Athletes Will
Relocate Reno
Transplanting Reno north to
the Matanuska Valley will be the
final athletic endeavor of the
year for the men and women of
Palmer’s Shamrocks and Rock
ets, local basketball squads. The
geographic upheaval is tenta
tively planned for May 28, when
Valley residents will enjoy a
“Night in Reno” in their own
Palmer Gym.
A Reno of the wildest days of
the wild, wild west will appear
that night. Roulette, fan-tan,
craps, wheel of fortune and sim
ilar games of skill will appear in
gymnasium booths, where house
men will labor mightily to sep
arate gamesters from their dol
lars (all phoney).
A taxi dance will be an added
attraction. Dance hall girls, re
cruited from Rocket ranks, may
be claimed as partner by anyone
who purchases his ticket.
A marriage mill and divorce
court will operate side by side all
evening long. For a price, any
twosome can become singles, or
any lonely heart can acquire a
partner—if the price is high
enough, more than one. A sher
iff will be on hand, to see that
fun-seekers conduct their rois
tering in an orderly manner.
Anyone who doesn’t will be then
be haled before a court and sep
arated from still more of his
dollars.
To add final fillip to the eve
ning, scarce food items will be
auctioned hourly. Prices are ex
pected to range upward into the
thousands and hundreds of
thousands of dollars (all phoney)
when sides of bacon and hams
go on the block.
As planned at present, the
“Night in Reno” will complete
the Valley’s Colony Day cele
bration, with a percentage of
the evening’s proceeds going to
the Colony Day Fund. The rest
of the profits will go to keep the
Shamrocks and Rockets solvent,
and it is hoped will serve as a
treasury nestegg for the athletic
association that is expected to
be organized soon.
Hospital
Ins and Outs
Patients confined to the Val
ley Hospital during the past
week included:
Harry Kendrick, Mrs. Paul
Beechick, Palmer; Ray Berg
mann, Mrs. Wenter Harvey, Wa
silla; Ray Quick, Don Moyer,
Palmer; Alice Weaver, Wasilla.
REA Works For
Chugiak Power
H. G. Bryan, Alaskan repre
sentative of the Rural Electrifi
cation Administration, and
members of the board of direc
tors of the Matanuska Electric
Association, met at Chugiak last
Friday evening to discuss the ex
tension of MEA lines to Chugiak.
REA is asking permission for
a budget adjustment to permit
use of funds already allocated
to construct the necessary lines,
Mr. Bryan said. If approval is
granted, IT miles of line will be
built to add 55 new consumers
to the Valley’s electrical co-op.
Asked when work would start,
Mr. Bryan replied that "We will
do everything possible to electri
fy Chugiak this summer.” The
headquarters approval and se
curing of scarce materials are
two hurdles which must be
cleared before work is started.
IS HOME AGAIN
Mrs. Harold Winegarner, do
mestic science instructor at Pal
mer High School, returned to the
Valley last week. She had spent
a month in the States as the re
sult of ill health. Mrs. Winegar
ner was accompanied north by
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Smal
ley of Moran, Kansas.
Grange Plans Initiation
An initiation of new members
of Northland Pioneer Grange is
planned for April 28, it was an
nounced this week by George
Small, Grange master. The
April 28th meeting will be held
in Community Hall, rather than
in the Grange Hall.
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