Betmce Traphagen
Wed in Afternoon
Ceremony Dae. 24
In an afternoon ceremony, per
formed at United Protestant
Church on December 23, Miss G.
Bernice Traphagen, daughter of
Mrs, Mary S. Traphagen of Sen
eca Castle, N. Y., became the
bride of Richard R. Pettit, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon H. Pettit of
Sioux Falls, S. D. The double
ring ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Brian H. Cleworth be
fore a large gathering of friends.
The church was beautifully dec
orated with Christmas holiday
greens and white candles. Mrs.
John DeVries sang “Because” and
“The Lord’s Prayer”, accompan
ied by Mrs. Max Sherrod, organ
ist.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her mother, was es
corted to the altar by William
Curtis of Palmer, a friend of the
bride. Her gown was fashioned of
white nylon chantilly lace over
white slipper satin in a floor
length. The fitted bodice had a
high princess collar and a sweet
heart neckline. Her shoulder
length veil fell from a tiara of
seed pearls. She carried a single
white orchid on a white Bible.
Maid of honor was Elizabeth
Campbell of Palmer, a friend of
the bride. Her gown, in ballerina
length, was of light blue nylon
net over taffeta with which she
wore a blue lace tiara. Her flow
ers were pick tea roses, fashion
ed in a muff.
Best man was Robert H. Pettit
of Palmer, brother of the bride
groom. Ushers were John DeVries
and Clellan Vaughan, friends of
the bridegroom.
The bride’s mother wore a me
dium blue suit with black asses
soaries and had a shoulder corsage
of orchids.
Following a wedding reception,
which was held in the church
assembly hall, the couple left on
a wedding trip to Seward. They
are nowat home at the Eklutna
housing project, House No. 35.
The bride, who is employed as
school nurse for the Palmer In
dependent School District, was
educated in New York, graduat
ing from Geneva High School in
1950 and from the University of
Rochester School of Nursing in
1953.
The bridegroom graduated
from Cavalier High School, Cav
alier, N. D. in 1946, served two
years in the U. S. Navy and
graduated from Jamestown Col
lege, Jamestown, N. D. in 1952.
He is employed by the U. S.
Bureau of Reclamation at the
Eklutna power plant.
SCIENCE IN
YOUR LIFE
u
Yoor "Energy Gland"
New knowledge of glandular func
tions has been one of the greatest
contributions to human health and
happiness since the turn of the cen
tury. The way you act, feel and
think — even your appearance — is
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the functioning of
your endocrine
glands, scientists
have found.
Glands are un
impressive-look
ring globs of tissue
but serve as chem
ical factories to
v /"m Q2J manufacture hor
mones — potent
substances that
act as “regulators” to keep you#
body chemistry in orderly balance.'
The thyroid gland, a tissue mass
in the neck, produces thyroxine, a
hormone that controls the rate at
which your body fires burn. It has
been called the “energy gland.”
Because the thyroid hormone af- i
fects every cell and tissue in the
body, sluggish thyroid activity (hy
pothyroidism) can produce a wide
range of distressing symptoms and
has even been implicated in ire
quent colds that do not respond to
routine medication.
In conditions caused by lack of
thyroid activity, treatment includes
administration of concentrated thy
roid extract preparations. Re
searchers during thyroid also have
found that the body requires extra
nutrients to match the stepped-up
activities of cells and tissues.
Scientific ingenuity has met this
challenge too. Physicians now may
prescribe Vi-Thyro, an improved
thyroid preparation bolstered with
vitamins, minerals and other nutri
tional factors in a single capsule.
Here again, science aims at treating
the “whole” patient while targeting
medication against a specific dis
order.
I The idea that internal secretions
influence our health can be traced
to the father of medicine himself.
Hippocrates believed that imbalance
among the four "humours”—blood,
phlegm, yellow bile and black bile—
caused all diseases. His theory re
mained a fundamental doctrine of
medicine for hundreds of years.
Today, increasing understanding
of our endocrine glands is pointing
the way toward a future of more
1 abundant health and riche* hap
I piness.
AIR STRENGTH EXPANSION
The 137-wing goal of the Air
Force might have to be expand
ed to match the growing air
power cf the Soviet Union in
the opinion of General Thomas
D. White, Vice-Chief of Staff of
the Air Force. The officer ex
plained the Russians had 20,000
combat planes while this coun
try had “thousands less.” U. S.
planes are, however, of higher
quality, he said.
LESS PRINTED MONEY
One way the Treasury expects
to save money for the taxpayers
is to print less of it. The Treasury
estimates it will save about
$1,350,000 a year, beginning Nov.
1; by turning out only about 86,
000,000 sheets of new money,
compared with 98,000,000 sheets
; in the last fiscal year. Each sheet
: contains 18 bills, about 63 per cent
of which are $1 bills.
WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING SOON OF
Johnnie's Surplus Store
Clothing Already on Display
IN VALLEY GROCERY BUILDING
Door Prizes and other premiums given
away free on that day.
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CHRYSLER, PLYMOUTH
Come in and see me for a demonstration
or phone 2192, or perhaps you are in the
market to trade your old car in on a good
used one (I have them) just call for Woody
Basement under Auto Parts Store
ALASKA AUTOMOBILE CO., INC.
People, Spots In The News
ANOTHER trial run for gigan
tic carrier, Forrestal. Takes a
lot of tugs to|
push her around!
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i.OOKED! — Jill Siauter eyes
some CO essential books she’ll
ed for college. The Tuition
an, purchased by C.I.T. Fi
j nancial Corp. to let parents pay
. school costs in instalments, says
i average college year cost now
mmimmmms
MARY LIN Boiler doubles
in sweaters, both of Temp
Ion, new miracle fiber with
soft feel and ability to hold
full-fashioned shape and
color.
1,250,000 SQUARE MILES of earth’s surface is captured in
this photo, a composite of 310 prints on movie film shot from
an Aerobee rocket 100 miles high over New Mexico! It shows
parts of nine states and (get this!) ALL of Texas!
VETS’ MAIL BAG
ITS ILLEGAL FOR A VET TO PAY
MORE for his gi home than
THE REASONABLE VALUE SET BY
VA. AN UNDER-THE-TABLE
SIDE PAYMENT VIOLATES THE
LAW AND MAY GET HIM INTO
SERIOUS TROUBLE.
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For full information contact your nearest
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
KOREAN GI BILL'S FALL
ENROLLMENT SETS RECORD
Fall enrollments of veterans
.inder the Korean GI Bill have
oroken all past records of the
:hree-year-old training program,
and probably will pass the 1000,
)00-mark before the end of the
vear, Veterans Administration
announced.
Incomplete reports from sch
ools show that nearly 615,000
Korea veterans were in training
November 1, VA said. This repre
sents a 36 percent increase over
the 451,000 enrolled a year ago.
VA predicted that by Decem
ber 1, when completed fall fig
ures are in ,the total number of
veterans training under the Kor
ean GI Bill may surpass 700,000.
GI college enrollments made
the largest stride over the past
year, VA said, rising from 225,000
veteran-students on November 1,
1954, to 341,000 this year—a 50
percent increase.
Enrollments in schools below
the college level rose 20 percent,
from 148,000 to 178,000. GI farm
training registered a 40 percent
increase, going from 25,000 to 35,
000. On-the-job training increased
the least a 13 percent rise from
53.000 to 60,000.
This year’s sizeable boost in
the number of Korea veteran-tra
inees more than made up for the
continuing decline in the number
of World War II veterans still
training under the original World
War II GI Bill, VA said.
On November 1, 1955, only 78,
000 World War II veterans were
enrolled in GI training less
than half the total of 169,000 in
schools and training establish
ments a year ago.
Yet the total number of GI tra
inees World War II and Korea
i veterans together- was h'
this year than last—-693,000 :»
I November 1, 1955, compared with.
620.000 a year ago.
Question of the Week:
Q. I have just been discharg
ed from a VA hospital, where I
-have been for the past eight
years. If I enroll for training
under Public Law 16, will I
have to quit on July 25, 1956, the
l end of the program?
A. No. You will be permitted
to continue after that date. A
law has extended Public Law 16
training for up to four years past
that date, for veterans who have
been unable to begin in time, be
cause of their disabilities.
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\ in time
He,.
of sorrow....
You can be calm
and serene at your
time of sorrow m
the knowledge that
our service*; ~
prSVifle for your
dear one a beauti
ful memorial ser
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vice.
PALMER FUNERAL
CHAPEL
William Bouwens, manager
TO SAVE CRANES
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has joined forces with
Canada in protesting an Air
Force plan to operate a bombing
range near the Texas wintering
grounds of the almost extinct
whooping cranes. They are ask
ing that some other site should
be found for the range or "a
crippling blow” would be dealt
to the birds, now only 28 in num
ber.” The birds nest in summer
in the wilds of Canada and mi
grate to the Matagordo Island
area of Texas for the winter
months.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
The average length of life
among America’s wage earners
and their families has reached an
all-time high of 69.8 years, ac
cording to statistics compiled by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, This is a gain of al
most a full year over 1953. The
average length of life in the
wage-earner group will probably
pass the 72-year mark within a
year or two.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
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MS SQUARE KNOT,
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SS CHENA, Tues., Jan.
17, calling at Valdez and
Seward (ARR Dock*
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BETTY CROCKER
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BORDEN'S
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lb.
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PORK
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