The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-26
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GREAT TIME
Meet Many Alaskans Dur.
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en- Them in Seattle

Kay ]. Kennedy, correspondent,
who has been in Alaska for the past
several years writing articles, joined
Miss Alaska and Miss Meme at Sc
attic on their trip TO tho East. In
letter to The Empire, written
aboard Great Northern Empire
Builder, under date Of Sunday, June
l6, Miss Kennedy says:
Seattle was indeed royal to Al
aska's Queens, Miss Alaska Minnie
Motschman) and Miss Nome MAR
garet Scott). Between looks out of
car windows the girls nave been busy
all today writing thank you notes to
those who SO graciously entertained
them there.
They were met the 18th at Pier
Two by Miss Lulu Fairbanks, Alaska
Weekly; Terry McGovern, Chamber
of Commerce; A. A. Bass of the
Alaska Yukon Pioneers; Thelma
Baker and Helen Wood of the
Daughters Of the AY.P.; H. NJ Pet
erscn of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, yours truly and others-in-
Guiding photographers. The City
of Seattle, provided Steve, hurley
motorcycle cop as escort to their
hotels-Miss Alaska to the New
Washington and Miss Nome to the
Gcwman Hotel
From the dizzy heights of her
twelve-story room, Minnie looked at
Seattle and Oho-o-o-o-ed her
first visit to a city larger than Ju
mean or Ketchikan. Margaret felt
easy for she attended business col
lege there four years ago.
They were swept into a whirl-
pool of activity, shopping. followed
by photographers, beauty shop and
hair barely dry in time to attend a
cocktail party given by Harry Cow
man to which he had invited Al
askans, Mr.. and Mrs Crane, Fair
banks; Mr. Clauson, Cordova; A. B.
Cummings, Anchorage; Walter King,
Mr.. Wyockoff; Terry McGovern;
Harriet Alstrom Kernohan, and
Frank Kernohan; Tom and Cash
Cole, Juneau; and r. r. Wilson,
Shanghai. The Coles and Mr. Will
son eyed each other and simultan-
eously discovered, Didn't we play
ball together in Wrangell forty years
ago!" Twas true and they hadn t
seen each other since they were ten
years old!
Later in the evening the girls
were honored with a party at Miss
Bakers by the Daughters of the
A.Y.P. All Alaskans were invited.
We met Mrs. Leslie, formerly of
Seward (mother of Mrs. George Col
well of Anchorage, Bessie Blaker,
who used to own a hotel in Fair
banks, Elsie Cation, formerly of
Valdez, Marjorie Grant Lettich, one
time resident of Wrangell and many
others.
Miss Alaska turned up missing.
Search revealed her in a lawn swing
completely surrounded by 30 ador-
ing neighborhood kids begging for
autographs. First queen I ever
saw -. :" Gee, amt she swell?"
boy, she gave me her autograph,
etc. drifted to my ears. Later dane
ing at the Olympic Bowl and both
girls were introduced from the Or
chestra rostrom. Late to bed.
Up early the next morning to wish
Joe Crosson and the Alaska Clipper
good passage on the first shakedown
flight, newsreel men, more photo
/ graphers 1T has been photo
graphed SO much, my face is tired, =
Miss Alaska whispered to me-
Mr.. McGovern called for us to
be guests at Chamber of Commerce
luncheon where the girls were intro
duced. Friday evening, guests OF
4 the Ladies of the Golden North
4 and the AYP. Ada Miller, first
white child born at Wiseman is pres
ident of the Ign. A. J. Goddard
gave us all honorary membership
cards in the A.YP. The girls spoke
well when called upon.
Saturday morning, bit Of shop
ping without benefit of photograph
ers. In the afternoon the queens
went sail boating for the first tim
and came back breathless just il