FRIDAY
AUG. 30
SATURDAY
AUG. 31
SUNDAY
SEPT. I
MONDAY
SEPT. 2
WATCH
FOR OUR
BOOTH
AT THE
. FAIR
* Displays
• Exhibits
* Horse Races
• Horse Show
Matanuska
Electric Assn.
n 5-3200
PALMER
WINNER IN FIRST PUBLIC PAGEANT
A public queen pageant was
held for the first time during
the 1960 Alaska State Fair, Inc.
The pageant was presented at
the Center Theatre on the eve
ning of the Coronation Ball.
Following the rules of the Miss
America contest, the girls
were judged in three catagor
ies: bathing suit, talent, and
ball gown. Another change was
the choosing of a First Princess
and a Miss Congeniality (pick
ed by the girls themselves).
Youth to Have
Day at Fair
In the fair’s newest exhibits
department, Alaskan youth
groups will present displays
depicting the organizations’
stories on youth development.
The displays for which each
organization has selected its
own theme, slogan, or topic
will be arranged in booths
measuring four feet across the
front, four feet deep, and four
feet high.
Awards, donated by the Pal
mer Kiwanis Club, are $30 for
first place, $25 for second
place, $20 for third place, $15
for fourth place, and $10 for
fifth place.
Mrs. Cloycine Driggers is
superintendent of the youth j
organization display depart
ment.
LARGE PRODUCERS
Bunker Hill and Sullivan, i
the largest lead producing
mines in the world, are both
in Kellogg, Idaho.
r 1
Sara Moffitt, as Miss Mat
anuska Valley of I960, wore a
new queen’s robe, and a local
ly made crown of Alaskan
stones. The first princess in
1960 was Florene Neal and Pat
LaZelle was chosen as Miss
Congeniality.
In contrast to this new sys
tem, during previous fairs the
I candidates in the queen contest
attended closed judgings in
I private homes. The judges used
a point system, giving each
girl credits for ticket sales,
poise and charm, judge’s sel
ection, and contestants’ selec
tions.
1953 Featured
Colony Reunion
“Class Reunion” is a familiar
phrase to us all, but change
“class” to “colony” and the
phrase brings to mind a special
picture—Colony Day, Sept. 6,
1953. Colony Day was the offi
cial title of the first reunion of
the valley's original colonists.
A replica of the original tent
homes complete with the type
of furniture used at that time
the colony, newspaper clip
was exhibited. Pictures of
pings, and the complete minu
tes from the organization of
the colony were displayed.
A high-light of the day was
the re-enacting of the corner
stone laying at the Palmer Cen
tral school, and the re-enacting
of the original drawing for
colony tracts. Don Irwin, who
conducted the original draw
ings, was in charge.
LAZY MOUNTAIN IS VALLEY MENTOR
CENTRAL SCHOOL, the scene of the first Valley fair,
is pictured just after its completion in 1936
IN LOWER PICTURE is the tent city of Palmer in 1935.
; Walla Wallans led by Judge
C. E. Irvine in 1856 were first
white to visit site of Butte,
Mont.
LARGEST CAVERN
Lewis and Clark Cavern in
Montana is largest limestone
cave in the Northwest.
I
9n the Malasuuha, Valley
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Every Mailbox
is a Branch of the
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