Every P. L Student
Is Track Recruit
For Coach Crites
In keeping with his announced
policy of creating a school pro
gram of athletics that will offer
something for every boy in school, I
coach Robert Crites has every boy i
in the physical education class j
doing track work these days.
The coach explained that work-!
outs were geared to each boy’s
ability to perform, but every' boy
is expected to participate in the
program.
Gradually, as class members
begin to round into physical con
dition, the instructor plans to give I
lessons in techniques for the va
rious track events. He hopes to
have most of these physical edu
cation students interested in par
ticipating in some track event in ,
inter-school matches.
Little has been done in the way!
of baseball practice, because ofj
recent cold weather. Mr. Crites:
said he would concentrate solely j
on track until the weather takes
a turn for the better.
Mrs. Mealy Called Home ^
Mrs. Harriet Mealy, Palmer j i
grade teacher, was called to; 1
Duluth, Minn., last week by the
illness of her father. Mrs. Mealy i
left Saturday.
Palmer Gym Getting
Face-Lifting This Week
Extensive improvements are
getting under way at Palmer
Gymnasium this week, in the
way of better facilities for the
students enrolled in the
school's physical education pro
gram, coach Robert Crites an
nounced today.
Lockers, for long a serious
need at the school, have been
purchased and now are being
installed in the Gymnasium.
The office formerly occupied
by the school assessor is being
painted and renovated and will
be converted into an equip
ment room for athletic made
rials.
In addition, some physical
culture equipment will be
erected in the Gymnasium
proper, Mr. Crites said. It is
his aim to organise such a well
rounded physical education
program that every boy will
have an opportunity for active
participation in some type of
sports.
TOTTENS HAVE SON
An eight - pound eight - ounce
>oy, third son for the couple, was
>orn to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tot
en of Palmer at the Valley Hos
>ital on March 23. Mr. Totten is a
ocal pilot.
Valley Grocery
Cash and Carry
Open Daily from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
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HE “TIED'* HIM AND WENT ONE BETTER . . . Race track fans who
like to place their money on the jockey rather than on the horse might
be interested to know that these two Jockeys. Sam Boolemetic (left) and
Joe Culmone, are battling for leading honors at Hialeah. When this
photo was made. Sam was trying to tie Joe. He did sueh a rood job.
| however, that be now possesses 13 wins, while the rider he was emu
lating has only 12. The winter racing season Is on in Florida.
MEA ANNUAL MEETING
TO BE TOMORROW
A short annual report and pos
sibility some discussion of he
Rural Electrification Administra
tion’s new telephone bill are ex
pected to take up most of the
business portion of tomorrow eve
ning’s annual Matanuska Electric
Association meeting in the Gym.
The meeting gets under way at
eight o’clock.
Donald T. Lowery, REA field
engineer, will be present at the
meeting to answer questions and
explain REA plans for the Val
ley’s electrical future.
A highlight of the evening will
be the awarding of savings bond
to Vella Jean Carroll, who sub
mitted the name selected by MEA
directors for the Association’s
monthly news letter. ‘"Matanuska
High Lines” it is to be called.
Five new board officers also are
to be elected at tomorrow’s meet-!
ing. Candidates for MEA board I
jobs are:
Victor Falk, Jr., Thomas Lepak
(incumbent), Louise Kellogg (in- \
cumbent), Henry Jensen, Floyd
Smith (Wasilla), R. B. Graham
(incumbent), Dr. F. R. Sims, Wal
ter Teeland (incumbent), Clar- i
?nce Hoffman and Robert Johns I
(incumbent).
Other names may be added to
he list by nomination from the
loor.
I Palmer Club
Tops Anchorage
In Friday Shoot
The team of the Anchorage
Rifle and Pistol Club lost another
match to marksmen of the Mata
nuska Valley Sportsmen last Fri
day evening. Shooting a 40-round
standing position match, the An
chorage men were able to add up
only 1653 points, while Palmer’s
men were counting for 1,678.
Individual shooting records in
this match were as follows:
PALMER—1678
Ken Westenbarger . 350
Dan Fleming . 345 |
Rip Harris . 341
Bill Smith . 326
Vern Donaldson .'.. 316
ANCHORAGE—1653
Scott Donaldson . 340 j
Burr Collins. 337 ,
Bill Sherwood . 335 j
Gene Berato . 3121
Jailed on Larceny Charge
Bill Ward of Palmer this week
was found guilty on a larceny
charge in the court of U. S. Com
missioner Dorothy Saxton. He
was fined $100 and sentenced to
30 days in jail.
CO-OP WAREHOUSE
Egg Mash Prices Are
DOWN
1 ^
$2 a Ton Reduction, When Purchased in Ton
Lois or
$6.90 cwt.
☆ ☆ ☆
Friskies Dog Cubes
or Dog Meal
25-lb. sack $3.85 55-lb. sack $7.50
ill,
PKS Rifle Team
Scores 1,521 Points
In Postal Shoot
Scores of the Palmer High
School rifle team, recorded in
last week’s postal match with
Cordova, were announced today
by Albert Rivers, team sponsor.
The team, made up of two boys
nnd two girls, posted a total score
j of 1.521 out of a possible 2,000
[ points.
| Cordova scores for this match
had not yet been received at
press-time.
Individual scores for the mt^ch
(prone, sit, kneel, stand positrons
and total points) follow:
Rose Miller. 91, 95, 77, 54—317.
Henry Anderson, 96, 89, 79, 49—
313.
Jean Smith, 94, 83, 83, 52—312.
Jerry Smith, 95, 84, 62, 61—302.
Henry Anderson Leads
PHS Club Marksmen
Henry Anderson tops all mem
bers of the Palmer High School
Rifle Club, in the matter of
awards earned, coach Albert
Rivers announced this week.
Henry also holds the highest
official score of the club, shoot
ing from the prone position.^
The top 15, and their scores,
based on a possible perfect score
of 500, are as follows:
Henry Anderson ._. 488
Jerry Smith . 482
Charles Collins . 473
Paul Earnhardt . 465
Rosie Miller . 465
Jean Smith .. 461
Duane Goodrich . 452
Edward Gaylord 444
Bobby Call . 442
Bloria Carroll . 436
Marilyn Harris .. 433
Roger Woods . 431
Edison Thuma. 416
Mike Stater .. 408
Betty Harris. 365
BALTZO NAMED
FWS ASSISTANT
C. Howard Baltzo of Wrangell
has just been named to a newlv
created job with the Fish and
Wildlife Service—that of assistant
regional director for Alaska. Mr.
Baltzo will be second in command
to Clarence Rhode, present re
gional director.
The new assistant chief has had
a host of experience for his pres
ent job. He has been employed in
the fisheries department of Jhe
state of Washington, and more re
cently assistant chief of the
branch of Alaska Fisheries for the
FWS.
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