IXH5 RACING SEASON is lure and conditioning races on the
Kenai are already being run. This picture shows a musher pre
paring for one of Alaska’s big events.
Dog Mushers
Queen Event
Underway
Four Kenaii Peninsula towns
already have signified they are
entering queen candidates in the
Anchor Point Snow Festival to
l>e held in conjunction with sled
dog races to be staged at Anchor
Point on Jan. 19-20-21 by the An
chor River Sled Dog and Racing
Association, Inc.
Other Peninsula communities
have been contacted and it is
expected that additional entries
will be made soon, according to
Mrs. Elizabeth Aprill, secretary
of the Anchor Point Chamber of
Commerce.
The Anchor River Sled Dog &
Racing Association and the Anch
or Point Chamber of Commerce
are co-sponsoring the events.
Mrs. Betty Rickley is C of C
queen chairman of the Snow Fes
tival committee.
Berda Bice, sponsored by the
Anchor Point merchants, is the
initial entry for queen honors. Pe
tite and a dark brunette, Berda
is of French-Hawaiian descent
and is the daughter of Mir. and
Mrs. Mike Bice of Anchor Point.
Miss Bice was successful queen
for the Nindlehik Rodeo last July
t
and it is understood that she can
do a “mean hula."
Kenai-sponsored Donna May
Norman, daughter of Mrs. Betty
Norman of Kenai, is the second to
enter the contest. Blond, green
eyed Donna May is 17 years old,
5 feet 2% inches tall and is a
junior in Kenai high school. She
is being sponsored by several bus
iness firms in her city.
Soldotna’s candidate is Barbara
Ann O’Rourke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas J. O’Rourke,
who live between Soldotna and
Kasilof. Barbara Ann, 18 this
past July, graduated from Kenai
high school last spring, has brown
hair and hazel eyes and wras a
favorite singer in several talent
shows. Soldotna business estab
lishments are sponsoring this as
pirant.
The Homer Winter Carnival As
sociation i-s choosing a candidate
this week, according to Mrs. Ches
ter Latimer, secretary of the as
sociation. Sterling, Seward, Sel
dovia, Clam Gulch and other
communities have not been heard
from as yet, Mrs. Aprill said'.
The successful queen candidate
will be given a rabbit fur parka
made to her size and presented
jointly by the Anchor Point C of
C and Jonas Bros., furriers, of
Anchorage. The C of C also an
ticipates sponsoring the winner
as a candidate for further honor's
in the Homer Winter Carnival,
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Voting will be determined by
ticket sales far favorite candi
dates. Each ticket entitles the
purchaser to entry to the queen’s
coronation ball at the Anchor
Point Community Club on Jan.
20. Ticket stubs are to be placed
in a door prize box at the dance
and many prizes will be awarded.
Another Kenai girl, Phyllis
Wilson, was queen in last year’s
Snow Festival event. Phyllis lat
er was one of the contestants in
the Kenai Days Progress cele
bration last summer.
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