18 Anchorage Boats to Race At Wasilla Sunday
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An afternoon’s card of motor
boat racing will get under way
at Lake Wasilla at one o’clock
Sunday afternoon, it was an
nounced today by Jimmy Nelson
of Wasilla, commander of the
Wasilla post of the Veterans of
foreign Wars. The Wasilla post
is sponsoring the races, which are
presented by the Anchorage Out
board Motor Club.
Five races are scheduled for
Sunday’s event, Mr. Nelson said.
The finish line will be at the
south end of Lake Wasilla, at the
VFW-owned beach near Wasilla’s
railroad depot. All Valley resi
dents are invited to attend. There
will be no admission charge.
There are 18 boats competing in
the races. Each of the five races
will be in two heats. Winner of
each race will be awarded a tro
phy cup, contributed through the
. co-operation of Valley merchants.
All boats and skippers in the
race are Anchorage residents.
The Wasilla committee in charge
of Sunday’s races includes Leo
Nunnally, chairman, Tommy Nail,
Frank Sorensen and Mr. Nelson.
Mr. Nelson today expressed his
gratitude to the 15 Palmer and
Wasilla merchants who contrib
uted to the fund used to purchase
trophies. Those contributing mer-,
chants include:
Wasilla Cocktail Lounge, Tee
land’s Shopping Center, Williwaw
Lodge, Green Acres Lodge, Hal
lea Lodge and Wasilla Roadhouse,
all of Wasilla;
Hartley Brothers Motor Co.,
Kirk’s Sales and Service, Koslos
ky’s Department Store, Matanus
ka Valley Bank, Palmer Drug
Store, Matanuska Valley Farm
er’s Co-Operating Association,
Ketchikan Spruce Mills, Grasser’s
Hardware and Valley Grocery, all
of Palmer.
A writer reports that the Rus
sians have several new inventions
up their sleeves, but have to wait
until they can get the specifica
tions from Washington.
SHEEP HUNTERS MUST
GIVE MORE INFO
Bob Burkholder, local Fish
and Wildlife Service agent, an
nounced this week that some
applications to take sheep in
the Chugach area are incom
plete. All hunters hoping to
shoot in that area must indi
cate, on their application, the
drainage in which they expect
to hunt.
Although the applications
deadline was passed last week,
Mr. Burkholder said the An
chorage FWS office would per
mit this supplementary infor
mation to be added to applica
tions already on file. All hunt
ers applying for a permit in
the Chugach area are urged to
get in touch with the Anchor
age office immediately, if they
did not indicate the drainage
in which they plan to hunt.
The additional information
will not be necessary for hunt
ers filing for the Talkeetna
area.
The drawing which will de
termine the 40 sheep hunters
in the Talkeetna and Chugach
areas is scheduled for next
Tuesday. There are 230 hunt
ers who have filed for a per
mit, the Fish and Wildlife
Service headquarters at An
chorage reported this week.
Bristol Bay Begins
Netting Pinks
After Poor Red Run
Fishing resumed at Bristol Bay
yesterday, with fishermen spread
ing their nets for dog salmon and
other lowgrade varieties of salm
on, which -'are beginning their
spawning cycle now. The season
for sockeyes was extremely short
this year, three areas being closed
in mid-August because of insuf
ficient escapement to the spawn
ing grounds.
One large run hit the Bay just
at the Fourth of July holiday, but
the catch has been extremely
1 Man Fails to Complete Outdoor Range,
So Sportsmen Try Again On Wednesday
Since only one interested rifle
man of the membership of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen re
sponded to a Sundae call to work
on the outdoor rifle range at the
) Sandvik property, the next call
will be set for evening hours, it
was decided at this week’s club
meeting. Club members are asked
to report at the range site as soon
after six p.m. as possible next
Wednesday, Aug. 9.
Range committee head Ken
Westenbarger again urged the im
portance of utilizing the range
facilities to sight rifles before the
fall hunting seasons open. He
recommended that the outdoor
range facilities be opened to ev
eryone, in the interest of a safer
* hunting season. The club accept
er that recommendation.
Also in the interest of a safer
hunting season, club president
Bill Smith suggested that all
hunting parties again purchase
first-aid kits from the local physi
cian. Dr. R. E. Garrett inaugurat
ed this practice last year, and
hunters agreed that the plan is
excellent. The special hunter’s
kit contains standard first - aid
equipment, in addition to pena
cillin, sulpha and morphine for
use in serious hunting accidents.
Mr. Smith volunteered to dis
cuss the plan with Dr. C. C. Bail
ey and to report to the club at
the next meeting, if the kits will
be available to hunting parties.
Club exhibits for the coming
fair were discussed at the Wednes
day membership meeting. Mr.
Smith appointed Bob Burkholder
as chairman of the committee to
plan the exhibit. It was decided
to hire a responsible watchman to
guard the club’s exhibit hall.
Roy Brock reported that the
Palmer Kiwanis Club had agreed
to pay $150 of the labor costs to
install a proposed ski tow above
Little Susitna Lodge, 'the site
and tow machinery are to be in
spected by Russ Dow on Sunday,
and an estimated list of expendi
tures will be presented at the
next club meeting.
Secretary Bruce Graham re
minded members of the game din
ner committee that they will meet
wdth the Sportsmen’s board next
Monday evening to make game
assignments. The meeting will be
held in the club quarters beneath
the Rec Hall at eight o’clock.
Members on the committee in
clude:
Mrs. Foster Sims, Mrs. Clair
Stock, Mrs. Russell Felzien,
Mrs. Harold Winegarner, Mrs.
Kenneth Westenbarger, Mrs.
Roy Brock, Viola Daniels, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Duff, Eugene
Kirsch, Frank Gagnon, Bob
Burkholder, Bill Cook, Ben
Cabo, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dye
and Bud Lacher.
Palmer Beals
Wasilla, 12-11,
On Local Diamond
The score is even again, in ftie
Palmer and Wasilla junior base
ball battlefield. Games are di-'
vided at two apiece, following
this Wednesday evening’s 12-11
victory of Palmer over Wasilla.
Wasilla took last week’s ses
sion, with a 10 to 8 win from Pal
mer.
Baseball juniors were pleased
to see more fans in the bleachers
last Wednesday than they have
at any of the earlier games. Pal
mer boys feel their moral support
is what it took to push across
the winning run in the last half
of the seventh. The game was
even at eight runs each, until
that final inning.
There will be another game on
the Palmer diamond at six o’clock
next Wednesday evening. All in
terested baseball enthusiasts are
invited to attend. There is no
charge for admission.
Waterfowl Regulations
Due on Aug. 26
Regulations for the shooting of
waterfowl, normally made public
about this time each year, will
be delayed until late August, a
spokesman for the Fish and Wild
life Service announced this week.
Reason for the delay is to allow
scientists additional time to study
waterfowl at their northern
breeding grounds, and to make an
analysis of their findings.
small since then. Actual fishing
time at three Bristol Bay loca
tions, Nushagak, Egegik and
Kvichak-Naknek, was less than
14 full days. The season opened
in those areas on June 25.
Total pack for Bristol Bay this
season will reach about 600,000
cases, cannery operators estimate.
SIXTY SALMON ESCAPE
WITH FISH NET
KNIK — Because conservation
ist Lew Hanks has keen eyesight,
the Lazy Mountain Children’s
Home today is richer by 60 salm
on and a salvaged salmon net.
Home workers set a net at Goose
Bay last week, anchoring it with
stone-loaded sacks. The net tore
loose from the anchor sacks and
drifted inland with the incoming
tide.
Mr. Hanks sighted the floating
net as it passed the mouth of Fish
Creek. He recruited Chester Bur
den, Dan Olney and a motorboat
and pursued the truant net. The
men caught it near the old dock
site at Knik and hauled it aboard
their boat, together with the 60
salmon it held captive.
Fruit Jars—quarts and pints—wide mouth
Jelly Glasses—Cold Packers
Pressure Cookers
Ail Kinds Kitchenwares
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