CORDOVA HI6H
COMING HERE FOR
TWO-GAME SERIES
The Palmer high school Moose
have three basketball games lin
ed up within the coming week,
with the first to be held tomor
row night in the school gym at
8 p.m. when the blue and white
uniformed lads take on their
elders, the Alumni team.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday
the Cordova High School basket
ball team will be making their
first appearance on the Palmer
court. These are considered “ex
tra” games, games played in ad
dition to the regular Railbelt
w?rics.
Last week Friday, Anchorage
fans, out enmasse, were pleased
to see Eagles take the game play
ed between the Palmer and the
Anchorage teams, by the score of
32-32. High man on the Palmer
team was Toosh Pearson, with 10
points. Keenan and Jones both
accounted for 18 points on their
team’s total. Eight points were
picked up bv Compton and six
bv Verrall; five by Boulter, two
by Bledsoe, and one by Wilson
for the Palmer team.
On Saturday night a rough
and-tumble game saw the Palmer
players win over the neighboring
team from Wasilla High School,
41-35. Don Boulter led the Palmer
team with a total of 15 points,
followed by Pearson with 12,
Leek with 9, Compton with 4, and
Bledsoe with one. Nelson, with
13 points, was high man on the
Wasilla team.
The Junior Varsity lost their
game to Anchorage JV’s by a
score of 53-32. On Saturday night
the junior high school team de
feated the Wasilla junior high
team by four points, 26-22.
Linnus A. BePriest
First Baby of Year
Linnus Anthony DePriest, nine
pound son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond DePriest of Palmer, has
been named the first baby of
the year in Palmer and as a re
sult will be the recipient of many
valuable gifts. The contest, spon
sored by the Hospital Auxiliary,
was supported by a number of
local merchants.
Linnus was born at Valley
Presbyterian Hospital January 11
and is the third child in his fam
ily. Mrs. DePriest is the former
Rosemary Vickaryous, former
Matanuska Valley Fair Queen.
The DePriests operate a farm
south of town. Maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Vickaryous and paternal grand
parents are Mr and Mrs. L. M.
DePriest.
As the first baby of the year
Linnus will receive the follow
ing gifts:
Five dollar gift certificate,
Thriftv’s Variety: $10 gift certifi
cate, Bettvs’; $10 gift certificate,
Bert’s Drug Store; $8.50 infant
travel seat, Koslosky’s Depart
ment Store: $5.00 gift certificate.
Palmer Drug Store; $10 gift cer
tificate, Matanuska Valley Farm
ers Cooperating Association; one
year’s subscription to The Fron
tiersman; diaper pail, Grasser’s
Hardware; floral arrangement
for baby, Maud’s flowers; $10 gift
certificate from Piggly-Wiggly
store; $25 savings bond, Matan
uska Valley Bank; $5 certificate
from the Pearl White Laundry,
and five gallons of gasoline from
Jim’s Service.
First 4-H Party
Set for Friday
The first 4-H community party
for 1958 is slated for Friday,
January 17 at 8 p.m. in the cafe
teria at the Palmer high school.
Refreshments, folk dancing,
games and demonstrations are
listed on the program.
In addition Betty Jo Wilson and
LeRoi Heaven will make reports
on their trips to the National 4-H
Congress in Chicago.
All 4-H’ers are urged to attend
and to take their friends and
parents.
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This new CC-A Field Cultivator is one of many new machines
which will be shown to farmer guests on John Deere Day.
Entertainment and educational films all in full color, are also
to be part of the program.
Farmers and their families will see many equipment advances
when they attend the forthcoming John Deere Day. Among
the many new machines to be shown at work that day will
be this new 6-row planter which enables row-crop farmers
to increase their daily work output by as much as 50 per cent
at planting time.
LEAGUE BASKETBALL GAMES HERE SAT.
A double-header basketball
'ame is slated for Saturday night
n the school gym by members
of the local basketball league.
The opening game at 7:30 p.m.
.vi 11 be played by members of
.he Palmer Elks Girls’ team ver
,us the Peacock Cleaners Girls’ !
team. The latter is one of eight!
earns playing in the Anchorage :
owmens’ league and promises to
"be a fast game.
At 8:15 the Elks Mens’ team
will take on the Elmendorf team
from the 6981st Communication !
Center. As this is the first local j
game of this season, a fine tui'n j
out is anticipated by the play- !
ers and supporters of basketball
in this area. ,
Other games are being lined
up including one on the 25th when
the Shamrock team meets Ken
nedy (Sport Shop team from An
chorage. The Moose team will
take on another Anchorage team
that night if arrangements can
be made. Following the game on
the 25th a big basketball dance is
planned at Elks hall.
The annual trek to Cordova has
been set for January 31, with
the Cordova Clamdiggers slated
to come here the following month
for return games. These annual
trips have become very popular,
among the basketball fans, as
well as the players.
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Notebook
Word was received in Palmer
this week that Henry Harrison
recently underwent surgery at
Mercy Hospital in Roseburg,
Oregon, and is recovering nice
ly. Prior to going to Oregon Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison spent about a
month in California.
Advanced copies of “Vegetable
Varieties for Alaska”, prepared
by the horticulture staff of the
Alaska Agricultural Experiment
Station, are being distributed to
seed outlets this week. Copies are
available at the Extension Ser
vice office.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barrett of Pal
mer were host and hostess at a
birthday party held December 29
in honor of Mrs. C. A. McMahon
and lola Olson. A buffet supper of
roast turkey and all the trim
mings was served, along with a
decorated birthday cake. Those
present included Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. McMahon, Tim and Jean
McMahon, lola Olson, Mr. and
Mrs. William Zahradnicek, Mrs.
Pearl Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs*
Robert Teeland and two children
and Gene Annas.
Dexter Bacon spoke on “The
Progress and Present Status of
the Credit Union” at the Janu
ary 13 meeting of the Palmer Ki
wanis Club.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. DePriest
left this past week-end for a
trip Outside. They made their
trip out by airliner as far as
Seattle where they planned to
pick up a new car. They will
visit along the west coast and in
the central States before return
ing to Palmer in early summer.
Dr. Charles Logsdon plant
pathologist at the Alaska Agri
culture Experiment Station, is in
Fairbanks this week where he
will conduct potato inspections.
He expects to return on Friday.
James Wilson, commissioner of
agriculture, is due back in Pal
mer today following a business
trip to Fairbanks earlier this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wh*ke
land and three children have re
turned to Palmer following a
holiday vacation spent in the
States. The Christmas holiday
was spent in Denver at the home
of Mr. Wakeland’s parents and
the New Year holiday in New1
Jersey at the home of Mrs. Wake
land’s parents. The family made
the round trip via airlines. At
Idlewild Airport in New York
City the Wakelands and the Dr.
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HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Program Starts: 7:30 P.M. Show at 8 P.M.
AL BROOKS, representing
HC COMPANY, Anchorage
ANNUAL MEETING ,
PLANNED BY NURSES
All valley nurses are reminded
that District 6, Alaska Nurses As
sociation, will hold their annual
membership meeting on Friday,
January 17, at 8 p.m. in the pub
lic health room at the Vaiiey
Presbyterian Hospital. A lunch
will be served following the
meeting.
MOTHER OF FORMER
RESIDENT PASSES AWAY
Mrs. H. T. Steelman of Chfi
giak, formerly of Palmer, was
called to Drexel Hill, Pennsyl
vania this week following the
death of her mother, Mrs. Paul
Schaibl.
Curtis Dearborn family discover
ed they were returning on the
flight. Aboard the airplane were
12 people, all heading for Palmer.
CADET OFFICERS
NAMED IN LOCAL
C.A.P. SQUADRON
Cadet officers in the Palmer
C.A.P. Cadet Squadron were an
nounced this week by Lieutenant
Margaret Betts, training Officer
Named Cadet Commander was
J. Henry Gallant; Joan Stewart
was named Cadet adjutants
Phoebe Martin, Cadet public in
formation officer; Craig Trow
bridge, flight leader; and Joe
Want,, supply sergeant. Ranks
will be assigned as earned.
Chaplain Victor Urban spoke
to the Cadets on “Religion Is Our
Way of Life” at the January 14
meeting and two movies were
shown, one outlining the history
of Civil Air Patrol and the other
tracing the development of the
airplane.
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