Palmer To Defend Conference Lead Tomorrow
I
HIRE TO SUPERVISE
INSTALLATION OP
TRANSA-HOUSES
Charles W. Worman arrived
here this week to supervise the
installation of five Transa-Houses,
pre-fabricated dwellings shipped
to Palmer for members of the
Eklutna project staff and their
families. Mr. Worman is one of
the' three owners of the Kit Man
ufacturing Company, builders of
the Kit trailer, and its subsidiary
firm, the Transa-House Manufac
turing Company. The company’s
factories are located at Long
Beach, Calif., but Mr. Worman’s
headquarters are at Spokane, Wn.
The Transa - House units are
compactly built to opep into H
type four-room dwellings. They
may also be used as trailers as
they are equipped with tandem !
wheels and a hitch enabling them j
to be pulled by car. They were I
brought here “ to alleviate the
housing shortage, arriving No
vefnber 21 on Alaska railroad
flatcars from Seward. There were
six of the houses in the original
shipment but one of them was
damaged when all six broke
loose from the moorings in transit
to Seward from the states by
boat. I
Idea Is New
£ our months ago Transa
House was only an idea sketched
on a paper napkin over a lunch
eon table,” Mr. Worman said.
Since that time the houses have!
gone* into production with 100 of j
them already installed at Coolie ,
Dam for personnel of the Bureau
of Reclamation and another lot j
to go to Bridgeport, Wn. At the j
present time the entire produc
tion is being taken by Federal
agencies, Mr. Worman said, add
ing that he flew here from Wash
ington, D. C., where he has been
conferring with military and fed
eral officials.
When asked if the all-metal!
houses might not bee too cold for
this climate, Mr. Worman’s reply
was that Arctic conditions were j
tak<“n into consideration in de- i
signing the units. They are high-:
ly insulated and such details as j
“no metallic connections from the 1
outside to the inside walls” fur-!
ther insure their warmth, Mr. ! .
Warman explained. t
The retail price of the Transa-;
House is $5,000. It is furnished,
with a propane gas cook stove!
and two Coleman stoves are used
for heating by a forced air sys
tem. It is also equipped with a
tile bath.
The houses here should be
ready for occupancy within two
weeks, Mr. Worman said. In the
spring they will be moved to the
Eklutna project site where they
will be a part of permanent hous
ing, consisting of the Transa
Houses and 10 permanent houses, i
Miss Virginia Carle
Joins Palmer Faculty
Miss Virginia Carle arrived
here last week end from Fair
banks to join the faculty at
Pa4lmer school. She is replacing
Mrs. Paul Bushong, high school
teacher, who is now on leave of
absence. Miss Carle is not a'new
comer to Palmer as she first came
here in 1944 to join the teaching
staff at the school. The following
year she went Outside to attend
the Princeton Theological Semin
ary at Princeton, N. J., where she
took her Master’s degree in re
ligious education. After graduat
ing in June this year, Miss Carle
returned to Palmer where she
stayed until the middle of Sep- j
tember. She then went to Fair
banks to become assistant to the
pastor of First Presbyterian i
church, the Rev. Fred Kosch-!
mann, formerly of Anchorage.
‘Anchorage to Seek
Revenge in Second
Railbelt Game Here
j The Palmer High School Moose
will take on the powerful An
chorage High School Eagles to
morrow night to defend their lead
in the railbelt conference cap
tured last Saturday night in the
first game of the season played
at Anchorage. The game tomor
row promises to be a thriller as
Anchorage comes here thirsting
for revenge for their defeat last
Saturday, when, for the first
timein six years. Palmer was
their victor, according to Anchor
age sports writers. Palmer de
feated the powerful quintet by
two points with a final score of
34 to 32.
Palmer is determined to hold
that lead when the two teams
clash again tomorrow night, al
though there is a tightening
fear as the team will again be
plagued with illness. Edison
Thuma is sick and will be out
of the game which will be a
handicap from the start.
“The boys played a great game
last Saturday but so did Anchor- j
age. There are several definite ;
weaknesses that were noticed and j
will be straightened out tomor- ■
row night. Looking at the An- ;
chorage box score, they held the;
high point man was well as more j
scoring men. As much as I would j
like to, we cannot say that a good
small team can beat a good big
team, so keep your fingers crossed
and get behind your team. They \
need your encouragement and j
not just fleeting praise,” Coach I
Robert Crites stated.
Last Saturday when the local
school teams went to Anchor- j
age there was high hopes but :
few actually expected the out
come to be as it was. Coach
Crites went on to explain. In
the first game played by the
Jay-Vees. Anchorage jumped
to an early lead which it never
relinquished, although several
times the game was tied. Con
sidering the size of the two
teams, the followers of Palmer
should be happy with the re
sults.
Palmer, led by Vernon Fridley
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
with 11 points, the high score oi
the game, as well as Monte Larsh
stealing defense work, Anchor
age knew from the start they
had a real game on their hands.
Anchorage could see that Palmer
was still weak as a team. The
| final score was 28 to 26 in favor
! of Anchorage.
! When Palmer Moose went on
the court there was again the
: fear of Anchorage that has
plagued them ever since the
railbell Ainference started but
there was also grim determina
tion that if Anchorage was to
take this game, they would have
to fight for it. In the fourth
quarter Anchorage really gave
their bio push and the game
was tied with less than two
minutes to go. Palmer sewed
the game up when Hiber passed
to Milles with no Anchorage
defender within 25 feet. An
chorage got one shot after that
but failed to make it. The final
score wfs 34 to 32 in favor of
Palmer.
The game here tomorrow night
will start with the Jay-Vees play
ing at 7:30 p.m.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
Valley Breeders to
Bring More Purebred
Cattle to Valley
Two purebred heifers, a Hol
stein and a Red Dane, are to be
brought to the Valley in the
j present Matanuska Valley Breed
! ers’ Association program of re
i placing and supplementing pres
ent sires of herds here. William
:J. Sweetman, dairy husbandman
| at the Matanuska experiment sta
: tion was instructed to make ar
j rangements to bring the purebred
| heifers here.
! Other discussion at the regular
meeting of the dairymen were
; plans for next year’s Valley Fair,
i with the plans for the group's
cooperation for a bigger and bet
! ter Fair than ever.
Officers to be elected in Janu- |
ary were nominated with candi- I
dates to be named for specific of- i
fices at that meeting. A commit- j
tee for planning programs was !
also named with Arvid Johnson,
Herman Turner and Ernest Har- !
rington named. The regular meet- I
ing in January will be postponed
to the second Tuesday in the I
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