Photographic Guild
Sponsors Contest for
All Territory Amateurs
.«The second annual Anchorage
Fur Rendezvous Photographic
Contest will be sponsored again
this year by the Anchorage
Photographic Guild and will be
held under the auspices of the
Fur Rendezvous committee, Ted
Barbera, president, has an
nounced.
The contest will be open to all
residents of the territory of ama
teur status, Mr. Barbera ex
plained. Cash prizes and mer
chandise awards already total
$600, he added. A grand sweep
stake prize of $150 in camera and
protographic services will be of
fered for black and white prints,
with lesser prizes awarded in each
of seven divisions. The rules for
the contest are as follows:
ELIGIBILITY. All amateur pho
tographers residing in the Terri
tory of Alaska are eligible to
participate. For contest purposes,
an amateur photographer is con
sidered one who makes less than
forty percent of his annual live
lihood from photography.
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divided into six divisions for j (
bl?.ck and white prints, and one ■ i
division for color slides. The di-1 :
visions are as follows:
Black and White: 1. Scenic; 2. 1
Animals: 3. Portraits; 4. Human :
Interest; 5. Documentary; 6. Still
life. Color Slides: 1. All subjects.
ENTRIES. Entries must be con-;
ceived by the contestant although
contestant is not required to pro
cess and print. Contestant may
submit not more than two entries .
ift any single division, but may |
compete in all divisions. Thus, a [
contestant may enter a maximum
of twelve black and whites and
two color slides.
SPECIFICATIONS: Black and
white prints must be no smaller
than 5” x 7” in size. Each black
and white print submitted must
be mounted on standard 16" x
20” photographic mounting board,
unframed. Framed black and
white prints and hand-colored
prints will not be considered.
Color slides may be up to 2*4
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Jerry Hemmer, First
Library Member Here;
Checks Out First Book
Jerry Hemmer was the first i
Palmer school student to become j
a member of the Palmer Library '
when it was officially opened j
here Monday afternoon of this |
week. Jerry’s selection, which j
was also the first book to be i
checked out, was the Phantom
Freighter by Riesenberg. The;
high school student said he had J
found a very good selection of j
books for young readers at the
library.
An annual election of officers
also scheduled for Monday eve
ning was not held due to the lack
of the proper quorum and was
postponed until further notice.
Mrs. Earl F. Graves, president of
the Association, announced at the
x 2 V in size. Color prints will
i not be considered in contest.
Color slides must be mounted in
glass — glass over ready-mounts
not accepted.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. Each
j black and white print and each
■ color slide must be accompanied
i by an official contest entry
j blank, or facsimile thereof, pro
| perly filled out. Entry blank
i should hp fixed to reverse side
>f black and white print, and
nounted, or enclosed, with color
slides. Picture title and name
md address of contestant must
)e printed legibly on each color
slide mount—spotted in lower left
land corner, to determine posi
tion for projection
MAILING REQUIREMENTS.
All entries mailed must be se
curely packed and mailed to
ANCHORAGE PHOTOGRAPHIC
SUILD. BOX 402, ANCHORAGE,
A.LASKA. Entries received after
midnight, February, 1951, will
not be eligible. Return postage
must be enclosed if return of en
try is desired. Every effort will
be' made to effect return of en
tries where indicated, but the An
chorage Fur Rendezvous »Com
mittee and the Anchorage Photo
graphic guild disclaim all re
sponsibility for loss or damage
of entries. Prints that place or
receive honorable mention will
be retained for brief time for
show’ purposes._
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meeting that several congratula- i
tory messages had been received
on the occasion of the library’s
opening.
“The library board would like
to publicly thank the following
individuals and organizations who
have helped with their time and |
donations to make the new library
possible,” Mrs. Don Ingalls of the
board said this week, naming the
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Cor- j
poration for donating the land; i
Ed Crittendon. architect; Ray i
Lancaster, for his untiring efforts
in helping to build the library; j
Chet Sandvik, George Venn, Dr. ;
Richard Washburn. Lloyd Sev- j
erns, Ken Foster, Ralph Moore.
Vernon Fridley, Dr. Earl Graves, ,
L. O. Hayes, Harry Ryan, Mata- |
nuska Valley Farmers Cooperat
ing Association. Carpenters Union, j
Palmer Kiwanis Club, American
Legion Auxiliary, Women of the
Moose, Palmasilla Club, Valley
Concrete Products, Community
Chest, and any contributors who
have remained anonymous.
Mrs. Ingalls said that the board
also wished to acknowledge and
express appreciation for two
magazine subscriptions donated
this week by the Kiwanis Club.
The board is to select the publi
cations that are to be ordered,
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