Fair Queen To Be Named At Coronation Ball
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PRINCESS RETA
Reta Nickles, Valley Fair queen contestant, is the 17
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Nickles of
Palmer and Anchorage. She is being sponsored in the
annual contest by the Alaska Dairy of Anchorage and is
a member of the senior class at Palmer High School.
PRINCESS BRIDGIE
Queen candidate Bridgie Wright has three sponsors.
Bert’s Drug Store, Mug-Up Cafe, and the Matanuska
Valley Chamber of Commerce. Princess Bridgie is the 16
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Wright of Palmer
and is a high school junior.
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PRINCESS ROSE
Queen contestant, Rose Kueera, is the 15-year-old daught
er of Mr and Mrs. William Kueera of Palmer and is in
the sophomore class at Palmer High School. She is being
sponsored in the 1956 Queen Contest by the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating Association and the Palmer
Baking Company.
PRINCESS KATHERINE
Fair queen contestant Katherine Burnett is daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Burnett of Palmer and is being
sponsored by the Alpine Cafe of Sutton and the Sour
dough Cocktail Lounge of Palmer. She is a sophomore
at Palmer High School.
T MIDNIGHT Saturday night the
many weelcs of hard work, struggl
ing to keep appointments, rushing to
make radio and television programs
in time, and the many other phases
of work that go into being a queen
candidate will be over for the seven
lovely Valley girls who this year are
competing for the title of Queen of
the 1956 Matanuska Valley Fair. At
the magic hour of midnight one of
the seven candidates wil be named
queen and with her six princesses
will be presented to the audience
attending the Coronation Ball.
While dancers are still preparing
for the ball the queen candidates will
be attending the judging progrpm
which will be held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Saxton. Three im
partial judges, selected from outside
the Valley, have been invited to par
ticipate. Escorts for the candidates
will call for the seven princesses and
escort them to the ball at around
11:30 p.m.
Dancing for the general public will
begin at the Central School gymnasi
um at 10 p.m.
The queen contest officially open
ed August 1 and before the deadline
of August 23 each of the seven con
testants had qualified by selling at
least 250 tickets. Tickets will continue
to be sold until Saturday afternoon
at which time the contestants will
turn in all stubs. Only tickets sold be
fore the final day of the contest will
be counted toward the contest points.
However, each princess will continue
to sell tickets after the contest has
ended for prizes valued at about
$1,500 will be awarded to queen
supporters on the final night of the
Fair and the girls will continue to earn
their commissions on all sales.
The 1956 Matanuska Valley Fair
Queen will be chosen by a panel of
judges whose identity will be reveal
ed at the coronation ball. The contes
tants will be judged on a point sys
tem, with credits tallied on ticket
sales, poise and charm, judge's selec
tion and contestant's selection. Mi«s
Matanuska Valley Fair of 1956 will
receive a grand prize of $250 and
will reign over all subsequent Fair
events.
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PRINCESS CLYDA
Clyda Thomas of Wasilla is being sponsored in the
queen title race by the Matanuska Valley Telephone
Association, the Little Coffee House, Teeland’s Shopping
Center, and llallea Lodge, all of Wasilla. She is the 16
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomas of
Wasilla and Ls a junior in the Wasilla High School.
PRINCESS EMAGENE
Emagene Elizabeth Reid, 17 year old, is being sponsored
by the Piggiy-Wiggly stores throughout the area. Her
dad and mother are Mr. and Eugene Reid of Palmer and
she will enter her high school junior year this fall at
Palmer High School
PRINCESS SHARON
Sharon Downing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hill
Palmer, is the 1956 Valley Fair queen contestant
that has the backing of the Frontier Cafe in Palmer and
the Alpine Inn at Sutton. Princess Sharon is entering
the Palmer High School junior class next week.