The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 11, 1947, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SIXTEEN IN CONTEST FOR 4TH QUEEN Contestants and Sponsors Get Busy in Exciting | Campaign Now Evidence of the interest shown out Juneau the city-wide ay Fourth of July celebration umber of candi- dates being sponsored for the Queen Contest. - A of 16 girls were registered at official closing time day afternoon, and all signs point toward liv competition, with | the girls and their sponsors busy on | their campaigns The contestants with their spon- | jons arc as follows: | soring organiz Beity Bonnett, Rebekahs and Odd Fellows Rdath Dawes, Parent- Teacher Association; Rosemary | Doogan, Veterans of Foreign Wars | and Auxiliary; Claire Folta, Sorop- timists; Betty Lou Hi Lions Club; Pat Hogue, Rotary: Harriet Maurstad, Teen Age Club; Lily Ann | d, Sons of Norway; Marilyn | Chamber of Comme H | Lois Nicholson, Rainbow G | Emma Neilsen, Kiwanis Club; Edna ! O'Connor, Business and Professional | Women's Club; Lenora Ols en of the Mocse and Moose Lodg Harriet Stonehouse, %lks »nd 2m- | blem Club a Thibodeau, Am- erican Legion and Auxiliary,,and Ann Thompson, Central Labor Council. This group represents some of Juneau's most charmi lar girls, and nearly ates of Jur High € E of the candi were born in Ju- neau, others e lived here most of their lives re wellknown for their in civic affairs particularly affecting the younger aroup of residents Boxes where the votes mav be cast will be placed in the drug stores, | voters are reminded to use vhe long end of their ticket with the | candidate's name written in for vot- | ing purposes. The important thing of course, is to be sure to have the name of the candidate plainly writ- ten, typed or stamped on. commit- | tee officials have stated. The short | ket should be retained by the pur- er for the car award. Begin- ning Monday, June 23, a day-by-day | of the standings will be made, | right up to the official closing time | of the contest which will be mid- night on June 30. This should create even more in- ter and prove an incentive for everyone to work harder for his| favorite Queen candidate, insuring | Reen competition up to the last| minute. Since only one Queen can reign’ at one time, no contestant should feel bad about her being in the lead, for it is an honor to be chosen by an organization for such a contest and a good loser is always | = a person to be admired. Contestants who have not yet made an appointment at Lu- S Photo Shop are requested to do s0 at once, by calling 35. Each girl is to have her picture taken through the courtesy of Lu-Ek’s, the pictures to be run in The Empire, and must be done as soon as possible. - — COOTIES “SCRATCH” TONIGHT The first “Scratch” of the recent- ly organized Juneau chapter of the Military Order of the Cooties will be held tonight in the Veterans of Foreign Wars club rooms. Com- mander Dan Mahoney said that it is very important that all members of the Cooties attend tonight's meeting which will begin at 8 o’'clock. — eee —— s Read the want-aus ror bargaimns! SERVICE, N REMEMBER, when you buy insurance, that if trouble comes you will need help — expert, prompt, friendly service. This should be part of your insurance protec- tion. For dependability and promptness when you need it most, place your insurance with this Hart- ford agency. { were evacuated from homes along the 60-mile area and threatened to" The crest of the Mississippi was SMASHES lEvEES moving downstream at a rate of | g about 40 to 50 miles a day. Today the crest was expected to reach ippi already was reported ap its highest level since 1851, (By The Asso ess) A Ciidbe The mighty Missouri river smash- EYLAR'S BAIL $10,000 [ led levees along a 60-mile stretch| ¢ g i & Biay flooding 450,000 acres of farmland |yjar“Evlar at $10,000. The 25-year- and adding to damage wrought by o1 Juneau Subport employee ‘and ie Mississippi which was at its| wodd War II veteran, has been Ighest \point dn 96 years bound over to the Federal Grand Hundreds of additional Persons jurv He faces a possible indictment for rape. Eylar was arrested May 31 by U. S. Marshal William T. Ma- ated P the Missi: Army ¥ngineers reported that honey for the alleged criminal as- a total of 1,100,000 acres were inun- sault of a 13 old Juneau girl. dated by rain-swollen midwest riv- ers which 1 overflowing their ) | banks seven days ago Leonard Stodt arrived from The ramvaging Missouri river Haines yesterday & is registered broke threugh virtualy all levees in as a guest at the tineau. e e e e e e S (/ OF QUALITY | Boitled - In - Bond Whiskies Fifth $°7.50 0ld Grand-Dad, Old Taylor, Old Crow, I. W. Harper, Old Forester, Kentucky Tavern, James E. Pepper, 0ld Fitz- gerald, Old Overholt (RYE) 8 EA Scofch Whisky SR his . 98e9D GEORGE BROS. LIQUOR STORE Phone 3989 FREE DELIVERY ) Salmon Creek Country Club ® WE'RE GROWING @ ® FAMOUS FOR @ ® TFINEST FOODS @ T TN R, TO TAKE OUT! Chicken inthe o 5o Rough! 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