PALMER MOOSE
TOP MALEMUTES
Radio listeners last night were
treated to one of the closest
fought basketball games of the
season when th& Palmer High
School Moose trimmed the Fair
banks Malemutes in an overtime
period, 48-46.
Palmer took an early lead and
was ahead of the far-north team
11-8 at the end of the first quar
ter. Although the Malemutes
started a gradual climb in the
second quarter, Palmer was still
out front 21-20 at half time.
A combination of field goals put
the Malemutes in the lead dur
ing the third quarter, 33-31 and
when the final whistle was sound
ed, the teams were tied up 42-42.
The tie was broken in a three
minute overtime period when
Palmer shot a field goal, making
the score 44-22; a foul shot by
Fairbanks, followed by a field
goal put them in the lead 45-44
Two foul shots by Palmer gave
them the lead, 46-44 and with
only 23 seconds of play remaining
m the overtime period, Fairbanks
made good a foul shot and tied
the game up, 46-46. Taking the
ball downcourt, the Palmer Moose
held on long enough for Hemmer
to drop a field goal, cinching the
game for the local boys.
Tonight they meet the Anchor
age Eagles.
Questions and
Answers On Polio
The following questions and an
swers pertaining to polio were
prepared for Parents’ Magazine
foy the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis and are
among those most frequently ask
«d about. They are reprinted here
to help readers with some of their
■qustions about the disease of the
central nervous system which is
caused by a tiny virus.
Q. How does the polio virus en
ter the human body? A. It prob
ably gets into the alimentary can
al from the mouth and nose. The
way it travels to the motor nerve
cells, where it does its damage,
is not yet fully established.
Q. What are the symptoms of
polio? A. Headache, sore throat,
upset stomach, sore muscles, diz
ziness, stiff neck and back, fever,
and infrequently, difficulty in
swallowing or breathing. In its
initial stages, polio may resemble
’ -any other illnesses. Q. Do many
people die from polio? A. Rela
tively few: about 8% of all re
ported cases.
Q. Why is polio called infantile
paralysis? A. Because in the earl
iest epidemics the disease seemed
vfo .strike at infants and very
’young children almost entirely,
and because it was thought al
ways to paralyze. It is, today, a
misnomer, since the group most
affected is past infancy (5 to 9
years of age), and at least 50%
of the cases are not paralyzed.
Q. Do poor sanitation conditions
cause higher polio incidence? A.
Quite contrary—lack of sanitation
seems to increase immunity.
■Children who are constantly ex
posed to the virus in small doses
build immunity. Q. How many
people recover completely from
infanile paralysis? A. About 50%
of all reported cases recover com
pletely. Another 25% recover with
slight after-effects that do not
interfere wdth normal living.
About 17% are seriously and per
mantly crippled, and about 8%
die.
Q. Is polio a water-borne dis
ease? A. Polio virus never has
been recovered by scientists from
bathing or drinking water. It has
been recovered, outside of man,
'only from sewage and from flies.
O. How long is the isolation peri
od for polio? A- It is recommended
as seven days or longer if fever
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S. A. R. Members
Sbservs Hsiidsy
Wiiliam W. Elliott of Palmer,
president of the Alaska Society,
Sons of the American Revolution,
introduced a screening of color
motion pictures on the Ameri
can Revolution and 18th century
life in Williamsburg at a special
observance of Washington’s birth
i day which was held last month
in Anchorage by the S. A. R.
Edwin Suddock of Anchorage
| was principal speaker of the pro
j gram, with the invocation and
closing prayer being given by
Compatriot Rev. Frank J. Walk
up. The Washington’s birthday
program was the first effort of
the recently organized Alaska So
! ciety of S. A. R. to encourage ob
■ servance of patriotic anniversar
; ies in this area.
Council Notes
(Continued from page 1)
300,000 gallons of water a day are
being pumped from the wells.
Approximately 1,000 persons are
using city water and at a special
meeting next Tuesday night it
will be determined how much of
this 300,000 gallons is actually
going through the meters and
whether water is being wasted
through leakage in some of the
lines.
• • •
The new ordinance pertaining
to public health in the City of
Palmer received its second read
ing. The third and final reading
will be made on March 23. The
ordinance provides for various
health measures, including gar
bage disposal, hotels and room
ing houses, contagious diseases,
and other public health measures,
including the penalty for failure
to comply with the ordinance.
• * *
Council members approved a
request from Fire Chief Joseph
Gallant to use the office of the
City Clerk on March 12 for a
training meeting for City volun
teer fire fighters.
• *
A contract from the Alaska
Telephone Association (ATA) was
approved by council members
and the Mayor was authorized to
sign the contract for the purchase
of the new switch board in use
at the telephone office. Down
payment on the board is to be
$2,000 with payment of $500 per
month to follow until the full
amount of $5,500 plus 6% interest
is paid. The board wall be covered
by insurance.
* * *
The purchase of insurance cov
erage on the new International
truck purchased for the Water
Department was authorized by
council members. The truck, pur
chased through the Co-Op Gar
age, arrived in Palmer February
26, and is now in use.
* * *
The next regular city council
meeting will be held Tuesday
night, March 23 in the office of
the City Clerk at 7:30 p.m.
persists. Q. Are families of polio
patients ever quarantined? A.
Usually not — quarantine has
proven useless as a control meth
od.
These and many more questions
•and answers appear in a pamph
let published by the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis entitld ‘T01 questions and an
swers about polio.”
Folks used to deny themselves
luxuries to have money in the
bank—today they go without
money to have luxuries.
If you are too busy to pray,
you are too busy.
Contentment is a by-product of
work well-done.
Turkey Dinner to
Feature Games
And Unusual Prize
Another of their- now-famed
turkey dinners will be served by
members of the Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen on April 1. The tur
key dinner, complete with all
the fixin’s will be served family
style . . . this means, all you can
eat. The dinner will be held at
Moose Hall, with serving schedul
ed to begin at 5 p.m. and con
tinue until 8:30 p.m.
Unusual Grand Prize
Immediately following the din- :
ner, or around. 9 p.m., everyone
is invited to attend an evening
of “Alaska’s Favorite Game” to
be held in the basement at Moose !
Hall. Prizes to be awarded will
be home products and produce
with a grand prize of 150-pound,
home-grown hog. Other prizes in
clude home made butter, pies,
banana bread, stewing hen, bread,
jelly, aprons, and even a woman’s
haircut. Bill Bouwens and Bruce
Graham will be in charge of the
games.
Board Members—
(Continued from page 1)
were treated at the hospital dur
ing 1953 and 987 in patients re
ceived treatment and care.
“During the past six months
there have been times when we
couldn’t put another patient in
the hospital,” Newcomb said.
‘Our new hospital will be done
just in time.”
Polio, Patient
Expected Heme
Mrs. Gary LaRose of Palmer is
expected home sometime next
week from Providence Hospital
in Anchorage where she is re
covering from poliomyelitis. Mrs.
LaRose was stricken by the dis
ease last week, shortly after the
LaRose’s three-year-old daugh
ter Patty Lyne was hospitalized
with polio. Early diagnosis by Dr.
Arthur Colberg was credited with
the quick recovery of Mrs. LaRose
by her husband this week. Patty
Lyne is expected to be hospital
ized about' another month, her
father said.
Mr. LaRose said this week that
gifts and cards have been sent by
many and he wished to extend
his thanks to all. Among gifts
was a doll sent to Patty Lyne
by children of the Faith Hill Chil
drens home in Palmer. Anyone
sending cards to Mrs. LaRose is
asked to mail them to the Pal
mer address.
PUBLIC INVITED TO
CHUGIAK FIRE CO.
BOX SOCIAL MARCH 13
All residents of the Valley and
vicinity are invited to attend the
Chugiak Volunteer Fire com
pany’s box social to be held Sat
urday evening, March 13 at the
Chugiak Community Hall. The
social is scheduled to begin at 9
p.m. and will be followed by
dancing to the music of the Eagle
River Playboys. There will be a
valuable award made at midnight.
COURT HEWS
Richard D. Harris appeared in
Commissioner's Court on March
if and entered a plea of guilty to
a charge of driving with one Al
askan plate and' without Alaskan
registration on the • vehicle. The
charge was brought by Territorial
Police on March 7. He was found
gu;ltv by U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton and fined- $10.
Carl Everett Wright entered a
plea of guilty on March 8 to a
Territorial Police charge of mis
use of license plates, was found
guilty and fined $20 in Comis
sioner’s Court on March 8.
Four University of Alaska stu
dents will attend the Model Un
ited Nations Conference at the
University of California at Los
Angeles, March 25-27. They were
selected at a student body as
sembly Thursday of last week.
Student delegates from approx
imately 100 colleges and univer
sities in the 11 western states,
SAFETY CHIEF TO
SPEAK TO AIRMEN
Don Gretzer, chief, Aviation
Safety Division will be guest
speaker at the regular meeting of
the Matanuska Airmens Associa
tion tonight. His subject will em
brace safety principles in flying.
During the business meeting
there will be a group discussion
on the possible formation of a
search and rescue unit- or the
sponsorship fof a local Civil Air
Patrol, and a discussion on the
possibility of holding a meet for
model plane flyers.
Flight training movies will be
shown..
Hawaii and Alaska will attend, as
well as observers from eastern,
universities and foreign countries.
Delegates will represent the ac
tual policies of individual coun
tries of the United Nations. The
Model United Nations on the
UCLA campus is a replica of the
United Nations.
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