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> Enter Contest
tr Fur Queen
here^ will be no Matanuska
ley candidate in the Fur
idezvous queen contest this
r, according to present re
ts. Lloyd Cleaves, manager
this year’s Rendezvous, has
tacted several local persons
an attempt to interest the
lley in sponsoring a candi
e, but no Palmer organiza
n or firm has responded.
Mr. Cleaves talked with rep
:entatives of the Matanuska
liov Cooperating Association,
i American Legion, Chamber
Commerce and Valley Volun
;r Fire Association.
Contest rules decree that the
adline for naming a queen is
turday. No queen contestant
ay be entered without spon
rship. Mr. Cleaves said. The
intest is open to all sponsored
rls,'ftho are 18 or older, or
ho are seniors in high school.
This year’s contest winner
221 be given a fur coat as a
rize, while the four princesses
i her court each will win
arkas and new formals. The
>p five girls will be chosen by
cket purchases, with each
cket worth 1,000 votes. During
le Fur Rendezvous week, a
hevrolet car will be given
way to the holder of the lucky
Lcket stub.
If there are organizations or
usiness establishments in Pal
ler who are interested in spon
oring a Valley candidate, Mr.
Heaves requests that person get
n touch with him at Fur Rendez
vous headquarters in the Anchor
ige hotel.
Shamrocks Schedule
Saturday Doubleheader
As a final test in preparation
for the Cordova basketball in
vasion next weekend, the local
Shamrocks have scheduled two
games on the Palmer court this
weekend.
At 8 o’clock Shamrocks I will
meet a “rejuvenated” Medics
squad from Fort Richardson.
The two teams met in a practice
'encounter last week, when the
Medics were badly beaten. Their
manager asked Shamrock boss
Art Stacey for a return engage
ment at that time, promising
-nrje outstanding competition in
second game.
For the evening’s second game,
Shamrocks II will meet a squad
from the Post Motor Pool. Little
is known of the record of this
team, which has not appeared in
the Valley yet this year.
Firemen Set Feb. 14
Date Of Bingo Party ,
Although only three members
of the board of directors were
present at last Tuesday’s sched
uled meeting of the Valley Vol
unteer Fire Association, the
group formulated plans for the
Association’s next Bingo party.
The date of that party was set
for Feb. 14, with the place to be
announced later.
It was decided that electrical
items will be the featured prizes
for this party. As a special added
event, the Association plans to
give away a large refrigerator
at the close of the Bingo games
at midnight. Tickets on this re
frigerator will go on sale in Pal
mer soon.
The Association is working
for funds necessary for the re
pair of the second fire truck,
purchased through the War As
sets Administration recently. It
is estimated that repair of this
vehicle will cost about $600.
The remainder of Tuesday’s
meeting was given over to a dis
cussion of the Association han
dling of last Sunday’s fire when
the new fire truck made its first
run.
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Hospital
Ins and Outs
New patients at the Valley
hospital this week included:
Mrs. Victor Falk, Lester Sy
rens, Mrs. Edda Larrick, Mrs.
Jack Leik, Mrs. Gavin Young
and Mrs. Herbert Calkins.
Patients dismissed by mid
week were:
Lester Syrens, Mrs. Herbert
Calkins, LaVerne Lindsey,
Wayne McDonald, Miss Alice
Merritt, and Mrs. James Hartley
and baby.
Still hospitalized on Wednes
day evening were:
Mrs. Louis Todd, Herbert Is
ing, Mrs. E. L. DePriest, Mrs.
Thomas Carter and daughter,
Mrs. Claude Carroll, Mrs. Joseph
Loyer and son, Mrs. Harry Duff,
Mrs. Irvin Plitt and William
Barnhardt.
Chickenpox Hits
Palmer School
Several cases of chickenpox
have been reported in the grades
of Palmer school during the past
week. Every effort is being made
to prevent an epidemic, school
heads say, and they ask the co
operation of parents in halting
the spread of the disease.
Any child who seems ill or
feverish, or who shows any in
dication of a rash should be kept
home from school until his trou
ble is diagnosed.
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APPLE TURNOVERS
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Community Chest
Meets Next Week
A final summing up of Com
munity Chest returris and an al
lotment of money to participat
ing organizations will be made
at a board of director’s meeting
next week, Chest drive chairman
Les Ray announced today. Mr.
Ray said he still was uncertain
of the exact date of the meeting,
but it will be held on either
Thursday or Friday of the com
ing week. He promised a definite
announcement early next week.
FOOD SALE AT 10
The food sale planned by
ladies of the Lutheran church
begins at the Trading Post at 10
o’clock Saturday morning. The
sale will continue until the en
tire stock of cakes, cookies, cas
serole dishes and rolls is sold
out.
PHS to Anchorage
Palmer high school’s basket
ball teams travel to Anchorage
this Friday to meet the Anchor
age squads for the third time
this season. Anchorage has just
returned from a series of vic
tories at Fairbanks, where they
were undefeated by both the
Fairbanks high school and a
University of Alaska five.
Sanitarian Visits
Lloyd Morley, Anchorage sani
tarian, visited the Valley brief
ly this week. He said he planned
to be back early next week,
when he will siay tor several
days.
STORM IS SENTENCED
Jack Storm, found guilty on a
reckless driving count, was given
a six month s suspended sen
tence, a $500 fine and a six
month’s suspension of his driver’s
license in a judgement pronounc
ed in district court Wednesday.
YOUNGS HAVE GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Young of
Palmer became the parents of a
daughter this week. The girl was
born at the Valley hospital on
Jan. 11. The little girl’s advent
pushed the hospital nursery rent
roll to four last week.
Kay Goes to Washington
Mrs. Kay Hamby, assistant to
Don Irwin, head of Alaskan ex
periment stations, has concluded
her visit at home and is on her
way to Washington, D. C., it was
learned this week. Mrs. Hamby
will spend some time in the capi
tal, where she will take special
training in the techniques and
procedures necessary to her new
job in Mr. Irwin’s office. She is
expected to return to Palmer
early next month.
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The Valley’s greatest business
opportunity now, accordin gto
the volume of inquiries reaching
the Frontiersman office and
other Palmer business men, is a
collection agency.
Much of the business entailed
can be confined to letter-writing.
Any Valley resident interested in
setting up shop in the collection
business can get further infor
mation at the Frontiersman of
fice.
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