THREE VALLEY WEDDINGS SOLEMNIZED
DURING THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEK-ENI
SCOTT—HARRIS
Miss Betty Anne Harris, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Har
ris of Eska and James 6. Scott,
son of John H. Scott of Hunting
ton Park, California were mar
ried in a pretty holiday cere
mony the evening of November 27
in St. Michael’s Catholic Church.
Rev. James P. Snead performed
the double ring ceremony. Solo
ist was Miss Esther Pederson who
was accompanied by Mrs. Cy
Brewer, organist.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a white taffeta
suit, fitted at the waist with pep
lum jacket and three quarter
length sleeves, ending in peplum
cuffs. A double strand of pearls
were her only ornaments. Her
headpiece was a crown cap in
matching white taffeta. The
bride’s flowers were pink roses
fashioned in a shoulder corsage.
Mrs. Marilyn Grasser and Mrs.
Gloria DeLand were the bride’s
attendants and were attired in
maron and grey suits, respective
ly, with which they wore pink
carnation corsages.
Jack Hemmer served as best
man for the bridegroom and L.
Z. Scott, uncle, was his attendant.
Donald' Parks and John Weisen
berger were ushers.
Following the ceremony, Mr.
and Mrs. Scott received their
guests in the Grange Hall where
a reception was held in their
honor. Mrs. Grasser presided over
the guest book. Friends and rela
tives attended from the Valley
and Anchorage, among whom
were Mr. and Mrs. Rusell Dow,
the latter an aunt of the bride
groom; J. B. Rooney, Captain
U. S. N and Mrs. Rooney, and C.
W. Heath, Chief, U. S. N. and
Mrs. Heath.
The bridegroom is seaman first
class in the U. S. Navy and will
leave for duty December 20. Mrs.
Scott will follow as soon as his
assignment has been made.
TAYLOR—McCANN
In a quiet, early-evening cere
mony November 28, Miss Alice
McCann, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William P. McCann of Minn
eapolis, Minnesota became the
bride of Roscoe Taylor, son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Taylor of Vir
gil, South Dakota. Rev. James
P. Snead performed the ceremony
at St. Michael’s Catholic Church.
The bride was attired in a two
piece blue wool dress maker suit
with which she wore black and
White accessories. Attending the
bride was Mrs. Patty Weisenber
ger who wore a grey gaberdine
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suit with matching accessories
Following the ceremony tl
bridal party enjoyed a weddir
dinner at The Butte.
Mr .and Mrs. Taylor are mal
ing their home at the Alaska Ej
periment Farm where the brid<
groom is employed as agronomis
Mrs. Taylor is secieiary at th
Palmer School and will contini
her work.
HAALAND—CARLE
On the evening of Thanksgn
ing, Miss Virginia Carle, daugl
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard I
Carle of Canton, Massachusett
became the bride of Sigurd Ha:
land, son of Mr. and Mrs. Josep
Haaland of Oslo, Norway in
candlelight ceremony performe
inthe home of Dr. and Mrs. A. ,
Colberg by Rev. Brian Clewort
of the United Protestant Churcl
The home was attractively de<
orated with baskets of large whil
chrysanthemums and heathe
The bride was given in marriag
by Dr. Colberg, in the absenc
of her father.
The double ring ceremony W£
performed before a large grou
of friends and relatives.
For her wedding gown, th
bride chose a lovely white lac
and satin ballerina length gowi
Fashioned with a sweetheai
neckline, the bodice was trimme
with tiny self buttons from colla
to waist with a lace stole, caugh
in folds below the shoulders. He
full lace skirt billowed over ne
and satin underskirts. A finger
tip veil fell from a white velve
crown band. Her only ornamer
was a silver cross and chain. Th
bride’s flowers were pink chry
santhemums and heather fashion
ed in a cascade bouquet.
Mrs. Ann Demming was ma
tron-of-honor and wore a cham
pagne satin dress, styled wit
full skirt with which she wore
matching crowif band of net an
ribbon. Her bouquet was fash
ioned after that of the bride’s an
was of bronze chrysanthemum:
Miss Stephanie Sobszak wa
bridesmaid and wore a steel blu
taffeta dress with matching bo
lero and head piece of blue ne
and ribbon. Her bouquet was o
yellow chrysanthemums.
Ragnar Haaland of Anchorage
brother of the bridegroom wa
best man.
Following the ceremony, a re
ception for the couple was heli
at the Colberg home with Mr:
Martin Olson and Mrs. Colber,
as hostesses. Mrs. Jasper Skol
precided at the coffee table.
The bride is employed by th
Palmer School as fourth grad'
teacher and plans to continu
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
AMERICAN LEGION AND
AUXILIARY, Carpenters’ Hall
8 p.m.
MATANUSKA SKI CLUB, Gal
lant home, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
AAAS COOK INLET CHAPTER,
ARA Building, 8 p.m.
SQUARE DANCE CLUB, Crowth
er’s Barn, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 7
MONDAY. DECEMBER 8
KIWANIS CLUB, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 9
MOOSE AND WOMEN OF THE
MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 p.m.
GRANGE HOME EC, Grange
Hall, 8 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Co
Op club room, 7:30 p.m.
BOY SCOUT MEETING, United
Protestant Church, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
ters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
Bottled Soft Drinks
Off Price Control
JUNEAU—Price controls on
bottled soft drinks were suspend
ed this week by the Office of
Price Stabilization. The suspen
sion is effective at all levels of
distribution.
The action is in line with agen
cy policy of relaxing controls
wherever possible, consistent with
the purpose of the Defense Pro
duction Act.
The suspension does not, how
ever, apply to drinks by the glass
in restaurants, fountains, bars or
other similar places, the OPS
said.
These establishments operate
under Ceiling Price Regulation
120 and sales of unbottled drinks
will continue to be governed by
that regulation.
her work. The bridegroom is em
ployed by Koslosky’s Depart
ment Store. They will make there
home in the former Rideout resi
dence.
ALBA BROOKS ATTENDS
FORD MOTOR SCHOOL
Alba Brooks of Brooks Feed
and Supply, returned to Palmer
ths past week following busy
visits in Oregon and Washington.
While in Portland, Brooks visited
several farm implement houses
and with several other dealers,
attended the unveiling of the new
1953 Ford tractor and viewed ex
hibits of other Dearborn imple
ments. Visitors were later en
tertained at a banquet in their
honor and from there went to
Seatte where Brooks attended the
Motor School for Ford tractor ser
vices.
Side trips included attendance
at a Little League football game
where he saw 20 top teams battle
for supremacy. Brooks reported it
one of the best games he’d seen,
complete with baton twirlers,
cheer leaders and all the color of
the senior type football games. No
player weighed over 100 pounds
and all were drawn from the 5-6-7
grade group.
He also attended the football
game played between the Univer
sity of Washington freshmen and
and Oregon State freshmen in the
Seattle stadium.
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NEW SOCIAL SERVICES
HEAD ANNOUNCED
Henry A. Harmon, director of
the Department of Public Wel
fare has announced the appoint
ment of Miss Marjorie Morris to
the position of director of the di
vision of Social Services in the
department. Miss Morris will be
associated with the territorial of
fice in Juneau and will be re
sponsible for coordinating all wel
Miss Morris at the present time
with the Department as District
Representative for the Juneau
District where she has been direc
ting and supervising all welfare
services in the First Judicial Di
vision North of Petersburg for
the past year. She will assume
her new duties effective Decem
ber 15, 1952.
She has had more than 15 years
of social welfare experience deal
ing with both public assistance
and child welfare services. Her
experience with the Alaska pro
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