Palmer High School
Basket Ball Season
Opens Hovember 14
Coach Bob Crites will appar
eently have a varied choice when
making up his first-string cage
men this year. About 60 Palmer
High School male students turn
ed out for basketball practice last
veek. Since then, a few have
dropped out but Coach Crites
expects to have a full squad pick
ed for the first game of the sea
son Friday night, November 14.
Many of last year’s star players
were lost to the team this year
through graduation but there will
still be familiar faces and many
experienced players on the team.
Fridays’ game will be played
in Palmer against the 29th Air
Depot Wing team—a group that
presented good competition last
year and will help make the sea
son’s opening game an interesting
one.
FIELD OFFICE ASKED BY
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Establishment of a field office
of the Alaska Development
Board in the Alaska Railroad
belt will be proposed by the
Board in its budget request to
the 1953 Legislature, Don H.
Goodman, chairman, announced
today.
The office for which the Board
asks legislative support would
make it possible to give better as
sistance in development matters
to the Matanuska Valley, Anchor
age, Fairbanks, Kenai Peninsula
and other areas of the Westward,
according to the announcement.
With the aluminum plant near
Skagway, a pulp mill at Ketchi
kan, the plywood plant at Juneau,
iron ore development near Haines,
several new sawmills, and other
large industrial developments in
the offing, the economic future
of Southeast Alaska appears
bright, according to the Develop
ment Board. This has made it
imperative, in the view of its
members, that more attention be
given to the industrial potential
of western and interior Alaska
and has motivated the proposal
for establishment of an office
there.
The Board’s 1953-55 budget re
quest, which has been submitted
to the Territorial Board of Bud
get, carries an item of 35,000 for
the special railbelt office, in ad
dition to a request of $140,000 for
all-Alaska activities of the Board.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Loyer of Pal
mer have received word of the
recent marriage of their son DC-2
James A. Loyer, USN, to Miss
Takairo of Nagasaki, Japan.
Loyer has been stationed
aboard the U. S. Comstock in
Japanese waters since December
of 1950. Previous to shipping over
seas, he was stationed in the Aleu
tians for one and one half years.
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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 5—6
FRIDAY SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 7—8
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sal. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
SUNDAY — MONDAY
NOVEMBER 9-10
Show 7:15 and 9 P.M.
Son. Mat: 2:00 p.m.
PALMER BB PLAYERS
TO FLY TO NOME
November 29 will mark the first
time in Territorial interscholastic
basketball history that a team has
visited the city of Nome for a
basketball game when the Pal
mer basketball team will travel
to the northern city. The great |
distance between schools has in
the past, prevented Nome from
participating in the interscholas
tic programs. However, they have
good basketball teams, having
played against strong Army teams
in past years. Those attending
the games at Fairbanks last year
report they showed good Class A
ability.
Planes Chartered
Two planes, seating 24 passeng
ers each, have been chartered
from the Reeve Aleutian Airways
for the trip to Nome. William
Zahradnicek, school superintend
ent, announced this week that
there are a few extra seats avail
able for anyone wanting to make
the trip to Nome with the team.
Planes will leave Palmer Air
port November 28 and reteurn
November 30. Round-trip fare
will be $50. Students, faculty
members or others who would
like to make the trip are asked
to make reservations at the
school office. Money will not
be refundable once the reserva
tion is made but tickets may be
transferred. Hotel reservations
will be made for ticket holders,
although the fare will not include
the hotel costs. Team members
will be taken care of through the
school.
A return game with the Nome
team has been scheduled for the
1953-54 season when they plan
to fly to Palmer .
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
JOIN CIVIL DEFENSE
REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN
More than 110 of America’s
leading national and community
organizations will spearhead a
campaign during the period No
vember 11 to 27 to mobilize the
nation’s civilian population for
home defense, it was announced
this wek by James J. Wadsworth
Acting Administrator, Federal
Civil Defense Administration.
The Armistice- Thanksgiving
Day period is the first phase of
a mass public participation pro
grom launched by authorities and
the national organizations to en
courage the American people to ■
make a “Pledge for Home De
fense.”
The campaign is designed to
stimulate and train all citizens
and their families in civil de
fense directors with a register of
potential volunteers for active
civil defense duty, from which
personnel can be selected for
training and service as needed.
The twin goals of the camping
—(1) mass public education in
self-protection and (2) registration
for future duty with the active
civil defense services—are essen
tial elements of the national civil
defense program initiated by Con
gress in January 1951.
In announcing plans for this
civil defense mobilization drive, ,
Mr. Wadsworth said: “Mobiliza
tion of the vast leadership and
manpower potential of this na
tion’s organized community
groups will provide the motive
power and leadership needed to
generate citizen participation in
civil defense throughout the na
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BROWN’S SHOP
Palmer Riflemen
Win First Season
Match by 130 Points
In the first match of a planned
series, the Matanuska Valley
Sportsmen Rifle Club defeated
the Anchorage Rifle and Pistol
Club in a shoulder to shoulder,
four position match held at the
M. V. S. indoor range at Palmer
October 31.
The Anchorage Rifle club is
having considerable trouble find
ing a suitable indoor range. At
the present time they are permit
ted the use of an indoor range at
Elmendorf each Wednesday even
ing.
The Palmer club has been ac
tive this past summer, competing
with several Stateside clubs, by
mail. Palmer won two and took
three second place awards in the
five events entered in the Illoyra
Rifle Leagues outdoor matches.
Scores for Match No. 1 were:
PALMER TEAM P. S. K. OH Tot
K. Westenbarger 100 99 97 93 389
M. Atheam 99 99 99 91 388
V. Donaldson 100 100 96 87 383
A. Dickow 100 94 91 88 373
A. Richie 100 98 90 72 360
Total 1893
Anchorage Team P. S. K. OH Tot
M. Mollberg 98 97 97 89 381
J. Wessman 100 98 97 86 381
I. S. Donaldson 100 96 93 88 377
R. Goddard 99 87 83 71 340
E. Gendswell 95 71 68 50 284
Total 1763
LUTHERANS HOLD
ANNUAL TURKEY
DINNER TONIGHT
Tonight the Ladies Aid of St.
John’s Lutheran Church will
serve their annual Turkey Dinner
to an anticipated full house.
Commencing at 5:00 p.m., serv
ing will continue until 8:00 p.m.
with no danger of the food sup*
ply running short. Committee
members have found the success
af these annual dinners demand
larger scale planning each year.
Turkey, mashed potatoes, vege
tables, salad and cranberry sauce
—all in large portions—make this
a looked-forward-to annual Val
ey affair.
If not previously purchased,
tickets may be obtained at the
loor.
;ion. These national groups have
long been recognized as one of
America’s great sources of lead
ership in community life. Their
participation in this drive is fur
ther evidence of their dedication
to the public welfare and national
security.”
Civil Defense films were shown
to students of Palmer school this
week. ‘‘Survival After Atomic
Attack” and “Fire-Fighting” are
two excellent films being loaned
throughout the Territories and
States by the Civil Defense Ad
ministration to aid in the public
education section of their pro
gram.
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Valley Street
Graded, Surfaced
Residents along the stretch of
Valley Street which was ditched
for laying of the new city water
main are a little relieved and
pleased now that the street is
again passable.
In an agreement with the city,
contractors of the new water sys
tem, Arctic Plumbing and Heat
ing regraded the roadbed and
packed it with approximately 6
inches of gravel. More than two
days were spent on the job with
the contractor paying for loading
of gravel and tamping with heavy
equipment and the city footing
expenses for gravel and the haul
ing.
The thoroughfare will be left
in its present condition until next
spring at which time it will be
brought up to grade with a fill of
approximately two feet of gravel
and then properly contoured for
good driving and fast drainage.
Dept, of Education
Releases New
Course of Study
A new course of study for the
primary grades has been mailed
to superintendents, principals, and
teachers of the kindergarten and
grades one through three in all
Territorial schools for suggestions
and criticisms. The new course
was prepared at the request of the
Territorial Board of Education by
members of the Education De
partment staff with the advice
and assistance of many Alaskan
school administrators and teach
ers.
GI ACCIDENT CASUALTIES
CAN NOW BE ANNOUNCED
WITHOUT NOTIFYING KIN
The Defense Department has
instructed the combat services to
announce promptly the names of
servicemen killed or hurt in acci
dents outside military installa
tions in the United States.
A directive was issued by De
fense Secretary Lovett Oct. 22.
Present practice is to withhold
the names of accident victims
until their next of kin have been
notified.
Its language falls a little short
of a positive order, in that it
states that the names and address
es of military personnel involved
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$16,000 SALARY VOTED
FOR PRESIDENT OF
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
The Board of Regents of the
University of Alaska adjourned
on Saturday, October 25th. With
the minutes of the various days
meetings becoming available,
items of interest are being made
public from the Office of the
President.
Regents plans for the selection
of a successor to Dr. Terris Moore
became known today. In prepara
tion for this the Regents voted
to increase the salary for the
house and utilities supplied, to be
come effective July 1, 1953. Ad
ditionally the Regents have in
cluded in their budget request to
the Legislature under New Con
struction, an item of $40,000 for
the building of a new president’s
house and $7,500 for a fultime
Administrative Assistant to the
President, to begin Juy 1, 1953.
It was also disclosed from the
minutes that a committee of three
has been appointed by the Reg
ents to process applications from
candidates; through the selection
will be made by the full board
in accidents “should be” released
immediately upon identification.
The usual form of a directive
military order would substitute
“shall” for should.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED
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LEGION TO HOLD
ARMISTICE DANCE
A capacity crowd is expected
by the American Legion and
Auxiliary at the Armistice Day
Dance to be held py the organi
zation Saturday night, November
8 at the Palmer School Gym.
Dress will be optional.
Dancing to Schaefer’s new or
chestra will start at 9:30 p.m.
During the intermission period a
fresh-frozen turkey will be
awarded as a door prize and the
Auxiliary will award the “hun
dred-dollar-doll” that has been on
display in a window at Bettys’ the
past two weeks. Proceeds from
the doll will go toward the hos
pital fund.
A refreshment stand will be
operated by the Auxiliary with
coffee, weiners and buns to be
sold during the evening. They also
plan to operate a check stand.
TIP-TOP-INN
CAFE
Featuring
Steak, Chops, Chicken
Prawns, Fish and Frog
Legs or Special Salads
Ralph and Alice Horton, Prop.
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Ken's Electric
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Armistice Day Dance
PALMER SCHOOL GYM
NOVEMBER 8 - 9:30 - 2:00
Shaffers Orchestra
Large Turkey will be awarded
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WE WILL BE CLOSED NOVEMBER 11
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer. Alaska
OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS 5-7 PM.
DAILY 10 AJ*.—3 P.M.
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