SHOOTERS TAKE
TWO; LOSE ONE
IN CHUGACH MEET
Twenty members of the Mat
anuska Valley Sportsmens Rifle
Club traveled to Fort Richardson
where they competed against the
Chugach Rifle and Pistol Club on
January 10.
In Match No. 1 (any sights—
10 shots prone, five sit, five kneel
and 10 stand) Palmer came out
winner by 31 points. Both men
and women competed in this mat
ch. Palmer is very proud of its
women and junior shooters with
five of them making the first
high ten.
In Match No. 2 (iron sights—10
prone, five sit, five, kneel, and
10 stand) Chugach took the win
by 60 points. In this match one of
Palmer's women shooters, Virgin
ia Reed, competing against the
men, took sixth place in the high
,en with a score of 167.
In Match No. 3 (20 shots prone,
women shooters only) Palmer
took first place, wining by a
total of 52 points.
Weather permitting, the Palmer
rifle club plans to fly to Fair
banks on Saturday, January 16
where they will shoot against the
Tanana Valley Sportsmens Rifle
Club.
PALMER, 2802—CHUGACH, 2771
(Any Sights)
PALMER HIGH TEN: M. Ath
earn, 289: D. Contini, 286; J. Dod
ge, 286; K. Westenbax-ger, 283;
J. Harris, 283; Norma Richie, 277;
Dana Nieman, 277; Roselyn Mil
ler, 275: L. Woods, 273, and W.
Woods, 273. TOTAL 2802.
CHUGACH HIGH TEN: J.
Wessman. 286; M. Mollberg, 281;
J. Donaldson, 280; N. Woods, 278;
Capt. Brink, 277; Controvich, 277;
■Sgt. Sheridan, 276; C. White, 276;
Sgt. B. Collins, 274, and Haw
kins, 266. TOTAL: 2771.
CHUGACH. 1767— PALMER 1707
(Iron Sights)
CHUGACH HIGH TEN: Capt.
Brink, 187: S. Donaldson, 187; N.
Woods, 179; Sgt. Sheridan, 177;
Col. Harter. 177; Sgt. Controvich,
175; Sgt. Leach, 175; Sgt. Carson,
173; Sgt. Collins, 170, and Sgt.
Hawkins, 167. TOTAL 1767.
PALMER HIGH TEN: K. Wes
tenbarger. 187; D. Contini, 182; J.
Harris, 177; A. Richie, 174; J.
Dodge, 172; Virginia Reed, 167;
M. Athearn, 106; S. Lowe, 162;
W. Woods, 161, and L. Woods, 160.
TOTAL: 1707
PALMER, r 576—CHUGACH. 1524
( (Women Only)
PALMER EIGHT: R. Miller,
199: L. Burton, 199; V. Reed, 198;
D. Niemann, 198; M. Johns, 197;
N. Richie, 196; L. Wagoner, 195,
and S. Hagen, 194. TOTAL 1576.
CHUGACH EIGHT: Mrs. Crary,
197; Mrs. Clutts, 194; Mrs. Copen
haven, 193: Mrs. Van Sickle, 193;
Mrs. Gerfin, 188; Mrs. May, 187;
Mrs. Pineau, 186, and; Mrs. Mor
gan, 186. TOTAL 1524.
In the f’rsi match of the Illowa
and Pistol Association league, the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmens
Rifle Club is in first place. Com
peting against 28 clubs, Palmer’s
No. 1 team is in first place: No.
2 team in sixth place; No. 3 team
in 20th place: No. 4 team in 24th
place; No. 5 team in 28th place
and No. 6 is in 36th place.
MRS. JERRY BRUNNER
GUEST OF HONOR
AT STORK SHOWER
Over 100 friends honored Mrs.
Jerry Brunner at a stork shower
held at Moose Hall Wednes
day evening, January 13. Follow
ing an evening of entertaining
games, Mrs. Brunner was escort
ed to a throne and a crown placed
on her head by mistress-of-cere
monies, Dorothy Saxton. A clever
stork, portrayed by Kathleen
Moore, delivered her gifts.
Following the opening of the
gift packages, Women of the
Moose served refreshments.
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Notebook.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Monson
have returned to Anchorage fol
lowing their marriage on Decem
ber 20 in Claremont, California.
Mrs. Monson is the former Mil
dred Wagner and is employed at
the Arctic Health Research Cen
ter in Anchorage. Mr. Monson, a
former Palmer resident, is with
the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Betty Adams will be hostess to
Beta' Sigma Phi members at the
next regular meeting to be held
at her home Monday evening,
January 18. All members are urg
ed to attend. Plans for the March
of Dimes to be sponsored by the
sorority on January 30 will be
discussed along with other busi
ness.
Clay Johnson of the Palmer
Anchorage Highway, has a Par
meater Red who laid 312 eggs
during a one year period. Records
kept on the bird were from Janu
ary 10, 1953 to January 10, of this
year. The champ is kept in a
single cage and daily production
records are maintained. The
Johnsons have a small laying
flock of approximately 250 birds.
Mrs. Justine Parks of Chugiak
is attending the annual meeting
of the National Rural Electrifi
cation Cooperative Association in
Miami Florida. The meeting was
held from January 11 through to
day. George Gustafson, Tom Berg
and Marlin Stewart of Anchorage
are also attending the meeting.
Mrs. Clarence Bailey and chil
dren are spending a few weeks
vacation with her parents in Bre
merton, Washington. They made
the trip by air.
Mr. and Mrs. James Young of
Palmer recently returned from
~itka where Mr. Young has been
working the past three months
at Blue Lake, located just out
side the city.
Mrs. Cybil Bates who has been
ill at her home the past three
weeks is feeling better.
Don L. Irwin, Dr. Allan Mick
and Harlow Hodgson of the Ex
periment Station left for Fair
aanks Monday. They plan to
spend several days there on rou
:ine Station business.
Dr. Foster Sims left this week
end for Seattle where he will seek
;urther medical treatment. Dur
ng his absence his dental office
n the Ward Building will be open
during regular office hours. Dr.
Sims hopes to return within a
week.
Don Moyer left for Kodiak this
week where he will work in an
entertainment spot.
Hank Liebing is back at work
in the jewelry department- at
Bert’s Drug store following a two
week bout with the mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bowers ar
rived in Palmer Monday night
following a car trip over the Al
aska highway from Minnesota.
They are staying at the Palmer
Fire Guard station and plan to
cave for Bower’s new station at
ranacross around the first of
March.
Matt Perkins, former Palmerite
md now of Cincinnati, Ohio, is
dsiting in Palmer. He arrived
ranuary 7.
MOVIE TO BE SHOWN
N UNITED PROTESTANT
SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS WEEK
The motion picture ,“Simon
5eter” will be shown during the
Sunday School hour at United
Jrotestant Church Sunday, Janu
iry 17. The picture depicts the
ife of Simon Peter, one of the
Apostles of Jesus Christ.
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PALMER TO PLAY
ARMY TEAM FRIDAY;
ANCHORAGE, JAN. 22
Palmer basketball fans \«ill
have another opportunity to see
the high school team play anoth
er game tomorrow night wlfen
members of che Ai-my Headquart
ers team comes here. Game time
has been set at 8:00 p.m. at the
school gymnasium.
The Palmer Moose have set an
enviable record this year and is
holding top place in the Railbelt
Conference with three wins and
one loss. Their next Railbelt gaipe
will be played against the Anch
orage Eagles on the Palmer coiirt
Friday night, January 22 at 9:00
p.m. The game was previously
scheduled for January 23. Tjre
preliminary game will be played
between the schools JV teams, be
ginning at 7:30 p.m.
Anchorage defeated Seward in
the two games played at Anch
orage last week. Both games end
ed in the same score, 49-37. The
Seward Seahawks meet Fair
Banks on January 21 and 22 afid
the results of those two gardes
may change the status of the
‘schools in the Railbelt score. At
present time Fairbanks is in sec
ond place with two wins, ofte
loss: Anchorage in third place
with three wins, two losses, and
Seward in the cellar with one win
and five losses.
LVON ROET MAN BRIDE
IN HOME WEDDING
In a quiet home wedding on
January 7, Miss Lvon A. Roet
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Roetman of Mt. View be
came the bride of Sigmund N.
Staveland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ole Staveland of Reedsport, Ore
gon. Reverend Joseph Frenz of
Anchorage performed the double
ring ceremony.
For her wedding, the bride, who
was given in marriage by her
father, chose a strapless white
and gold brocaded cocktail dress
with which she wore a lace stole.
Her single flower was a white
orchid she carried.
Mrs. Cleo Ramert of Mt. View
was her sister’s bridesmaid. She
wore a brown cocktail dress with
three-quarter length sleeves, and
a pink rose corsage.
Leo Lucas of Palmer was the
bridegroom’s best man.
The bride’s mother wore an
aqua blue afternoon dress with
white accessories and a violet or
chid corsage.
Following the ceremony the
bridal party and guests attended
a wedding supper given by the
bride’s parents in their home.
The bride, who with her par
ents came to Palmer in 1947 from
Slayton, Minnesota, graduated
from the Palmer High School in
1949 and has attended San Jose
College in California the past
three years. She was crowned
Matanuska Valley Fair queen in
1949. She is employed by the
Palmer Cold Storage.
The bridegroom is a graduate
of Reedsport High School and at
tended Seattle College for two
years. He is employed as pilot by
the Chirikoff Cattle Company
At present the couple are stay
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ryan
of Palmer and plan to leave for
Seattle in March.
U. P. LADIES PHD
PLANS BAKE SALE
Members of the Ladies Aid of
the United Protestant Church are
planning a bake sale for January
23. The sale, consisting of home
PALMER INVITES
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION HERE
Palmer Republicans this
week issued an invitation to
divisional Republicans to hold
the annual divisional conven
tion in the city of Palmer. The
invitation was made through
Alfred V. Hagen president of
the local club.
The meeting is expected, to
be held the latter part of this
month. Herald Stringer, divi
sional commiteeman, said ear
lier this week that neither a
time nor a place for the meet
ing has been decided upon.
Cordova Republicans are also
making a bid to have the con
vention held in their city.
ADULTS INVITED TO
LITTLE LEAGUE MEET
An important meeting for all
adults interested in the Palmer
Little League will be held at
Moose Hall Monday evening, Jan
uary 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Plans for the coming year will
be discussed at the meeting as
well as other official business, in
cluding the renewal of the char
ter. An election of officers will
be held, President Bill Fogg an
nounced.
We need the backing of all par
ents and other adults interested in
the promotion of Little League
baseball in the Valley, Fogg said
this week. Although the group
will not be faced with the prob
lem of raising large sums for uni
forms and equipment this .year,
there are not enough coaches and
adult leaders and these must be
secured to insure another succes
sful year such as the one just
past. Individuals and organiza
tions last year donated money for
uniforms and equipment. Over 70
Valley boys turned out for Little
League play and an even larger
group is anticipated this coming
year. All adults are urged to at
tend the meeting.
made breads, rolls, cookies, cakes
and the like, will begin at 10:00
a.m. at Koslosky’s stort and con
tinue until all the products are
sold. The public is invited to at
tend.
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Scheduled from Seattle Thurs.,
Jan. 21, calling at Valdez,
Seward and Cordova
M. V. SQUARE KNOT
Scheduled from Seattle Thurs.,
Feb. 4, calling at Valdez, and
Kodiak
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Council Notes—
(Continued from page 1)
present work.
Ralph Farnsworth, president of
the Matanuska Airmens Associa
tion was present at the meeting
with a letter received by the as
■ sociation from the Civil Aeronau
j tics Administration informing the
group that unless charges being
made for the city line used in
connection with the fast line
could be taken care of by some
organization the service to the
public could not be continued un
der a new economy policy estab
lished by the government. The
last line is a direct line from
Palmer to the CAA station at
Merrill Field and permits flyers
to file and close flight plans and
receive weather reports any time
of the day or night anywhere in
Alaska or the States. It was the
unanimous opinion of council
members that no charge should
be made for the short piece of
telephone line owned by the city
and used in connection with this
service. A letter to this effect will
be sent to the CAA and a copy
to the airmens association.
* * *
Water committee members re
ported the leek in the city water
line near the Matanuska Hotel
had been repaired. It was caused
by a large rock that had been
dropped into the ditch when fill
ing was done this Fall, it was
reported.
* * *
Members of the budget and fi
nance committee reported on a
meeting with members of the
Palmer school board. The services
of an appraiser will be needed,
it was announced. A proposal that
an appraiser who might also
serve as assessor could be hired
on a full time basis. He would
maintain records to enable a per
centage wise assessment. It was
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CREDIT UNION
SLATES ANNUAL MEET
All members of the Matanuska
Valley Credit Union are urged to
attend the annual meeting to be
held next Thursday evening, Jan
uary 21 in the Co-Op club room,
beginning at 6 p.m. This is the
one meeting &f the year when
all members may attend.
In addition to the election of
board members at this meeting,
members of the supervisory and
credit committees will also be
elected. Financial reports will be
presented during the meeting and
the membership asked to deter
mine the rate of dividend to be
paid this year. This rate, by law,
I may not exceed six per cent.
Refreshments will be served.
i suggested that this person could
! be used for both the city and
school district. However, nothing
specific was proposed to the city
council. Members of the school
board plan further discussions
and will come up with specific
suggestions for future city ac
tion.
* * *
Any exemptions from the pay
ment of city sales tax require a
certificate of exemption to show
at the time of purchases. To ob
tain an exemption permit it will
be necessary to make application
at the office of the City Clerk.
Placards pointing out this regu
lation will be distributed to all
business houses who are collect
ing sales tax. Along with this dis
cussion it was brought out that
rentals are taxable and that all
persons renting out property with
in the city limits must collect the
sales tax on each payment of rent.
* * *
There will be no regular city
council meeting next Teusday,
however there will be a meeting
at the City Clerk’s office on Janu
ary 26.
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF
The Matanuska Valley Bank
Located at Palmer, Territory of Alaska,
At the close of business on the 31st day of December, 1953
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts..$ 448,335.13
Loans on real estate ___ 357^411.10
United States bonds and securities .. 363,598.25
Banking house, furniture and fixtures... 35,296.07
Other real estate owned ______ 26,433.22
Checks on other banks and other cash items 918.31
Cash on hand and due from other banks .._. 459,586.35
Other assets ._ 3,866.97
TOTAL -- $1,695,445.40
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . 75,000.00
Surplus fund . . 50,000.00
Reserve for possible future loan losses _ 16,809.62
Undivided profits less expenses paid_ 24,528.40
Demand deposits _1,118,680.10
Time deposits - 406,496.15
Cashier’s and certified checks _ 2,541.08
Suspense Liability - 1,390.05
TOTAL -$1,695,445.40
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) SS
3rd JUDICIAL DIVISION )
1, R. M. Jones, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
R. M. Jones, Cashier
(CORRECT ATTEST)
Robert A. Baker
James J. Hurley
Directors
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
8th day of January, 1954
Shirley R. Haire
Notary Public in and for the Territory of
Alaska. My commisison expires 4-28-56
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