VOL. III.
PALMER, ALASKA, DECEMBER 8, 1949
NUMBER 13
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UP—UP—UP-P-P goes Palmer's
Harvey Hiber to lake a tip-off from Fowles of Anchorage.
—(Photo by Ray Adams)
"Wotta Team” Court Fans Gasp
LETTER-WRITING
CONTEST ADDED
TO PARTY PLANS
Preparations for the merchant’s
Christmas party at the Valley
Theatre were nearing completion
♦his week", according to A1 Hagen,
theatre manager.. In addition to
the free movie “Bambi” and the
Christmas gift' and candies each
child will receive, there will he
special prizes for winners in a
“Letter to Santa Claus” contest,
Mr. Hagen said.
A'postbox has-been set up in
the lobby of the Valley Theatre,
where children may post their
•letters. They will.be read by San
ta Claus, scheduled to appear at
the Theatre at 2 p.m. on Dec. 24.
The best letter written by a boy
or girl under seven and a boy or
girl under 10 will win a prize.
Santa Claus will read the prize
winning letters at the Christmas
party.
Any Valley boy or girl under
10 years of age may enter the
contest. Only rules are that every
letter must have the full name
and the age of the writer on it.
Meanwhile, the list of sponsors
for the Christmas party has
swelled considerably, Mr. Hagen
announced. The list is still incom
plete. but these merchants have
been added-, since the first an
nouncement:
Shamrock Bakery, employes
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PHS MUSICIANS
PREPARE FOR
ANNUAL CONCERT
Tootlers in the Palmer High
School Band were brushing up
on their arpeggios this week in
final preparation for a concert to
be held in the “Palmer Gym next
Saturday evening. : The school
band and chorus are joining
forces fpx the evening, band lead
er "Paul Bushong announced. An
estimated 90 students , will par
ticipate in the musical entertain
ment.
Tickets for the evening will be
on sale this week-end, by student
band members. They also will
be sold at the door on the eve
ning of the concert.
Concert proceeds will be ap
plied toward the purchase of
uniforms. The band now has a
bank account "that adds up to just
10 per cent of the total needed.
Mr. Bushong, faced with the
problem of buying a tenth of a
uniform for each musician or
uniforming 10 per cent of the en
tire band, has decided it’s easier
to try for more money. Since
the band keeps growing each
year, thereby making the neces
sary fund greater, it may take a
decade or two to accumulate the
necessary funds. Anyway, it
gives the band leader and his mu
sicians an excuse for an annual
concert.
~ Nobody died of a heart attack
at the Palmer-Anchorage basket
ball game on the local court last
Saturday evening, but that’s only
because no one in the audience
had a weak heart. There wasn’t
a person in the 800 plus crowd of
spectators that didn’t feel the
37-35 Anchorage win was as
spectacular a basketball show as
any ever seen on the local floor.
Palmer’s court five took the
floor with the grim determina
tion to win or to give Anchorage
the battle of its basketball life
in the attempt. They did just
that. The local men dominated
the play for the entire first half,
relinquishing the lead only once
during that entire period. Just
four minutes before the end of
the first half, Anchorage’s Fred
Richards sank a foul shot to put
the Eagles in the lead for the
first time during the game.
The Palmer men bounced right
back, using the four minutes that
remained to them to build a 25
20 half-time lead.
The local men came back at
half-time, knowing they’d had a
battle on their hands, but that the
fight that was ahead would be
oven tougher. In their over-eag
erness they tried a bit too hard
at times, and the smooth-working
Anchorage five was alert to
snatch at every opportunity to
score. Several time in the fourth
quarter, the Eagles capitalized on
Palmer miscues to build their
lead to the longest of the game
up to the final three minutes.
Palmer bounced back then and
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CURTAIN COES UP
ON JUNIOR PLAY
SATUROAY AT 8 P. II.
There’s a job for almost every
junior of Palmer High School in
the production of ’‘Inner Willy”,
class play scheduled for presto*
tation at 8 o’clock Saturday night
in the Gymnasium. Ticket sell
ing was occupying the time of
most class members this week.
Juniors are pushing an advance
sale of tickets, but there alsq. will
be tickets available at the door
Saturday.
Admission for children, is 25
cents, for high school students, 50
cents and for adults 75 cents (un
reserved). There also are to be
a few reserved seats on sale for
$1.00.
The play “Inner Willy”, a
three-act comedy, is .concerned
with the problems 'of a young
man whose day-to-day living
falls far short of the life he’d like
to lead. The young man’s prob
lems are further complicated by
the domination of three old maid
aunts. Edison Thuma is “Willy”,
the male lead; La von Roetman
plays opposite him.
Other juniors in the play in
clude:
Jean Smithy Glpria Carroll,
Faye ^Werne#, Gloria Wright, Pat
Bsnson, Hazel Barnhardt, Harvey
Hiber, Gerald Campbell and
Oren Peterson.
Assisting in the play’s presen
tation will.be Rose-Miller and
Lillian Loberg, in charge of pro
grams; Joyce Hardage and Orpha
Plumley, usherettes; and Pat
O’Connor and Bill Wade, stage
crew.*- --
The junior class is grateful 'to :•
Mrs. Margaret Cope, Kathleen ?
Patten and JDolores Bdurweihs for
the production of the programs;
to Charles Dillon for help with
make-up; and to the Matanuska
Hotel and the: Matanuska Valley
Lodge for their courtesy in loan
ing stage properties.
“Inher Willy” has been direct
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KING OPENS
NEW GARAGE
A new garage 'and service sta
tion, -the. Butte Service Station,
is now in operation it was an
nounced this week by owner
Clyde King, Jr. The station, the
first garage out of Palmer ,op_ the
Palmer-Anchorage Highway, is
operated as a branch of Valley
Concrete Products.
Mr. King explained that he op
ened the garage in self-defense,
since he seemed to spend a good
many hours in garage work any
way. Alfred Church, a Butte res
ident, is the mechanic on duty at
the station. • *
The new station, which was
built of blocks in . a record 30
days, carries a complete stock of
parts and offers 24-hour service.
The station has been open for
business for the past syeek, .