Vestern Alaska Class A All-Star Team
Eight Teams Accept Invitations to
Play in Annual Kiwanis Tournament
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BLASS B CONTENDERS
FOR CUSS A TITLE
TO BE ELIMINATED
New rules to govern future
Fur Rendezvous Western Alaska
High School Basketball tourna
ments were adopted with the
acceptance of the constitution
of the Western Alaska High
School Activities Association at
Anchorage last week end. Fa
culty members of the schools re
presented at the Fur Rendezvous
got under way at Anchorage last
Friday, met to organize and elect
officers for the Association which
will regulate extra-curricular in
ter-school activities such as mu
sic, athletics, debating and the
like.
The new Fur Rendezvous bas
ketball tournament rules will
eliminate the right of any team
,winning the Class B title to
challenge Class A champions of
the Western Alaska High School
Basketball tournament. Any team
intending to compete for the
Class A championship will have
to declare its intention at the
time of registering for the Fur
Rendezvous tournament, officers
of the Association stated.
William Zahradnicek, super
intendent of Palmer school will
serve a three-year term as execu
tive secretary of the Western
Alaska High School Activities As
sociation. Carl R. Carlson, Sup
erintendent of Schools at Seward
was elected president of the As
sociation to serve for two years;
Coach Ottmar of Anchorage,
vice president, to serve one year.
Member at large, elected for a
one-year term, is Mr. Lawveree
from Kodiak.
AMERICAN LEGION
PLANS GALA DANCE
Big plans for a gala April Fool’s
“hard times” dance to be held
here by the American Legion,
Post No. 15, the latter part of
March are now under way. The
dance will be held at the high
school gym with dancing to “live”
music to start at 9.30 p. m. Also
to be featured at the dance is a
door prize that will be awarded
at intermission.
The committee in charge of
plans for the dance is comprised
of Dave Algarin, Elmer LeDuc
and Stanley Laird.
GOES TO FAIRBANKS
ON ARA BUSINESS
Mrs. Alice Snodgrass, in charge
of the bookkeeping department
of the Agricultural Research Ad
ministration, went to Fairbanks
this week on ARA business. She
left here Monday for the northern
city, where she planned to spend
several days.
v MR. COPE GOES OUTSIDE
* Jack Cope, long time resident
of the Valley is going to the states
for medical treatment. Mr. Cope
planned to leave here the latter
part of this vvek for the Mayo
Clinic at Rochester, Minn.
i Eight teams have accepted bids j j
to the Palmer Kiwanis Club’s j
second annual invitational bas- j
ketball tournament, Emil Gans-1
chow, tournament manager, an-1
nounced this week. The teams j
who have accepted the invita-;
tions to play in the annual tour
ney include three Valley quintets
and six from Elmendorf Air Force
Base and Ft. Richardson. They
are the Palmer High School; Mat
anuska hotel team; Wasilla; 54th
Troop Carrier Squadron; 68th
AAA; General Staff Corps; AACS
and 63rd Signal Corps teams. The
tournament will be in progress}
through March 1, 2 and 3, Mr. j
Ganschow said, with all games to |
be played at the Palmer school.
gym.
Prizes for the winning teams |
were also announced by Mr.!
Ganschow with miniature gold j
basketballs to go to each of the j
teams’ players, the coaches and
managers of the teams placing
first and second in the tourna
ment. For the runner-up team
there also will be prizes awarded
to all the players, the coach and
the manager of miniature silver
basketballs. Individual prize for
high score will be awarded of a
gold plated belt buckle. Addi
tional prizes will also be given
including two for good sports
manship and one for the best all
round player.
An addded attraction at the
game on Saturday, March 3, will
be music by the school band in
full uniform. It will be the band’s
first appearance here in the hand
some new blue and white uni
forms, which were purchased
; through the efforts of, several
! community organizations.
Local Kiwanians who will as
1 sist on tournament committees
include Dr. C. C. Bailey, in charge
of the advance ticket sales. Jack
Maze and James Hurley will as
sist Dr. Bailey on that committee.
Other Kiwanis members who will
assist on committees include Joe
Hudock, Bill Kahradnicek, Dr.
Richard Washburn and Harlow
J. Hodgson. At the games, Mr.
Hudock will act as official time
keeper.
Announcement of assignments
of teams and starting times will
be announced next week. Pro- _
ceeds from the tournament will
go to the civic benefit fund of the ’
Palmer Club.
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Palmer Kiwams Club
Second Annual
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Basketball
Tournament
MARCH 1-2-3
Palmer School Gym
8 ^eanti-S Qam&i
Palmer High School
54th Troop Carrier Sqdn.
Wasilla
68th AAA Squadron
Matanuska Hotel Team
General Staff Corps
AACS Squadron
63rd Signal Corps
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