Miss Mary Kucherry, Ted Lowe Choose
New Year's Day for Wedding Ceremony
New Year’s Day was chosen by
JVliss Mary Kucherry, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Kucherry
of Palmer, and Ted Lowe as their
wedding day. The young couple
recited their vows at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon in a ceremony at
the home of U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton. Mrs. Saxton
read the double ring service in
the presence of the bride’s imme
diate family, Kenneth Lowe, the
bridegroom’s brother and a friend,
Francis Rice. The bride was giv
en in marriage by her father and
♦tended by Miss Margaret Reed.
mes David Kucherry Jr.,
rother of the bride, acted as best
man for the bridegroom.
The wedding gown of her sis
ter, Mrs. W. A. Barry, of Moyie
Springs. Idaho, was worn by the
bride. For her “something old”!
she carried a white lace heirloom
handkerchief of her mother’s
which originally belonged to the
bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Opha!
Good of Wood. S. D. The wed- ■
ding gown of white net over slip
per satin was fashioned with a j
sweetheart neck. Her finger tip i
veil was held in place by a crown!
of ♦seed pearls and she carried a '
bridal bouquet of roses, carna
tions and chrysanthemums. A
pearl and rhinestone choker and j
matching earrings completed her!
costume.
The bridesmaid was gowned in
black taffeta with a corsage of J
white carnations and yellow i
Semi-Annual Meeting
Of Soil Conservation
(Groups Set Next Week
The semi-annual meeting of the
Alaska Soil Conservation board j
with the advisory committee is'
scheduled for next week. Meet- j
ings will be held in the soil con- j
servation offices in Palmer on :
Wednesday and Thursday, Janu
ary 10 and 11.
Members of the advisory com
mittee are Orin T. Oldroyd, ter- j
ritorial director of the Extension
Service at Fairbanks; Lynn Hoi- i
chrysanthemums. The bride’s
mother wore a dark suit with
green accessories.
Immediately following the
ceremony a buffet luncheon of
sandwiches, cake and coffee was !
served at the commissioner’s
home. Mrs. Joe Hemmer, with
whom the bride has made her
home here in Palmer for the past
year, baked the three-layer wed
ding cake which was topped by a
miniature bride and bridegroom.
The young couple received con
gratulations and good wishes of
friends at a reception held at
the home of the bride’s parents j
at 4 o’clock. Miss Reed, the I
bridesmaid, had charge of the j
guest book.
The bride came to Palmer a ]
year ago last July when she:
moved here with her parents from 1
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where she j
graduated from high school in |
1948. Prior to coming to Alaska j
she attended business college at
Spokane, Wn., for a year. The
bride’s parents operated an 880
acre ranch in the Movie Springs
district in Idaho before selling
their home to come to Alaska.
She was employed at the Trading
Post, resigning her position there
shortly before her marriage.
The bridegroom is a son of Mrs.
Alberta Thompson who resides in
California.
The young couple plan to make
their home in the Eastchester
district in Anchorage.
poration.
On Wednesday representatives
of the local soil conservation sub
districts will meet with the board.
It will be an open meeting, ac
cording to the announcement. On
Thursday the board will meet
with the advisory committee to
discuss policies and make plans
for the coming year.
The Regional director of the
U. S. Forest Service of Juneau,
also a member of the advisory
committee, is now in Washington,
D. C., and will not be able to at- j
tend the meeting here.
To Elect Officers
At January Meeting
An annual election of officers, '
the annual report and a social j
evening will be on the program
at the regular meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Breeders As
sociation, Parker Lester, agricul
tural agent, announced this week.
The meeting will be held Tues- j
day, January 9, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. DePriest. A j
special invitation is extended to '
the ladies to attend. Movies and j
refreshments are also planned. ;
Mr. Lester said.
The election of officers will be ;
from the slate of members nom- j
inated at the December meeting. !
They are Robert Webb, H. S. I i
Bauer, Kit Carson. Roy Newell, j
Walter Menck and Clayton Wood- !;
ward. I .
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
for the many kind expressions of
sympathy shown us in our recent
bereavement by friends, neigh
bors, the Elks Lodge of Anchor
age, and the American Legion
Post of Palmer.
Georgina McKechnie,
Mr. and Mrs. Loren McKechnie
and family.
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