VOL. III.
PALMER. ALASKA. DECEMBER 1, 1949
NUMBER 12
PHS Guns For Win Over AHS Saturday
Just 400 Persons
Support Kiwanians
Blood-Typing Plan
A disappointingly small num
ber of Valley residents having
appeared at the Gymnasium dur
ing the past two Sundays to par
ticipate in the blood-typing pro
gram sponsored by the Kiwanis
Club, tests must be continued.
Dr. C. C. Bailey, Valley physi
cian, has announced that he will
keep his office open on Friday
evening for the next three weeks,
in order to run the additional
tests.
Anyone who wishes to partici
pate in the blood typing program
can appear at Dr. Bailey’s office,
just following Friday evening’s
movies. Or anyone who cares to
report at the office during regu
lar daytime hours may get his
test then. There is, of course, no
charge for this test.
In all, it is estimated that
about 400 persons were typed in
the two-Sunday schedule recent
ly completed by Dr. Bailey and
his crew of volunteer workers.
He calculates that there are an
additional 200 persons who have
been typed in conjunction with
routine medical service received
through the office. This leaves
400 persons still to be reached,
before the master index can be
compiled and cross-filed.
Use of the final indexed infor
mation still is not entirely clear
to everyone, Dr. Bailey learned
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Palmer Firms Have Day
In Court Past Week
Palmer lawsuits were liberally
sprinkled over the calendar in
Third District Court at Anchor
age last week. Harry Ryan of
Palmer Cold Storage and the
Shamrock Bakery joined in a
suit against Steve Cutuk and An
gelo Lavanti.
The complaint charges that
Lavanti purchased the Bar-B-Q,
local restaurant, from Cutuk,
while the latter was in debt to
the Cold Storage in the amount
of $3,372.90 and to the Shamrock
Bakery for $230.17. Lavanti
made payment to Cutuk for the
Cafe, it is contended, although he
knew of the existing debt.
The complaining pair seek full
payment of their bills, plus at
torney’s fees.
A second suit, filed later in the
week by Leon and Anna Hol
brook, seeks to reclaim $11-300
from Arthur Holbrook, local
dairyman. Leon, son of the
farmer, seeks return of a $3,500
loan and $1,640 for labor and
services. Mrs. Holbrook asks re
turn of a $2,000 loan and $4,160
for labor and services.
The Holbrooks also seek $5,500
in attorney’s fees.
BONDS PAY FOR
LUNCHROOM
WASILLA—Bonds bought the
material that will make it possi
ble to open a school lunchroom at
Wasilla next Monday. And Wasil
la residents bought the bonds
that bought the material*^
At the first of the week, 45 $5
bonds had been purchased. This
figure represents about half the
price of alterations, according to
the estimate of Frank P. Jones,
Wasilla superintendent and spon
sor of the hot lunch plan. Mr.
Jones expects the balance of the
sum will be met by further sale
of bonds.
Bond purchasers will have their
bonds redeemed by lot, according
to Mr. Jones’ plan. Each month,
at least seven bonds will be
drawn from a box, and their pur
chaser refunded his money. Mr.
Jones says all funds will be re
paid by October, 1952. Bonds will
be redeemed by the profits of
the lunch program.
The lunchroom is being estab
lished in the upstairs storeroom
at Wasilla school. Work of re
modelling is being conducted by
volunteer helpers. The list of
lunchroom carpenters includes
the names of:
Carl Paulson, Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Coghlan, Pat Carter,
Mr. and Mrs. Wenler Harvey,
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, Miss
Mary Beth Loshbaugh, Mrs.
Margaret Turner, Frank Smith
and Jeff Couture.
Mrs. Eugene Coghlan is to be
lunchroom cook. Lunches will be
sold on a sliding cost scale, based
on the lunch-consuming capacity
of the eater. Teachers will pay 35
cents a meal, sixth to twelfth
graders will pay 30 cents, and
first to fifth graders will pay 25
cents.
James Childers Dies
At Family Home
James Dudley Childers of
Palmer, nearly 79 years old, died
at his Valley home last Monday
afternoon. Mr. Childers had been
in poor health for some time.
The deceased, who was born in
Butler County, Kansas, is sur
vived by his wife Vernie, and by
two daughters, Mrs. Vernon Ross
of Palmer, and Mrs. Laura Mil
ton of Moriarity, New Mexico.
Mr. Childers had been a Val
ley farmer during his life in Alas
ka.
Funeral services, under the di
rection of Arnold Memorial
Chapel, wrill be held in Palmer
tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. The
funeral will be conducted from
the Church of God. Interment
will follow in the Palmer ceme
tery.
Vogues Now Displaying
ACCA Christmas Cards
Christmas card shoppers are re
minded that the annual issue of
the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Association is now on display at
Variety Vogues. These cards are
reproductions of original Alaskan
scenes, which are donated annual
ly to the ACCA by Alaska’s fore
most artists. They portray typical
Alaskan scenes in sepia, black
and white or color.
Palmer’s own Rusty Dow is
represented on two of this year’s
cards. Her wistful little bear cub
of last year has been repeated.
It is augmented by a new design,
a pert little replica of the “Tunda
Kid,” which she has been doing
so successfully this year.
ACCA cards sell at 10 cents
each, complete with envelope. All
the proceeds of these card sales
are returned to ACCA.
STATESIDE CARNIVAL MAY COME HERE
FOR TENTH MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR
Plans are afoot to bring a full
fledged carnival to next year’s
tenth annual Matanuska Valley
Fair, it was announced this week
by M. D. Snodgrass, chairman of
the Fair’s board of directors. Mr.
Snodgrass conferred last week
with a representative of the Cali
fornia Amusement Co., of Sacra
mento, Calif., who is now en
route to his home office with Mr.
Snodgrass’ proposal.
Details still are mostly lacking.
However Mr. Snodgrass says it
is the plan of the California
Amusement Co., to bring a car
nival to Alaska in early spring,
next year. The carnival would
tour through southeastern and
south central Alaska, ending its
engagement with its appearance
gt the Fair.
Arrangements under discus
sion now would give the Fair
management a percentage of
concession receipts, as well as a
rental on the space occupied by
the concession. In return, the
company asks a monopoly on
amusement concessions, but is
willing to have food stands
handled as they have been in the
past.
Among, the features to be in
cluded in the carnival are four
rides for children, two for adults,
including a ferris wheel, and two
entertainments. There are a
number of amusement devices
also included in the carnival.
Mr. Snodgrass reports it is
possible that the carnival will
winter in the Territory, perhaps
in Palmer, and will repeat the
tour the following spring.
‘Could Be’, Coach Says
If Green Squad Can
Remember Lessons
So certain are Valley folk that
Saturday night’s high school
court opener between Palmer
and Anchorage in the Palmer
Gym is going to be something
special, the school already has
been compelled to build extra
bleachers on the lower Gym
floor. Nobody knows quite
where it comes from, but there’s
a powerful rumor circulating
that says “This is the year, and
Saturday’s the night we’re going
to beat Anchorage.”
Coach Robert Crites, button
holed on the subject, was cau
tious but allowed it “could be
done.” He’s working with a
somewhat inexperienced team,
for his first string is mostly jun
iors, with a sprinkling of sopho
mores and a couple of seniors.
The greenness of his team, par
ticularly among the reserves,
keeps Coach Crites from over-op
timism. “We’re actually not
ready for the garrje yet,” he ex
plained. “We won’t really be
ready until Fur Rendezvous
time, when I think we’ll be be
ginning to play some basketball.
But I do believe we might take
them Saturday night. Whatever
happens we know they will have
a fight on their hands all the
way, and we just might win.
The boys Wiink they can—they
don’t believe that Anchorage is a
team that can’t be beaten.”
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New Highway 1$
In Good Shape
Engineer Says
The highway he planned and
supervised this summer, the Pal
mer-Anchorage strip, was pro
nounced completely satisfactory
recently by J. E. Haapala, super
vising engineer for the Public
Roads Administration. Mr. Haa
pala made a final inspection trip
before his departure for Seward
some 10 days ago, and said he
found the road to be “holding up
beautifully.”
The road is not yet complete,
the engineer emphasized. Paving
remains to be finished on the An
chorage end, seal coat must be
laid down over almost the entire
strip, and general clean-up and
landscaping work remain. This
work will be completed next
spring.
Mr. Haapala said he expected
to find spots in the roadbed
which would need repair in the
spring. He added that it was to
be expected, when construction
must be pushed under Alaskan
weather conditions. However, he
considers the new highway to be
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