The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-22
Bagpipes Skir|; Mills Celebrate
 Golden Weddino

With warm affection of a gath. ering of the clan, more than 20( friends joined last night in cele- hrating the golden wedding ami versary of MT. and Mrs. John Mills of Douglas.
 Forty-four of their 50 happily married years have been spent there, since arriving from Scot land in 1906. They have lived con- tinuously in the Channel city ex- cept for a trip to the Old Country in 1909.
 Two sons, Jack and Gordon, live in the family home.
 Among the guests last night were members of several families the Millses knew when they first came the Cashens, Laughlins and Mo Cormicks. for instance.
 David Brown, now nearly 82, had preceded them from Scotland, and was one of the first friends Mir. 
 and Mrs. Mills made in Alaska.
 The golden wedding celebration followed a short meeting of Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of the East ern Star, in the Eagles Hall.
 Mrs. Val Poor, general chairman, had spent nearly three weeks per- fecting plans for it, then could not enjoy the rarty as she is in St. Anns Hospital for treatment of serious burns.
 Everything happened according to plans, with Mrs. Jessie K. Fraser in charge of the dining room, where Mrs. Margaret Helms had arranged the beautiful table decorations. Ev- eryone in Nugget Chapter helped in making the party a success.
 Centering the anniversary table was a huge tiered gold and white decorated cake, the base in the form of a Maltese cross. Gold nuggets added to the festive appearance, as well as bride and groom ring , John and Agnes" in gold.
 A corsage and boutonniere made by Mrs. Leonard Johnson were proudly worn by the "bride and groom"
 A miniature wedding party, all in Scottish costumes, repeated the ceremony of February p, 1900 in Barr Head, Scotland (At the real wedding, the Rev. Thomas Cook officiated, and Mrs. Mills sister, Elizabeth Bowie, and her husband, James Bowie, had been the atten- dantS)
 The mock" aspect of the cere- mony was unwittingly carried out by the bride" 3-year-old Mikey Marshall, who declined to say, T do," until after urgent promptings. Others in the ceremony were young Woody Poor as bridegroom; Glen ma Franklin and Doug Wahto, at tendants. David Gray served as minister, and Mrs. Peter Moe play ed the wedding marches.
 Songs, costumes and dances on the program were in the Scottish theme. Mrs. Leigh Grant sang two songs accompanied by her daugh- ter, Louise. In a trio singing Scotch songs were Nellie and Robert Fow- Ter and John Hoisington, Alfred Buckingham also sang, accompan- jed by Mrs. Moe.
 A genuine Highland Fling was danced by Maria Worobec, who had been coached by Mrs. Dorothy StearnS Rolf.
 Bagpipe numbers were the hit of the evening. Those scheduled on the program were played by Dave Alfred Brown, but his grand- father, Dave Brown, took a skirl at the pipes and brought down the house. He also gave the wedding couple two gold Scottish sovereigns.
 Mrs. Elton Engstrom, who an- nounced the program numbers made the other presentation-A filled Scotch purse. The con- tents included a S20 gold piece minted in 1900, the year of their marriage.
 After the program, MT. and Mrs. Mills lead the grand march which ended in the dining room.
 Flashlights popped all evening as friends and relatives recorded the picturesque affair. Several out of town relatives went to Doug las for the golden wedding recep- ton.
 These included niece, Mrs