Final Plans Fixed For Sunday's Fish Frv
SPORTSMEN, GUESTS
TO EAT FISH LUNCH
SUNDAY AT ONE
Final planning details, and re
vision of some formerly an
nounced plans, were threshed out
at a Matanuska Valley Sports
men’s‘Fish Fry committee meet
ing on Wednesday evening, chair
man Bob Burkholder announced
today.
Mr. Burkholder said there were
two principal points on which
some confusion exists. First, the
Fish Fry is for members of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen,
and their invited guests only.
Second, all families or groups who
attend, are expected to bring a
complete picnic lunch for them
selves. The Sportsmen’s Club
will supply coffee, ice cream, and
soft drinks for the children, as
well as the day’s fish menu.
Members were strongly remind
ed that every club member at
tending the Fish Fry is to bring a
contribution of fish as the admis
sion ticket for himself and his
guests.
The Fish Fry will be held at
Barry’s Resort on Finger Lake on
Sunday. All fish are to be at the
picnic site, and ready for the fry
ing pan, at noon. Lunch will be
served promptly at one o’clock.
Matt Perkins and Bill Roark are
in charge of the day’s cooking as
signment.
All who come are asked to come
armed with eating utensils and
with cups for coffee.
Following the luncheon, there
will be a pie-eating contest (choc
olate) for the junior members of
Sportsmen’s families, and a tug
'Of-war.
Club members will spend the
day at the picnic location, and
then will adjourn to the Palmer
Gym at seven o’clock to complete
the outing with a record dance.
It will be a “come-as-you-are
dance,” Mr. Burkholder said, with
picnic togs quite in order for the
evening.
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BELLIGERENT GRIZZLY
CONVERTED TO RUG
This week’s bear story corned
from Seward. It concerns two
hunters who started out to hunt
a black bear and came home with
a grizzly pelt, and a grizzly bear
who set out to bag two hunters
and didn’t come home at all.
The men were flying over the
country near Seward, when they
sighted a black bear, on which ;
the season is open. They landed ,
on a nearby lake and began their ]
bear hunt. They had travelled ^
only a mile or two, when they
sighted what appeared to be a
brown bear in the distance.
The brown bear also sighted ;
them, and he began rapidly nar- J
rowing the distance between the 1
two parties. The men said he
often stood erect on his hind legs,
to get a better view of them as
he approached. He neared deter
minedly at a travelling pace, un
til he was within a hundred yards
of the pair. Then without a mo
ment’s hesitation, he charged.
One bullet from the human
hunters ended the charge, which
was just as well. There wasn’t too
much time for a second shot. The
measured carcass was that of a
plus-eight-foot grizzly bear.
CANDY REWARDS I
WINNING WALTZERS |
WASILLA—Their waltzing abil
ity won Hose Marie Vickaryous
and Wayne Hunter a box of can
dy at last Saturday’s dance at
the Wasilla Community Hall.
While the waltz paid off in sweets
Saturday’s dancers voted the
Mexican Shuffle the most pop
alar dance of the evening.
There will be another dance
at the Wasilla Community Hall
an July 22, dance manager Earl
Uombs reminded today.
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Red Salmon Run
Swamps Canneries
A! Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay’s red run prom
sed to be the biggest in several
seasons—maybe a record-break
er, Bay fishermen reported last
veek. The Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice couldn’t confirm the report,
aecause salmon were being
:aught so fast, the FWS couldn’t
teep up with the figures, during
he first week of the run.
One Bristol Bay pilot said the
irst big run, which hit just on
he Fourth, contained a school of
almon 60 miles long and two
niles wide.
Canneries were swamped with
TRUCKDRIVER NUTT
HAS NEW DAUGHTER
Riley I. Nutt, truck driver
working out of Valdez, is the
father of a new daughter. The
baby girl was born at Mansfield,
Wash., early in June.
Frank Bollinger of Valdez left
for Fairbanks on Thursday, July
6. He went to seek treatment from
Dr. Haagland, bone specialist
there.
fish. Fishermen were netting
salmon enough on a single tide
to equal as much as a third of
their total catch of last season.
Fishermen say the Bristol Bay
area averages three big runs a
season, and if the next two are
equal to the first in size, then
1950 will be a record fish vear.
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'Summer Scene' to Be
Cast Monday Evening
Casting for “Summer Scene,”
the three-act play being produced
by the American Legion Auxili
ary next fall, will be completed
at Monday’s meeting of the
drama appreciation class, it was
announced today by Ann Dem
ming of the Auxiliary. Joe Hud
ock, who leads the Monday class,
will direct the play.
Everyone interested in a part
in “Summer Scene” is urged to
attend the Monday evening classs
at Palmer School.
Parts are open to all, Mrs. Dem
ming said. There are a number
of roles for both men and women.
Members of the Auxiliary do
not intend to appear in the play,
but will art. as nrnHnnprs r>nl\7
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