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MVCCA Social, Dance is Saturday
Kicking off the Easter Seal
campaign, the Matanuska Val
ley Crippled Children's Asso
ciation is sponsoring a box so
cial and dance on Saturday.
March 9. at 9 p.m. in the Elks
Hal! in Palmer.
Prizes will be awarded for
the most beautiful box. the
most unique, the most humor
ous, and the one most symbolic
of ACCA. Boxes will be auc
tioned by Jim Rutt.
There will be music for danc
ing by two bands, and special
entertainment features are
planned.
Ladies with a box will be ad- j
mitted free, ladies without a i
box will be charged $1, men ,
will he charged $1.50. and cou
ples $2.
Proceeds from the affair will
go to the local Crippled Chil
dren's Association.
KENNY McNALLY
HOME ON LEAVE
Kenneth McNally, Seaman
Apprentice, is home on 30-day
leave from the U. S. Navy.
Kenny, the son of Gerald Mc
Nally, is a former Palmer high
school student and employee of
the Frontiersman. He is now
stationed in Meridian. Missis
sippi.
Seattle has 183 parks total
ling 3,154 acres.
GLENN HARRISON
DIES IN TEXAS
Word was received at the
J Frontiersman today of the
! death of Glenn Harrison, a resi
dent here for many years, at
the home of his sister in San
Antonio, Texas, where he had
live for the past year.
Harrison died on March 1,
i and funeral services were held
March 2.
His brother, Henry, also a
former Valley resident, now
lives in Port Orchard, Wash
ington.
Enthusiasm is a necssity in any
endeavor, but it always looses
its value when it reaches the
point of recklessness.
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Housfon-Willow News
By Kelly Palmquisl
A Sunday afternoon lunch
eon was held at the Willow
community building for every
one who helped during the Wil
iow Winter Carnival on Feb. 1,
2, and 3. From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.,
approximately 70 people en
joyed the chili, spaghetti, and
cherry or apple pie prepared to
perfection by Mr. Decker and
Mrs. Zoe Hazel.
Following the luncheon, the
carnival committee reported on
the success of the Winter Car
nival. Financially, they netted
about $1200. although carry
ing the burden of many more
events. Everyone agrees that
this year’s carnival was a most
satisfactory venture. The
money will go to help for the
community hall.
Carnival queen Jane Linne
bur received her prize of a $100
U. S. savings bond. Kelly
Palmquist was also given a
check for $50 for selling the
most tickets.
* * »
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Bryant
returned from their month
long trip to all the western
states Wednesday, Feb. 27.
They flew to Seattle, picked up
a new Mercury Comet, and
proceeded on their wray, visit
ing friends and relatives thro
ughout the trip. The couple
mentioned seeing the Speece
and Jones families, former
homesteaders of Houston. The
Peppermint Twist was another
highlight of their tour. The
Bryants drove home and re
corded 8,000 miles on the new
car.
* * *
Frank and Rose Moss are
parents of another child, born
Monday morning. We’ll try to
have the vital statistics on the
new arrival next week.
* * *
Jim Sullivan left last week
for Seattle, where he is buying
a new car, which he will drive
back over the highway. Re
turning with Mr. Sullivan will
be his brother, Eugene, who
plans to work in Alaska for a
while.
* • *
Mr. and Mrs. John Dockery
have returned from their
South 48 visit.
Barney Summers, of Ed
munds, Washington, is spend
ing his two-weeks’ vacation in
Alaska, and. while in the Pal
mer area, visited with friends
in the Houston locality. He was
very much impresed with dog
mushing when he saw Jack
Carl’s team take off from Jas
per Heath’s house.
Almost every family in or
near Houston has been hit with
the flue in the last two weeks.
Don’t forget the community
club meeting on March 13 at
the Vroman home and the ARA
annual meeting and oral vac
cine on Sunday, March 10.
Palmer Gar Club
Plans Drag Strip
The Palmer Car Club is at
tempting to get a drag strip
here, according to police chief
Louis Bencardino, who is as
sisting the group with its plans.
The possibility of construct
ing a strip to parallel the east
west runway at the airport has
been discussed with the Mat
anuska Valley Airmen, who
have indicated their willing
ness to cooperate with the club,
Bencardino said.
The project will next be
brought before the Palmer city
council for their approval and
recommendations, the chief
stated.
He added that the club
hopes to have the cooperation
of the Anchorage clubs in get
ting the drag strip set up.
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PALMER WINS
JUNIOR HIGH
TOURNAMENT
Palmer’s Central junior high
basketball team won the West
ern Alaska junior high tourna
ment played in Wasilla March
1 and 2, competing against five
other teams, Wasilla, Chugiak.
Eagle River, Catholic Junior
High, and Copper Valley.
In the Palmer team’s first
win on Friday over Catholic
Junior High, 39 to 27, Coach
James Carter had an opportun
ity to play all of his reserves.
The second contest, against
Copper Valley, was close until
the half when the reserves
took over and racked up a fin
al score of 34 to 20.
In the semi-final game
against Wasilla, there were
only one or two points differ
ence unitl the fourth quarter,
Coach Carter said. Then Pal
mer rebounding and defensive
play helped the Moose to con
trol the game to an easy vie
tory ot z9-zt>.
This victory put the Pal
merites into the finals on Sat
urday evening. Because it was
a double elimination tourna
ment and Wasilla played thr
ough the losers’ bracket, the
Moose again met the Warriors
on Saturday evening. This
championship game was the
most exciting junior high game
of the season, Carter said. Was
illa took a six-point lead in the
first quarter before the Pal
mer defense began to click, but
by playing deliberate ball with
an occasional fast break the
Moose overtook the Warriors
before the half. In the second
half, the Palmer team control
led the rebounds and began to
score on their close-in shots.
Until the last three minutes
the lead changed hands nine
times. With 17 seconds left,
Palmer had a one-point lead
when Wasilla fouled Dennis
Bouwens on a driving lay-up.
He made the first shot and
missed the second, the game
ending before the Wasilla team
could get another shot.
"The Palmer team philoso
phy all year has been to control
the game and to make the other
team play the way we want
them to,” Carter said. “Because
we worked on rebounding and
concentrated on our own of
fence, we were able to do this
in all our tournament games.
When another team became
careless, we were almost al
ways able to capitalize on their
errors.”
He said the boys worked ex
tremely hard to win the tourn
ament, particularly three Sat
urday games.
Scoring for the tournament
was as follows; Fish, 35; Schae
fer, 0; Bisset, 2; Williams, 35;
Logsdon, 8; Dearborn, 34; Mar
shall, 11; Bouwens, 9; Bush, 4;
and Condict, 0.
“The big factor in our win
ning close games was our abil
ity to rely on the second team
to play as well as the first when
we needed them,” the coach
stated. “After losing the first
two games, we won 13 out of
14 for the season record of 13
wins and three losses.”
The Columbia River and its
tributaries drain 259,000 sq
miles.