The frontiersman., 1956-02-09
Reporters
Notebook

weekend. Good attendance was
reported at the two games and at
the dinner-d dance which follow
ed on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Mariners club of United
Protestant Church will hold a
Valentine party February IA at
3 pm. in the church assembly
hall. There will be a movie on
Mckinley National Parks wild
life. Richard Prasie, park ser
vice naturalist, well speak. Guests
are invited. A lunch will be serv-
ed.
Lew Hanks of the Extension
Service and DR.. Curtis Dearborn
OF the Alaska Agriculture Ex-
pertinent Station, returned to
Palmer Wednesday following a
trip to Seward where they met
with farmers of that area for a
discussion on gardens and vege-
table varieties. Hanks and G.
Ivan Branton, Experiment Sta
ton, were in Juneau last week
where they met with farmers of
that area.
Ken Ubbe1ohde, new Boy
Scouts district executive, was
guest at the February 6 meeting
of Palmer Kiwanis. Ubbelohde
expressed thanks to Kyle Turner
for his successful efforts as head
of last years Scout drive in Pal
mer. Also a guest was Dale
Clark, local Explorer who attend
ed the Boy Scout Jamboree this
past summer. Clark told of some
of his adventures while attend
ing the jarnboree.
Mrs. Justine Parks, MEA presi-
dent and board member of CAPA,
recently attended the meeting in
st. Louis of the National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association.
Mrs. Parks is Alaska director on
the NRECA board.
Two of three persons injured
IN car crash, Were transported
from the accident scene near the
Matanusloa River bridge to Val
ley Presbyterian Hospital in the
Community Ambulance Saturday
afternoon. Volunteers were Joe
Gallant and Henry Liebing. In
jured were Marsh Baker, ACS
station at Gienallen, Mary Hob
son, 18 of Glena1len, and jim
Tipple, driver, also of the ACS
station. The Triple vehicle APP
parently went into a spin direct
ly in the path of vehicle driven
by David Carlson. Territorial Po-
lice Investigated the accident.
Friends in Palmer have receiv-
ed word from Elton and Judy
Aarestad, former residents who
recently left Alaska for a world
tour. They are now in Portland,
N. d. will start out for New York
soon and then overseas shortly
Mary Steelrnan has been sub
shutting as receptionist in the
office of DIR. G. G. Bailey, for
Isabelle Woolcock who has been
i'll
A reward has beer offered for
the return of trumpet, missing
from the Palmer High Sclool.
Anyone having information IS
asked to contact the high school
or Dennis Johnson of Eska. The
horn was reported missing around
the first of February.
Bruce Graham, secretary of the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen, IS
an Fairbanks this week where he
is attending the annual meeting
of the Alaska Sportsmen Council
as delegate from the local organ
ization. The Sportsmen Council
membership consists of sports
men clubs in the Territory.
Among the thousand spectators
at the signing of Alaska's Con-
stitution, were local residents, v.
Louise kellogg, Lucille Mick, and
Dorothy Hurley, the latter IS wife
of James Hurley, delegate to the
constitutional convention.
The moose population OF the
city has kept residents amused IN
more than one way the past
week. The cow that jumped over
the moon had l tile on the moose
cow that was seen clearing the
fairgrounds fence this week. a
herd of II moose was meandef-
ing around the MEA-Clty lot OPP
posite from the fairgrounds wnen
one of them decided to see what
was on the other side OF the
fence She had no difficulty IN
clearing the eight-foot cyclone
fence, anding on four feet ana
heading off toward the woods IN
apparent complacence.
Local Physicians
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