The frontiersman., 1957-08-29
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 be superintendent in this depart rnent. Among prizes offered jn the department will De SfO for first and $5 for second place winners in the chicken style show.
 Hand Work
 Mrs. Loren McKechnie s,,ner- intendent and Mrs. James Frey assistant. will be in charge of Del partment F, hand work. Inel1d- ed in these exhibits will be dec orated textiles, baskettry, leath- CT work, weaving. gloves and mitts, rugs, beadwork. wood work, birch bark items, metal craft, felt craft, glass etching plastic, ceramics, lampshades artificial flowers, novelty and jewelry.
 Needlework
 No exhibit may compete for prize unless made by exhibitor. No articles that have been ex- hibited in previous Matanuska Valley Fairs and won a prize can entered again. The needlework department will be under the supervision of Karla Duff. su- perintendent, and Nina Stock assistant. Exhibits will include white and colored embroidery crocheting, knitting, quilts, and huck embroidery.
 Dressmaking
 Myrtle Graham will act as superintendent of the Dress making Department which also includes Class ", Thrift; Class VI, sewing for exhibitors 1O-15 years of age; and Class WI, cook ing for exhibitors 10 years of age and under.
 Baked Goods and Confections
 All entries in this department, which is under the supervision of Lila Newville, must be home prepared by the exhibitor, ex- cept for division professional baking. Exhibitors must wrap their own exhibits in cellophane. All exhibits must be entered by noon on the opening day (Aug. 30). Included in the exhibits will be breads, cakes, cookies, and pies.
 Home Canning
 Nina Stock will supervise this department, where entries of jam, preserve conserve, jellies, relishes and pickles, canned vegetables, fruit, meats and fish will be judged for prizes. A grand prize will be offered for the largest assortment of canned goods and jellies, with a mini mum of 30 varieties and maxi mum of 50. No combinations will be permitted in this special dis play.
 Flowers
 Maud Hosler, superintendent and Margaret Mccartney, assis- tana, said this week the display of flowers are expected to exceed all other fairs and that much in terest has been shown by local gorwers. The flower department is divided into the following di- visions: Annuals, perrenials, cacti and succelents, potted plants, hanging baskets, arrange ments, and greenhouse displays. Entries close at g am. Friday, August 30 Entries will start at l pm. Thursday afternoon and continue through the evening, opening again at 7::30 am No en- tries will be accepted for judg ing after 9 am.
 Rusty Dow, valley artist, will supervise the art department, as she has in many past years. This division is presented for the benefit of artists who paint an avocation and who wish to en- ter their work in competition with other painters of compar- able experience. Each artist may enter two works which must have been done within the past two years. A special prize will be offered for the best oil or rural life in the Matanuska Val ley. It may be landscape or fig ure painting but must show some phase of rural industry or activ- ity that is characteristic of life in the Matanuska Valley Divi- sions will include drawings, paintings, picture novelties, pressed flower pictures, sculp- lures, and pressed flowers.
 Educational
 The educational department will be supervised by Olga Rae ger, Palmer school teacher. Priz- es will be given in primary de-