Exhibitors—
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righted by the American Poultry
Association, Inc. John Boyd will
be superintendent in this depart
ment. Among prizes offered in
the department will be $10 for
first and $5 for second place
winners in the chicken style
show.
Hand Work
Mrs. Loren McKechnie, super
intendent and Mrs. James Frey,
asistant, will be in charge of De
partment F, hand work. Inblud
ed in these exhibits will be dec
orated textiles, baskettry, leath
er work, weaving, gloves and
mitts, rugs, beadwork, wood
work, birch bark items, metal
craft, felt craft, glass etching,
plastic, ceramics, lampshades,
artificial flowers, novelty and
jewelry.
Needlework
No exhibit may compete for
prize unless made by exhibitor.
No articles that have been ex
hibited in previous Matanuska
Valley Fairs and won a prize can
entered again. The needlework
department will be under the
supervision of Karla Duff, su
perintendent, and Nina Stock,
assistant. Exhibits will include
white and colored embroidery,
crocheting, knitting, quilts, and
huck embroidery.
Dressmaking
(Myrtle Graham will act as
superintendent of the Dress
making Department which also
includes Class IV, Thrift; Class
V, sewing for exhibitors 10-15
years of age; and Class VI, cook
ing for exhibitors 10 years of age
and under.
Baked Goods and Confections
All entries in this depatrment,
which is under the supervision of
Lila Newville, must be home
prepared by the exhibitor, ex
cept for division “professional
baking”. Exhibitors must wrap
their own exhibits in cellophane.
All exhibits must be entered by
noon on the opening day (Aug.
30). Included in the exhibits will
be breads, cakes, cookies, and
pies.
Home Canning
Nina Stock will supervise this
department, where entries of
jam, preserve conserve, jellies,
relishes and pickles, canned
vegetables, fruit, meats and fish,
will be judged for prizes. A
grand prize will be offered for
the largest assortment of canned
goods and jellies, with a mini
ipum of 30 varieties and a maxi
mum of 50. No combinations will
be permitted in this special dis
play.
Flowers
Maud Hosier, superintendent
and Margaret McCartney, assis
iana, said this week the display
of flowers are expected to exceed
all other fairs and that much in
terest has been shown by local
gorwers. The flower department
is divided into the following di
visions: Annuals, perrenials,
cacti and succelents, potted
plants, hanging baskets, arrange
ments, and greenhouse displays.
Entries close at 9 a.m. Friday,
August 30. Entries will start at
3 p.m. Thursday afternoon and
continue through the evening,
opening again at 7:30 a.m. No en
tries will be accepted for judg
ing after 9 a.m.
An
Rusty Dow, valley artist, will
supervise the art department, as
sh£ has in many past years. This
division is presented for the
benefit of artists who paint an
avocation and who wish to en
ter their work in competition
with other painters of compar
able experience. Each artist may
enter two works which must,
have been done within the past
two years. A special prize will
be offered for the best oil or
rural life in the Matanuska Val
ley. It may be landscape or fig
ure painting but must show some
phase of rural industry or activ
ity that is characteristic of life
in the Matanuska Valley. Divi
sions will include drawings,
paintings, picture novelties,
pressed flower pictures, sculp
tures, and pressed flowers.
Educational
The educational department
will be supervised by Olga Rae
ger, Palmer school teacher. Priz
es will be given in primary de
partment (Grades 1-2-3); inter
mediate department (Grades 4-5
64; junior high school; and mis
cellaneous abilities.
Furs and Native Arts
Cash prizes will be awarded
to exhibitors in the furs and na
tive art department. Marie West
enbarger will supervise this de
partment.
Photographic
Ray Adame, local photograph
er, will supervise this depart
ment. Entries are limited to four
prints in the color or black and
white division. Print may be
made by proof, but entrants must
take the negative himself.
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WASHINGTON '
NEWS LETTER
Appropriations made1 avail
able by Congress to federal de
partments for the 1958 fiscal
total $180,169,356 for Alaska op
erations, according to statistics
compiled by Delegate Bartlett.
Although the final supplemen
tal appropriation bill containing
military public works funds has
not cleared * the Congress, the
House and Senate have allowed
identical amounts for Alaska
projects making possible the fin
al compilation.
Defense Department
Almost one-third the total Al
aska figure is earmarked for the
Department of Defense in the
sum of $51,980,500 the bulk of
which, $4-1,752,000, will go for
military public works.
Commerce Department
The $40,163,404 figure for the
Commerce Department includes
$21,378,829 for the Civil Aeron
autics Administration, $42,000
for the Civil Aeronautics Board,
$15,756,575 for the Bureau of
Public Roads, $743,000 for the
Coast and Geodetic Survey and
$2,243,000 for the Alaska opera
tions of the Weather Bureau.
The Bureau of Public Roads
figure of $15,756,575 includes $2,
614,976 for forest highway appor
tionment and $13,141,599 for the
Alaska road system, including
$7,809,925 for primary roads, $5,
266,562 for secondary roads and
$65,112 for urban roads.
Interior Department
The laregst amount of Interior
Department’s Alaska total of
$26,874,933 is allocated to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs in thf
tentative amount of $9,600,126,
followed by $6,121,960 for the Of
fice of Territories, $4,180,472 for
the Fish and Wildlife Service,
$2,510,000 for the Geological
Survey, $1,875,000 for the Bur
eau of Land Management, $1,607,
283 for the National Park Ser
vice, $517,300 for the Bureau of
Reclamation and $462,990 for the
Bureau of Mines.
The total for the BLM does not
reflect the money being spent to
fight fires on the public domain,
sums which have come from the
appropriations made available
for the entire country.
The Bureau of Reldtation to
tal includes $250,000 for surveys
and investigations and $267,3*00
fo roperation and maintenance of
the Eklutna hydroelectric pro
ject.
Agriculture Department
The majority of funds allocat
ed for Alaska operations of the’
Agriculture Department in the
amount of $16,012,882 is ear
marked for estimated Rural El
ectrification Administration loans
of $13,390,000 for electricity and
telephone programs.
Of the remaining sums made
available, $95,252 goes to the Ex
tension Service, $498,638 for Ex
periment Station work, $1,558,
142 for the Forest Service (in
cluding $2,200 for forest fire
fighting, $967,429 for protection
and management of national for
ests, $320,000 for roads, $249,736
for research, and $18,777 for pest
control), $122,700 for the Soil
Conservation Service, $58,670
for the school lunch program
and $7,480 for school milk pro
gram, $42,000 for conservation
payments and $240,000 for the
loan program of the Farmers,
Matanuska Valley Cabbage Patch
Carrots - Sticks
Of Health and
Good Eating
Alaska grown carrots are
now available for Railbelt con
sumers. This season’s crop is of
excellent quality—nice yellow
color, crispy and sweet. How
ever, the current harvest will be
less than last year’s record one.
This information was released
by H. P. Gazaway, marketing'
economist with the Agricultural
Extension Service.
“Have you ever thought of
the significance of the yellow
in carrot?* asked Gazaway.
This color means valuable nutri
tion, he said. Rich looking or
ange-yellow carrots have an en
ormous amount of carotene,
which in the main is the yellow
pigment that gives the carrots
their typical color. Of all the im
portant foods, carrots provide by
far the most massive amounts of
carotene, the economist pointed
out.
Because carrots are congenial
with most other vegetables, they
are delicious roasted with meat
and potatoes, used in vegetable
soups and meat dishes, or grated
as a salad ingredient. Carrots
may be boiled as a fresh veget
table and served with butter or
white sauce; they may be sau
teed or they may be sliced and
eaten raw. A pleasing variation
suggested by Gazaway is the
glazing of carrots in honey or
brown sugar and serving them
with pork or poultry.
The carrot has been known
Since ancient times and is believ
ed to have originated in the vic
inity of Afghanistan. Later, when
carrots were first brought to En
gland, stylish ladies used the
feathery leaves to decorate their
_hair.
Home Administration.
Health, Education, Welfare
The Department of Health,
Education ,and Welfare will have
an estimated $13,587,687 for Al
aska activities, including an ap
proximate $10,790,000 for health
of natives, the same amount as
allocated during the 1957 fiscal
year, and $233,000 for construc
tion of autopsy facilities at
Bethel and water facilities for
four hospitals.
The Aalska activities of the
Treasury Department total $5,
857,950; Post Office, $3,608,900;
Judiciary, $385,000; Justice, $1,
664,100; Small Business Admin
istration, $34,000; Coast Guard
operations, $5,290,000; Internal
Revenue Service, $330,400; Cus
toms, $212,000; and Bueau of Ac
counts, i$55,550.
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VALLEY REPRESENTATIVES
THURSDAY. AUGUST 29
FAIR EXHIBITS ACCEPTED
IN EVENING
FRIDAY. AUGUST 30
17th ANNUAL MAT. VALLEY
PAIR OPENS (Family Day)
SATURDAY. AUGUST 31
VALLEY FAIR (4-H Day)
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 1
f VALLEY FAIR (Governor’s
Day)
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2
VALLEY FAIR (Labor Day)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
SCHOOL OPENS, 9 a.m.
MASONIC LODGE, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER MOOSE, Moose hall,
8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Co-Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
VALLEY SPORTSMEN, Range,
i 8 p.m.
! AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
j hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
Thursday. August 29. 1957
PLAN STUDY OF
ALASKA NATIVE
EDUCATION PLAN
“A Plan for me Education of
Alaska Nativis” is the title of a
research project now underway
at the University of Alaska.
Jointly sponsoring the project
are the university and the U. S.
Office of Health, Education and
'Welfare. Project researcher is
Charles H. Ray. He recently
joined the university’s education
department as associate profes
sor of education (half-time).
An advisory boa|i represent
ing the Territorial Department
of Education ,the Bureau of In
dian Affairs and the university
is working with Prof. Ray. This
cooperative study will examine
the education of the Alaska Na
tive from all viewpoints of ad
ministration and curriculum.
ADH NUSING STAFF
MEMBER RESIGNS
Miss Geneva Hubbard, a mem
ber of the Alaska Department of
Health nursing staff for nearly
seven years, resigned this month
to return to the states. Leaving
Juneau aboard the S. S. Princess
Louise, she plans a vacation
which includes visits to her home
in Champaign, 111., and on ti|e
west coast after which she will
make a decision on her next post.
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AIR FORCE PLAKS
DISPLAY AT FAIR
Among exihbits which will
prove very interesting to those
attending this year’s fair will be
the Air Force display. According
to First Lieutenant William Tay
lor, project officer from Elmen
iorf AFB, the air force fair unit
will consist of an exhibit of per
sonal equipment worn by the
pilots who fly the new F-1C2
Supersonic all-weather intercep
tors soon to arrive in Alaska. A
dressed manaquin will show
how equipment is worn and a
model of the F-102 will be
shown. Another phase of the dis
play will show how Valley pro
ducts are utilized on Elmendorf
airforce base.
Miss Hubbard first came to Al
aska as public health nurse at
the Ketchikan Health Center in
195i. In 1954 she was transferred
to Anchorage where she served
as southcentral regional nurs
ing administrator until July 1956
when she transferred to Juneau
in the same position for south
eastern. Alaska.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
MATANUSKA VALLEY FAIR ASSOCIATION
MAY THE 1957 VALLEY FAIR BE THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE OF ALL
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