How Dogey Can You Get? Graves'
Saga Is Lesson For All Dog Lovers
With their four handsome gold
en red and buff-colored Cocker
spaniels romping merrily about
the house this fall. Dr. and Mrs.
Earl F. Graves have definitely en
tered the dogie set.
The Graves’ dog saga began a
few years ago with a gift from
Fred Beyers of Wasilla. That dog
was Toby, now aged three and a
half and getting on. as dogs, go.
Toby was proudly taken to the
dog show in Anchorage; but de
spite his obvious purebred line
age, he was just a dog without
the papers to prove it.
Right then the Graves got dog
fever. They had to get a dog that
would bring back the prize. Def
initely set on Cockers, they lo
cated a kennel which boasted a
long, long line of champions, the
Herbert Bobb Kennel of North
Baltimore, Ohio.* A year ago,
Bobb7s Darling Miranda arrived.
Her sire’s name was Bobb’s Sun
set Glow.
Miranda got the prize for best
of breed in the Fur Rendezvous
puppy show last February, but
when the dog show came along
last June, Miranda was in the
family way and couldn’t show.
Miranda’s seven pups were ador
able little bundles of pastel buff
fur, but still their father, Toby,
couldn’t prove that he wasn’t just
“no account dog”, so they could
not be registered.
Then Doc and Judy Graves de
cided it was a shame that Toby
should hold Miranda back with
all her wonderful background.
Miranda should be the mother of
champions, the grandmother of
still more champions, and so on,
ad infinitum. Miranda had to
have a mate who was worthy of
her. To make sure that the mate
was just right, Bobb’s kennel was
contacted again; and, sure en
ough, there was Miranda’s second
cousin, ready to fill the $-bill.
Bobb’s Tishomingo, son of Bobb’s
Shady Acres Whirlaway, arrived
by Northwest stratocruiser about
September 1. Toby didn’t particu
larly like him but kept his dis
pleasure under well bred control.
Tishomingo will be a year old on
Sunday; just recently, according
to word received from Baltimore,
he became the proud father of
eight pups.
' Tish should have closed the
1951 chapter of the Graves dog
saga, but off in Anchorage a
beautiful golden red Cocker lan
guished in the federal jail—ab
solutely through no fault of her
own. The court bailiff decided
that this was no fit environment
for a good registered dog of cham
pion stock like Brewington’s
Cookie, so she set out to find the
best possible home for Cookie.
And what home could be better
than the Territorial veterinari
an’s?
Doc was away at the time. Mrs.
Graves said at first, “Oh, no!’’
But then she took another look
at Cookie, and decided she’d let
the Doc decide. Meanwhile
Cookie could stay at the Graves
house. That did it. By the time
Doc Graves got back from Fair
banks, Cookie was definitely in.
Cookie is a western-bred dog
of the Windbridge and Stockdale
blood lines—a lot of Canadian
and international champions in
her pedigree. Her sire was Clark
haven Black Magic.
The next batch of pups will
have Bobb’s and Stockdale-Wood
bridge champions in their pedi
grees, for Cookie will be mated
first with Tishomingo. Toby and
Miranda will be put out to pas
ture for the winter on the Graves’
living room rug in front of the
fireplace—or if it gets too warm,
in their best upholstered chairs.
O. E. S.
The Matanuska Valley chapter,
U. D., Order of Eastern Star, will
hold its regular meeting and in
itiation at Carpenter’s Hall next
Wednesday, October 17, at 8 p.m.
Dorothy Saxton
Sworn in as Alternate
City Magistrate
Mrs. Dorothy Saxton was sworn
in as alternate city magistrate for
the city of Palmer by Mayor Carl
Meier last Friday in the U. S.
Commissioner’s office.
Permission has been granted
the U. S. Commissioner by the
Third District Judge Anthony
Dimond to serve as city magis
trate, hearing city cases, in the
absence of Palmer’s city clerk.
The first case heard by City
Magistrate Saxton was transfer
red to a military board of review
at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It
concerned two Air Force M. P.’s
who disturbed the peace in a lo
cal bar while off duty.
Mrs. Alice Holbrook and daugh
ter Delores and her brother Pete
Bouwens left by plane last week
for ti visit with relatives in Wis
consin and Michigan. They plan
to be gone about a month and
will drive back over the Alaska
highway. This is Bouwens first
trip out in 10 years, having come
to the Valley when six years old.
ATTEND AAAS MEETING
Mr. and Mrs. Don Irwin, Lew
Hanks and Hugh Johnson attend
ed the monthly meeting of the
Cook Inlet Branch of the Amer
ican Association for the Advance
ment of Science held in Anchor
age last Friday evening.
Irwin is now president of the
Cook Inlet Branch, having gradu
ated from the vice-presidency
when Dr. Jack C. Haldeman, for
mer president and officer in
charge of the Arctic Health In
stitute, was transferred to Wash
ington recently.
Johnson is a member of the
executive committee of the Cook
Inlet Branch and the Alaska Di
vision of AAAS.
Speaker at the Friday meeting
was Frank Pauls, who delivered
a paper on blood factor studies in
the Eskimos and Indians and Al
aska.
THANK YOU NOTICE
I wish to thank all the people
in Palmer for the kindness and
thoughtfulness shown me during
my husband’s recent illness and
hospitalization.
(Signed) Mrs. Edward Barrect.
ST. MICHAEL’S
Annual Bazaar
OCTOBER 13,1951
Linens, Costume Jewelry, Refreshments, Fish
Pond, Novelties, Toys, and Many More
ALASKA'S FAVORITE GAME
FREE ADMISSION
School Auditorium
7:30 p.m.-12 Midnight
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A PLEASURE!
Don't make it a hardship to get to the bank if it's
inconvenient to stop in. BANK BY MAIL l Drop
your deposit in the mail box and your business will
receive the same prompt attention as if you called
in person.
It's Safe to Bank-By-Mail!
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
GIRL SCOUT
NEWS
Troop 26 met Wednesday, Oc
tober 3. at the school. Under old
business we discussed selling
Girl Scout calendars and com
pleting our first aid course. It
was also voted on having winter
meetings. The rest of the meeting
we discussed how to care for new
books. Cookies were served by
Leanne Westgate.
RETURNS FROM OUTSIDE
Flying home from Portland,
Oregon. Edward Barrett returned
to Palmer last week, following a
series of operations performed at
the Veteran's Hospital.
Although he will not return to
work right away, Mr. Barrett is
reported as feeling very well and
is at home on the Palmer-Anchor
age highway.
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