Valdez News
92-Year Old Pioneer Woman Dies At Her Home
IMcClintic-Johnson
Rites Solemnized
In Floral Setting
Before an arbor of simulated I
apple blossoms at the altar of j
the Gospel Chapel on April 28. j
Miss Norma McClintic became
the bride of Donald Johnson. The
service was solemnized at eight ;
o’clock in the evening. Rev.
Richard Teeter officiated at the
double-ring ceermony.
Flanking the floral arbor, which ■
was designed by the bride’s moth
er, Mrs. Dale McClintic. and her
friends, were bouquets of roses,
asfers, lilies and bridal wreath.
White candles in tail candelabra j
stood at either side of the altar.
Roddy Beals, usher, seated the
wedding guests.
As Mrs. Raymond Huddleston,
pianist, played “The Rosary,” the
bride's small sister, Nancy, en
tered the church with a lighted
taper in her hand. Nancy wore a
silk frock of robin’s egg blue, i
trimmed with pink rosebuds at
the hem. As she lighted the seven
candles, the groom and his best
man, Owen Johnson, entered the j
church.
Following the bridegroom and 1
hie best man came Mac Teeter,
ring-bearer, carrying the two j
rings on a small white silk cush- j
ion.
Just before the bride and her:
attendant entered, Mrs. Arnold:
Persinger sang “I Love You.”
To the strains of the Bridal
Chorus, Mrs. Owen Johnson, ma
tron of honor, came down the
aisle. She wore a dress of pastel;
pink crepe and carried a bouquet j
of gardenias with pink and blue
sweetpeas.
The bride entered on the arm
of her father. Dale McClintic.
She was lovely in a wedding
gown of sheer white marquisette
and lace. The lace bodice was
fashioned with a sweetheart neck
line and long sleeves. Her finger
tip veil was caught to a beaded
coronet. Her bouquet was of gar
denias and red roses with stream
ers of blue sweet peas. Her only
jewelry was a gold locket.
Just before the wedding service
began, Mrs. Persinger sang “I
Love You Truly.”
For her daughter’s wedding >
Mrs. McClintic wore a gown of'
pale pink nylon.
The groom’s mother, who lives :
irt California, could not be pres-;
ent at the wedding, but she called
tne young couple just before the
service began.
A reception at^ the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Johnson followed
the church service. Nearly 60
guests enjoyed a four-tiered wed- j
ding cake baked by the bride’s
mother. Mrs. McClintic, Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs. Stewart Star
buck poured at the reception.
After guests had enjoyed the
wedding cake, the newlyweds
opened their gifts.
The young couple left later that
evening for a week’s honeymoon.
Continued on Back Page)
Have You Liked Your Page, Valdez?
Today's paper marks the end of the second month
in which we, Mrs. Jack Thatcher and your Valley
Frontiersman editor, have been trying to bring your
home-town news to you in Valdez. We've done our
best to .get that news to you, as we think you'd like
to read it, and if we have failed, it's from improper
editing and faulty communications rather than for
any other reason.
We think Mrs. Thatcher's done a bang-up job of
reporting. We know we've enjoyed reading her news
stories, and we feel she's done a thorough job of cover
ing Valdez. We hope the page has pleased you Valdez
folks, and that we can continue to serve you through
it, until such time as Valdez gets a newspaper of its
own.
We feel we've at last arrived at some solution of
our transportation problem, so that your news will get
to us, and our finished papers will get to you, on a
dependable schedule that we both can rely on. The
newly-inaugurated truck run will carry papers to Val
dez each Monday and will return your news to Palmer
each Tuesday. If the business improves to the point
where it warrants two trips weekly then we hope to
improve our service to you as well. If the two trips be
come an actuality, we'll be back to talk extended plans
wirn you again.
In the meantime there is one thing you Valdez
folks might do to help Mrs. Thatcher in her work for
us. (She doesn't know we're asking this, but we know
this request is going to lighten her work considerably
if you'll look with favor on it.)
One of the big problems of newspaper work, and
one of the most disheartening ones, is the trips we re
porters make that don't count for anything — the
countless times we're told, "Oh, I haven't time to talk
to you today—come back tomorrow," don't show up
in our news columns (or in our paychecks)—in fact,
they don't show anywhere unless it's on our shoe repair
bills.
We know it's not always possible to be ready for
your reporter, but won't you please try to save her as
many steps as possible, by being ready as often as you
can? She'll come again for a story, when she must,
but help her by not asking her except when it is ar
absolute must. (Palmer, are you listening, too? I
hope so.)
Territorial Board Approves Plan
For Tobacco Tax Distribution
The territorial board of educa
tion adopted the suggested plan
for division of tobacco tax funds,
worked out at a meeting of su
perintendents at Juneau last win
er, superintendent William T.
Zahradnicek said this week.
The superintendents’ plan, un
der which Palmer School stands
to get an estimated $21,000 an
nually, was outlined as follows:
(1) An outright grant of a
minimum of $3,000 to every in
corporated school in the Terri
tory.
(2) Division of the remaining
money on the basis of average
daily attendance, and
(3) On the basis of the num
ber of teachers and professional
workers on the staff of each
p?rlic>ni'‘iT!>» «,cv>*v>l.
Superintendents felt the plam
was good because it provided
that an improvement in a school’s
status would automatically make
a greater amount of tobacco tax
funds available to that school.
Tobacco tax funds must be used
for building repair or for the con
struction of new buildings. It can
be saved from year to year, if the
school has a future building plan.
NORMA McCLINTIC IS
GUEST OF HONOR
AT BRIDAL SHOWER
Norma McClintic, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dale McClintic of
Valdez, was honor guest at a
bridal shower held at the Burch
home on April 24. Co-hostesses
for the shower were Mrs. Angus
Whyte and Mrs. Owen Johnson, j
Guests spent an enjoyable eve- i
ning in games. Featured enter
tainment of the evening was the
designing of a wedding outfit for ■
I the bride. Miss McClintic acted
! as model while shower guests
i clothed her in a complete bridal
! outfit fashioned of white crepe
! paper. They dressed her in a
i bridal gown, veil and headdress, j
j elbow length gloves, and added a i
i streamered bouquet and a wed
: ding train.
Several poses of the bride-to-be 1
! in her modish paper costume j
j were photographed by Mrs. John ;
Kelsey. The pictures were de
veloped immediately and distrib- i
uted among the guests. Flash
; photos of Miss McClintic and her
I shower guests were taken by Mrs.
! Stewart Starbuck.
After enjoying a delicious eve
| ning lunch, guests watched while
’ Miss McClintic opened har many
j lovely gifts.
Ladies who attended the bridal
| shower included:
Mrs. David Johnson, Miss Helen
Long, Miss Rita Dingman, Mrs.
Dorothy Giinther, Mrs. Stewart
Starbuck, Mrs. Betty Dieringer,
Mrs. Jack Archer', Mrs. Arnold
Persinger, Mrs. Dale McClintic,
Mrs. Harry Page, Mrs. L. L.
Smith,
Mrs. Lee Severs, Mrs. John
Gilson. Mrs. John Kelsey, Mrs.
Bob Kelsey, Mrs. Elmer White.
Mrs. August George, Mrs. Lou j
Taylor, Mrs. Larry Parker, Mrs. j
Florence Ingraham, Mrs. Jack •
Thatcher and the bride-to-be,:
I Miss McClintic.
Iweeneys Have
Sfew Station Wagon
Mr. an Mrs. John Sweeney ofj
Tineteen Mile are driving a new ;
| station wagon these days. It was I
hipped up from California on a ;
Coastwise freighter, arriving'
\pril 23.
PATROLMAN VISITS VALDEZ
1 W. C. “Cap” Allen, Palmer’s i
| merchant patrolman, is spending
a few days in Valdez this week,
j William Edwards is on temporary
! rluty during Mr. Allen’s absence, i
M. D. GOES OUTSIDE
M. D. Snodgrass left the Valley r
last week to fly out to the states
w -eiis’ visit. Mr. Snod
grass will go to Kansas to rejoin
Mrs. Snodgrass, who has been
j visiting relatives this winter,
.ney will return by way of the;
iT:«hway. driving back in I
a new pick-up. The pair will re-j
alll unii tiie two small daugh-1
ters of Mrs. Harold Hale.
45-YEAR RESIDENT
SUCCUMBS HERE
ON APRIL 24
All of Valdez was saddenecf fry
the recent death of Mrs. Eliza
beth Winter on April 24. Mrs.
Winter, who was 92 years old at
the time of her death, was one of
the city's oldest residents, having
lived here since 1905.
The pioneer woman was re
cently released from the Valdez
Community Hospital, where she
hhd spent three months. She ap
parently was greatly improved in
health at that time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Win
ter were held at 3 o'clock last
Sunday afternoon.
Elizabeth Wilson in Newton,
Iowa, on Oct. 25, 1859. She mar
ried Douglas C. Winter and the
couple had one son. Todd, who is
now deceased.
She was a milliner by trade and
for many years managed a ready
to-wear business in Valdez after
her arrival here. She also was a
talented artist, a poet, and at one
time she wrote for a New York
newspaper.
Mrs. Winter was of the Con
gregationalist faith.
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
LIFTED ON HIGHWAY
All travel restrictions on the
Palmer Highway, imposed during
the spring break-up period, have
been lifted, it was announced yes
terday by W. J. Niemi, Alaska
Road Commission head for this
district.
Mr. Niemi praised the co-op
eration of truckers, in particular,
who used the Highway during
the period of restricted travel.
He said that haulers had co-oper
ated so willingly with the load
limit restrictions that there was
not even need for weight-check
ing stations.
Two arrests were made in the
Palmer area, during the period of
restriction, for violation of the
15-mile speed limit law. Both in
stances were those of private ve
hicles rather than trucks, how
ever.
"Squeaky" Anderson
Is Made Rear Admiral
C. E. '‘Squeaky” Anderson,
long-time Alaskan and novc a
cannery operator at Seldovia, re
cently was promoted from com
modore to rear admiral in the
U. S. Naval Reserve, it was an
nounced. Mr. Anderson is one of
the few non-Annapolis men to
attain this rank.
He served in two world wars
;n the Navy, and was one of the
best known beachmasters in the
South Pacific. The Navy veter
an saw action at Attu and other
Aleutian Islands and at Two Jima.
He has been retired from active
duty since 1949.