Anchorage Girl
Wins Legion Contest
<• An Anchorage senior and two
Fairbanks freshmen recently
were judged winners of the
American Legion’s letter-writing
contest on the subject of “Why
Alaska Should Have Statehood
Now.” The contest ended May 30.
Grace McCandless of Anchor
age won the $50 first prize of
fered by the Alaskan Depart
ment of the American Legion.
Runners-up were Barbara Craig,
winner of the $25 second prize,
and Donald Burnett, winner of
the $10 third prize.
That the opinions of young
Fairbanks do not coincide with
those of their elders became ap
parent with the announcement of
contest results. Strong anti-state
hood sentiment has been based
in the northern city.
Contest entries were judged by
Growers Talk Policy
Matters of policy, of interest to
members only, were discussed at
last week’s meeting of the Co-op
Vegetable Growers, it was an
nounced today. The Co-op Grow
ers are to meet again next Mon
day evening in the produce room.
The meeting will be called to
order at 8 o’clock.
JUST PRACTICING
The dozer activity in the Co-op
housing area this week heralded
no new construction plans. The
dozer recently was repaired in
preparation for a road-building
job at Eska, and the Co-op man
agement was merely testing its
efficiency in pushing and scrap
ing chores.
Wendall Kay, chairman of the
Legion’s Americanism commit
tee, Judge Anthony J. Dimond
and Guy Zalbourg.
W. B. EARNHARDT
Dimension Lumber House Logs
Phone 50Y12 Write Box 682, Palmer
(Mill located on Lower Butte road)
Go to Anchorage
This Sunday
BY RAIL-BUS
THE ALASKA RAILROAD OFFERS SPECIAL SERVICE TO
ALLOW VALLEY PEOPLE TO VISIT THE
ANCHORAGE FAIR
Round-Trip Costs Only $2.55
Plus Tax
LEAVE PALMER AT 10:30 A.M.
LEAVE ANCHORAGE AT 9:30 P.M.
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.Sunday’s “Matanuska Valley Day”
at the Fair With Contests, Prizes,1 ‘
Fun, and Frolic for All!
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
The
Letterbox
To prospective exhibitors of
the Matanuska Valley Fair:
We look forward to your co
operation in making our 1948
fair the very best we’ve ever had.
The board is going all out to give
your exhibits favorable and am
ple display space. The premium
list, which was mailed to all last
year’s exhibitors, to members of
the Fair Association and to all
who requested a copy, will make
you realize that the cost of this
year’s exhibit space will be much
greater than in years past.
The four Pacific huts now be
ing erected on the fair grounds
should safely house a magnifi
cent show of Valley products, in
cluding farm, garden, 4-H, wom
en’s clubs displays and art and
handicraft exhibits. Our fair will
show our visitors from neighbor
ing communities and from the
States that we in the Valley have
our fair share of good things to
eat, to wear and to use and enjoy.
Please remember this is your
fair. Its success will depend upon
your individual and collective ef*
forts.
We invite our Anchorage
neighbors, as well as those from I
all the Railbelt and along our
highways, from coastal towns,
and all Alaskans everywhere, to
bring their exhibits to Palmer on
Sept. 4, 5 and 6. Your competi
tion for the prizes offered will
help us to build a more worth
while fair as the years advance.
This is your show as well as ours.
Come and visit us and get ac
quainted with the Valley, and
with your neighbors who are
striving to build a progressive
community here.
The trip alone will be worth
your while. Go to the Valley’s
Experiment Station. Then see
some modern farms, where your
milk, ice cream and eggs are pro
duced. See where those wonder
ful Matanuska vegetables are
grown. Inspect the modern
Grade-A dairies which are being
built. Then return to Palmer and
see how a new town is growing
up. We’re proud of our Valley
where we have 9,000 acres of
good farm land under produc
tion, with 50,000 acres of virgin
timberland yet to be cleared.
We welcome you to Palmer on
Sept. 4, 5 and 6. We are expect
ing you. This year we have bet
ter facilities for entertainment
and for eating than we have had
in the past. We are planning
sports events and contests for
young and old.
Those who wish space for ex
hibits or concessions should write
or get in touch with a member of
the board in order to select a site
Flour Girls Talk
Of Fair Plans
By Club Reporter
The Palmer Flour Girls talked
about club plans for the demon
stration and booth for the Matan
uska Valley Fair at their last
meeting. Mrs. C. A. Sandvik,
club leader, discussed some ideas
and then asked for members’
ideas, too.
Mrs. Sandvik taught the club
members to make seven-minute
frosting, with variations. Margie
Huntley and Neola Sandvik bak
ed a plain cake and Alma Roark
made the frosting. Margie
brought Kool-Aid to drink with
the cake.
Vice - president Alma Roark
called the meeting to order. Girls
answered roll by naming their
best-liked desserts. Several of the
club’s members were absent from
this meeting.
at once. If you have not received
the premium list, drop us a card.
In conclusion, we urge Valley
residents to participate in the
Western Alaska Fair, which op
ened at Anchorage today. Our
farm crops are not advanced en
ough for grain exhibits, but we
can compete in the flower show
and in the arts and crafts divi
sion. We hope that in turn An
chorage folk will join with us in
friendly competition in events at
our Matanuska Valley Fair.
Yours very truly,
M. D. Snodgrass.
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VALLEY
VISITORS
At the Lodge:
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Antijuntli,
Bellfontain, Ohio; O. L. Byers
and son, Oklahoma City, Okla.;
W i 1 h o Kuoppala, Jonesville;
Dinty Moore, Anchorage; Donald •
Lowery, Palmer; Lydia Fohn- “
Hansen, Fairbanks; E. T. Kientz,
Manhattan, Kansas; T. E. Hyke,
Copper Center; A. Hamilton and
family, Ellsworth, Neb.; John
Rowland, Palmer; Walter Free
man and son, Valdez; Mr. and
Mrs. S. Nevelle, Anchorage; Rob
ert Reid and Robert Shirey, Whit
tier.
Cpl. Connor. PFCs Golden, Da
mon, Rhodes, Pierce, Boiley,
Branch and Wesley Rhodes, all
of Whittier; Melvin Calhoun,
George J. Hilton, Riley Honer,
Fort Richardson; Emma Hennen,
Santa Monica, Calif.;
John Meekin, Mile 110 on
Glenn Highway, John Burke,
Glenn Highway, M. Mykut, Fort
Richardson; E. R. Ketter, Palmer;
C. A. Stokstad, Portland, Ore.;
E. T. Olsen, Eska; Charles Mit
chell, Anchorage; C. L. Lefebvre,
Fairbanks; M. J. Church, Steve
Pfiffner, Lowell Lambert, Pal
mer; Bill Peterkin, Anchorage;
Doug Thompson, Seattle; Phillip
Kohu, Miami, Fla.
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