Vol. 1, No. 36
Palmer, Alaska, January 28, 1948
Ten Cents
l
rhoto Lontest
Is Announced
For Students
i “^Indents of Palmer school are
going to win recognition for
their photographic talents with
in the next few days. Bill Rem
pel and Irvin Plitt of the Palmer
Photographic Center have
planned a contest which will re
turn cash awards for the seven
best photographs submitted.
Here’s the way photographers
Plitt and Rempel plan to work
the contest:
Prospective contest entrants
will be required to turn in one
roll of exposed film, any size,
sometime between 10 a.m. on
Jan. 31 and 5 p.m. on Feb. 7.
when the contest closes. Every
picture on that film is to be a
prospective entry in the con
test.
When the film is turned in, the
contestant will be required to j
pay a 50 cent entry fee, and to
fill out the contest registration
blank. In return for that 50 cent
fee, the pictures on the roll will
be printed and developed with
out further charge.
When the printing is com
plete. the student who took the
photograph is asked to drop in at
the Photographic Center and se
lect the print he wishes to enter
in the contest. One photograph
er may submit more than one
roll of film, if he desires, but
only one picture per roll may be
entered in the contest.
Contest rules require that
only black and white photo
graphs can compete. The con
test is open to students of
Palmer school only. The sub
ject material for contest en
tries is to be the choice of the
individual photographer.
A judging committee of three
will select the seven top entries.
First prize is $5, second prize is
$3. and the next five prize-win
ners will be given $1 each. The
seven winners will be displayed
in the window of the Photo
graphic Center for 10 days in an
8x10 salon mount. At the end
of that 10 days, winners will be
given the enlargement without
further charge.
Judges will announce their de
cision at the Photographic Cen
ter at 8 p.m. on Feb. 9. In every
rase, the judges’ decision will be
final.
Partners Plitt and Rempel will
be glad to explain contest rules
in further detail, if prospective
entrants will drop in at the
Photographic Center with their
questions.
Valley Hawkshaws Puzzle
Over Case of Lost Lowers
Some Valley resident is liv
ing on a milk, soup and
poached egg diet these days,
just because he's absent-mind
ed, most likely. At least, that's
the only reason Ed Johns of
the North Palmer store can
figure out for the discovery of
a perfectly good set of lowers
on his doorstep.
-* Mr. Johns doesn't need them
and he's perfectly willing to
' ■ "iturn the teeth to their prop
wner, if that owner will
drop by the store and
. fy them.
Bob Stewart, Shamrock center who is almost out of sight behind the melee of players in front
of the basket, pushes a try at the basket high into the air. It dropped through for another two
points toward Bob's total score of 10 for Saturday evening's game. This was the last counter
he made before leaving the game on fouls. About to fly through space in a vain pursuit of the ball
is Cordova's Spielmann. Bert Stewart is the Shamrock player just behind him, while Cordova's
Reid watches the try in the background. Maniila (No. 7) and Hoover (No. 4) for Cordova also are
intent on the outcome of that try for goal. Miles France (No. 5) is the Shamrock with his back
directly to the camera, while Jim Hermon is just visible over his shoulder in the far corner of
the court. (Photo by Palmer Photographic Center.)
Radio Service,
New Barber Shop
Open i n Palmer
Two new business establish
ments opened their doors in Pal
mer on Monday of this week. The
first, the Palmer Radio Service,
Records & Supplies, is the first
downtown radio repair shop to
open here. The second business
puts a new face in a familiar lo
cation, for Victor Anderson has
assumed the lease on the barber
shop in the Rec building and is
now doing business there as Vic’s
Barber Shop.
The Palmer Radio Service,
which will be open between the
hours of noon and 8 p.m. daily,
is the joint responsibility of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Young and Roy
Lundin.
Mr. Young has lived in the
Valley for a year or two, while
his bride of a week is a former
army employe at Fort Richard
son. Mr. Lundin has only re
cently come to the Valley from
Outside.
The partnership plans to do
all types of radio repair and
radio servicing, and will sell
phonograph supplies and records
as well. The Youngs explained
that their stock of records will
be small, at first, but they will
gladly order any desired record
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VALLEY CHEST DRIVE
COLLECTS JUST $1490
A final tabulation of Com
munity Chest facts and figures
by treasurer Clayton Esslinger
last Friday evening revealed that
there was a total of $1,490.64
in the Chest bank account on Jan.
22. $177 of that amount was in
pledges still to be collected.
Mr. Esslinger reported that the
Community Chest already has
given $100 to one Valley resident
from the Disaster fund. It also
was reported that the expense of
the 1947 drive totalled $42 in
all.
The money was allotted to
participating organizations on a
percentage basis at the Friday
meeting. Since the drive fell
far short of its $3,000 goal, or
ganizations received a little less
than half of the sums suggested
for their share at the drive’s be
ginning.
The Chest general committee
divided funds in this manner:
Health Council $157.50; Boy
Scouts $362.25; Library Associ
ation $52.50; Alaska Crippled
Children’s Association $105; Dis
aster Fund $G80.75.
Mrs. Foster Sims, Chest secre
tary, said checks would be sent
out to drive beneficiaries in the
very near future. With those
checks there will go a letter
which promises that future funds
received by the Community
Chest, in the months ahead, will
be divided on a percentage basis.
Mrs. Sims said she was confi
dent that more Chest money will
come in during the next few
months.
The central committee dis
cussed several other matters of
Community Chest business at
the Friday meeting, but further
action was tabled until a later
meeting. A payment from the
Disaster Fund for a hospitalized
Valley resident was discussed,
but action was delayed
The time for the annual meet
ing of the Community Chest,
when next year’s board members
will be elected, was discussed,
but no date was set. It was felt
that until the present board con
cludes its work and closes its
books for the year, that meeting
should be postponed.
The secretary was instructed
to write letter^, of acknowledge
ment to all who gave time and
assistance to th« 1947 drive
rainier Splits
Court Series
With Cordova
BULLETIN
Cordova's flying court squad
got a one-day vacation prem
ium in Anchorage, when their
Sunday flight home was can
celled by weather conditions
at the Cordova field. They
were delayed only one day,
reaching Cordova on Monday.
The Shamrocks and Wright s
Girls, local town basketball
teams, were hospitable hosts to
their Cordova guests last week,
when each team divided a brace
of games with their visitors. In
the doing, they provided more
basketball thrills and chills in
one weekend than local fans
have seen in the entire season.
Wright's Girls lost the Friday
night opener by a 25-17 count,
but boomed back on Saturday to
take a close 23-22 decision from
Cordova. That gave the Girls
three games to one over their
Cordova rivals, each of them
won by a 1-point margin.
The Shamrock regulars built
a sizable lead over their Cordova
opponents for three and a half
quarters Friday evening, and
then retired to let the shock
troops hold the fort for a 32-25
win.
Slewarf Boys Star
The Stewart brothers, Bob and
Bert, played alert basketball to
spearpoint the Shamrock Friday
offense. They got 19 points be
tween them, Bob accounting for
12 and Bert for 7.
i
Here They Are
Cordovans who were guests
of the Palmer basketball
squads for the weekend in
cluded:
Barney Spielman, J. Tay
lor, Wally Reid, Jack Noonan,
Walter Mantila, John Hoover,
Ross Billet, Bob Lipf, K.
Korn, Jerry Tiedeman, Myr
tle Haines, Vivian McCul
lough, Marilyn Willey, Pat
Nichols, Rose Maher, Margo
Dorsey, Virginia Noonan,
Mary Lynn Mantila, Doris Py
tel and Margie Stevens.
All but Bob Lipf were mem
bers of the men's and wom
en's Imperial basketball
squads.
Cordova arrived so late Fri
day evening that they had little
opportunity to familiarize them
selves with the local court. As a
consequence the Imperials never
really found themselves until
late in the fourth quarter, when
Ried, Imperial forward, broke
loose to dump in three quick
field goals in rapid succession.
Shamrock fans had several un
easy moments before time ran
out in that fourth quarter to
leave the locals with a 7-point
victory margin.
Ried was high-point man for
the Cordova squad with a total
of 12 tallies.
Nip and Tuck Battle
Saturday’s game was all-out
basketball from start to finish,
as each squad put up a battle
royal for every point they made.
The Shamrocks were edged by
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