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We Wux Wrong
The Frontiersman was misin
: formed concerning the date of
the meeting of the board of di
: rectors of the Valley Volunteer
Fire Association, board chairman
1 A1 Hagen announced today. That
meeting will be held on Tues
| day, Feb. 10, in the Theatre lob
! by, he corrected. Several Wasil
; la residents have been invited
to participate in this meeting.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
FAIRBANKS BESTS PHS,
LOSES TO SHAMROCKS
| Palmer’s court babies, the
freshman students of Palmer
high school, took on the man
sized job of playing 60 minutes
of basketball against Fairbanks
high school this week, while the
Palmer regulars were getting
some needed bench-warming ex
perience.
lhe youngsters did very well,
losing to Fairbanks on Monday
by a count of 35 to 16, and on
Tuesday by 32 to 17. Monday’s
game looks even better in com
parison by halves, for the first
string let the visiting Malemutes
run up a 21-4 score before retir
ing in favor of the subs.
The second-stringers thereup
onheld the big Fairbanks team
to a 4-point advantage, when
halftime scores arc considered.
They did a truly remarkable job
in holding Wally Burnett, Fair
banks forward with a lot of
basketball know-how, to just 4
points that evening.
Albin got 10 that night and
Dallasto was best for Palmer
with three field goals.
Starting strong in the Tuesday
game, the kids fought a game
though losing battle all the way.
They were within three points
of the Malemutes at the quarter,
but dropped back to the low end
of a 20 to 10 score at half-time.
The lack of game experience
showed in the floor play of the
eager young ballhandlers many
times, but the steady, depend
able guard game displayed by
Myles Hyland and Walter Ben
dixen held the Fairbanks ag
gressors back from a lop-sided
winning score. Myles Hyland
displayed a good eye from far
out on the floor that night, drop
ping through three beauties for
a 6-point total score. Burnett
and Coble were tied for the
Malemutes with 10 points each.
Palmer’s over-zealous attack
resulted in heartbreak at the bas
ket, for several times, the ball
twirled inside the net and then
swished out again without drop
ping through.
On Wednesday the Malemutes
tried for their third win in the
row, and almost made the Sham
rocks feel they could make it
stick. The visitors led 10-5 at the
quarter and 14-9 at the half, only
to fade to two lonely foul shots
in the second half, with the final
score showing 28-16 in favor of
the Shamrocks.
Three Shamrock players, Ben
and Jimmie Hermon and Bert
Stewart were out of the line-up
for the Fairbanks game. The
Hermon brothers were out on
their trapline and didn’t get in,
and Bert Stewart was nursing a
twisted ankle received in Satur
day’s game.
FIRETRUCK MOVED
The firetruck of the Valley
Volunteer Fire Association has
been moved from the Palmer
Automotive .Service to the The
atre Annex building, it was an
nounced this week. The regular
Wednesday fire drills will be
leld at the new location here
after.
IS JUNEAU BOUND
Carl Snelling, superintenden
of schools in Palmer, has beer
called to Juneau for the week o
March 7 to 12, it was learned thi
week. Mr. Snelling goes to dis
cuss the new budget of the Palm
er school with Dr. James Ryan
commissioner of education.
Board To Get Facts
The semi-annual report of op
erations in Palmer school will b
presented to the board of educt
tion at its next meeting, superir
tendent Carl Snelling reporte
today. That board meeting ha
been set for next Monday evt
ning, at 7:30, in Mr. Snelling’s o
fice.
Coffey Insures Everything—
Remember? —Adv.
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