Barry's Resort Okayed For Annual MVS Fish Fry
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SPORTSMEN S HEAD
URGES FISHERMEN
TO FISH EARLY
The tentative arrangement to
hold the annual fish fry of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen at
Barry’s Resort has been con
firmed, committee chairman Bob
Burkholder announcer this week.
The fry, which is open to all, is
scheduled for Sunday, July 16.
Bill Smith, Sportsmen’s chief,
urges that all club members set
to at once on their assignment of
fish for the event. Every club
member is expected to contribute
some sort of fish. Harry Ryan of
Palmer Cold Storage has volun
teered to store the cleaned and
pan-ready fish, until July 16.
Sportsmen will provide fish,
ice cream and coffee. All who at
tend are asked to bring a basket
lunch to supplement the fish.
Lunches will be shared at the
community tables.
Moose Lodge Sponsors
Junior Baseball
The Palmer Moose Lodge again
is sponsoring junior baseball in
the Valley. Under the leadership
of Marty Sherman, boys are gath
ering at the local baseball dia
mond at seven o’clock each Wed
nesday and Saturday evenings.
Still more recruits, who must
be under the age of 15 years, are
needed to round out the team.
Since equipment is meager, boys
who own baseball bats, mitts and
baseballs will be especially wel
come at the practice sessions.
Later in the summer, the jun
ior squad will meet boys’ teams
from Wasilla and other spots in
the Valley area.
FISHING LICENSES
EXPIRE TODAY
All fresh-water fishing licenses
for trout and grayling expire to
day, the Valley’s licensing agent
Ruth Peterson reminded fisher
men. Fishermen must have a new
license in their possession before
they again begin testing Valley
streams and lakes.
Mrs. Peterson asks all who will
seek a license renewal to bring
last year’s licence with them. The
currrent application must state
the number of the license held
last year.
KARLUK CATCH IS UP,
ESCAPEMENT IS DOWN
The catch of salmon in the
Karluk district is higher than it
was last year, but the escapement
is less, is was announced last
week by Roy Lindsley, fisheries
agent. By June 17, total escape
ment was 89,036. Last year’s fig
ure was 163,850 at that time.
WALLACES HAVE BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wallace
of Palmer became the parents of
a boy this week. The new Wal
lace son was born at Valley Hos
pital on June 26.
VICTOR FALK III IS HERE
Victor Falk III was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Falk II at Valley
Hospital recently. The baby ar
rived on June 15. He weighed
seven pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
Nellie Kelley's Better Garbage Can Has
Brownies Beating Path to Her Door
The Valley’s first bear story of#
the 1950 season is an importation.
It came back with M. D. Snod
grass, who recently drove home
from the states by way of the i
Alaska Highway. i
The locale of Mr. Snodgrass’ 1
story is Nellie Kelley’s Roadhouse
at Mile 1270 on the Alaska High
way. It concerns a two-year-old :
brown bear who resented Mrs. <
Kelley’s interruption of his menu '<
perusal at the Kelley garbage 1
can. The bear pursued Mrs. I
Kelley into her own kitchen, and 1
then entered the roadhouse by i
another door to continue the <
chase. t
Mrs. Kelley snatched a rifle '
from behind the kitchen door and
fired a shot into the jaw of the t
hungry brownie. “The gun she £
used was big enough to down an
elephant, and she eliminated that (
bear in a hurry,” Mr. Snodgrass {
commented. ]
The Valley man arrived on the j
scene 10 minutes later to find ]
Mrs. Kelley seated in a chair, r
fanning herself, and contemplat- j
ing a very dead brownie stretched
on the roadhouse floor.
The pelt of the adventuresome |
two-year-old is now en route to .
the states, where it will be .
dressed in preparation for a last
resting place on the Roadhouse
wall. Just across from it there
will be a second hide—that was
the bear that chased Mrs. Kelley
into her house last year.
Mrs. Bailey is a long-time resi
dent of Alaska. She fox-farmed
on Kodiak Island in 1925. During
Retie*
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HUGE FIRE
AT CHANDALAR
STILL RAGES
Alaska’s biggest bonfire of the
!eason, burning in the Chandalar
:ountry between the Chandalar
md Porcupine Rivers, was still
inchecked today. The fire has
aeen burning for two weeks, and
livision of forestry officials say
t will continue to burn until
[uenched by rain. It had spread
oo far, when first discovered two
veeks ago, to check.
The fire is burning in an area
hat stretches 11 miles in length
nd 35 miles in width.
Four fires were controlled or
ntirely extinguished in the Fair
>anks district, by mid - week,
lowever the fire at Black Rapids,
>urning along the Richardson
iighway, has flared up again,
rhat fire already has burned over
1,000 acres.
Live fires are still unchecked
it Woodchopper and at Coal
Dreek. A thousand - acre fire
aurning opposite Eielson Air
Force Base, 26 miles south of
Fairbanks, has been controlled,
Dut is still burning.
:he war years she was employed
at Ladd Field, and she has been
managing a roadhouse at her
present location for the past
three years.
Going fishing
OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND?
Let Us Supply You
Whether It's Last-Minute Supplies, or a Complete
Fishing Outfit—jWe Have What You Need.
Salmon Eggs
Flies
Creels
Steel or Bamboo Rods
Plugs Spoons
Reels
To Protect Sensitive Skins:
6-12 Mosquito Repellent Mosquito Head Nets
Sunburn Lotions and Creams
The
New
Palmer Drug Store
(Across from Koslosky's)
SPORTSMEN POSTPONE
JULY 5 MEETING
The regular meeting of ihe
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen,
scheduled for the first Wed
nesday of each month, will be
postponed for a week in July,
club president Bill Smith an
nounced this week. The meet
ing date falls on July 5, which
club members felt followed too
closely after the holiday week
end. Instead, the meeting will
be held on July 12, at eight
o'clock in the rifle range.
RICES HAVE SON
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Rice this week. The
boy was born at Valley Hospital
on June 24. He weighed an even
seven pounds at birth.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
COPPER RIVER CATCH
OF RED SALMON IS
UP OVER LAST YEAR
The Copper River catch of red
salmon, by mid-June has exceed-*
ed the 1949 take, it was reported
last week by the fisheries divi
sion of the Fish and Wildlife
Service. By June 17, the area
showed a pack of 68,653 cases of
reds. The season closed on the
Copper River on June 21.
A few scattering pinks were be
ginning to show in Cook Inlet
early last week. Bristol Bay sea
son opened on Monday of this
week.
MAC'S HOSPITALIZED
D. T. McMahon, local account
ant, was hospitalized for medical
treatment this week. He is a pa
tient at the Valley Hospital.
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