Calm Weather Helps Willow Carnival
Snow was blowing on Mt.
McKinley and gales were
whipping the Matanuska Val
ley on Feb. 1. 2, and 3, but the
patron saint of sled dog racers
and chain saw experts must
have used his influence with
the weather man, because
there was no wind at all at
Willow. The three days of the
second annual Winter Carnival
were crisp and sunny, with
frozen Willow Lake supplying
both the arena and the back
drop for the winter sports
events.
Reigning over the first two
days of the carnival was Judy
Carl, 1962 queen, who relin
quished her crown Saturday
evening at the Woodchoppers’
Ball to her 1963 successor, Jane
Linnebur. Jane, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Linnebur
of Houston, is a Wasilla high
school student. She was spon
sored in the contest by Alpine
Texaco, Wasilla Cold Storage
and Lockers, Reed’s Hardware,
Williwaw Lodge, and the Pal
mer Bar.
Other contestants were Shar
on Ruff, Marcella Barton, Nan
cy Murdock, Kelly Palmquist
(who sold the greatest number
of raffle tickets) and Sharon
Butler. The girls, who took
part in a talent pageant pre
ceding the ball, were gowned
in pastel formals supplied by
their sponsors. Judging was
based on talent, personality,
beauty, and conduct. The five
judges were Mrs. Menard, Mrs.
Mullen, Orville Lake, Dick
Boyer, and Frank Roberts. The
girls were coached for the
contest by Mrs. William Fri
day and Mrs. H. W. Decker.
Ramey Reddington was over
all winner in the senior sled
dog racing competition, having
TWO BOYS GET
CHURCH AWARD
On Sunday, Feb. 10, the God
and Country Award was pre
sented to Boy Scouts Ronald
Smith and Robert Leroy War
ner in a service of recognition
at the United Protestant
Church, according to the Rev.
Paul Moyer, pastor.
The God and Country Award
is not a merit badge of Scout
ing, but is an award of the
Church in cooperation with the
Boy Scouting program, the
pastor said. Ronald and Lee
worked for more than a year
in the various phases of the
Award program, which is es
tablished by the Protestant
Committee on Scouting. To at
tain the award, the boys must
study the background and be
liefs of their particular church,
in addition to spending many
hours of work on behalf of the
church’s local program.
Some of the tasks completed
by the boys included ushering
in the morning services, the
church Christmas scene, care
of the lawn, special clean-up
chores, and various simple
work projects. Their study in
cluded some history of the
church nationally and locally,
a look at the mission outreach,
and some of the particular doc
trines and beliefs of the church.
The work was supervised by
Rev. Moyer.
VETERANS TO MEET
SATURDAY, FEB. 23
Veterans of World War I,
Barracks No. 1500, will meet at
the home of Ernest L. Peck at
2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23.
After a short business meet
ing, movies of the Alaska ex
hibit at Century 21 in Seattle
will be shown by Gerritt (He
inie) Snider.
The Peck homestead is lo
cated one mile east of Wasilla
on Bogard Road. Refreshments
will be served.
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the best total elapsed time for
the two heats, two hours, 13
minutes, and 24 seconds. Right
behind him was brother Joe
Reddington, whose total time
was 2:16:41. In third place was
Earl Norris, 2:27:15.
Dick Kopsac, first place win
ner in Saturday’s race with a
time of 1:06:19, was scratched
from Sunday’s race when his
dogs went out of control and
his lead dog’s front foot was
bitten through. In second place
on Saturday was Ramey Red
dington, whose time was 1:07:
37, with brother Joe taking
third place. His time was
1:09:48.
Ramey Reddington’s time on
Sunday was 1:05:47, and Joe
Reddington’s was 1:06:53. Earl
Norris was third with 1:14:41.
Race officials were Dick
Tozier, Paul Smith, Bob Mull
en, Joe Kottke, and Willie
Mullen.
Top junior mushers, one
dog competition, were Teddy
Norris, first, Howard Hamilton
second, and Brawn Copsik
third. Top three-dog racers
were Susie Sturdivant, Ron
Biggers, and Jo Eller. Five-dog
winners were Dale Heaberly,
John Norris, and Buddy Rog
ers. In the seven-dog division,
winners were Bill Sturdivant
and Howard Kettleson. Race
officials were Natalie Norris,
Frank Kos, and Floyd Heim
buck.
Beverly Pelkey, last year's
winner in the ladies’ Swede
saw contest, again placed first
with a time of 31.4 seconds.
Rose Palmquist was second,
with 38.7 seconds, and Dianne
Nichols was third with 39.6
seconds.
First place in the 9 HP chain
saw contest was Burl Murdock,
and second was Howard John
son. Howard Johnson placed
Jane Linnebur
first in the 6 HP class, with Bill
Smith second.
First place woodchopper was
Walt Stephan, with Mike Ste
phan taking the second spot.
Walt Stephan and Walt Parker
tied for first place in the snow
shoe contest, and Pat Stephan
took second.
Anchorage foreign car enthu
siasts put on a thrilling show
Sunday morning with their
European-style endurance race
run on a track on Willow Lake.
The North Star Rainbow
Girls’ drill team of Anchorage
performed Saturday morning
in the Willow Community Hall,
the 17 girls of the team arriv
ing by bus to provide an un
scheduled event.
Winner of the fully equipped
camp trailer was a Mr. Allison
of Anchorage, and the silver
set raffled off by the Home
steaders’ Community Club was
won by Harry Nielson of Wil
low.
Frank Kos, chairman of the
carnival committee, reported
that the three-day affair was a
success and commented on its
growth since its inception a
year ago. Other committee
members were Rosalie White,
secretary-treasurer, and Basil
Bryant, A. M. Hazel, and Ray
Johnson.
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Horton to Bowl
In BPA Tournament
With some exceptionally
Rood bowling, Richard Horton
eliminated eleven other Pal
mer howlers entered in the
Bowling Proprietor’s Associa
tion handicap tournament, and
will represent Palmer against
men from other bowling estab
lishments throughout Alaska.
This event will take place at
Fairbanks during the annual
State Tournament.
With an average of 188, Hor
ton consistently rolled twelve
games averaging well over 200.
Runner up in this event was
Robert Peterson, who came up
with some very good games.
His high game was 267 pins.
The high place in the Scotch
Doubles Tournament is at pres
ent held by Alethea Scheibl
and Edna Wehking with 802
for their total pins and handi-;
cap.
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AURORA MUSHERS RACE SUNDAY
Races were held last Sunday
at Echo Lake near Big Lake by
the Aurora Dog Mushers’ Club.
Runners raced over a 14-mile
trail.
First place was won by A1,
Hibbard, whose time was 1:09:-1
06, and Barney Anderson took
second place with a time of!
1:17:52. Third was Harold Nel
son, 1:48:03, and Shirley Towne
took fourth with a time of 1:
48:55.
Dale Anderson won the
three-dog race and Kay Ander
son won the one-dog race.
Races will be held on the
Echo Lake Trail again Sunday.
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