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Tc Present Program
A very inviting program is
planned by the Palmer P-TA for
their annual Christmas meeting,
it was announced this week.
Members of the Anchorage
Community College drama class
k will journey to Palmer on that
f night, and under the direction of
Frank Brink, will present three
short plays, “The Cobbler’s
° Story” by Rubin Gaines; “The
Miracle of Cougienee” by Brink,
and “The Happy Journey”, by
Thorton Wilder. The three plays
will be offered in three different
type presentations, Brink told
P-TA officials this week.
To accommodate the anticipat
ed crowd, the meeting will be
held in the gymnasium of Central
School, Mrs. Bertran Curry, pro
gram chairman announced. The
meeting will convene at 8 p.m.
Curtain time has been set for
8:30 but all persons planning to
attend are requested to be seated
by 8 p.m.
Prior to the meeting members
of the executive board will be
hosts to the 25 drama students
who will make the trip to Pal
mer. They plan to serve the vis
itors a pot-luck dinner at the new
high school.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the program at the
’ gymnasium.
United Protestant
Church Plans Program
For Christmas Eve
The public is cordially invited
to attend a Christmas program to
be held at the United Protestant
Church on Saturday evening. De
cember 24 at 7:30 p.m. A play by
the upper classes of the church
Sunday School will be presented,
along with recitations by Sunday
School students. Special holiday
numbers will be presented by the
childrens’ choir and Christmas
treats will be distributed to all
the youngsters attending.
The program will be held in the
church assembly hall which will
be decorated for the holiday cele
bration.
LOCAL COUPLE
TO WED ON DEC. 24
All friends of Bernice Traphag
en and Richard R. Pettit are in
vited to attend their wedding
ceremony which will be held at
United Protestant Church on De
cember 24 at 2 p.m., and to the
reception which will follow in
isa the church assembly hall.
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PALMER MOOSE IN
2ND PLACE; TO
PLAY HERE SATURDAY
Although the Palmer High
School basketball team has no
scheduled game in the Railbelt
Conference until the first part of
next year, Coach Chip Chatterton
doesn’t plan to let them get out
of practise. They meet an Army
team Saturday night on the Cen
tral School gym court. Of interest
to local basketball fans—one of
the players on the team is Edi
son Thuma, PHS graduate, who
is now serving with the U. S.
Army at Fort Richardson.
On December 23 an Anchorage
City League basketball team,
Monty’s, will return to Palmer to
meet the Moose team for the sec
ond time. Monty’s has been stay
ing in the top section of the city
league ploy and will come here
with a lot of experienced ball
play to their credit.
The Palmer Moose took undis
puted wins in their two-game
series with the Seward Seahawks
when the seaport team visited
Palmer last Friday and Saturday.
Moose captain, Jack Worledge
was top point man in both games,
running up a total of 47 points
in the games. Unofficial scores
were 64-43 on Friday and 62-49
on Saturday. High man on the
Seward team, one who needed
a lot of watching, was Seahawk
Ra.hr who dropped in a total of
19 ooints on Saturday night.
: The two wins, and the Anchor
i age Eagles’ two losses to Fair
banks, place the Moose ki second
position in the Railbelt Confer
ence. Fairbanks, with two straight
wins over the favored Eagles, is
In top place.
Palmer’s J-V team were de
feated by a narrow margin by the
Wasilla boys on Friday night and
went on to victory on Saturday
night by taking a junior team
from Fort Richardson, 52-32.
Other basketball news this
week finds the junior high bas
ketball team suiting up for a pre
liminary game this Saturday.
Norm Rousey, wrho coaches the
future Moose hoopsters, said the
junior team had lost to the
Freshmen team, 31 to 26, and will
be out for a win over the same
team this Saturday.
About 25 boys turned out this
year for junior play. In their first
CUB SCOUT
PACK MEETING
SET FOR FRIDAY
Members of the Palmer Cub
Scout Pack will hold their an
nual Christmas pack meeting on
Friday evening, December 16 at
the Central School gymnasium
at 8 p.m.
All parents and friends of the
Cub Scouts are invited to attend
The program to be presented by
the boys will center around the
Christmas theme.
CAR ACCIDENTS
CAUSE $1 COO DAMAGE
Two automobile accidents in
the area this week caused a total
damage of nearly $1,000 to ve
- hides involved.
Early Monday morning a 1952
Studebaker sedan, driven by Mrs.
Harvey Hiber and an Alaska
Freight -Line truck, driven by
Dale Zimmerman of Anchorage,
sideswiped at approximately Mile
53. Neither driver received in
juries, however, Harvey Hiber
received facial and head injuries
and was taken to the Valley
Presbyterian Hospital fo rtreat
ment. Damage to the Hiber vehic
le was estimated at $500, accord
ing to Territorial Police who in
vestigated the accident.
Monday afternoon the 1949
Ford sedan driven by Harry
Campbell, and the 1949 Mercury,
driven by Marta Frost, came to
gether at the corner of Pioneer
Peak avenue and Matanuska
street. There were no injuries,
and according to City Police, the
accident was believed caused
from icy street conditions. The
Ford was damaged approximate
ly $400 and the Mercury about
$50, according to city police.
game they played Wasilla eighth
! and ninth grades and won, 43-19.
Boys who suit up for each game
are, D. Shaginoff, f; T. Meric, f;
I R. McKechnie, c; J. Shaginoff, g;
R. Aklestad, g; K. Scheiber,
L. Stadem, f; J. Lawton, c; E.
Evan, g; A. Dulak, g- B. Smith,
g; B. Wimmer, g; L. Dearborn,
^ g; and R. McCartney, g. J
LICENSE PLATES
ON SALE TODAY
New 1956 Alaska motor vehicle
license plates went on sale
throughout Alaska today. The
Department of taxation officials
made the announcement earlier
this week. Plates are available
in Palmer at the office of U. S.
i Commissioner Dorothy B. Sax
ton and may be purchased now
and attached to the vehicle. All
vehicles must be licensed prior
to February 28.
This is the first time since 1C""5
that new plates have been issued
The plates for passenger vehicles
have blue numerals®on a white
background. The year number
•and the Alaskan flag are also
blue. Plates for trucks are re
versed in color combination, with
white numerals on a blue back
ground.
Passenger car plates sell for
$10; truck plates range from $15
to $75, depending upon weight of
vehicle. Pickup vehicles are clas
sified as trucks. Other vehicles
vvhich must carry plates are mot
orcycles, $5 and trailers. The lat
ter costs vary with the weight of
the trailer.
U. S. Commissioner Saxton
said this week that numbers as
signed to this area are in the
42000 bracket for passenger cars
and 13701 for trucks. Looks like
its going to be hard to match
post office box numbers this year,
doesn’t it?
ChBtlren to Present
Christmas Program
The children of St. John’s Lu
theran Church will present a
Christmas program on Saturday
evening, December 24 at 8 p.m.,
the Rev. Einar Bach announced
this week.
1 The program will be presented
py members of the Sunday Sch
ool and wiU tell the “Christmas
Story” in recitations, carols and
other featured presentations.
A gaily trimmed Christmas tree
will hold treats Tor all the chil
dren.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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