iaville Ore. Miss MacArthur hast
Accepted the position of Primary
Teacher in the l.on^jwocxl School.
WEDDING BELLS
A viiy p.etty wedding took place
in the Wood 1*1 *nd Baptist Church
Suml.v eve. Aug. 15th When ICS la
liallaaiootoff was united in marriage
to Nicho'.ia Fariao. HI la lias been in
the mission over seven years, and
Nicholia eight years.
The church was beautifully decor
ated in gieeu and white. The work
of Mi-a Me Wliinnie, who also played
the wedding march. The bride was
dressed 111 white, and carried a bou
quet of white wild flowers. Nida
c Abigail was iP.a:A of honor, Charles
Mathison best man, Baby Kate and
Alive Vesev flower girls, and four
year-old Frank Lowell ring-bearer.
-dc*si» R. R. I.ukens, and j, B.
Biu^haui of the S. S. Yukon, and
Cecil King, find Ben Kraft, and a num
ber of other people from Kodiak were
Uiesent.
1 he wieckling cuke was the ft of
•o'.uc of the Officers of the Yukon.
It was made by thei Japanese cook,
k lid wuS a woi k of ai t as well as being
most de.icious.
The bride ami groom are spending
their honey-moon at Devil’s Hay,
wheie N’Lholia is making hay.
The morning of Aug. 26th we were
surprised to see the steamer Alitak
coming to our landing A boat was
lowe ed. and two paop'e, Miss I,ura
Young and Mr. August O’sen, were
lan.led. 'i hey c«&me from Chignik to
be married. The cere 111 onv was per
formed in the parlor of the mission,
in the presence of Mesdames Learn,
Silverman, Mac Arthur and Miss M Mc
Arthur The happy couple left iin
r* til lately after the ceremony, amidst
i. khower of rice and old shoes, for
Kodiak, where the steamer was wait
ini' to take them back to ChiRiiik.
MissBreeceCioes I o
11 i a m n a
The Lougwood School has keen
fortunate in having hail the services
of Miss Hannah K. Kieece ns principal
teacher for the past three years. It
cutne as a hard blow to the School
Hoard und to all the people of the Is
land when she announced her inten
tion of leaving us to take up work in
Iliamna. Some years ugoslie went to
Iliamna, undergoing great hardship
in making the trip, only to find con
ditions such that no white woman
could remain there. Her heart went
out to the native people and the child
ren, and she promised them, if pos
sible, to return some day to help them.
This summer she felt that the time
had come for her to go. She received
mi appointment from the government,
and left on the July I >oru for Seward,
wlle.e she outfitted, taking with her a
supply of food suui^ienl to last a year.
Judge Mcl.uin, who has just come
out fioui Iliamna for a two months
visit in the States, tells us that the
trail is much better than when Miss
lueece fust went over it; and that she
will be fairly comfortable in a new log
school house, part of which is made
into dving rooms, and furnished for
tneteacnei.
Miss hreere is a brave woman to
undertake su, ha task. She has the
name of being the best teacher of na
tive childieu in Alaska. Her work
in Afognak ana Wood Island fully
suppoit this reputation. We a “con
fident that she will not only be a good
teacher for tlie children of IHaimia,
but she wi,l also be a great help and
coitifoii to the native people in their
homer. While we congratulate tiu-se
who have secured her, we she ll miss
her ve v much here.