'PALMER TEAMS
LOSE TO CORDOVA
Palmer’s. ohanrocks
and Rockets, who flew
to Cordova for a two
game basketball se
ries * last • weekend,
returned Sunday to
report a clean sweep
of losses. 'Friday’s
games vent by a wide
margin ' for' both
squads of locals, the
Rockets losing 37 -24
to who Cordova wo
men’s squad, :and the
8h amr o c k s trailing
the Imperials 67 - 25
at the final whistle.
Ho waver both to rams
made if a battle roy
al on Saturday, and
both lost by the mr
po'"ost of margins —
the Shamrocks by a
foul shot and the Ro
ckets by a single
basket. Final scores
on oaturd-.y wore Cor
dove 24 - Rockets 22,
end shamrocks 57:-Im
perials 38.
It... was rough,'
tough basketball for
all concerned, with
the locals hamper-a a
by a shortage of
p1aye r s. -Mu nagor.art
ot?.cey played f. c
full •. games for the
Shamrocks and shev;e u
lOn„ Plane is
TO be salvaceq
Erwin Long, flyer
who based in the Val
ley last summer, vis
ited Painer last
weekend as a nenber
of the BJL basketball
squaa which played
here Saturday night.
Hr. Long will be rem
embered as pilot of
the plane which was
lost at Black Lake
last summer.
Ke 'announced that
his plane, at f.irs't
pronounced a total
lbss, lias been disco
vered to' be salvage
able. He 'plans ' to
ski ' to the lake next
month, taking the ne
cessary repair- parts
to rake the, ship fly
able again. Hr. Long
will r a rain with the
District Engineers,
but plans to fly hun
ters , fishermen and
aerial sight-seers on
charter trips.
Cordova a b-n'.utiful
s-.t shot.
Both Cordova teams
will appear here 'on
Larch 2bth and 26th
on l return round of
games.
HOTEL PAR OPENED
LAST SATURDAY
The Hotel Bar and
liquor dispensary in
formally opened its
doors for business at
the Matanuska Hotel
last Saturday • even
ing. The bar is set
up in the area for
merly occupied by tho
coffee shop. The cof
fee shop has been
closed permanently,
but the hotel’s din
ing room, under the
management of Mr. and
Mrs* Charles Murphy,
is now open regular
ly.
NEW CAB COMPANY
BEGINS OPERATION
S. R. Alexander
this v’cek announced
the operation of a
nc'-- cab firm in the
Valley. Mr. Alexan
der calls his busin
ess ah: Valley Cab
Co. Ho said he cx
p :ctcd to have a not"
car deliv rod hero
for company use by
this weekend. The
c a.b is hoadqua rto re d
t the Sourdough Club
and Ch rlic’s B'^r-B
(uo. *
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ALPINE INN
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2A Tup/ A XMARCH 12
ANCHORAGE BAN1) '
SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAIN
LEAVE3 ANCHORA(J,E 2PM
ARRIVE PALMER 3 PC PM
LEAVES FOR ALPINE 4:10
RETURNS 3 A M
ROUND TR/R FROM PALMER 23?
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