Fair Makes Valley Folk Nearly $1,400 R
The 295 Valley and Anchorage
residents who brought exhibits to
the tenth annual Matanuska Val
ley Fair this year were richly re
warded for their efforts. They
took home a total of $1384.75 of
Fair money in premium checks
alone. That figure does not in
clude the queen contest prizes,
nor the race purse, but does in
clude the prizes offered for the
individual farm display and for
booths in the Homemakers’ ex
hibits.
Most richly rewarded of all the
exhibitors was Mrs. John McDon
ald (excluding the best farm dis
plays}. Mrs. McDonald’s individ
ual blue ribbons brought her a
total check of $53.50, the biggest
premium check paid to an indi
vidual this year.
Individual prize winners for
this year’s Fair are listed as fol
lows by Fair treasurer Tom
Lepak:
Mrs. Bud Meier — first prize,
knit baby dress; second prize,
crocheted afghan, crocheted set,
and crocheted baby dress; third
prize, knit baby sweater.
Mrs. C. F. Mielke—first prize,
argyle sweater, child’s snow suit,
knit bonnet, crocheted gloves,
crocheted hat, smock dress, fagot
dress, and a sweater; second prize,
individual farm display, scarf, in
fant’s dress, and rye bread.
L. V. Short—first prize, indi
vidual farm display, large lettuce,
and large tomato.
Mrs. Fanny Werner—first prize,
flowering shrub, achillia, herbs,
carnation, poppy, candytuft, and
white currant jelly; second prize,
delphinium; third prize, stock;
fourth prize, individual farm dis
play.
Dean Parks—first prize, saddle
Mrs. I. M. Sandvik—first prize,
angel food cake, whole wheat
bread, graham bread, nemesia,
batchelor button, larkspur, and
pinks; second prize, white bread,
white rolls, angel wing begonia,
marigold, menophilia and lenoria;
third prize, individual farm dis
play, drop cookies, fudge, sweet
peas (single color), sweet peas
.'mixed colors), schizanthis, single
petunia, calendula, and autumn
decorations.
Paul G. Swanson, Wasilla—sec
ond prize, pen young New Hamp
shire Reds, single hen, single
cockerel, and pen young leghorns.
Karla D. Duff—first prize, moss
ivy, baby tears, barrel cactii, bag;
second prize, beefsteak begonia,
strawberry begonia, miniature
ivy, blouse, and skirt.
Mrs. C. A. Sandvik—first prize,
best assortment of baked goods,
gingerbread, garden plate, and
indoor garden; second prize, but
terscotch wafers, baking powder
biscuits, hat, red gloves, pastel
picture, and novelty picture; third
prize, oil painting.
Mrs. Dan Fleming—first prize,
star of bethlehem, argyle socks,
plain socks, and sack apron; sec
ond prize, self portrait, sack tow
el; third prize, painted towel.
Mrs. Robert Mielke—first prize,
child’s slacks, and cotton sport
dress; second prize, chocolate lay
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Ted White—first prize, green
beans and alsike clover; second
prize, turnips; third prize, peas in
pod.
Jerry Hemmer — second prize,
red currents. i
Mrs. Viola C. Thuma — first
prize, chocolate layer cake, ice
box cookies, sheet cookies, and
good luck plant; second prize,
drop cookies, fudge, peanut brit
tle. divinity, babv tears, youth
and old age, schizanthus, and
african daisy; third prize, metal
tray, Christmas cactus, double
petunia, and bachelor buttons.
Mrs. John McDonald — first
prize, red currant jam, blueberry
jam, cranberry sauce, rhubarb
jam. strawberry jam, strawberry
combination jam, rhubarb com
bination jam, jam assortment,
rhubarb conserve, red currant
jelly, strawberry jelly, grape
jelly, rhubarb jelly, juneberry
jelly ,rose hip jelly, jelly assort
ment, mixed vegetable relish,
beet pickles, cucumber sweet
; pickles, assortment of pickles,
canned green string beans, canned
wax beans, beet greens, spinach
greens, turnip greens, blueberries,
water packed rhubarb, Alaskan
fruit juice, bear mincemeat, cos
mos, alyssum, summer chrysan
themum, miniature bouquet, and
shirley poppies; second prize, beet
relish, picalili relish, sliced cu
cumber pickles, turnips, cabbage,
i strawberries, fried rabbit, green
! beans, G. H. cucumbers, and ar
rangement of annuals and peren
nials; third prize, black currarnt
jelly, peas, salmon, stock beets,
butter sour creams, and nastur
tiums.
Lewis McDonald — first prize,
one dozen white eggs, dairy heif
er, and pen of old birds; second
prize, single hen.
Elmer McDonald — first prize,
one dozen white eggs, bunch of
carrots, English brood beans,
canned peas, pen of young birds,
New Hampshire hen, peas in pod,
and largest broad beans; second
prize, three largest beets, peas
and carrots, nasturtiums, leghorn
pullets, and stock beets; third
prize, one large egg, and leghorn
nen.
Wayne McDonald—first prize,
yellow wax beans, beets for stock
feed, largest stock beet, and leg
horn pullet; second prize, one
large egg, one dozen eggs, white,
and leghorn hen; third prize,
green beans, rhubarb greens, and
New Hampshire hen.
Mrs. Richard H. Washburn —
first prize, single cockerel and
red rhubarb; second prize, cera
mics.
Mrs. George Small—first prize,
african daisy, candytuft, memo
philia, schizanthus, fuschia, rose
begonia, Christmas cactus, Eng
lish ivy, aster, California poppies,
lupin, gladiolia, dahlia-cactus, and
anemone; second prize, sweet
william, stock, and achillea; third
prize, snap dragon, rose, and
cosmos.
Mrs. Clyde King, Sr. — first
prize, miniature ivy, youth and
old age, beefsteak begonia, oxalis,
and Mexican hat; third prize,
cactus.
Eana Esther Ford, Anchorage—
first prize, wax begonia.
Thelma Cope—first prize, din
ing table arrangement, viola, dai
sy, annuals and perennials, living
room arrangement, delphinium,
Doppy, columbine, gardenia, pot
ted petunia, geraniums, best col
W+ion of cactus, jacobs ladder,
lychnis, and gladioli; second
prize, colt, lupin, miniature bou
quet, cosmos, sage herb, prayer
plant, oxalis, amarillis, and rat
tail; third prize, marigolds, ivy,
warty aloe, and pothas.
Mrs. Mads Johansen — first
prize, large beet, lettuce, double
petunia, feverfew, montbretias,
migonette, and potted begonia;
second prize, beets, green onions,
cabbage, nicotina, phlox, white
daisy, single petunia, summer
chrysanthemum, snap dragon, red
flax, French marigold, and pot
ted petunia; third prize, broccoli,
columbine, delphinium, and Cali
fornia poppy.
Mrs. F. A. Blom—first prize,
oressed flower picture, cauliflow
er pickles, largest eggs, cauli
flower, potato, calendula, mini
ature table arrangement, wild
flowers; second prize, broccoli,
chard, raspberries, sweet peas,
and mixed annuals; third prize,
novelty flower picture, straw
berry preserves, beets, hen eggs,
Shirley poppy, and arrangement
of annuals and perennials.
Mrs. Henning Johnson, Chugiak
—second prize, pickled carrots
and pickled beets; third prize,
pickled watermelon rind.
Mrs. Harold Dinkel—first prize,
celery relish, bachelor button,
dahlia pompom, nylon sweater,
wool sweater, and berry decora
tions; second prize, sweet peas,
mixed colors, pinks, gladiola bas
ket, informal dahlia; third prize,
larkspur and best gladiola spike.
Vida Lashbrook—first prize —
appliqued pillow cases, cross stitch
pillow cases, and cut work pillow
cases; second prize, hemstitched
pillow cases and crocheted pil
low cases; third prize, tatting
and edging.
Marylou Lashbrook—first prize,
plain sweater; third prize, pat
terned sweater.
Teresa Jobe — second prize,
wild flowers.
Max Sherrod—first prize, iu
chini squash, arctic seedling po
tatoes, onion, garden beets, car
rots, chard, green onions, turnips,
red rhubarb, cabbage, carrots,
chard, turnip, aster pompom,
marigold, snap dragon, straw
flower, and catch fly: second
prize, calendula and columbine;
third prize, rhubarb, cabbage, and
shasta daisy.
Mrs. Dorothy Steele — second
jpr'-’e wei' rrangement.
Dana Niemann — first prize,
wail arrangement; second prize,
miniature table arrangement and
dish garden; third prize, dining
room arrangement and miniature
bouquet.
Mr. E. A. LaWalter—first prize,
broccoli, cauliflower, goose, pen
of young New Hampshires, and
pig; second prize, carrots, celery,
tomatoes, gander, and pig; third
prize, cucumbers.
Mrs. E. A. LaWalter — first
prize, buckwheat begonia, hairy
star fish cactus, nasturtium, sweet
sultan, and sweet william; second
prize, Christmas cactus and bar
rel cactus; third prize, tuberous
begonia and orchid cactus.
Joyce Dinkel—first prize, dress
and slip.
Happy Snappy Snippers—third
prize, 4-H booth.
Donald Dinkel—first prize, pig.
Gene Dinkel—first prize, calf.
E-I-E-I-O Club — third prize,
4-H booth.
Cherie Maggard — first prize,
cup cakes; second prize, corn
bread; third prize, muffins.
Eddie Wilks — second pi
lettuce.
Glen Wolfe—first prize,
female goat and best male gos
Mrs. S. C. Litzenberger— :
prize, autumn arrangement
mixed annuals; second prize,
ing room arrangement.
Dorothy Lentz—first prize, c
cookies; second prize, mufl
third prize, baking powder
cuits.
Mrs. C. Quarnstrom —
prize, whole wheat rolls; set
prize, cinnamon rolls; third p;
mixed bachelor buttons.
Janice Quarnstrom — set
prize, whole wheat bread.
Mrs. Joe Lentz—first prize,
fant’s dress, crocheted baby
dress, vanity set, and boo
second prize, belt, mitts, 1
sweater, and baby cap; t
prize, wallet, colored crosssti
ing, pillow slip edging, p
socks, and chair set.
Mrs. Loren McKechnie —
prize, shell trinket box, ru:
rose petunia, regal lily, and