School Contest To Decide
i 4 r
Most Popular Girl In Seldovia
, A popularity con
test to name the
Queen of Seldovia at
a semi-formal ball to
be held _in the high
school gymnasium on
Feb. 22 is being
planned by junior and
senior students of
Seldovia to;day.
The ball will be
the first long-dress
function ever to be
held in Seldovia High
School. It is empha
sized that semi-for
mal means long skirts
for the girls, but a
business suit for the
boys.
Plans for the con
test were being org
&ni*ed yesterday und
er the direction of
the faculty commit
tee, Miss Margery
Spencer, Miss Beat
rice Hancock and Ro
man Malach.
Four girls, Norma
Swain, Helen Yuth,
Yleanor Diamond and
Lillian Josefsen,
were chosen by secret
ballot of the student
body as top candid
ates for the queen
title, A fifth, Mary
Ann Swain, also was a
_ ■
student choice, but
she has withdrawn
from the contest.
Queens will be
chosen by votes to be
sold by students td
residents of Seldo
via. gach ticket,
which will cost lOgf,
entitles the holder
to one vote for the
queen of his choice.
A limit of 10 tickets
to an individual has
been set.
Funds derived from
the sale of tickets
will go toward pur
chase of new athletic
eauipment for the
Seldovia school.
Tickets are to go
on sale immediately,
but no announcement
of queen standings
will be made until
the night of the ball
when the elected
queen will be asked
to lead the Grand
March. A floorshow
is planned for later
in the evening.
Attendance at the
ball is open to Sel
dovia residents, and
to all junior and se
nior high school stu
dent s.
BART L ETT S PONSORS
BILL TO PAY
COMMISSIONERS
A bill introduced
into Congress by Del
egate Bob Bartlett
proposes to pay all
U, S. Commissioners
in Alaska a stated •
salary, rather than
to have the position
dependent upon the
fees of the office as
at present.
The bill would
guarantee every com
missioner a salary of
at least $200 a month
and would pay some
men as much as $5,000
a year •
NELDA CALHOUN'
EARL HERR
WIN PRIZES
Winners at last
night’s pinochle par
ty in the library
were Mrs. Nelda Cal
houn and Earl Herr.
Partners in the
dishpan as low score
holders were Mr s.
Susie Lloyd and Red
houn •
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Cast y0UR Vote For
HELEN YUTJ-J
__For Seidovia's Popularity Queen