ANNUAL ALL-ALASKA
4-H FAIR OPENS
FBI. IN ANCHORAGE
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The Third All-Alaska 4-H Fair
will be held at Kiddyland in An- J
eborage, starting tomorrow and
ending Sunday. All blue ribbon
winners at the Matanuska Val
ley iFair are eligible to enter ex
hibits and demonstrations at the
All-Alaska Fair.
Mrs. James Hulbert and Lew
Hanks, Extension agents, will
leave for Anchorage tomorrow
evening and will take with them
-any exhibits properly marked
and taken to the Extension office
by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon.
Livestock should be at the
Matanuska Valley fairgrounds by
S p.m. tomorrow evening to be
loaded on the truck. Two care
takers will go with the livestock
and be on hand to care for them
while in Anchorage. Livestock
will be released at 8:30 p m.
Sunday and will be delivered a^
the local fairgrounds about 10:T5
or 10:30 that night for owners
to pick up. They may be housed
at fairgrounds overnight if nec
essary.
All non-perishable blue ribbon
•exhibits will go as they are
fsuch as clothing). Baking win
ders may rebake the same pro
duct. Vegetable winners may
' bring anything from their gar
den worthy of exhibition.
Participants, such as demon
strators, dress revue entrants
smd cherry pie bakers are asked
lo contact the Extension office
-if: they plan to attend, if they
meed transportation, or if they
have transportation and room
tor extra passengers.
Talent is being sought for the
talent show to be held Saturday
...■evening. Anyone may enter,
•' Whether or not an exhibitor or
participant.
All i4-H members, leaders and
Jriehds are invited to attend the
'fill-. Alaska 4-H Fair.
The cherry pie contest will be
held on Sunday from 10 a.m. to
BOWLING ALLEY
BEING PUNNED HERE
The Palmer Bowling Center is
now in the process of being in
corporated, according to Robert
G. Johns, one of the incorpora’
tors. Dr. Foster R. Sims and Nor
man A. Hartung are the other
two incorporators.
According to Johns, the Bowl
ing Center will be located north
of the Matanuska Hotel where
excavation work was recently
completed for a 65- x 125- foot
concrete block building. The
structure is being built by Dr.
Sims, who in turn will lease
space to the Bowling Center. The
one-story building also will have
office space.
Installation of six AMF bowl
ing lanes and automatic pin
spotters will run around $37,000,
according to Johns. The bowling
lanes will face toward the hotel,
with the front of the building to
face Valley street. Bowling shoes
and bowling balls will be avail
able for bowlers. A snack bar
is planned for the future.
Shares in the corporation are
being sold at $100 per share.
Persons interested may contact
any of the incorporators named
above,
The lanes will be installed by
professional installation men ant
made ready for the public by
them. The building and lanes are
expected to be completed by the
first of the year, Johns said.
2 p.m.;»the All Alaska dress re
vue will follow at 3 p.m. to 4
p.m. Club demonstrations will be
held Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to
noon. The ring show will be
from 10 to 10:30 a.m.; All Al
aska bread demonstration from
2:30 to 4:00 p.m. and the tractor
driving contest from 3:00 to 4:00
p.m., all on Saturday.
Four-H’ers may enter at least
231 different items in the Fair.
There will be a sweepstakes
award for the boy and girl with
the most winning entries and
prizes for the runners-up.
Members of the Anchorage Ki
wanis Club are sponsors of the
Fair.
Keep Children—
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nel warn parents whenever pos
sible when their children are re
peatedly endangering themselves,
but he pointed out, this isn’t al
ways effective, either. Some chil
dren not only cross the tracks
at unauthorized points, but they
crawl under, over, and through
the freight cars.
“This is extremely dangerous’’,
he stated. “These youngsters
never know when that car may
be moved and certainly the rail
road employees cannot know
when a child is doing such a
thing”.
In line with the request that
parents make sure their children
do not walk on or near the
tracks, they also are asked to
acquaint their children with safe
ty regulations when walking in
the streets.
Because Palmer has sidewalks
only in the business section, the
majority of children walking to
school must use the streets. Po
lice Chief Bouwens has asked
that parents teach their children
to walk to the side of the road
and face traffic when walking
I in either direction. The popula
{tion of Palmer is increasing
every year, he pointed out.
With this increase comes more
vehicles and more children.
The pedestrians and motorists
alike must exert caution, particu
larly now that school has resum
ed and more and more children
are walking on the streets. He
asked that students attending
high school who are driving ve
hicles to and from school use
caution and drive with care, es
pecially in the areas where other
students may be walking.
Midshipman Howard EsSling
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Esslinger of Palmer, returned to
Annapolis this past week-end to
resume his second year studies
following a 30-day leave.
The Sno ’n Bio suit awarded
by the "Valley Sportsmen at the
Fair went to D. E. Gates of An
chorage. The carcoat was award
ed to Mrs. Edna Johnson of Sut
ton.
Over 13/500— I
(Continued from page 1)
commissioner of agriculture
spoke following opening exer
cises; the Obedience Training
Club of Anchorage exhibited
dog training; members of the
Bowman’s Club of Alaska dem
onstrated archery; the Navy
Band presented a concert; the
Marines their drills; the rodeo
completed their final events;
fair prizes were awarded;; fire
works were set off by Moose
members; and a Cowboy’s dance 5
finalized all fair activities for
this year.
Big Job, Well Done
The tremendous task of such a
successful fair fell on the should
! ers of many. T. A. Moyer, as
president of the association de
voted many, many hours of work
prior, during, and since the fair.
’M. D. Snodgrass, agriculture ,
manager and concession and ad
vertising salesman, was respon
sible for some of the finest live
stock displays seen for a long
time. He spent many days, from
early morning to late evening,
working in his departments and
sold all available concession
space.
Howard McCallister, fair pro
motion manager, was responsible
for the very fine entertainment
and publicity enjoyed at the fair
and for the many, many other
duties that befall a promotion
manager. Jo Puddicombe, putting
in her first year as office secre- ;
tary, handled her work like a
veteran . . . Carol Stephan, head
cashier . . . Doug Bixby, affably
ticket-taker . . . Maud Hosier,
fair association secretary and
flower department supervisor . . .
the seven queen candidates . . .
the merchants . . . concessioners !
. . . and the hard working super
intendents and judges . . . Jim
and Dorothy Hurley, fair host
and hostess . . . Dorothy Saxton,
queen consultant . . . and many,
many more without whom the
fair could not have been such a
huge success. Through their con
tributions of time and work and
their cooperation with one an
other, the gates closed Monday
night on the association’s most
successful fair.
Enolfii ScheibI—
(Continued from page 1)
oy Uncle Tom’s Cafe, Palmer
Baking Company and the Ameri
:an Legion Auxiliary.
Throughout the balance of the
J'air Queen Enola was in attend
ance at all functions and met
;housands of fair-goers—had her
picture taken hundreds of times,
some of which will appear in
Stateside magazines and news
papers, and appeared on radio
Drograms.
Acting like the royal princess
es, which they were, were Doro
thy Loyer, Audrey Parks, Shar
on McCartney, Mary Beth Paey,
Gerda Kalwies and Mary Hoff
man. These girls were on hand
throughout the fair, wearing their
rhinestone tiaras and white wool
capes which they were presented
by the Fair Association. Thetf
pleasant personalities were an
asset to the Fair and many a per
son was heard to say ...“Id
hate to have been one of the
judges.”
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