Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman . Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
The second proposition on the
ballot next Monday, and the se
cond most important item to the
people of Seward, is the ATEC
telephone franchise.
For several years, we have
: been short of telephones, and j
many, many residents iiave wait
. ed months for the installation
of that much needed phone.
As it is, there is one board,
'having only 11 pairs of cords,
j which allows only 22 conversa
tions at a time in a city of over
2000 people. The board is so
j overcrowded that it nearly
drives an operator insane trying
to keep up with the demands.
The proposed service will al
low 120 persons to carry on con
j versations at once with the in
! stallation of 00 pairs of cords.
| In other words, the present
! set-up provides inadequate ser
vice to 500 subscribers, the new
, one will double its size, or ade
quate service to 1000 subscrib
■ ers. Instead of seating one opera
tor it will seat four.
The question resolves itself
into one simple “yes” or “no":
answer: Do the people of Sew-,
, ard want good telephone serv
i ice, and want it badly enough to
grant the company the right to
use the streets for poles and
cables; or are the people satis-i
fied with the present telephone:
! service?
j This franchise is not costing
I the city, nor any taxpayer any
thing. It seems that the only
sensible thing to do to encourage
the new company in its plan to
increase telephone service in
Seward is to grant them the |
franchise. This can only be done
by the people by a vote FOR the
second proposition on the ballot.
Insurance companies should
base their rates on the idea that
you’re only as old as you feel.
Someone has said that a wife j
with horse sense never becomes;
a nag.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Well Baby Conference and Im
munization Clinic, 1st and 3rd.!
Thursday of month. 1 to 4:30
p.m. Building next to Moody’s
Lunch.
Thursday, Dec. 7
WINTER CONCERT, Methodist
Church, 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 8
BOYS’ SPORTS SHOW, 8 p.m.,
High School Auditorium.
Saturday, Dec. 9
BAKE SALE, Lutheran Ladies’
Aid.
Saturday, Dec. 16
BAKE SALE, Eastern Star, Mc
Mullen’s.
BABY SHOWER
FOR LESKOS
Members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary and friends, gave
a shower party for Mrs. Ted
Lesko that was a real surprise.
Held at the Legion Club Sun
day afternoon, Mrs. Lesko walk-'
ed in, supposedly to wait for her
husband who was to take her |
somewhere, but was greeted with
shouts of “Surprise!”
Many beautiful gifts were pi 1
ed high upon a table. “The nice!
thing about it was,” Mrs. Lesko
said “that there were no dupli-1
cated gifts.” j
Charlotte is the wife of Ted
Lesko, popular steward of the
Legion Club.
A daughter was born to Mrs. |
Ruth E. Gonangnan in Seward
General Hospital Nov. 29. The |
little girl weighed P. pounds, 4;
ounces. Her name is Grace Ann. j
Christmas Seals have been
sold in the United States since
1907 to support anti-tuberculosis
work.
"ATEC"
An Alaskan Corporation Operating Telephone
Systems in Nenana, Wrangell, Seward.
WHAT MAKES A COUNTRY GROW?
Roads - Communications
The Kenai Peninsula HAS Roads
But FEW Telephones
Estimated Present Telephone Requirements.2300
Number Telephones Presently Operating. 500
SEWARD. MOOSE PASS. COOPER LANDING.
KENAI. KASILOF. NINILCHIK. HOMER. AND
SELDOVIA SHOULD BE. AND
WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION
SUPPORT THIS KENAI PENINSULA
and ALASKAN PROJECT—
Shares — $10 each
(One Voting to Four Non-voting)
FOR INFORMATION:
WRITE "ATEC". P.O. Box 223, Seward
OR CONTACT "ATEC" - Seward Division
For bona fide Alaska residents only,
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Automatic Washers
Driers - Water Heaters
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Phone Adams 137
Telephone Polk 1G6
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