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Sept. 3, 1948
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PROGRAM
MATAKUSKA VALLEY PAIR
Saturday. September 4, 1948
Exhibitors and Industrial Day
2 Opening ceremony and flag raising
2 Opening address of welcome by Dr. C.
Earl Albrecht * territorial commis
sioner of health
Exhibits and concessions open
Prize shoot sponsored by Matanuska
Valley Sportsmen begins
9 Dance at school gymnasium sponsored
by American Legion. Music by 6-piece
combo, Kings of Rhythm
Sunday, September j>, 1948
Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, 4-H Day
;11 Fair grounds open
11 Judging of exhibits begins
I 1 Competitive shoot sponsored by Matan
uska Valley Sportsmen begins
1 Softball game between CAA Merrill and
175th Signal Corps
2 Continuous four - hour show of game
, slides and movies, sponsored by Mat
anuska Valley Sportsmen, begins at
school gymnasium
;2:30 Softball game between Shamrocks and
Club Esquire
Monday, September 6, 1948
;
Labor Day
10 Fair grounds open
10 Labor cavalcade leaves Anchorage for
Palmer fairgrounds
10:30
Softball game between Times Newsboys
and Moose Juniors
1 Softball game between losers of first
two games
2 Shoot-off tie between Anchorage
Gun Club and Matanuska Valley Sports
men
I 2:30
Softball game between winners of first
two games
I 9 Union Labor dance, sponsred by Pal
mer’s Carpenter's Union, Local 2251
j Grand Finale — burning of house
Awarding of Kaiser car
CO H'
HERBIE’S HOVED
A letter from
Herbert Isins this
week announced that
he is now hospital
'zed at the Lutheran
anitarium at Wheat
Ridge, Colo.
CUTS HIS HAND
Harry Ryan, part
ner in Palmer Cold
Storage, gashed his
hand while cutting
meat last Wednesday.
The cut required
several stitches
Fair All Set
For Opening
Last -minute re
quests for space for
livestock and pro
duce exhibition at
the eighth annual
Matanuska Valley
Fair make it seem
certain that this
year’s event will be
the largest fair ev
er held in the Val
ley, board president
Parker Lester said
today. Gates open
at 2 o’clock Satur
day to begin a
three - day round of
entertainment and
educational display.
Sxhibits at this
fair will include
livestock, poultry,
garden products, 4-H
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school and church
displays, commercial
and industrial
booths, needlework,
artcraft, hobbycraft
cooking, baking and
canning, fur, dress
making, thrift dis
plays, children’s
displays and a flow
er show.
Entries for exhi
bition will be ac
cepted until noon on
Saturday, according
to Ur. Lester. Free
transportation has
been provided for
Valley farmers de
siring to show live
stock. The Alaska
Railroad also has
promised transport
ation without charge
for exhibits coming
from along the Rail
belt ,
There are many
more concessions
than there have been
at previous fairs,
according to the re
port received from
Marshall Selover,
'fair manager. A mid
way will be set up
to the front of the
fair grounds, where
refreshments and en
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