Special Events
Provide Many Prizes
Thousands of dollars in cash
prizes and merchandise were
awarded during the recent fair
in contests and competative ex
hibits. One of the most interest
ing phases of Saturday’s events
were the “kids’ activities”.
Winners in the pie eating con
test were Leonard Kangesuk,
Steve Kelleigh, and Pete Hjel
len. These were freshly baked
chocolate cream pies, and pro
vided a lot of mirth for the au
dience. Jerry Hoskin’s Shetland
pony took the race from Roberta
Webb’s young burro.
John Boyd took first place in
the tractor driving contest. A
number of valley youths entered
this competative event and made
good showings in driving the
tractor through barriers. John’s
brother Robert placed third in
this event and .
came in second.
Greased Pole and Pig
Royal Johnson and David Nel
son split the cash that went to
the winners of the greased pole
climb and Gene Smagge took
the little greased pig home to
Lazy Mountain as his prize in
catching the elusive little fel
low. He and Robert Boyd land
ed him together and a toss of a ,
coin decided the little porker’s
new' owner.
Champ Hog Caller
Mrs. Ann Copple of Mt. View
and her husband, Verl Copple
took first and second place in
the hog calling contest. Bill Ku
cera of Palmer took third place.
Mrs. Copple is the new Alaska
Champion Hog Caller for 1956.
She said she and her husband
learned to call hogs while living
on a ranch in California.
Parade Winners
Although entries in the Parade
of Transportation were not num
erous, those entered were inter
esting and seven prizes were
awarded. The Rainbow Girls of
Palmer took the best all-about
float prize of $25 plus the first
place prize of $50 in the organ
ization division. Second prize in
this division, $25 went to the
Young Mothers Homemakers
Club for their decorated float.
Earl Norris of Anchorage took
the first prize of $50 in the in
dividual division with his string j
of sled dogs pulling an impro-,
vised sled. Tom Moffitt, driving
his Model T Ford took second
prize of $25.
First and second prizes of $50
and $25 in the industrial division
went to N. C. Co. John Deere
Division (A1 Brooks) for their
farm equipment entries and to
Robert Mielke for his transporta
tion equipment entry.
Chopping Contest
Ben Hitchcock’s challenge to
a wood chopping contest drew
three interested contestants, one,
Charles Beauchamp, took the
prize of $10.
Many youngsters participated
in the contests and races held
for them on Saturday, which was
designated as M. D. Snodgrass
Day and Kid’s Day.
The following youngsters were
listed as winners: Girls’ foot
race, under 12: Nina Whaley
and Susan Hjellen; boys’. Butch
McKenzie and Allen Ripley.
Over 12, girls and boys: Gene
Smagge and Gloria Lung. Boys
over 12: Gene Smagge and Rob
ert Boyd. Boys and girls over
14: Robert Boyd. Sack race: Ida
Hjellen, and Victor Johns and
Pete Hjell, tied for second.
Palmer Man Wins
TT Motorcycle Title
Motorcycle races, held at the
Valley Fair for the first time
this year, proved to be a vep'
popular event. Riding over a zig
zag course the cycle riders pro
vided many thrills in their com
petative riding.
A Palmer rider, Ken Edmiston,
took top honors for the event
by taking the All-Alaska TT title
and winning in two other events.
The other 15 riders were from
the Anchorage area, members
of the Spokebenders Club.
Following time trials the first
race, consisting of three laps,
was taken by Emdiston, Andy
Carlson and Jim Lucas. Winners
in the second event, 10 laps, were
Carlson first, Dave Fridely sec
ond; Third race, 10 laps. Jack
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Turinsky first, followed by Hank
Thomas and Earl Struck. Fourth
race, 10 laps: Edmiston, first;
Ted Harker and Jess Harker.
The final race, 20 laps, was for
the IT title and finished as fol
lows: Edmiston, first; Carlson,
Lueas. and Hugh Warner,
Alaska Sales and Service fur
nished all the hi-test gasoline
used by the cycle riders.
For a number of spectators this
was the first motorcycle race
ever seen. Much interest was
paid to the cycles used by the rid
ers, many of which cost over
$900 and are valued even higher
depending upon additional work
done of them by their owners.
Heporters—
Notebook
Church Lewis, Jr., arrived in
Palmer last Wednesday to join
his family who arrived here ear
lier this year. Young Lewis com
pleted a 9,000 mile trip in his
47 Dodge without any major
trouble, however, the car brakes
gave out just as he got into Pal
mer. He left New York July 11
and visited various states while
snroute to Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Monson and
daughter of Anchorage were Pal
aier visitors during the Fair.
Munson, biologist with the Fish
and Wildlife Service, is a former
Paimer resident. He and his fam
ily plan to move to Juneau later
this fall where he will be station
id in the FWS Juneau office.
Harriett Bell, cashier in the
Co-Op Trading Post for the past
few years, leaves soon for her
former home in Tennessee. Mary
Carlson of the meat department
will move over to the check-out
stand and Florence Sawby will
take her place in the meat de
partment.
Members of St. Michael’s Cath
olic Church are reminded of the
first Friday of the month mass
which will be offered tomorrow!
evening at 6 p.m. The Rev. ,
James P. Snead will come to Pal
mer from Anchorage to offer the
mass.
Guests at the September 4 i
meeting of the Palmer Kiwanis :
Club included Vic Falk, Sr. of
Palmer and Sterling Newell,
chairman of the board Crops Re-1
porting Service. Mr. Newell is j
with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
and is doing survey work in Al- i
aska.
Dorothy Batterton, lab techni- j
cian at the valley hospital,, has
returned to duty following a
month’s vacation spent with her
parents in Ventura, California.
Back at work at the valley hos
pital this week is Mrs. Hilda
Herman, nurses’ aid, who has
been vacationing.
Mrs. Hilbert Askins of Wasilla
is the new housekeeper at the
valley hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Granath
and two children of Hobbs, New
Mexico, arrived in Palmer this
past week and plan to make their
home here. The Granaths are
former residents and made the
trip up over the Alaska highway.
They are staying temporarily
with Police Chief and Mrs. Ber
nard Bouwens.
Marylou Rideout, home dem
onstration agent with the Exten
sion Service, is spending a few
days in the Glenallen area.
The City volunteer firefighters
were called out shortly after 1:00
a.m. Wednesday to quell a fire
burning in a sofa bed in the ap
artment of Jerry Murphy in the
Ward building. The sofa was a
total loss.
Mrs. A. J. DeJulio and children
Kathy, Linda and Mark returned
this past week-end following a
vacation spent in the Seattle
area where they visited with
Mrs. Winifred Graham, Mrs. De
Julio’s mother. The foursome is
sporting attractive tans, acquir
ed on the beaches of Seattle.
Returning to Palmer this week
•following several weeks vacation
spent in Ireland were Mr. and
Mrs. James Smith of the Hyland
Hotel. Mrs. Smith’s son Myles
Hyland, a student in Seattle, also
made the trip. The Smiths re
ported a wonderful time visiting
their home country.
Obituary
CHARLES M. OSBORNE
Funeral services were held
this afternoon at the MacKay
Mortuary in Anchorage for Char
es M. Osburne, 78, of Palmer.
Mr. Osburne, a long-time Alas
kan resident, passed away at the
home of his son, Calvin Osburne
in Anchorage this past Sunday,
following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Osborne was born at West
Plains, Missouri October 25, 1878
and came to Alaska in 1924 and
lived in the Cordova area for a
number of years prior to moving
to the Matanuska Valley where
he homesteaded.
He is survived by four sons, j
Calvin and Roland of Anchorage 1
and Louis and John of Norwalk,
California and one daughter,
Mrs. Adah Edmundson of Neva-1
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