■ceremonies and introduced past
presidents and this year’s offic
ers as follows: Dr. Foster Sims,
first president, 1948; followed by
Stock, Bill Smith, Roy Brock,
"Ken Westenbarger and Ben Hud
gins, both of two terms, and 1956
prcs:dent, Ed Bellringer. Gene
KLsch is vice-president this year;
Bruce Graham, is secretary, a
l>o ition he has held with the
goup for a number of years. John
Bi sh is a five-year-member of
the board of directors and Maud
He sler is a six-year member of
the board. Other board members
•art- Virgil Eckert and Noel
'Woods. Geneal chairman of tiie
-dinner this year was Ben Hudg
ins. Sal Esslinger was chairman
jf the waitress committee.
Gvests introduced duing the
dinner included Col. and Mrs.
Irvin Keener, Holgar Larson,
*chief enforcement agent, Fish
and Wildlife and Mrs. Larson,
Neil Agree, FWS enforcement
an t Mrs. Agree, Biologists Roger
Al'en and Roy Baxter, and Mr.
and Mrs. Swietzer. Also Ed How
ell, vice president of the Alaska
Sportsmen Council and Vernon
Haik, president of the Isaac Wal
ton League.
Annual awards were maae uy
Marse Westenbarger, secretary of
the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen
Rifle Club. With the awards went
the announcements that the area
shooters again placed high in na
tional honors.
The 1958 State and National
■winter league winners of Alaska
were loca’1 shooters, Ken Westen
barger, Don Contini, Jack Dodge
and Noel Woods. They also place
14th in the National league cham
pionship. The valley organization
also had a team of sharpshooters
•who rated third place in the NRA
National Indoor Sectionals Cham
pionships. They were Ed Bell
Yinger, Stan Lov.e, Leona Dieir
and James Shook.
Marylou Johns took first in
the sharpshooter in the sectional
held in April of this year and
she also rated 18th in National
ranking. Bud Woods took first
place in the junior division in
the Ulowa route t and his broth
er Noel took first in the senior
pistol division.
Entertainment for the evening,
arranged by President Bellringer]
included two numbers by Dana,
Terri and Robin Niemann and
brought some of USARAL’s best
kalent to Palmer, with Bob Wea
ver as master-of-ceremonies. Dick
Karaszkiewiez, aecordianist, of
fered several numbers as weli as
accompanied other stars. Marlin
t-egauit entertained the audience
with feats of magic; Johnny Jew
'11 vocalist, offered several num
bers and Gaylund Randall and
Benjamin Pitmon, violinist and
guitarist, formerly with Grand
C)1 Opery, added their color to
t he program.
Hudgins expressed his appreci
ation to all committees and oth
ers who helped make the dinner
such a success. Following the
dinner the Palmer E'ks extended
an invitation to adjourn to Btks
lodge where additional entertain
ment was offered by the Anchor*
age-area group, followed by dano
mg.
TURKEY DINNER
NOVEMBER 8 AT
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
The public is invited to attend
the annual turkey dinner being
sponsored by St. John’s Luther
an Church next Thursday, No
vember 8 The dinner will be held
in the church basement with
i serving to begin at 5:00 and con
tinue until 8:00 p.m. Tickets may
be obtained from members of the
Ladies Aid or at the door that
evening. Tickets for adults will
be $2.00 and for children 75
cents.
The annual dinner has always
been one of the popular fall ac
tivities in Palmer. All food will
be prepared and served by wo
men of the church, including the
roast turkey and all the fixin’s.
ALL SAINTS DAY MASS
AT ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH
Members of St. Michael’s Cath
olic Church are reminded of the
evening mass to be offered to
night at 6 p.m. by the Rev. James
P. Snead in observance of All
Saints Day. This is a holy day of
obligation for all Catholics.
I
WHO NEEDS
A CLUB PROJECT?
This question was posed in the
quaterly report of the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital that was
mailed to Valley Hospital Asso
ciation members this week.
Writing of the relatively un
kept grounds and lawns at the
hospital this summer, it was
pointed out that several reasons
were responsible — most impor
tant that the hospital building
is growing older and more labor
is needed to keep up the physical
plant—making less time for the
lawns. Personnel changes in the
maintenance department meant
that more time had to be spent
in training. The lawn mower is
old and inefficient. And finally,
i it was stated, there seemed to be
| less interest in the community,
| which formerly had volunteered
■ a good deal of help.
It was suggested that some
winter planning on the par;,£f
local groups might lead to gen
| era! improvement in the overall
appearance of the hospital. Sev
1 eral suggested projects were list
ed. Interested organizations may
contact Rev. Bertram Rutan,
chanrman of the building and
grounds committee who will be
g ad to coordinate this work.
1. P’il.ing in the basement of
the old hospital and grading off
site. Walls might be blasted in
this winter while the ground is
frozen. One hundred dollars
should be sufficient to finish the
i levelling for which a bulldozer
j is needed after spring break-up.
2. Seeding new lawn and fer
tilizing the old lawn (next May).
3. Mowing the lawn. It was
suggested that as a club project
a work schedule could provide
for mowing by a different club
member at four or five day inter
vals. Five months would require
a roster of 40 to 50 names. The
o’d lawn mower should be repair
ed or replaced.
4. Planting and maintaining
flowerbeds. Appreciation was ex
pressed to the Palmer Garden
Club which has done the planting
the past two years. It was sug
gested they may wish to do it
again. It was suggested a club
might prepare and fertilize the
beds and keep the weeds under
control.
5. Resurfrcing access roads.
Big rocks should be removed and
a three-inch crushed surface laid
down. About 100 yards of gravel
is needed. A blacktop contractor
is expected in town next summer;
perhaps the hospital’s access
drive might be black-topped too.
6. Painting generator and stor
age sheds. This is a small job
repairing a work party of one or
two for a day or so.
7. The original landscaping
plan called for a screen of birch
es along the south exposure. A
work party of five or six might
be able to transplant a dozen
or so trees in a half day.
Members of the Valley Hos
pital Auxiliary have offered to
purchase and install blinds in
the rooms on the south side
where many have complained of
too much sun on bright days.
FOR FAST RESULTS TRY A
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
Palmer Youth in International Contest
Wesley Eckert, senior in dairy
science at Washington State Col
lege, competed in the internation
al intercollegiate dairy products
judging contest at Atlantic City,
IV. J., October 29. He was one of
three seniors representing WSC
in the competition, which is spon
sored by the American Dairy
Science Association. Prizes in the
competition include $5,000 in
graduate fellowships, plus sev
eral cups, watches and medals.
Following the contest, student
judges from all over the United
States and Canada were guests ‘
of several national dairy organ-1
izations and attended the Dairy
Industries Exposition in Atlantic
City.
Eckert is son of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Eckert of Palmer and is
termed an outstanding student
at WSC.
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