COLONY DAY—
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this event will be the midnight
introduction of all contestants for
the title of queen of the Mata
nuska Valley, to be selected at the
Sept. 1, 2, 3, 4 Valley fair.
Sunday’s program of events
will be begun by Valley small
fry, who will be given the oppor
tunity to search for balloons
dropped from the air over the
fair grounds by pilot Bob Totten.
From then on, the day’s schedule
is fast paced, continuing with
races for children, contests for
men and women, featured events
as the covered wagon and pony
express races, and concluding
with the evening’s radio show,
and following dance at the Pal
mer Gymnasium.
Colony Day visitors need have .
no fear that either food or fun j
will be lacking, should barbecue j
fail to tempt their appetites or!
the scheduled attraction pall.
There will be food concessions j
and fun concessions both, along j
the Mid-way at the fair grounds, j
Mr. Hagen announced conces- j
sionaires and their plans as fol- J
lows:
Boy Scouts—operation of free
parking lot.
Palmer High School band—Pop
and popcorn.
Seven-Eighty-Niners—Hot dogs
and coffee.
Carpenter’s Union—Bingo.
Palmer High School athletic de
partment—Ice cream and candy.
Girl Scouts—Candy.
Alaska Crippled Children’s As- j
sociation—Display booth.
HELEN STENVALL GIVEN
TWO SCHOLARSHIPS
Aside from her No. One posi
tion in the Palmer High School
graduating class this year, Helen
Mae Stenvall held two other
scholastic honors when she
stepped down from the platform
in the Palmer Gymnasium last
Wednesday evening. Helen Mae,
by reason of her standing as vale
dictorian, won the scholarship of
fered by the University of Alaska
to every top student in Alaskan
graduating classes.
Her scholarship entitles her to
two years room rent in the wom
en’s dormitory at the University.
There’s a string attached though
—she must keep her marks up to
standard during those two years.
Helen Mae also \fras awarded
the Washington State College
scholarship, which entitles her to
six months’ room rent in the
dormitory there.
Harry Campbell, not a gradu
ate, also was honored for schol
astic achievement this year. Harry
contributed a poem to a national
contest sponsored by Scholastic
Magazine. His poem took fourth
prize in the junior poetrj' writing
division. He was awarded a foun
tain pen and a certificate of merit
for his effort in poetry.
MVFCA—Potato and egg con
cession.
Valley Volunteer Fire Associa
tion—Cider stand at dances.
J. W. Broadbent — Games of
chance concession.
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Seattle Chamber Group
To Be Colony Day Guests
Seven members of the Seattle
i Chamber of Commerce will be
| guests of the Valley Chamber at
Sunday’s Colony Day celebration.
' The seven, escorted by members
of the Anhcorage Chamber, will
j arrive here in time for a 1:30
j luncheon with members of the
j local Chamber.
Following the luncheon, the
visitors plan to witness the after
noon’s program of Colony Day
; events, and to make a motor tour
of the Valley before returning to
Anchorage.
Guests from Seattle will in
clude:
James M. Pelly, president of
the Seattle Chamber, H. R. Van
Ness, Harold Shafer, Roy John
! son, Chester Gibbon, Art Ganson
and Norton Clapp.
Library Must
Move Again
The library’s moving again,
Mrs. E. F. Graves announced this
week. She doesn’t know where
it will go, but she has been in
formed that the present quarters
must be vacated by June 22. Mrs.
Graves asks that everyone who
has books checked out make ev
ery effort fo return them within
the next week or two.
Meanwhile, if anyone has any
ideas about how to build a li
brary, or even to dig a basement,
with nothing but the proverbial
shoestring for finances, Mrs.
Graves is willing to listen.
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MISS MARGYRE Mielke, a recent bride, and her groom, Wayne
Bouwens. are pictured above. The young couple make their home
at the Parker Lester trailer court. Mrs. Bouwen's sister, Marion,
also was a bride recently. She married Bertram Duff of Palmer,
and they, too, are at home in the Lester trailer court.—(Photo by
Palmer Studios.)
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