KNIK HOMESTEADER TAKES
TOP MONEY IN SLED DOG RAGE
in tne time of 42 minutes, 16
seconds, Clem Tellman of Knik
took first place in a field of 17
entries in the Alaska Sled Dog
Racing Association’s opening race
at Wasilla last Sunday.
Grand winner in the 1953 Fur
Rendezvous race, and runner up
last year, Tellman was followed
in winning positions by Phillips
McLean with 45.48 timing and
Chuck Maclnnes with 46.45. Prize
money was $50 for first place; $30
for second, and $20 for third. Earl
and Natalie Norris, veteran racers
finished out of the money in fifth
and 16th place, respectively.
Tellman running an 11-dog
team, drew next to last starting
position and was not aware he
had placed first until he was urg
ed to get his dogs across the fin
ish line when he stopped some
100 yards away. He said he
thought he had placed fifth or
sixth and was trying to get his
dogs out of the way of teams
coming in. Tellman had borrow
ed one of the dogs he raced to re
place one that had been injured
in a dog fight.
The 10-mile course, which was
laid out six miles shorter than
one used last year, began at Hal
lea Lodge, circled Lake Lucille to
Knik road, on through Wasilla to
Williwaw Lodge, across Wasilla
Lake to Green .- cres, then back
to Wasilla Lake, through the
town again and on to Lake Lucille
to Heine Snider’s place, around
the lake and back to the starting
point. Orville Lake, second man
out, broke trail after passing Na
talie Norris about a half-mile out.
Racing a nine-dog team, Lake’s
time was 49.31.
The Season’s Greetings
By Bob Klem
Bob Klem
Lesson I
Dec. 28, ’54
Current temp—28F
The Moose are in the cabbage
patch
The frost is in my bones
The wind is from Siberia
And full of wails and moans
The mercury has dropped so fast
It jerked from out our wall
The nail for our Thermometer
And let the darn thing fall!
Terry stepped off the penny
scales and turned to her husband.
“Well,” he said, “what’s the ver
dict? A little overweight?” “Oh
no,” said Terry, “but according to
that height table, printed on the
j front, I should be about six inches
' taller.” • —From Gas Tank
11:00 Morning Worship Service and Sermon
12:00 Pot-luck dinner
1:30 Annual Business Meeting and Program.
7:00 Westminster Fellowship Groups
A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL
Brian H. Cleworth, Minister '*01
New Alaska Ehok
Just off the Press
“Pioneer Prospector.” the ac
count of George Hick’s search for
riches during and after the Klon
dike gold rush, this week came
off the press.
Hick, now deceased, tells how
news of the Klondike strike ar
rived in New York State where
he was living. He describes his
trip over Chilkoot Pass, through
Miles Canyon and White Horse
Rapids.
Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, presi
dent emeritus of the University of
Alaska, edited the booklet which
is available at the university
book store.
The author recounts his pros
pecting adventures all over the
territory, including Nome, Candle
and Fairbanks. The early day
dog derbies are vividly described
and old-time photographs enliven
the publication.
RALPH FARNSWORTH
HEADS AIRMEN GROUP
FOR SECOND YEAR
Ralph Farnsworth was recently
named president of the Matanuska
Airmen’s Association, for the sec
ond successive year. Also serving
with Farnsworth for the coming
year will be A1 Dickow, vice
president; Rene Neilsen, record
ing secretary, and David Kepler,
treasurer.
The local Airmen’s Association
has been actively interested in
the promotion and development
of aviation in this area and as
sisted in the formation of a simi
lar organization in the Anchorage
area this past year.
Early in it’s formation the asso
ciation formed a separate Flying
Club, through which many local
pilots have been able to get their
licenses, using the club’s airplane.
The association was instrumental
in obtaining long-needed landing
lights for the local field, have as
sisted the local Elks lodge in mak
ing Christmas flights to deliver
holiday boxes to the needy, and
last year honored the women pil
ots’ association, the 99’s, at a din
ner party held in Palmer.
Membership in the organization
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6
AMERICAN LEGION- & AUXIL
IARY, Legion Bldg., 8 p.m.
MAT. VALLEY HEALTH COUN
CIL, Health Center, 7 p.m.
CHEST X-RAYS, Central School,
3-4 p m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7
CHEST X-RAYS, Central School,
3-4 p.m.
AAAS COOK INLET CHAPTER,
Arctic Health Center, Anch.,
8 p.m.
SATURDAY. JANUARY 8
CHEST X-RAYS, Central School,
2-5 p.m.: 6:30-9:00 p.m.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER CEMETERY ASS’N.,
Moose Hall, 8 p m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church basement, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 11
CITY COUNCIL, Clerk’s offce,
7:30 p.m.
MOOSE AND WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, U. P. Church
basement, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER B. P. O. ELKS, Elks
! lodge, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
MAT. AIRMENS’ ASS’N., Co-Op
club room, 8 p.m.
is constantly growing and anyone
holding an, airmen’s certificate is
eligible for voting membership
and is invited to join the associa
tion.
A hardy fixture of the Old Sod
left Ireland and came to Ameri
ca. After a year’s time he sent for
his wife. “Goodness,” she ex
claimed on her first day here,
“but don’t they talk funny in this
country!”
“You think they talk funpy |
now!” exclaimed her husband. I
“Why you shoulda heard ’em
when I first got here!”—Gas Tank
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HEALTH FOR ALL
Through A Pane of Glass
One of the great moments in a
woman’s life comes when for the
first time she holds her baby in
her arms and studies the aston
ishing perfection of the tiny crea
ture in its first day of life. Yet
there are mothers to whom this
moment is forbidden. They see
their babies only through a pane
of glass.
These mothers have tuberculos
is. How terribly unfortunate, you
say. And yet, in a way, they are
fortunate, and they know it. Not
so long ago it was feared that
bearing a child would make the
mother’s TB much worse. Abor
tion sometimes seemed necessary
to spare her life.
Recent research has shown
that, in fact, the expectant moth
er who has TB usually fares bet
ter if her pregnancy is continued
to the normal delivery of the
child than if it is interrupted. It
appeared that therapeutic abor
tion often had a worse effect on
TB than full-term delivery.
The tuberculous woman can
be as sure as any woman that
her baby will be born healthy.
Of course, the baby must be kept
away from her to protect it from
infection.
It may be months before her TB
is cured and she can safely take
him in her arms. But she can
know that she has not infected
her child.
First, and most important, of
course, it must be known that
the mother has TB. A chest X
ray and other tests for TB are
now considered an important part
of prenatal care. If TB is discov
ered the doctor can take the
special measures necessary to
protect both mother and child.
Yet, it need not have happened
at all. TB is not necessary.
TB can be prevented. Your tu
berculosis association is one of
3,000 working throughout the year
in all parts of the country to
check the spread of this tragic
disease. When you buy and use
Christmas Seals to support your
tuberculosis association, you help
to remove the pane of glass that
TiirTmOi1 myrnumiiTom:
inics Graham to Attend
Sportsmens’ Meeting
Bruce Graham, secretary of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen,
,leaves for Juneau tomorrow
where he will attend the Alaska
Sportsmen Council confemce be
ing held in, the city on January
8 and 9.
Representatives from most of
the territorial sportsmen associa
tions and clubs are expected to
attend the conference and will
carry suggestions from their re
spective organizations for the bet
terment of all phases of sport ac
tivities in Alaska.
For several weeks the local
Sportsmen have maintained a
suggestion box in their meeting
place where the public was invit
ed to leave suggestions for ad
ditions, charges', or new ideas
that would assist in the promotion
of better sportsmanship and sport
participation in the territory.
Some of the suggestions to be
carried from the local organiza
tion will pertain to new legisla
tion.
separates too many mothers from
thedr babies.
The proud mother was brag
ging about her little son Percival
to a thoroughly bored neighbor.
“Just imagine,” she said, “Perci
val is only 17 months old and he’s
been walking for nearly nine
bonths.” Stifling a yawn the
neighbor said: “Really! Hadn’t he
better sit down and rest a while?”
_From Gas Tank
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