The frontiersman., 1953-08-13
EIGHT VALLEY GIRLS ENTER QUEEN RAGE

A total of eight girls and five sponsors have registered for the annual Valley Fair Queen Con- test. The following are brief intro ductions of girls who registered this week.
 Leona Lucas, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Leo Lucas of Palmer was the second Valley girl to enter the Valley Fair queen con- test. Leona will enter her junior year at Palmer High School this year and is very interested in all sports, including skating, swim ming, hiking and is a member of the Pep Club and All Club. Her special hobbies are music and dancing. She is 16 years of age, five feet, nine inches tall, weighs 145 pounds and has blue eyes. Her brown hair is cut in a becoming short style. She has been resi- dent of the valley since April 12, 1889.
 Miss Evie Melin, Kos1osky em- ploye, entered the contest as candidate being sponsored by her employers, Koslosky's Department store. She has been Valley resi- dent since June, 1852, coming here from Red Lake Falls, Minne- sota where her parents, MT. and Mrs. Henry eMefin -f4assk make their home. She is graduate of Lin coin High School at Thief River Falls. Minn. and Bemidji State Teachers College and is g years of age. She has blue eyes, long blonde hair, is five feet, seven inches tall and weighs 40 pounds. Her clubs include Dramatics, W.A.A. and Choir. Her sport activities include swimming, fish ing, hunting and camping. Music and the collection of glass dogs are her hobbies.
 Mary Louise Moore, 15-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ralph c. Moore of Palmer is the fourth contestant to register for the queen race. Born in Palmer, Mary is student in Palmer High School, sophomore year, where she is a member of the G. A. A., Band and Majorette clubs. She said she has no special sports, but a keen interest in all general sports. Her special hobbies in- clude pen pals, music and danc- ing. She is five feet, five inches tall, has blue-grey eyes, weighs 118 pounds and has short blonde hair. In 1888 Mary won her first contest, placing second in Val ley baby show. In 1889 at the age of 1412 months she took first place in a baby show.
 Fifth Valley girl to register for the contest is Miss June Weiss, niece of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Plano of Mile 37, Palmer. A newcomer to the territory, June arrived for a visit in June of this year, liked it so we'll she has decided to stay in Alaska and will enter Palmer High School as a junior this fall. She is originally from Bellevue, Washington and has been em- ployed at Knik Drive Inn since coming to the valley. She has brown hair, blue eyes-is five feet, two inches tall and weighs 105 pounds. She is sixteen years old and is being sponsored by Knik Drive Inn, who are also sponsoring Colleen Hume.
 Also registering this week was Pat Carson, 18-year- old daughter of MT. and Mrs. A. R. Carson who live in Wasilla. Pat was born in Minnesota, coming to the Valley as an infant with her parents who are original colonists. She grad uated from Wasilla High School in 1852 and is employed at the Wasilla Roadhouse. The blue-eyed blonde candidate for Valley Queen is being sponsored by the Wasilla Grange. She is five feet, five and one half inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and belongs to the Grange, Community Club, Square Dancing club and Teen age club. She is fond of swimming and all general sports. Her hob bies are growing flowers, danc-
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