Candlelight Service
Unites Ruth Nelson
And Claude Bailey
In a candlelight ceremony, per-,
formed by the Rev. Wesley Lan- :
caster and Calvin Brown Novem
ber 15, Miss Ruth Pearl Nelson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Nelson of Palmer, became the
bride of Claude Coy Bailey, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Bailey of
Davidson, North Carolina. The
double-ring ceremony was per
formed at the Church of God in
Palmer. Organist was Mrs. Walter
Covich who accompanied the vo
colists, Judy Hop! and Cathy
Mull in. The bride was given in
marriage by her father.
A floor length gown of white
nylon chiffon was chosen by the
bride for her wedding gown. Her
matching veil was of chapel length
and she carried a white Bible and
a single white orchid. Her attend
ants were her sisters who served
as matron-of-honor and brides
maid. They wore matching waltz
length gowns of blue faille and
carried bouquets of white chry
santhemums.
Attendants for the bridegroom
were Charles Hudson, best man
and Bob Sharral and Ray Mc
Craken, ushers.
For her daughters wedding
Mrs. Nelson wore a navy blue
dress with white accessories. Mrs.
Wesley Lancaster, representing
the mother of the bridegroom,
wore a beige colored dress with
•black accessories.
Following the wedding cere
mony a reception was held for the
couple at Moose hall. Guests were
present from Palmer, Anchorage,
and Homer. Janice Nelson pre
sided at the guest book.
The bride, daughter of original
Matanuska Valley colonists, is a
graduate of the Palmer high
school and was employed at the
time of her marriage at Elmen
dorf Air Force Base.
The bridegroom who schooled
at No. McKlenberg, N. C., was a
civilian, employee in the Post
•Exchange at Elmendorf Air Force
Base.
The couple will be at home
December 9 at Charlotte, North
Carolina.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORERS. Elks hall, 7:30
p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION. Legion
hall. 3 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Craft
room, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
FARM CITY WEEK OPENS
HOSPITAL BOARD. Hosp. din
ing room, 8 p.m.
DISTRICT 6, ALASKA NURSES,
Health center, 8 p.m.
GRANGE CARD PARTY, Gran
ge hall, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
ELKS PURPLE BUBBLE BALL
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE,
Health center.
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange hall,
noon
M.E.A. DIRECTORS, MEA room,
8 p.m.
EPISCOPAL -CHURCH WOMEN, j
8 p.m.
PALMER RAINBOW, Carpen
ters hail, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25
GENERAL ELECTION
CITY COUNCIL. City hall, 3
p.m.
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE, Moose
hall, 8 p.m.
C.A.P. CADETS. Central school,
7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 26
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
CARPENTERS LOCAL, Carpen
ters hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27
THANKSGIVING
LOCAL HOTEL LISTED
BY DUNCAN HINES
The Matanuska Hotel has re
ceived national recognition in the
new (1959) edition of “Duncan
Hines Lodging for a Night” just ;
off the press. It is the only hotel!
in Palmer included among 4,500
selected establishments “Recom
mended by Duncan Hines” out
of nearly 100,000 lodging places I
in North America.
Roy Park, vice president, Dun
can Hines Institute, Ithaca, N.
said, “We are happy to give de
serving recognition to this es
tablishment by including it in
a selected group. This establish
ment is one of four out of 100;
our listings of selected lodging
places represent only four per
cent of the total in America.”
Church Distributes
fading Lists
According to Floyd J. Hadden
ham, minister, members of the
North Palmer Church of Christ
are circulating lists of scripture
selections to be read daily from
Thanksgiving to Christmas.
The reading lists, sponsored by
the American Bible Society, are
in book-mark form, to be kept
in the Bible. Nearly 50 million
copies of the bookmarks have
been published in some 50 coun
tries all over the world. This year
marks the 15th anniversary of
the program which was started
by the request of an unknown
Marine on Guadalcanal for a
Bible-reading fellowship with his
WASILLA CALENDAR
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
BOY SCOUTS, School, 3:30 p.m
WEDV^SDAY, NOVEMBER 26
! BROWNIE SCOUTS, Library,
j 3:30 p.m.
IG-JRL SCOUTS, School, 3:30
p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27
THANKSGIVING
family in this country.
A special Thanksgiving prayer
j service will be held Wednesday,
November 26, at 7 p.m. in the
church building. Sunday services
will include Bible School at 9:45
a.m.; morning worship at 10:45;
youth at 6 p.m.; and evening
evangelistic hour at 7 p.m. Miss
Francine Adams will be the youth
hour discussion leader.
BAZAAR ATTRACTS
GOOD SIZED CROWD
A good sized crowd turned out
for St. Michael’s Church annual
bazaar last Saturday and enjoy
ad an evening of fun. The child- !
re ns’ fish pond, more popular l
than ever, was sold out long be- j
fore the youngsters were ready |
to go home. Handicrafts, linens,
religious items, baked goods, and
other notions were well received.
Four grand prizes were award
ed during the evening to the fol
lowing persons: Mrs. Louise Lan
dow, East St. Louis, Illinois, New
York trip; Hazel Potter, Lancas
ter, Pa., 35mm camera and equip
ment; Dolores Pommier, Palmer,
man’s wrist watch; and Bob
Johns, Sr., Palmer, down-filled
comforter. Bill Bouwens was
awarded a large doll.
BAKE SALE PLANNED
BY RAINBOW GIRLS
In addition to the current pro
ject to bake pies for Thanksgiv- 1
ing, members of the Palmer As
sembly, Order of Rainbow for
Girls, are planning a bake and
rummage sale which will be held
in the Severns building Saturday,
November 22 from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. A variety of items will be
offered for sale.
Persons wishing to order pies
for the holiday are asked to call
PI-3000 or PI-4092. Pies will sell
at $1.25 each, with fancier type
to run a little higher.
The nation’s youth are becom
ing science-minded. Since 1900
there has been a 200 per cent in
NEW BABIES
Sasseen
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Sasseen,
Northern Lights Boulevard,
Spenard, are receiving congra
tulations on the birth of their
second child and daughter, Julia
Katherine. She was born at
Providence Hospital in Anchor
age November 7. Maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Stephan of Palmer and paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Felzien, also of Faimer.
Mr. and Mrs. Sasseen are former
Palmer residents.
crease in actual enrollment in
high school physics and an 1100
per cent increase in actual enroll
ment in high school chemistry.
Elect A Republican Team
JOHN BUTROVICH
BRAD PHILLIPS
John BUTROVICH
* GOVERNOR *
Brad PHILLIPS
* SECRETARY OF STATE *
No man i$ more qualified, by experience and ability, to be the
first elected governor of the State of Alaska than John Butrovich,
Fairbanks resident all of his 48 years.
John Butrovich has served 14 years in the Alaska Senate. He
has served on EVERY major Senate committee and has worked with
EVERY major Alaska department.
He has served on the Senate Finance Committee since 1947, and
as Chairman of the Finance Committee under BOTH Republican and
Democratic legislatures in 1949-51-53 and 1955. He has advocated
and fought for a balanced budget and lowest possible taxes for
Alaska.
John Butrovich has been a member of the Legislative Audit
Committee since it was created, and is a member and chairman of
the Governor's Advisory Tax Committee.
John Butrovich was born and educated in Alaska and has his
own business in Alaska. He will serve all Alaska, and not any
"special interest" pressure group.
JOHN BUTROVICH BELIEVES IN:
• Honest, efficient government
• Lowest possible taxes
• Maximum local self-government
• Abolishment of fishtraps
• A non-partisan state Board of Education
with no politics in the school system
• A sound Employment Security Fund
• No politics in the courts
• Wise selection and use of Alaska's land
The State of Alaska needs a governor with the experience, integrity and ability of John Butro
vich, Republican, to meet the many and difficult problems during transition into statehood.
Alaska needs a proven legislator and administrator and not a puppet in the Governor's chair.
XJohn BUTROVICH for GOVERNOR
__I Brad PHILLIPS for SECRETARY OF STATE
political advertisement by Butrovich for Governor Committee, P.O. Box 1367, Fairbanks.