1962 FAIR QUEEN MAY CHOOSE
EUROPEAN TRIP OR COLLEGE YEAR
“Miss Alaska State Fair" of
1962 may choose either an all
expense-paid escorted tour
through several European
countries or a $1,000 scholar
ship to be applied on first
year expenses at the college of
her choice, members of the Al
aska State Fair, Inc. queen con
test committee announced this
week. The tour, at least 16
days in length, would include
a visit to Paris.
Entry blanks for the 1962
queen contest are now avail
able at the fair office in Pal
mer and may be picked up at
any time, according to Bill
Miller, fair manager. Any
young woman who has been a
resident of the state of Alaska
for the past three months and
who is otherwise qualified may
enter the contest. She must be
17 years old on or before July
1, 1962.
The queen will be crowned
at the Coronation Ball on Sat
urday, September 1, following
the Queen’s Pageant at which
the contestants are judged in
three categories: talent, bath
ing suit, and evening gown.
Non-residents of the Valley
who are not personally ac
quainted with the contestants
will act as judges.
In addition to her prize, the
winning fair queen contestant
will represent the Alaska State
Fair, Inc. in the 1963 Miss Al
aska pageant, which is the pre
liminary contest for the Miss
America pageant held yearly
in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Second-place winner will be
the entrant in the “Miss Uni
THURSDAY. JUNE 28
NORTHLAND PIONEER
GRANGE, Grange hall, 8
p.m.
BOY SCOUTS. Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORERS. Elks hall. 7 p.m.
AIRMEN, Palmer Airport
CAP SQUAD, Moose hall, 7:30
p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 29
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR
I, 8 p.m.
SATUF.4DAY. JUNE 30
MVCCA BARGAIN STORE,
Theatre Bldg., 10 a.m. - 4p.m.
SUNDAY. JULY 1
A. A., Fairgrounds Dining hall,
3:30 p.m.
MONDAY, JULY 2
M.E.A. BOARD. M.E.A. meet
ing room, 8 p.m.
KIWANIS CLUB, Grange hall,
noon
ALASKA STATE FAIR. INC.
Directors, Fair office, 7:30
p.m.
TUESDAY. JULY 3
MASONIC LODGE, Carpen
ters’ hall, 8 o.m.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE,
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE.
Moose hall, 8 p.m.
CHEECHAKO HOMEMAKER
CLUB, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
ELKS’ POTLUCK DINNER,
Lodge home, 2 p.m.
THURSDAY. JULY 5
BOY SCOUTS, Legion Bldg.,
7 p.m.
CIVIL AIR PATROL SQUAD,
Moose hall, 7:30 p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Legion
Bldg., 7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
Bldg., 8 p.m.
AMER. LEGION AUXILIARY,
Legion Bldg., 8 P.M.
MATANUSKA VALLEY
SPORTSMEN, Grange hall, 8
p.m.
verse” preliminary contest to
be held at Fairbanks next win
ter. The girl who is chosen '
“Miss Congeniality" by her fel
low contestants will represent'
the Alaska State Fair at the
1963 Anchorage Fur Rendez
vous.
In order to qualify, each
contestant must sell 350 raffle j
tickets. Number of tickets sold j
beyond this amount will not be {
considered in the final judging, j
However, the candidate selling
the greatest number of tickets
will be awarded a very attrac
tive prize comparable to last
year’s award, which was a fur
parka.
The holder of the winning I
raffle ticket will receive a 14- j
foot fiberglass boat and 5- I
horsepower motor with boat
trailer, or he may accept an al
ternate prize of $500 in cash.
The drawing will be held on
the last day of the fair, Sep- ^
tember 3. <
Members of the queen com- <
mittee include Barney Fish, *
chairman; Joe Lentz, co-chair
man; Mrs. Vernon Van Auken, '
secretary; Mrs. Sam Cotten, <
treasurer; and Mrs. Joe Lentz, ^
Mrs. Ben Wattum, Mrs. Jerry ,
Nelson, and Mrs. Willard John- '
son. <
Final judging for queen will <
be according to the official bal- L
lots of the Miss America con- !
test and will not be based on j ^
ticket sales after the contest- $
□nt has qualified. However, a ■ 'i
prize will be awarded the con
testant selling the most tickets. I 4
A percentage of 10 per centj .
will be given on all tickets sold j ”
after qualification and 25 per i 4
cent on all tickets sold after (j
the Coronation Ball. I ^
The committee has the dis- j ^
cretion to run a screening test j *
af all contestants for the pur- 4
pose of participating in the fin- j ^
als. This method keeps the con
test democratic but gives the '
committee the opportunity to i
eliminate those girls who do t
not possess the genuine beauty,
talent, intelligence, education ”
and so forth to hold their own 4
in public competition and to <
be a representative of the state j .
and the Alaska State Fair, Inc.
for the year in which she will <
reign as queen. <
POLICE INVESTIGATE
POSSIBLE SUICIDE
A young woman who regis
tered as Dorothy Brooks at the
Matanuska hotel Friday after
noon was discovered dead the
next day by hotel employees.
Her former address was given
as 4201 Harrison St., Anchor
age.
Investigations of Police Chief
Louis Bencardino Jr., Vincent
Hume and Coroner and Magis
trate Dorothy Saxton showed
no evidence of violence. The
body was sent to an Anchorage
mortuary for autopsy.
Police are trying to locate
any possible relatives of the de
ceased and are continuing the
investigation of the possible
suicide.
Horticulture Consultant
Added to Experiment
Station Staff
Dr. Robert E. Nylund of the
horticulture department of the
University of Minnesota has,
joined the staff at the Agricul
tural Experiment station. He
will work with the horticulture
department at the station as a
consultant on a six-weeks tem
porary appointment.
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UFW GUIDEBOOK
FOR TOURISTS
“Camping Under the Mid
liffht Sun.” new parks and
:ampground guide, is now
available. The booklet, prepar
ed by Alaska Division of Lands.
Department of Natural Resour
ces, will be mailed upon re
quest to the Division at 344
Sixth Avenue, Anchora.ee.
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Mr. and Mrs. Toivo B'-rtti. was
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bama in the Army missile
training program.
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| Mrs. Pearl Trowbridge, return
lid to Pain < r last week from
jdutv with the Armv in South
east Asia. He will go to Ft.
Riley, Kansas, in mid-July
after his furlough at home.
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