VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
Entered as .second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the
Palmer, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, It
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Publisher, Manager
Virginia Gallant
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SKIING AT SUSITNA
Approximately 75 members of
the Matanuska and Anchorage
Ski clubs and their friends gath
ered at Little Susitna Lodge Feb
ruary 7 for a spaghetti dinner and
an evening of entertainment. The
dinner was sponsored for the
clubs by Vic and Edith Cotinni,
lodge owners, in celebration of
the completion of the 1200 foot
ski tow owned by the Matanuska
club.
Several Club members stayed
at the lodge overnight and got
an early start on a full day of
skiing Sunday. One of the busi
est days this season was en
joyed by the club with approxi
mately 50 persons making use
of the new tow.
Andy Brachli conducted classes
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in intermediate advance skiing for
adult members.
A practice course will be laid
out by members of the club thr
ough an area the club has dubbed
“Grandma’s Inferno. The course
will be used in the future for
competitive racing.
The P-TA junior ski class was
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MUSIC
by
PATSY PRESCOTT
The Arizona Singing Cow Girl
at the
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fully attended again this Sunday.
Instructor Mekkelsen was assist
ed by Dr. Curtis Dearborn. The
next meeting to be held Sunday
February 15 from 2-4 p.m., will
see the younsters starting on
Christy turns. Mekklesen reports
the way the youngsters are re
sponding to instructions, will find
some very good material on the
slopes next year.
Members of the Palmer High
School ski club were out on the
slopes Friday of last wreek for
try-outs for the school team.
Coach Scoggins reported he was
more than satisfied with the re
sults. Another try-out will be held
at a later date for those unable
to attend last week. .
A wax race, with an undeter
mined winner, was held during
the afternoon. In this race, skiers
start off at a given signal and race
downhill without the assistance of
a starting push, letting their ski
wax determine their speed.
Wasilla Woman On
Nationwide Program
Mrs. Harold Harris of Star Route.
Wasilla, told a nationwide radio
audience how five years in Alaska
saved her marriage. She was a
guest on the NBC “Welcome
Travelers” show, starring Tommy
Bartlett and broadcast from the
College Inn Porterhouse of the
Hotel Sherman in Chicago.
The twenty-five year old Mrs.
Harris told how their decision to
stick it out in the face of hard
ship and adversity brought her
husband closer to her. “We could
not call up relatives for sym
pathy,” she said, “and so we had
to start cooperating with each
other.”
For her children, Mrs. Harris
was given Minni Tog snow suits,
Red Goose shoes, an assortment
of games and molding and color
ing sets. Other hospitality gifts in
cluded a phonograph, two Adrian
Tabin dresses, a dozen pairs of
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hose, three pairs of shoes and a
food freezer chest. She was lunch
eon guest of Welcome Travelers
at Henrici’s Restaurant.
T-Ti-\ Harris and her family have
a farm on the Wasilla Road where
they specialize in: potato grow
ing.
Corsages, Plaits
aid
Cot Flowers
F«r All Owlmm
Aacberage Music aid Honor Shop
746 4th Ave. Anchorage Tel. 42325 or 23351
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Open Again
Serving Our Usual Fine Dinners and Our
Famous Chuck Wagon Dinners
Every Tuesday
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Saturday,
OPENING
February 14
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Complete Automotive Repairing
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