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Vol.l
No. 14
Pa .Ins r, Alaska, March 3.. 1938
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CONTESTANTS "NECX AND NECK"
IN 'I.IATANTJSKA MAID1 RACE
Extra Voting Tickets Printed;
Palmer Library To ’’refit Dy Rush
As we go to press, the three contes
tants for the tile of 'Miss Matan
uska Maid' and a .trip to Fairbanks
and a chance to compete with otter
iris from the Territory for the
itle of 'Miss Alaska', were within
few thousand votes of each other,
he figures were as follows:
Gladys Larson l,O02,000)As of
Dorothy Vasanoja 1,$C1,0QC) 4:00
Vivian Stoddard 1,017,000) P.1.1.
"The voting is so close Ton each
girl," says Oscar Kindgren, chairman
of the coinr.iittee, "that it will he
a hard guess who will win until tin e
final vote has been counted* ri.ll of
the votes which have been : lloved by
the merchants of the I'atamisba Val
ley had to be in by 10:00 o’cLOOh
this morning. These are already
counted, but more than 500 tichocs
on the glOO. poke, which allow
10,000 votes each, have been sold
and less than 50 of these liave been
put in the ballot box. It is begin
ning to look like no one will have
any idea who is coin0 to be the lucky
girl until Saturday night until Sat
urday night when the votes are all
in and counted."'
Originally there were 5000 purchase
voting tickets printed and distri
buted among the merchants of the
Vdllcy. These had practically all
been distributed to purchasers on
Saturday, the second day they had
been out and customers were conplain*
ing when they did not receive, the
tickets. The Tradln^ Po3t 'reported
having done a record business on
Saturday. Additional tickets were
printed to carry through V/ednenday,
the last day on w hich they were
di stributed.
In addition there were 500 tickets
carrying 1',000 votes for the Queen
and a chance on a '.'100. poke. These
SCHOOL BOARD GIVES THEIR
DE6ISI0N FOR TEACHERS PLAYING
Drive to Raise Runds Will
Start Immediately
Plans to send the Girls' Basketball
team that did so well at the Phir
Rendezvous on to Fairbanks to com
pote, v;ero temporarily halted early
this week v/hen it became doubtful
if the throe teachers playing on the
team would be a lc to go. However,
at a meetin0 Wednesday nijit the
School Board gave its permission and
plans are new being 'licked into
shape' for a last minute drive for
funds.
The Mat anus ica Valley Farmers' Coop
erating Association is sponsoring
the- team, and several leading citizenr
of Palmer have pledged their support
in helping to raise the necessary
funds. ... ,
i'LAhS FOR ACQD BURNING
:n:A?.LY COriPLFTSJ, SAYS ARRC
'.cod burning tests which have been
goin^ on at the hospital are com
pleted nov; and. according to the
A.R.R.C. officials these have been
entirely satisfactory. Wood ha3 fceei
compared with coal in the number of
b.t.u’s and other necessary require
ments. All that remains nov; ia to
work out the price basis, which will
be governed by the current price of
coal. Necessary changes in cquipmenJ
will be made as soon as possible and
it will then be possible for the
Corporation to purchase cord wood
from Co-op hembors for use in the
Power House.
BIDS i 0R ’TCAT31 OPENED
lYr.F,\7. Jenkins of Talkeetna and
owner of a irr. no. in that district, was
the successful bidder on /r 12 cater
pillar recently offered for sale by
the A.R.R.C. His oiri wr.3 g2150.00.
The second " cat'1 has not as yet been
disposed of.