tittle League
Assignments
?• Be Made May 17
AH persons who have or will
volunteer to act as coaches in the
Ldttle League are urged to at
tend a meeting at 9:15 a.m. on
Tuesday, May 17 at Central
School at which time teams will
be assigned to coaches. Norman
Rousey, Little League vice-presi
dent, will be on hand and assist
in the program which will in
clude the selection of the boys
for the various teams.
At an organizational meeting
held a week ago the following
persons were elected to the board
of directory: H. P. Gazaway,
president: Norman Rousey, vice
president: Don Ingalls, secretary,
Mrs. Lucille Curry, treasurer;
and William Patterson, Andy
Noffman, Emil Ganschaw, Frank
McKenzie, Stewart Durrant, Jean
Pettit, Rex Ehrhart. Bill Fogg,
%nd Jack Leek will act as ad
visory members.
The next regular board meet
ing will be held Monday night,
May 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Co
Op board of directors room.
Jasper Skok plans to leave
Palmer Sunday for Minneapolis
for a six-week vacation. He will
return with his family, who are
already there, about mid-June.
Wasiila Rsad Paying I
To Bsgh Jta! June i
Among announced road and
bridge construction to be carried j
out by the Alaska Road Commis- ;
sion this summer is the comple- j
tion of the paving on the Palmer- |
Wasilla road, part of which was j
paved last year. Rogers Construc
tion Co. and Babler Brothers of
Portland, Ore., were announced
as low bidders on the paving con
tract, and work is expected to
begin about June 1.
Other area work includes the
Chickaloon river bridge at Mile
78.2, and the $68,000 bridge at
Hicks Creek.
PLANT SPECIALIST
SPEAKS TO KIWANIANS
Dr. Charles Lodgson, plant
pathologist at the Alaska Agri
cultural Experiment Station was
guest speaker at the May 9 Pal
mer Kiwanis club meeting. Dr.
Logdson spoke before a sizeable
turnout on the diseases of plants.
SANDVIK AND ROARK
APPARENT LOW BIDDERS
ON NEW ARC BUILDING
Sandvik and Roark of Palmer
were apparent low bidders for
the Alaska Road Commission
maintenance shop and garage to
be constructed here, it was an
nounced this week. Their bid was
for $112,500 and is now under ad
visement by the ARC.
Announcing
the opening of
WILLIWAW LODGE DINING ROOM
MAY 15
Cocktail Lounge - Cabins
Fishing Season Opens May 28
Williwaw Lodge
ON WASILLA LAKE
Pat Wells, proprietress
PALMER TRACKMEN TAKE SECOND PLACE
IN MEET; SEVEN RECORDS BROKEN
/\ncnorage rugn acnool took
top honors in the track meet held
in Palmer on May 7 by accumu
lating a total of 7016 points. Pal
mer trackmen placed second with
49 *6 points; Fairbanks, third with
3842 and Seward, participating in
few events, fourth with four
points.
An assortment of weather,
ranging from a cool breeze to a
sleet storm didn’t seem to phase
the participants nearly as much
as it d’d the spectators. Seven
new records were set during the
meet. Ray Winegarner, graduat
ing from PHS next Friday, set a
new discus record by throwing
132 feet, eight inches in the
event. Winegarner, a three-letter
man, took first place for Pal
mer in the first of the field
events, the shot put with 40 feet,
8 % inches.
Dave Lewis, newcomer in the
Palmer group, set a new pole
vault record by soaring the 10
foot mark. Close behind him, tied
with Martinez of Anchorage, was
Jim Nelson of Palmer, with nine
feet. 10 inches. Ronal Aklestad
of the Moose team placed first
in the 440-yard run with 57.9.2
fur time.
A summary of the meet fol
lows:
Shot Put—Winegarner P), 40’
-816”; Morris (F), 40’-5%”; Bat
son (A), 39’-ll%”; Kuhn (F), 37’
6%”.
Discus—Winegarner (P), 132’
8”: Morris (Fi. 128-514.”: Rrnnrtin
; (F), 122’-5”; Cary (A), 118’-4%”.
High Jump—Shumate (A), 5’
614”; Nelson, (P), 5’-514; Brun
din (F), 5’-514”; Lewis (P), 5’
414”
Broad Jump—Shumate (A),
20’-l1/i”; Lewis (P), 18’-8%”;
Brown (A), 18’-414”; Miller (F),
i8’-l3/4”.
Pole Vault—Dave Lewis (P),
lO’-O”; Martinez (A), 9’-8”; Nel
son (P), 9’-8”; Kozerek (F), 9’4”.
100 Yd. Dash— McFarland (F),
11.0; Shumate (A); Lewis (P):
Terry (F).
200 Yd. Dash—Cox (A), 24.5;
McFarland (F); Ellis (A); Tress
ler (S).
60 Yd. High Hurdles—Schu
mate (A), 9.1; Nelson (P), 9.2;
Horsman (A); Bixfciy (P).
440 YD. RELAY—Ellis, Cox,
Brown, Schumate (A), 50.02;
Richardson, Batson, Bailey, Tay
lor (A), 50.4.
440 YD. DASH—Aklastad (P),
57.9; Smelcar (F); Morgan (A);
Mile—Bowers (A), 4:55; Barry
Hajdukovich (F)
(F), 4:59.8; Crab (F); Seater (A).
Half-Mile—Bowers (A), 2:12;
Hatch (A), 2:15.4; Rose (S); Mon
tgomery (F).
110 Yd. Low—Horsman (A), 14.1;
Smelcar (F); Bixby (P); Boswell
(F).
880 Yd. Relay—Martinez, Tay
lor, Horsman, Radke (A), 1:42.3;
Richardson, Bailey, Ellis, Cox
(A); Kuhn, Smalcar, Terry, Haj
ukovich (F); Reed, Harris, Bix
by Lewis (P).
Summary of Points
A P F S
Shot Put _2 5 4
High Jump -5 3% 2Vz
Discus _15 5
Broad Jump-7 3 1
60 yd. High _7 4
100 yd. Dash_3 2
Mile _6 3
440 Relay -7
440 Dash _2 5
Pole Vault _:_2Vz 7%
110 Yd. Low_5 2
Half Mile _8
220 yd. Dash _7
880 Relay -8 1
TOTAL _70^ 41
6
2
3
4
1
4
1
3
2
38 y2
Council Notes
(Continued from page 1)
of which were at the same loca
tion. He reported the fire depart
ment has assisted several proper
ty owners in burning off dry
grass during the past three
weeks.
* * *
Following a report from the
budget and finance committee,
members voted unanimously to
approve the Palmer Independent
School District budget as regom
motiHori urvrl Intnr o 1ft mill + oy\
“However,” one member pointed
out, “in order to keep within
this budget it will mean that
EVERYONE will have to pay his
taxes on time—plus the recovery
of $10,000 in delinquent taxes.
The motion read as follows:
“That the school budget be ap
proved and that the City of Pal
mer levy a 10 mill property tax
on property within the city for
local school purposes for the tax
year 1955”,
Approval for the transfer of
the Con Pearski liquor license to
Mrs. C. M. Bittner was given by
council members. The liquor li
cense is for Buck’s Place, a pack
age liquor store.
Bills presented for payment at
the May 10 meeting were approv
ed.
The next regular meeting will
be held in the office of the city
clerk on May 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Excavation has been completed
on the M.V.F.C.A.’s new dairy
site in Anchorage and construc
tion work will begin soon, it was
announced this week. Sandvik
and Roark of Palmer were
awarded the bid for construction
of the new Matanuska Dairy.
TsZephsns Engineer
Conferring With
Washington Officials
Joseph W. Bauler, Matanuska |
Telephone Association engineer, |
is in Washington, D. C. where he
is conferring with REA officials
concerning the proposed tele
phone system *for the Matanuska
Valley, according to Robert D.
Partridge, MTA coordinator.
The preliminary survey is now
complete, Partridge stated this
week, adding that the system has
already increased in membership,
with close to one thousand sub
scribers now anticipated for the
modern, dial telephone system.
lne delay Deing experienced in
the release of funds is not a ques
tion of loaning the money but
rather one of how much will
actually be needed in light of
the increase in requirements, he
said.
In speaking of future plans for
the system, Partridge stated that
MTA will offer all. possible co
operation to the Civil Defense
program. “We plan to stockpile
telephone wire which will be
used only in case of disaster and
for CD purposes”, he said.
We hope to get the construc
tion of the system under way
as soon as possible, he said. At
the present time all possible pap
er work is being done while wait
HEALTH CENTER CLOSES
, ON SAT. DURING SUMMER
The Matanuska Valley
Health Center, located in the
Valley Presbyterian Hospital,
will not be open on Saturday
during the summer months, it
was announced this week.
Cleanup Week—
(Continued from page i)
way of getting refuse to the
dump will be assisted by John
Brown of Al’s Collection, and
by Cook’s Collection company as
well as city trucks. The date for
collection, which will probably
fall at the end of the week, will
be announced in next week’s is
sue of The Frontiersman.
ing for the release of funds. Ar
rangements are being completed
for the acquisition of land for the
four telephone exchanges. The
sub-station in the Chugiak area
will be constructed underground,
Patridge announced, with land
for this building to come from
the Land Office. The reason for
the* underground construction is
one of security. He pointed out
that Chugiak is situated in what
is termed the fringe area of An
chorage and that the station will
be so constructed as a precau
tionary measure. Land for the
sub-station at Sutton has been
donated to MTA by Phil O’Neill
of Sutton.
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TELEVISION SET, BICYCLE and many olhtr
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