5 YEARS AGO
Prod Machetanz, welj
known Alaskan artist
author married Tenness
ean Sara Dunn last week
at the Unalakleet miss
ion in a ceremony attend
ed by the entire native
village.
The ceremony was per
formed by the Swedish
Lutheran missionary,
Emery Lindgrcn. Eula
ICootuk was Maid of Hon
or and Lowell Anayik
served as Best Man. The
bride was given away by
Charles Traeger, uncle
of the groom and pioneer
merchant in the Terri
tory, having come to A
laska in *98 and taken
over the Unalakleet
Trading Post more than
$0 years ago. The miss
ion was decorated with
waxed crepe paper flow
ers made by the women of
the village. A recept
ion was held at the Post
immediately after the
ceremonyi
Mr. Machetanz has been
' wintering in the Ber
! ing Sea village and
: gathering material for
1 lecture work outside,
i and a forth-coming ill
\ ustrated book to be
i published by Scribner's,
Mrs. Machetanz was
j formerly in publicity
I with RCA Victor. She
! met the artist while
i traveling on the Yukon
last summer. The far
flung southerner flew
from Anchorage a few
; days prior to the wedd
ing and was met by a
dog team. Among her
baggage is a collectior
of favorite southern
recipes for the admitt
ed purpose of bringing
the glories of fried
chicken and biscuits tc
the arctic in exchange
for Bering Sea delica
cies. Mrs. Machetanz
spent several months
in Palmer prior t-o her
leaving for Unalakleet.
Arvid Johnson lost
his ri :ht thumb when
his glove was caught ir
a saw mandrel last
evening. He was brought
to Palmer for treatment
and is bein- kept in
the Hospital for a
while.
Dr. Hoehn made a trip
to Sheep Mountain in
the storm Sunday, after
Mrs. Bon Hitchcock who
was suffering from food
poisoning and was in a
very serious condition.
At Sheep Mountain it
v/as necessary to yo l-§
miles by dor: team to
the Hitchcock home.
Mrs. Hitchcock was
brou :ht to the Palmer
Hospital whore she was
•i treated. She has re
I covered.
I __
*
Hr. Fred Hurd arrived
in Palmer today from
the States. Ho was a
board the Alaska which
was -rounded at Cordova
j Mr. Hurd has been visit
, inn in the States since
the first of December
} and he says that six
j weeks is too Ion- a
time in the States.
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