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VOL. 12
Pil'iv.r, Alaska
January 7, 1949
No. 1
sportsmAns club iiitiates
nElii club Rooms
Lust ovoning on January 5, around 80 per
sons turned out to help initiate the neu
Cub Rooms uhich vrere being usod for the
first timo as a mooting place of the-Club.
A short business mooting ras folioued by
5 rolls-of color film shorn byH,Christen
sen of the Christensen Slying °ervico. One
film uas taken at Operation Tnite Toner and
shons picturos of the climbing of Mount Me.
Kb'loy. They flou up and landed 13 times
on a glacier nhich was 6300 feet .from ihicl
they uont. by. dog sled to Bose. 1 Canr>. This
roll contained some beautiful shots of Mb.
McKinley.
Other rolls trere of hunting scenos and ono
tras of the break-up of Lake Goorgo. This
uas another outstanding picture of the evo
nigg.
Tho i"iCT7 club rooms under the Bee Eill have
cement floors, lockors and benches to date,
A creat deal of hard uork has gone into
these rooms, but they are nearing comple
tion, The target range is not yet complete.
Work nights for all those oho can lend a
hand are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
T!ie Sportsmen plan to have competitive
shooting by having teams. It is hopod that
different business houses in Palmer ftill
sponsor teams. T o'h.rve already agreed to
* sponsor Juvenile teams. The club also
announced that they plan to enter tho NBA :
Competitive Shoots,
Another item that tho Club needs to com
plete tho rooms is that of chairs rhich
can be set up for meetings and folded
array afterrards; At present they boast
only of benches, rrhich are inadequate for
80 persons. .
coflinunuy chest pble to
H1EET 83 % QF..REQUESTS
A meeting of the Community Chest Board i?as
held- at the hone of Mrs. F.R.Sims on Mad-,
nesday evening, Decorber'29. Those attend
ing vcre: • Carl' R*i sfiuss en, Clayton Ssslinger,
Los Ray and Mrs,'Sirs.-1 0
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Tho Treasurer’s, report'nas presented by
Clayton -Esnlihger and our filial financial
report ras as foLlQTs: ..
-> - Total cash receipts " $1,993.60
Total pledges 120.00
Mahirg a Gr. nd Total: of 3 $2,113,60
Gur-only expense* for the rhole campaign
Tias $20.00 for tho printing of the tecoipts.
Due to better cooperation of .‘the citizens
of our cCTmunity this year,-re are able to
pay 80$ of the requests to our member agen
cios: The Alaska Crippled Children’s Ass-’nj
Health Council-, Boy Scouts, Palmer Library,
and the Disaster Fand rhich’Is a reserve
i fund for rhich the nano im£lifes.. ’ ; ...
i
Chairman Les Rry is grateful to the Board
of Directors and to the nenbors for their
rilling cooperation throughout the past
year, and to the solicitors for their un
tiring efforts during the last drive cam
paign.
* 0 aiman.
WHO - .WILL WIN THE- BOND?
As re.gp to press, thoro .is still no claim
ant at tho Valley Hospital for the. Annual
$25*'bond and froo' jaxi' r ide honefron th2
Hospital. The first Matanuska Valloy baby
for the year of 1949 has not as yet arrived.
Every year A1 King givos tho first baby,
born to 'Valley residents, a $25. bond ana
a freo ride hone in his Taxi to both no .'her
and chj’’ a.
T7ho rill'rin the prizo this" year?