RESERVE OFFICER TO
TRAIN AT BIG DELTA
Dr. Allan Mick is scheduled to
leave Palmer February 16 for re
serve officer’s training at Big
Delta where he will spent ap
proximately two weeks. He is a
reserve officer in the Army and
holds a commission of Major.
ON BUSINESS TRIP
George D. Allen of Anchorage,
who represents the Glenn Car
rington 8c Company, was in Pal
mer this week on business. Mr.
Allen has been Outside on busi
ness, spending the past several
weeks at Seattle, Wash. He re
turned to Anchorage last Friday.
MERRILL MERCANTILE COMPANY
Valdez, Alaska
Aluminum Roofing Building Supplies
Celotex Glass
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Maytag and Westinghouse Appliances
Sporting Goods Toys Home Furnishings
—
VALDEZ BAKERY & CAFE
Jack Suttich, Prop.
Now Baking a Variety of Breads
Sweet Doughs Pastry
CAKES DECORATED TO ORDER FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
FOUNTAIN SERVICE
CANTEEN BAR & MAYME’S UQUOR STORE
"The House of Hospitality"
Valdez, Alaska
Gateway to the Interior
Mayme Snyder and A. Jarvi, proprietors
CHITINA LIMOUSINE SERVICE
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:45 a.m. each Monday (Leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a.m. each Thursday (Leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a.m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a.m. Friday
Leaves Anchorage from 4th Ave. Travel Bureau
(Fourth Avenue Theatre Bldg.)
Leaves Palmer from in front of Post Office
Leaves Valdez from Valdez Hotel
All Through One-Day Service — No Stop-Overs
Pinzon Bar
and
RECREATION PARLOR
Valdez
Serving the Best of Drinks
and Food
C. J. "Truck" Egan, proprietor
Miss Rita Dingman, Valdez j
health nurse, announces that a;
well child conference will be held
Tuesday, February 13. All moth
ers of infants and pre-school chil
dren are urged to bring them to
the clinic, Miss Dingman said.
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Valdez News
Despite cold weather and high
winds interest ran high and many
turned out for the recent basket
ball game held January 22 be
tween the Old Men and the Can
teen Pirates. The Old Men’s team
added comedy to the game by ap
pearing in red flannels and old
fashioned nightshirts. The Can
teen Pirates, or the young fellows,
had a real tussle on their hands
to win by a slight margin. Pro
ceeds from the game went to help
defray expenses for a game at
Cordova, which the Canteen Pir
ates have had to postpone several
times.
The long-awaited trip to Cor
dova materialized but it meant
defeat for the Valdez team. Re
ports sent to Valdez immediately
after the games at Cordova were
that the Canteen Pirates lost two
battles to the Cordovans.
Patrolman Edwin Alexander
and two daughters, Elaine and
Marsha, drove the family car to
Anchorage last week end. They
left Valdez January 29 and plan
to be back home within a few
days. While in Anchorage, Elaine
planned to visit with a former
schoolmate, Miss Letitia Bryant.
The regular Thursday Club
meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. Raymond Huddleston last
week. Following games of canas
ta and bridge, refreshments were
served. Attending the party were
the Mesdames Larry Parker,
David Johnson, Lewis Taylor,
William Mclllroy, Harold Jorgen
sen, Rollin Watson, Norman Do
nat, Douglas Stewart and August
George. The next meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. Ed
win Alexander. Mrs. Lyle Johns
ton will act as hostess.
George Hillar recently arrived
in Valdez to take over as the
manager of the Alaska Freight
Lines. Mr. Hillar replaces A.
Persinger, who has been with the
company in Valdez for the past
year. He was also formerly with
the lines at the Fairbanks office
before his transfer here.
Mr. Hillar comes to Valdez from
Anchorage where he was also
with the company. As soon as
living quarters may be secured,
Mrs. Hillar and the couple’s new
baby, Leonard George, will join
him here. The baby is the couple’s
first child. Mrs. Hillar is the for
mer Shirley Parker. The Per
singers are going Outside to Cali
fornia.
The velocity of the wind at Val
dez during the first month of 1951
has been higher than at any time
since 1946, it was reported at the
Seaport city last week. The gusts
were estimated to attain a veloc
ity of from 45 to 50 miles per
hour. Wind velocity as recorded
by the anemometer used by the
Weather Bureau at Valdez, reg
istered 35 miles an hour, accord
ing to Mrs. Kathryn Fawcett.
Interior Freight Lines
Clay Prewitt and Cliff Steadman, Owners
Freight Hauling Between Valdez and Palmer
Phone 62-J-3
Knight Goodrich returned to
Valdez January 24 from a trip to
Sacramento, Calif., where he vis
ited his family and friends. On
his return trip to Alaska he drove
over the Alaska highway in a yel
low Chevrolet pick-up. It took
him 10 days to make the drive. He
reported that roads through Can
ada were in exceptionally good
condition. “Even though the
weather is good in California” Mr.
Knight says that he is glad to get
back to Valdez.
Funeral services for the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Col
yer were held January 26 at 2
p.m., at the Valdez Gospel chapel.
The little boy, Gregory Ward,
who lacked only three days of
being a year old, was born at Wil
liamsport, Pa., on January 29. His
death occurred here following a
very brief illness. In addition to
his parents he is survived by two
half-sisters, Jean Campbell and
Shirley Overbay.
A large supply of automotive
parts and a road grader were lost
in a costly fire that swept the
Alaska Road Commission build
ings at Glenallen, located 110
miles from Valdez on the Richard
son highway. An old garage was
completely demolished by the
flames and other buildings in
volved in the fire included a parts
room, garage, machine shop, tire
shop and warm storage building.
Firemen fighting the fire wit
nessed the heroism of a dog who
would not give up until he had
successfully rescued a cat who
shared the old garage as the an
imal’s home. The cat and dog,
both mascots of the ARC, have
never been on friendly terms.
When the fire was at its height
firemen were unable to under
stand the dog’s insistence on run
ning back into the flames only to
be chased out each time. On his
final trip he managed to elude the
firemen, later to emerge from the
building with the cat gripped
tightly in his mouth. He carried
the cat clear of the burning build
ing before he set it down.
Mrs. Ralph Matthews and two
(daughters, Carol and Dianne, left
Valdez recently to join Mr. Mat
thews at Kodiak, where he is a
commissioned officer in the U. S.
Navy. Mrs. Matthews, Carol and
Dianne went to Anchorage where
they took a plane for their trip on
to Kodiak. Both Carol and Dianne
were students at the Valdez
school.
Jack Fitzgerald, an engineer
from Butte, Montana, arrived
here Saturday, January 27, to
work on the tunnel for Gates and
Fox Construction company. Mr.
Fitzgerald plans to be here until
the middle of March.
Lloyd “Red” Morley, senior
sanitarian for the Alaska Depart
ment of Health, whose offices are
at Anchorage, arrived in Valdez
Sunday, January 28. Mr. Morley
came here on a general sanitation
survey and to inspect the FHA
housing water supply.
William Egan, Democrat from
Valdez, is senior member of the
territorial House of Representa
tives in length of service, it was
reported here this week. Mr.
Egan is Speaker of the House of
the territorial legislature now in
session at Juneau. He has the
Valdez Supply company here.
Ted Burgess, former student of
Valdez High School, recently sent
word to friends here that he is
enjoying his studies in the states.
He is attending Auburn Academy,
a Seventh Day Adventist acad
emy in Washington.