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Verr.a Adams
Pat Chandler
Mary Jane Clark
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Seven Matanuska Valley girls
eagerly await the climax to the
many weeks of arduous work in
the Valley Fair Queen Contest.
One of the seven will be crown
ed Queen of the 14th Matanuska
Valley Fair on Saturday evening,
as highlight of the Coronation
Ball.
To date six of the girls have
qualified by selling at least 250
tickets. All the girls are still
working hard trying to sell as
many tickets as possible before
the closing hour of Saturday
noon. At that time all tickets and
money must be turned in at the
manager’s office on the Fair
grounds.
Judy James, who is being spon
sored by the Alpine Inn and the
Jonesville Miners has been busy
in the home area. Sutton, Eska,
and up and down the highway,
as well as in Palmer and Anch
orage. Judy, 15-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul James
of Sutton, stands five feet, six
and one half inches and has red
hair and blue eyes. She and her
family came to the valley in 1953
TOP RODEO RIDERS
TO COMPETE AT
VALLEY FAIR
Eight well-known riders will
appear at the three-dav rodeo
show being produced by the Ar
ctic Trails Riding Club during the
Matanuska Valley Fair.
Felix Pena. Canadian born and
raised in New Mexico, started
riding rough stock at the tender
age of 14, and to prove his skill,
was the champion cowboy at both
the Anchorage and Palmer rodeos.
Felix rides anything on four legs,
bareback, bronc. or bulls. He also
ropes and is anxiously awaiting
the three-day rodeo to try and
make it three-ir.-a-row, in spite
of strong competition expected
from many other qualified riders.
Chuck Hanson is 24 years old,
six foot two and weighs about
195. He was born and raised in
Red Lodge, Montana and his
mother, Mrs. Chuck Hanson is
the former Margie Greenough of
world-wide fame in the annuals
of rodeo as one of the foremost
women bronc riders. It’s no won- ,
from Everett, Washington.
Mara-Lynn Rebarcheck, blonde
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Rebarcheck of Palmer was the
first girl to register for this year’s
queen contest. Her sponsor is the
White Spot Cafe in Palmer. Mara
Lynn’s dad is a dairy farmer here,
in the valley and with his family
came to this area in 1935 with the
original Matanuska Valley Col
onists. She will be entering her
sophomore year in Palmer High
School this fall. She is five feet,
four and one half inches tall, has
pretty blue eyes and enjoys all
type sports.
Patricia Chandler, first of the
queen contestants to qualify, is
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Chandler and has been sponsor
ed in the contest by her employ
ers, Knik Drive Inn. Pat is plan
ning to attend the University of
Seattle this fall for her first
year, having graduated this past
spring from Palmer High School.
She is five feet, six and one half
inches tall, has short brown hair
and blue eyes.
Mary Jane Clark, employed
der Chuck comes by his talent
naturally. He rides bareback
horses, saddle broncs, bulls, and
ropes calves as well as bulldogg
ing steers, thereby qualifying in
all rodeo events. He should be a
hard man to beat and a good
one to watch.
From out Texas way comes Tex
Morris, a tall rider who also does
anything and everything connect
ed with contesting at the most
popular and dangerous sport,
rodeo. Tex placed in the Palmer
rodeo along with some of the
toughest competition in Alaska
and is arain’ to go come next
weekend in the valley show.
Three good lads who will rep- ■
resent local quality that’s hard to
match come from Johnny Van
over’s ranch in Mountain View. j
They are Jim Edgerton, Buck
Taylor, and Johnny himself, all
top ropers. Joe Miller, another ;
favorite rider, is from North Da
kota and spent some time in Min
nesota. He’s 21 years old and de
termined to make rodeo his car
eer and although at present he
enters only saddle bronc riding,
he is all set to go on to other
events as soon as he gets back to ;
Mara-Lynn Rebarcheck
and sponsored by the Matanuska
Valley Farmers Cooperating As
sociation, also a graduate of Pal
mer High School, will enter her
second year at the University of
Washington this fall. Mary Jane
enjoys all outdoor sports, has blue
eyes, brown hair and is five feet,
six inches tall. Her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Clark are long
time valley residents.
Barbara Dees, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Dees of Chugiak,
is being sponsored by the Chu
giak Benefit Association and is
the only girl from that section en
tered in the contest. Barbara is
15 years old and is five feet,
eight and one half inches tall. Her
brown hair is worn in a long cut,
and her eyes are of a green
brown shade. She is a student in
the Anchorage High School.
Verna Adams, 16-year-old con
testant has two sponsors, the
Palmer Baking Company and the
Frontier Cafe, the latter for whom
she has worked during her sum
mer vacation from Palmer High
School. Verna is the shortest of
the contestants, reaching a plumb
five feet. She has dark brown
rodeo country. He took home
most of the prize money in the
saddle borne riding at the last
local rodeo. Chuck Benton will
be here to do all he can to show'
up the other cowpokes in the
bareback and bull riding. Also 21,
Chuck comes from Colorado and
has been riding most of his life
Many extra exciting races,
games and special events are be
ing planned for the three-days.
Many extra exciting races,
games and special events are be
ing planned for the three-dav
event.
Climaxing Sunday’s fun will be
a public barn dance, held in the
Palmer Moose hall. Calico and
jeans, and good western music
are the theme, with square dan
ces if any parties are interested
in joining in. An invitation to
“come along and have a wonder
ful time”, has been extended by
members of the local riding club
who are sponsoring the dance in
conjunction with the rodeo.
INLET POTTERS. SEE their
ceramic and pottery display at
the Matanuska Valley Fair.
hair and brown eyes. Her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Adams
brought their family to Alaska in
1948.
Annie Havemeisier, one of the
first four girls to register for
the contest, was born in the val
ley and has attended Palmer
schools all her life. She plans to
further her education at a later
date. Right now she is employed
by the Palmer Fountain and
Cafe, who is sponsoring her. She
is five feet, eight and one half
inches tall, has long brown hair
and is daughter of Mrs. Emmy
Havemeister.
During their campaign period
the girls have been entertained
at a coffee hour, sponsored by
members of the local Beta Sigma
Phi chapter; have appeared on
two television and radio pro
grams and have made frequent
trips to Anchorage working long
and hard to earn their commis
sions and bonuses. Bonus pay
ments were increased this year to
a point whereby if a girl sells
1,000 tickets she will earn a total
of S225, with an additional $75 for
each 250 tickets over the thou
AMUSEMENT RIDES
ASSURED FOR FAIR
Youngsters, and those not
so-young. will not be disap
pointed this year at the Ma
tanuska Valley Fair. Amuse
ment rides are definitely on
the program for three days of
fun. There will be a merry-go
round, loop-o-plane. kiddy ride
and a ferris wheel, fair offi
cials stated today. In addi
tion there will be several
amusement booths, lots of good
food for day-long fun on the
midway.
SEE JUNIOR RODEO. See
Junior Rodeo at the Matanuska
Valley Fair. The kids are at it
again.
SEE THE 4-H DISPLAYS AT
THE FAIR. 4-H displays this year |
will include gardening, handi- !
craft, livestock, poultry and rab
bit, culinary, and photographic
exhibitions, as well as 4-H Club
booths and demonstrations.
FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIEDS
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS
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Judy James
sand sold.
This year’s queen will wear a
rew crown and robe for the first
time. In years past the queen’s
robe has been borrowed from the
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous but
this year Rusty Dow, fair board
secretary and local artist, has
made a new one which will re
main the property of the fair as
sociation and which will be
shown for the first time when
they are placed on the head and
shoulders of the chosen queen
Following the coronation, mem
bers of the queen’s court who
will be presented corsages of ros
es will join Miss Matanuska
Valley Fair in receiving congratu
lations from the many thousands
who are expected to visit the cor
onation ball and other events dur
ing the fair.
Among guests invited to the
ball will be Miss Gloria Cross of
Anchorage, and queen of Chu
giak Spring Carnival. Queen
Gloria and her court will enter
tain during intermission at the
ball. Dancing is scheduled to be
gin at 10 p.m. ar.d continue until
2 a.m.
CITY VOTERS
URGED TO REGISTER
City residents whose names
appear on the tax assessment
roll planning to vote on the
proposition of acquiring, con
structing, and purchasing a
sewer system for the City of
Palmer must register in the
office of the city clerk prior to
October 1, 1954. Registration
books for such purpose will be
maintained at the office of the
city clerk, located in the
Wright building.
Usually pre-registration is
not necessary, except at the
polls, just prior to casting bal
lots, at which time election
judges may contest a signature,
but in the sewer proposition as
above-mentioned, the registra
tion must take place in the reg
istration bool: which will be
used at the polls for checking
before a ballot for the propos
al is given to the voter by the
judges.
All other proposals, includ
ing the voting for councilmen,
will not require the pre-regis
tration.
All city taxpayers are urged
to register promptly in order
to qualify themselves for vot
ing on the proposal
LOCAL POLIO FUNDS
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A total of $2,803.00 has be?n
collected in the Matanuska Val
ley during the emergency March
of Dime? campaign. From all ap
pearances the total will go over
the $3,000 mark when pledges are
|g turned in; collection bottles gath
P ered. and other miscellaneous
[ contributions are tallied. The re
lb spor.se from valley residents has
: been most gratifying campaign
* officials said this week.
The larges single contribution
came from the Palmer B ? O
E’ks lodge who realized a total
of SI.475.30 last Saturday night
during a lodge-sponsored red
smorgasbord and dance. Of this
amount SI.442.80 was realized
from all sources in the club and
the balance from members who
were unable to attend but who
sent contributions. Members f
the Elks lodge expressed their
appicLicuiuii iu an wnu utripcu
make the event such a success.
Another local lodge, the Pal
mer Moose, assisted by the Wo
men of the Moose, held a very
successful ‘'Alaska’s Favorite
Game” night at Moose Hall last
Friday. All valley' merchants
participated in the sponsorship by
contributing prizes and a total of
S706.29 was turned over to Ed
Smith, polio drive chairman, this
week.
Office employees at the Bureau
of Reclamation contributed S67.00;
the creamery crew at M.V.F.C.
Association donated $15.30: em
ployes of the Trading Post have
pledged one full day’s pay apiece,
the American Legion and Auxil
iary sent a check for $50.00 ancT
many individuals have sent con
tributions including Mr. and Mrs
James Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Ros
co Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs. Russell As
ay', Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wash
burn, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Machen
tanz, Dorothy Graham. Mr. and
Mrs. John Reed, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Hoffman. Palmer Sheet
Metal, Mr. and Mrs. Grayson
Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Ba
con, Mr. and Mrs. George Small,
Lee and Grace Ellexson, Dan
Sullivan, Matanuska Valley Bank,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blom, Clara’s
Variety, Ketchikan Spruce, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Byham, Mr. and
Mrs. Utt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brown, K. Johnson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Kvger. These con
tributions are in addition to those
listed last week.
Additional money is expected
after the September 1 pay period
from several who have made
pledges. Anyone who wishes to
send a contribution is invited to
mail it to or-take it to Ed Smith
at Ketchikan Spruce or Richard
Jones at the Matanuska Valley
Bank.
Mrs. Bernice Johnson of the
, Extension office will be on an
nual leave from September 7 to
September 20. During her absen
ce Neola Sandvik will take over
the office duties.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rodriguez
arrived in the Valley this week
from Miami, Florida where Mr.
Rodriguez recently received his
degree in electrical engineering.
They plan to make their home in
the valley. Mrs. Rodriguez is
daughter of the-late Lawrence F.
Arndt.