Three Couples Wed Here Saturday, June 30
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FAVORED FOR NUPTIAL CEREMONIES
Barbara Hecker Onn Tess
Before numerous friend* assembled at the Chuivh of God Sat
urday evening at eight o'clock, Barb«ra Hecker, daughter o< Mrs.
Kathleen Hecker and the late Earl Hecker, became the bride of
Orm Tess of Wisconsin Rapid*. Wisconsin. Rev. George Geiwitz
officiated.
Preceding the ceremony were piano selections played by Lavon
Roetman. including At Dawning" and "The Sweetest Story Ever
Told’’. Mrs. Louis Geiwitz sang “Oh Promise Me” before the tra
ditional strains of the Lohengrin Wedding March heralded the ap
proach of the bridal procession tuv.ard the altar, where stood the
groom and Mel Monsun, the best man.
William Hecker, the bride's brother, gave her in marriage.
The bride was dressed in a pale lavender redingote of organdy
lace over white pique. Her darker lavender accessories included a
tiny Juliet cap and an orchid at her shoulder. Mrs. Dale Roetman,
the matron of honor, wore a gown of aqua organdy with pink acces
sories, including a crown hat and a corsage of carnations. Both gowns
were of the new and popular ballerina length.
Mr. Tess was attended by Mel Monsun.
Mrs. Hecker, the bride’s mother, chose a dress of aqua and
white accessories for the occasion. She wore a corsage of gardenias.
The Heckers are long-time Valley residents, having come here
in 1938. Miss Hecker graduated from Palmer high school with the
class of 1950. She is a member of Beta Sigma Phi and the Sham
rock basketball team. She has been employed until very recently
•at the Matanuska Valley bank.
Mr. Tess arrived in Palmer last fall with the Bureau of Recla
mation. He is a member of the Matanuska hotel basketball team.
The young couple left Palmer shortly after the ceremony for a
month-long trip to the States where the new' Mrs. Tess will meet her
husband’s family. They will also visit Mrs. Alvin Schorn of River
Falls, Wis., aunt of the bride. It will be the bride’s first trip Out
side since her arrival in the Valley as a small child.
Lois Edahl-Dean Hoch
In a nine o’cloik ceremony Saturday evening at the Church of.
God, Lois Edahl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Edahl of Longview, I
Wash., became the bride of Dean Hoch, airman attached to Elmen
dorf Army Air Force Base. Rev. George Geiwitz officiated.
Attending the bride was Miss Irene Donat. Larry Stock stood
up with the groom.
Miss Edahl drove up the highway with the groom’s mother
and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Veek of Newport. Oregon. All
were guests of the Clair Stocks for two weeks preceding the cere
mony.
The bride chose a red suit with navy accessories for the im
portant occasion. Her corsage was of white gardenias. Miss Donat
wore a brown dressmaker suit and a corsage of red roses. j
A reception for the young couple was held in the Co-Op club
room. About 28 guests attended. Assisting Mrs. Clair Stock were
Mrs. Tom Lepak and Mrs. Veek.
The couple will make their home at Fort Richardson.
Mordell Swift-Glen Shank
Only close friends and relatives
were present when Mardell Joyce
Swift and Glen A. Shank were
married by U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton at her home Sat
urday evening at 8:30 p.m.
The bride wore an ice-blue sat
in street length dress which was
an original creation of the Dee
Jay shop in Palmer. Her flowers
were white carnations.
Mrs. Kathleen Moffitt, the
bride’s attendant, was dressed in
yellow organdy. Her flowers were
also white carnations.
Leonard Moffitt v.'as the1
groom’s attendant.
Mrs. Shank is the daughter of j
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swift of Hill
City, South Dakota. She came to
Palmer two years ago to live with
her sister, Mrs. Jack Sisley. Until
the time of her marriage, she was
employed at Koslosky’s.
Mr. Shank has worked on con
struction jobs here in the Valley.
At present he is a construction
foreman in Valdez, where the
young couple will reside.
12:30 Homemakers' to Picnic
A club picnic at Finger Lake
camp grounds has been scheduled
for the 12:30 Homemakers’ club,
July 11 at 10:30 a.m.
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Bailey Hill Shivaree
Bailey Hill residents revived an
old Valley custom Saturday night
when they staged a shivaree for
newlyweds Mardell Swift and
Glen Shank as they emerged from
the home of U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton.
According to unverified tradi
tion, C. Earl Albrecht either
elected or was obliged to push
his bride, Blanche, all around
Tent City in the early days of the j
colony.
The 1951 version covered a
broader slice of territory. The
neighbors all blocked off the road
: leading from the Saxton home
' to the highway. Captured in their
attempt at flight, the young cou
ple were helpfully clothed in
striped flannel nightgown and
pajamas and were whisked into
town.
There, in alleged Albrechtian
style, the groom wheeled his
bride in a wheelbarrow from one
establishment to another until
the town was “covered”.
Shivareers and shivareed all
wound up at the bride’s home for
sandwiches.
Byron G. Felkner, construction
engineer in charge of the Eklutna
project, is in Denver this week
visiting the field headquarters of
the bureau of reclamation.
WEDDING BELLS RING
FOR LAZY MT. COUPLE
Miss Margaret McElhinney be
came the bride <>1 Mi Sidney Lin
deke or. Saturday morning, June
23. at 9 o’clock at the United
Protestant church in the Valley.
The beautiful log church was dec
orated with a bower of mountain
ash branches, wild roses, house .
plants, ferns and tall white tap
ers in several candelabra.
Mrs. Victor Alfsen. at the Ham
mond organ, and Miss Marie Ben
nett, one of the Lazy Mountain j
Children’s Home girls, at the pi
ano, provided musical accompani
ment to the selections. During a
brief organ prelude. Misses Mar
gie Olin and Carol Pederson
lighted the tall white candles.
They were dressed in white for
mals and wore corsages of pale
pink carnations. Before the bridal
party proceeded down the aisle,
Miss Violet Able offered a song
prayer titled “A Marriage Hymn”
while Miss Vivian Carbley sang a
familiar Christian wedding song.
The bride was preceded by her
two bridesmaids, Misses Nija Nic
olai in a gown of pale yellow, and
Sophie Bennett in green. Mrs.
Kenneth Hughes, the matron of
honor, was dressed in blue faille
taffeta. The three bride’s attend
ants carried colonial bouquets of
wild roses, dwarf dogwood, moss
flowers and ferns and wore tiaras
ornamented with wild roses. Leo
Ferreria, ring-bearer for the dou
ble ring ceremony, carried the
wedding bands on a white satin
flower-bedecked pillow. Merle
John, flower girl, dressed in yel
low dotted-Swiss, carried a little
basket of wild roses from which
she dropped petals in the path of
the bride. The basket had been
used at the bride's own mother’s
wedding.
Miss McElhinney looked lovely
in her white satin gown, single
strand of pearls and long veil of
tulle attached to a crown of white
flowers. She carried a white Bible
with white roses and ferns.
As the bride came down the
aisle, Mr. Lindeke, the groom,
sang “We Are the Lord’s”. His
attendants were the Rev. Kenneth
Hughes, director of the Lazy
Mountain Children’s Home, best
man; ushers: Sgt. Arden McClish,
Cpl. Raymond Croyle, Cpl. Fred
Wermuth and Mr. Dale Bryant.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. John Gillespie, pastor
of the Church of the Open Door
in Anchorage.
A wedding breakfast was serv
ed at the Lazy Mountain Chil
i dren’s Home. Several of the Home
girls helped with the serving,
Miss Vosella Hughes and Miss
Esther Pederson pouring the cof
fee and cocoa. Miss Gladys Van
Arsdalen cut the bride’s cake.
PALMER DRUGGIST RETURNS
WITH NEW BRIDE AND CAR
Returning over the highway in
a new car, Kenneth Hedden,
pharmacist at the Palmer Drug
store, arrived in Palmer, Friday
night, accompanied by his bride.
Mrs. Hedden is the former Bar
bara Sweet of Tacoma, Washing
ton. The couple was married
there June 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Hedden are liv
ing in one of Max Sherrod’s new
apartments in North Palmer.
SHOE REPAIRING
All heavy sawing of leather
and canvas now dona at
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