Fair Queen Contest Opened
To All Alaskan Girls This Year
in Keeping with the theme
of the 1962 Alaska State Fair,
Inc., "Alaska on Parade.” the
queen contest for the first time
has been opened to all quali
fied young ladies in Alaska.
In order to qualify for the
contest, each candidate must
sell 350 raffle tickets. Total
number of tickets sold will not
be considered in judging the
entrants. The girl selling the
greatest number of tickets will,
however, receive a very attrac
tive gift (last year a fur parka
was won by Roberta Verrall).
The girls will be awarded ten
per cent of all ticket sales after
qualification, and 25 per cent
of their sales after the Corona
tion Ball on Saturday.
Each entrant must have been
a resident of the state for the
past three months, unless she
has been attending school in
another state. In this case, her
parents’ official residence must
have been in the State of Alas
ka for Ihe past three months.
She must not have competed in
more than one official prelim
inary contest this year. She
must never have been married
or had any marriage annulled.
Contestants are required to
be of good character and to
possess poise, personality, in
telligence, charm and beauty of
face and figure. The young wo
men are required to demon
strate talent, which may be
singing, dancing, playing a
musical instrumen, a dramatic
Local Couple
Official Hosts
For ’62 Fair
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones
of Palmer are the offical host
and hostess of the Alaska State
Fair, Billy R. Miller, fair man
ager announced.
Well known in the Valley
and Anchorage areas, the
couple have made their home
in Palmer since 1952. Both are
active in civic and community
affairs.
Mr. Jones is vice president
and manager of the main
branch in Palmer of the Mat
anuska Valley Bank.
Their duties as ho6t and hos
tess include appearance at and
participation in many of the
scheduled events as well as be
ing on hand to greet visiting
dignitaries.
Stale Fair Plans
Kids' Day Events
All youngsters of the valley
between the ages of five and
twelve, inclusive, are invited
to register for “Kids’ Day” at
the fair, Bill Miller, fair man
ager, has announced.
Kids’ Day is scheduled for to
morrow, Friday, and a full pro
gram of events has been set up.
A1 Metz and Lloyd Piumley
are co-chairmen of the pro
gram, which will be divided in
to separate events for boys and
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girls of segregated age groups.
There will be foot races, sack
races, three-legged races, a ball
throw, wheel barrow races, an
egg roll, a hoola hoop contest
and many others.
Cash prizes will be awarded
the winners of each event.
A special event for 12-year
old boys only will be climbing
a greased pole. The pole will
have a $10 bill at the top await
ing the lucky winner.
reading, art display, dress de
signing, etc., in a three-minutt
routine. She may. if she wishes
give a three-minute talk on the
career she wishes to pursue
Contestants must be of non
professional status.
The queen committee hac
the privilege of screening al
contestants before they wer«
permitted to participate in the
finals, to make sure that they
possessed the genuine beauty
talent, intelligence and educa
tion necessary for a representa
tive of the State and the Alaska
State Fair, Inc., for the year ir
which she will reign as queen
Reindeer To Be
Added Attraction
At ’62 Fair
Through the courtesy of Ed
Nygaard of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs and Dr. Bud Fay
of the Arctic Health and Re
search Center it has been pos
sible to arrange for three rein
deer to be exhibited during
the 1962 fair.
A reindeer family consisting
of mother, father and young
one will be bi ought in from
the Anchorage Fish and Game
holding reserve where they are
presently undergoing research
studies.
The reindeer were flown in
from Nunivak Island to An
chorage earlier this month and
the three chosen for exhibit
purposes will be trucked to
Palmer and returned immed
iately after the fair.
FOR SHOW
The buttons on men’s suit
coat sleeves are strictly for
show nowadays, but once
they kept a man’s long, flow
ing cuffs out of the way while
he worked or fought, according
to World Book Encyclopedia.
Departmental Exhibits Mirror
Alaska Farm Economy at Fair
Departmental exhibits will
mirror the talents of Alaskan
residents as well as the farm
economy of the state at the Al
aska State Fair, Inc, this week
end, Aug. .31 through Sept. 3.
“Every year our exhibits be
come better and more color
ful,” Bill Miller, fair manager,
said.
The large, economy-size veg
etables grown in the Matanus
ka Valley will again be on dis
play in the crops department,
for which Janet Johnson is
superintendent Also on exhibit
will be greenhouse-grown veg
etables, wild and cultivated
berries, tree fruits, grain, and
forage seed. Items in this de
partment are widely photo
graphed, the big cabbages
claiming much tourist atten
tion.
Since few people are aware
that high quality honey can be
produced in Alaska, a beekeep
ing and bee products depart
ment has been set up, with Lil
lian Eckert in charge. Prize
awards are made possible by
“Gleanings in Bee Culture.”
Clair Patten is superintend
ent for the livestock depart
ment, including dairy cattle,
beef cattle, sheep, goats, and
swine divisions. Mr. Patten is
also directing Department D,
horses and burros. Tom Merton
is in charge of poultry, with
divisions included for Ameri
can breeds, Mediterranean
breeds, miscellaneous breeds,
bantams, ducks, geese, turkeys,
and Guineas, also pigeons and
pheasants. Lucille Gibson is
supervising the rabbit depart
ment, which includes several
breeds and several classes for
each breed.
Superintendent of individual
farm displays and organizat
ional farm displays is Frances
Hulbert. This department has
been, in the past, a challenge
to the ingenuity of farm famil
ies. The individual farm dis
plays call for not less than 25
(or more than 40) specimens.
Karla Duff is in charge of
the handwork and needlework
departments, which will dis
play the talents of many home
craftsmen and women of the
Matanuska Valley area.
Home sewers will show the
results of their skill with
the sewing machine and the
needle in the dressmaking de
partment, for which Marian
Loomis is superintendent.
One of the most colorful ex- 1
hibits at the fair is that of the
floral department, headed this
year by Mrs. Emil LaWalters.
There are divisions for baskets,
garden club exhibits, rock
plants, roses, annuals, peren
nials, cacti and potted plants.
Expected to be even more
mouth-watering than usual is
the baked goods and confec
tions, headed by Irene Johnson.
Especially coveted is the best
of-show yeast-baking award of
a $50 U. S. savings bond and a
gold ribbon, given by Standard
Brands, Inc., makers of Fleisch
mann’s Yeast.
Ada Boyd, superintendent of
the educational department,
plans exhibits displaying the
capabilities of students in
grades one through eight.
In addition to the regular
awards in the canning depart
ment will be special prizes
from the Kerr Glass Manufac
turing Corporation. To be eli
gible for these, entries must be
canned in Kerr Jars and cap
ped with Kerr lids. Regular en
tries will be accepted in any
type of jar. Lillian Eckert is
superintendent of this depart
ment, with Priscilla Stine and
Isabel Quinn assisting.
Always of interest to sight
seers is the Hobby Hall, under
the supervision of Guy Wood
ings. Here will be found cera
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State Fair, Inc. will not be responsible for personal
injuries, accidents, or losses sustained by visitors,
exhibitors, or paid admission on the Fairgrounds.
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