PALMER TEAMS BEGIN BASKETBALL
PRACTICE; FIRST GAME IS NOV. 15
By Dee Woods and
Larry Klayum
Basketball practice started
Friday, Nov. 1, with 12 sen
iors, 12 juniors, 10 sophomores,
and 17 freshmen turning out.
Ron Larson is the varsity
coach, Pete Kokes the junior
varsity coach.
Both coaches reported that
they plan to have a good year.
The practice sessions after
school are very strenuous, con
sisting of wind sprints, laps
around the gym, working with
the medicine ball, and jump
ing rope. There are also many
drills.
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Coach Larson reported that
the Varsity team will be chos
en Friday, Nov. 8. This leaves
only one more week for the
Varsity to practice as a team,
because the first game is the
following Friday, between the
faculty and the varsity.
Wade Appoints
Election Official
Secretary of State Hugh J.
Wade today announced ap
pointment of Mrs. Lil Anger
man of Fairbanks as State Di
rector of Elections.
The new director was bom
in Dawson but moved to Fair
banks with her parents shortly
after her birth and has been a
resident of Alaska since that
time.
She served as election super
visor for the Central District
during the 1960 election and
for 10 years prior to that had
been in charge of the Fairbanks
office of the Territorial and
State Department of Labor.
More recently, she served as
assistant director of the Alaska
exhibit at the Seattle World’s
Fair.
In her role as State Director
of Elections, Mrs. Angerman
will be responsible for the
over-all conduct of special bor
ough elections to be conducted
Dec. 3 and the 1964 general el
ection.
She assumed her new post
yesterday.
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A schedule of the games
follows:
November 15, Faculty.
November 22—Kenai
November 23—Kenai
November 27—Wasilla
December 6—East
December 7—East
December 13—Wasilla
Open—Alumni
January 3—Kenai
January 4—Kenai
January 10—Seward
January 11—Seward
January 16—Fairbanks
January 17—Homer
January 18—Homer
January 24—Kodiak
January 25—Kodiak
January 31—Open
February 6—Eielson
February 7—Wasilla
February 8—Wasilla
February 14—West
February 15—West
Coach Larson would also
like anyone interested in a
Kodiak trip to call Mr. Ward at
the high school Friday, Nov. 8.
This is for parents interested
in going to Kodiak. The round
trip cost is $25. As there is a
limited amount of room on the
plane, anyone interested should
call Mr. Ward as soon as pos
sible. The plane leaves Fri
day, Jan. 24, and will return
after the game Jan. 25.
AWARDS GIVEN
WOTM OFFICERS
At Library Chapter Night of
the Women of the Moose, Irene
Vasanoja, junior graduate re
gent, pleasantly surprised offi
cers and chairmen who earned
their credits for the past year
by presenting them with
charms for their charm brace
lets.
Those who received the gifts
were Fannie Wirtanen, Gertie
Burcher, and Margaret Lucas,
college of regents; Dorothy
Newby, junior regent; Theo
Campbell, graduate regent;
Mary Anne Anderson, chap
lain; Carla Jo Peterson, re
corder; Betty Deming, treasur
er; Mary Combs, musician;
Norma Benson, argus; Esther
Gallagher, sentinel; Mary Mc
Clure, guide; Rosina Hardisty,
assistant guide; Mabel Hayes,
library; Pat DeLand, child
care; Peggy Lazenby, homema
king; Terri Lenhart, hospital;
Merle Peterson, membership;
Mary Frey, Mooseheart; Mar
jorie Davis, Mooselove; and
Gertie Burcher, academy of
friendship.
Rene Barnes is a new candi
date, sponsored by Mary
Combs.
Annie Meehan’s name was
called for the door prize, but
she was not there to receive it.
Members of the Loyal Order
of Moose served refreshments
to the women’s group.
Reid Sees Station Control Shift
Potential Hazard to Valley
Eugene Reid, State Repre
sentative from the Matanuska
Valley, this week stated h i s
concern at the University of
Alaska’s Board of Regents’ and
President Wood’s decision to
shift control and direction of
the Experiment Station labora
tory in Palmer to the Univer
sity near Fairbanks.
“This decision could ulti
mately mean the transfer of
many of the professional staff
now active in research at the
laboratory to the University
where it is supposed they
would become part of the fac
ulty in addition to carrying on
their research work,” Reid
said.
“It is ridiculous to assume
that a realistic state-wide re
search program in agriculture
could be carried out in the
Fairbanks area. At present the
University is able to support
only three professional re
search workers at the College
Experiment Station. While food
production research is needed
in the Tanana Valley, it is ov
ershadowed by other growth
pressures at the University.
Within five years much of the
land at this site will be occu
pied by other activities — the
new biological science building,
a water pollution laboratory
and perhaps another geophys
ics installation.”
Reid said he has written
WORK STARTS ON
FAR NORTH ROAD
Work started Nov. 1 on the
farthest north road project in
the United States—nearly four
miles of road from the city of
Barrow, on the northern tip
of Alaska, to a fresh water
lake and a sewage disposal out
let
Highways Commissioner D.
A. McKinnon said the work is
being performed under the pio
neer access road program with
funds allocated from the de
partment of natural resources.
For this project, $150,000 has
been appropriated to date..
The road will run south of
the city to Emaiksqun Lake,
the only domestic source of
drinking water for the 1,500
inhabitants of Barrow, with a
spur to a ravine at the head of
Nunivak Lagoon where sewage
will be dumped.
Central Construction Co.,
Seattle, Wash., is performing
the work on an equipment ren
tal basis. The firm has been in
the area this past year build
ing an airfield for the state.
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President Wood expressing his
concern and asking for an ex
planation of the objectives of
the plan. “Why does President
Wood want greater control of
the facility at Palmer? It now
has a well qualified and ex
perienced director. Allan H.
Mick, and according to yearly
examinations by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, t h e
program is well conducted and
progressing capably under the
present budgetary limitations.
Transfer of either administra
tive contro: or research activi
ties to College, Alaska, could
only result in increased costs
and a watered down program.
Instead of the phasing out of
an active and vital research fa
cility in the Matanuska Valley
I suggest that a better way of
strengthening farm research
might be found in improving
both the Matanuska and Col
lege farms so that the activi
ties of additional capable scien
tists can be accommodated.”
Reid proposed that the pres
ent Experiment Station labor
atory in Palmer be maintained
and its usefulness and effi
ciency eventually increased by
the construction of a branch of
the University for the Anchor
age area has been suggested by
President Wood and others,”
stated Reid, “but since Alaska
Methodist University will ade
quately fulfill the college needs
of Anchorage for years to
come, the Matanuska Valley is
the logical site for a branch of
our land-grant college.
A land-grant college is obli
gated to contribute to the de
velopment of agriculture. How
could this contribution be bet
ter made than to establish a
branch of the University in the
largest agricultural area in Al
aska—the Matanuska Valley—
where the group of scientists
already at the Experiment Sta
tion could serve as a nucleus
of the teaching staff? I intend
to introduce a Resolution to
this effect at the next session of
the Legislature.”
In conclusion Reid stated
that the decision of the Uni
versity Board of Regents and
President Wood, if approved by
the Alaska Legislature and the
United States Congress, will be
a serious blow to Alaska’s ag
ricultural industry. He asked
that interested citizens con
tact their Legislators and ex
press their opposition to legis
lative endorsement of the plan.
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ASG Committee To Be Chosen
Farmers will elect three reg
ular members and two alter
nates to the Palmer ASC coun
ty committee, voting by mail
Nov. 5-15.
Ballots are to be returned
either by mail or in person to
the Palmer ASCS county off
ice. Severns Building, by Nov.
15, and will be tabulated by
the incumbent Palmer commit
tee on Nov, 20 at 1:30 p.m. in
the Palmer ASCS county off
ice.
A. R. Carson, chairman of
the agricultural stabilization
: and conservation Palmer coun
ty committee, has released the
| following slate of nominees for
! the Palmer ASC committee:
Ralph Bradley, A. R. Carson,
Raymond L. DePriest, Ernest
Harrington, Richard Karnof
| sky. Claude Kelton, Harold
' Kelton, Lloyd Lankford, Rob
ert Nichols. Roland Snodgrass,
and Anthorn Vickaryous.
Those elected will serve as
chairman, vice-chairman, regu
lar member, and first and sec
ond alternates
Generally, a farm owner,
tenant or sharecropper may
vote if he is taking part or is
eligible to take part in one or
more of the programs adminis
tered by the ASC committees
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