HOMEMAKER’S
NEWS
Glacier View Club
The Glacier View Club met
November 19 at the home of Mar
ta Stadem, with seven members
and three visitors present. Mrs.
Florence Nelson became a new
member of the club.
The next meeting will be a
Christmas party on December 17
at the home of Polly Warner.
There will be a potluck lunch
and gift exchange.
Riverbend Club
Energy has finally returned to
this over-stuffed reporter so here
I am to tell you of the delicious
Thanksgiving dinner the River
bend Club held at the home of
Louise Kellogg in November.
Thirty seven husbands and wives
TREASURE CHEST
• JEWELRY for men and
women
• CRYSTAL and STERLING
serving pieces
• CHAFING DISHES —
CASSEROLES — SU
SANS in copper—polished
aluminum — wood
• WILD FLOWER
PICTURES
Betty Blunck
To Wed on Dec. 29
Mr. and Mrs. Henning Blunck
of Palmer have announced the
engagement and forthcoming
marriage of their daughter
Betty L. Blunclc, to Robert W.
Stapleton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Stapleton of Ashland,
Kentucky.
The couple will be wed at high
noon December 29 in St Mich
ael’s Catholic Church, Palmer.
Miss Blunck, a 1950 graduate
of Palmer High School, attended
the Marycrest College in Daven
port, Iowa, the University of Al
aska, and is a graduate of the
Nazareth School of Nursing in
Lexington, Kentucky. She is
presently employed as nurse in
the offices of Dr. C. C. Bailey
and Dr. Marshal Simpson.
Mr. Stapleton, who served with
the U. S. Navy for four years, is
a graduate of the Ashland High
School and is a member of the
Alpha Tau Amega fraternity at
the University of Kentucky where
he is studying chemistry.
plus nine children surrounded
the tables giving a true old fash
ioned family atmosphere. The
dinner was such a success that
a similar Christmas family din
ner is being planned. Following
the dinner Miss Kellogg gave an
interesting short talk on her trip
to Brazil.
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CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
PIONEER GRANGE, Grange
hall, 8 p.m.
M.T.A. BOARD, MTA office, 8
p.m.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WORKSHOP & COMMUNITY
CHORUS, Central School gym,
8:30 p.m.
PALMER JV’s vs. ANCHORAGE
JV’s, Anchorage.
PALMER HIGH vs ANCHOR
AGE HIGH, there.
-HOMESTEADERS’ XMAS PAR
TY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14
RAINBOW GIRLS, Carpenters
hall, 2 p.m.
BAZAAR & BAKE SALE, Butte
Homemakers, Piggly Wiggly
Store.
ALASKAN SLIDE SHOWING,
High school cafe, 8 p.m.
SPAGHETTI DINNER, U. P.
Church, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
BAKE SALE, Bert’s Drug, Altar
Society, 10-2 p.m.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 15
RAINBOW GIRLS SILVER TEA,
High school cafe.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16
PALMER KIWANIS, Grange
hall, 12:05 p.m.
BETA SIGMA PHI XMAS PAR
TY, Hanks’ residence, 8 p.m.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
GREAT BOOKS GROUP, Exper.
Sta. library, 8 p.m.
VOL. FIREMEN, Fire hall, 8
p.m.
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY, Valley
hospital, 1:30 p.m.
TERR. EMPL. OFFICE, Carpen
ters hall, 10 a.m.
PALMER P-TA, High school cafe,
8 p.m.
MOOSE LODGE, Moose hall, 8
p.m.
CAP CADETS, High school, 7:30
p.m.
WASILLA vs. PALMER, School
gym
MASONIC INSTALLATION,
Carpenters hall
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18
VALLEY CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE, Co-Op Club room,
12:05 p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters
hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8
p.m.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19
BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, 7
p.m.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Elks hall,
7:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEGION, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
LEGION AUXILIARY, Legion
hall, 8 p.m.
Visitors and patients at the
Valley Presbyterian Hispital are
enjoying the Christmas cactus
owned by Mrs. Ken Foster. The
giant-sized plant is located in the
hospital lobby and is just begin
ning to bloom.
Bidondo-Lo berg
Nuptials Held
In Church of Cod
The Church of God was the
scene of a single-ring ceremony
on the evening Of December 7
when Louise Swanhild Loberg,
daughter of Mrs. Pearl Loberg of
Palmer became the bride of Jos
eph Bidondo, son of Mrs. Marri
anne Bidondo of St. Martin d’
arrosa, France. The Rev. Arley
Skinner performed the ceremony
before a large gathering of
friends and relatives. Mrs. Nancy
Poe was organist.
The bride was given in marri
age by her brother Lauritz Lo
berg. For her wedding she chose
a gown of traditional white satin,
styled in waltz length with a
three-tiered nylon netting over
skirt. A draped apron of white
lace over the netting matched the
lace top which was styled with
a Peter Pan collar and long tap
ered sleeves. Her veil of imported
French silk fell to her shoulders
from a tiara of white sequins.
The bride carried a colonial bou
quet of white carnations and tiny
pink roses.
Mrs. Lloyd Plumley sister of
the bride was matron-of-honor.
Her gown of shrimp pink was
styled in the waltz length with
multiple rows of nylon net skirt
and lace top with cap sleeves.
Her bouquet of white carnations
and pink roses was fashioned in
a muff.
The bridegroom’s attendant
was Charles Suhit of Anchorage,
a close friend. Lloyd Plumley,
brother-in-law of the bride, was
usher.
For her daughter’s wedding
Mrs. Loberg wore a brown fit
ted suit with matching acces
sories.
Following the wedding cere
mony a dinner was held at Willi
waw Lodge in Wasilla, with
guests present from Anchorage,
Spenard, and Palmer. Mrs. Laur
ltz Loberg presided at the guest
book and assisted in serving the
tiered wedding cake which was
a gift to the couple from the
bridegroom’s employer.
The bride, who has been em
ployed in the office of the Palmer
City Clerk, was born in Palmer
and attended Palmer schools,
graduating from high school in
1956. Her father, the late Lauritz
[ Loberg, Sr., came to Alaska in
| 1926; her mother in 1924. For
many years the Loberg family op
erated a farm in the valley.
The bridegroom was educated
. in schools in France and is now
employed by the Palmer Baking
company of Palmer.
Among guests attending the
wedding and reception were Mr.
and Mrs. Ives Johanson of Anch
orage, close friends of the bride
groom; Mrs. Laura Saboe, of An
chorage, grandmother of the
bride; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shell,
Anchorage, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Soper, Anchorage, Mr. and Mrs
Frank Gagnon of Palmer, all un
cles and aunts of the bride.
The couple is now at home at
Mile 39, Palmer Highway.
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WASILLA NEWS
By Jane Browne
Regular meeting of the Wasilla
P.T.A. was held Monday evening
in the Wasilla school. Final plans
[or the Christmas program were
made. A program will be pre
sented to the students and par
ents who will be unable to see
the evening performance Friday
December 20 at 1:30 p.m.
The Wasilla basketball team
traveled to Palmer last Friday
and Saturday nights to play the
Palmer team and to see the Phl
mer-Fairbanks games. Substitute
joach did very well Saturday
night with the boys; the coach?
Seems the compass lost both of
them so he missed the game.
* * m
Students attending college who
plan to be home for Christmas
are Colleen Teeland from Salem,
Oregon, Rodney Cottle from Eu
gene, Oregon and Jim Vickary -
ous from the University of Alas
ka. All three will arrive in Wasil
la December 21.
* * *
Susitna Post 9365 of VJF.W. and
their Auxiliary will hold their
annual Christmas party Decem
ber 21 at the Community Hall in
Wasilla.
• * *
Rev. and Mrs. Wenter Harvey
will present their Christmas pro
gram Sunday, December 22 at
S:30 p.m. in the Wasilla Church
of Christ.
* • •
Rev. Vic Urban announced that
the Young Peoples group will
have a skating party at King’s
Lake camp Sunday, December
22 from 1 to 5 p.m. There will
also be a weiner roast and other
outdoor games.
CLOSING RICHARDSON
SECTION FOR WINTER
The Bureau of Public Roads
has informed** the public that
maintenance will be discontinued
on the Richardson Highway be
tween Gulkana Junction, Mile
128 (at Junction Inn) and Fort
Greeley, Mile 260 on December
15, 1957. This section of the Rich
ardson will be re-opened, depend
ing on weather conditions, and
ready for traffic by April 15,
1958.
It is requested that the travel
ing public, roadhouse operators
arid trucking companies plan
their operations accordingly.
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