PALMER MOOSE DROP TWO TO EAST
HIGH THUHDERRIRDS DEC. 6-7
By DEE WOODS and
LARRY KLAYUM
Friday, Dec. 6, the Palmer
high school basketball team
traveled to East Anchorage in
their new bus. Although t h e
game started slowly, at half
time both teams were tied 22
22. Handicapped by fouls. Pal
mer fell behind the taller
Thunderbirds in the second
half. The final score was East
58, Palmer 39.
BOX SCORE
PALMER
FG
DeVries _5
Puddicombe _0
Estelle _1
Bolen _0
Bohrnan _1
Patterson _0
Pettit_5
Woods _0
Hartung _2
Ingalls _2
F
3
0
4
0
5
1
4
0
5
Pts.
13
0
3
0
2
1
10
0
5
Crane
EAST
Trappp
Ladegard
Owens _
Zile _
_3
9
Levan
_6
_3
4
0
1
3
Score by quarters
Palmer _10-12-12- 5—39
East_11-11-21-13—58
Saturday, Dec. 7, East An
chorage played at Palmer. The
ITO THE|
EDITOR
Dear Editor:
How time flies!
We have been in Europe for
two months, and that means
half our vacation is over. We
live, so to speak, “The Life of
Riley.” My sister is a wonder
ful cook, and we live in a very
nice home.
Yesterday we were in Am
sterdam, where my uncle lives
in a home for old-timers. He
is the very last of the Sniders,
80 years old, and has lived here
all his life. All his brothers and
sisters are gone. He therefore
has become the last of an un
broken line of shoemakers.
In the days when the writer
was a boy, when your father
was a carpenter or a shoemaker
or farmer, you too followed
your father’s trade.
There has been a great
change in the last 50 years.
With radio and TV, the world
is made much smaller. When
we turn on the radio, we can
hear our President speak, and
can listen to French and Eng
lish stations.
Two daily newspapers are de
livered to the door every morn
ing.
One I just read stated that
a man murdered his wife and
daughter with a potato knife
then tried to kill himself and
failed. He was sentenced to
eight years in the penitentiary.
And I thought we were too
soft on criminals in Alaska!
There is plenty of work here
in Holland. Labor is imported
from Spain and Portugal.
Before W. W. II, theDutch
held a monopoly on the spices
and tobacco trade with the East
Indian colonies; but during the
war Holland lost the colonies,
with help, I was told, from
England (who wanted this mar
ket) by preventing Dutch ships
interned in Britain from leav
ing. Today, however, only a
few years after the second
World War, the Dutch have
more than half the trade back.
To see the harbors of Ams
terdam and Rotterdam choked
with ships of all nations is a
sure sign of world trade. The
Dutch were always great sea
faring people and discoverers.
Sometimes I spend half a day
in the library and in book
stores. Only a week ago I
bought an old book on Alaska
which some day will find its
way into the Matanuska Val
ley Historical Museum.
With the help of the librarian
I have been trying to find the
name of the ship and the name
of the captain after whom
Dutch 'Harbor is named. There
may be a chance that we can
find it in the Congressional
Library in Washington, D. C.
Next year, when we go to
New York, we will make a trip
to Washington and visit the
great library.
On Friday we will show our
Alaska movies for the old peo
ple of the city of Zaandam. In
vitations are out for all to
come and see a free movie ot
Alaska, under the direction ol
the Division or Recreation for
the Old Folks. Former Senator
Snider will be the principle
speaker . . .
And so goes the day, the
days into weeks, the weeks into
months, and soon we will re
turn to a place we love and cal
our home—Alaska.
Hein e Snider
East Anchorage Thunderbirds
were accompanied by over 300
fans, who arrived in Palmer at
0 p.m. by special train.
Both teams played a faster
game Saturday night, each
using a full court press. Thro
ughout, the game was very
close. However, by the third
quarter fouls once again took
their effect on Palmer, with
Andy DeVries and Jim Estelle
fouling out. Final tabulations
shewed Palmer with 23 field
goals to East’s 16. However
Blast sunk 28 out of 40 free
throws to make the difference.
One bright side for Palmer
is that Stan Smith and Dave
Konikson, injuried players, will
soon be returning to the line
up.
BOX SCORE
PALMER
FG
DeVries _7
Bolen _0
Estelle _1
Puddicombe _0
Bohman _4
Patterson _2
Pettit _6
Hartung
Ingalls _
Woods _
Crane
Trapp
EAST
Ladegard
Owens _
Zile _
Levan
Snow
Rice _
Rogers
Crumbly
-0
F Pis
14
0
2
0
8
6
18
4
2
0
1
3
1
0
3
4
0
2
4
0
19
9
11
0
2
4
0
5
10
0
Score by quarters:
Palmer _11-14-15-14—54
East _9-20-17-14—60
This Friday, Dec. 13. the
Palmer varsity travels to Wa
silla. The Palmer junior var
sity will play the Glennallen
varsity in the preliminary
game.
FREE SPAGHETTI
MARKS OPENING
A free spaghetti dinner will
mark the opening of the Butte
Roadhouse under new manage
ment on Friday, Dec. 13.
Charley and Evelyn Peek,
the new proprietors, said serv
ing will begin at 6:30 p.m. and
urged people or the area to
come in and get acquainted.
The couple, long-time Alas
kans, spent six years in the
Delta Junction area before
coming to Anchorage two years
ago, and have been interested
in acquiring the Butte Road
house since then.
“I bought the Butte as an
anniversary present for my
wife,” Peek said.
Mrs. Peek was chef at Jolly
Vi’s last year.
The couple said they will
specialize in the kind of meals
their customers want, and will
do their best to run a menu that
will fit into any budget. Be
sides sea foods, steaks, and
spaghetti, they plan to serve
Mexican food one day a week.
Favorite beverages will be
available in the cocktail lounge.
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Food Prices Down in Quarter;
Still Higher Than Last Year
According to Charles F. Mar
sh, economist with the Alaska
Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion and Extension Service in
Palmer, the food prices avera
ged 0.9 per cent lower for the
quarter ending Sept. 15. The
Alaska “food basket” contain
ing 40 food items cost consu
mers $22.88 in September com
pared to $23.08 in June.
In August consumers in the
Seattle area paid $17.84 for the
same items, up 25c since May.
Although food prices over the
U S. trended down during Aug.
they were still 2.5 per cent
above the May level.
Fairbanks led the way with
a "basket" 08c lower, followed
in order by Anchorage 57c
lower, Nome 31c, Petersburg
21c Juneau 10c, Seward 13c,
and Sitka 9c lower. Ketchikan
prices were up 28c and lc for
Palmer.
Alaska’s food price index for
the quarter ending Sept. 15 for
the nine cities reporting was
99.0 per cent (average “basket”
price for 1957-59 equal to 100.)
The index for Seattle, using
Seattle prices for the base per
iod was 105.7 per cent—up 2.0
per cent.
Although Alaska food prices
were somewhat lower for the
quarter, the average price of
the “food basket” for the nine
cities was gtill 2.3 per cent
above the level of a year ago.
The 40 food items cost consum
ers $22.88 this Sept, compared
to $22.37 last year—up 51c.
The “food basket” averaged
$ 1.02 higher at Ketchikan, 96c
at Sitka, 83c at Fairbanks, 55c
at Nome, 45c at Juneau, 38c at
Petersburg, 23c at Palmer and
14c higher at Anchorage. Sew
ard’s basket was 3c lower.
The consumer price index in
August continued at the July
level of 107.1 (1957-59—100)
according to the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor’s bureau of labor
statistics. The index was up 1.5
per cent over a year ago, pri
marily because of higher pri
ces for food and housing.
The Wholesale Food Price
Index, compiled by Dun and
Bradstreet, after reaching a
record high for 1963 of $5.98 on
July 23 slipped during August
to a ten-week low of $5.90 on
Aug. 27. This was the second
consecutive decline from last
year for the index which had
been running higher than or
equal to 1962 levels since May
21.
“Winter has come to Alaska
and everyone is looking for
ward to the holiday season,”
Marsh said. “As we think
about the festive season ahead
we see tables laden with delici
ous foods of all kinds. Foods
deserving of feature treatment
during December are beef,
pork, pecans, cranberries, pea
nuts and peanut products, tur
keys and apples.”
A new peelable-resealable end
label for bread wrappers has
been announced by Marathon
Division of American Can Co.,
Marsh noted. Described as
“easy to open”, the end label
is said to help protect the
freshness of a bread loaf to
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the very last slice. The coat
ing on the end label features a
delayed “tack type adhesive”.
Said to remain tacky through
out the life of the bread loaf
in the home, the label is de
scribed in the Delaware Bulle
tin on Food Distribution, Aug.
27, 1963.
Consumers spend an average
of $12.55 of each $100 used for
groceries on convenience foods,
Marsh said. Their fresh or
home - prepared counterparts
would cost $12.02 or 27c more.
On the basis of sales volume,
the convenience foods that are 1
less expensive than fresh, more
than offset those that cost
more. As much as $1.83 an hour
can be saved in using conven
ience foods instead of prepar
ing them yourself. The saving
is in time—more valuable than
dollars to today's busy house
wives—raising children, gain
fully employed and engaged in
varied activities outside the
home. These conclusions are
from a survey covering 217
food products by the Depart
ment of Agricultural economics
Research Service.
Calories, quality, and con
venience will he the key fac
tors in food selection of Ameri
cans during the next 10 years,
predicts New York economist,
Dr. Arno H. Johnson. The
housewife and her family will
demand more healthful, more
nutritious foods and greater
convenience in preparing them
and be willing and able to pay
more for them.
DTEDRICH WINS
SEARS DRAWING
Richard Diedrich of Sutton
won the drawing held at Soars’
catalog order store in Palmer
on Monday, D e c. 2, manager
Don an Brunt has announced.
Palmer mayor Ted Schmid
tke drew the lucky number.
Names submitted for the draw
ing were those of customers
who had placed Christmas or
ders at the store. The prize
was a refund for the amount of
the order.
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