Wasilla-Big Lake News
By Phyllis Edwards
Wasilla schools will dismiss
pupils Friday for Christmas
vacation, which will terminate
on Dec. 30, when schools re
open for two days, Monday and
Tuesday, to be followed by an
other day of vacation. New'
Year’s Day.
Wasilla Homemakers met at
the home of Mrs. Betty Kelton
to conduct their December
meeting last Wednesday. After
lunch, the group finished plans
for their Christmas party, to be
held at the home of Mrs. Re
nee Barnes on Dec. 27.
Mrs. Flora Hornsby and
daughter Sue of Big Lake Mis
sion are expected home next
week from Garland, Texas,
where Mrs. Hornsby was call
ed by the death of her mother,
Mrs. Charlie Squibb. Their re
turn home has been delayed
because Sue came down with
measles shortly after her ar
rival in Texas.
Alpine
Civic Club
GAME
NIGHT
Friday, Dec. 20
8:00 P.M.
Wasilla Grange No. 2 held
their annual Christmas party
and dinner last Thursday at the
Wasilla community hall. Most
of the members and their
families attended. Games were
played by the children, while
the adults played pinochle.
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Several area residents are on
the sick list. Those hospitaliz
ed are Jack Fabyan, long time
Wasilla resident; VFW Post
9365 commander, Henry Kat
kus; Meg Nunley, small daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nun
ley; Mrs. Foster Heaven of the
Fairview area; Vince Steers of
Nancy Lake; and Blackie Mar
ion of Houston.
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One p.m. has been announ
ced as the time for pre-school
children to visit Santa at the
Wasilla elementary school on
Friday, Dec. 20.
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BOWLING SCORES
Late Tuesday Niters
W L
Wasilla Bar-44 16
Johnson's Fuel-344 254
Cottle’s Corner -33 27
Green Acres -28 32
VFW 9365 _25 4 34 Vi
Wasilla Bus-15 45
High team game. VFW, 1011.
High series, Wasilla Bus,
2809.
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On Friday and Saturday
nights, December 6 and 7 Wa
silla lost a game and won a
game in two contests with the
Valdez Buccaneers, 64-44, Val
dez and 75-72, Wasilla.
In Friday night's game, al
though Dick Carl hit a basket
about 10 seconds after the
start of the game to get it off
to a fast start, Valdez came
right back to score. The War
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY
The Cheer Notes
PALMER BAR
riors got bogged down and
couldn’t get going until the
fourth quarter, when they
gained 11 points. Score by
quarters tell the tale pointwise:
13-6 Valdez, 30-14 Valdez, 55
24 Valdez, and 64-44 Valdez.
Wasilla split betw'een a zone
and man to man while Valdez
played strictly zone. Wasilla
fouled 14 times and made 2-8
foul shots as Valdez commit
ted 9 fouls and sank 4-11 free
throw's.
The game was closer on Sat
urday night, with Wasilla pull
ing ahead in the last minute of
the game and the score see
1 sawing back and forth. Dave
Bryant held the Warriors’
heads above the water in the
first half by scoring 17 of his
22 points. George Harbeson and
Dick Carl hit in the second
half. Harbeson scored 17 of his
22 points and Carl contributed
14 of his 23 points in this half.
Ken Harvey, freshman promo
ted to varsity, played well des
pite his small stature.
The Warriors were 3 points
behind with 1 minute and 13
seconds to play but pulled the
fat out of the fire on baskets
by Harbeson and Carl making
the score 73-72. Harvey put the
icing on the cake by scoring on
a fast break with about 5 or 6
seconds to go. Valdez brought
the ball to half court and call
ed time out, but it was too late ,
to do much, as there was only
1 second left.
The Warriors committed 13
fouls and sank 11-21 foul shots,
while Valdez fouled 17 times
and connected on 8-13 free
throws. Again the Buccaneers
used a zone, while the War
riors used a man-to-man the
whole game.
On Friday night, Dec. 13.
Palmer downed the Wasilla
Warriors 76-55 at Wasilla. High
scorer for the game was Dick |
Carl of Wasilla with 25 points.!
Andy DeVries, high point man
for Palmer, connected for 19.
Wasilla played man to man
I and Palmer alternated between
a zone and man to man.
The game was fairly close
until the half-time. At the end
of the first quarter the score
was 15-15 and half-time the
score was 36-28 Palmer. Both
teams committed 15 fouls and
both missed 8 foul shots. Wa
silla had 11-19 while P ilmer
had 10-18. Nobody fouled out
for either team. Score by quar
ters: 15-15. 36-28. P.. 57-37. P.
! and 76-55. P.
In Saturday night s game the
| Warriors had an 85-60 win ov
er Glennallen. Though Glenn
allen played a good game,
score by quarters tells the
tale: 16-13 Wasilla, 39-23 Wa
j silla. 58-41 Wasilla and 85-60.
| Leading all scorers was George
Harbeson, who came through
with 30 points. He was sup
ported by Dick Carl’s 26 and
Dave Bryant’s 18. Young was
high point mar. for Glennallen.
The Warriors played a m m
to man while the Glenna'ien
team played almost all a zone.
Wasilla fouled 17 times to
Glennallen’s 11 and managed
3-5 free throws to the Hornet’s
6-17. Jay Sellens fouled out
for Wasilla.
Elks Children's
Party Is Tomorrow
All children of the area a re
invited to share in the Elks
annua! Christmas party for
youngsters, which will be held
tomorrow (Dec. 20) at 4 p.m.,
directly after the close of
school.
Santa will be on hand, and
movies will be shown.
Alaska State
Fair, Inc.
NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR
MANAGER
Please present application
before Jan. 13
Write Box 1731
Palmer
=F CHRISTMAS BALL
Maud Entertains
At Open House
Mrs. Maud Hosier of Maud's
Flowers entertained her many
friends in the valley with an
open house on Monday and
Tuesday, serving coffee and
cake and presenting the ladies
with corsages and the men
with boutonnieres.
Mrs. Hosier has moved her
flower shop to the Sims build
ing in Palmer from its former
location in the Butte area.
She is now displaying a num
ber of items which will add
charm to floral arrangements
for Christmas or for any time
of year. Among them are Ros
alee Stewart's hand - carved
figurines and pictures; Swed
ish, Italian and Mexican glass
ware; wickerware; wired
Christmas balls and pine cones;
candle cups for driftwood ar
rangements; and bayberry and
other Christmas candles.
Christmas greens, poinsettias
and mistletoe are plentiful at
Maud’s, as well as potted plants
for any occasion.
Mrs. Hosier attended the
Hutchinson School of Floral
Design in Portland, Oregon in
1956.
Hi-School
Hi-Lites
By LINDA SHELTON
The concert presented Wed
nesday, Dec, 18, by the PHS
band and chorus was very well
attended by the people of the
community.
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The history and English
classes saw the movie “Julius
Caesar", a 24 hour drama of
the Shakespearian version on
Monday, Dec. 16.
¥ * *
The wrestling team will trav
el to Kenai Thursday, Dec. 19.
Coach Andrus is in hopes of
taking the full squad.
Christmas vacation will start
Dec. 20 and will continue to
the New Year. School will start
again Jan. 2.
Students are reminded that
there are only two more weeks
of school before the end of the
semester, and that they
shouldn't suffer from a com
plete lapse of memory during
vacation.
There will be an alumni
basketball game Monday, Dec.
23.
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The annual Senior Christmas
Ball will be held at Swanson
school Dec. 27, at 9 p.m. fol
lowing the annual dinner at
the Elks at 6:30 p.m. Alumni
wishing to attend should se
cure invitations prior to 3:30
p.m., Dec. 20.
MOOSE
GAME NIGHT
EVERY WEDNESDAY NITE
PUBLIC WELCOME
MOOSE HAU.-PALMER-8 P.M.
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BOWLING NEWS
By MAGGIE McCARTNEY
We’ve got a substitute repor
ter this week while Lu is in the
lower 48 visiting Rudy. We
miss those two and hope they
come home soon.
The Bowling Center is run
ning another Scotch Doubles
handicap tournament for a
very good cause. We aim to
make this the biggest tourna
ment ever. Right now Barb
Lacher and Stella Monahan are
in the lead with a 707, while
Ann Johnson and Mary Hale
have a 705. That is pretty nice
bowling. Remember, in this
type tournament anything can
happen. Hope many of you run
up some real high series.
The Handicap Trio is lead
by the Alley Oops with a nice
margin over their opponents.
This week they bowled a pret
ty nice 1434 series. Lucille
Blissard sure did some nice
bowling with a 195 game and
548 series. Good for you. Dot
Briggs surprised herself by
picking up the 5-6 split.
The Pinpoppers mixed dou
bles is tied with the Matanus
ka Valley Bank and Mac's
Plumbing battling it out. Last
week Virginia’s team really
did well with a 799 game and
2238 series. Tats rolled a beau
tiful 262 game and Lois Wel
don a 242. That’s real nice
bowling.
The Pinbusters see Thomas
Accounting in the, lead, but
B & H Supply is sure in there
working. Bill Elkins got him
self a 240 game, Jean Polis did
pretty well with a 524 series,
and Bob Beehtol rolled a 639
series.
The MEA team sure had a
couple nice games in the
HOUSEWIVES league, a 867
and 858. They came out with
the high series for the week
with 2493 pins. M. Reale rolled
a 559 series, Charlene Kock
ritz a 552 series. Mary Edmis
ton rolled a very nice 211 game
and Cookie Baim a 201.
Barb Brown, former presi
dent of the Scratch Trio, was
presented with a gift from the
league by Neola Bower, the
new president. Barb and John
have moved to Anchorage. We
shall miss them. Bess’ team is
leading the MTA by only Vz
game. Alpine Inn managed to
get the high game of 514 this
week. Lea’s rolled the high
series with 1823 pins. There
were some real nice games
bowled. Elayne rolled a 193,
Arlene a 183 and Gerrie a 182.
Kay Pippel rolled the high
series totalling 643 pins. These
gals sure bowled them down.
The King Pins is lead by the
D&A team with Rudy’s Main
tenance only two games be
hind. Irene did real nice, get
ting a 204 game and 548 ser
ies. Bob Peterson led the men
with a 217 game and 582 ser
ies. D&A team bowled a /38
game and 2113 series for high
this week.
The Knik Breezes sure went
to town picking up splits. Barb
Wiehr got the 3-7-10, Feme
Leek the 3-10, Jan Fritz and
Gen Moffitt the 2-7, Marcina
Carlson and Hazel Hooks tee
3-7, Pat Lawton, Jerry Perecz
and Marcina picked up the
5-7. Of course there were
many more splits that weren't
picked up. Also saw some very,
very nice scratch games. Barb
Swift came up with a 209, her
■ highest game to date. Jerry
Perecz had a 207, and then
Gladys Swift, not to be out
done rolled a real pretty 233.
Goodrich Plumbing is leading
the Glass Bar by one game.
Gladys Swift now has the sea
son's high game of 248, and
the Four Aces took the sea
son's high game away from
the Glass Bar by rolling a 988.
The final returns from the
Elks State Bowling Tourna
ment held in Seward are post
ed on the bulletin board. Tnose
Palmer gals sure brought home
the bacon, which they tealiz
ed when they received their
nice checks. They won the
team event, placed three times
in the doubles, three times ’n
the singles, and took all the
money in the All Events.
Baha'is Entertain
Army, Air Force
The Baha'is of Matanuska
Valley community were joint
hosts, with Spenard and An
chorage area Baha’is, at a fel
lowship dinner Sunday eve
ning, Dec. 15, at the Anchorage
YMCA.
A spaghetti dinner with ice
cream and cookies was served
to military personnel and their
families from Fort Richardson
and Elmendorf.
Following the meal, a short
Baha’i program was presented
by Marie and Don Van Brunt
of the local community.
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Ski Nab To See
Film Tomorrow
Members of the Matanuska
Ski Club will view’ a film on
European skiing at the regular
meeting tomorrow, Dec. 20, a
the Palmer Grange hall at 8
p.m. A brief business meeting
will precede the film. All per
sons interested in skiing a r e
invited to attend.
Hal Loomis, club president,
reported that the skiing was
excellent at Independence last
weekend. The new rope for
the main tow is still in transit,
but is expected to be installed
by this weekend, he said.
Scott Deming Palmer high
school photographer, accomp
anied the ski bus last Saturday,
taking pictures of the day’s ac
tivities as experienced by the
young people w’ho take part in
the PTA skiing program. The
pictures may be used in the
national PTA magazine.
“Ben Dansie’s ski school was
well attended, and some new
skiers will be turned out under
his instruction,” Loomis said.
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