FAIR MANAGER GUESSES 10,000
TOTAL ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK
with only bookkeeping chores
to finish, the ninth annual Ma
tanuska Valley Fair is merely a
matter of history today. How
ever until final facts and figures
are summed, there’s no one who
will venture a guess on total re
ceipts, or even total attendance.
Fair manager Charles Dillon
optimistically estimated that a
probable 10,000 visitors saw the
fair, '“even if they didn’t all
pay,” he stated ruefully. The
fair manager watched gate re
ceipts vanish like bubbles on
Saturday and Sunday, when
visitors jumped ditches, climbed
through underbrush and came
through fences to dodge the en
try gates.
A final recapitulation of fair
finances were expected to be
made this week. The fair board
is to meet in special session as
soon as records are complete, to
hear their manager’s report of
the income and out-go for the
three-day event.
Meanwhile, for three fair-go
ers, the event was still continu
ing. Miles Brandon, 24-year-old
Eskimo tenor who won the tal
ent contest, is touring New York
COFFEY INSURES EVERY
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QUONSET HUT FOR SALE —
See M. D. SNODGRASS
VALLEY
THEATRE
Friday, Saturday
Sept. 16, 17
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Sunday, Monday
Sept. 18, 19
Wednesday, Thursday
Sept. 7, 8
Sept. 21, 22
(One show only at 8 p. m.)
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"Sainted Sisters"
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"The Lost Round-Up"
today, while Miss Lavon Roet
man. crowned Miss Alaskan
Statehood at the Monday queen
contest, is meeting stars of radio
and screen in Hollywood. Max
Sherrod, farmer who won the
fair’s Chicago trip, has post
poned his jaunt until harvest is
over.
Both Mr. Brandon and Miss
Roetman left for Seattle last
Friday. For the singer, a dark
horse contender who did not en
ter the talent contest until three
days before the Sept. 3 opening
date, the trip was the highlight
of his career. “I hope I don’t
wake up,’ he quipped on the way
to board his plane.
The lone fly in the Dillingham
sieging fisherman’s ointment —
the fact that he had no parka in
which to make the trip. “It’s
ridiculous,” he protested, “to
think of an Eskimo in New York
without a parka.” However a
frenzied last-minute search of
Anchorage shops was fruitless,
and he boarded his plane for the
states a parka-less Eskimo.
Brandon was born in Council,
Alaska, but has lived at Dilling
ham since 1937. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Brandon of
that city. The senior Brandon is
a fisherman and a chicken
rancher.
Drafted before he finished his
schooling. Miles served at Fort
Richardson and on Attu. He left
the armed forces in 1947, when
he went to Seattle to become the
student of Magnus Petersen. He
studied music there for about 13
months, and will resume that
training with his former teacher
upon his return from New York.
After four to seven years of
further study, he hopes for a ca
reer in radio, concert stage and
possibly in opera.
While the talent contest win
ner is touring New York under
the guidance of Marita Farrell,
opera star. Miss Roetman is
gathering eye witness accounts
of Hollywood glamour. As the
fair’s queen, she is the guest of
Crosby Enterprises in the Cali
fornia screen city. She is staying
at the Ambassador Hotel, and
during her week’s visit there, she
will be a guest at both the Para
mount and Walt Disney studios.
As a special parting gift. Val
ley and Anchorage merchants
joined to present a wardrobe,
jewelry and luggage to the Ma
tanuska Valley queen. Merchants
who participated in the bon voy
age gift included:
Palmer Photo Art and Palmer
Cold Storage, co-sponsors of Miss
Roetman, Koslosky’s, Grasser’s
Hardware, Valley carpenters’
union. Shamrock Bakery. Mata
nuska Hotel Lounge, Graham’s
Service, Bert’s Drug Store )of
Palmer), Matanuska Valley
Farmers’ Co-operating Associa
tion, West Side Service, Valley
Grocery, Tosts Service, Variety
Vogues, Frontier Bar. Sourdough
Club, Clara’s Variety, Lilas Alex
ander.
Colonial Shop, Reed’s, Smart
Shop, Bootery, Carol’s Dress
Shop <which supplied the clothes
worn by Queen Lavon in the
style show), Rose Shop, There
sa’s, Northern Commercial Com
pany, Clothing Center, Kimball’s,
Hudson’s Shoe Store. Sweet
heart Blouse Shop, Finleys Shoe
Store, Betty Faris, Mary Bock
Shop, and Wolfe’s Hardware.
Auditor Is Here
Russell Wade, field auditor for
the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration, was in Palmer this
week to begin the audit of the
books of the Matanuska Electric
Association, Inc. Mr. Wade is now
in the process of auditing the
accounts of all of Alaska’s REA
projects.
3-BEDROOM FARMHOUSE FOR
RENT—See M. D. Snodgrass
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Marries Miner
Mrs. Marion Brinson of Palmer
was married to Alexander Ma
theson of Jonesville at an eve
ning ceremony in the United
Protestant Church last Saturday.
Rev. Victor Alfsen officiated at
the service. A reception was held
in the dining room of the Ma
tanuska Hotel following the
wedding.
LISTINGS WANTED—
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We fake fhis opportunity to thank all of you
who helped, througr your purchase of tickets,
to send Queen Lavon to Hollywood.
We also wish to congratulate the five other en
trants on the sportsmanlike manner in which
they took their loss.
PALMER
Cold Storage & Locker Service
PALMER PHOTO ART
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