10 Queen Hopefuls Wish Upon a Star
CAROL JEAN WILSON
BERMEL (MELODY) IRENE TOOMEY
TERRI CARMEL GRANGER
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MARY LOUISE BOOTHBY
LORRAINE MARGARET DUNNE
LINDA KAY BOZINOFF
BONITA LOUISE BERNATH
SUSAN RAY MOFFITT
LESLIE WHITT
CARALEE MONA KAMMERMEYER
"When You Wish Upon a Star" almost anything can hap
pen, according to the ten lovely young women whose faces
appear on this page. The words in quotation marks form the
theme of the 1963 Alaska State Fair queen contest, and are
especially apt when you remember that last year's Miss Alaska
State Fair, Colleen Kendall, is now Miss Alaska and will ap
pear in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
This year's ten contestants have each qualified for the
privilege to enter the final phases of the contest by selling 350
raffle tickets for an Apache camper. They have appeared at
public functions and on several television programs. They
have gained valuable experience in poise and in meeting the
public.
The biggest test of all awaits them on Saturday, Aug. 31,
when, after appearing in the parade on Palmer streets at 1:30
p.m., they will personally meet the contest judges (none of
whom will have had previous acquaintance with the girls) at
a 3 p.m. luncheon.
They will then have a brief interlude in which to prepare
for the Queen's Pageant, at 8 p.m. in Central school auditor
ium. Here they will compete in three categories, according to
the rules of the Miss America pageant: bathing suit, talent, and
evening gown. In other years the girls have had to wait until
midnight at the Queen's Ball to learn the winner, but this
year she will be named and crowned (by Miss Erika Kalwies,
Miss Matanuska Valley of 1961) at the pageant. The two run
ners-up will also be named.
The Queen's Bali will follow the pageant and will be in
the Palmer Elks hall, beginning at 10 p m.
This year Miss Congeniality, chosen by the girls them
selves, will be named at an Awards luncheon, which will also
take place in the Elks hall, on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 1 p.m. All
three events are open to the public. Reserved seat tickets for
the pageant, available at Lea's Dress Shop and from members
of the queen committee, are $2 and general admission are
$1.50. Tickets for the ball are $3 per couple, $1.50 stag, and
awards luncheon tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children.
The new Miss Alaska State Fair will compete in the 1964
Miss Alaska contest.
The girls and their sponsors are Carol Wilson, Mata
nuska Telephone Association; Suzi Moffitt, Kirk's Sales and
Service and Walt Briggs Fuel; Caralee Kammermeyer, Bert's
Drug of Palmer; Leslie Whitt, Johnson's Fuel Service; Melody
Toomey, Teeland's Country Store and Cottle's Trucking and
Fuel Service; Terri Granger, B & H Supply; Mary Louise Booth
by, Mrak Coal Co. and Evan Jones Coal Co.; Linda Kay Bozi
noff, Matanuska Maid, Inc., and Benson's Department Store;
Bonita Bernath, Bert's Drug of Anchorage; and Lorraine Dunne,
Rexall Drug Stores.
The Palmer Emblem Club is in charge of this year's con
test. Members of the queen committee are Libby Martin, Jo
anne Kogele, Lea Ehrhart, Dorothy Woods, Arlene Clements,
Ida Stadler, Kathryn Cotten, and Rivera Hiber.