Final Plans Announced ^
For Weekend Meet
Final plans for the track and
field day. in which Palmer. Wa
silla and Anchorage will com
pete at Palmer, were announced
today by Walter Freeman of
Palmer. The meet is scheduled
to get under way at 10:30 next
Saturday morning. All events
will be held on the athletic field
at the fair grounds.
Because of weather conditions
which have not permitted suf
ficient practice time, there will
be no distance races, Mr. Free
man said. Events planned for
the day’s program include:
100-yard dash, 220-vard dash,
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440, 220 relay, pole vault, high
jump, baseball throw, shot put,
running broad jump and discuss
throw.
After a mid-day break, fol
lowing the completion of track
and field events, a softball tour
nament is scheduled to begin at
2:30 p. m. Palmer and Anchor
age are matched in the first
game, with Wasilla scheduled to
meet the winner to decide the
tournament champion. All teams
are expected to substitute freely,
so that every boy who has been
turning out for regular practice
will see some game competition.
Culminating the day’s events,
there will be a seven-bout card
of boxing in Palmer gym on Sat
urday evening. The first bout is
scheduled to begin at 8 p. m.
Since Palmer and Anchorage
cannot offer contestants in each
match, a pair of Anchorage
fighters will be opponents in
several bouts. Anchorage is con
ducting elimination matches
this week, to select participants
in the tri-school meet.
Events on Saturday’s card in
clude matches in the following
divisions:
Flyweight, bantamweight,
lightweight, welterweight, light
heavyweight and heavyweight.
The fight cards will conclude
the day’s planned entertain
ment.
Everyone interested is invited
to attend the day’s events, Mr.
Freeman said. This track and
field day. a revival of the tra
dition of several years past, is
expected to become an annual
event.
OUT OF HOSPITAL
Jack Cody, who has been hos
pitalized at 183rd General Hos
pital on Fort Richardson for the
past two months, returned to
the Valley last week. Mr. Cody
has sold his farm, and his plans
for the future are indefinite.
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VARIETY VOGUES
Hagen Warns Merchants
About Fluorescent Tubes
Fireman A1 Hagen this week
issued a warning to all Valley
merchants using fluorescent
lighting in their establishments.
He said substances within the
tubes had been discovered to be
extremely poisonous and that
broken tubes should never be
handled except with rubber
gloves and while wearing a face
mask.
Mr. Hagen said merchants
should be particularly careful, in
discarding burned out tubes, to
make certain that they do not
fall into the hands of children.
LAYLANDS HAVE SON
A baby boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Layland of Glen
Allen on May 6. The child was
born at the Valley Hospital.
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Frosh to Sponsor
Grade Track Meet
Grade school students of
Palmer School will participate in
a track and fielcLday on the fair
grounds next Monday afternoon,
it was announced this week by
Walter Freeman, adviser of the
freshman class of Palmer High
School. Lacking other sponsor
ship, the freshmen have agreed
to sponsor the meet for the
grade-schoolers.
They offer 225 prizes to stu
dent athletes. There will be 222
minor prizes and three major
prizes for the top three point
winners of the, meet. Palmer
merchants are being asked to
help the freshmen bear the cost
of prizes.
The meet begins at 1:30 p. m.
and parents are invited to at
tend.
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