LOCAL SHOOTERS TAKE TROPHY
AHD MEDALS IN INLAND LEAGUE
In the Inland Empire Rifle and
Pistol League the Matanuska Val
ley Sportsmen rifle club’s Class
D team won the match and will
receive the perpetual trophy to
hold for one year. In addition,
the high five Palmer shooters in
Class A won medals.
Local winners and awards re
ceived from the Salt Lake Small
Arms club are as follows: PRESI
DENT’S TROPHY to Ken Westen
barger with 3,111 out of possible j
3.200 points: Combined prone and
offhand total, Westenbarger with
1,544 out of a possible 1,600
points: High woman shooter, Nor
ma Richie with 1,065 points total
prone, sit, and offhand; High jun
ior was Warren Woods with 2,278
points total.
First place team consisted of
Ken Westenbarger, John Dodge,
John Harris, Murray Athearn and
Daniel Contini, Jr. All winners
received medals.
Also receiving medals were
members of the second place
team who were Dan Fleming, Al
len Richie, A1 Dickow, John
Lee, and Edward Bellringer.
Take Utah Match
Members of the Class AA team,
consisting of Westenbarger, Con
tini, Athearn, White and Richie,
topped the Laurel, Montana No. 1
team with a total of 1,463 to 1,455
Local Shooters in
All-Alaska Matches
The appeal of target shooting
as a family sport is evidenced by
entries in the All-Alaska Section
al Smallbore Rifle and Pistol
Matches scheduled for March 27
and 28 at Fort Richardson, and
sponsored by the Chugach Rod
and Gun club.
Several well-known local
sportsmen are to be contestants,
as well as members of the mil
itary from Fort Richardson, El
mendorf Air Force Base, and sta
tions north of the Range.
The Chugach Rod and Gun club
is an NRA-affiliated organization,
headed by Lt. Col. Herbert E.
Gerfen. While the match is open
to NRA member only as senior
competitors, nonmembers may
qualify by entering their appli
cation for NRA membership thr
ough the Chugach club, at the
time of entering the match. Juni
or competitors may be individual
members of the NRA, or a mem
ber of an NRA-affiliated junior
club.
March 22 is the deadline for in
dividual entries. Entries in the
team match are not to be mailed,
but made in person by team cap
tain at the Statistical office, build
ing 602, Ft. Richardson. Team en
trie may be made any time prior
to the start of firing the team
match.
In addition to awards from the
NRA, the Chugach club will pro
vide several awards, including
medal for the top women’s score
in the events. Special awards in
the national championships will
include those for civilian, women,
junior, collegiate, police, regular
service, national guard, and other
reserve components.
Matches will take place from
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. both days, with
pistol matches held on the range
of building 640, the rifle compe
titon in building 602. Captain H.
C. Penney will be chief range of
ficer and Lt. G. R. Kirmse will
be statistical control officer.
On Sunday, March 21, 17 shoot
ers from the local club competed
in a shoulder to shoulder match
with the Chugach club, with the
Palmer teams winning in all
matches.
point, in the Utah State Inter
mountain postal match. Also win
ning in the match was the local
Class B team consisting of Dodge,
Dickow, Dana Nieman, Lee, and
Bellringer with a total of 1,430
to a total of 1,392, shot by the
Bountiful, Utah team.
SPORTSMEN DINNER
TO BE SERVED
FAMILY STYLE
“All you can eat”, Matanuska
Sportsmen said this week about
their turkey dinner coming up
next Thursday night.
Even though it falls on the
first of April, there’s no “foolin’ ”
about it, they added. Turkey and
all the fixin’s will be served,
family style, beginning at 5 p.m.
and continuing until 8:30 p.m. at
Moose Hall. Tickets will be avail
able at the door, $2.50 for adults,
and $1.25 for children.
Following the dinner, or as
soon as a large enough group as
sembles, Alaska’s Favorite Game
will be played in the basement of
Moose Hall, with several attrac
tive prizes to be awarded, in
cluding the grand prize, a 150
pound home-grown hog which
is being donated by Bruce Gra
ham and William Bouwens. Other
prizes include home-made butter,
pies, bread and additional home
made or produced items.
Women of Moose
To Assist In
Distributing Clothes
Women of the Moose have vol
unteered a helper for each Wed
nesday afternoon to assist in dis
tributing clothing to needy per
sons, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Anyone needing clothing, or
anyone knowing of anyone need
ing clothing, is welcome to avail
themselves of the clothing now in
storage in the basement of Bettys’
store. The clothing is all clean,
out-grown clothing and includes
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Palmer, Alaska
OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS 6—8 P.M.
DAILY 10 A.M. — 3 P.M.
Tickets on Sale
For Style Show
Famous-name brands and na
tionally advertised styles will be
featured at the Beta Sigma Phi
style show to be presented Fri
day evening, April 2 at the Elks
Home.
Local merchants who will be
showing their spring styles are
Koslosky’s, Kimballs, Bettys’ and
Togs ’n Seams. Clothing to be
shown will include spring and
summer wear for the home, street,
formal and informal dances and
parties, and sports wear. A bridal
ensemble will highlight the show
ing. Hats will be furnished by the
Hat Shop of Anchorage and The
Bootery, also of Anchorage, will
furnish shoes for the various en
sembles.
Sorority members who will par
ticipate as models are Amy Irwin,
Rivera Hiber, Betty Bettine, Dor
ene Asay, Dorothy Saxton, Helen
Crites, Norma Richie, Marylou
Johns, and Bernice Kuoppola.
High school girls who will also
model are Gloria and Colleen
Hume, and Janice Barry. Daugh
ters of sorority members who will
model the younger-set clothes are
Virginia and Diane Crites, Judy
Kuoppola, Murial Hanks, and
Alice Buzby. Marne Hanks will
be moderator. Hostess for the
show will be sorority president,
Betty Rice. In charge of decora
tions will be Eleanor Brooks and
refreshments will be handled by
Hazel Harris. Mildred Buzby and
Marylou Rideout will assist in the
dressing room.
Following the show refresh
ments of coffee, cookies, and cakes
will be served. Tickets are now
on sale and may be obtained from
sorority members, or at any of
the shops participating in the
show. They may also be purchas
ed at the door.
proceeds from the style show
will go toward the sorority’s fund
for the Palmer Area Recreation
Council.
items for both children and adults,
Women of the Moose stated.
5500 SHARES
OFFERED AT THIS TIME
$
1
per share
This is the last time shares will be offered to the public.
(To Alaskan Residents Only)
Write: BILL LYONS, c/o The Frontiersman or Box 210, Seldovia, Alaska
Seldovia Chrome Co„ Inc.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, MARCH 25
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 26
MATANUSKA CERAMICS
CLUB, Craft room, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 27
YOUTH FOR CHRIST, United
Protestant Church, 8 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 29
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op clut
room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER AREA RECREATION
Council, Co-Op club room, £
p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 30
BOY SCOUTS, United Protestanl
Church, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY. APRIL 1
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL
IARY, Legion Bldg., 8 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY HEALTH COUN
CIL, Co-Op club room, 7 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY SPORTSMEN
Turkey dinner, Moose Hall,
5:00 - 8:30 p.m.
REGENTS URGE
IMMEDIATE STATEHOOD
The University of Alaska
Board of Regents at a special
meeting last week petitioned the
President of the United States
and members of Congress for im
mediate statehood for Alaska.
The petition was signed by An
drew Nerland, president of the
board.
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KIWANiANS SEE
"ALASKA HOLIDAYS"
Members of Palmer Kiwanis
; club viewed “Alaska Holidays”
! a narrated color film owned by
Yukon Equipment company, al
their regular meeting March 22.
The film presented scenes tak
en at various spots in the terri
tory, including Ketchikan, and its
lumber industry, Fairbanks, the
Matanuska Valley and several
farms and its potato and grain
crops; the construction of the Al
aska Highway; salmon runs, and
various other industrial phases of
Alaska. Members hope to be able
to obtain the film again at a
P. A. R. C. Meeting
Hate Changed to Mar. 30
Because of conflicting activit
ies, the meeting of the Palmer
^.rea Recreation Council planned
for next Monday night, March 29,
has been changed to the following
night, March 30. The meeting will
’ be held in the Co-Op club room
| at 8 p.m. All members are urged
i to attend the meeting. Prelimin
ary constitution plans will be pre
sented at the meeting. All organ
izations who have not yet sent
a representative to the PARC
meetings are invited to do so.
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