Vol. 1, No. 17
Palmer, Alaska, November 12, 1947
Ten Cents
Anchorage Woman Badly Hurt In Smash-up
Palmer Wins
Two At Seward
^Palmer’s smooth-working bas
ketball five took a pair of court
wins at Seward last week, win
ning handily over the Gateway
lads by scores of 32—19 and 28—
14. The Palmer boys were never
in trouble in either game.
They pressed hard in the first
quarter of Thursday’s season!
opener, to pile up a 14 to 1 lead
at the end of that quarter. They
relaxed then, and went on to
win easily.
(Thursday) PALMER
G FT F Pts.
Puhl .4 0 2 8
Onkka .3 10 7
Irwin .4 2 1 10
Stevens .0 0 5 0
Bowens .2 115
Sandvik .1 0 0 2
Gleason .0 0 0 0
Huntley .0 0 0 0
Total .14 4 9 32
SEWARD .
Fulingham .1 0 5 2j
Morgan .3 0 0 6
Suydan .1 113
Anderson .1 1 1 3
Steele .2 10 5
Gray .0 0 10
Totals
8 3 8 19
FRIDAY GAME
The next basketball engage
ment on the schedule of Palm
er high school is a home game.
The Palmer men are booked
to meet an Army team, the
99th Machine Records Unit,
next Friday evening in the
Palmer gymnasium.
Coach L. K. Gibson said a
preliminary event, as yet un
arranged will begin the bas
ketball evening at 7 o'clock.
Friday’s game was a rough,
free-fouling affair almost from
the opening whistle. Seward
tried hard, and over-eagerness on
the part of players on 'both sides
brought the foul count in that
game to a total of 34.
The Seward five lacked game
experience, and were at a height
disadvantage against Palmer, ac
cording to L. K. Gibson, Palmer
coach. There are two freshmen
regulars on the Seward squad.
Don Irwin, tall Palmer center,
was high-scorer in the two-game
series with a point total of 17.
He was closely followed by Mor
gan, Seward forward, who garn
ered 15 points in the two games.
(Friday) PALMER
G FT F Pis.
Puhl .2 2 5 6
Onkka .1 0 4 2
Irwin .2 3 2 7
Stevens .3 2 2 8
Bowens .0 1 2 1
Sandvik .2 * 0 3 4
Gleason . 0 0 10
Total.10 8 19 28
SEWARD
Morgan .4 13 9
Steele .0 0 0 0
Fulingham .0 13 1
Anderson .0 15 1
Suydan .0 14 1
Deigh .1 0 0 2
Total .5 4 15 14
HUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
Subscription Contest
Opens Next Saturday
Subscription contest spon
sored by the Valley Frontiers
man opens next Saturday. En
trants in the contest will be
limited to 15 teen-agers living
in the Valley. The first 15 boys
and girls registering their
names at the Frontiersman of
fice between noon on Wednes
day and 9 o'clock Friday night
will be considered contest en
trants.
At the time of their regis
tration the contestants will be
requested to meet in the
Frontiersman office at 10
o'clock Saturday morning to
receive final instructions. The
contest opens at the close of
that meeting and will continue
until 5 o'clock in the evening
on Monday, Dec. 15.
There are two cash prizes
offered for top sellers in the
contest. First prize winner will
receive $25, and the second is
to get $15.
Subscriptions will be credit
ed to contest entrants on the
following point basis:
One month — 10 points.
Two months — 20 points.
Three months—30 points.
Four months—40 points.
Five months—50 points.
Six months—100 points.
No credit will be given for
any subscription sold for long
er than the six months' period.
All subscriptions must be re
ceived from new Frontiers
man subscribers, in order to
count in the contest.
Contest entrants, who will
be furnished receipt books at
the Saturday morning meet
ing, will be required to check
in collections each day. Every
solicited subscription must be
paid for, in order to count for
a contest entrant.
Standings of contest en
trants will be published twice
weekly in the Frontiersman,
until Dec. 15. Names of en
trants will appear in next
Tuesday's paper.
The contest is closed to any
boy or girl who is now em
ployed by the Valley Fron
tiersman.
Homestead Lands
Attract Inquiries
WASILLA — Home steader:
seeking infromation and advice
concerning the newly-opened 45,
000 acres of homestead land:
near here, are coming to Wasilk
to seek on-the-spot information.
Pat Carter, Wasilla postmaste:
and special commissioner, saic
there had ben a number of pros
pective settlers seeking informa
tion at his office in the pas
week. Mr. Carter is advising the
newcomers, many of whom hav<
families in the states, to wait un
til spring to begin work on thei:
new lands.
He feels Valley winters are to<
cold for prospective settlers with
out adequate housing.
Ed Christensen and Don Me
Kechnie returned from a busi
ness trip to the states late las
week. The pair flew to Lima
Ohio, where Mr. Christensei
took delivery on a school bus.
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‘Spending Day at Fort’
Willie walling ror his trip lo McKinley Park Kermit King
spent a day at Fort Richardson as guest of the 65th Fighter
Squadron. The above 57th Fighter Group photo shows Kermit
sealed in the cockpit of a P-51 at Elmendorf Field.
(Official Air Force Photos)
McKinley Diary
by
Kermit King
Monday, Oct. 27—Didn't get
to go on the train. Spent the af
ternoon at the Times office in
Anchorage.
Tuesday.Oct. 28—Went to El
mendorf Field. Ate dinner at the
Post. Rode in the link trainers.
Went through the hangars and
radio room. Soldiers took me
back to the Times office.
Wednesday, Oct. 29—Left An
chorage at 8:30 a. m. It took eight
and a half hours to get to Lagoon.
Lagoon is the railroad section
where the Mommsens live four
miles from the Park.
We saw Mt. McKinley about
noon at Talkeetna. We came
through Ft. Richardson, Elklu
tna, Matanuska, Wasilla, Eagle
River, Birchwood, Pittman, Hus
ton, Nancy, Willow, Kashwitna,
Caswell, Montana, Sunshine, Fish
Lake, Talkeetna, Chase ,Lane,
Curry, Sherman, Gold Creek,
Hurricane, Honolulu, Colorado,
“Broad Pass, Summit, Cantwell,
. Wendy, Carlo Yamet, and then
[ to Lagoon.
These were mostly section
. houses. It was an interesting and
| pretty trip.
Thursday, Ocf. 30—Today we
we went to Mt. McKinley hotel
’ and looked around there seeing
1 all there was to see. Nice place.
Then we went to headquarters
about two miles rom the hotel.
John, the chief ranger, showed
; me around the camp. It is quite a
: place. They have a small museum
' which is quite nice. They have
an office for the rangers. And a
guest book. So I signed by John
> Henry. Have a rangers’ dormi
- tory and dog kennels. They used
to have a dog team of 50 dogs.
Also met Mr. Dean. supt. of the
- park. The park has several tobog
■ gans on which I sure had fun.
t Also have several “snow jeeps”
, which are white and have tracks
i about a foot and a half wide, with
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Barn Dance Nets
Necessary Funds
For Cordova Trip
The barn dance, sponsored by
members of Wright’s Girls bas
ketball team to raise funds for
a trip to Cordova, was a “com
plete financial success,” accord
ing to Mrs. Ethel Lyons, team
manager.
Ticket sales alone reached the
$200 goal set by the planning
committee. Proceeds from the
food sale at the dance more than
met all expenses of the affair,
Mrs. Lyons said.
The committee was fortunate
in securing the services of a lo
cal orchestra, and the music
they provided added greatly to
the success of the evening. Sev
eral parties of dance-goers car
ried out the barn dance theme
by planning hay-rides to provide
transportation to Butte hall.
The Cordova basketball game
has not been definitely sched
uled yet. Mrs. Lyons has asked
for playing dates early in De
cember, but has not yet received i
confirmation.
Mrs. Cuddy s
Condition Is
i‘Critical’
A woman, Mrs. Daniel Cuddy
of Anchorage, lies seriously in
jured in the Valley hospital as
a result of a automobile acci
dent on the icy Wasilla road Sun
day afternoon.
The accident occurred near
Four Corners. The Cuddy car,
with Mr. Cuddy at the wheel,
collided head-on with a truck
driven hv Eugene Bowers of
Mountain View. The truck slid
out o-f control on the curve, ac
cording to reports.
. Mrs. Cuddv was thrown
through the windshield. She is
suffering from multiple cuts
about the neck and face. Dr. R.
E. Garret, the attending physi
cian, said the woman was “liter
ally cut to ribbons.” In addition
: she is suffering from a cerebral
concussion, possible skull frac
ture and crushed facial bones.
One deep gash in her neck was
less than half an inch from her
jugular vein.
Dr. Garret said the woman’s
condition was critical. She can
not be moved from the hospital
and a complete diagnosis of her
injuries has not yet been made.
Mrs. Warren Cuddy of Anchor
age arrived by train Monday to
be with her daughter-in-law.
! Mr Cuddy was cut and bruised
and sustained a broken arm.
Mr. Bowers, the driver of the
! truck, was uninjured. His wife
was slightly hurt but was not
hospitalized. The couple’s baby,
riding with them, was not hurt.
The Cuddy car, a Plymouth,
was badly wrecked. The entire
front of the car was battered in
by the impact.
The Cuddy’s were only re
cently married Outside and ar
rived within the past month to
make their home in Anchorage
after driving over the highway.
The young couple was residing
with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cud
dy waiting for their apartment
to be renovated in the First
National Bank building.
The injured man’s father is
the well-known Anchorage at
torney, Warren Cuddy. Dan
served in the armed forces dur
ing the war.
4-H Projects End
A party of 40 Palmerites,
guests and members of local 4-H
clubs, drove to Wasilla Satur
day evening for the 4-H Achieve
ment Day program there. They
watched as club members pre
sented a program of demonstra
tions and drills summarizing the
year’s work of the group.
Several speakers, among them
Lorin T. Oldroyd, director of
extension work. Mrs. Harold
Dinkel, Wasilla 4-H leader, and
James Pendleton, Wasilla school
superintendent, gave short ad
dresses.
Mr. Oldroyd discussed plans
for the coming national 4-H con
vention in Chicago, at which
Alaska will be represented by
delegates Flo Alice Dinkel, Lynn
Sandvik and Richard Dangler.
He announced that Alaska Air
lines had promised the three
round-trip air transportation to
Seattle without charge.
Mr. Oldroyd told Valley 4-H
members that they belonged to
the “greatest rural youth organi
zation in the entire world. There
soon will be over two million
boys and girls in 4-H work in
the United States and its terri
tories,” he said.
The movement is spreading to
other countries as well, and Mr.
Oldroyd said he believed 4-H
would offer American youth a
great opportunity to help in
bringing about understanding
between the nations of the
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