THE MA.TANUSKA VALLEY PIONEER
Published Thursdays by ARRC
at Palmer, Alaska
Jack Allman Editor
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The old weather man has been pret
ty good to us so far this fall. The
snow is still well up on the mountain
sides and these balmy days make one
forget that he is in the so-called
land of Tsnow and ice.’
Are there really that many people
who think Alaska is in a foreign
country, or is a foreign country it
self? Every mail the postmaster
sorts out letters bearing the five
cents of foreign postage. We get
them here, and many of them have
TJ.S.A. included in the return ad
dress .
Men have been known to shudder
at the very mention of certain
little back rooms.
Erom a little back room in
Chicago came the whisper of a ri
val gangster's name, and hard faced
men with Tommy guns slipped off to
do the bidding of their boss.
Erom little back rooms in pol
itical headquarters have come orders
that have swelled the doom of public
figures. And there is a little back
room at No. 10 Downing Street in
foggy old London where nations are
made and broken,
Now Palmer has a little back room.
But men don’t shudder when told of
it. Wiite the contrary... especially
on these frosty mornings.
Yes, there’s a little back room
at Koslosky’s. The first in the val
ley.
We are no longer pioneering. Civ
ilization in the form of modern
plumbing has caught up with us.
BUTTE GROUP TO CELEBRATE
The folks at the Butte are invit
ing everyone to attend the opening
of their newly constructed community
hall Tuesday evening.
There will he dancing and a lunch
will he served. Transportation will
leave Palmar at 7 o’clock. They ore
proud of their hall and want- all to
come. No admission will he charred
and the lunch is free, tut a collec
tion will he taken uo for the musi
cians.
Don’t forget. Tuesday the 22nd.
CUPID 1Q BUSY SEASON
OPENS WITH A BANG
Though they may mean the same
thing, it is weddings and rumors
cf weddings instead of wars and
rumors of wars around 'Palmer
these days.
At a ceremony to be held at the
headquarters cabin of the con
struction division at 13 o’clock
next Thursday morning, Kiss Mad
eleine de Eoras, our popular Bed
Cross nurse, will become the
bride of Eugene Ellsworth Sedille
Rev. Bather Sulaman will of
ficirte nd the ceremony will be
followed by a wedding luncheon
at the camp mess.
And by a little Walter Win
chelling we have learned that
there are two more weddings plan
ned for the very near future,
but neither Pat Ualloran nor Eor
rest Kelso can be made to admit
that the dates are set.
Mrs. Hunt is also mum on the
subject, and of course Gail Dor
brandt lives out cf reach in
Anchorage.
And what about old 97? Since
those school teachers have moved
out there we have noticed that
traffic - especially late traf*
fie - past the ?I0ATEER office has
increased tremendously.
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MATCHES SCHEDULED
Cn Saturday evening, October
26 , ’’Alaska Pete’’ Anderson will
meet the ’’Arctic Marvel” in a
wrestling match to be held in
the big Community Center garage.
There will be a preliminary
in the middle weight division
before the battle of the heavies.
The American Legion is spon
soring the show and will have
transportation for all who wish
to come. Admission will be one
dollar and a couple of good bone
cracking exhibitions are promisee
ATTENTION KIDS — PET SHOW;
The first annual pet show is
to be held at the corporation of
fices Sunday the 20th at one o’
clock. Ering your pets - bear,
goose, sheep, dog, pig, cat or
v.hat have you. There will be
some really worthwhile prizes,
put up by Mr. Ered Eordham who
will make a movie record of the
show. Awards will be made for
the best, second best, and most
cornier 1 entries, but all contest
ants must be under sixteen years