Palmer High--68th AAA Meet Tomorrow Night
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Palmer Defeated by
Anchorage in Second
Conference Conlesi
The Palmer High School team,
whose next Railbelt Conference
game is set for January 4 when
the team will travel to Fairbanks,
will play the 68th AAA squad
ron from Elmendorf Air Force
Base this week end. The game
will start at 9 p.m. Saturday at
the school gymnasium here.
The Palmer High School Moose,
who won the first Railbelt Con
ference game from Anchorage
on December 2. were defeated
here by the Anchorage team last
week end. The score was 34 to 24
in favor of the Anchorage Eagles.
Both Teams played “with all
their hearts,” with the Valley
boys trying to hold their Railbelt
Conference lead and the Eagles
fighting against a second defeat.
The Anchorage attack in the
opening quarter was spearheaded
byv Center Fred Fultz with the
Eagles jumping into an 11-3 lead.
Starting with a man to man de
fense. the AHS swung into a very
effective zone defense after get
ting off to a good start.
The first half ended with the
Anchorage Eagles leading 13 to 7.
Ray Leonard w^ound up the night
making good on nine free throws,
averaging 69 per cent, with Fultz
and Roger Carmen monopolizing
the backboard play. The Moose
tried desperately to overcome the
Eagles’ lead but were unable to
do sp.
Harvey Hiber was held down to
one point. Harvey hgs given the
AHS plenty of grief in the past
three years and last Saturday
night the AHS zone was aimed at
holding Hiber down. Leonard
led the Eagles with a score of 11
points. Milles was high man for
the Moose with a score of 7 points,
but was fouled out. Thuma was
second with 5 points and he was
also fouled out.
On January 13 PHS will again
battle Anchorage, on the latter’s
courts. Railbelt Conference games
for,Palmer team in January are
as follow’s: Palmer to go to Sew
ard January 10 and 12. Seward
will come here for January 19
and 20; Fairbanks will be here
January 24 and 25, and Anchor
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Long After
The Season Closes
Yes, you’ll still be enjoy
ing game you shot long
after the season closes if
you decide now to look
into the advantages of
renting a frozen food
locker.
Palmer Cold Storage
and Locker Service
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LARRY SHEPHERD IS
VICTIM OF FREAK
ACCIDENT HERE
Larry Shepherd, employee of
the Matanuska Electric Associa
tion, who lay undiscovered all
Monday afternoon after he was
knocked unconscious in a ware
house accident, was dismissed j
from the Valley hospital on |
Wednesday. The accident oc
curred at about 1 p.m. when a
huge bin, full of heavy bolts and
fastened to the wall, fell and hit;
him, knocking him unconscious.
Mr. Shepherd was not missed
by other MEA employes as he J
was thought to be busy in the j
warehouse which is adjacent to j
the MEA office. Around 4 p.m. :
Carl Wolf; another MEA em
ploye, reporting in, thought he
heard a faint call for help. He!
couldn’t find anyone around and ;
started to leave when he again
heard the faint cry. Mr. Wolf
started digging then in what ap
peared to be a big heap of bolts;
lying on the floor and discovered I
the injured and unconscious man
who was rushed to Valley hos- j
pital for treatment.
Mr. Shepherd has been here in ;
Palmer since the first part of No-:
vember when he drove here from |
the states with Jim Morgan. He
has been employed by MEA since
his arrival here.
Ray F. James Takes
Short Trip to States
“Everything in Seattle is pretty
much up in the air and everyone
is just waiting for the president’s
expected declaration of a state
of emergency so they can find
out about priorities,” Ray F. j
James, head of the James Con- j
struction Company said here |
Wednesday on his return from a i
brief trip to the states. Mr.
James, who is constructing 25!
houses here in the ARRC subdi- j
vision, flew to Seattle Sunday to i
check on the materials situation, j
he said. He added that the ;
weather in Seattle was “just I
beautiful” while he was there.
age will return to Palmer on Jan- •
uary 27. i
Miss Eby to Address
Health Council Thursday
A detailed report on the pur
poses of the official chapter of
the Infantile Paralysis Association
formed for the Third Division at
Anchorage Tuesday will be given
by Miss Florence O. Eby at the
regular meeting of the Matanuska
Valley Health Council next week.
Miss Eby, one of 30 persons from
Anchorage and surrounding com
munities attending the organiza
tional meeting, was named to the
executive committee.
The December meeting of the
Health Council will be held at
the Rec hall at 7 p.m. Thursday.
HUNTERS GET MOOSE
IN SUSITNA AREA
Among local hunters who re
turned to Palmer last week after
a successful moose hunt were El
mer Ubert, “Curley” Doyle and
Bruce Murray. Les Green was
pilot for the hunters who camped
between the Big and Little Su
sitna for six days.
“While Doyle was cooking hot
cakes, Elmer and Murray each
shot a moose,” \vas the report
given by friends on the hunters’
return with two fine specimen of
the animals. However, Mr. Ubert
said that credit for the two moose
went to Mr. Doyle and Mr. Mur
ray. The three men are em
ployed at the Evan-Jones mine
at Jonesville.
CLARK McHURONS Have
NEW BABY DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Clark McHuron
have a new baby daughter, born
at Valley hospital December 13
at 1:40 p.m. The little girl, named
Barbara Marjean, weighed seven
pounds, three ounces on arrival.
Mr. McHuron is a geologist with
the Bureau of Reclamation here.
WASILLA—Mr. and Mrs. Wen
ter Harvey and children plan to
spend the holidays in Califor
nia. They are to leave here Mon
day on their trip Outside, to
visit friends and relatives. Dur
ing their absence regular church
services will be conducted here
by Mr. and Mrs. Henry of Pal
mer. The Harveys expect to re
turn to Wasilla some time in Jan
uary.
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Attention Residents
of the
Malanuska Valley
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Power will be off throughout the
Valley Sunday, December 17th, from
9 A.M. until 4:30 P.M. for major sub
station changes. Anyone operating
stand-by generators please see that
their plant does not feed back into our
line as men will be working on the line.
Matanuska Electric Association, Inc.
YOUR REA ELECTRIC CO-OP IN PALMER
“Serving the Valley Since 1942”
Palmer, Alaska
Girl Scouts Plan,
Prepare Christmas
Dinner Party Today
A Christmas dinner party was i
held by Girl Scouts of Troop No. |
27 at the home of Mrs. -Oliver i
Onkka this evening, Miss Judy i
Hurley, troop scribe, announced j
this week. The party today was j
held from 3:45 p.m. to 6 p.m., j
with Troop members preparing j
and serving the dinner. The
menu, also planned by the Scouts, i
included chicken with noodles, j
vegetable salad, dessert and milk.
Plans for the Christmas party j
| were made at the regular meet- j
ing of Troop No. 27 last Friday
under the leadership of Mrs. i
1 Onkka, Mrs. Carols Driggers and i
Mrs. Richard Thompson. All
I members were requested to bring
; their national dues, their permit j
slips and their Christmas card
I money to the party today. Miss ■
■ Hurley said.
HAS BROKEN ELBOW
WASILLA—Kelly Wilson, son
| of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson, j
( broke his elbow while -playing;
' here recently. He spent several
days at the Valley hospital.
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