Demonstrations and
Exhibits Planned
By 4-H Members
Up until two years ago, all 4-H
exhibis were housed in one quon
set hut at the Valley Fairs but
now the number of individuals
exhibiting and the number, of
clubs arranging booths have in
creased so the one quonset is en
tirely too small. Marylou Ride
out, of the Extension Service
said this week approximately 12
booths are expected and 100 or
more individual exhibits from the
local 4-H members.
All 4-H exhibits will be entered
at the fairgrounds on Friday,
September 4 from 1:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m. Each exhibitor is asked
to go to the administration of
fice of the grounds where he will
receive a number; with this
number he will go to the build
ing which will house his ex
hibit, which are as follows:
Quonset No. 4: Baking exhibit,
Mrs. Harold Dinkel and Joyce
Dinkel, superintendents. Quonset
No. 10: Vegetables and wild
flowers, Mrs. Trowbridge, super
intendent. Quonset No. 2: Cloth
ing, handicraft and knitting, Mrs.
Reid superitendent and Quonset
No. 3: Booths, Marylou Rideout,
superintendent.
Each 4-H’er who exhibits at the
fair will be given a number:
these numbers will be placed in
a hat and the first ones drawn
will be the winners o^a bicycle.
There will be one for a 4-H boy
and one for a 4-H girl. Cash
prizes have been donated by
several companies—this money
wil Ibe used to raise the prizes
for the 4-H demonstrations. To
date, there are 11 team demon
strations and four who are enter
ing the bread baking demonstra
tions.
Wasilla lo Hold
Halloween Dance
Members of the Wasilla Com
munity club voted at their recent
meeting to hold a masquerade
Halloween dance—on Halloween
night, October 31. Now is the
time to start thinking about cos
tumes, members said. Many
prizes are planed for the most
original, most comical, etc., they
said. The dance will be open to
the public.
During the meeting members
voted unanimously to co-sponsor
Pat Carson in her contest for
queen of the Matanuska Valley
Fair.
In answer to their call for vol
unteers this past Sunday, the club
was able to complete the en- j
trance porch remodeling 'project;
started during July.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Eastham
of Curry were in Palmer this
week making arrangements foi
the enrollment of their 16-year
old twin daughters. Ginger and
Jerry, in Palmer High school. The
girls will stay with Rev. and Mrs.
Brian Cleworth during the school
term. Mr. Eastham is an engineer
at Curry.
Also visiting Palmer last
week from Curry were Mr, and
Mrs. Roy Jackson of Curry who
stopped to see Mrs. Clair Hick
ock while making a vacation
lour. Mr. Jackson is a prospec
tor at Curry.
Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen of
the University of Alaska is ex
pected in town this week. She
will attend the Valley fair
where she will judge home
makers' exhibits.
Mrs. George Wetherbee is a
new employee in the Co-Op
garage parts department.
Dick Rempel was guest of hon
or at a farewell party given in
the United Protestant Church
basement following the regular
Wednesday night prayer meet
ing last week. Fresh corn-on-the
cob was the menu feature. Mem
bers of the Sunday School staff
presented him a chain-reference
Bible as a going away gift. Rem
pel left Palmer Thursday for
Kansas where he will study for
the Mennonite ministery.
A small forest fire near
Sheep Mountain, on Caribou
Creek, was extinguished by
Fish and Wildlife personnel last
week. It was believed set by
hunters.
Among Alaskas attending the
national American Legion con
vention in St. Louis are Dr. and
Mrs. Foster Sims of Palmer. Dr.
Sims was recently elected Alaska
department commander.
Mrs. Aron Rempel was hon
ored by the Ladies Aid of the
United Protestant Church at
a luncheon August 25. She was
presented a remembrance gift
by the group. Mrs. Rempel left
Alaska August 27 for Califor
nia where she will spend the
winter visiting members of her
family. The Rempel farm in
South Palmer has been leased.
Bob Burgess was a visitor in
Palmer this week on business.
He and his wife Ruth have been
appearing in Cordova the past
two months. They are musicians
and are billed as Ruth and Bob
and have played in Palmer sev
eral times.
Dr. Curtis Dearborn of the
Alaska Experiment Station is
attending the conference of Na
tional Horticultural Asocialion
in New York. He plans to re
turn over the Alaska highway.
Mrs. A. Welch, mother of Dew
ey Welch of Wasilla; Mr. and
Mrs. Emile Wegner and two sons
left Palmer, this week for their
home in Wisconsin. They came
north for the wedding of Dewey
Welch and previous to the cere
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO SELL HOME-MADE
PIES IN FAIR BOOTH
Members of the Palmer Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will have a
concession booth at the Valley
Fair wheire they will feature
home made pies, Matanuska Maid
ice cream, and coffee.
All Auxiliary members have
been asked to donate at least
five pies for the concession. They
are to be of fruit or berries and
of the double-crust type. Mem
bers who have not been person
ally contacted ars asked to make
their pies and take them to the
booth at the fairgrounds.
The booth will be handled by
auxiliary members and remain
open all day and evening the
three days of the fair.
mony had visited at the homes
of Bill and Joe Lentz of Palmer
who are brothers to Mrs. Welch.
Mrs. Beatrice Huntley, Palmer
postmistress, Mrs. Ann Holbrook
and Mrs. Dorothy Cook are all
enjoying vacations this week
away from their post office dut
ies. Mrs. Genevieve Moffitt and
Mrs. Lorraine Aklestad are sub
stituting during their absences.
NEW BABIES
Hurley
Mr. and Mrs. James Hurley,
who make their home at the
Butte, are receiving congratula
tions on the birth of their second
son, and fifth child. He was born
at -Providence Hospital, Anchor
age on August 31, weighing seven
pounds, four ounces. He has been
named Daniel Bennett. Mr. Hur
ley is general manager of the Al
aska Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration.
Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Johnson,
proprietors of Sheep Mountain
Inn on the Glenn highway are
parents of their first child, a son,
who was born at Valley Hospital
September 1. He weighed five
pounds, four ounces at birth.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mears and
son John accompanied their
daughter and sister, Mary Ann
Mears as far as Seward Monday
from where she sailed aboard the
S. S. Denali enroute to the Uni
versity of Nevada.
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to the
1953 Malanuska Valley Fair
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