STOCK AND BROCK FIND AIR LANES RISKY
It may taxe a little longer to
get to a destination afoot but it's
a much safer way of travelling
than in the air, partners Roy Brock
and Clare Stock of the Palmer
Fountain found out this week.
Both men were involved in two
separate airplane accidents within
a three-day period last week.
Mr. Stock was first to draw his
conclusions on the subject. He and
Dr. R. E. Garrett, Valley physician,
came unscratched through a crash
landing in Paradise Valley last
week, w'hen the motor of their
rented ship failed. The men were
on a combined photographic and
bear hunt at the time.
Dr. Garrett piloted the plane to
a perfect landing in an alder patch
high on a mountain slope, and only
a short way from the sheer walls
of a cliff where a landing would
have meant certain death. “It was
as smooth a landing as lots I've
made on an airport,’’ Mr. Stock
commented.
Down without a scratch, the men
found their ship apparently un
damaged and they decided to slash
their way clear of the alders and
smooth out a rough landing strip
from which to take off. Equipped
with only a hunting knife, and
without even water to drink, they
worked nearly all day Thursday
to free their plane.
The pair was discovered by pilot
Bob Totten about 3 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. However, they were
forced to spend the night camped
on the banks of Knik River, when
darkness came before they could
be picked up by the helicopter of
the Tenth Rescue Squadron. Aside
from blistered hands and feet for
Dr. Garrett, neither man was in
jured.
Partner Roy Brock tested his
aerial luck on Sunday afternoon
in a small floatship piloted by John
Pickel. The two cracked up short
ly after a take-off from the surface
of Lake Wasilla. Banking at a low
altitude to avoid the island in the
lake there, the plane apparently
side-slipped and struck the sur*
face of the lake in shallow water,
according to Mr. Brock.
Again, neither pilot nor passen
senger was injured, although their
Community
Calendar
Thursday
AMERICAN LEGION meets in
Carpenter's Hall at 8 p.m.
AMERICAN Legion Aux. meets in
Carpenter's Hall at 8 p.m.
Friday
WASILLA veterans' farm class at
Community Hall at 8 p.m.
Saturday
SECOND annual game dinner of
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen in
Gymnasium at 6:30 p.m.
Monday
CHEECHAKO Homemakers meet
with Mrs. Delpha Brennan.
KIWANIS luncheon in former li
brary at noon.
COMMUNITY Chest board meeting
at Les Ray home at 8 p.m.
ARC public meeting at Gymnasium
at 8 p.m.
DAIRYMEN'S meeting at Exten
sion Office at 8 p.m.
Tuesday
SOURDOUGH Homemakers meet
with Mrs. Maude Ware at 11 a.m.
P-TA executive board meets in
Superintendent's office at 7 p.m.
Wednesday
HOMEMAKERS meet at 12:30.
CARPENTERS' Union meets at
Carpenter’s Hall at 8 p.m.
Thursday
KNIK Homemakers meet with Mrs.
.June Burden.
NORTHLAND Pioneer Grange
meets at Grange Hall at 8 p.m.
12:30 Homemakers meet.
SETTLER EDITOR INJURED
Dorothy Bell, editor of the Val
ley Settler, is hospitalized this
week as the result of a fall in her
home.
plane was demolished to the point
of no salvage.
M. D. SNODGRASS
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17 Lady Basketeers
Attend Season's
First Meeting
There were 17 potential court
stars present when Palmer women
met last Monday evening to dis
cuss the coming basketball season.
The team again will be managed
by Clare Stock, who has picked
Monday and Wednesday evenings
at 7:30 as practice nights. A coach
is still to be selected.
Mr. Stock said it appears that
there may be even more Valley
women interested in basketball
this year. If enough turn out at
practice, two teams will be or
ganized.
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Knik Hoad to Be Gravelled
Gravelling work on the highway
between Knik and Wasilla will be
gin this winter, it was announced
this week by Clyde King, Sr., of
the Alaska Road Commission. Mr.
King said the work would be push
ed with all possible speed, in the
hope of eliminating the spring
break-up road problem in the Knik
area next year.
McCartneys have girl
A new daughter, Jaqueline, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCart
ney at the Valley Hospital on Oct.
1. The little girl weighed an even
seven pounds at birth.
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