Miss Marian Barry Weds Mr. Wiese
In Catholic Rites Saturday Evening
Gladioli, snapdragons, and pom
pom chrysanthemums in the soft
est shades of pink created the
floral background for the wed
ding at St. Michael’s Catholic
Church this week-end of Miss
Marian Barry, daughter of Alas
kan pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
W. Barry and Henry Wiese. The
bridegroom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. F. Wiese of Snohomish,
Wash.
The young couple exchanged
their double ring vows Saturday
evening at 8 o’clock with the Rev.
Father James P. Snead reading
the service. More than 100 friends
and relatives were in attendance.
Prior to the ceremony vocalist
Roger Richard sang “Panis Al
gerius.” During the recital of the
vows he also sang “Ave Maria.”
Given in marriage by her fa
ther, the bride was attended by
her sister, Mrs. Earl Simpson,
who acted as matron-of-honor,
Mrs. Jack Tost and Mrs. Arthur
Stacy. Alex Wiese, brother of the
bridegroom served as best man I
and ushers were brothers of the
bride, Earl O. Barry and Melvin
Barry. * 1
^ Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wiese from
Monroe, Wash., drove here over 1
the Alaska highway to be in at
tendance at the wedding.
The bride was gowned in tradi
tional white satin, styled with a .
basque waist with tiny satin but- .
~ tons down the entire front. A .
deep bertha of chantilly lace ex- 1
tended in V-design from the back
across the shoulders and to the
front waistline of the gown. The ,
sleeves were long and pointed at
the wrists and the full skirt swept
into a chapel length train. A fin
ger-tip veil of illusion net was
held in place by a tiny hat effect
ed from lace to match that of the
gown. A cascading bouquet of
pink pompoms completed her cos
tume.
Mrs. Simpson was gowned in
pink satin, Mrs. Tost in blue mar
quisette and Mrs. Stacy in pale
green net over taffeta. All three
attendants carried bouquets of
pale lavendar pom-poms.
Immediately following the wed- _
ding, the young couple were hon
ored at a reception given by the H
bi'ide’s parents. More than 200
giiests were in attendance at the H
reception which was held at the jj
Matanuska Hotel. >1
The bride’s attendants puesided H
as hostesses at the four-tier wed- if
ding cake which centered the 4
bridal table. Mrs. Clair Stock had jj
charge of the guest book and the it
gift table. 4
The bride first came to the Val- 4
ley when her parents arrived here ^
as one of the original Colonists =}
settling here in 1935. She attend- ^
ed school here and graduated from >}
Palmer High School as a member *
of the class of 1946. She has since if
been proprietress of the Finger 4
Lake restaurant at Finger Lake, 4
resort owned by Miss Barry and 4
other members of her family. *
The bridegroom is well known i|
here as an Alaskan fisherman. He 4
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has his own siene boat at Cor
dova and has been fishing Alas
kan waters for the past 16 years.
The young couple ai’e now on a
honeymoon trip to the states.
They left here the first part of
this week to drive over the Alas
ka Highway to visit Mr. Wiese’s
family in Washington and other
states of the Pacific Northwest.
They plan to return to Alaska in
April.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wiese re
turned to the states by air follow
ing the wedding. They drove the
bridegroom’s car here from Wash
ington. '
TO SPEND THANKSGIVING
AT PENDLETON. OREGON
Forrest Lowe of Palmer plans
to spend the Thanksgiving holi
days with his family at Pendle
;on, Ore. Mr. Lowe had reserva
:ions on a Seattle-bound plane
hat left Anchorage Tuesday. He
ulans to spend a month visiting
friends and relatives at Pendle
;on before returning to the Val- !
ey.
Mr. Lowe has been working on j
he Palmer housing project here. J
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
hanks to our many friends for |
heir kindness and sympathy dur
ng our time of bereavement.
(Signed) ,
June and Larry Vasanoja.
Dillingham Principal
Turns Carpenter to
Build Needed Classroom
Dillinghams school principal, E.
G. Skeen, who is also handy with
carpenter tools, solved the crowd
ed condition in the towns school
in his own way.
He spent his evenings finishing
off a room for grades two and
three in the basement.
The old school at Kanakanak,
now closed, furnished the mate
rial. Sixth, seventh and eighth
graders helped with the painting
and in a short time an attractive
classroom was created.
The school now has seven
teachers with classes ranging
from 19 to 32 students in each.
High school is also taught.
Joseph Hudock Named
President of Palmer
Teachers' Association
Joseph E. Hudock v.as named
president of the Palmer Teachers’
Association at the group’s first
meeting of the season Tuesday at
3:30 p.m. at the school library.
Mr. Hudock, Palmer High School
teacher, is also Junior home room
sponsor.
A joint meeting of the Palmer
school teachers, both elementary
and high school teachers, were in
attendance.
Other officers elected to serve
for the year were Gottfried Stev
ahn, teacher of the sixth and sev
enth grades, who was named
vice-president; Miss Betty Kreutz,
first grade teacher, seci’etary, and
Miss Barbara Rumball, third
grade teacher, who was named
treasurer.
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MIKE ROBERTS RETURNS
TO RHODE ISLAND HOME
Mike Roberts, who has made
his home in Palmer for the past
three years, was scheduled to
leave here yesterday for the
states. He is returning to his
home at West Warwick, Rhode
Island.
Me. Roberts is driving Outside
over the Alaska Highway. His
destination is California, where
he will visit with friends before
going on east. On his cross
country drive he also plans to
vifit friends and relatives en
route.
During his stay here, Mr. Rob
erts was a member of St. Mich
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! Willus A. Schauer is leaving the
l Valley and going to Anchorage
| to live. He sold his home here in
| Palmer this week to Clyde Hub
j bard. Mr. Schauer has resided
| here for the past two years. He is
f well known in the community as
| guitar player of note.
i SPEND WEEK-END HERE
Here from Paxton to spend the
week-end with their families were
H. D. Thatcher and Berkeley
Johnson.
| ael’s choir. He was employed in
! construction work.
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