The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-19

ping. In the buses we rode - AZ
governor Mansion, where MI
Erickson, the governors wiz o.
nostess at a buffet luncheon or5 -
was one of the most beaut;f,,iI1 iiu ~
Ialrs given. US girls. Some 81 a.
tb ln- as furnished the music for
s sisv UcGSaSlon' While Mrs. Mallett gave
'eEeral humorous readings.
CUR next move was to the can;+ol
h Imahing hurried trip through the
0Uullolng and shaking hands With the
governor. Time being limited we
mad to hurry on to the Shrine Tomo
PEE where the nomination and eIoo
Slon ot the Queen took place From
nearing the girls talk between theno-
serves, IL was easy to decide who
would be chosen the Queen of Mon
lana. The girl whom we chose. Rhea
Iraver of Sweet Grass county, was
an Ideal girl, with dark hair. brown
eyes, winning smile, stately carr;a~o
ana gracious demeanor. She is a
glrl that the State of Montana can
De proud OF sending to the National
meet at Oklahoma. Then came what
we called torture, rehearsal for the
coronation to be held that evening.
preceding the Coronation Ball we
were guests IF the Anaconda Mining
company at banquet at the Placer
Hotel, and our newly-elected queen
! occupied the place of honor. The
table was beautifully decorated with
copper-colored flowers and candles.
After the feed we were given the
"once over" to see that we were all
ready for the Ball.
The event of events, the coronation
pail which we had looked forward to.
came at last. The two little. nages
followed by the Princesses dressed
IN their evening grows and each car
rylng a bouquet of flowers led the
procession into the ball room. Then
came the little crown bearer follow
ed by the Queen who made wav to
the throne where she was crowned
by Gov. Erickson. The Princesses
took their places at the throne,
where each was introduced by Sena-
tor Walsh. The little crown bearer
led the procession from the throne
and every girl was engaged in dane
ing until "Ma," Mrs. Mallett, told us
that 1t was time to go back to the
Hotel where lunch was waiting fol-
US to make the day complete.
Friday was the last day of the
Fair. Mr.. Balfour, tbs proprietor
gave us our breakfast and our din
ner that evening. For luncheon we
were invited out to the Deac0ness
/, Home, being favored with songs from
the children in the Home. We OBJ
served how each child took his lace
in getting his work done up after
: luncheon.
Back in our buses, we were on oul
: way once more to the fair grounds
where the Queen was to be presented
by Governor Erickson. To make
long story short we went back to tn,
Hotel to pack up and have dinner
which was served to us at an early
hour for the convenience of thos,
! ! who had to take the train due at tbs
Bidding farewell to our chaperon
and the many girl friends, every cir
was ready to go back to her HON,
town.
The hospitality shown us, durin,
our stay in Helena is never to b.
! forgotten, and | wish it had been tn
; opportunity of each and every on
of you to have had a share of tn
good time that we had. Again
want to thank you all for your sup
port in the campaign, because onl,
! through your support, l had the OBJ
: portunity of taking this wonderful
trip.
q MARIE HARELANI