Buttons and Bows
Nine girls attended our June
25 meeting. We had a lesson on
using the sewing machine and
swelling with and without
thread Our next meeting will
be July 2 because of other ac
t'vitie.s Dorothy Campbell and
Mary Brown will bring refresh
ments to the next meeting.
D. Campbell, reporter
The Cheifettes
1 oily Moffit called the meet
ing to order; Rita Nelson read
the minutes; Karen Splettestoe
zer gave the treasurer’s report
and Polly and Susan Moffitt
gave a cookie demonstration.
Our next meeting will be at the
extension office
F. Montalbano, reporter
Night Clubers
The Night Clubers held their
first meeting June 13. New offi
cers were elected as follows:
Ann Sawby, president; Joan
Hurley, vice-president; Pat Zab
orac, secretary; Rose Ann Bran
ton, treasurer; Gretchen Ess
linger, entertainment; and Betty
Jo Wilson, reporter. Meetings
are to be held at the home of
our leader, Mrs. Irving Sawby
on the first and third Mondays
at 7:30 p.m. Gay social events
are anticipated by club mem
bers.
B. J. Wilson, reporter
Vegetable Growers
We met June 15. Members told
what they had done on their
gardens. David Martin gave a
demonstration on transplanting.
Our next meeting will be in
the Extension office.
D. Martin, reporter
Butte Club
We held our meeting at Mrs.
Sandvik’s and elected the fol
lowing officers: Jim Skahan,
Big Crowd Attends
Co-Op Annual Picnic
Between 500 and 600 persons
were served dinner at the Ma
tanuska Valley Farmers Coop
erating Association annual pic
nic held at Green Acres last
Saturday. Employees, Co-Op
members and their families were
in attendance and enjoyed a
get-together from shortly after
six o’clock through the evening.
The dinner, for which Harold
Stephan was chairman, consist
ed of roasted pork and beef,
various salads, barbeque sauce,
coffee, ice cream, watermelon
and various relishes. No one
went away hungry.
Prizes awarded during the
evening went to Mrs. John Nash
who got an electric toaster; Ted
Knutsen, an electric iron and
Mrs. Don Boulter, a snack set.
This was the second annual
picnic for the local industry and
was, as the first, a big success.
Many employees from the An
chorage dairy plant also attend
ed the picnic.
president; Jack Skahan, vice
president; Margaret Brewer,
secretary; Marty Sherman, trea
surer; Jim Jallagher, reporter,
Amele Cabbill, song leader. Our
next meeting will be at the
home of Jim and Jack Skahan.
T. Gallagher, reporter
Terry Turk, Tom Grimes, and
Bob Herrick, all 1956 graduates
of East Lansing High School in
Michigan, arrived in Palmer
Tuesday afternoon following a
car trip over the Alaska High
way. The youths are visiting at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Allan
Mack and if they find work,
plan to spend their summer va
cation in Alaska.
FOR THAT
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Vosella Hughes
Becomes Bride of
Paul Barnhardf
The United Protestant Church
in Palmer was the scene- of a
candlelight wedding ceremony
on Saturday, June 23, when
Vosella Vivian Hughes became
the bride of Paul Donald Barn
hardt in a double-ring service at
eight o’clock. The bride <ls the
only daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs. Kenneth R. Hughes, direc
tor and matron of the' Lazy
Mountain Children’s Home in
Palmer. The bridegroom’s par
ents are Mr. atid Mrs. William
B. Barnhardt of Palmer. The
bride had chosen this wedding
date since it was the 22nd wed
ding anniversary of her own
parents.
by her father, wore a gown of
white satin with laee and net,
a fitted bodice fashioned with a
mandarin neckline, long sleeves
and hoop-skirt. Her finger-tip
pure silk French illusion veil,
was caught to a crown tiara. She
carried a white orchid with step
hanotis and carnations with
pearls for streamers. She car
ried a handkerchief that was a
gift from her great, great aunt,
Mrs. Loretta Westapher of
Eugene, Oregon. “Something
borrowed” was a rose zircon.
“Something old” was a brooch
from her great, great grand
mother.
Attendants for the bride were
Mrs. Joyce Johnson of Valdez,
second cousin of the bride, ma
tron-of-honor, who wore a gown
of purple orchid crystelle silk
The sanctuary was beautifully
decorated with wild roses and
baskets of gladiolus and stocks.
Ferns from Washington were
woven into a white trellis at the
doorway of the church hall
through which the bridal party
passed. Oregon grape and ferns
decorated the pews and candel
abra.
Mrs. Beckie Joy of Glenallen,
organist, played traditional
music preceding the ceremony
and provided a musical back-;
ground throughout the wedding. I
Rev. Vincent Joy, baritone solo- j
ist, sang “A Wedding Prayer”!
and “Because” before the bridal
party entered the church. Can
dels were lighted in the five,
seven-branched candelabra by
two girls from Lazy Mountain
Children’s Home, the Misses
Nija Nicolai and Doris Nicolie
who were dressed in pink and
wore wrist corsages of pink
carnations and wild roses in
their hair.
The bride, given in marriage
and acetate, a small matching
hat and carried a basket of wild
roses, lilies-of-the valley and
ferns. Bridesmaids wore iden
tical gowns of varying shades:
Mrs. Cozetta Roth in orchid,
Miss Carol Pederson in spring
lilac and Mrs. Jennetta Hughes,
sister-in-law of the bride, in
pale pink. All carried baskets
of wild flowers and wore white
gloves, pearls and earrings, their
gifts from the bride. Two tiny
flower-girls, their dresses fash
ioned like the bridesmaids, were
Cathy Kendrick, niece of the
groom, and Lana Rae Frey, who
also carried small baskets filled
with wild flowers which they
dropped in the path of the bride.
A nephew of the bridegroom,
Paul Thomas Koppenberg, was
ring-bearer. He carried the two
rings on a pale pink pillow fash
ioned like a valentine with but
texflies, bows and streamers
with lilies-of-the-valley. He wore
dark trousers, a white jacket,
and bow-tie.
Men of the bridal party, dress
DID YOU SEE IT?
The John Deere Train Has Arrived
YES, 3 CARLOADS OF TRACTORS AND FARM IMPLE
MENTS ARE HERE!! AND AN EQUAL AMOUNT STILL
COMING
IT’S THE FINEST SELECTION OF FARM IMPLEMENTS
THE VALLEY HAS EVER SEEN.
Includes:
CHOPPERS
BRUSH CUTTERS
DISCS
DRILLS
BALERS
SEEDERS
May be seen at display lot, AL BROOKS FARM
Area Representative for
NC "CAT" DEPT.
Machinery Division Northern Commercial Co.
Box 1500 Phone 35051
733 Fifth Avenue Anchorage, Alaska
FORMS AVAILABLE
TO FARMERS FOR
GAS TAX REFUNDS
Interna] Revenue Service now
has available a supply of Form
2240, to be used bv farmers to
claim refunds of the federal tax
on gasoline and certain other
fuels. This form may be obtain
ed by writing the District Direc
tor’s office in Tacoma, calling
the Internal Revenue represen
tntive, or contacting the county
agricultural agent. Some banks
and post offices also have a sup
ply of the form.
Claim is to be made for taxes
paid on gas purchased and used
fof farming purposes between
January 1 and June 30, 1956.
Claims should be filed after
June 30 but not later than Oc
tober 1.
The Director cautions farm
ers to read carefully the instruc
tions on the Form 2240 before
filing, and to keep sufficient
records to permit verification of
the amount claimed.
The new law authorizing this
refund provides a penalty equal
to twice the amount of an ex
cessive claim; minimum penalty
is $10,00.
ed in white dinner jackets, dark
trousers and bow-ties, with white
carnation boutonnieres, were:
Jack McKeehnie, best man, Nor
man Rousey, Kenneth L. Hugh
es, brother of the bride, and
Peter Lampard, groomsmen, and
Ken and Bob Rowland, ushers.
The bride’s mother chose an
amethyst gown with white acces
sories and gardenia corsage.
The bridegroom’s mother wore
charcoal grey with white acces
sories and gardenia corsage.
The bride’s father performed
the marriage, assisted by the
Rev. Wesley Lancaster, pastor of
the Palmer Church of God. Dur
ing the service, while the couple
knelt in prayer, Rev. Vincent
Joy sang “Near to the Heart of
God.”
Immediately following thp
ceremony a reception was held
in the church parlors. A beauti
ful pale-pink wedding cake,
made by the bride’s mother, was
served by Mrs. Bea Huntley and
Mrs. Kathreen Huntley. Coffee
was served by the bridegroom’s
grandmother, Mrs. Leonard, and
punch by Mrs. Jean Lancaster.
In charge of the gift table were
Mrs. Harry Kendrick, sister of
the bridegroom, Mrs. Lynn
Sandvik and Mrs. Jack McKech
nie. Mrs. Peter Lampard was in
charge of the guest book. About
250 guests were present.
The bride was born in Wran
gell, Alaska. Her parents came
to the Valley originally in the
1930’s during the coloniztaion
days. The bridegroom comes
from Endicott, N. Y. and came to
Palmer with his parents in 1947.
The bride is a graduate of King’s
Garden High School in Seattle
and attended Seattle Pacific
College. She is employd in Pal
mer at the Alaska Agricultural
Research Station. The bride
groom, a graduate of Palmer
High School, served with the
Marine Corps in Korea. He is at
present employed by Valley Con
crete Products of Palmer.
For her going-away outfit the
bride wore a suit of pink wool
gabardine with white accessor
ies. After a brief honeymoon at
a little log cabin in the moun
tains, the couple will be at home
in Palmer. In the fall they plan
to leave for the States where
the bridegroom will take further
schooling.
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