SECOND
SECTION
THE FRONTIERSMAN
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE MATANUSKA VALLEY
Coronation Ball
SCHOOL GYM
Sat. Sept. 3,10 p.m.
PALMER. ALASKA THURSDAY. SEPT. 1, 1955
Five Beauties Vie for Queen of the Fair
Janice Marie Barry
Janioe Marie Barry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W.
Barry of Palmer. The Barry family is an original colonist family
and Janice has received all of her schooling in the Palmer schools,
graduating from high school with the class of 1953, and has attended
verett Junior College. She plans to enter the University of Alaska
thia fall. Janice is being sponsored by the Matanuska Valley Farm
mi Co-Operating Association as their “Matanuska Maid”. She stands
five feet, five and one half inches, has pretty blue eyes and medium
length brown hair. She is employed at the Palmer Fountain and
Cafe.
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Dona McKechnie
Dona McKechnie. Alaska Dairy of Anchorage candidate for
Queen title, and daughter of former Mayor and Mrs. Don McKechnie
of Palmer, also received her education in the Palmer schools and
is now working in the office of the U. S. Geological Survey. She
graduated from Palmer High School with the class of 1955. She
weighs 137 pounds, is five feet, seven inches tall, has long brown
hair and green-brown eyes. Dona was the first Queen contestant
to qualify in the contest, followed in a matter of a few days by
the other four girls.
mm ORE WELL IT BE?
Saturday night, September 3, will tell the story these five
girls, their sponsors and friends are waiting to hear. One of them
will be named Queen of the 1955 Matanuska Valley Fair. Judging
i will be particularly difficult this year for each girl has shown
queenly qualities throughout the entire contest; worked hard in
j her ticket sales, and deserves the honor that can go to but one.
The coronation ball will be held in Central School gymnasium
| Saturday evening, Septembers 3, beginning at 10 Jack O’Tooles
dance band will furnish music for dancing, but the highlight of
the evening will be the crowning of the 1955 Matanuska Valley
Fair Queen.
Carla Jo Driggars
Carla Jo Driggars. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Driggars
of Palmer is a Texan by birth, but an Alaskan by heart. She has
lived in the Valley for eight years and attends Palmer High School
where she will enter her Senior year this fall. Carla is being
sponsored in the contest by Bert’s Drug store of Palmer. She is
five feet, four inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has hazel eyes
and short brown hair. Carla, as well as the other candidates, will
i continue her ticket sales right up to the final day, September 3.
“Miss Alaska” To Ba Gyast Cf Valley Fair
Lorna McLeod of Fairbanks
will be a guest of honor at the
15th annual Matanuska Valley
Fair. Miss McLeod is 1955 queen
of the Fairbanks Winter Carni
val, Miss Alaska ,and Miss Uni
verse Candidate from Alaska.
With the exception of the war
years, the Fairbanks Winter
Carnival has been held annual
ly since 1929 and is now an Al
askan corporation controlled ex
clusively by the Fairbanks
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The carnival holds the franchise
for the Miss Universe contest
candidate from Alaska and has
sent the Queen of the Winter
Carnival to Long Beach, Cali
fornia the past several years as
“Miss Alaska”.
The carnival sends the queen
on a two-month tour of points
in the United States prior to the
Miss Universe Contest and this
year Miss Alaska visited Minnea
polis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chi
cago, Des Moines, Denver, Salt
Lake City, Las Vegas, and many
additional cities. This investment,
the Chamber points out, not only
gives valuable publicity to Fair
banks ,but to all Alaska.
Miss McLeod is 22 years old.
Her last name is pronounced
“McCloud”. She was bom in Ta
coma, Wash., and has been in
Fairbanks several years. She is
five feet, three inches in height
and weighs 110 pounds. Her
measurements are 34”-24”-35”.
Miss Alaska works for the Co-Op
Drugf Co. in aFirbanks. She is a
fine dancer and ice skater and
has been trained in tap dancing,
but has not performed before
audiences for several years.
The visiting queen will be ac
companied by a chaperone, her
sister, Mrs. Jeannie Hobaugh,
presently visiting her from Ta
coma and on her first trip to
Alaska. They will be Palmer
visitors and honored guests at
the Matanuska Valley Fair Sep
tember 3 and 4.
BLACKIE BRUIN
IS NO MORE
The old saying that curiosity
killed the cat recently took
care of an inquisitive black
bear in the Jonesville area.
Matanuska Electric Associa
tion work crews came upon
the remains of Blackie while
making a patrol after the big
windstorm.
The bear had apparently
climb the pole, with one paw
on the neutral wire reached
up with his nose—made con
tact—and satisfied his curios
ity. Because of breakers on
the line there was no outage
and the sad tale of the curious
bear was not discovered until
the MEA crew made their pa
trol.
Sergeant Stanley Laird of the
Territorial Police, left Friday
for Washingtoin, D. C. where he
will attend the FBI Academy. He
will be gone for two months.
Before transferring to the An
chorage office, Sgt. Laird and
his family made their home in
Palmer.
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Sonja Marie Sfadem
Sonja Marie Sadem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peder Stadem
of Palmer, is being sponsored by the Frontier Cafe of Palmer, her
place of employment. Sonja has lived in Alaska over 15 years and
’ is a member of the Junior class in Palmer High School. Sonja has
blue eyes and short brown hair. She weighs 130 pounds end is five
feet, four inches tall. Along with Fair Manager A1 Hagen, pri the
other four Queen candidates, she has appear'd on ra- ... tele
vision snows in the Anchorage area, and attended an Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
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Jean Marie Saulsbury
Jean Marie Saulsbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Salis
bury of Palmer, has been sponsored in the Queen contest by the
Kiwanis Club of Palmer. She is employed at Cobb’s Cafe in Palmer
and has, along with every contestant, worked hard to justify the
backing of her sponsor. Jean attended the Palmer schools and
graduated from the Centralia High School in Washington. She
plans to further her education at the University of Alaska. She
is five feet, four and one half inches tall, weighs 126 pounds, has
dark brown eyes and long brown hair.