McKinley Diary—
by Kermit King
(Continued from page 1)
skies in front and can go 40
miles per hour.
Friday, Oct. 30—Ate breakfast
at 7 and hitched “Whitey” up to
the sled and went for a ride.
Dinner at noon and then hitched
“Whitey” up again and went to
the lake and rode over the lake
having heaps o’ fun. By the way.
“Whitey” is Mommens’s husky
and a swell dog. We really had a
lot of fun together. It’s a swell
dog. Sure do like him. Took some
pictures of him. Wish he were
mine.
Sunday, Nov. 1 — Course we
had breakfast at 7. Can’t miss
that. Boy, what a meal. Went up
to headquarters again. Went
skiing, tobogganning and sleigh
ing. Ate lunch with the Col.
i
Beans at 2 p. m., supt. of the
park, lovely people and a fine
home. Enjoyed it so much. Have
a cute little dog. At about 8 p.
m. Asst. Hotel Manager Johnny
Witkoski showed some movies
of the Bradford Washburn party
of 1932 and expedition to Mt.
McKinley which was very in
teresting and showed what risks
those men had to take. Also show
ed a picture of Mt. McKihley
Park taken by Dr. Adolphe Mure,
“Wild Life in the Park.” Boy it
was good. Sure did enjoy it. Was
about how the Grizzlies fall in
love. Came home, had coke,
cookies and cake. Yum. Good
night, sweet dreams.
Sunday, Nov. 2 — Well today
was quite a day too. We went
ski-joring with the dog. Boy
that’s really what I call fun. Also
did some cross country skiing.
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Petterson and myself. They are a
couple of swell fellows. Played
chess with Virgil in the evening
which kept us occupied for quite
a while. He won but I sure did
keep him going. And he only
beat me by one move. So that’s
not so bad for a beginner.
Monday, Nov. 3—My last full
day here. Sunrise at 8:46 o’clock.
Temp, at sunrise 19 above, Temp,
at 7:30 a. m. 10 above. Sunset at
12:30 p. m. Temp, at Sunset 25Vi
above. So there wasn’t much
time to spend out-doors. But of
course spent it ski-joring with
‘ Whitey.” He’s really fast and
cuts corners. Makes you keep
on your toes. Mrs. Mommsen
made sourdough ice cream. Boy
that’s good stuff. Spent the eve.
reading books they have on
“Birds of Alaska” and “Birds of
America.” I like them. Would
like to have more time to spend
reading them. They are so in
teresting. Always had refresh
ments before we went to bed.
Tasted pretty good. My last night
there. I have certainly had one
swell time and look forward to
the time I can come back. Every
one here has been swell to me.
Tuesday, Nov. 4—Got up at
six and had breakfast then and
got ready to leave. Went to the
hotel for lunch and had a swell
meal. Walked around a little and
had my last looks at the beautiful
country. The train came again
at a quarter to two. And left at
two.
It was quite cloudy when we
left. But after we got down a
little it cleared up and was so
pie ay. Some places it was zero.
Kad a good time with the con
ductor. Learned more arithmetic
on that trip than I’ll ever learn.
As the conductor had me figuring
how long it took to get from one
section to the other on the sched
ule. Really had to do some tall
figuring. Met some nice people
on the train. The train was over
two hours late. Didn’t get to Ma
tanuska until 10.45 p. m. where
my Daddy met me and ended my
trip.
It is something I will always
remember as one of the happiest
and most interesting of my life.
Thanks so much to all those
who made it possible for me to
go.
Kermit King
The End |
(Editor’s Note: Mrs. Mommsen ^
wrote a letter to Harry Stiver
in Anchorage which had this to
say about Kermit: “I really want
to thank you, Harry, for asking
me to take care of Kermit for a
week. We all, that includes the
men here, Teddy, (Mr. Mom- j
msen) and myself have had a
great deal of pleasure out of his
stay here. I will miss the lad
when he is gone and so will
Whitey. So thanks a lot, I wish
he might stay always.”;
New Church Lacks Heat
Opening of the new church
building of the Valley Chapel
of the Church of God has been
postponed because of a tie-up in
the arrival of heating equip
ment. The church, which has
been built by Rev. D. W. Patter
son of Anchorage and Rev.
George W. Geiwitz and son
Lewis of Palmer, originally
was planned to be in use by
Nov. 1.
Classified Ads
FOR SALE
THOR, Automatic washing ma
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Cather, Palmer.
FOR RENT
OFFICE SPACE, Koslosky Bldg.
Inq. Jan Koslosky.
ENCK SPOT POULTRY FARM.
Spenard road, Anchorage, Box
598, Main 499, is ready to sell
you poultry feed. Carload now
on hand to go at COST price
in a “lets-get-together” sale.
FOR SALE
PURE bred Collies—puppies and
grown stock. Mountain View
Store.
PIANO, typewriters, bicycles.
Mountain View Store.
JUST ARRIVED. New Farmall
A and Farmall H tractors. 1
used Ford tractor. Hoyt Motor
Co., Anchorage.
In general, enamelware baking
pans give the deepest brown
when baking products. Glass
ranks next, especially in an elec
tric oven which has a high degree
of radiant heat.
Coffey Insures Everything_
Remember? —Adv.
Community .
Calendar
TUESDAY
CHOIR PRACTICE at Lutheran
church. 7:30 p.m.
FIRE ASSOCIATION meeting at
Legion clubrooms. 8 p.m.
PLANNING COMMITTEE of
Chamber of Commerce meets
at 8 p.m. Matanuska Valley
Bank.
Wednesday
TWELVE-THIRTY CLUB meets
at home of Mrs. Nina Stock.
INTERMEDIATE GIRL SCOUTS
meet at school at 3:30 p. m.
WASILLA SCOUTS meet *at
school at 8 p. m.
Shower Honors
Bride-To-Be
Miss Viola Fristedt, who plans
to marry John Valentine next
Friday, was honored at a shower
given by workers of the El-Na
than home last week.
Guests from the Valley and
from Anchorage were entertain
ed at a luncheon at the El-Nath
an home. Tables were decorated
with autumn leaves and a minia
ture bridal centerpiece.
Both Miss Fristedt and Mr.
Valentine are missionaries at the
El-Nathan home. They plan to be
married there.
VALLEY THEATRE
Announces a Price Change
in Admissions
For the last two years the Valley Theatre has held the price
line on adult admissions; but, we, too, have found that our
cost of operation has steadily increased. Our film cost today
is almost 100% higher than the 1945 price contracts. Our
costs of operation” fuel, heat, transportation of film, repairs
labor and our living costs have gone up. For these reasons
we have finally decided to raise our admission prices.
AL HAGEN
Children 17c plus 3c tax. .20c (no change)
(This is children 12 years or under, or children up to
and including the eighth grade). All children occu
pying seats must have a ticket.
High school 50c, plus 10c federal tax, 60c (no change)
Actual and bona fide high school enrollees only, oth
erwise the charge is as for a regular adult ticket).
Adults 67c admission plus 13c federal tax, 80c adm.
Wednesday and Thursday are “Family Nights. Two adult tick
ets will admit the holders, plus all those of their immediate
family who are under high school age. They must attend the
theatre as a family group, however.
Motion pictures are you* "lowest cost" type of entertainment.
The cost of this entertainment in Palmer today is less than
m most coast towns:
PALMER—80c
LOS ANGELES
Belmont.$1.00
Cathay Cirle. 1.00
Egyptian .. 1.00
El Rey . 1.00
Hollywood.85
Loew State . 1.00
Downtown. 1.50
SEATTLE
Paramount .$ .80
Palomar .80
Orpheum .80
Music Box .80
Liberty.80
5th Avenue .80
SAN FRANCISCO
Orpheum .$ .85
United Artists.85
State .85
Center .85
Clay . 1.20
U N.85
CHICAGO
Oriental .$ .95
Palace .95
State.95 '
United Artists.95
Chicago .95
*
TURKEYS
B NGO
HAMS
November 22 8 to 12 P. M.
STEVE WARD BUILDIN
MATANUSKA VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSOCIATION