Vol. I
palmer , Alaska._ C ctobsr 14, 1.935
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WADDING OF FURSF A"'TD A XMITSCT
IS SOCIAL TVF'TT OF YEAR
$ The ceremony which united Ccm
tesse Madeleine de Foras and Eugene
Sedille in marriage took place at
Camp Perkins at li o'clock Thursday
morning. The headquarters cabin of
the construction division, with its
hare log walls and hough-filled
fire-place behind the temporary al
tar, lent a fitting tone to the pi
oneering background of the romance,
as did also the spectators in shoe
pa c s and mackinaws .
The whole ceremony was a de
lightful combination of the formal
and the frontier.
Reverend Father Sulzman offici-.
ated and a nuptial mass followed
the marriage rites.
Lt. Col. LeRoy ?. Hunt gave the
bride away and Captain Allan Per
kins acted as best man. Mrs. Leo
Jacobs was Matron of Honor and lit
tle Joyce Olmstead carried the
oriae's veil.
Mrs. Nell Hewitt, of Anchorage,
olayed the wedding march and the
hride entered the colorful setting
of the cabin on the arm, of It. Col.
Hunt, dressed in the uniform of his
rank in the USMC.
Ccmtesse de Noras wore a white
panne velvet gown with long sleeves
and trimmed with crystal buckle and
buttons. Her veil was caught with
a soray of orange blossoms and the
throat of her gown was trimmed with
the same flowers. The dress was
beautiful in its simplicity and was
the work of a colonist seamstress,
Mrs. Vernon 0Instead of Remer, Minn.
The Natron of Honor wore French
Violet panne velvet with a small
silver turban and silver slippers.
She carried a bouquet of autumn
chrysanthemums.
During the ceremony Eugene Carr
sang three songs and immediately
following a delightful luncheon, ar
ranged by Ben Iordan, was served at
the staff mess.
Nr. Carr as toastmaster called
uoon Col. Hunt, Capt. ~°erkins , Don
Irwin, Lt. Martin and Nather Sulz
man in an effort to find cut who...
"...was responsible for all this."
The sneakers’ answers offered a
J.-LKLLU liUbB b'J UiitJ gcibiici xuf aii^. wcio
for the most oart a neat mixture of
witty kidding and sincere wishes for
the haopiness of the newly married
couole.
Mrs. Sedille came north with the
first contingent of colonists and has
been steadily on the job ever since,
performing a duty of almost indispen
sible importance.
She is the daughter of Comete and
Comtesse Earle de Eoras of Chanbery,
Savoy, France.
Pioneering work is not new to
Mrs. Sedille. She was transferrec
to this oroject from up near
where the Columbia River enters
the U. Si where she was as here.
Red Cross Purse of Public Health
Service, administering to the
needs of pioneer settlers.
Fugene Sllsworth Sedille has
also spent the summer on this1 pro
ject, his duties being that of ar
chitect for the construction divi
sion.
Hr. and Mrs. Sedille will make
their home in Anchorage where Hr.
Sedille will be architect in
char-' e of the construction of the
new municipal building.
Mrs. Sedille will retain her
position here until someone has
beep, appointed to fill her place*
AHCHO'
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FIRR PRPTC-S
T T"0 ' '01 PIN
A fire that destroyed the
Belmont Booms also caused the
death of two women. One of the
victims v:as Mrs. ?Terb Beebe, who
was ;,aken from the burning build
ing alive but succombed to burns
before reaching the hospital.
The body of an unidentified
woman was found sitting in a chair
in the same room from which Mrs.
Beebe vas taken, and it is sup
posed that it was that of Mrs.
3d Holt who was knovn to have beer
taking care of Mrs. Beebe during
a recent illness.
COAST NEEDS ?0R7rFYI?TG SAYS
soiO'T prom itb-ibsota
Representative Melvin J. Maas
Minnesota Republican, said in Se
attle the other day that he was
■’alarmed and astounded at the com
plete defenselessness71 of the Pac
ific Coast.
Representative Maas is a mem
ber of the house naval affairs
committee and said that he TTould
make adequate western defense a
vital issue in the next congress,
ITALIANS C,TTII. ADTrAYCITG
J-'TO AT"TipiAY TSAATTOAY
Italy’s Somaliland army is
mo vino up the ' ebbe Shibeli Val
ley and several tribal chieftans
have presented themselves to the
Italian commander to make acts
of submission,
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