Alaska's Biggest Track Meet Ever
Starts Saturday Noon at Fair Grounds
The biggest track meet ever
seen in Alaska will be held in
Palmer Saturday, May 10, at the
Fair Grounds.
Starting promptly at noon, thin
clads from Fairbanks, Anchorage,
Seward, Wasilla, and Palmer will
participate in 14 events, including
the new 880-yard relay and the
110-yard hurdles.
Ten members of the Fairbanks
track team and their coach will
arrive on the train tonight, and
will remain in and around Pal
mer until Monday morning, when
the next northbound train
leaves. Plans are being made to
accommodate these boys and to
entertain them during their stay
here. They will receive passes o
the Junior-Senior Prom Satur
day night.
From Anchorage will come 18
trackmen who have high hopes
of winning this year’s trophy
award. Palmer has been winner
of the past two track meets held
here, and Coach Bob Crites hints
provokingly about some “sur
prise strength’’ in his team this
year.
It is not known yet just how
many trackmen will participate
from Wasilla and Seward.
Everyone is invited to attend
the meet Saturday. There is no
admission charge. Starting at
noon with the high jump, the
following events are scheduled to
take place at approximately 15
minute intervals and in the given
order: 440-yard race, pole vault,
mile run, 100-yard dash, discus
throw, 110-yard low hurdles, 60
yard high hurdles, shot put, 220
yard dash, 880-yard (one-half
mile) run, 440-yard relay, the
broad jump, and the 880-yard
relay.
To the school winning the track
meet will go a handsome trophy
provided by the Palmer Athletic
Association. Ribbons will be
given for first, second, third, and
fourth place winners in the
several events. Scoring will be on
the basis of five points for a first,
three for a second, two for a third
and one for a fourth. The team
having the highest total score
will be the winner.
Coach Crites hopes that the
track meet in Palmer will be
come an annual affair and will
Record Score of 396
3ei Annual Merchant’s
Handicap Shoot
Ken Westenbarger took first
place at the annual Merchant’s
Handicap Shoot held at the
Sportsmen’s indoor range in the
basement of Recreation Hall Fri
day, May 2.
Breaking the Palmer Rifle
Club’s previous record score of
394 for four positions- formerly
held by J. “Rip" Harris. Westen
barger shot a near perfect score
of 396 out of a possible 400. With
the score he won the first place
Sport Shop trophy donated by
the Sport Shop of Anchorage.
Murray Athearn. who was high
man for the first four matches
but had a bit of tough luck on the
fifth, was second place winner.
He received a “Kamp-Kook
gasoline stove donated by the
Alaska Surplus Store.
Third place winner was Jim
Teters who received a carton of
match ammunition donated by
the Northern Commercial. From
Palmer’s Bert's Drug Store came
the electric knife sharpener that
went to Jack Wessman. fourth
place winner. A carton of Kleen
bore 22 high speed ammunition,
donated by Grasser's Hardware,
went to Vern Donaldson. Burr
Collins won the Fisherman’s Fly
Book donated by Koslosky’s of
Palmer. Scott Donaldson won the
book “Big Game and Cartridges”
donated by Van’s Sporting Goods,
and A1 Dickow won the cleaning
kit and cleaning rod donated by
the Anchorage Hardware. To
Jack Dodge went the boobie prize
—a toy gun offered by the score
keeper. And even the score keep
er got a prize—a target scorer
donated by Doctor Simms.
Said the club members, “All
we fellas of the Palmer Club
wish to take this opportunity to
thank all the merchants for then
fine co-operation and the prizes
for this match.”
gradually be expanded to in
clude high school athletes from
all over the Territory.
Lift Emergency Load
Restrictions On
Glenn, Spenard Hi-Ways
The Alaska Road Commis-;
\ sion announced this week that \
> the emergency load restric-;!
; ! tions on the Glenn and Spen
ard Highway have been lifted.!;
However, the normal restri- !
!; ction of 18.000 pounds per axle!;
is being enforced through!
; weighing stations established 1
; near Anchorage. ;!
Fifty percent load restric- j
! tions are now in effect on the ;
; Sterling Highway and between;
Big Delta and Fairbanks on;
the Richardson Highway and;!
: will remain in effect until fur-:
; ther notice by the Alaska Road !
; Commission. !;
JOHN GORSUCH
TO SPEAK AT
COMMENCEMENT
John Gorsuch, well known An
chorage business man and mem
ber of the Anchorage School Dis
trict Board, will be the Com
mencement speaker next Friday.
May 16, when the 20 members
of Palmer High School Class of
1952 and 63 eighth graders from
the elementary school receive
their diplomas.
Speaking here on two occasions
during the past year, Mr. Gorsuch
has established a reputation as
a fine and stirring speaker. Bet
ter still, he has been forthright
in his elucidation of what it
means to be an American citizen.
NORTH BOUND GEESE
WEAR COLORED NECK BANDS
If you see a Canada goose dur
ing the next month or so wearing
a brightly colored neck band of
red, green, yellow or white, don't
think it is a freak, says the Fish
and Wildlife Service. Instead, the
bird is a member of the winter
colony at the Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge in coastal North
Carolina and one from a group
marked with plastic neck fcanas
for the purpose of learning more
about local movements in rela
tion to food supplies and evidence
of malnutrition.
About 250 of the Canada geese
which wintered at the Pea Islam'
Refuge during the past season
will fly northward with these,
bright bands about their nec.-vr'
These geese have just started
their northward flight up the^ At
lantic Coast and across the East
j ern States.
i All persons who see any of
these marked geese are urged tc
| report the place and date of ob
I servation immediately to the Bird
I Banding Office, Fish and Wild
' life Service, Patuxent Research
Refuge, Laurel, Maryland. Proba
bly not more than one or two
birds in any flock will carry the
telltale identification but it can
be seen at about 100 yards with
the naked eye, or a quarter of a
mile with binoculars.
Carpenters, Remember!
Carpenters Local 2251
Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Each Month
INSURANCE
of AS! Kinds
FIRE — THEFT
LIFE — ACCIDENT
ETC.
MAGAZINE
SUBSCRIPTIONS
KAY PIPPEL
Insurance
Wright Building—Palmer
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY. MAY 8
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY. MAY 9
BASEBALL GAME, Sutton Com
munity Church grounds, 4:30
p.m.
SATURDAY. MAY 10
CHEECHAKO BAKE & RUM
MAGE SALE, Co-Op Rec Hall,
10-4
TRACK MEET, Fairgrounds
JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM
SUNDAY. MAY II
BACCALAUREATE, High School
Gym, 8 p.m.
GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION
GROUP, Charles Wilson home,
7:30 p.m.
MONDAY. MAY 12
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
EVENING CRAFT CLUB
VETERANS’ TRAINING CLASS,
Co-Op clubroom, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 13
MOOSE AND WOMEN OF THE .1
MOOSE. Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, United Protestant
Church, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 14
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co-;
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
WASILLA COMMENCEMENT,
Community Hall, 8 p.m.
May 10—Junior-Senior Banquet
and Prom.
May 10—Track Meet.
May 11—Baccalaureate Service in
School Gym.
May 12—Class Day, 1:30 p.m.
May 13—Grades 1-6: check in
books in afternoon. Hold stu
dents until regular dismissal
time.
May 13—Semester Examinations.
May 14—Semester Examinations.
May 14—Grade School Picnics:
Grade 4-6—Barry’s Lake
Grades 1-3—Remain in Palmer
May 15—No classes for Grades 1
12. Teachers on duty as usual.
May 16—Busses arrive for report
cards Friday at LOO p.m.: de
part at 1:30 p.m.
May 16—Commencement 8:00
p.m. for Grade 12 and Grade
8.
I
McKinley Legion
Of the Moose Holds
Initiation Rites Here
The Mt. McKinley Legion of
the Moose, which includes the
Palmer, Anchorage. Fairbanks,'
and Cordova lodges, held a sour
dough pancake breakfast at the
Palmer Moose Hall Sunday morn
ing, May 4.
Bob Risley of Anchorage pre
sided at the griddle for the ap
proximately 40 members and
candidates present.
Candidates for the Legion from
both Anchorage and Palmer were
initiated following the break
fast. Featured in the initiation
was a goat riding stunt enjoyed
by all but the candidates. Includ
ed among the latter were Frank
Cornelius and Joe Curtis of Pal
mer.
The next meeting of the Legion
will be held in Anchorage June
6. At that time the annual elec
tion and installation of ofifcers
will take place. The nominating
committee meets in Palmer on
May 17.
Live merchants are those who
advertise—patronize them.
JjttiG to CaU...
Mac’s
Looks like the line-up to
buy train tickets on a holi
day weekend. But its only
the family waiting for
Father to finish hogging
the bathroom in the morn
ing. This “boarding house”
rush can be avoided so
easily by installing a
second bath in odd corner
or closet space. See us for
complete low-cost plans.
MACS PLUMBING
and HEATING
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RUGS AND LINOLEUMS
Prints or Plains
Imports or Domestics
Ask for Our Estimates on Asphalt Tile
J G FLOOR COVERING
411 Fifth Avenue Anchorage Phone 32251
Something New Has Been Added:
JAMESWAY Flow E-Z Feeders and Waterers
scientifically built for easy feeding and water
ing. May be used for ducks and turkeys as we;l
as chickens.
NEW SHIPMENT OF KEN-L-RAT5GN
dog feeds, the meat-flavored dog food with
odor-stopping chloraplylin added.
INTERESTED IN OWNING A FORD TRACTOR? SEE
US FOR DETAILS.
REMEMBER.YOU CAN ORDER CHIX ANY WEEK OF
THE YEAR.
BROOKS FEED and SUPPLY
Open 8:30-—5:30 daily except Sundays
PALMER, ALASKA
Be sure t» listen to '‘MAN ON THE FARM” over KENI
each Saturday, 12:30
DON PHILLIPS
LEAVING ALASKA
Don and Barbara Phillips are
leaving Alaska for “some place
in the Northwest” next week.
Don came to Alaska three years
ago with the U. S. Geological
Survey and transferred one and
one half years ago to the Eklutna
Project.
Barbara came to the Valley as
nurse at Valley Hospital and was
acting hospital manager for a
brief period before her resigna
tion a year or so ago. Later she
was labtechnician at the U. S.
Geological Survey.
The couple started building a
home on Lazy Mountain last year
which they have sold.
CONSIDERATE THIEF
Late Tuesday night some thief
who was driving a late model
maroon Studebaker stole a bat
tery out of a Ford pick-up of
Alvin C. Collier, Jonesville miner,
where it was parked at Mile 52
on the Glenn Highway.
Reporting the theft to the
Highway Wednesday, Collier ad
ded that the thief, out of con
sideration for the crippled car
or due to oversight, left behind
a towing chain.
turned to his job at MEA this
week for the first time since he
was felled by a tree while en
gaged in a clearing project sever
al weeks ago
BACK AT WORK
T. W. Mommsen, who was very
seriously injured in a dynamite
cap explosion over a year ago—
April 12, 1951—resumed his dut
COUPLE WED
Married on April 21 by Rev.
George Geiwitz were Theodore
Glenn, 47, and Kathrvn Apodruk,
27.
ies this week as section foreman
at Wasilla.
Take someone to church Sun
day—you’ll both be richer for it
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
ACCOUNTING FORMS
OFFICE SUPPLIES
Everything
for the Office
Expert Office
Machine Repairs
COMMERCIAL
STATIONERS
Reed Bldg., Opp. Federal Bldg.
Dial 30515—Anchorage. Alaska
SAVE SUNDAY FOR MOM
TRY OUR
“Home-Made” style cakes-coekies-breads
rolls or pies
SPECIAL ORDERS for Clubs - Events
Occasions
Retail Sales at Clara's Variety
Palmer Baking Co.
SHAMROCK BUILDING
LEONARD SOLEY. Manager
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