VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN
PRINTED AT PALMER. ALASKA. EACH THURSDAY
Bv the Matanuska Press, Inc.
Entered at second class matter on Ort. 21. 1947. at the post office a*
Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Buiunew Manager
A1 J. DeJulio
Editor
Lucille Kennedy Mich
Aaaocik'ie Editor
Virginia Gallant
Barbara Carter
Wasilla Correspondent
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BIGGER AMD BETTER
VUf>nn!«d from th» L»ui*rvU* Courier
In a few years I hope something like this will happen to me. I'll
be in the dub ear of « train heading for Florida. A long, tall bow
legged fellow will come in and sit down by me.
‘'Pardner.'’ he'11 say. "Where you from?"
"Kentucky,” I'll say.
"Well, I’m from Texas,” he’ll say. "Greatest state in the union. |
You can put Kentucky and all of New England in just a little
old comer of Texas, you know it. Land area of 263.644 sq. miles.
Greatest state in the union.
Then a man sitting on the other side of me will pipe up.
"Pardon me, Pardner," he’ll say to the Texan. "I’m from little
old Alaska. Youngest state in the union, 586,400 sq. miles. One
fifth the size of the whole U. S. twice the size of Texas. Greatest
state in the union.
The Texan will blink at him and turn back to me. "As 1 was
saying” he'll say, "you can’t mention a thing that Texas ain't got.
We got 400 miles of sea coast, you know it, and.”
"Pardon me. Pardner.” Alaska will say, “we got 4.750 miles
of coast line. Our shores are washed by two oceans, one sea, straits,
gulfs, and Gold knows how many bays. We got.”
"Now you take our Mountains,” Tex will say. "There’s Capitan
in the Guadalupes, 9,020 feet high. That makes her about 5,000
higher than anything you got in Kentucky and.”
"Why son." Alaska will say, "that’s just a little old hill. If you
want a he-mountain, why don’t you take old McKinley, 20.300 feet
high. That makes her about 11.280 feet higher than anything you
got in—what’s the name of that state again?"
"And." Texas will say, "there’s the old Rio Grande. What a
river!”
"And,” Alaska will say, "There’s the old Yukon, 2,000 miles
long, and you’ll never see the day you can jump across it like
some rivers I could mention but won't.”
By this time Texas will be foaming at the mouth and he’ll turn
his back on Alaska and say: "And we got oil and gas and gold
and silver and mercury' and lead and.”
"And,” Alaska will say, "we got oil, gold, silver, copper, lead,
tin. platinum, palladium, antimony, tungsten, coal, marble, gypsum,
sulfur, pitchblende and.”
“And,” Texas will say. "there ain’t anything we can’t grow.
You ever see a Texas watermelon? Biggest thing you ever saw.”
"Yeah,” Alaska will say,” Bout half the size of a Matanuska
Valley cabbage. Richest land in the world that Matanuska Valley
land. It’s.”
“But what we’re really noted for.” Texas will say. "is our men,
Takes real men to live in Texas. You ever hear of them 'blue north
ers’ that whip through the Panhandle?”
"Yeah.” Alaska will say again. "They’re just baby williwaws
we send down for seasoning. When they get where they can break
100 miles an hour they come back to Alaska to wrork out on some
real men.”
After that, Alaska will leave. Then Texas will turn to me and
say: "Them Alaskans! If they ain’t the biggest mouthed, loudest
bunch of braggarts I ever heard. Why in the hell we ever let ’em
in the Union. I don’t know!”
April 14 Closing Date
For Dog Show Entries
Closing date for entries in the
Alaska Kennel Club’s fourth an
nual Dog Show to be held April
27 in the Anchorage High School
gymnasium will be midnight
April 14. No entries will be ac
cepted after the date.
Entry blanks and premium lists
may be obtained by phoning Mrs.
Edna Elliott. 29884: Mrs. Barbara
Berg, 41541; or Mrs. Fred Braun.
39715—all of Anchorage. Fees for
e;.eh entry' must be paid also be
fore April 14. Fee for the first
class in which a dog is entered is
$4 and $1 for each additional class
m which the same dog is entered.
A $4 fee will be required for dogs
entered in special classes or ex
hibition only. The American Ken
nel Club listing fee for any dog
that is not registered with them
is 25 cents extra.
Dogs do not have to have their
registration papers, but they must
be purebred and if they are en
tered in the puppy class the date
of birth must be known.
Junior Showmanship classes
will be divided into two groups;
the junior class for children 6 to
10 years of age and the senior
class for children 10-17 years of
age. Dogs of any breed may be
entered but judging will be en
irely on the child’s ability to
andle the dog.
Judging the show will be H. P.
‘blunders of Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, who has been chosen by
the Alaska Kennel Club and ap
proved by the American Kennel
Club. He will award over 60 tro
ohies in addition to the Kennel
Club’s ribbons and rosettes.
COAST TO COAST
AND BACK AGAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Sherman
and son returned to Palmer
March 12 following a 17,000 mile
car trip to Boston. Mr. Sherman
is with the Agriculture Experi
ment Station.
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1 NOT ALL BLACK j
Edward H. Imme, Pastor
St. John’s Lutheran Church
“I can't understand” said Mr.
Goodehap. how people could have
been so wicked.” He had been
reading the story of the trial and
crucifixion of Jesus. It’s a wretch
ed, story, true, as far as human
behavior is concerned. But let us
not point fingers at the people in
volved in those events, for the
events attending the crucifixion
are but a reflection of the atti
tudes we see all around us and
within ourselves today.
If Mr. Goodchap had looked
more closely he might have seen
himself on the fringe of the crowd
on Calvary. The faithlessness of
the sleeping disciples who could
not watch and pray one little
! hour is reflected in empty church
jews today, in the indifference of
people who cannot spend one
hour out of 1(58 in God’s House.
Judas’ betrayal is reflected in our
own quick readiness to betray
what little is left of Goodness
and Truth for the sake of personal
Peter’s denial is reflected in the
attitude of “part time” Christians j
who do not want to become too
deeply involved with Christ.
Bribed witnesses and Pilate’s cor- !
ruption are spread before us in
Government probes. The people1
choosing Barabas instead of;
Christ did what countless people 1
do today who have no use for'
Christianity or the Church.
But the picture is not all dark.
In that black story one Light
j shines clear and unwavering and
true. It is the matchless devotion
of Jesus. He came to save. He
gave His life to do it. One pure
and uncorrupted light shines in
the world today. It is the Chris
tian Gospel. He died for you!
Matchless devotion, unbounded
love! Accept Him as your Savior
and King, and may the remem
brance of His devotion to save us
Alaska Sectional
lifle Tournament
To Be Held Here
The Matanuska Valley Sports- j
nans Association and The Na
ional Rifle Association announce
i Registered shoot at Palmer.
Mask a on April 12 and 13. Hours
•re from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. each
lay.
This is one of 18 matches of
he kind sponsored by the Na
ional Rifle Association in the cn
ire United States. It is the first
Registered shoot in the Territory
if Alaska.
This snoot will be held indoors
it 50 feet, with any 22 Caliber
•im fire rifle. Sights may be Iron
>r Scope.
Entry fees total $7.00 for all
SCatehes. Anyone wishing to en
er this shoot may do so by con
acting Chief Statistical Officer,
Marie Weston burger, Star Rout*1
\nchorage, on or before April 3.
Football Next Year?
The question of a Palmer High !
football team was brought up at
the Chamber of Commerce meet- j
ing yesterday by Joe Len'z,;
Council representative to th
Chamber.
The specific question concerned
ways and means of obtaining the
necessary heavy duty togs that
would cost an estimated $1,500.
Questioned about the feasibil
ity of a football team lor Palmer
High, Lentz stated that a season
from mid-August to mid-Novem
ber was considered practical and
most of the schools in the Rad
belt Conference were waiting for
one of their number to start the ;
ball a-rolling. Lentz said there is ,
already one teacher on the school ;
staff who is qualified to coach i
football: and furthermore, he,
hinted, darkly, the school is going ;
to lose him if he doesn’t get u
chance to coach football next
year.
LITTLE LEAGUE AND
JUNIOR BASEBALL TEAMS
TO GET EARLY START
A Winchester Model 70, 30-06
rifle will be awarded by the Pal
mer Moose Lodge on April 26.
Tickets will be available immedi
ately, Committeeman Jack Leek
announced this week.
Donations of one dollar will go
toward the equipment fund for
the Little League and Junior
Baseball teams sponsored by the
Lodge. Little Leaguers will need
uniforms this year as well as
equipment. The Junior team will 1
require sweaters and additional ;
equipment. j
The Lodge hopes this year j
every boy in the Valley between i
the ages of 8 and 12 (and this;
includes the 12 year olds) will i
turn out and participate in this j
Nationwide youth program.
First Meeting Sunday
The first organizational meet- j
ing for interested boys will oe j
held at Moose Hall Sunday,
March 23 at one o’clock. All Val
ley boys are urged to attend this
meeting .Tickets will be destri
buted at that time and a fine
prize is promised for the boy with
the highest sales. Tickets will also
be available from lodge members.
Couple return
Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Lewis re
turned to the Valley this past
week and are visiting Mrs. Lewis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Sher
rod.
The Lewis’ went Outside in
July and spent the early part of
the winter in No. Dakota. Shortly
after the first of the year they
drove to Florida and spent time
there and in Cuba, returning to
Palmer via the Alaska Highwav. |
Closed Season On Fishing
Lakes and tributary streams ,
were closed to fishing March lt>
through May 31 in the following
drainages: Big Lake- Cottonwood I
Lake. Fire Lake, Lake Lucill - j
Wasilla Lake.
This is the annual closed sea-;
son on fishing. Created for the
protection of spawning fish.
inspire us to a greater measure of
devotion to Him.
Won’t you come to church this
Sunday?
Paid advertisement.
MINSTREL SHOW
TICKET SALE GOES
INTO HIGH GEAR
Dr. Donald Cot* and three «A
the Minstrel Show queens were
in Anchorage yesterday selling
tickets for the show to be given
next week Thursday. Friday, and
Saturday nights.
Space was made for them at
the Anchorage Times building
and their presence was public
ized by radio, newspaper, and
word of mouth.
The three queens accompany
ing Dr. Coe were Wanda Lindsey,
Norma Nelson, and Betty Harris.
In Palmer the ticket selling
campaign will get into high gear
this week end as Kiw&nians join
the Minstrel Show queens in
working toward an early sell
out. Ail reserve seat tickets are
on saJc at the Palmer Drug Store.
The pre-show campaign is being
pushed this year so that the show
will not be held up by prolonged
door sales.
COFFEY INSURES
EVERYTHING REMEMBER?
M)V. "Vote once, for Hillstrand’
s
Ali-Alaska Hoop
Championship Won
By Wrangell Wolves
The Wrangell Wolves crabbed
the All-Alaska basketball cham
pionship last Friday night in the
second game ot a planned throe
game scries held at Wrangell .
A third game was played Sat
urdny night, with Anchorage the
winner, but it didn’t count; the
Wolves had won their Victory in
the Thursday and Friday night
games.
In the Thursuay night game.
Wrangell's two starts, Jim ‘Tick"
Gunderson and Capt, Tom M»x
and, accounted for 51 points be
tween them. 31 by Gunderson.
The final score was G4-54 Wran
gell.
When the Wolves won the Fri
day night game 55-42. their AU
AX.sk a victory was cinched In
this game a Wrangell substitute
named Lynn Schwartz, scored 18
points in as many minutes when
he played through the third quar
ter and three minutes of th*‘
' fourth.
Kiwanions Hear
Lecture On Astronomy
By Rev. Imme
Rev. Edward H. Imme gave Ki
wanians an interesting 20-minute
lecture on astronomy at their reg
ular luncheon meeting Monday.
He compared the different
planets and offered some very
interesting details about the im
portant ones. He also demonstrat
ed and explained the construction
of his ov.n telescope.
The elub hopes to get Rev.
Imme to give a longer talk on a
Kiwanis Ladies Night when
everyone will have a chance to
look at the sky and observe the
planets through his telescope.
Guests at the meeting were two
newcomers to the Valley. George
Woodruff of the Soil Conserva
tion Service, and Tony Dube,
manager of Kirk’s Sales and Ser
vice.
Next week the Kiwanis Gov
ernor of the Pacific Northwest
District, Bob Robinson, will visit
the Palmer club. All members ar?
urged to attend next week’s meet
ing.
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