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Bobby Peterkin has been taken bone from
the Hospital and is convalescing at the
home., of his Grandmother Peterkin in
Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs, I.M.C. j-mderson are grand
parents for the first time, according to
word received here. Mr. and Mrs. Lorn
Anderson of Corvallis, Oregon,are the
parents of a seven pound and eight ounce
boy bora last Thursday the 25th of July.
This is the fourth generation of the And
erson family to be born in Oregon.
Rev. B.J. Bingle has recently been elected
moderator of the Washington and ALaska
Presbyterian Synod at 'a meeting of Church
leaders held in Seattle. He is the first
Alaskan minister to hold this office. In
1949 the Synod plans 'to meet in Fairbanks,
chartering a boat and driving in from the
coast over the Highway.
Recently the Aimy release’d a list of 91
names of Alaskans who gave their lives to
their country, Among these was Kenneth
Ehrhart, son of Mrs. Carl Pasmussen, who
was reported missing in June 1944. accord
ing to Leonard Kyger,' another name was
omitted from this list—that of his bro
ther, Kenneth tf. "Kyger. Kenneth Kyger
gave his life in line of duty in April of
1942 at Fort Richardson.
A B-29 Superfortress, Loran-equippei,about
the middle of July flew from Edmonton over
the North Pole by way of Fairbanks, and
back, carrying a crew of 12, the plane
stopped at Fairbanks for refueling and
returned to Fairbanks in approximately 23
. h-urs. It later returned to Edmonton
..where it is based with two other Loran
, monitoring aircraft.
The flight was made at about 30,000 feet
over the flat terrain of the polar icecap
without incident except for a few "high
weather fronts."
According to the Alaska Highway news—
« bear raided the truck of Bon Heartlin,
who was taking several cases Cf fresh
bananas and other perishables to points
northward, at Kile 180 "on the Alaska High
way while he sat waiting for the return
of Jack Christie from St. John with re
pairs for the truck. Heartlin,upon hearing
a noise in the rear of his truck, inves
tigated only to find a bear busily devcur
1 ing.the bananas. He retreated to the safe
ty of his cab and the bear continued his
tropical meal. An approaching truck
finally frightened the bear away;1
Beltz passed through Falmer on Wednes
day of this week on his way to Seldovia to
fill the vacancy created there when Dr.
.i'noll left. Dr. Beltz visited with Dr.
Hoehn while in Palmer.
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Palmer Bus
• Schedules
ANCHORAGE-GULKANA
Leave Anchorage- Tue. Thurs. Sat. 9 am
Leave Gulkana Wed. Fri. Sun. 9 am
BUSSES leaving WHITEHORSE FRIDAY make
connections for ANCHORAGE at TOK
GUIXANA BUSSES make connections for
. WHITEHORSE
ANCHORAGE-PAPIER
Leave Anchorage daily at 10 a.m.
(expept Sunday) 6 p.mi
Leave Palmer daily at 9 a.mi ;
5 p.m. '
Sunday Bus. leaves Anchorage for'Palmer j
■ 9 a.m. 6 p.m.
ANCHORAGE-WASILLA 1
Leaves- Anchorage daily 10 a.m. j
(except.-.Sunday leaves 9 a.m.)
Leaves Was ilia 2:30 p.m. (
Oharra Bus Lines1
Ted Carter was a brief visitor in Palmer
this week Wednesday. He was oh a trip up
the Highway'and plans t<5 stop again on his
return trip.