Sportsmen Urge
Open Season
On Sheep
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen last week vot
ed to write the Fish and Wild
Life Service headquarters in Ju
neau, urging that they consider
an open season on Dali sheep
this year. Club members were
told by President L. C. Stock,
that the FWS expected to close
the hunting season on sheep
this year.
“In my opinion, there are just
as many sheep as there ever
were,” Mr. Stock asserted. Club
members agreed with him and
remarked that very few sheep
were shot in this area, but that
some big game hunters would
come here expecting to hunt
sheep.
Little other business was con
ducted at the Wednesday meet
ing. Bill Smith suggested that
the Sportsmen plan to have in
ter-club shooting competition
during the summer months. He
asked that a definite time be
set aside, when five-man teams
might shoot for the r-ecord. He
pointed out that in this way, if
the Sportsmen ever w'ere invit
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PRA Engineer
Takes Bride
Miss Arline Knoke of Hot
Springs, South Dakota, trav
elled to the Valley last week to
become the bride of Ray Quick,
PRA engineer. The couple were
married at the Valley Chapel
last Sunday evening by Rev.
George Geiwitz.
The bride wore a pink after
noon dress as her wedding cos
tume. Her corsage was white
roses. She was attended by Mrs.
Bert Severns, while Jim Hale of
Portage was best man for Mr.
Quick.
A reception was held at the
Palmer Fountain immediately
following the wedding ceremony.
ed to participate in shoots else
where, they would have little
difficulty in picking their com
peting members.
It was reported that Bob
Reeves of Anchorage had made
definite promise to be present
for the June meeting, when he
will show his bear hunt pic
tures.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Eckert and
Mr. and Mrs. Karla Duff were
appointed to the food commit
tee for the next club meeting.
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