Exhibitors Take Home 717 Prizes
Max Sherrod Wins Two Class Prizes; Mrs. Martin Olson
Of Wasilla Takes Canning Ribbon With 158 Varieties
A total of 717 prizes was
awarded exhibitors at the recent
Matanuska Valley Fair, the board
of directors announced this week.
Of the total, 205 exhibitors
shared in prize money. Last
year’s fair money was divided
among only 160 exhibitors.
Championship prizes were won
by Max Sherrod for potatoes,
Max Sherrod for individual gar
den display, and Mrs. Martin Ol
son of Wasilla for assorted can
ned foods.
The complete list of prize win
ners in this year’s fair follows:
Grand Champion of potatoes,
Max Sherrod; White Bliss pota
toes, (2) Roddy Yohn, (3) Max
Sherrod; Arctic Seedling, (2)
Mads Johannsen; (3) Henning
Benson; Early Ohio, (1) Mads Jo
hannsen, (3) Mrs. Myles Hyland;
Alaska Arctic, (1) Frank Linn;
Chisago, (1) Max Sherrod; (2)
Mrs. C. F. Leibing, (3) Alvin
Weil; Burbank, (1) Mrs. C. F.
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Leibing, (2) Mrs. C. F. Leibing,
(3i Mrs. Lauritz Loberg; Peanut
potato, (1) Alvin Weil.
Beets, (1) Mads Johannsen;
(2) Adelard Beylund; (3) Esther
Bruckbauer; broccoli, (1) Mrs.
Vera Linn, (2) Alvin Weil; car
rots (1) Max Sherrod, (2) Mads
Johannsen. (3) Henry Kircher;
cauliflower, (1> Mrs. Lauritz Lo
berg, (2) and (3) F. S. Lee; cel
ery, (1) Edison Thuma, (2) Mrs.
L. A. Ross, (31 Henry Kircher;
chard, (1) Mrs. Lauritz Loberg,
(2) Max Sherrod.
Kale, (1) Henry Kircher, (2)
Mrs. Victor Johnson; Kohlrabi,
(2) Mrs. Richard Mohan; onions,
yellow, (1) Mrs. Victor Johnson,
(2) Alvin Weil, (3> Max Sherrod;
onions, green, (1) Max Sherrod,
(2) Mrs. L. A. Ross, (3) Alvin
Weil; parsnips, (1) Mrs. Myles
Hyland.
Parsley, (1) Alvin Weil; peas in
pod, (1) Mrs. Vera Linn, (2) Mrs.
Lauritz Loberg. (3) Mrs. C. V.
King, Sr.; radishes, (1) Mads Jo
hannsen, (2) Max Sherrod; rhu
barb. <1; Elden Sandvik, (2 > Max
Sherrod, (3> Mrs. Victor John
son; rutabagas, (1* Esther
Bruckbauer, (2) Mrs. C. V. King,
Sr.; tomatoes, inside, (1) Mrs. J.
D. Cody, (21 Dr. F. R. Sims; to
matoes, outside, d) Edison
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SPECIALIZING IN
HAIRCUTTING, SHAVING, SHAMPOOS AND MASSAGE
Weekday business hours from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Saturday business hours from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
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Thuma.
Turnips. (1) Max Sherrod; cab
bage. Petrowski, (1) Dorothy
Hoffman, (2) Moyeen Lucas, (3)
Mrs. Myles Hyland; cabbage,
white, (1) Henry Kircher; let
tuce, <2> Mrs. Lauritz Loberg;
broad beans, (1) Mrs. Thelma
Cope; dill. (1) Alvin Weil.
Rutabagas, field crop, (1) M.
R. Marsten; turnips, field crop,
(2> M. R. Marsten; currants, (1)
Lila Newville, (2) Alvin Weil, (3)
Mrs. Victor Johnson; raspberries,
<1) Mrs. F. A. Blom, (2) Max
Sherrod. (3) Mrs. Thelma Caul
kins; gooseberries, (1) Lila New
ville; blueberry, (1) Lila New
ville; cranberry, (1) Lila New
ville, (2) Thelma Cope.
Largest vegetable division —
broccoli, M. R. Marsten; cabbage,
Max Sherrod; cauliflower, Mrs.
Lauritz Loberg; celery, Mrs. L. A.
Ross; rutabaga, Mrs. Lauritz Lo
berg; turnip, Mrs. C. V. King, Sr.;
lettuce, Mrs. Esther Bruckbauer.
Alfalfa, (2) Mrs. Lauritz Lo
berg; oat hay. (1) Frank Linn:
oat and pea hay, (1) Henning
Benson. 12) Frank Linn. (3) F. S.
Lee; oat and vetch hay, (1)
Frank Linn; Alsike clover. (1)
William Hoskins, (2) Mads Jo
hannsen; vetch. (1) Mads Jo
hannsen; timothy, (1) Mads Jo
hannsen, 12) William Hoskins;
smooth brome, (1) F. S. Lee, (2)
Mads Johannsen; barley, (1)
Frank Linn. (D John Martin,
<31 Irving Newville; oats, (1)
Mrs. L. A. Ross; winter rye, (1)
Irving Newville; winter wheat,
<1> Frank Linn, 13) Irving New
ville.
Horses, 1,000 lbs. and over, Hi
Leeann Wade, f2» Kathleen Pat
ten. 13) Eleanor Falk; horses un
der 1.000 lbs., (1) Genevieve De
Land. <2i Kathleen Patten, (3)
Patty LaWalters; Guernsey bull,
H) Ted Glen; two-year-old hei
fer, 11) Roger Woods, (2) Gene
vieve DeLand; Guernsey heifer
under a year, 11) Sylvia Nelson;
Holstein heifer, iy2 to 2 years
il) A. A. Rempel; Holstein heifer
under a year. (1) Edison Thuma
<21 Jill Cope; cross-bred bull, (1)’
Bert Cather; cross-bred 2-year
old heifer, 11) Bill Wade, (2)
Fred Hurd; cross-bred heifer. 18
mos., (1) Roger Woods.
Hereford heifer under a year,
(1) Pete Johnson; ram over 2
yrs., (1) Earl Barry; ram under 2
yrs., (1) Earl Barry; ewe and
lambs, (1) Bert Cather, (2) Earl
Barry; male goats. (1) John Mar
tin, (2) Riley Curtis; female goat,
(It John Martin.
Best buck rabbit, (1) Valley
Christian Home, (2) Jane Ste
phan, (3) Adelard Beylund; best
doe, (1) Valley Christian Home;
(2) Mrs. Charles Schaefer, (3)
Adelard Beylund; best pair. Val
ley Christian Home; best doe and
litter, (1) Loren Sasseen, (2)
Adelard Beylund, (3) J. Lentz, Jr.
Pen of young Leghorns, (1)
Mrs. F. A. Blom, <2) Mrs. L. A.
Ross, (3) Robert Wendt; single
Leghorn cock, (1) Adelard Bey
lund; single Leghorn hen, (1)
Mrs. John McDonald, (2i Eleanor
Falk, (3) Harold Stephan; Leg
horn pullets, (It Mrs. L. A. Ross,
<2t Lewis J. McDonald; Rhode
Island Red hen, (1) Mrs. Herman
Turner; pen of young New
Hampshire Reds, (It Tim Miller,
(21 Sunny Edwards, (3> Lewis J.
McDonald; single New Hamp
shire Red Cockerel, (1) Frank
Brown, (21 Frank Brown, (3>
Lewis J. McDonald.
Single New Hampshire Red
hen, (It Mrs. John McDonald;
New Hampshire Red pullet, (It
Lewis J. McDonlad; Black Giant
cock. (It Robert Wendt; Black
Giant hen, (1) Robert Wendt;
pen of young hybrids, (1) Tom
Lepak; gander, (1) Earl Barry;
goose, (It Earl Barry; pair of
geese, (It Earl Barry, <2t Adelard
Beylund; pair of ducks, (1) Earl
Barry; pair of turkeys, (1) Ade
lard Beylund.
Handicraft — tooled leather
bags, (It Vivian Goodrich; wool
weaving, (1) Mrs. Elizabeth De
Armond; linen weaving, (1) Mrs.
Elizabeth DeArmond; cloth
weaving, (1) Mrs. Elizabeth De
Armond; bags, (1) Mrs. Kelly
Wright; braided rugs, (1) Mrs.
Paul Martin; crocheted rugs, (It
Mrs. B. J. Lossing; hooked rugs,
(1) Paul Martin, (2) Mrs. Paul
Martin; plain-woven cotton, (1)
Mrs. Arvid Johnson, (2) Mrs. Lila
Newville.
Cotton pattern, (1> Vivian
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