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PALMER, ALASKA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 28, 1952
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12th Matanuskq Valley Fair Opens Saturday
Work Starts on 24 Unit Dpartment Building
2,500 EXHIBITS
TO COMPETE FOR
$4,000 IN PRIZES
SANDVIK AND ROARK
EXPECT TO COMPLETE
PROJECT IN ONE YEAR
The long-awaited go-ahead for
the 24-unit Pioneer Apartments
to be located on the southwest
comer of Valley Street and the
Glenn Highway was received yes
terday by Palmer Contractors
Sandvik and Roark.
Approval of a $300,000 loan
from the Federal Housing Auth
orty, in process for over one and
one-half years, was the final sig
nal for beginning construction.
However, after waiting this long,
the contractors will delay the act
ual contractors until they return
from a planned hunting trip. Dig
ging of the basement was com
pleted last fall in anticipation of
a much earlier loan approval.
Completion of the project is ex
pected one year from now.
The 24 apartments in Palmer’s
newest housing project will con
sist of eight three-bedroom units,
eight two-bedroom units, and
eight one-bedroom units. Besides
the bedrooms, each apartment
will be complete with kitchen
dinette, living room, and bath.
Apartments will be furnished
heat and hot water from a central
hot-water heating system, coal
fired. They will be unfurnished
except for electric stoves and re
frigerators in the kitchens.
Above the concrete basement,'
the two-story apartment building
will be of frame construction with
tucco finish. Manley & Mayer of
Anchorage are the architects of
the building.
The new Palmer housing en
terprise will be owned and oper
ated by a closed corporation, the
only stock issued being four
shares held by Chet Sandvik,
president; I. M. Sandvik, vice
president; Bill Roark, secretary
treasurer; and the FHA.
“In a progressive city like Pal
mer,” said the new corporation
president, “I have every confi
dence that our business venture
will be a success.” Chet Sandvik
has served for more than a year
as a member of Palmer’s first City
Council. His first action on learn
ing of the loan approval was to
go to the City Clerk and purchase
a building license for a- $282,000
building, according to provisions
of the city ordinance which he
helped to draft.
Bill Roark, secretary treasurer
of the corporation, has been a
Contiriued on Page. 4
Bartlett Talks At
Dsmo Dinner Tonight
About 50 Democrats from An
chorage, WasiUa, Chugiak, Jones
ville, and Palmer are expected to
start gathering at Moose Hall
about 7:30 p.m. tonight for the
local club’s Democratic dinner.
Dinner will be served by Women
of the Moose at 8 p.m.
Wendell Kay, Anchorage attor
ney, win be master of ceremonies.
He will introduce the keynote
speaker, Delegate E. L. “Bob”
Bartlett, and many Democratic
candidates for Territorial offices,
who plan to be in attendance.
One of these will be Queen of the Fair
The Twelfth Annual Matanuska
/alley Fair opens Saturday with
i full program of sports and en
tertainment events and an esti
nated 2,500 exhibits that will vie
tor more than 1,000 premiums
worth approximately $4,000.
Barring rainy weather, the Fair
s expected to draw the biggest
;ate in history during the three
lay run which will end with the
irawing for Fair Queen prizes
worth $1500 on the Fair Grounds
at 7:30 p.m. Labor Day.
Special Attractions
Many innovations have been
added to the Fair’s attractions
and services this yeer. Fair Queen
tickets will be sold at the Infor
nation Booth, where Mrs. Russell
Felzien will be in charge and the
?air Queen contestants will be in
attendance. A public address sys
:em, purchased by the Fair As
sociation this year, will announce
all important events, give conces
sions free spot advertising, and in
:roduce the many candidates for
rerritorial offices who are expect
ed to attend the Fair this week
end. A gigantic display of fire
works, never before equalled in
Alaska, will be shown at 9:30
Sunday evening, with the Loyal
Drder of Moose setting up the
displays. In case of rain Sunday
evening,"the ItyewSStk* bt
shown at the same time on Mon
day night. These are the same
Eireworks displays that have
thrilled thousands at the huge
Minnesota and Iowa State Fairs.
Ground displays will include
“Niagra Falls,” “Cave of Jewels,”
and silver fountains. Special
among the aerial displays will be
“Field of Gold,” “Celestial,” and
“Jewels of the Night.” These con
trolled fireworks displays, how
ever, will be the only fireworks
permitted on the Fair Grounds.
Signs will be posted at the gate
warning everyone against bring
ing in fire crackers and other
fireworks.
Another attraction, which has
been very popular at fairs in the
States, is the Chicken Style Show.
This show will be put on at the
Poultry Building both Sunday
and Monday afternoons at two
o’clock. A chance to rest weary
feet is offered in the always in
teresting 4-H demonstrations
which will start at 1 p.m. on
Saturday and at 11 a.m. Monday
in Quonset 4.
The unusually friendly relations
Continued on page 4
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FIREWORKS ai
WHOLESALE PRICE
25% off
Last Chance for
FIREWORKS This Year
Booth Located
Susitna Street
On Sale August 30-31
and September 1
TOP row, left to right, Patty Plumley. Carole ''Ginger" Parks, Marilyn Macek, and Rose Marie “Tiny" Vickaryous. Bottom
row, left to right, Wanda Lindsey, Lorene Uzelac, and Joan Haik,
Competition is keen among the
seven Fair Queen contestants
as the Saturday 5 p.m. deadline
for Fair Queen ticket sales ap
proaches. Already five of the
girls have qualified for the race
with a reported 250 tickets sold,
and it is expected that the other
two will qualify when their total
ticket sales are made known.
Ticket sales will be the big
gest determining factor in the
choice of the queen, although
beauty, poise, and grace will en
ter into the selection by the judg
es. Her total of ticket sales is a
criterion of the effort put forth
by each girl to obtain the Fair
Queen crown and the honors
that go along with it. These hon
ors include reigning over the
1952 Matanuska Valley Fair and
a $200 wardrobe. The Fair Queen
will be crowned at the Corona
tion Ball. On her head will be
placed a jeweled cap of plum-col
ored velvet and ermine; on her
her shoulders, a matching robe.
All Queen contestants who qual
ify will receive $25 plus 10 per
cent of their gross sales. They
will all take part in the Corona
tion ceremony and in other Fair
activities. They will be present
at the drawing of the Fair Queen
prizes Monday evening at 7:30
p.m. on the Fair Grounds.
One of these will be Queen of
the Fair:
Joan Haik
Latest queen contestant to an
nounce her candidacy was Joan
Haik of Chugiak. Sixteen years of
age, she was one of the first”
babies to be born in Palmer. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Haik, moved to the Territory
from Idaho over 17 years ago and
now operate Spring Creek Lodge
on the Palmer-Anchorage High
way. The brown-haired, blue
eyed Miss will be a junior In high
school this fall.
Wanda Lindsay
Popular Wanda Lindsey, who
makes her home with Bob and
Ruth Peterson, has light brown#
hair and blue eyes. She is five'
feet four inches tall and is 20
years old. A graduate of the Pal
mer High School Class of 1952,
Wanda plans to attend the Uni
versity of Washington this fall.
This summer she has been work
ing at Bert’s Drug Store. Collect
ing records is her hobby.
Marilyn Macek
Tall blonde Marilyn Janice
Macek, 16-year-old daughter ox Mr
and Mrs. George Macek, will en
ter Palmer High School as a sen
or next week. She came to Pal
mer at the close of the school
year from Olympia, Washington.
A skiing enthusiast she has al
ready affilated herself with the
the Matanuska Ski Club which is
helping to sponsor her. Marilyn
has the distinction of having won
the first baby contest sponsored
during the first Matanuska Val
ley Fay in 1936. At that time Mr.
Macek was operating the Anch
orage Market and Mrs. Macek
had Kay's Book Store. The family
went Outside m 1938 and re
turned this year, settling ip the
Valley.
Patty Plumley
Petite, 15-year-old Patty Plum
ley, a sophomore in Palmer High,
is daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Plumley. Mr. Plumley
operates a saw mill m the Butte
area. Patty is five feet one inch
tall, has red hair and pretty blue
eyes.
Carole Parks
Carole “Ginger” Parks, 16-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Parks of the Butte area, will also
be a sophomore in Palmer High
School this fall. She is five feet
two inches tall and has dark,
blonde hair and blue eyes. This
summer she’s been helping her
dad on the farm.
Lorene Uzlac
Lorene Uzlac, 15-year-old dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Uze
lac of Springer Road, will be a
junior in Palmer High School this
fall. She arrived in the Valley a
year ago from Suntrana and Hei
fer, Utah. She has brown hair and
eyes and is five feet six inches
tall. Her dad works at the Evans
Jones mine and her mother at
Valley Hospital.
Rose Marie Viekaryous
The whole Wasilla community
is sponsoring Rose Marie “Tiny”
Viekaryous, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Viekaryous, who
are original Matanuska Valley
Colonists. Tiny is a graduate of
Wasilla High School Class of 1950
and is employed as a dental as
sistant in Dr. Sims’ office. She
has hazel eyes and light brown
hair, and is five feet, six inches
tall.
FAIR PROGRAM
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