JOYCE E. HARDAGE IS BRIDE OF
CLYDE H. BILLOT IN PRETTY CEREMONY
Joyce Hardage is bride of clyud
A pretty fall wedding tool
place Sunday aftenoon, Novembe
2, in the United Protestan
Church when Miss Joyce E. Hard
age, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Glen Hardage of Palmer, becarm
the bride of Clyde H. Billot, soi
of Mrs. Glen Tripp, also of Pal
mer. Rev. Avery Richey perform
ed the double ring ceremony.
During the wedding cermony
Lowell Krise sang "Because.” An
other selection, "The Lord’
Prayer” was rendered by Harr;
Wimmer. Mrs. Max Sherrod wa
accompanist.
Descending the aisle to the tra
ditional wedding march Mis
Hhrdage, given in marriage b;
her father, was beautifully attire<
in a wedding gown of white shee
nylon net over taffeta. Its ham
rolled neckline topped a smootl
shouldered, embroidered braidei
bodice. For her headpiece, th<
bride wore a seed pearl crow]
from which fell a full, finger ti]
nylon veil. She carried a crescen
bouquet of pink and rose carna
tions with pink bows and stream
ers.
Attending the bride were Mis
Betty Blunck as maid of hono
who was gowned in blue nyloi
taffeta with an overskirt of ne
and Miss Ginger Lawton as Junio
bridesmaid who wore a powderec
taffeta gown. Their bouquet
were patterned after that of th<
bride’s, with Miss Lawton’s ii
the Junior size.
Donald Parks was the bride
groom’s best man. Ushers am
Hydatid on St. Lawrence Islam
According to information re
ceived through the Alaska De
partment of Public Health, hyda
tid disease in dogs is endemic oi
St. Lawrence Island.
This disease manifests itself ii
cysts which are found in variou:
parts of the animal’s body am
consist of encysted larval tape
worms. It is dangerous in that i
can be contacted by human be
ings. Hydatid also affects the vole
a small mouse, which is found or
the island. A quarantine of al
dogs on the island is being con
sidered.
Another problem which is rec
ognized by the Department o:
Health is the large number o:
dogs which are found in anc
around the principal populatec
areas. The Department of HealtI
has announced the will be glac
to cooperate with city councils ir
setting up regulations for immun
izing all licensed dogs agains'
rabies.
Cafeteria Serves
Halloween "Treat"
Students at Palmer school were
treated to an unexpected desseri
this week through the patience
and ingenuity of Mrs. Thelrm
Cope, cook in the school cafeteria
Over a period of several days
Mrs. Cope patiently froze more
than 450 popsicles, a few at £
time, until she had enough foi
one day’s supply. The orange
flavored popsicles were served as
a Halloween dessert treat on Mon
day.
TO HOLD BAKE SALE
The Altar and Rosary Society
of St. Michael’s Catholic Church
will hold a bake sale at Bert’s
Drug store from 10:00 a.m. tc
1:00 p.m. Saturday, November
8. All proceeds will go toward
the new church basement fund.
; candel lighters were the onae s
i brother, Rex Hardage, and Ray
r DePriest.
t Mrs. Hardage mother of the
- bride, wore a navy blue dress
. with wine colored accessories,
; with which she wore a corsage of
1 white gardenias with pink baby
- roses
Following the ceremony a re
eption was given by the bride’s
> | parents in the church parlors. The
- bride’s aunt, Mrs. Lloyd Lawton
51 and Mrs. Bernard Swoboda serv
7 j ed the wedding cake while the
5 Misses Carla Jo Driggers and
! Betty Land poured tea and coffee.
-1 also assisting were the Mesdames
; G. A. Krise, Paul Shoeming, Joyce
t j Smith and Lauritz Loberg.
i Mesdames Alma Blunck, Bar
' bara Hedden and Joan Jamison
l assisted in opening the many
i; beautiful gifts. Mrs. Janet Lewis
1 presided over the guest book.
; j The bride came from San Fran
i cisco to the Valley with her par
i ents in 1949. Both the bride and
t bridegroom were graduates of
- the Palmer High School. The
- bride reigned as Queen of the Ma
tanuska Valley Fair in 1951. Fol
5 lowing her graduation she attend
-1 ed the University of Alaska for
i one year. The bridegroom re
t cently received an honorable dis
: charge from the U. S. Army and
i! is now employed at the Alaska
s i Railroad depot in Palmer.
J Following a short wedding trip
i the couple will make their home
in the LeDuc Sub-Division on
• Springer Road.
I
. KOSLOSKY'S TO HAVE
NEW BUSINESS OFFICE
Nearing completion is the new
■ office for Koslosky’s Department
1 store.
Located in the space formerly
1 occupied by the Matanuska Val-1
> ley Bank, the office will provide
ample space for the many depart
' j ment requiremenets with a speci
: al cashier booth being stalled
for the convenience of their cus
1 tomers.
Seafoam green walls, red and
greyblock tile flooring and mottle
wood-grain panneling around the
counter add to the attractiveness
;i of the new office. The door open
; ing to the street will not be used.
Rather, entrance will be made
through a door located in the
front corner of the stoae.
Mrs. Thelma Ross will be in
charge of the office.
Former office space at the rear
of the store will be used as space
and for employees lounge room
during off-time.
POSSIBLE URANIUM LODE
INDICATED ON PEACE RIVER
Vernon D. Northrop, acting sec
retary of the Interior announced
last week the release to open file
of a report indicating the possible
occurrence of a uanium lode on
the upper Peace River in the east
ern part of Seward Peninsula.
This area was discoverd in the
course of investigations made by
geologists of the Alaskan Geology
Branch of the Geological Survey
on behalf of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Anchorage Travel
Bureau
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Authorized Agent for all
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Home Demonstration
Notes
Proiect leaders from the Valiev
Homemakers’ clubs met Monday
in the Extension Craft room with
25 leaders and one guest, Mrs.
Steele present.
Following a morning demon
stration of holiday cookies, Mary
lou Rideout, home demonstration
leader showed inexpensive Christ
mas gifts that may be made at
home: how to gift wrap packages
and a demonstration on the mak
ing of Glo-candles. These candles
ae made with a special wax, col
ored to suit the maker’s taste and
trimmed in various ways. The
finished product is both attrac
tive and unusual. Project leaders
will take their knowledge back to
their individual clubs.
Craft Room Open
The Extension Craft room will
be open every afternoon from
1:30 to 5:00 p.m. each afternoon
starting Monday, November 10.
Mrs. Rideout announced this
week. Anyone interested in
Christmas gift wrapping, how to
make inexpensive gifts or the
Glo-candles is invited to stop in.
Receives Territorial Award
Mrs. Martin Olson of Wasilla
attended the project leaders meet
ing and displayed the silver cov
red dish that was awarded her
during the Short Course recently
held at the University of Alaska.
The Territorial award, given by
the National Garden Institute, is
made for championship home food
preservation and is awarded
yearly to the woman having the
greatest variety of preserved
foods, in ratio to the size of her
iamily. The requirements include
type of storage space and quality
of the foods.
Mrs. Alba Brooks of Palmer
made the pesentation to Mrs. Ol
son at the banquet held the last
evening of the Short Course.
Cheechako Homemakers will
TB HEALTH SEALS
MAILED THIS WEEK
Attractive green, red and yel
ow health seals were in the mai>
this week. Anyone who did not
receive seals may contact Mrs.
Viola C. Thuma and they will be
nailed, it was announced.
Today there are 3,000 tubercu
losis associations. Their programs
nclude such activities as Adult,
Community, and Patient Educa
tion, Research, School Health,
vorld-wide activity work with
loctors and x-rays
Because of the facts about TB
;n the United States today much
vork remains to be done. The
purchase of these health seals
contributes toward this tremen
ious job. Tuberculosis causes
more deaths than all other in
"ectuous diseases combined; about
100,000 persons are estimated to
tiave active TB with approximate
ly 115,000 persons developing ac
tive TB every year.
No one need feel that he has
to give to the Seal Sale. Millions
af people give because they want
:o. In addition to Mrs. Thuma,
;eals may also be obtained from
Mrs. Margaret Cope at the Pal
mer school.
meet Monday, November 10.
Wasilla Homemakers will hold
heir next meeting Thursday,
November 6 at the Klayum home.
CITY
SEWER BOND
ELECTION
November 18
ELIGIBLE VOTERS:
REAL AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY OWNERS
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Many Attend Showing
Of "Mr. Texas"
Between 350-400 persons view
ed the film, “Mr. Texas” when
it was shown November 2 at the
Palmer School Gvm as the clos
ing feature of the Baptist Re
vival.
The film was based on revival
meetings of Evangelist Billy Gra
ham. Filmed in color, the picture
included actual scenes taken from
revivals held by the famed Evan
gelist at Ft. Worth, Texas. Pro
fessional movie actors portrayed
the roles of town citizens around
whom the story was woven.
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BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION
TO MEET NOVEMBER 11
There will be a meeting of the
Matanuska Valley Breeders’ Asso
ciation at 8:00 p.m. in the Agri
culture Research Building on
November 11.
Specials
Diced (arrotS;0.!.L79c
Link Sausage iSf 63c
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for the winter season
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