JAZZ BAND MAKES
NIT IN PALMER
A good sized crowd of jazz lov
ers attended the Turk Murphy
show staged in the school gym
nasium last Thursday evening and
listened for two hours while the
artists presented a program of
New Orleans and San Francisco
jazz and stayed on until. after
midnight to dance to the Murphy
band.
Appearing with Murphy and
his tband was vocolist- Pat Yan
kee, who rendered a number of
old-time jazz hits, and a dancer
billed only as Suzette.
Benefiting from the show was
the valley hospital. Donations
givenby those attending and pro
ceeds from a refreshment booth
operated by hospital personnel
netted the hospital over $100.
The appearance of Murphy and
his troupe was made possible
through the Matanuska Valley
/Bank, the Matanuska Valley
^Farmers Cooperating Association,
the Piggly Wiggly stores- and The
•Frontiersman. Murphy was brou
ght to the territory by the Fur
Rendezvous committee.
Appearing with Murpny, trom
bonist, were Birch Smith, trum
pet; Dick, Lammi, . banjo; (Mad
Wilkerson- drums; Pate Clute,
piano; and Bob Helm, clarinet.
Following an appearance in An
chorage the group will leave for
the States for additional work in
Hollywood and San Francisco.
SURPLUS BUILDINGS
OFFERED ON BID SALE
Sixteen excess wood frame
buildings at Ladd Air Force Base
are offered for sale to highest
bidders “as is where is” by the
Alaska District Corps of Egineers.
In the lot are 15 barracks 20 ft.
by 100 ft, and an administration
building 20 ft. by 200 ft. These
are Open for inspection.
Sealed bids in quadruplicate
will be received until January
28, at 11 a.m. at the office of
the District Engineer, Alaska Dis
trict, Corps of Engineers, Real
Estate Division, Anchorage, Al
aska. Further information and
proper bid forms may be obtain
ed from the office.
Bids may be offered on any or
all of the buildings which must
be removed from the site by May
31, 1957.
Palmer Man Takes
Fairbanks Bride
In the Fairbanks Evangelical
Lutheran Church on December
30 Miss Jeanette Worder, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E.
Worder of 209 Clay Street, Fair
banks, became the bride of Wil
liam D. Harris, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Harris of Eska. The
double-ring ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. James Thom
pson. Mrs. Darwin Heinie was
organist.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a waltz
length gown of white nylon lace
over satin. The fitted bodice had
a scalloped neckline and long tap
ered sleeves of the lace material.
Her nylon tulle veil was held in
place by a tiara trimmed with
seed pearls. The bride’s bouquet
was fashioned from pink rose
buds and blue forget-me-nots.
Miss Sylvia Bredlio of Fair
banks was maid of honor and
wore a waltz length gown of
champagne colored silk brocade
and carried a bouquet of yellow
chrysanthemums and pink rose
buds. Miss Adele Kahler of Fair
banks was the bridesmaid and
wore a waltz length gown of pink
nylon net. Her bouquet was fash
ioned of lavender chrysanthem
ums.
The best man, Fred Day and
Jack Scoby, usher, both of the
University of Alaska, are class
mates of the bridegroom.
Following the wedding a recep
tion was held in the church so
cial room. Guests were present
from Fairbanks, Big Delta, Eska
and Anchorage. Pourers were
Miss Donna Hansen and Miss
Karen Grill. Mrs. Nick Hacken
berger presided at the cake table,
and Miss Del McGuire was in
charge of gifts.
The couple is now at home in
Fairbanks where both are attend
ing the University of Alaska.
The bridegroom came to the
Valley in 1950 with his parents
and graduated from the Palmer
high school in 1955. He is in his
second year of studies at the
university. His parents, who went
to Fairbanks for the wedding,
have now returned to Eska,
DOUBLE-HEADER
SATURDAY NIGHT
Four of the five Palmer Bas
ketball League teams will see
action Saturday night whenthe
LDS Church and the MVFCA
teams pair off for the preliminary
and the Elks and Shamrocks will
face-off for the windup. The four
teams regard these two games as
being very important as it will
then be possible to interpret
team standings.
This will be the first time that
the Elks and Shamrocks teams
have met this season m an ,o£L
cial game. Scores to date clearly
indicate that these are the strong
est teams but it remains to be
seen which is the stronger.
Present League team standings
are as follows: . »
won lost
Elks: _1 0
LDS Church_0 2
Moose _0 1
MVFCA _1 1
Shamrock_2 0
The windup game in the local
gym last Saturday night intro
duced a smooth girls’ team from
Elmendorf which had no particu
lar difficulty in handing the Pal
mer Elks’ girls a 62-39 defeat. A
i last minute decision to play the
i split court rules left our girls at
a disadvantage which coupled
! with exceptionally good work on
I the floor by several of the Base
girls didn’t leave the outcome in
doubt. The Elks girls, however,
did effectively check the Pea
cocks in the last half during
which they scored 20 points
against the Peacock’s 19. In the
preliminary game the MVFCA
defeated the Moose Lodge team
32-18 in a very slow game. Both
teams were seen practicing at the
gym the next day.
In a return game at Elmendorf
last night the ELKS’ girls team
took another trouncing from the
Peacocks
They were accompanied by the
Elks’ mens’ team which met the
180th AACS team. The men came
home with winners with a score
of 47-40. In a game Tuesday night
the Shamrock team topped the
Pioneers (formerly known as the
LDS team).
CIVIL SERVICE WEEK
BEING OBSERVED
This is National Civil Service
Week, marking the 74th anniver
sary of the Civil Service Act,
which was signed on January 16,
1883. That law established the
merit system, by which employ
ees of the United States Govern
ment are selected through open
competition without regard to
'RIFLE MATCHES
SECTIONAL SET
The Tanana Valley Sportsmen
Association have announced that
the Gold Nugget Championship
Matches will be held in Fairbanks
March 14 to 17. All Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen and other Pal
mer shooters have been invited
to compete.
The Sectional, to be held in
Palmer in April, has now been
approved by the National Rifle
Association and dates announced
as follows: April 5, 6, and 7, pis
tol; April 11, 12, 13 and, 14, rifles.
Two new shooters are firing
with the local rifle club this year.
Bill Wakeland who started out in
November with 345 is now shoot
ing in the 380’s. Also Homer Hay
es started a couple of weeks ago
and is doing very well, according
to the secretary of the rifle club
Marie eWstenbarger. Marie also
included an inquiry—“Wonder
where Rip Harris, Dan Contini,
Lynn White and Stan Lowe are”.
These fellows have shot with
the rifle club, and very well, too,
for several seasons and are being
missed this year.
Noel Woods was high man with
a 394 total in Match 7 shot against
the Tanana Valley Sportsmen
January 5. Woods shot on Team
One which has now won five
games and lost two. Ken Westen
r-barger shot a 385 total, follow
ed by E. Bellringer and W. Wake
land who both shot 383 totals.
The team total was 1545, with the
far-north shooters close behind
with a total of 1542 points.
Team 2 took a win from the
TVSA Team 2 by a three point
margin. Their totals were 1507
1504. D. Fleming shot a 382 total,
V. Donaldson, 381, Mary Louise
Johns, 379 and Dana Niemann
365.
Anyone interested in shooting
with the rifle club is invited to
contact Mrs. Westenbarger at the
shooting range located in the
basement of the Co-Op rec hall
building.
their politics, race, religion or
national origin. The Federal
Government today is the nation’s
largest employer, with career
workers serving the American
people in all parts of the United
States and in many foreign coun
tries. There are many civil-ser
vice job openings in interesting
and important work.
Anchorap Bids For Mental Hospital
Several organizations in the
Anchorage area are backing ef
forts to locate the Alaska Mental
Health Hospital in that city. The
Anchorage Medical association
and the Society of Mental Health
of Anchorage are in favor of
ocating the hospital in Anchor
age “because more medical facil
ities and the services of more
medical specialist are available
there than at any other commun
ity in the Territory”.
Anchorage City Council mem
bers met last week with the above
named organizations and diseus
sd the scope of the mental heal
th problem in Alaska.
The actual site of the hospital
will be determined by the Legis
lature. Palmer has made a strong
bid for the hospital through a
prepared brochure on which a
group of interested citizens spend
long hours compiling complete in*
formation on available facilities
and outlining advantages for lo
cating the hospital in the valley
area. Free land on a very desir
able site, was only one of th^
j favorable features of the offer.
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