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Show Manti Parachute Plant Queen Wins State Laurels Rainey Larsen Voted Attendant to War-Work Queen in Gigantic Salt Lake Celebration Rainey Larsen is back at her final inspection job in the Manti Parachute Plant this week after a triumphant journey to Salt Lake City to compete in the Utah War Queen Contest. Miss Larsen, 20-year-old Glenwood girl, was honored with selection last week as attendant to the Utah War-Plant ! Queen. It was a highly successful week of holiday for the auburn-haired representative of the Manti Parachute Company, Com-pany, who ably represented all women workers at the import-Ant, import-Ant, war nlant at Manti. " 1 was thrilled more than I can tell you," Miss Larsen. "It was a high compliment to be selected by my fellow workers as their representative, repre-sentative, and then to win one of the major honors of the Utah 'Work and Win' week was beyond by fondest fond-est hope. "It's a shame that all our workers work-ers couldn't have gone which, of course, was impossible. Because I feel that every girl and woman working in our plant is entitled to the same recognition. They all are . truly queens in out war plant and ,1 didn't fully realize how vital our work is until 1 got to Salt Lake ' City and heard representatives of the armed forces, the war man-'. man-'. power commission and war labor board explain the importance of our work. : "They said that Utah's women must answer the call to service in our plant and others so that we can provide the materials needed to win. I know that other Southern Utah women will join us to help fill the parachute contracts on which we are now working. We need more women at our plant and 1 can assure them that their work here is more important than any of us realize. We just can't fail!" Miss Larsen was an honored guest at a dinner at the Hotel Utah preceding the big war parade, occupied an honored position in the parade, and spoke lor the Manti Parachute Plant workers at a huge rally following the parade. Tne plant provided her a complete wardrobe ward-robe for the occasion complete from "hat to shoes, and from the skin out," as Miss Larsen said. One of the highlights of her visit was the meeting with Technical Sergeant Douglas Glover, whose life was saved when he para-' para-' chuted to safety from his flaming I plane 18,000 feet above the Knglish i channel. Sergeant Glover told Miss ! Larsen that "he didn't worry a bit ( when he jumped" because he I "knew the people who make para-i para-i chutes don't make any mistakes." |