RAILBELT BASKETBALL SEASON
TO OPEN IN PALMER DECEMBER 3
The 1954-55 railbelt basketball
season will open in Palmer on
December 3 when hoopsters of
the Palmer High School will meet
the 1953-54 railbelt champions,
the Anchorage Eagles.
The season’s schedule was set
■up this past week end'when the
"Western Alaska High School Ac
tivities Association held its an
nual meeting in Anchorage. Re
presentatives of the association
were present from Palmer, An
chorage, Valdez, Wasilla, and
Fairbanks. Weather conditions
prevented representation from
Seward. The final game in the
railbelt will see the two neighbor
ing teams pitted against each
other on the Anchorage court.
Complete schedule is as fol
lows: Anchorage at Palmer, Dec.
3: Palmer at Seward Dec. 10, 11;
Fairbanks at Anchorage, Dec. 15;
Fairbanks at Seward, Dec. 17, 18.
Palmer at Fairbanks, Jan 13.
14; Seward at Anchorage. Jan.
14, 15: Palmer at Anchorage. Jan. i
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>WiSf OUTSIDE
. TREATMENT
Mrs. Shirley Haire, and her
five-year-old son Donny, were
among the four polio patients
transferred to Seattle on Tuesday
of this week, where they will
receive extended treatment.
The Palmer mother and her son
have been hospitalized in Provi
dence Hospital the past month
and one half and will now go into
the Northwest Respirator Center
at Seattle. Another child, Sheryle,
who experienced a lighter case
of polio, has been living in Oakes
dale, Washington with her grand- .
parents the past month, having !
flown Outside with them shortly
after her release from the Anch
orage hospital.
Paul Haire, husband and fath- '
er of the polio victims, will re
main in Palmer to settle the
family's affairs ' before joining
Them in Washington.
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i; Seward at Palmer Jan. 27,
28; Anchorage at Fairbanks, Jan.
27, 28.
I ,-vncnorage at Seward, Feb. 4,
| '• Fairbanks at Anchorage, Feb.
9; Fairbanks at Palmer, Feb. 11.
o ward at Fairbanks, Feb. 18,
19; Anchorage at Palmer, Feb.
i 18: Palmer at Anchorage, Feb. 25
j‘ne annual Western Alaska
basketball tourney will begin the
—rst week in March.
Another highlight-event sched
uled by the association is the
vVestem Alaska Music Festival
which again this year will be held
in Anchorage. A total of 10 sch
ools is expected to participate in
I the band and chorus festival plan
ned for April.
William T. Zahradnicek, super
intendent of Palmer schools, is
. secretary of the WAHSAA. and
along with Coach Robert Crites
and Bandmaster Lee Plumbley,
attended the conference from Pal
mer.
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tend a show the group is putting :
on at the Chugiak Theatre on the
base November 1.
Special events at the dinner
included the presentation of med
als to three members of a four
team of women shooters * who
were top shooters over 2800 teams
entered in competition in the na
tional rifle shoot. Those present
to receive their medals were
Norma Richie. Dana Nieman, and
Leona Burton. Rosalind Miller
the fourth member of the out
standing team is at present in
Italy. The presentations were
made by Lt. Col. Paul D. Hart- '
ner, last year's captain of the
U. S. Army Alaska Rifle and Pis
tol team, who offered high praise
to the women for their accom- ,
plishmer.t.
Other guests introduced were
Holgar Larsen of the Fish and
Wildlife Service and his assist- ,
ant Stanley Frederickson. Chair
man of the very successful din
ner was A1 Dickow.
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ATTEND BOISE MEET
Bructf Graham, board mem
ber of the Matanuska Elec
tric Association and MEA
manager, Cy Brewer, left Pal
mer on Tueday for Boise, Ida
ho where they will attend a
meeting of National Rural
Electrics. They expect to re
turn this week end.
COUNCIL NOTES
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that the pressure on the line has
been cut down considerably, but
that the line is still leaking.
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A committee of citizens was
named to further the water rate
study. They consist of Lloyd Mor
lev, temporary chairman, Tom
Lepak, Jan Koslosky, Bill Roark,
Steve Ward, and Matt Onkka,
Their recommendations are to be
presented to the city council for
consideration on December 14
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The hauling of 20 loads of grav
el for city street improvement
was authorized by council mem
bers. Work will be done by the
street department on Swanson
street from the school to the rail
road. and other spots in the city.
* * *
The Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital has requested they be ex
empt from payment of all city
taxes. The city clerk was in
structed to determine what other
Alaska cities are doing in regard
to this situation.
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Council members were asked
by Acting Mayor Mears to list
their preferences in regard to
council committees and return
preference lists at next regular
meeting.
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A motion to put a work stop
peage on the construction of the
city fire hall was defeated by a
3-3 vote. Those in favor of stop
ping the construction at this time
indicated they felt the construc
tion was exceeding the income
of the city and should be postpon
ed until such time as the money
was available. Those opposed to
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of the material for completion
was already on hand and that a
closure of the construction at this
time would necessitate renting
space to house the fire trucks i
and pipe thawing machine.
Voting in favor of the stop were
Councilmen DeJulio, Hagen and
Peterson. Voting against were
Council women Mears and Mick
and Councilman Zahradricek.
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The Fire Underwriters annual
report on city fire ratings is ex
pected around the first of the
year, according to Acting Mayor
| Mears. Mrs. Mears pointed out,
! that new items pertaining to city
' ratings that have appeared in
j newspapers the past month are a .
i '“re-hash” on an article which
i appeared in the League of Alas
| kan Cities newsletter in which
last year’s ratings were reported.
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Acting Mayor Mears announc
ed she will attend the League of
Alaska Cities convention in Fair
banks November 4, 5, and 6.
Council woman Mick indicated
she may also attend. Suggestions
were offered by councilmen for
discussion at the convention and
‘ncluded reference to the territor
ial law pertaining to airports
constructed ‘‘-in or for a city-”.
Another suggestion was for dis
cussion on the territorial care of
through highways going through,
cities. During the convention pro
posed legislation will be drawn
up for presentation to the legisla
ture this coming year.
The city clerk was instructed |
to enforce the sales tax ordin
; ance and charge penalty and in- !
terest as it accumulates and that
he send sales tax forms to all
! who collect the sales tax with an
i attached notice stating that he j
has been so instructed.
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Bills approved for payment
were as follows: Firehall labor:
| Marvin Kneff, S59.05; Bill Fogg,
.3173.80: Keith Lovejoy, S35.55:
Jack Land, S218.50. Also quarter
ly bills due on the 31st of Octob
ber for federal and territorial
taxes.
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The next regular city council
; meeting will be held at the clerk's
office on November 2 at 7:30 p.m.
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Free Use of
City Dump Stressed
At‘pntm-> was Grawn to the
free use of the City of Palmer
dump, located just this side of
the Matanuska River bridge.
The free use of the dump ap
plies to everyone, regardless of
where they live, Acting Mayor
Betty Mears pointed out. Her
reminder of this fact was made
necessary by the frequent com
plaints of rubbish being thrown
on the highway and by-roads
throughout the area. Anyone
throwing rubbish along the
highway is subject to prosecu
tion. A campaign was recent
ly started throughout Alaska
to “keep our highways clean”
and the earnest cooperation of
all persons is asked.
DELAYED ACT FILM
TO BE SHOWN SAT.
Palmer ACT members and
friends who were disappointed
last Saturday because the British
comedy film, ‘‘Kind Hearts and
Cox-onets” failed to arrive, will
have arothej chance to see it
this corrtilig Saturday evening at !
8 p.m. in Carpenters’ Hall.
Disrupted flight schedule de- '
laved the arrival of the film, but
it has now been received in An
chorage and will be shown in
Palmer on Saturday night.
The film stars the British com
edy favorite. Alec Guinness.
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MAKE PALMER VISIT
Several members of the Pres
byterian National Board of Mis
sions were Palmer visitors on
Wednesday of this week while in
attendance at the Christian Edu
cation Conference held at the Un
ited Protestant Church.
Attending was Miss Lillian
Windham, assistant secretary of
the department of educational
and medical work of the Board of
National Missions, 'New York.
Miss Windham is assistant to
Miss Katheryn Gladfellow whose
extensive work helped make the
building of the Valley Presbyteri
an Hospital possible.
Also visiting were Rev. Charles
Muir, director of Christian edu
cation for the Synod of Washing*
ton; Miss Julia Totten, director
for children's work, and J}r, and
Mrs. David Berger. 0r. Berger is
professor of homoleties at the
Presbyterian Seminary of Dubu
que, Iowa.
During the afternoon a tea was
held in honor of Miss Windham
at the Valley Presbyterian Hos
pital, at which members of the
Board of Missions, hospital per
sonnel, and hospital board mem
1 bers and wives were also guests.
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QCCMA WHOLE CHICKEN.3lb.,4oz. $1.49
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SWIFT’S CORNED BEEF.12 oz. tin 2 for 99c
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Express Eggs
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Dozen
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Hormel No. I Thick Sliced
Baconlb. 79c
No. I Pure Pork Link
Sausage lb. 69c
Select Cuts of
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AT VERY POPULAR PRICES
Cabbage lb. 10c
Celery lb. 15c
Grapefruit lb. 19c
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