PALMER MOOSE HEAD FOR SEWARD;
CHANGE TO SHARE TOP HONORS
Members of the Palmer High
School basketball team leave for
Seward Friday morning where
they meet the Seward Seahawks
in the final two games of the
1954 Railbelt Conference. Accom
panying the team will be their
coach, Robert Crites, superintend
ent of schools William Zahrad
nicek, and basketball fans. Zah
radnicek said this week that there
is room for five additional pas- j
sengers on the flight, scheduled to
leave from the local field Friday
morning at 9:00 a.m. Round-trip
fare will be $15. Return flight is
set for Sunday morning at 10:00
a.m. from Seward airport. Any
one interested in making the trip
is asked to make reservations
•through the School Office.
By defeating the Fairbanks
iMalemutes 57-50 and 56-49 Friday
and Saturday of laet week the
local Moose now have a chance
to tie for the Railbelt Conference
title.
Anchorage plays Fairbanks in
■ that city tonight and tomorrow
•night. If the Malemutes and the
Palmer hoopsters both take two
games they will tie for first place.
it Fairbanks takes only one game
and Palmer takes both, Palmer
will share the crown position with
the Anchorage Eagles. Should the
Eagles take both games at the
far-north city, they will take first
place alone, Palmer second.
The Palmer team held the lead
throughout Saturday’s game
against the Malemutes and in
spite of a round of foul shots en
joyed by the Malemutes in the
last quarter, pulled away the last
few minutes of play for the five
point lead at the final whistle.
Denny Krise of the Malemutes
led the scoring with 18 points, fol
lowed closely by his teammate
Vern Horn who tallied 17 points. (
Leading the Palmer Moose was j
Jerry Hemmer, guard, with 16 j
points.
RAILBELT STANDINGS
W L
Anchorage .—„.7 3
Palmer ...6 4
Fairbanks ..__6 4
Seward ..1 9
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Little League Gets
% ISO Deuafien From
n'ners for Issuraucs
Members of the Jonesville
Mine union have contributed $100'
toward insurance and equipment
for the local Little League, it was
announced at the meeting of the
Little League board of directors
held at the Matanuska Hotel,
Monday night of this week. Fol
lowing a vote of those attending,
it was decided that Curley Doyle
of the finance committee and also
secretary of the league, would
obtain information on group and
group public liability and minor
league insurance.
The assistance of William Zahr
radnicek, school superintendent,
will be enlisted by Bill Fogg, lea
gue president, in locating boys in
terested in playing baseball in a
pony league class. Vy .
.~The next general meeting will’
be held the first Monday in
March at the Matanuska Hotel.
A.11 parents and adults interested
in the Little League are urged to
attend.
NEW DUCK STAMP
FEATURES TWO - j /,
RINGED-NECKED DUCKS
A black and white watercolor
featuring two ringed-necked
lucks—a rake and a hen—“slant
ng in” for a landing has been
rhosen as the design for the 1954
>5 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp,
fohn L. Farley, director of the
i'ish and Wildlife Service an
lounced this week.
Harvey D. Sandstrom of Du
uth, Minn., is the artist who drew
he winning design for the fifth
rinual “duck stamp” competition.
Sold for $2 at post offices, the
uck stamp proceeds help finance
he Federal Government’s water
owl refuge and law enforcement
rograms, as administered by the
ish and Wildlife Service. Every
ndividual over 16 years of age
'ho hunts migratory waterfowl
; required to have on his person
. stamp of current issue with his
gnature written across .the face.
During the fiscal year ended
une 30^ 1953, a total of 2,296,628
uck stamps was sold to water
jwl. hunters, conservationists,
nd philatelists.
PALMER SHOOTERS
TAKE SHOULDER TO
SHOULDER MATCHES
Seventeen shooters from the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen rif
le club traveled by car to Fort
Richardson February 7 to compete
against the Chugach Rifle and
Pistol club in a shoulder to
shoulder match. Palmer came out
winners in all three matches.
The Fort Richardson women
have only started shooting this
past fall. They shoot only prone
position, with iron sights. A few
have begun practise on the sitting
and kneeling positions.
The Palmer high ten in match
No. 1 shot with any sight, in
prone, sitting, kneeling and off
hand shots Jiad a total score of
3776 with Murray Athearn and
Jack Dodge tied for high with
385 points apiece. Chugach high
ten tallied 3743 points. Three of
these shooters were given 2 point
handicaps because they were
shooting wi'th iron sights.
In match No. 2, shot in prone
an offhand positions, Dodge again
hit top total with a 195 out of a
possible 200. Palmer’s total in this
match was 1806, bettering the
Chugach total of 1785 by 21
points.
Five of Palmer’s women shoot
ers took a like number of Fort
Richardson women shooters by 21
points. Roselyn Miller shot 200
out of a possible 200 for top hon
ors in her class, followed by Vir
ginia Reid, shooting with iron
sights who also hit 200 by a plus
four handicap. The Palmer gals
-hot a total of 993 out of a pos
sible 1,000. Fort Richardson gals
hit 972, with all five taking plus
four handicaps.
Following the matches, coffee
and cookies were served at the
range by the Fort Richardson
women.
BEARD JUDGING SET
FOR SATURDAY EVENING
Beards, of all shapes, sizes and
styles will be judged February 20
at the miners and trappers ball
to be held at the Elks hall that
evening'. The contest is a tradi
tional feature of the Fur Rendez
vous. Various prizes will be
^warded to the winners.
I
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HE MOVED ON TO NEVADA, WHERE THE
LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS DANGEROUSLY LOW
IN 1907 BUT MDUNG EARL WEATHERED
THESE HAZARDS TO BECOME A SUCCESS
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AMERICAN CRUSADE FOR THRIFT AND
SOUND MONEY. THE PRODUCT HE SELLS
IS US SAVINGS BONDS- SAFE.
SURE AND
PROFITABLE
TAUGHT HIMSELF
AFTER RIGGING
HIS OWN SENDING SET OUT OF
OLD BATTERIES PLUS A FEW
YARDS OF STOVE-PIPE WIRE/
‘rtyaut *}'t “Scy<Ut
VERMONT GOT ITS NAME PROM THE
FRENCH WORDS V£f?T (GREEN).
AND MOWT (MOUNTAIN)
SAVING AS LITTLE AS A COUPLE OF DOLLARS
EACH PAYDAY THROUGH THE SAVINGS BOND
P"'fOU S4VIN6S PLAN WHFRE 'CMJ WORK.
DORCUS CLUB HOLDS
VALENTINE DINNER
A capacity crowd attended the
Valentine pot-luck dinner party
sponsored by the Dorcus club of
the Sutton Community Church on
Saturday evening, February 13.
Attractive table decorations,
which were done by Bernice
Kuoppola and Lorraine Johnson,
featured a valentine centerpiece
-and favors for the children. In
addition, a large box, in the shape
of a heart, was used for the col
lection of valentines which were
later distributed to all the young
sters attending.
During the evening a game of
introduction and group singing
was enjoyed.
The following Sunday valen
tines were distributed to those
children who were unable to at
tend the party.
The next Dorcus Club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Katie
Wade on Monday, February 22.
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ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO
MATANUSKA VALLEY FARMERS
COOPERATING ASSOCIATION
PALMER. ALASKA
Agent for
ALASKA METAL BUILDINGS
Box 509 Fairbanks, Alaska
All members are urged to attend.
PLAN CARD PARTY
FOR FEBRUARY 22
There will be a card party in
the basement of St. Michael’s
Catholic Church Monday evening,.
February 22, it was announced
this week. Admission will be one
dollar each—this will include re
freshments which will be served
during the evening. Various
games are planned. The public
is invited.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
EVER SEE DiRT UNDER
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fabric of your clothing and
makes it wear faster. Reg
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ments in shape for longer
wear. Let us handle your
dry cleaning needs.
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HUNTING LICENSE SALES
SHATTER ALL RECORDS
The ever-growing army of
wild game hunters in the United
States swelled its ranks by nearly
one million in fiscal year 1953
when 14,832,779 hunting licenses
were sold by the 48 states, Secre
tary of the Interior Douglas Mc
Kay was informed by John Far
ley, Fish and Wildlife Service di
rector.
In Alaska the sale of 32,915
hunting licenses brought $57,175
in revenue. Resident licenses
numbered 29,889; nonresident, 3,
026. Compare with fiscal year
1952, a total of 27,708 hunting li
censes was sold at $42,069. Of this
| total, 25,427 were resident and
j 2,281, nonresident. One-half of the
revenue derived from hunting
' and fishing license sales in Al
I aska is require by law to go into
I “miscellaneous receipts’ ' of the
' United States Treasury; the re
mainder goes into the Territorial
school fund.
LOCAL FLYERS GET
PRIVATE LICENSES
Mike Carson, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Carson of Star Route,
Wasilla and Clint Taylor of Mt.
View, successfully passed exam
inations on February 11 and now
hold private pilot licenses. Ex
aminations were given by Rich
ard Thwaits, aviation safety agent
of the Civil Aeronautic Adminis
tration at the Palmer Airport.
Both pilots fly off the local field
and have been taking flight in
structions from Miss Rene Niel
sen.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
Anchorage Travel
Bureau
Lloyd C. Olsen, Owner, Mgr.
Authorized Agent for all
AIR — SHIP — RAIL — BUS
No extra charge for our
services
P. O. Box 1673 — Phone 23391
Motor - in - Service
GENERAL REPAIRS - WELDING
GAS & OIL
Harry Duff Phone 65J11 Bert Duff
We will be closed Monday, February 22 in
honor of Washington's birthday
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS 6—8 P.M.
DAILY 10 A.M. — 3 P.M.
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