The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-28
News and Notes of
Army Life

Announce ment II made today OF
the coming marriage of Miss JAG
queline Hundstad Of Fort Lewis TO
Lieut.. Howard L. iCornutt of the
Seventh Infantry on Dec. in the
post chapel.
Miss Hundstad. the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hundstad of
Underwood. N. D.. is an army
nurse with Station Hospital Num-
Der Three at Fort Lewis.
Maid Of honor for the eight
O'Clock ceremony will be Miss
Rhoda Smith. of the army nurse
corps and now stationed at Van
couver Barracks, Wash. Officiat-
ing will be Chaplain Norris Hal
vorson.
The bride-to-be attended the
nurses school at Bismarck, n. D.,
and nursed in Oregon City. Ore,
before coming to Fort Lewis.
OF interest to Fort Lewis soci-
ETY. is the recent marriage Of Miss
Irene Ruth France, daughter of
1t. Col. and Mrs. J. ]. France, to
Lieut.. Richard Clarke st. John at
the brides home on Lake Stella
COON on Nov. 5.
The bride. wearing a dinner
gown of aqua blue, carrying a
white prayer book and white gar
oenia shower bouquet and wearing
a white gardenis in her dark hair.
was given in marriage by her
father. Miss Mary France, the
sister Of the bride and her only
attendant, was dressed in a blue
taffeta gown and wore a halo OF
yellow chrysanthemums in her
hair.
Mrs. France, the brides mother.
wore a black crepe gown with a
corsage Of gardenias, as did Mrs.
Harry st. John. the groom's
mother. who came from Minneapo-
lis. Mimi, for the wedding.
Best man was Mr.. Bill Comber
OF Tacoma. The brides brothers.
Jess and Richard France. came
over from the University of Wash
ington for the ceremony. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Cooper, OF Mount
Vernon. Mo, aunt and uncle of
the bride. were present.
Chaplain w. B. DeChant Off
ciated at the quiet home wedding.
Following the ceremony, re-
ception was held for so guests.
For her going-away costume.
the new Mrs. ST. John wore a red
silk dress, red and brown plaid
coat. and brown hat and Access
SORES. The couple spent their
honeymoon in Seattle.
Mrs. st. John is a graduate of
Wsshburn college in Topeka, Kan.
The groom graduated from coll
lege in Minneapolis, and was an
automotive engineer with the
Standard OIL company before COM
ing into the service. He has re-
Gently been transferred from the
Seventh Infantry to a new station.
Announcement is made of the
marriage on Sunday. Nov. %, of
Mr.. Max 4. Kerstetter Of the Off
GERS club at Fort Lewis TO Miss
Elsie Youmsns OF Gle Elum. Wash.
in the Baptist church at Gle Elum.
The groom is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. o. Z. kerstetter Of South
Tacoma.
Private Leo James Howes and
Miss Bonnie Mae Gassowsy were
married in the Fort Lewis chapel
on Saturday, Nov. Is. Attendants
at the quiet service were Mr.. and
Mrs. lilo Gassowsy. Chaplain Jo-
seph keany officisted.
Duplicates were popular AZ Fort
Lewis recently. when two Young
ladies from the same city married
two young men from the same
organization on the same after
noon in the post chapel. and both
couples were married by the same
chaplain.
Miss Bonnie l. Ballou Of Twin
Falls, Ida. became the bride Of
Sgt Raymond Z. Putzier Of Com
psny z. 1leth Engineers. in a
double ring ceremony at three
o'clock Nov. :. A few moments
later Miss Ards I Jensen. also of
Twin Falls. married Sgt. ID. f
Knox, also of Company Z. 10th
Engineers. Chaplain Van Pstten
Of the 4lst Division performed the
ceremony for both couples. Mrs.
AeAullen. orgsnist at the post
chapel. played during the we'd
dings.
As as their usual Wednesday sf-
ternoon custom. the officers wives
OF the 1880 Infantry. Ais, Divi-
sion. met at the regimental off,
GERS mess in the afternoon TO sew
for the American Rel Cross and
the British War Relief.