Hope Sloan Amacker

Hope Sloan was 25 in 1944, a dark-haired WAC corporal and secretary in military intelligence. In July, she joined the construction camp’s morale-building effort by entering a beauty contest, part of an ^“exposition ^“promoting safety on and off the job. Miss Sloan, already Sweetheart of the Hanford Engineer Works, won the exposition^‘s Queen of Safety title. Exposition entertainment included a jitterbug contest, the Hanford Engineer Works^‘ Railroad Quartet, a concert band, an appearance by Jan Garber^‘s band, and an amateur show featuring men dressed in women’s underwear.