The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-31
HUNDREDS THR0NG
 GOVERNORS HOUSE
 FOR FORMAL PARTY

1 tUR FORMAL PARIY Lights streamed from scores Of windows, and the main floor rooms of the Governors House were crowd- ed with guests Saturday evening, as an estimated 500 Gastineau Channel residents went down the long re-
 ceiving line, then fingered for re- treatments and conversation at the formal reception
 The traditional affair honored members of the Territorial Leglsla-
 tme and elective Territorial off,
 cials.
 With It. Col. Joseph D. Alexan- der making the introductions, Gov ernor and Mrs. Ernest Gruenins welcomed the hundreds of guests, standing by the stair balustrade.
 The receiving line continued around the drawing room, where small orchestra played in the corner, and
 into the living room.
 Mrs. Gruening wore formal gown of silver-gray crepe, trimmed with silver nailheads, and silver
 jewelry, and her corsage was of
 delicate pale coral gladiolus. MT.
 Lew M Williams, Secretary of AL
 aska, and Mrs. Williams. assisted at the receiving line.
 Sen. Gunnard M Engebreth, Pres ident of the Senate, and Rep. Stanley J. McCutcheon, Speaker of the House, both of Anchorage, were
 prominent in the line, as were Sen. i Frank Peratrovich. of Klawock, and Rep. James Nolan, of Wrangell, President and Speaker, respectively, during the Special Session. Mrs. McCutcheon and Mrs. Nolan
 received with their hushands. Greeting old friends and new from their places in the receiving line, were Senators Dr. L. P. Dawes.
 pr. R. M. Mackenzie, with Mrs.
 Mackenzie; Anita Garnick, Will liam Munz, Charles Jones, Howard Lyng, Ed Anderson, Victor c. Riv-
 CTS, Walter Huntley, with Mrs. Huntley; Steve McCutcheon, An- , drew Nerland, E. B. Collins, with
 Mrs. Collins; John G. Butrovich, Jr.,
 and Frank Barr, with Mrs. Barr. Members of the House were Rep
 resentatives Abel Anderson, with
 Mrs. Anderson; Amelia A. Gunder- sen, Andrew Hope, Marcus Jensen,
 with Mrs. Jensen; G. F.. Almquist, Doris M Barnes, with her daughter, Miss Dorianne Barnes of Juneau;
 Frank G. Johnson, with Mrs. John son; William L. Beltz, Amer Ry-
 deen, with Mrs. Rydeen; Percy E.
 Ipalook and Frank L. Johnson.
 Also in the group of Represen- tatives were O. (ReO Carlson, with
 Mrs. Carlson; Jack Conright, Will
 liam A. Egan, with Mrs. Egan;
 Clarence T. Heating with Mrs. Heating; Alfred A. Owen, Jr.; Dr. c. A. Pollard, Frank Angerman,
 Essie R. Dale, Glen D. Franklin,
 with Mrs. Franklin; Warren A. Tay-
 Tor and George Miscovich. Joining Legislators and their wives in the receiving line were MT. Oscar Olson. Treasurer, and
 Mrs. Olson; Auditor Frank A. Boyle
 and Mrs. Boyle; Attorney General
 Ralph J. Rivers and Mrs. Rivers, Frank A. Metcalf, Highway Engi-
 neer, and Mrs. Metcalf and Mayor
 Waino Hendrickson and Mrs. Hen drickson.
 Presiding at the long supper table in the dining room-a table laden
 with goodies and centered by an arrangement of deep-hued tulips and
 other spring flowers-were promi- nenI Juneau women, each serving for an hour
 In this group of pourers were Mesdames c. Earl Albrecht, Don c. Poster, George M. Tapley, B. D.
 Stewart George Sundborg, Robert Simpson, A. F. Ghiglione, Ernest
 Parsons, Ike P Taylor, w. M. Whitehead, Hugh Wade, c. c. Car ter, Stanley Baskin, George w.
 Folta, Crystal Jenne, James c. Ryan and Misses Gertrude, Wetzel and Lois Jund.
 Assisting were Mesdames Jaseph w. Alexander, s. c. Hansen, Hunt Gruening, Burke Riley, Les Avrit, H. B. Gronroos, Agnes Kobbe, Kath- .-;~ Nyo.do1o porhoro IT Mar