PALMER OUT5HOOT5
ANCHORAGE 24 PTS.
IN RIFLE MATCH
For the third consecutive
time the Palmer Rifle Division cf
the Matanuska Valley Sports
men’s Club has outshot the An
chorage Rifle and Pistol Club,
this time with an edge of 24
points.
The match was held last week
in the big indoor range in the
basement of the Recreation Club
house—space which was used for
carrot storage until energetic
shootin’ fans pitched in, dug and
timbered more room, set up tar
gets and made themselves a real
practice spot and club.
Here are the individual scores
in the smallbore rifle indoor
match:
PALMER
K. Wesienbarger.385
John (Rip) Harris.383
Vern Donaldson.377
Jack Dodge.372
Dan Fleming.372
Total Score.1889
ANCHORAGE
Scott Donaldson.383
Jack Wessman.377
Burr Collins.370
Mel Mallberg.370
iLen Olsen.365
Total Score.1865
The Palmer Club, organized 3
years ago, has more than 100
members, both men and women,
whose hobbies are outdoor small
bore, outdoor bigbore and trap
shooting. The club is affiliated
with the NRA (National Rifle
^Association) and sponsors a junior
club with its own NRA charter.
Meetings are the first Wednesday
of each month at 8 p. m. for in
struction, motion pictures and
eats.
Among annual affairs, the Club
stages a summer fish fry and in
October a big game dinner.
Twenty different kinds of game
were served last year, with na
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BIDDERS GUIDE ON
DEFENSE CONTRACTS
NOW AVAILABLE
Business and industrial firms
in the Matanuska Valley who
might consider bidding on defense
procurement contracts can find
necessary instructions in a guide
just issued by the Alaska Devel
opment Board, Juneau.
Opportunities for small con
cerns as well as big businesses
are listed. Emphasis is placed on
requirements of defense agencies
for fishery, forest, fur and miner
al products. Names and addresses
of 41 defense purchasing agencies
are given with information on
how and what they buy.
The Alaska Development Board
also has issued a 60-page report
on its efforts and accomplish
ments through 1949-50 in attract
ing new industry, publicizing
Alaska’s opportunities, and assis
ting numerous enterprises in
mining, forest fishery, agricultur
al, commercial and business
fields. The report may be obtain
ed from the Juneau office.
Double Dale With Hospital
Dianne and Virginia Crites,
daughters of Coach and Mrs. Ro
bert Crites, will enter the Valley
hospital this week end where
both girls will undergo tonsil
lectomies.
tionally famous guests from “Out
side”.
Officers of the Club are Roy
Brock, president; Ken Westen
barjjpr, vice-president; Bruce
Graham, secretary-treasurer, and
John Bush, Leo Lucas and Rip
Harris, directors.
SHOE REPAIRING
All heavy sewing of leather
and canvas now done at
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Alaska Owned and Operated
Palmer, Alaska
Seed Growers Study
Newest Methods for
Raising Fine Potatoes
Bigger and better potatoes. . . .
that’s the subject served this af
ternon, Friday, at a preliminary
meeting of the new Alaska Certi
fied Seed Growers Assn., in Pal
mer Grange Hall.
Palmer and Wasilla, two of the
six units, got together for induc
tions and discussion on the neces
sary procedure to produce a clean
and disease-free potato. Speakers
were Dr. D. M. Coe, experimen
tal station pathologist, and Dr. C.
H. Dearborn, horticulturist in
charge of potatoes.
Officers of the two groups of
the Alaska Certified Seed Grow
ers Assn., are: Palmer, Irving
Newville, president; John Hor
nung, vice-president, and Leon
ard Kyger, secretary. Wasilla,
A. E. Combs, president; Harold
Harris, vice-president; Ted Knut
son, secretary, and Lloyd Short,
board member.
WOMEN OF MOOSE OFFICER
VISITS PALMER CHAPTER
Sent by national headquarters,
Mrs. Gertie Berggren of Juneau,
deputy grand regent, Women of
the Moose will make an official
visit to Palmer Chapter 942, Sun
day at 8 o’clock, at the Moose
Lodge. After the chapter meeting
there will be a social hour The
deputy grand regent is here “to
assist, counsel and advise,” Mrs.
Haleen Ingalls, senior regent of
the Palmer chapter said.
New Public Works Chief
Donald R. Wilson, recently ap
pointed by Secretary of the Inter
ior Chapman to the post of dis
trict director of the interior de
partment’s public works program
in Alaska, soon will take over his
duties with headquarters in
Juneau. Wilson was city manager
of Anchorage for two years until
June 1950. John Argotsinger who
has been in charge of the Alaska
office will remain as district en
gineer.
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