i Community
! Calendar
Friday
BOY SCOUTS meet at United
Protestant Church at 5:30 p.m.
YOUNG LIFE meeting in United
Protestant Church at 7 p.m.
Monday
DAIRYMAN’S ASSOCIATION
meets in Extension Office at
8 p.m.
4-H CLUB LEADERSHIP
CLASS meets in Extension Of
fice from 1-4:30 p.m.
SOIL CONSERVATION district:
meeting in Soil Conservation
Office at 8 p.m.
Tuesday
WELL BABY CONFERENCE at
Health Center from 2-4 p.m.
VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE
ASSOCIATION meets at Val
ley Theatre at 8 p.m.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Val
ley Fair Association meet at
Extension Office at 8 p.m.
Wednesday
CARPENTER’S UNION meets in
Carpenter’s Hall at 8 p.m.
TWELVE-THIRTY HOMEMAK
ER’S Club meets with Mrs.
William Smith.
Thursday
RIVERBEND HOMEMAKER’S
Club picnic.
Special Meetings Planned
At Protestant Church
Rev. Joseph Johnston, evan
gelist of the Fuller Foundation
of Los Angeles, is arriving in
Palmer this week to conduct re
vival services at the United
Protestant Church. He will speak
at both the morning and evening
services on Sunday, and will
hold evening meetings through
out the week at 7:30. He will re
main in Palmer for the morning
service on July 18, and may be
here that evening also, according
to announcement from acting
pastor Fred Telecky.
All Valley residents of both
Palmer and Wasilla who have no
other church affiliation, are in
vited to these meetings, Rever
end Telecky said.
GREEN'S FLYIN GSERVICE
(at Palmer Airport)
Student Instruction
Charter Flights
GI Training
M. D. Snodgrass
REAL ESTATE
Dairy and Vegetable farms
City Lots Acreage
HELP FRANK BROWN
CLEAN UP THE TOWN
Garbage Collection
All kinds clean-up work
Call Brown's Cleaners for
BROWN'S GARBAGE
COLLECTION
Wertanen’s Tanker
Service
j METERED DELIVERY
* Gasoline. Diesel and Stove Oil j
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WANTED
SMALL CONCRETE JOBS
See or write Frank Brown
P.O. Box 799
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\ Ready to Plant
CABBAGE
SNAPDRAGONS
ASTERS
at
Matanuska Valley Gardens
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Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc.
For Power Distribution
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FOURTH SOFTBALL GAMES
ARE BEST OF SEASON
Although Palmer's program of
sports events for the Fourth of
July was somewhat modified,
because of the absence of con
testants. the two softball games
that were played on the local
diamond were the best pair of
games seen here this year. In
the day’s first game, the Medics
of 183rd Station Hospital defeat
ed the Engineers of 175th Signal
Service by a 7 to 4 count. The
Shamrocks then measured the
Medics for a 1-0 win in the late
afternoon game.
Two Army teams failed to
materialize, so the scheduled
third game of the day had to be
abandoned. The manager of the
Detachment Alaska Command
nine phoned Art Stacey, Sham
rock manager, on Saturday to
inform him that many of the
men on the team’s roster had
been assigned to special duty
over the holiday, and the team
could not appear.
No word came from the 26th
Command Squadron team, but
no softball players were in evi
dence at game-time. The Sham
rocks took the field for a brief
warm-up after the opening game,
and then softball recessed until
late afternoon.
Children of the Valley appar
ently spent the Fourth away
from Palmer, for only the judges
were present when race - time
came last Sunday afternoon. The
purchased prizes for the sched
uled 13 races reverted to Mr.
Stacey, who is somewhat puzzled
as to what he can do with junior
winnings.
However the day’s softball of
ferings more than made up for
any audience disappointment at
the curtailment of plans. The
opening game between the two
GI squads proved good tight ball
until the final seventh inning.
Woodward, Engineer pitcher, al
lowed only three hits in the first
six innings, but was driven from
the mound with a pair of hom
ers by Richardson and Blades
in the first half of the seventh.
Mrs. Huntley Succumbs
Following Operation
Mrs. C. O. Huntley of Palmer,
who underwent surgical treat
ment in a hospital at Ste. Sault
Marie, Mich., early last week,
died Saturday, according to word
reaching Palmer. Her death was
sudden, for she apparently was
recovering satisfactorily from
the operation.
Mrs. Huntley will be interred
at Rudyard, Mich. Her daughter,
Mrs. William Rempel, left Mon
day by plane to attend the serv
ices for her mother.
Mrs. Huntley is survived by
her husband and by a son Ralph,
of Fort Richardson. He was on
leave on a fishing trip at Nabes
na when news of his mother’s
death came, and could be con
tacted only through a message
dropped from a plane. Pilot Les
Green of Palmer made the flight
to deliver the message.
Mrs. Huntley is mourned by
a host of Valley friends, for she
had been a long-time resident
here.
In turn the Engineers, score
less until the last half of the
seventh, made two walks, an er
ror and a pair of hits count foi
four runs. Those hits were the
only ones given up by Rackley
Medic pitcher. He struck out
14 batters in seven innings oJ
softball.
In the Shamrock encounter
with the Medics, pitcher Warni
ca won his own game, when he
scored on Irwin’s single in the
third inning. Warnica tripled in
the fourth, for the longest hit
of the game, but failed to score
The Shamrocks got four hits in
that game, while Warnica al
lowed the Medics just tv/o—one
each in the first two innings.
NORTH PALMER COFFEE SHOP
for
FOUNTAIN SERVICE - - LIGHT LUNCHES
NORTH PALMER STORE
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
of
★ Groceries ★ Meats
★ Fresh Vegetables ★ Case Goods
if Fresh Fruit ★ Ice Cream
Open Daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
f Valley Frontiersman Now on Sale at Our Counter
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For All Your Refreshment Needs
in Palmer
VISIT
FRONTIER BAR
FRONTIER LIQUOR STORE
Both are open 24 hours daily,
seven days each week
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You Get
COMPLETE REPAIR SERVICE
at the
CO-OP GARAGE
Machine Work Blacksmith
!| Lubrication Motor Rebuilding
j| Engine Tune-Up
| We have a well-stocked parts room.
1 DAY ANI) NIGHT WRECKER SERVICE
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There’s an O’HARRA bus leaving..
PALMER FOR ANCHORAGE
Daily at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ANCHORAGE FOR PALMER
Daily at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
(Except Sunday)
Sunday bus at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
PALMER FOR WASILLA
Daily at 1 and 8 p.m.
Connections lor Gulkana, Fairbanks and Whitehorse
On Monday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m.
O’Harra Bus Lines
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The Alaska Railroad
Offers Valley Residents a complete passenger and
freight service—daily except Sunday.
SCHEDULE
Leave Palmer .3:30 p.m.
Arrives Anchorage .5:30 p.m.
Leave Anchorage . 9:30 a.m.
Arrives Palmer .11:33 a.m.
RAILBUS SERVICE
Can be stopped at any point along the route
Leave Palmer .8:30 a.m.
Return from Anchorage at.4:30 p.m.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Fare—$2.55 one way; $3.40 round trip
FOR INFORMATION
Call Palmer Depot — or Anchorage, ARCO 11
You 11 meet your friends when you travel the Alaska
Line Relax , enjoy the magnificent scenery and
comfortable accommodations as you sail "outside”
THE FINEST FOOD
Elegantly prepared and expertly served to com
pletely satisfy your fancy.
SAILINGS ARE FREQUENT
Sailings from Seward alternate Fridays. Next
sailing SS BARANOF July 23, calling at Juneau,
Ketchikan and Seattle.
Sailings from Seward alternate Thursdays. Next
Sailing SS Aleutian July 15, calling at Valdez,
Cordora, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
All sailings subject to
change without
notice
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Serving All Alaska