Wa si I la
News Notes
By Jane Browne
Floyd "Butch” Morrison, sta
tioned in Tennessee for school
ing, is home on leave from the
Navy, His next base will be in
Southern California and from
there on an aircraft carrier. He
has specialized in radar elec
tronics.
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The Wasilla Junior High
■ basketball team and Coach
' Wetherington came home win
| ners from the Alaska State
Junior high invitational tour
ney held at the Catholic junior
high school in Anchorage. Sev
! en teams entered in single eli
1 mination. Teams from Eagle
Kiver, Chugiak, Copper Valley,
Seward, Wasilla and Catholic
junior high participated.
On Friday Eagle River de
feated Catholic junior high 31
to 22. Orion defeated Chugiak
50 to 18 and Wasilla took Cop
per Valley 28 to 17. Saturday
morning Eagle River lost to
Orion 48 to 13, Seward lost to
Wasilla 27 to 22 and again
Eagle River lost to Seward 26
to 21. In the preliminary game
Saturday evening and the final
game Wasilla beat Orion 32 to
31 in a very close game. Huston
and Crawford were the out
standing defense players in all
games and especially in the fi
nal game. Crawford scored the
winning point with a foul shot
the last second of the game.
High score man was H u st o n
with 10 points followed by
Crawford and Minnick with 8
points each.
The Wasilla junior high team
also defeated Palmer junior
high December 7 in an after
noon game in Palmer. The
score was 31 to 27. Minnick
was high score man with 15
points. Crawford 8 points, Pe
terson scored 4 points and Hus
ton had 4 to his credit.
The junior high schedule for
1963 is as follows:
Jan. 8, 2:15 p.m. Chugiak at
Wasilla.
Jan. 11, 2 p.m., Palmer at
Wasilla.
Jan. 17, 2:15 p.m., Eagle Riv
er at Wasilla.
Jan. 25, 3:30 p.m., Catholic
Jr. High at Anchorage.
Jan. 29, 3:30 p.m., Chugiak at
Eagle River.
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Feb. 15, 2 p.m., Eagle River at
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The Western Alaska junior
high tourney will be held in
Wasilla February 22 and 23.
All of the abov'e schools are ex
pected to participate.
* * *
Barney Locke, local building
contractor, has returned to Wa
silla following a trip to the
South 48.
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We will be watching John
Polis in 1963 since his unsuc
cessful try into orbit last week
with his Chrysler. The pad was
a little slick near Cottle’s Corn
er and a culvert delayed the
trip.
Price Support
Loan Deadline
Is January 31
January 31, 1963, is the
deadline for price - support
loans and purchase agree
ments on a number of crops
harvested in 1962, Darrell L.
Baird, chairman, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conserva
tion County Committee, said
recently. The crops include
barley and oats.
Mr. Baird listed the follow
ing general provisions of loans
and purchase agreements on
the 1962 crop of commodities:
Price support is made avail
able through farm storage
loans, warehouse storage loans,
and purchase agreements. The
price support program is avail
able to an individual, partner
ship, corporation, trust, etc.
Disbursement of loans is
made to producers by financial
institutions or by ASCS county
offices by sight drafts drawn
on Commodity Credit Corpora
tion.
Loans mature on demand,
but not later than April 30,
1963 in the State of Alaska.
The basic support rate for
loans and settlement purposes
for farm-stored and warehouse
stored barley and oats is SI.80
and $1.20 per bushel respec
tively.
The chairman reminded
growers that good storage,
which must first be approved
by the ASC County Commit
tee, is a requisite for obtain
ing a price support loan on
any farm-stored crop. While
the farmer himself is respon
sible for storing a crop cover
ed by a purchase agreement,
the condition and quality of the
crop will be a determining fac
tor in the amount of the sup
port he receives should he de
cide to deliver his crop under
the support program at the
end of the season.
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Thursday. Jan. 3
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
CAP SQUAD, Moose hall, 7:30
p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION AUX.,
Legion hall, 8 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY SPORTSMEN,
Grange hall, 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 4
GOLD STAR REBEKAHS,
Carpenters hall, 8 p.m.
IOOF LODGE, Carpenters hall,
8 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 6
AA, Mile 60, Glenn Highway,
7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 7
KIWANIS, Grange hall, noon
BETA SIGMA PHI, Member’s
home, 8 p.m.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 8
CITY COUNCIL, City hall, 8
p.m.
EPISCOPAL WOMEN, St. Bar
tholomew’s Church, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 9
AA. Mile 60, Glenn Highway,
7 p.m.
CARPENTERS LOCAL, Carp
enters hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER BPO ELKS, Elks
hall, 8 p.m,
BOY SCOUTS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
EXPLORERS, LDS Church, 8
p.m.
GRANGE CARD PARTY,
Grange hall, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 10
COMPARATIVE R E L I G ION
COURSE, Carpenters hall, 8
p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
CAP SQUAD, Moose hall, 7:30
p.m.
NORTHLAND PIONEER
GRANGE, Grange hall, 8
p.m.
MTA DIRECTORS, MTA off
ice, 8 p.m.
WILLOW PTA, Willow school,
8 p.m.
FISH BUYERS TO
FILE INTENT
All buyers and processors of
fish or shellfish who plan to
conduct operations in 1963 are
reminded that Section 102.01
(c) of the regulations of the
Alaska Board of Fish and
Game for commercial fishing in
Alaska requires that an inten
tion to operate be filed with
the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game according to Walter
Kirkness, Commissioner.
Alaskan Sled Dog Mushing
Is Feature of Winter Events
To most folks in 49 of the
50 states, “mush” means only
something to eat.
To Alaskans, “Mush!” means
something else entirely—some
thing fun, something exciting,
something unique to the north
land in the winter. It means
sled dog racing.
The oldest and best known
sport in Alaska, mushing has
lately become a tremendously
popular spectator event among
Alaska’s winter fair and festi
val visitors.
Small wonder. From the be
ginning of a race when t h e
dogs yelp and jump and bark
in boundless enthusiasm to be
harnessed up and on the trail,
to the dramatic finish when
teams come flashing across the
finish line, it's a sight to re
member a lifetime. The mush
ers themselves are no less col
orful. Eskimos, Indians, and
hardy whites—each clad in fur
parka—look every bit like
something out of a Jack Lon
don classic.
At least seven series of races
are noted in the Alaska Travel
Division's 1963 Calendar of
Events. First such contest is
scheduled for Anchor Point,
January 18-20th and features
not only dog races but canine
weight-pulling contests as well.
The world’s record for this
event was established in 1959
by a husky named Charlie who
pulled a sled loaded to an
amazing 3,145 pounds across an
ice field.
The following month, the
World Championship Sled Dog
Races will be held in conjunc
tion with the Anchorage Fur
Rendezvous, February 19th
24th, following a series of pre
liminary races starting January
1. A new feature of this year s
Rendezvous races will be the
creation of a Leonard Seppala
Trophy. Named in honor of
the famed serum - carrying
Nome dog musher, the trophy
will be composed of two large
slabs of jade with an ivory rep
Made in 1889
Washington’s state seal was
designed and made by an
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First races in March will be
held on the Kenai Peninsula in
conjunction with the fun-filled
Homer Winter Carnival, March
1-3. The same week will seel
additional races run on the
peninsula when contestants vie j
for the Alaska State Champ
ionship title. The championship ,
trail runs between the cities
of Kenai and Soldotna. Last
year’s title was captured by Dr
Roland Lombard of Weyland,
Massachusetts.
Next in March comes the
North American Championship
Sled Dog Derby held annually
at Fairbanks. (The derby fol
lows a series of preliminary
races which begins January 1.)
Set for March 14-24th, same
dates as the Fairbanks Winter
Carnival celebrations, this
year’s derby will again feature
more than $15,000 in cash
prizes for the winning mush
ers. Extra events include a lead
dog contest, snow shoe races,
ski joring, cross country ski
ing, and snowshoe baseball.
Closing the race season will
be contests during the Dilling
ham Beaver Roundup celebra
tion March 20-23rd and addi
tional races in late March and
early April at Tok. Half the
20-mile trail of these latter
races is visible to viewers from
the adjacent Alaska Highway.
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