City Teams Clash With Cordova in Two-Night Stand
Men, Women Teams
To Play in Season's
1st Inter-City Meet
Pacific Northern Airline- is
bringing in three planeloads of
Cordovans Friday afternoon to
-tart off this season's inter-city
basketball contest- on the Palm
er court.
The visiting teams are the Cor
dova Moose and the Imperial
Girls, sponsored by Colonel Bob
Korn- who has sworn that his
boys and girls are going to lick
the local contestants in a very
embarrassing manner.
The Matanuska Hotel team,
flushed with straight victories
over every team played so far
this year, is unabashed by such
idle boasts.
Although there were some
doubts that the local ladies w-ould
be able to accept the Cordova
challenge, an unexpected rally
in the Rockets’ ranks Tuesday
night, when more than ten show
ed up for practice, assured games
on both Friday and Saturday
nights.
Suits were given out at Wed
nesday night's practice by Coach
Vi Stacey, so the local girls will
look like basketball players, any
way.
The two local teams will meet
the Cordova challengers at the
Palmer gymnasium both Friday
and Saturday nights. After the
Friday night game, the visitors
will be guests at a turkey feed
sponsored by the Rockets and the
Matanuska Hotel team. The tur
key is being donated by Jan Kos
losky.
After Saturday night’s game,
the visitors will be "given the
<ey” to Moose Hall and will be
treated to a chili supper.
It is expected that many Val
ley people enjoyed Cordova’s
hospitality last March will want
to renew their acquaintances
with the port city guests at Rec
Hall after the game.
Tickets for the Friday and Sat
urday night games went on sale
yesterday by members of the two
teams. Local fans can see both
:he men and women play for one
dollar each night. Cost to high
school students is 75 cents.
SKI TOW MAY BE
COMPLETED SUNDAY
A regular meeting of the Mata
nuska Outing Club will be held
February 5 in the Dormitory
Lounge. Mel Munson, club presi
dent announced this week.
In making the announcement.
Munson urged a large attendance
from members and prospective
members. “We have several im
portant issues that can be decided
only with a quorum present," he
stated. An interesting program
has been worked out by the en
tertainment committee with Sam
and Isabelle Woolcock promising
to be there with their folk dance
interpretations. The two have of
fered to teach the Outing Club in
folk dancing and many members
are looking forward to the oppor
tunity.
Ski Tow Progresses
Work on the ski tow at Little
Susitna has been held back by
the weather but a group of mem
bers plan to make the trip Sun
day, February 3 and install the
rope cable. If enough workers can
take the time, the club hopes to
complete the tow. All members
and anyone interested in helping
complete the job are asked to
meet at the Palmer Fountain by
ten o’clock Sunday morning.
Transportation will be provided
for those without cars.
Palmer Five to Try Repeat on Last
Week's Victory in Anchorage Saturday
Exuberant over their la.'t
week’s v. in the I’aliner Moom
travel to Anchorage Saturday to
repeat their victory and even the
season's score with the big city
cage is. Cheering them on will be
members of the band, the Pep
Club, the Majorettes, a large re
presentation of grades seven
through 12. and many local bas
i ketball fans.
Tne Palmer Moose were victor -
iou? all the way around last Sat
urday night when the JVs as well
j as the Varsity came out with
their first victory of the season
I over the Anchorage Eagles. The
JVs won by a narrow margin of
26-23 while the scrappy varsity
five made a clean sweep of the
quarters, winning by a wide mar
gin of 10 points and a score of
46-36
The upset of the Anchorage
i team by Palmer automatically
i puf the Seward Seahawks in the
Railbelt Conference lead,
j Palmer led the scoring through
j out the game except for a fe
\ moments in the first quarter. The
I Eagles came within two points of
I the Moose in the third quarter.
1 but could not regain the lead.
The two teams started out
, evenly, but before the first quar
; ter was over the Moose broke
: loose and the score stood 15-7 for
Palmer. Never once did the Palm
er five give the Eagles a chance
to run over them.
Klem, Brown. Eckert, and
Larsh pushed Palmer’s score up
28-20. Then Babe Craig dropped
in a few for the Eagies. At the
end of the third quarter the score
was 35-26 Palmer.
The final quarter showed
plenty of determination in both
teams. Phil Kahler of Anchorage
dropped in 9 out of 10 while
Palmer’s Chuck Millis scored in
10 out of 11.
' The game ended by a score of
: 46-36. with Palmer fans about to
j raise the roof off the local gym.
The was the third time in the
1 last several years that Palmer de
j feated the Anchorage team.
The following scores were
i 11 1 ... 1 * U ~ .1
V. tldlrwCLA up
players:
Anchorage
Beck, f
Carmody, f
Putzel, f
! Marboe. c
; Kahler, g
Craig, g
Total
Palmer
j Brown, f
! McKechnie. f
i Fridley, f
i Klein. c .
j Eckert, g ...
j Ingalls, g . ...
I Larsh, g
Millis. g
G F P
1 3 5
0 0 0
2 0 4
2 1 5
7 5 19
1 1 3
10 36
F P
5 13
0 6
0 0
4 8
0 4
0 0
1 1
2 14
13
G
4
3
. 0
.2
2
0
0
. 6
Total 17 12 46
Officials were Payne and Dean
ovic.
Kiwcmis Invitational
Basketball Tourney
Set for March 5-8
The annual Khvanis invitation
al tournament will be held this
year March 5, 6, 7, and 8, accord
ing to an announcement made
this week by William T. Zahrad
nicek. chairman of the tourna
ment committee.
An invitation will be extended
to all local basketball teams as
well as teams from Fort Richard
son and Elmendorf AFB to parti
cipate.
Palmer Man Exhibits
Trophy in New York
in a tetter received front Sam
uel B Webb, chairman of the
Boone and Crockett Club. John1
S Wood, local nimrod. v. as noti- ;
fied that the goat he shot this |
i fall had been accepted and would
be entered in the North Ameri-!
can Big Game competition in
New York city.
The trophy, reputedly a fine ,
! one, will be exhibited in the |
American Museum of Natural ,
History.
| Wood shot the goat in the Krrik
Glacier area this past season.
Taxidermy work was done by
Jerry Brunner.
The world record goat was shot
in British Columbia in 1949 by
E. C. Haase, with horn measure
; ment at twelve inches. Although
this trophy will not measure to
: the world record, it is believed
that Wood’s entry may prove to1
! be the record for 1951.
MRS. PHIL EDELMAN
IS NEW OFFICER OF
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
! Ali but one of the 1951 officers
| of the Palmier Library Association
] were stuck with their jobs for !
| 1952 when no one evinced any in- I
; terest in assuming their duties at
j the annual meeting held last ■
I Monday.
| Mrs. George Geiwitz. the vice
| president, was the only one who
; was successful in finding a suc
! cessor. Mrs. Philip Edelman. thus
becomes the only new member of j
the 1952 board.
Ed Smith, who was appointed
, to fill Piev. Victor Alfsen’s unex
pired term, as trustee, was elect- ‘
ed for a three-year term at the,
Monday election.
The officers who must continue
to carry on their duties through
1952 are Mrs. Earl Graves, pi'esi
dent; Mrs. Don Ingalls, secretary,
and Mrs. Foster Sims, treasurer. |
These officers, who have work- ]
ed hard through the library’s;
early struggles and had the cour
age to start the library building
on faith, had hoped for successors
also. Perhaps they have perform
ed their duties so well that others
are afraid to try.
MOTHERS MARCH
| Anchorage mothers were suc
; cessful in collecting over $6,000,
; when they participated in the
j “Mothers March on Polio" re
! cently.
It was estimated that 675 mo
thers of the greater Anchorage
area voluntarily marched around
j their blocks, soliciting funds for
treatment and research in the
fight against polio. They were
assisted in collections by memb
, ers of police and fire departments
! and the U. S. Marshal’s office.
U. S. MARSHAL INSPECTOR
Inspector of U. S. Marshal’s Of
fices Roy H. Webb was a Palmer
visitor Tuesday. Although he said
his trip to Alaska is a routine in
spection trip, the Justice Depart
ment official said he hoped his
report would help obtain an ad
ditional $50,000 for more deputy
U. S. Marshals and enough money
to build an adequate federal jail
j for the Third Division.
Moose Lodge Team
Meets Unbeaten
AFB Five Tonight
Hdqt Squadron. 39th Air D<.p*»t
Wing will bring their "untouch
able" basketball team to Palmer
tonight when they meet with the
Moose lodge team in the Palmer
school gym at 8 p. m. in the first
game of the season for the Palm
er team.
With an enviable record of 50
straight wins- seventeen of them
this season, the 39th team will be
a hard one to beat. During the
past three years, this team has
lost only two games. Bob Garret*,
forward, holds a 20 point average
and recently made 94 out of 100
free throws. The team is coached
by Tech. Sgt. Nick Tecorelli.
Resplendent in their new black
and gold suits, the newly organ
ized Moose team is ready for
competition. The team boasts ex
perienced players, many having
previously played together on the
Shamrock team. Under Coach
Art Stacy’s guidance, the playeis
have practiced faithfully since
their organization this fall
TICKETS ON SALE
FOR VALENTINE BALL
Tickets are on sale in the Palm
er area this week for the Valen
tine Ball to be sponsored Febru
’ ary 9 by the Beta Sigma Phi sor
ority for the March of Dimes.
A decorated bushel basket
i graces the window at Bettys’.
rapidly filling up with the goodies
it will eventually hold when
j presented to some lucky person
! at the ball. Chickens, butter, eggs
and other perishables have not
been placed in the basket for ob
° vious reasons but they go along
| with the prize. Another award
■ will be made during the evening
when a prize waltz will be held.
Assisting the sorority will be
members of the Kiwanis club who
are selling tickets, will have
charge of the door and have of
fered their services as a clean-up
committee.
All proceeds from the dance,
check stand and refreshments
will go toward the March of
Dimes drive.
Local Elks to Honor
Anchorage's Retiring
Lodge Secretary
About 40 or 50 members of the
local Elks Lodge will go to Anch
orage Saturday night to attend a
big party honoring Roy South
worth, secretary of the Anchorage
Elks Lodge for the past nine
years, who is leaving Alaska af
ter 53 years.
A pioneer editor, publisher, and
prospector. Southworth came
North with the stampede of ’98 at
Dawson. In his varied career as
a prospector, newspaper publish
er and reporter, he has interview
ed everyone from the early-days
miners and gamblers to staid New
York bankers out to add Alaska’s
big game to their trophy collec
tions. After a stint on the Daw
son Daily News, he joined the
Fairbanks Daily News which has
since become the News-Miner.
Later he and a partner bought
the Fairbanks Times. Later he
came to Anchorage where he be
came editor of the Anchorage
Daily Times.
“As a secretary of the Elks, he
has won the esteem and goodwill
of his fellow members and will
be greatly missed’’, Anchorage
lodge officers said.
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Motanoska Valley Sportsmen Mark
Their Fourth Birthday Next Week
Next Wednewlay niiiht Fcbi
uary 6. th* Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen will gather in their
club r«*»«m m the basement <»f Rev
Hall to celebrate their fourth
birthday.
The fust it filial meeting of the
Sportsmen was held February t,
lyiJi Reviewing their accomplish
ments since that date, the Sports
men will have much to lx* proud
of. With over 100 members, in
eluding men. women, and young
people, the Sportsmen have esta
blished reputation as champion.'
of conservation. They have chan
neled their enthusiasm for hunt
ing and fishing into a joint endea
vor to perpetuate the wild game
so that Alaska can remain a para
dise for responsible sportsmen.
Through their indoor and out
door shooting ranges, they have
given their members opportuni
ties to compete in national tour
neys and have given instruction
to neophytes in safe shooting and
elementary marksmenship.
As a social group they have
mixed education with their good
times. At regular meetings, mem
bers have heard talks by men
from the FWS and have viewed
many good films and slides on
| sports in Alaska and other parts
of the world. Their two big social
events of the year, the annual^
game dinner and the fish fry have
become virtual institutions in the
life of the Valley.
The Sportsmen’s club was the
successor to the old Palmer Rod
and Gun Club which was dissolv
ed when it was decided to enlarge
the scope of membership and ac
tivities. Recreations suggested at
the first meeting were trap shoo:
ing, rifle and pistol shooting, ski
ing. fishing, and out-board motor
racing. One of the first motions
made resulted in affiliation with
the National Rifle Association as
a Class A club within a fe v
months of organization.
A conservation measure that
came up at the first meeting was
the planting of duck foods and
the establishment of a duck re
serve. Although the duck foods
were planted, the reserve is still
a dream. Kesments will remem
ber that in the spring of ’49 the
i ducks and other waterfowl stayed
J around the Valley for over a
| month without being molested,
j The Sportsmen had cracked down
! on the illegal shooting of ducks
; on their way north in the spring.
Spring duck dinners became a
part of the "ruthless” past after
the Sportsmen organized their
responsibilities in the interests of
good sportsmanship.
During the first year, efforts to
provide the Sportsmen with a
meeting place, an indoor rifle
range, a trap shooting range, and
! an »'ut door high-powered rifle
j range ended in success on all four
counts. Members met in the
Grange Hall the first year, but
by the end of the year they were
setting up forms, pouring cement
floors, and painting the walls of
the Rec Hall basement. Out of
this unused basement, they fa
shioned a fine indoor rifle range
and the club room. I. M. Sand
vick’s offer of land for a high
powered rifle range had been ac
cepted in the Spring of 1948.
A trap range was set up
telow the Fair Grounds. Trap
and rifle shoots were held at the
1948 Fair. Since then the club
has sponsored innumerable
"shoots” to stimulate interest in
the good sport of marksmanship.
There have been turkey shoots, a
merchants’ handicap shoot, All
\lai-k.i .'hoot-. indiv.dual <-»mpe
tit ion. and lately postal shoots, ir
which local men compete with
VI }Jodl> SI'^X IHIJ Opn0.ld S.)AJ.»S
-uiaqj 9utop u.» »q aa.Aaqx
.'i)l ui u,nus>j.n*<u jsoq .»qj jo auios
n..t limited to the male members
Women and young people have
their own practice night' with
expert instruction
The Matanuska Valley Sports
men have identified themselves
with good sportsmanship. Then
influence on hunting and fishing
practices in the Valley have earn
ed them many citations from
Fish and Wildlife Service agents
not only for their cooperation
but also for their initiative. Club
recommendations given the game
commission have been followed
through. Other plans are still in
process. An early suggestion for
planting deer and pheasant in the
Valley is one of these. After last
year’s caribou season, the Sports
men planned a campaign to help
save the caribou calves. Next
year, through educational publi
city placed on highways, in news
papers and hunting areas, hunters
v. ill be advised to save the calves
for better meat, better trophies,
and better hunting in future
years Last year when the military
had plans for a bombing range
in the vicinity of the caribou
country around Nabesna, local
Sportsmen protested the choice
if the site. Apparently their pro
tests were heard.
At the meeting Wednesday
night, the Sportsmen will elect
a new board of directors who will
guide them through their fifth
year. The directors will in turn
select the club officers from their
number. Past boards and elected
officers who have been largely
responsible for the success of the
| club include •. following:
1948 — Dr. F. R. Sims, presi
dent. Walter Cooper, vice presi
! lent: Bruce Graham, secretary
treasurer; L. C. Stock; Ralph
Goodrich; Leo Lucas; Bud Lach
, er
1949 — L. C. Stock, president
William Smith, vice-president;
Bruce Graham, secretary-treas
urer; Dr. F. R. Sims; Dan Flem
ing; Claude Carrol; Ralph Good
rich.
1950 — W. R. Smith, president;
Claude Carrol, vice-president;
Bruce Graham, secretary-treasur
er; Verne Donaldson; Leo Lucas •
Bob Walker; Rolland Snodgrass
1951 — Roy Brock, president;
Ken Westenbarger, vice-presi
dent; Bruce Graham, secretary
treasurer; John Harris; John
Bush: Verne Donaldson; Leo Lu
cas.
IN THE HOSPITAL
Patients in the Valley Hospital
this week were Joe Hemmer and
; Thomas Moyer.
Hemmer has been laid up since
he hurt his arm while helping to
remove snow during the "big
snow”. He strained a muscle in
the arm when the control lever
of the ARC vehicle he was oper
ating spun away from him. Other
complications have since devel
oped.
For Editor Moyer, incarcera
tion in the hospital couldn’t come
at a worse time, with the next is
sue of the Matanuska Valley Re
cord coming out in a few days. He
is forced to direct publication
from his bedside.
Bob Peterson spent some time
in the 505th Airforce Hospital last
week having an operation on his
nose.
Elks' Hall - February 9,1952 - 8:30 p. m. - Come -On Elks!
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