Valley Families Are Again Linked in
Marriage by O'Donnell-Moffitt Wedding
Valley families whose two
daughters married two brothers
were further linked here with the
recent marriage of the third
daughter to the third brother,
when Kathleen O’Donnell became
the bride of Leonard Moffitt. The
threesome of sisters now married
to the three brothers are the bride,
Mrs. Leonard Moffitt, and 'Mrs. 1
Thomas Moffitt and Mrs. Owen
Moffitt.
The couple’s wedding took place
January 26 in a ceremony per
formed by U. S. Commissioner
Dorothy Saxton at the bride
groom’s home. Members of the
families and close friends were in
attendance at the wedding and
also a reception for the couple
which followed immediately after
the ceremony.
Attendants were Miss Mardell
Swift for the bride and Glen
Shank who acted as best man for
the bridegroom.
The bride chose a dark green
suit with a corsage of pink car
nations as her wedding attire.
Miss Mardell wore a navy blue
suit with a corsage of white car
nations.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Varelia Ratliff of Palmer. She
came to the Valley approximate
ly a year ago from Rhinelander,
Wisconsin, former home of the
family, and has been employed
at the Eklutna project office. Two
other sisters, Mrs. Vernon France
and Mrs. James Thornlow, also
reside in Palmer.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Moffitt who first
came to the Valley in 1937. He
graduated from the Palmer high
school and attended the Univer
sity of Washington at Seattle for
two years before serving in the
Army. He is now engaged in
dairy farming here.
The young couple spent their
honeymoon at Anchorage and are
now at home to their friends at j
their farm.
DR. BABB TO MOVE
TO STAFF HOUSE
Dr. M. F. Babb, head of horti- |
culture for the Experiment sta- I
tion, was scheduled to move to his 1
staff home this week. He has
been residing at the Experiment
Station. All seven of the new
staff houses, located across from
the Agricultural Research Ad
ministration building, are now oc
cupied by ARA personnel.
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Three Escape Injury
When Palmer Bus Is
Forced Off Highway
Two women passengers and
the driver of a Matanuska Valley
bus escaped injury Tuesday' of
this week when the bus s^as
forced off the road and went over
on its side in an accident near
Eklutna Flats. The accident oc
curred on the 9 a.m. run from An
chorage to Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burleson of
Palmer, on their way to Palmer,
picked up the passengers and
took them to Eklutna CAA sta
tion. Harry Tribble, the driver,
stayed at the scene of the acci
dent until help could arrive.
The bus was believed to have
been forced off the icy road by a
passing pickup which drove on
without stopping. The bus was
righted by noon time and con
tinued on in to Palmer.
Louis Wiegand to Work
For Contractor Here
Louis Wiegand of Seward ar
rived in Palmer last week to
work for the Ray James Con
struction Company. Mr. Wiegand,
who has done carpentry work
for Mr. James for many years
started to work Wednesday on
the AHA houses now being built
here by the Ray James Construc
tion Company.
Mr. Wiegand has been Outside
on a month’s vacation and re
turned to Seward just prior to
coming on to the Valley. For the
past two years he fished the In
let during the season but last
year had the misfortune to lose
his boat, the Montague. The boat
was buoyed for repairs at Mary’s
Bay. harbor off Rugged Island
in Resurrection Bay. The boat
disappeared from the bay, ap
parently blown to sea by the
wind. All of Mr. Wiegand’s fish
ing gear was also aboard the 40
foot reconverted J-boat. He and
his brother were stranded for sev
eral days on Rugged Island be
fore they were rescued by the
Coast Guard.
FORMER LIBERTY SHIP
TO SAIL AS ILIAMNA
Iliamna is the new name given
the former Edmond Mallet, Lib
erty ship recently purchased by
the Alaska Steamship Company
from the Maritime Administra
tion, D. E. Skinner, vice-presi
dent and general manager of the
company, announced today.
The name is that of the largest
lake in Alaska, about 60 miles
long and from 15 to 25 miles wide,
located between Bristol Bay and
Cook Inlet. Native legend of the
region also speaks of this name.
It is said that Iliamna was a
mythical great blackfish which
supposedly inhabited the lake and
bit holes in the “bidarkas” (boats)
of bad natives.
The purchase of this 10,000-ton
vessel, formerly chartered by the
company, raises The Alaska Line
privately - owned fleet to five
freighters and four passenger
ships: S.S. Iliamna, S.S. Chena,
I S.S. Nadina, M.V. Susitna, S.S.
1 Victoria, S.S. Baranof, S.S. De- j
i nali, S.S. Alaska and the S.S. j
1 Aleutian. j
WOMEN OF MOOSE
TO MEET TUESDAY
The regular meeting of the
Women of the Moose will be held
Tuesday, February 13, Mrs. Merle
Anderson announced this week.
The meeting will convene at 8
p.m. at the Moose hut.
Students and teachers of the
Palmer school had an unexpected
holiday Monday when on arrival
at the school the basemnt was
discovered to be in a flooded con
dition. Plumbing was hurriedly
repaired and classes were re
sumed Tuesday morning.
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