Banana Bell Breezes
$aff Named
A new staff has been chosen j
for the Banana Belt Breezes, Pal- !
mer high school paper, under the
sponsorship of Miss Dorothy A. i
Lorscheter.
The staff consists of: Editor:
Wesley Grover; business manag- j
er, Marianne Mears; art editors, |
Barbara Tirapelli and Barbara
Bentti; feature editor, Gen De
Land; makeup editor, Margaret
Jane Cope; sports reporter, Monte
Larsh; circulation manager, Vo
selia Hughes; class reporters,
Barbara Kindgren, 9th grade;
10th grade, Bob Zetmier; 11th
grade, Monte Larsh; 12tfc grade,
Barbara Tirapelli. Reporters are
Gary Davey, Geraldine Kindgren
and Pat Kirsch.
The assistant editor hasn’t been
chosen as yet, but the vacancy ;
will be filled by a junior in order |
to obtain experience for next'
year’s paper staff.
Tok Telephone Line
Nears Completion
The erection of telephone poles
and lines to the Tok Junction is
nearing completion, it was an
nounced this week.
With but approximately 95-100
miles of pole line left, crews of
the Morrison-Knudsen and Wig
gins Construction companies ex
pect to reach the junction by mid
October. Following the comple
tion of wire stringing, the new
telephone connection will be rea
dy for use when the U. S. army
adds their necessary equipment.
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Our Fair, 1951
By M. D. SNODGRASS
The eleventh annual Mata
nuska Valley Fair is history. A
pleasant memory of progress in
many lines. Three days of good
weather, and one day’s good at
tendance.
We wish to thank all for your
generous support and continued
interest.
The greatest disappointment
was the poor showing by the dai
ry interests. Somehow, we missed
the mark of the past two show
ings. We had raised all prizes in
the hope that it might help you in
getting your stock to the fair.
There should have been a barn
full of finest dairy calves, year
lings and two-year-olds one could
find anywhere. Dr. Ollie Reed of
the Bureau of Dairy Industry,
Washington, D. C., was here to
see the results of our dairy breed
ing program. He had to go out to
the farms to see that it was a suc
cess, rather than a failure as the
showing at the fair would indi
cate. Many visitors registered at
the fair from many states, and
they failed to see what fine dairy
cattle we have unless they had
their own means of transporta
tion.
We would like to hear from our
dairy association and others as
to what is needed to get more
exhibits out next year.
Register this week at Pioneer
Insurance Co., Neal Wright Bldg.,
for school bond election.
KIWANIANS HEAR
ABOUT BANKING
FROM JACK MAZE
Local Kiwamans heard an en- j
lightening talk by Jack Maze on
the history and practices of bank-1
ing at their luncheon meeting on ;
Monday, September 24.
Among other gems of informa- j
tion, Jack mentioned that the !
term bank comes from the Italian
“banco” or bench and derives
from the times when the money
changers sat in the temples dur
ing Roman and early Christian
times.
Guests at the meeting were J.
Ralph Browne of the Alaska De- i
velopment board in Juneau, and
Bob Burkholder of the FWS pred
ator control.
Members discussed various old
and new projects including com
munity planning, a bicycle rack
for the school, and improvements
requested by the hospital board.
President Hugh Johnson appoint
i ed committees to work on these
matters and report back to the
entire group.
Announcement was made that
only a small number "of the quali
fied electors had registered in Bill
Head’s office for the school bond
ing election coming up October
2. The deadline for registering
is 1 p.m. Saturday, September 29.
ALTAR & ROSARY SOCIETY
Members of the St. Michael’s
Altar and Rosary society will hold
their regular meeting on Tuesday,
October 2nd, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Gust
j Scheibl will be hostess to the
1 group at her home.
Special Meeting for
Mat. Outing Club
The Malanuska Outing club
will hold a special meeting Fri
day evening. 7:30 p.m. at the Co
Op club room. A special showing
of a sport film is planned, Mel
Monson. president of the club, an
nounced.
All club members are urged to,
attend the meeting. Many winter
activities and plans will be dis
cussed and a ski-tow work party
planned.
Anyone interested in joining
the club is invited to attend the
meeting.
RECENT DINNER GUESTS
Recent dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James j
Teters of Palmer, included Mr. I
and Mrs. Elmer LeDuc, Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Niemann and their
children, Robin and Terry.
During the evening Mrs. Te
ters showed her guests color j
slides taken on a summer tour of
Europe, including scenes from
N o_r w a y, Denmark, Germany,
Austria, England, France and
Switzerland. Souvenirs of many
countries also were shown with
an interesting explanation of
their origin and use.
Mrs. Teters had visited Europe
in the company of her mother,
who was making her first return
to Norway since the age of five.
Mrs. Teters has a sister who is
now living in Germany.
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TO
REGISTER.
CVANS-JONES LiNER
SERIOUSLY INJURED
IN FREAK ACCIDENT
A young Jonesville miner was
critically injured in a freak ac
cident last Thursday morning just
three days after he first started
working at the mine.
Sam De Luca, whose age was
given as about 25, was traveling
in a conveyance through a nar
row ramp that led into the mine.
According to reports reconstruct
ing the accident, the cord to his
lamp must have dangled outside
the conveyance. The accident re
sulted in very serious injury to
the miner’s back.
Dr. C. C. Bailey, who was called
to the mine, took the accident vic
tim immediately to Providence
hospital in Anchorage. Upon ex
amination, it was determined
that a neuro-surgeon would be
needed to attend De Luca. Since
there is no neuro-surgeon in Al
aska, he was flown Friday to Se
attle’s Virginia Mason clinic,
where Dr. Hale Haven, one of the
most famous neuro-surgeons in
the country, was placed in charge
of the case.
Ronald Malcolm of the Evans
Jones mine reported this week
that contrary to original fears,
there is now a ray of hope that
De Luca will be able to use his
lower limbs.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
ALASKA HOUSING AUTHORITY
HOMES FOR SALE
Constructed by James Construction Company
TWO and THREE BEDROOM HOMES WITH FULL BASEMENT NOW AVAILABLE
Open for inspection all day Sunday, Sept. 30
Agent will be on site
Down Payments: $2600 lo $4000
Monthly Payments: $80 lo$100
Principal payment, interest, insurance and taxes 25 years to pay.
fLEGIBILITY — ANYONE
Box 179
ALASKA HOUSING AUTHORITY
Anchorage, Alaska
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