3 tfporttrfr
Notebook.
Lew Hanks, district agent with
the Extension Service, spoke to
a group of Valdez residents at a
meeting held in that city this
week. His topic was based on
gardening, yard and lawn im
provement. The meeting was
held in the Valdez Hotel and
sponsored by the Homemakers
group of Valdez.
Dr. C. C. Bailey returned to
Palmer on Monday of this week
following a trip to Texas where
he was called because of the ill
ness of his father.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cooper
:returned to Palmer last week
following nearly a month's va
cation in he States. While Out
side the couple attend two fam
ily reunions; the Cooper reunion
at Seattle and the Mattingley
reunion at Sunnyside. They made
their round trip by commercial
airline.
Mrs. Edith Compton,, linotype
operator at The Frontiersman,
is enjoying a Stateside vacation,
having left Palmer last Friday.
She will join her husband and
sons who left a week earlier and
will return with them over the
Alaska highway.
Art Marsh has returned to his
home in the Valley following a
winter in the States.
‘Mac McDonald, pharnrucist
at Bert’s Spenard Drug store is
substituting at Bert’s Drug in
Palmer during the absence of
Neal Wright, who with Mrs.
Wright, is taking a vacation trip
to the States. “Mac” used to work
in the Palmer store.
Wesley E. Eckert, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Eckert of Palm
er, has been tapped for member
ship in the Washington State
■‘©allege chapter of National Col
Uegiate -Players, honorary drama
group. Eckert, a senior at the
college, is majoring in Dairy
Science, and has been awarded
one of the Military Science
‘Scholarships for Army ROTC
■students.
Mrs. Cloyce Parks of Chugiak
was a Washington visitor last
week while attending national
board meeting of the National
Rural Electric Cooperative
.Assoc;alien and to be present at
Jjfying of the cornerstone of the
NRECA Building.
Cf. P. Gazaway of the Alaska
Agriculture Experiment Station
will be guest speaker at the June
*5 meeting of the Matanuska Val
? ley Chamber of Commerce. He
will tell members of the recent
milk survey conducted in the
Palmer and Seward schools and
> of;the Special School Milk Pro
333asm sponsored by the federal
government in the States but
not yet available to schools in
.Alaska
John "McDonald and sons
Wayne and Elmer, all of Wasilla,
left Saturday for Phoenix, Ore.,
where they will attend graduat
ing exercises of Lewis John Mc
iDonald, member of the senior
class of Phoenix High School.
While in the States they will vis
it the McDonald’s married daugh
ter, her husband and the couple’s
n&ew daughter.
i Naval Aviation Cadet August
A.'-Gather, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Gather of Palmer made his
solo flight at Milton, Fla. Cather
entered the Naval Aviation Ca
det Program through the Los
Alamitos Naval Air Station at
Long Beach, Calif. Before leav
ing the Whiting Field Naval
Auxiliary Air Station at Milton,
for more advanced training, he
will receive instruction in pre
cision air work along with his
regular solo flights.
1
Marketing Supervisor
Plans Stateside Trip
George Crowther, marketing
■supervisor with the Alaska De
par tmeht of Agriculture, leaves
for the States Sunday where he
will attend' conferences of the
Western Plant Board and West
ern Standardization Board, meet
ing at McCall, Idffto.* These
groups are ih charge of regula
tions pertaining to plant move
ment and dust control work in
the states. Crowther will also be
v conferring with the U. S, De
■.partment of Agriculture offici
als on egg work. ’During his
stateside visit he plans to take
a week off and attend the Ki
wanis International conference
■being held in San Francisco. He
expects to return within three
war four weeks.
Two double-header four-inn
ing games were played by Lit
tle Leaguers on Monday night of
this week to open the season.
The Jonseville team beat the Ki
wanis boys by one point, 11 to
10. Moose players took their game
from the Koslosky team by the
score of 10 to 7.
In the first -game the Jones
ville lads got six hits—made by
McNally, Rush, Cottrell, Ingalls,
and Bach. Their ten runs were
scored by Onkka, J. Anderson,
Ingalls, Cottrell, Bach and Rush,
whose home run brought in the
previous three players. Wade
pitched the entire game for his
team. The Kiwanis lads also got
six hits in the game. They were
made by Felzein, Want and Cur
ry. Pete Want hit a home run
that brought in Buzby, Lovejoy,
and Felzein. Other runs were
made by Pettit, Wade, and Har
tung. Onkka pitched for his
team. Plate umpire for this game
was Caud Want. Allayn Wilson
was base umpire. H. Ingalls and
Lucille Curry were scorekeepers
for both games.
The second game saw the Kos
losky team get two hits by play
ers McKenzie and DeVries. John
son, J. Rice, P. Rice and McKen
zie made the seven runs for their
team. Pitchers were McKenzie
and Johnson. The winning Moose
team got five hits in the game
by players N. Kopperud, France,
Buzby, and Brodigan. Runs were
made by A. Larson, Brodigan,
Cotton, Shermon, Cottrell and
Buzby. A home run by Kopperud
sent three players home ahead
of him. The Moose pitcher was
Brodigan. Dexter Bacon and Du
ane Anderson were plate and
base umpires.
In spite of adverse weather the
boys looked fine out on the dia
mond, in fact they looked as
good in their first game as they
did last year when half through
the season. Credit for their good
condition was given to the young
men who are working with the
boys this year as coaches and
assistant coaches. Don Ingalls and
Glen Sandvik have been work
ing with Kososky’s team, assist
ed by Bob McCartney. Lamber
ton and Russ McKechnie are
coaching the Moose team and
Lynn and Edon Sandvik are giv
ing pointers to the Jonesville
players. Bill Harris and Bill
Smith are coaching and assisting
the Kiwanis team. They’ve real
ly got the young ball players on
their toes and ball fans will get
not only a treat but a surprise
if they turn out for some of these
games and watch the youngsters
“Play Ball!”
AIRPORT NEWS
Emil Stadler of Palmer suc
cessfully passed his flight and
written tests on May 23 and re
ceived his private license. He
took his test from a flight exam
iner at Merrill field.
Logging flight time is getting
to be a problem for student fli
ers at the local airport. Consist
entm gusty winds have kept fly
ing at a minimum for the fledg
lings— in fact even those al
ready licensed r re doing very
little flying these days' because
of the weather. With fishing
season open it may tempt some
options which might bring the
of them to take off for those
ing.
Local Mon Participate
in Bankers' Convention
James Hurley, director, and i
Richard Jones, cashier, of the
Matanuska Valley Bank, are at
tending the 9th Annual Alaska
Bankers’ Association convention
being held in Anchorage this
week. Mrs. Hurley and Mrs.
Jones accompanied their hus
bands.
Panel discussions on Alaskan
resources will be moderated by
John Croul, manager of the
Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce. Robert Baker, association
president, will preside.
A ’ong list of civilian and mili
tary leaders will take part in the
discussions, including Dr. Allan
H. Mick of Palmer, associate dir
ector, Alaska Agriculture Exper
iment Station, and James W. Wil
son, Alaska Agricultural Loan
Board and commissioner of Agri
culture, also of Palmer.
The majority of the business
activity of the convention will be
held in the Elks auditorium
where local and Stateside dealers
in banking supplies will have
displays. The convention will
end with a banquet Saturday
evening at the Idle Hour Country
Club.
NEW BABIES
Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lynn
Wright of Big Lake are parents
of their seventh child, Clayton
Lorie who was born at Valley
Presbyterian Hospital May 11.
He has been named Clayton Lorie
and he weighed six pounds, 10
ounces at birth. Mr. Wright is a
self-employed equipment opera
tor.
Nichols
Susan Marie is the name chos
en by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eu
gene Nichols of Palmer for their
new daughter who was born at
Valley Presbyterian Hospital on
May 14. She is the couple’s fifth
child. Mr. Nichols is employed
at the Spring Creek Dairy Farm.
Winds Redoes—
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plants in the territory; the Arc
tic Trails Riding club were out
standing in their costumed riders
and mounts and were named for
third prize; also entered in the
parade was the City of Palmer
fire department-civil defense
Jeep truck; the Beta Sigma Phi
sponsored community ambu
lance; and farm equipment by
Anderson and Smith Equipment
company; and farm equipment
by the Co-Op Garage.
Judges for the parade were
Rusty Dow, Faith Krause, Betty
Jo Riddle, Jim Wilson, and Min
nie Clark. Entries were judged
on originality, workmanship, and
appropriate theme.
Following the parade contests
and games were held at the fair
grounds for the children. Winner
of the pie-eating contest was Bil
ly Cottrell and Carol Jean Wil
son and Dorothy Campbell won
the girls’ three-legged race. Oth
er names of winners were not
available in these contests, how
ever, the farmers did show the
city “slickers" their superior
muscles when they won the Farm
vs. City tug-of-war, and took
off with the prize case of bever
age.^*
ated by Beta Sigma Phi, the Al
tar Society of St. Michael's Cath
olic Church, and Palmer Assemb
ly of Rainbow Girls.
Highlight of the celebration
was the free barbecue which
came late in the afternoon, just
prior to the horse show. Hund
reds of pounds of barbequed
beef were distributed in sand
wiches, with plenty for everyone
The meat was aone to a turn
and made even more tasty by the
delicious barbeque sauce which
was prepared by Clare Stock.
Members of the Arctic Trails
Riding Club presented a two
hour show during which they
staged various races and demon
stration riding.
General chairmen of the Col
ony Day celebration were Jim
Hurley, program; John Weisen
berger and Glen Persinger, bar
beque; A1 Hagen, grounds, Hur
ley, Richard Jones and Stewart
Durrani, publicity and advertis
ing, and Ed Smith parade. A
number of local residents spent
many hours preparing the barbe
que and keeping the fire going
for many hours, as well as serv
ing the hundreds of sandwiches
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Knslosky's 21st Anniversary Sale
First Prize won by Merle Puddicombe (refrigerator) —2nd prize: 299948; 3rd prize, 224015; 4th prize: 3Q06Q6 -
Winning numbers good until June 7 — then Alternate numbers will be announced
Malanuska Maid
ICE CREAM
$4.69
Gallons 1
Wesl Crest
GREEN BEANS
300 tin
4* 99°
Hunt’s Solid Pack
TOMATOES
4 br JP
Meadow Brook
BUTTER
191
MATANUSKA MAID
Extra Large
EGGS
$4.20
I Dozen
One Pint Collage Cheese
FREE with each purchase
of two Dozen Eggs
Hunts
CATSUP
14 oz. bottle
4* SP
DONALD DUCK DREAD
Sliced White Round Top
Palmer Raking Co.
ll
Meat Department
Armour Star Slab Bacon
BY THE SLAB 9QG
ONLY J7 lb.
PORK PRICES ARE ADVANCING, NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY
Acme Quick Frosted
Frying Chickens
ound
c
$9
Rath's Blackhawk pout
Pullman Canned Hams 87
und
c
IDEAL FOR ALL PURPOSES
Hunts
TOMATO JUICE
46 oz. tin
2 89°
Hunts
TOMATO SAUCE
8 oz. tin
SUNSHINE
ho Crackers
1lbi>« 39“
GUP CUSTARD
Assortment JAG
Cookies 4#
Alaskan Maid
Potato Chips
11 oi. CAC
pkgi »
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