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Queen Candidate Answers
“Who are the entrants in the 1962 Winter Carnival contest
for 1962 Miss Fairbanks and Miss Golden Heart City of 1962?”
is a question answered today in detail by Mrs. Julian (Dorothy)
Rice and Mrs. William (Geneva) Emmal.
Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Emmal are members of the Fairbanks
Community Recreation League, a group of communitv-wise in
terested citizens, sponsoring the*
1962 Miss Fairbanks Contest. Mrs.
Emmal is league chairman and Mrs.
Rice is handling liaison activities
and publicity with other communty j
groups helping with the 1962 Win- :
ter Carnival Miss Fairbanks Contest. ;
Details about the queen candi- i
dates are:
Shirley Green: Miss N.G.A. Stores; '
secretary, U.S. Civil Service appli
cant; born Oct. 16, 1942, Enid. Okla.; !
55”, 121 pounds, 35^-24^-36^;
brown hair, green eyes; parents are
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Green, Fair
banks.
Georgianna Harwood: Miss Wien
Alaska Airlines; accounting clerk
for Wien’s; born Feb. 22, 1943, Fair
banks; 5’2”, 102 pounds, 34 ft-22 j
34Vfe; dark brown hair, brown eyes; j
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Har- !
wood, Fairbanks.
Joan Heuvel: Miss Fairlanes
Bowl; senior at Lathrop High School I
and part-time helper in mother’s
shop. Alaska Floral and Gift Shop; 1
born Nov. 6, 1943, Oregon City, Ore.;
5'6", 123 pounds, 3>25-36; ligjit
brown hair, blue eyes: daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heuvel, Fair
banks.
Sharon Ledingham: Miss Co-op
Drug and Photo; secretary, H&S
Warehouse; born Dec. 16, 1942,
Helena, Mont.; 5'6”, 117 pounds,
3512 -26-36; brunette, brown eyes;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Ledingham, Fairbanks.
Eileen Leitzel: Miss Alaska Over
land; secretary. Federal Electric;
born Aug. 14, 1942, Lewiston, Pa.;
5 1”, 105 pounds, 35-25%-35%; brown
hair, blue eyes; daughter of Lt. Col,
and Mrs. Harry Leitzel/ Fort Wain
wright.
Thelma Mayo: Miss Thrifty's and
Quality Meats; senior at Lathrop
High School and part-time dietary
aide, St. Joseph’s Hospital; born
Feb. 23, 1943, Fairbanks; 5'3”, 101
pounds, 32-23-33; dark brown hair,
brown eyes; daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Mayo.
Gladys Reed: Miss Dyle Electron
ics; senior at Lathrop High School;
born Nov. 25, 1943, Tacoma, Wash.;
4 10”, 102 pounds, 35*4-23-34; dark
brown hair, brown eyes; daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Reed. Fair
banks.
Marsha Thomason: Miss Checker
Cab; senior student at Lathrop High
School and helps mother at her
cafe, Neta’s Cafe: born May 6, 1944,
Cragmont, Idaho; 5’6*4”, 125 pounds,
37-24-37; brown hair with red high
lights, blue eyes; daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall Thomason.
Jacqueline Wellnes: Miss Piggly
Wiggly; radio dispatcher for Alaska
State Police; born July 25, 1941.
Springfield. Minn.; 130
pounds, 35V2-26*2-36; blonde, blue
eyes; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Wellner, Springfield, Minn.
Faith Williams: Miss Loyal Order
of the Moose; secretary, Federal
Aviation Agency: born Oct. 5, 1943,
Broad Pass, Alaska; 5’5”, 125
pounds, 33*4-25-36; chestnut hair,
hazel eyes; daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Speck, Nenana.
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FAIRBANKS WINTER CARNIVAL
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(Continued From Pg. 1)
Monday’s special features will in
i elude the Businessmen’s Sled Dog
Race at 2 p.m. on Second Avenue
i and basketball games in the Main
School gym for women’s teams at
7:30 p.m.. boy's at 8:30 p.m., and the
Church and City All Star Basket
ball Game at 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday evening, March 20, there
will be an Ice Skating show at 7
p.m. on the Griffin Park rink.
Studdert Rare
Highlights for Wednesday. March
21. in addition to the Jeff Studdert
Invitational Race will include a
hockey game at 7 p.m., Roller Skat
ing Pageant at Skateland at 7 p.m..
and the burning of Old Man Winter
at 8 p.m. in the Urban Renewal
area.
With school closed for the teach
ers' conference, a Hans Brinker Ice
Skating Race for children at 10:00
a.m. on the Griffin Park rink will
start the Carnival activities for
Thursday. March 22. The Mutt Pa
rade at 1 p.m. and the Yo-yo Contest
sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of
Fairbanks at Griffin Park at 2 p.m.
are featured events for Thursday
afternoon. In the evening the Carni
val Talent Show will be held in
the Main School auditorium at 8
p.m.
The Carnival gets off to an early
start Friday, March 22, with a
Midget Hockey game at 10 a m. a
Griffin Park. At the same hour anc
place there will also be a Snow
shoe Softball game.
The first heat of the North Amer
ican Championship Sled Dog Races
will start at 1 p.m. at Creamer's
Field. There will be a Folk Dance
Festival for school children at 3
P.m. and Go-Kart Races in the
Housewife’s Idea
Began Fairbanks
Winter Carnival
One February day in 1934, Mrs
Kay Hufman stopped to talk U
Frank Gordon, who was shoveling
snow in front of his store. ‘‘Wouldn'1
it be wonderful," the woman said
"if we might have a winter carniva!
here in Fairbanks?"
During the ensuing conversation
Gordon said to Mrs. Hufman
"You’re from St. Paul where thej
put on a winter carnival. Why don't
you do something about it?"
Unlike many ideas that often gc
astray, Mrs. Hufman did do some
thing about it. The result was the
First of many successful Fairbanks
Winter Carnivals.
downtown area ai i pare, on Tnj
street surrounding the Northern
Commercial Store.
Queen Contest
One of the principal events > f the
Carnival, the Miss Fairbanks Queen.
Contest, will take place at 3 p m.
Friday evening in the Lacey Street
Theater in charge of the Communi
ty Recreation League. A Coronation
Ball sponsored by the Alaska Crip
pled Children’s Association at tha
Eagles Hall will follow the Corona
tion program.
Carnival Parade, the theme oi
■ which is “Challenge of Alaska,’’ will
provide a photographer's paradise at
11 a.m. Saturday. The second heat
of the North American Champion -
i ship Sled Dog Races will be run at
1 p.m. on Creamer's Field: and in
the evening at 8:30 p.m.. a Folk
Dance festival in the Main School
will be the principal attrac'ion.
For the final day of Carnival
Sunday, March 23. the final heat
of the North American Grand
Championship Sled Dog Race at I
p.m. and the Mushers’ Banquet in
the Elks Lodge at 8 p.m. v. .11 high
light the day.
Throughout the Carnival frora
noon Saturday, March 17 through,
midnight Saturday. March 24. the
Carnival Midway in the Els Lodge
will be available daily for those
who like games and good food.
PRESENTING ...
TWite, ‘Piyytcf TiJiyyly
AS A CANDIDATE FOR
@&tutiv4,t 2ucch
JacquiSine Wellner — Miss Piggly Wiggly
Pho! j by Duane Pollock — Arctic Studio
PIGGLY WIGGLY
is proud to
participate in
the promotion
of the
Winter Carnival
by sponsoring
a lovely Alaskan
Princess for
CARNIVAL
QUEEN!
The Fairbanks Winter Carnival is here again!
Join your friends and neighbors in a gala
celebration of winter's finale!