Palmer Ties Fairbanks
For Railbell First Place
Palmer basketball fans are
eagerly looking forward to the
game to be played Wednesday at
the Palmer School gymnasium be
tween the Anchorage Eagles and
the Palmer Moose. This is the
second time the two schools have
met this year, the first ending in
defeat for the Palmer players.
However Wednesday's game sees
Coach Robert Crite’s players with
two railbelt wins in back of
them and well prepared to take
on the Eagles.
By defeating the Seward Sea
hawks in the two games played
on the Palmer court last Friday
and Saturday, the Palmer High
School basketball team is now
tied with Fairbanks for first place
in the railbelt conference.
Friday night’s game was play
ed tight, right up to# the third
quarter when Palmer’s team
•opened up against the Seahawks
and ran up 18 points in the quar
ter, ten of which Don Ingalls
earned by dropping five through
the loop with sure-fire accuracy.
The period ended with Palmer in
a comfortable lead, 36-27. How
ever, during the fourth quarter
the Seward hoopsters pushed
their score up to 39 at the final
horn—not enough to better Pal
mer’s 45 point total.
Another big period for the Pal
mer team was played during the
•fourth quarter in Saturday’s
game when a total of 20 points
was scored ,ending the game in
Palmer’s favor 53 to 46. Both
teams opened rather slow Satur
day night, with see-saw scor
ing through the first quarter that
ended 12-11, with the Seahawks
trailing. Opening the second quar
ter with a rally that looked like
business, the visitors tallied 19
points to lead the Palmer team
by 30-23 at half time. During the
third quarter the Palmer five
pushed their tally up to within
one point of the Seahawks and
then opened up in the fourth
quarter for a gap that the Seward
boys just couldn’t close. Don In
galls again led his team with a
total of 21 points. He was follow
ed by teammate Fred Wilkes who
tallied 17 points.
Box Score
Palmer (53)
FG FT
Ingalls, f.—. 6
Ross, f .. 1
Smith, f - 0
Winegarner, c ..3
Bentti, g .-1
Wilkes, g .— 6
Harris, f - 0
Klem, c . 0
Lentz, g .-. 0
Ganschow, . 0
Total ..-.-53
Seward (46)
FG
Boe, f . 4
Hughes, D., f. 3
Wagner, c .-3
Bahr, g . 4
Ennis, g .1
Rose, g .0
Hamblin, f .0
Branttin, f .-.-. 0
Hughes, c .- 0
Blanchard, g -0
Total ....46
Officials, Wood and Deanovic
Scorer, Zahradnicek
Timekeeper, Rousey
9
3
2
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
FT
5
1
8
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
TP
21
5
2
6
2
17
0
0
0
0
TP
13
7
14
8
3
1
0
0
0
0
FARM PROGRAM GETS
WEEKLY BROADCAST
ON FAIRBANKS STATION
The Alaska Agricultural Exten
sion Service has returned to the
air with the program "Alaska
Farm Reporter” heard weekly
from the Fairbanks radio station,
FKBR.
The program is primarily for
Alaskan farmers and home gard
eners to answer their questions
on insect control, farming prac
tices and other problems.
Lynn O. Hollist, associate di
rector of Extension will be mod
erator on the majority of pro
grams, although district agricul
tural agents will tape record spec
ial events in the Matanuska Val
ley and Kenai Peninsula for later
broadcast.
Questions to be answered on
the air may be mailed to the
farm reporter at the Extension
Service, Box B, College.
CHUGIAK RESIDENTS
GET BLOOD TYPED
A total of 338 residents in the
Chugiak Civil Defense District
had their blood typed in a three
day program, completed last
week, Vernon Haik, CD Director
has announced.
Frank Pauls, assistant director
of the Alaska Department of
Health division of laboratories,
directed the program, assisted by
six Anchorage nurses who volun
teered their services under the
direction of Mrs. Poni March, CD
nursing chief.
LOCAL RIFLEMEN
CONTINUE WINS
On December 11, members of
the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen
Rifle club took their seventh
rifle match win from the Tanana
Valley Sportsmen’s Association
shooters with total scores of 1,927
to 1,893
Four nights earlier, on Decem
ber 7, the high four shooters not
only took another match from
the La Brea Rifle Club of Cul
ver City, California but the sec
ond high four also bettered the
Californians second high shoot
ers by 11 points.
Scores for the Palmer-Fair
banks match with Ken Westen
barger high man, were as follows:
Palmer High Five
P S K oh tot
K. Westenbarger 100 100 99 92 391
J. Dodge ..100 100 100 88 388
D. Contini _100 100 92 94 386
D. Fleming _100 97 94 90 381
J. Lee _ 99 98 97 87 381
TOTAL ___1927
Fairbanks High Five
P S K oh tot
B. Riddle _100 99 93 88 380
L. Shebal _100 100 92 87 379
C. Lohr _100 100 94 85 379
B. Hayford _100 97 93 89 379
J. Johnson _ 99 97 95 85 376
Total ..1893
Local shooters in the La Brea
match were again led by K. Wes
tenbarger with his 391 total. G. R.
Smith of the La Brea team shot
high with a 393 total. The total
scores were as follows: Palmer i
High Four: K. Westenbarger, 391; j
M. Athearn, 389: J. Dodge, 388, !
and J. Harris, 386. Total, 1554. {
LaBrea High Four: G. R. Smith
393; G. Clark, 384: R. Mjorud,
383, and Jim Dias, 381. Total
1541. Palmer Second Four: P.
McRae, 378; D. Fleming, 377; A.
Richie, 376, and C. Driggars, 376.
Total 1507. La Brea Second Four:
B. Culver, 376; G. Keene, 374; F.
Funk, 373 and W. Baxter, 373.
Total 1496.
TEAM STANDINGS
No. 1, Palmer: Won 3, lost 1
No. 1, La Brea: Won 1, lost 3
No. 2, Palmer: Won 4, lost 0
No. 2, La Brea: Won 0, lost 4
Skiers Plan
New Years Party
Senior members of the Matan
uska Ski Club are planning their
second annual New Years Eve
skiing party at Little Susitna, De
cember 31.
Because there has not been
enough snow fpr good skiing in
the area this year the club has
not become very active this win
ter. The new tow is nearly com
pleted and as soon as ample snow
has fallen, the official season will
epen. Skiers have been getting in
a little practice on the tow hill
but there is not yet enough snow
to operate the tow.
Anchorage skiers have been
invited to the party which will be
held at the Little Susitna Lodge.
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Movie Stars to
Entertain Alaskan
Troops for Holidays
Charles "Buddy” Rogers, well
known motion picture star and
musician will head an all-star cast
of variety entertainers who will
play military installations in Al
aska during the Christmas-New
Years season. The troupe of nine
entertainers arrived at Elmen
dorf AFB December 18 and will
conclude their Alaskan tour Jan
uary 4.
The troupe is one of six that
have volunteered their talents to
entertain American service men
stationed around the globe during
holidays.
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BROWNIE NEWS
The new Brownie Girl Scout
troop, led by Mrs. Charles J.
Young and assisted by Mrs. Mary
Steelman and Mrs. Anderson,
held their Christmas party De
cember 19 at the home of Mrs.
Young. The girls had a short
meeting and sang Christmas car
ols and songs, following which
they exchanged gifts and had re
freshments of ice cream, cake
and hot chocolate.
Those attending were Francine
Adams, Sharon Young, Virginia
Hoffman, Mary Ann Boyd, Sally
Jane Anderson, Carol Jean Wil
son, Mary Linda Steelman, Car
olyn Wade, Beth Estelle, Marilyn
Kindler, Dorothy Campbell, Janie
Hanks and Barbara Johnson.
There will be no meeting De
cember 26 but there will be one
January 2, 1954 at the American
Legion building at the usual time.
The girls and leaders wish to
thank the parents who did much
to make their party a success.
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TREE PRESENTS
TOP CHRISTMAS
ARE HAZARD
The festive act of “bringing in
the Christmas tree” is also a po
tentially dangerous one, Fire
Chief Joseph Gallant pointed out
this week.
The tree is highly combustible.
Filled with pitch and resin, it
will ignite very easily and burn
so furiously that it is almost im
possible to extinguish.
To minimize the danger, Chief
Gallant suggests some simple but
effective National Board of Fire
Underwriters safety precautions.
1. Choose a small tree. It’s just
as pretty and is less of a hazard
than a large tree.
2. When you set it up .stand it
in water ... in the coolest part
of the house, away from radia
tors, heaters or fireplaces. Don’t
let it block an exit. If it must go
near a radiator, turn that radia
tor off.
3. Never use cotton or paper as
decorations on or under the tree
unless they are flameproof.
4. Don’t set up electric trains
under the tree and never trim it
with candles; use only electric
lighting sets. Be sure every wire
and socket is in good condition.
Inspect the tree from time to
time to see if needles near any
of the lights have started to turn
brown. If so, move the lights.
Never leave the tree lights burn
ing when no one is home.
When needles start to fall, take
your tree down and discard it
outdoors.
Mr. and Mrs. Eino Wertenen
plan to spend Christmas with the
Jack Coopers in Anchorage.
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Teachers Planning
Sleigh Ride Party
Palmer school teachers, present
and past, together with their
families and friends will have a
sleigh riding party and covered
dish dinner on Friday, January 1.
Dinner will be served at 5:00
p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henning Blunck.
Outdoor sports and indoor gam
es will be enjoyed both in the
afternoon and evening.
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CHURCH OF GOD PLANS
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
Watch night services will be
held at the Church of God from
8 p.m. until midnight December
31 Rev. Geiwitz announced this
week.
The public is invited to attend
the services which will include
special music and a holiday mes
sage. During an Intermission
period refreshments will be serv
ed, followed by a communion
service just before the midnight
hour.
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