Trail Ride To Be
Colony Days Feature'
\n endurance trail ride frorr
Anchorage to Palmer has beer
P-anncd as one of the events ol
-°- ny 1>a>’s and is under the
•monsorship of the Matanuskt
Vcney Chamber of Commerce
v, as a, nounce(j this week.
T he ride will start at the
lde Apartments in Anch
rORORlTY MARKS
'WYERSARY
'ficers tor the coming year
'0 ir tailed during Beta Sig
Phi Founder’s Day cere
n,es at -« banquet held April
Hahea Lodge, with mem
rs 1 1 !)oth Theta and Xi Eta
apters taking part.
afficerj of Theta chapter are
ac Jane Branton, president;
slices Kanipe, vice-president;
Mickey Rush, treasurer; and
•‘tie Rousey, secretary.
^i Eta officers are Doris An
-on, president; Frances Hul
bi :t, vice-president; Charlotte
Alien, treasurer; and Judith
> ■ y, secretary.
M, mhers celebrated the 32nd
anniversary of the foun Png ol
the sorority with a cocktail
party and dinner. A review ol
the activities of each chaptei
given uid a special mes
iror. Walter W Ross, the
i er ot Beta Sigma Phi, was
i . by Mrs Frank Morris.
A Norman Rousey led the
i mhers m a renewal of the
■ ority pledge. Others taking
t n the program were Mrs.
V ern Newby, Mrs. Roderick
A >ams, Mrs. Ben Wattum,
Mrs. William Buzby, and Mrs.
M rgaret Cope.
Mrs. Ben Wattum and Mrs.
William Buzby were selected
by their chapters for the hon
or of being Girl of the Year.
The first chapter of the sor
ority was formed in Abiline,
Kansas, by Ross, Palmer’s two
chapters are a part of the 1,
CO1 chapters and 150,000 mem
bers in 14 countries around the
world.
orage at 3 p.m. on May 25 and
will follow the general route
taken by the 50-mile hikers,
with the arrival in Palmer tim
ed to coincide with the Colony
Days parade.
Police and radio coverage
will be given the entire ride.
A railroad car will be available
to ship horses to Anchorage if
I enough people are interested in
| this service.
| Five trophies and a number
of belt buckles will be award
ed to the winning riders. Indi
vidual riders will be sponsored
by local merchants, a number
of whom have already pledged
their help. However, several
more are needed, and interest
ed businessmen are asked to
contact the Chamber of Com
merce Colony Days planners.
Rules and regulations for the
endurance ride include a veter
inarian’s check of all animals
before the ride, at the rest stop,
and at the finish. The veterin
! arian will have the right to dis
1 qualify any horse.
A two-hour rest stop will bo
mandatory at Thunderbird
Fall: Riders may dismount
I and walk at any time.
No rider under 14 may enter
'.he i de, and a release will be
requ,red from all riders. A sad
dle will be required, either En
glish or Western. There will be
no weight classes.
The same rider must com
plete the ride on the same
horse. All riders will follow the
designated routes, and all will
be numbered. The first and the
last rider of the group will
carry a sign.
A breakfast of ham and eggs
and sourdough hotcakes will be
served at the Thunderbird Falls
rest stop, and a dinner for the
riders and their families is
planned for Saturday evening.
Those wishing further infor
mation about the ride are ask
ed to call Bob Webb or Steve
Pankewicz in Palmer and Paul
Nichols or Chris Kringle in An
chorage.
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Visit Local Co-Op
Frank G. Coover, REA offi
cial from Lincoln, Nebraska,
was in Palmer last week con
ducting a power requirements
study for Matanuska Electric
Association and making esti
mates of future loads.
Coover visited Golden Val
ley Electric Association, Cop
per Valley Electric Association,
and Chugach Electric Associa
t on before coming here. He
went to Homer Electric Asso
ciation at the end of the week,
and will visit Kodiak and
Cordova.
John Myhre, NRECA man
agement consultant, also re
turned to Palmer last week for
work on an organizational
study for MEA. During a pre
! vious visit in March, he com
| pleted a management study for
! the local organization. Myhre
plans another trip here late in
June.
Columbia Basin rainfall
ranges from 3.6 to 114 inches.
Eight New Bobcats Bring
Cub Scout Total To 72
With eight new Bobcats in
ducted into Cub Scout Pack No.
354 at the April 26 pack meet
ing at Swanson school, the tot
al number of Cubs in the pack
now number 72. There are ten
dens.
The bobcats are Danny
Scheibl, Bobby Beagle, Gary
Davis, Robert Smith, Gordon
Smith, Ricky Isaacson, Rodney
Isaacson, and David Goodwin.
Although George Gilchrist
became a Bobcat at the March
meeting, his name was omitted
in last month’s news release.
Wolf badges w'ere awarded to
Billy Stratton Steve Meier, Bill
Estelle, Mike Chovvaniec, Doug
Fisher, and Mike Smith. Doug
Fisher, and Mike Smith also
received a gold and three silver
arrow points on their Wol:
badges for electives achieved.
Bear badges were awarded tc
Paul Isaacson, Bonnie Marple
and Ronnie Amans.
A Lion badge was awardee
to Harold Strong,
Other awards made at the
meeting went to Ron Peck
denner; Dan Saxton, assistani
denner; Jeff Metz, silver arrow
Point on Bear badge; Frank
Stewart, denner; John France
assistant denner; Kari Kopper
ud, one year pin; George Hooks
one year pin; Glen Gagnon, one
year pin; David Hodgson, one
year pin; Tommy Hooks, assis
tant denner; Hank Warner, one
year pin; Roland Vasanoja, one
year pin; Darrel Gosho, silver
i arrowpoint on Wolf badge;
; Kandy Lazenby, denner, gold
and silver arrowpoint on Wolf
I badge; and David Vasilie, silver
j arrowpoint on Wolf badge.
The theme for April was “Up
| Above and Underneath” and
colorful and entertaining skits
based on this theme were pre
sented by Dens 4, 5, 6. 8 and 10.
The May pack meeting will
be held Thursday, May 23, at
Swanson school with Cubmas
ter Wayne Bouwens develop
ing a "Cub Scout Circus”
theme. If weather permits, the
meeting will be held outdoors.
Initial plans have been made
for the annual Cub-Dad camp
out to be held June 14. Details
of this capout will be discussed
; at the May pack meeting.
Dog Licenses
Due Since Jan. I
Dor licenses exp,re with the
calendar year, and have been
due and payable since Jan. 1 of
this year, Mrs. Emilie St. Pier
re, city clerk, reminded Pal
mer residents this week.
The city clerk also mention
ed the leash law, which pro
hibits dogs from running at
large within the city limits,
and makes their owners liable
to impounding fees.
Several recent reports of
persons being nipped by dogs
have made the city police more
vigilant in picking up animals
that appear to be strays, she
said. If a dog is impounded, the
owner is required to pay $3 to
redeem a licensed animal and
$4 for an unlicensed one. plus a
boarding charge of $1 for each
day the dog is kept.
License fees are $2 for males
and spayed females are $5
for unspayed females.
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