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PALMER-ITES TAKE A
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Girls' Basketball To
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Among the distinguished guests of
Anchorage Chamber Commerce at a
luncheon held on Tuesday In honor
cf representatives from various
Alaska towns were members of the
Matanuska Valley Farmers 1 Coopera
ting Association Board of directors.
Those from Palmer who attended the
luncheon were Mess s, huntley, Linn,
Brix, Miller, Vasanoja, Frank and
Sendvil:, and also, Vessrjf, Jaco s,
Campbell and Sheely, Mr. Clyde R.
Ellis, President of the Chamber of
Commerce, presided and called on
many of those present for short
talks.
As a result of the fine showing
made by the Athletic Club's girls'
basketball team at the Rendezvous,
efforts are now bein made to oor
mit their acceptance of the invlta
tion from Fairbanks to attend the
Ice Carnival cn March 11, 12 and 15,
according to '.Vilter Huntley, Presi
dent of the Cooperating Association
Board which will sponsor the team.
The c,irls brought honor to Palmer
v;hen they romped away with hi0h
scores in both scheduled yarnss with
Anchorage. la the game bunday the
score was £9:Id and on Tuesday,
33:17 for Palmer. They lidn't fare
so well with the Fairbanks team in
an unofficial exhibition ,_;ame on
Monday when the score read 25:14
in favor of Fairbanks. It will be
necessary to raise sufficient funds
for railroad fares for the eight
girls and their coach,
Matarusku Valley products were on
display during the Rendezvous in
the windows of the hirst Rational
Bank, and the distributors of R.e
liance ood Products and there was
an inside display in the anchorage
Grille, where products from the
Valley were featured in the menus.
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MERCHANTS GIVING 500 VOTES FOR
"MATANTJSKA MAID" WITH 50jzf SALES
Four Girls Entered; Official
Scoring, Ballot Box in lost Office
The campaign to send. "Miss Mu tarns La
Maid" to the Fairbanks Ice Carnival
next month are off with a bang, ac
cording to Oscar Kindgren, chairman
of the committee. Four candidates
have been nominated. Dorothy Vasar,
oia is the official candidate of the
Palmer School and, incidentally, the
only brunette non nnted. Vivian
Stoddard, stenographer in the ARGO
office and candidate of the Theater
Guild; Gladys Larson who is being
backed by the "mines"; and June King
nominated by the Sourdough Homemak
ers' Club—are all blondes..(Late
news.’ June King withdraws,)
The Trading Post, Bert's, Koslosky’s
Kernings in Wasilia and Krogh's in
Matanuska are all giving tickets with
oac-h 5Cg purchase, which entitle the
holder to 500 votes in the;contest.
These will be giv. n out until ’.Vednes
day night, March 2.
i.n unofficial ballot box has boon
put up in the Post Office. Votes
must be plr ced in ti is box by 10*30
on the evening of March 5. An of
ficial 3core will also be kept in
the Post Office to show the progress
of the voting.
Committee members have already dis~
tributed raffle tickets to be sold,
and sales are reported to be coming
in fast. these tickets entitle the
purchaser to 1000 votes for the £uee:
and a chance on a ICO.00 prize.
As a special event, the winner of tin
"Miss Matanuska Maid" contest will
hailed the queen at a dance schedul
for aturday, March 5, in the l'almer
Community hall. Midnight is the time
set for the crowning and then at
12:30, drawin_ for the JlCO cash pok
will begin.
Tomorrow night at the Palmer Theater
the candidates will be introduced ti
'permit to become acquainted with the
contestants.
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