COPPER NUGGETS by Joy Morgan
M s and Mrs • Conley Holcombe were hosts last
week to friends from their former home in
FImhurst, Illinois* Mr. and Mrs. Maurie Watts
r .th their three children, Don, Marcia, and
l r*&g arrived last Thursday evening, after
• . i/ing the Alcan in their camper trailer.
I riday, the Holcombes and the WattsT visited
; ie town of Valder, and Saturday morning the
tests left for Anchorage e The Watts ex
■essed their delight in all that Alaska had"
' offer, and hoped to visit all the major
...askan towns Lei:.,re they leave Alaska <>
ley stopped briefly in Glennallen the night
, 7 July 2 , on their way back from Anchorage,
,. 13~j expect to visit Fairbanks next, and
eon on to Dawson City* from there they will
> > Seattle and the Worlds Fair,
before coming to Copper Center the Watts
ad been in Haines, and had flown to Juneau,
iney had also flown into Mt© McKinley,
Needless to say, the two families had a
rand time exchanging news of old friaids ,
rid places,, ©especially since these were *7
hie first friends from home that Lee and ,
.onluy have seen since beginning their
iission duty with the Central Alaskan
cessions a year ago,
ar and Mrs Harry Johns celebrated their 22nd
a1 adding anniversary tho 3rd of July by putt
ing in a full days work at the Alaska Native
Bible Conference, All of us in Copper Center
wish this public-spirited couple many more
years of happiness. It is well known here
that Ruth and Harry are always available to
those needing physical and spiritual comfort.
Besides working for the State Highway Comm
ission, Harry is also the ordained minister
of the Copper Center Community Chapel,
Mr and Mrs Janes T Morgan of Copper Center,
wish to announce the engagement and forth
coining marriage of her daughter, Miss Mary
Joan Ripley to Mr Roy Sager of Seattle,
Miss Ripley attended North Star Grade
School and Central Junior High in Anchorage,
and was graduated from Roosevelt High School
in Seattle in 1961, She has been employed
ior the past year as IBM operator for the
Federal Reserve Bank in Seattle,
Mr Sager is the son of Mrs Olive Sager of
Renton, Washington* He was graduated from
Lincoln High School in Seattle, and has just
completed his junior year at the University
of Washington* He is also employed by the
Boeing Aircraft Company*
The wedding is planned for September 1st •
in the Greenwood Avenue Lutheran Church in
Seattle* Mr Sager is planning a future
course of study at St* Olaf!s Seminary in
Minnesota, in preparation for the Lutheran
ministry*
Sister George Edmond, formerly Supplier of the
Copper Valley Grade School sends word from
iachine. Province of Quebec* Sister remarked
on the beauty of the trip, although she says
former teacher at Copper Valley* Sister Denise
Marie nearly missed her plane in Vancouver]
Sister G. Edmond was at Holy Cross for many
years before taking part in ’’Operation Snow
bird”* the first group of students and teach
ers tb leave Holy Cross for the new Copper
Valley-' School. For five years Sister was
head of the Grade School. It is hard to
believe she will now be on another assignment.
State Superior Court Judge Walter Hodge and
Mrb Ho£ge spent five days vacationing at
Tonaina Lodge, nloafing and fishing”„ The
Hodge's left the fourth for Cordova for a?,
•visit with their son. Mary Copper Valley
.’residents will remember the Judge from his
days spent in Cordova as an attorney,,
Miss Pauline Lincoln returned home Sunday,
the 1st of July, after having spent a two
weeks vacation in the States* Pauline, who
is employed as receptionist at Faith Hospital,
had a surprise visit with the Sinclairs,
former teachers at Copper Center, now living
in Olympia. She also visited Herman Jack
son USN in. Bremerton, and Cy and Robert©
Randal in Kirkland*- Pauline had it lucky
as far as weather was concerned.*0 sunny
skies almost every day of the trip.
Margaret Fraser of Tonsina Lodge is hoping
to get her new launday into operation within
the next month. The washer and extractor
are ready to go now, and only the dryer
needs to be put in working order. This is
to be a regular commercial type operation
and one sorely needed in the Valley9
Margaret saysthe washer will be able to
handle up to bO sheets at one time. The
laundry will offer all services such as.
rough dry, finished flat worl^, and regular
finidied laundry. Watch this paper for the
opening date.
The Copper Center Postoffice has been under
going a face lifting, with work being done
by Acting Postmaster Jim Webb, He has
painted the interior and even surprised us
one day with a power mower for the grounds#
With a new white flagpole, supplied by Tony
Jackson, our post-office is celebrating it’s
elevation to third class status, ,
A months vacation ended on the.27th for Katie
and Jack Goddard, and their two daughters,
Jill a$d Barbara. The Goddards drove the
Highway as far south as Santa Barbara, where
they visited Jack’s mother# They also visited
with relatives in Yakima and took several
days to see the Seattle Worlds Fair»
Mrs Joyce Holman has arrived in Copper Center
to visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs
Herman Brenden# Joyce missed seeing her
father here however, as he had left a few
days earlier for Rex, where he is employed
as bridge•foreman by Lytle and Green0 Dan
Brenden drove his sister and mother to the
park on Mondsy for a reunion with their Dado