Anchorage Snatches Fourth Straight Tournament Crown
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School Musicians
May Compete In
Music Festival
Participation of school musi
cians in the proposed Western Al
aska Music Festival to be held in
Anchorage this spring will de
pend on the dates chosen. Super
intendent William T. Zaharadni
cek said this week.
If the Anchorage hosts choose
to wait until the last ten or
twelve days of the school year.
Palmer will be unable to partici
pate because local activities con
nected with graduation and the
close of the school year will com
pletely fill the local schedule. If
the festival comes around the lat
ter part of April, it is possible
that Bandmaster John Zawalni
cki’s marching band and the Maj
orettes will be able to compete.
HOSPITAL FUND
PASSES $12,000 MARK
Donations to the hospital fund
have been coming in slowly dur
ing the past month and a half, ac
cording to fund-drive treasurer
Hugh Johnson, but with several
contributions made during the
past week, the fund has reached
a total of $12,014.
Following is a list of the con
tributors during the past six
weeks: Cheechako Tavern. Col.
Clasby and his Singing Sargeants.
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Home
makers and hotel employees,
Clara’s Variety. Wasilla Commun
ity Church. Yellow Cab. Rexall
Drug. Stan Mc-Cuteheon. J. L. Mc
Carry, St. John’s Lutheran Sun
day School. W- P. Fuller & Co.,
and Bevers & Pheil.
PALMER COUPLE PLAN
SUNDAY WEDDING
Sunday afternoon Curtice
Leigh Faucett will become the
bride of James Raymond Brown
in a ceremony to be performed
by Rev. Harry Gayley at the
United Protestant Church
Miss Faucett is employed as
nurse in the office of Dr. C. C
Bailey and has lived in the Valley
a little over a year, having come
here from Washington.
Mr. Brown is employed by' the
Western Electric Co. and has been
in Palmer since last year.
The couple have extended an
invitation to their many friends
to attend the ceremony, to be
WEEK-DAY MASS
DURING LENT
CHANGED TO 7:30 A. M.
The hour for daily Mass during
has been changed to 7:30
a.m.. Father James Snead an
nounced last Sunday, to permit
more office workers and bu.>iness
people to.attend.
Mass will continue to be of
fered at 10 a.m. on Saturday and
Sunday.
Beginning Friday evening,
February 29. at 7:30 p.m. and con
tinuing each Friday evening dur
ing Lent, the Stations of the Cross
will be made.
This devotion originated with
the Franciscan Friars Minor in
the 15th Century. It consists of
i moving from one to another of 14
■ representations of Christ’s passion
and praying vocally before each
one while meditating upon the
:orresponding incident of the pas
sion.
MOOSE TEAM TAKES
ANCHORAGE ELKS
The Palmer Moose Club basket
ball team won their game with
the Anchorage Elks by the close
score of 60-54.
High point man for the winning
team was Miles France who ran
up 20 of his team's total. Dick
Anderson, fellow player, account
ed for 15.
The well matched teams will
play a return game the 14th of
March at Anchorage.
Auxiliary Prize
Joins March of Dimes
At the regular Legion Auxili
ary meeting held last Thursday
night it was decided that the $10
prize recently received for the
best “Poppy Window'” display last
j May would go to the March of
i Dimes.
i The window display was ar
' ranged in the Palmer Store by
Ann Demming and Florence Dun
[ap.
In anticipation of “Poppy Day”
this year Ann Demming reported
that she had ordered 1000 poppies
to be sold in the Valley. The local
poppies are made by disabled
| veterans in the Veteran’s Hos
1 pital, Portland, Oregon.
Preliminary plans were made
for the annual American Legion
birthday dinner, which will be
held this year on March 20.
held at four o'clock, and the
reception that will follow at the
church.
FAIRBANKS JINX
DOWNS PALMER
IN SEMI-FINALS
Th« Western Alaska Basketball
r«*umament ended in Pan banks
Monday with the Anchorage
Eagles as Class A champion*. It
, wa«- the fourth straight tourna
•nrnt championship (or the Eagh
»nd their sixth in sewn years,
The decision followed a tensely
xcitinc came with the Fairbanks
Malemutes that ended late Mon
iav afternoon in a 42-41 victory
for the Eagles. The defeat of the
Eagles Sunday evening in a 32 29
i same v. ith the Malemutos neces
sitated a final play-offgame Mon
day. The I^talemutes had also
dropped a 55-51 overtime game to
the Eagles Friday night. Those
were the only losses the two
teams encountered during the
tournament.
The Palmer Moose got off to a
bad start when their Fairbanks
iinx was continued into their
opening game in the tournament
after losing two straight games
to the Malemutes that cost them
a tie in the Railbelt champion
-hip. On Wednesday, the first day
A the tournament, the Fairbanks
five nosed out the Moose for a
35-46 victory.
The Moose assured their contin
uation in the tournament when
they trounced the Nome Polar
Bears in 35-28 decision Thursday
afternoon. Anchorage had beat
the Polar Bears on the opening
tournament day 41-34. This was
the Eagles’ first win after losing
seven games straight in the Rail
belt Conference series. The Eagles
continued their winning streak
when they dropped the Seward
Seahawks Thursday night 41-30
For the valiant Seahawks, fresh
from their seizure of the Railbelt
-rown, hopes for the tournament
championship were doomed when
their star hooptser. Ronnie Lewis,
was hospitalized shortly after the
team arrived in Fairbanks. On his
arrival in Seward Tuesday he was
found to be suffering with pneu
monia. The Seward five were out
of the tournament when their
first defeat was followed by an
upset by Palmer 47-39 on Friday.
The Fairbanks jinx tossed the
local cagers out of the tourna
ment during the Saturday night
iemi-finals when they met defeat
at the hands of the Malemutes for
the fourth consecutive game in a
week- second in the tournament
37-34. The final game of the
Moose was partially decided on
free throws. Out of 21 attempts,
the local five netted only 10
points while their opponents
dropped in nine out of 16 tries.
Palmer’s defeat left the finals
to Anchorage and Fairbanks, the
two teams least favored on the
basis of their Railbelt Conference
ratings. Fairbanks evened its
score with the Anchorage Eagles
in the Sunday night contest with
a 32-29 victory for the Malemutes.
Since the finalists had each drop
ped one game to the other, the
ROCKETS AND HOTEL
TEAM ELY TO
CORDOVA TOMORROW
Palmer'* Rocket* will ImimoI
•be plant for Cutkiva Kudav
'"’inrns full of confidence that
' the> w ill even the *enrr with the
Imperial girl* who trounced
them so unmercifully on their vi*
•it here earlier this month. Tht
, hotel team is also confident of
! -hew ing up the Cordova Mooee.
."he Rockets’ confidence h*»*
'et n restored by severe practice
-cssions in which their new
,-oach. Joe Hargrove. who used
to coach basketball when he
(aught school down in Georgia,
las taught them many of the fin*
?r tricks of the game. Hargrove
goes with the Rockets to Cordova,
ind their former coach. Vi Stacy
will join their ranks on the Cor*
1 Jova Court.
Rockets who \. ill go to Cordova
nclude Laura Steinberg. Lucille
France. Babe Roetman. Goodwin
Sriattain, Vi Stacy. Eva Camp
>ell. Karen Bryant. Bobby j
ccRae. and Donna France.
The Cordova trip is being made
ay the Reeves Airways instead of
Alaska Airlines, which backed
>ut of the scheduled assignment
►his week. Late Wednesday it was
still not known whether two
planes would go or only one. Al
though many persons have indi
:ated their desire to go, few have
out their money down, according
to Clair Stock After today, it will
be too late.
final play-off Monday was nec
essary.
The Malemutes’ final defeat on
Monday was occasioned by a
severe case of the jitters in the
final 65 seconds of the game.
Those last few all-important sec
>nds, with the score standing at
12-41 Anchorage, were filled with
suspense as the Fairbanks five
missed three opportunities, two of
them free throws, to tie up the
game.
Kodiak City Wins B Crown
In the Class B series, the Kodiak
City five were the tournament
winners after nosing out Kodiak
Navy Sunday afternoon 39-35. It
was the Kodiak Bears’ third
tournament victory in four years
On the opening day of the
tournament Kodiak City bagged
its first victory in a clash with
Cordova 54-43 On the same day
Wasilla bowed to Valdez 38-35.
The Wasilla five dropped their
second game to the Cordova Wol- •
verines Thursday 48-43. Kodiak
\Tavy edged out the Valdez Tig
ers 42-39 in the Thursday play.
Wasilla’s Bob Kotila tossed in
! 9 points in Thursday’s game,
but he was outbasketed by Cor
dova's Termbly who scored .n
unbelievable 28 points before he
left the game in the third quarter
jn fouls.
In Friday's contest Kodiak City
oeat Kodiak Navy 41-36. The two
teams met again for Kodiak City's
final victory Sunday alter Kodiak
Navy dropped the Cordova quint
et 60-54 on Saturday. j
MILLIS AND KlEM
NAMED TO CUSS A
ALL-STAR TEAM
Two Pulrrwt High School bas
ketball star? were named to the
1052 Clwo A We-tern Alaaka *11
: star luisK«tbiiII team, which was
announced immediately after the
last game of the Tournament
Monday
Polmer’s Gu« Kl« m and Chuck
Millis were selected to the all-Mar
team They played center and for
uard respectively.
Other West* rn Alaska players
named to the all-star team in
clude Phil Kahler and Kent Mai -
boe of Anchoiage: Joey Trem
arello. Frank Morrison. and Boh
Scppi of Fairbanks: Clarence Wil
oya of Nome; and Pedro Denton
and D<>n Sanders of Seward,
The Cla-s B all-star team in
cluded two Wasilla players—Mike
Carson and Bob Kotila Other
members named are Larry An
derson of Valdez. Jerry Olson and
Bob Tremblay of Cordova; Ji rry
Cruise. Mel Wheeler and Jerry
Valen of Kodiak Navy: and Dick
Skinner and Alfred Anderson of
Kodiak City.
Ski Club to Hold
Annual Meeting
The first annual meeting of the
Matanuska Ski club will be held
at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 4 at
the Palmer school. President Mcl
Munson announced this week.
All members jure urged to at
tend as election of officers for
the next year will take place at
that time.
SKI TRIP
With the recent snowfall prom
ising good skiing, several mem
bers plan a trip to Little Susitna
Sunday, March 2. Anyone desir
ing transportation is requested to
meet at the Palmer Fountain at
i0:30 a.m- Those planning to at
tend should provide for their
lunches. Coffee will be available. ;
MARSHMALLOW FLUFF
REPRESENTS PALMER
Bigg’s Marshmallow Fluff, nine
month-o 1 d silver-buff Cocker
spaniel owned by Dr. and Mrs.
Earl Graves, was the only Palm
er puppy to participate in the
puppy match held in Anchorage
Sunday.
She took first in her variety
and fourth in the sporting group.
Of course, she’s only a pup now.
but she should be a great dog Her
sire is Champion Carolina Cotton
Picker who was a sensational
champion in the East last year.
Her mama is American and Cu
ban Champion Bigg's Marshmal
low Fluff.
The dogs in the Graves' house
hold are being groomed for the
April 29 dog show in Anchorage. I
Four and maybe five of them will
be entered.
Intrepid Kiwanians
On Short End of
40-14 Score
Approximate ly Mvtnu. wry
hard earned dollars were i< -aiixe-d
from thr Kiwunif sponsor* d Hos
pital benefit bask* tball game held
Tuesday night at thr school (tym
Appearing from the dressing
room, following thr pr» linunury
Hotel-Army game. th« local "all
star” Kiwams tram made a
startling picture in th»:r warm-up
jackets .... short hospital bed
coats Trousers. Australian km#
pants and a varied assortment of
shutts. topped }»v borrowed gym
shirts completed then 11 regulated
uniforms.
Beating their opponents, the
Anchorage Lions to th« baske*.
Hodgson of the Kiwams team,
dropped in the first scon At this
time the Palmer team u.is ahead.
Kiwanian President Smith then
sank a Hodgson back board sho*.
soaring their score to 4 They re
tained the figure at the- end of
the quarter, while the Lions
barely eeked out a 14 point tally.
Picking up several more points
during the second quarter, the
valiant Kiwanians were encour
aged to see their score rise to 10.
In fact they were so pleased with
that nice round figure they kept
it for the whole third quarter
also.
A confusing razzle-dazzle ball
passing game, among the- Lions,
kept the ball away from the
Kiwanians in spite of the addition
of Doc Sims to the team.
During rest periods, which ap
peared quite frequently, the Pal
mer team showed their complete
nonpareil at relaxing-most of
them were able to get back on
their feet however, without as
sistance.
The fourth and final quarter
showed up a fine combination
with Smith and Kincaid doing the
honors. However, the final horn
sounded before any real practical
use could be made of it. Final
score: 40-14. favor of the Lions
Referees Ray McCartney and
Bert Stewart donated their ser
vices for the game.
Box Scores:
PALMER (14)
C.
Hodgson- g 2
Rempfe, f 0
Smith, c 4
Kincaid, g 0
LeDuc. f 0
Weisenberger. f 1
Sims, c 0
Loyer. f 0
ANCHORAGE (40)
G
Harris, f 4
Dole, c 4
Cartee. f 4
Hoveland, c 4
Potter, g 4
Robison, g ^
Tollman, g 14
Powers, f 0
Score by quarters
Palmer 4 1°
Anchorage 14 18
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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10
24
P
4
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
P
3
3
8
3
8
1
0
0
14
40
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FINISHED THE REPORTS
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YEAR WITHOUT SHOWING A PROFIT /