Palmer Teams Sweep
Championship Heel
By Butch McKensie and Gana Rumple
The Palmer junior varsity
track teams swept through to
an overwhelming victory at
the second annual western Al
aska cross-country champion
ship meet.
To capture the championship,
Palmer had to defeat eight
other participating schools, in
cluding West Anchorage, East
Anchorage, Wasilla, Kodiak,
Fairbanks, Kenai, Valdez, and
Ninilchik. Schools were placed
according to the lowest possible
score.
The Palmer junior varsity
Dements To Elect
Precntf Officers
James Hurley, Democratic
precinct chairman of the. old
Palmer No. 2 voting precinct,
anounced today that, pursuant
to the rules of the Democratic
party of Alaska, a caucus of
all Democrats residing in the
Matanuska and Butte voting
precincts will be held at the
Grange hall in Palmer at 8 p.m.
on Monday, Oct. 22.
The purpose of the caucus
will be to elect separate officers
for the two precincts to serve
for the next year, the chair
man stated. Campaign plans
and election day activities will
also be discussed.
An attempt will be made to
notify all registered Democrats
in the two precincts, Hurley
said, but added that records of
names and addresses are often
faulty, and that this item should
be considered an official no
tice.
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team succeeded in dominating
first place by capturing four of
the first five places, with Jerry
Morris taking the winning
time of 12 minutes, 37.5 sec
onds. Jim Estelle of Palmer
grabbed second place and an
East Anchorage man copped
third.
Theron Compton and Hal In
galls pulled in fourth and fifth
places, respectively, to give
Palmer the lowest overall score
of 22. East Anchorage was sec
on with 32, while Wasilla was
third with a score of 72, and
Kenai fourth with 102.
A conclusive victory for
Palmer was attained in the var
sity run, with Palmer men
counting in three of the first
ten trophy spots, and gaining a
low score of 41.
The winning time was set by
Andy DeVries of Palmer, who
ran the course in 11:28 flat,
as compared to Andy’s previous
winning record time of 11:56.6,
set last year.
Harry Hartung and Mickey
Pettit took the sixth and ninth
places respectively to claim
their trophies, with the rest of
the Palmer team close behind.
The remaining first ten plac
es were spoken for as follows:
second place, Bernie Klouda,
West; third, Bob Hardcastle,
Wasilla; fourth, Wayne Kozak,
Kodiak; fifth, Bob Bunker,
Wasilla; seventh, Larry Megill,
West; eighth, Steve Winfree,
Fairbanks; and tenth, Harry
Wilson, Kodiak.
Wasilla was second over all
with a total low score of 69,
while West was third with 87,
and East fourth with 100. Close
behind was Fairbanks with 107,
Kodiak, 116, and Kenai with
145. Ninilchik had a score of
247, while Valdez was disqual
ified for not having enough
runners entered.
The individual trophies for
the runners and the school tro
phies were awarded following
the meet.
Coach Jantz of Palmer thank
ed the participating schools and
applauded the impressive turn
out, stating that he hoped the
championship meet would be
come an annual fall event.
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Delegates from Igloo No. 31
and Auxiliary No. 11 left this
morning on a charter flight for
the state convention of Pion
eers of Alaska in Ketchikan.
Delegates from Igloo 31 are
Ted Buzby anti Ed Ueeck. M.
D. Snodgrass, delegate-at-large,
will not attend but will vote
on convention business by
proxy. Three representatives
from the Auxiliary made the
trip. They are Mrs. Heinie
Snider, president and delegate
at-large, Harriet Kepler, and
Mrs. Harold Moore.
The local delegation will ad
vertise Matanuska Valley pro
duce with a bushel of mono
grammed potatoes which they
intend to distribute at the con
vention.
The long-time state residents
were transported to Ketchikan
by two chartered DC-4 flights,
the first flying non-stop to An
ette Island and the second set
ting down at Cordova to pick
up delegates there. Matanuska
Valley Pioneers took the sec
ond flight, which they felt
would afford more sightseeing.
The convention will continue
through Sunday.
GRANGE POSTPONES
MEETING TO FRIDAY
The Northland Pioneer Gran
ge has postponed its regular
meeting night from Oct. 11 to
Oct. 12 to allow members to
attend the candidates’ meeting
at the Elks hall on Thursday
evening. Grange members will
meet at 8 p.m. Friday at the
Grange hall.
SELF-ANALYSIS
Take time out for reflection
occasionally—the real man of
vision can see through himself.
Half ol 1962 Alaska Forest
Fires Caused by Carelessness
Human carelessness is still a
serious cause of forest fire in
Alaska, according to Roger R.
Robinson, state director for the
Bureau of Land Management.
Nearly half of the 115 fires
reported during the 1962 fire
season have been caused by
man’s carelessness in extin
guishing campfires, smoking,
land clearing, trash burning
and other activities for which
man is responsible. The Bureau
of Land Management has the
major responsibility for fire
protection on 225 million acres
of forest, range, and recreation
land in Alaska. Wildfire on
these lands not only destroy
timber and ground cover, it
also seriously damages water
sheds, wildlife, the “nesting
grounds” for waterfowl and
other related resources as well
as a loss of resource potential.
Since the record-breaking
fire season of 1957, when 5 mil
lion acres burned in Alaska, the
Bureau of Land Management
through increased appropria
tion, improved organization,
and better fire fighting techni
ques, has drastically reduced
the annual loss. In 1962 about
41 thousand acres burned.
Much of this loss resulted from
lightning caused fires in remote
areas but the fires caused by
man’s carelessness could have
been prevented, Robinson said.
Fire Prevention Week, Octo
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ber 7-12, draws attention to the
year-around problem of fire in
cities and homes. Likewise, fire
prevention in the forest is a
year-around activity, he added.
A fire conscious public ob
serving safe fire practices and
cooperating with protection
agencies is the best possible so
lution in reducing a needless
loss to the wealth of the nation,
its lands and natural resources,
the director said.
PITTMAN UNIT
AGREEMENT APPROVED
On Sept. 14, 1962, the U. S.
Geological Survey announced
the approval of the Pittman
unit agrement, Union Oil Com
pany of California, operator.
The unit embraces 46,659.48
acres and one exploratory well,
“Pittman” 1, was drilled to a
total depth of 6,136 feet and
abandoned, according to the
October Mines and Petroleum
bulletin. Under the terms of
the agreement, a second well
must be commenced within six
months following the comple
tion of the first well, the bulle
tin said.
VOTE FOR
I feel that we should have Bob
Stratton in the State Senate to re
present Palmer and all the valley as
well as all Alaska. Ne will advertise
and promote Alaska farming.
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