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pounds of Matanuska Valley
beef raised on the Spring Creek
Dairy Farm should be well done
and tender. Days of preparation
and the skilled services of many
Valley experts will be represent
ed in the piece de resistance serv
ed up for the traditional barbecue
this year. Jim Hurley and Ea
Smith were in charge of aH ar
rangements. They cleaned out the
barbecue pit and purchased all
the necessary fuel days ago. Gene
and A1 Kirsch were commissioned
to butcher the beef. Clarence
Bell and his trusted assistants at
the Co-Op Creamery were elected
to make the barbecue sauce. A
special guard will watch over the
barbecue pit from .the time the
slow process is started Saturday
afternoon until the tester an
nounces Its completion Sunday
afternoon. Lauritz Loberg, Mar
tin Sherman, and Art Madison
have been chosen for the slicing
committee. Hurley and Smith arc
still hunting for girls who will
volunteer to wrap a couple of
pieces of bread around the lus
cious beef and brave the eager
hands awaiting the finished pro
duct.
Evening Entertainment
Evening entertainment will be
provided on Friday and Satur
day evenings in the Palmer
School Gymnasium. Slated to
start at 9 a.m. Friday night and
continue to 1 a.m. is the authen
tic Alaskan costume dance spon
sored by the Palmer School Stu
dent Council. Wesley Eckert,
Jack McKechnie, and Wanda
Lindsey are on the committee in
charge, of arrangements. Accord
ing to them, “Authentic Alaskan
costume” covers everything from
jeans to formals, with square
dance skirts, mukluks, and par
kas as interesting possibilities.
Whitey Pullen’s Swingsters will
play both old time square dances
and modern dances—a little of
both to spice up the program.
Wesley Grover will call the
square dances. Admission is $1
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fair Association
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Irving Newville, and Tom Le
pak.
Elected for three-year terms
were A1 Brooks and John King.
Henning Blunk and Rusty Dow
were elected for two-year terms,
and Ben Hudgins received a one
year term.
Tuesday, June 3, at 8 p.m. was
the time set for the meeting rf
the old board of directors with
the new board in the Co-Op Club
Room. '
M. D. Snodgrass will be in
charge of all advertising for the
1952 Fair premium book. No ap
pointment has been made for the
position of Fair manager.
Clair Stock made clear the
Fair practice concerning conces
sions, which has been the sub
ject of misunderstanding. Any
lodge or civic organization that
wants a concession at the Fair
should get it through the Fair
Board. Individuals who want
concessions deal directly with"
A. E. Stein of the B and B* Alaska
Shows. Stock praised Stein's co
operation and fair dealing in his
association with the Fair Board.
“We feel that the carnival has
been an asset to the fair,” he
said.
a couple for high school students
and $1.50 for adults.
There will be dancing also at
at “Little Reno” put on by the
the Moose basketball team and
the Rockets on Saturday night.
Two orchestras will play—The
Swingsters and the Moose or
chestra. But that won’t be all!
All the lure and excitement of
the wide-open frontier on a Sat
urday night will be featured in
“Little Reno.”
Just to make certain that there
isn’t too much excitement in Pal
mer, that the old settlers and
the new settlers don't get out of
hand during the Settlers’ Celebra
tion, the City Council has author
ized Police Chief Bernie Bouwens
to deputize three extra policemen
for the occasion.
i Week of Preparation
Precedes Legion’s
Memorial Day Service
Members of Matanuska Valley
Post Number 15 of the American
Legion started early this week
on their program for honoring
the dead who once served their
country in time of war.
The Palmer Cemetery was tid
ied by burning of brush and rak
ing. The fence surrounding the
cemetery was painted Tuesday
night—all except a small portion
that was left when the paint ran
out. Legion members hoped to
complete the job with a fresh
supply of paint before Friday.
Three tombstones for departed
veterans were also placed. One
of these tombstones, which had
been ordered through the Office
of Veterans Affairs, found its in
tended resting place only through
a fortuitous circumstance. Al
though the complete expense of
the markers is assumed by a
grateful government, the local
veterans’ organizations are re
sponsible for placing the tomb
stones on the graves. This seems
like a simple duty, but often it
is fraught with difficulty. The
difficulty of finding the right
grave for the right tombstone
was mentioned by an Anchorage
veteran at a Legion honorary
meeting in Anchorage Monday
night.
“Why we even have one stone
out there in our cemetery that
we can’t find any grave for—
we haven’t any record of the
man,” he said.
“What’s his name?” asked Dr.
Foster Sims.
When the Anchorage veteran
told him, Dr. Sims insisted, “Why
that’s our stone! I’ll take it home
with me tonight.”
Out to the Anchorage cemetery
he went and hoisted the tomb-1
stone into the back of his car.
Doubts assailed him as he drove
off with it, but these were quick
ly dispelled by an early visit to
Palmer Machinery Co.
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the Frontiersman office next mor
ning. There was the name, all
right, in last week’s Frontiers
man. The long-missing tombstone
was placed on the dead veteran’s
grave that very night.
The culmination of all these ac
tivities in remembering the dead,
will come with the Memorial Day
services conducted by the Legion
at the Palmer Cemetery at eleven
o’clock tomorrow morning. Mem
bers of the local Legion and Le
gion Auxiliary hope that many
will join in remembering.
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FAIRGROUNDS
Sunday, jjum 1
12:30—SPECIAL TRAIN
arrives from Anchorage
1:30-B0YS BICYCLE RACES
over 12 years
I .-35-BOYS BICYCLE RACES
12 and under
1:40—GIRLS BICYCLE RACES
over 12 years
l:45-OIRLS BICYCLE RACES
12 and under
I .-50-F00T RACES
boys 12 to 15
1:55-F00T RACES
boys under 12
2:00-FOOT RACES
girls 12 to 15
2:05-F00T RACES
girls under 12
2:15-3 LEGGED RACE
18 and under
2:25-SACK RACES
18 and under
2^0-TUG OF WAR-MEN
2:55-WHEELBARR0W RACE
3KK-MENS SACK RACE
3:15-PIE EATING CONTEST
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