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Vol. VI. No. 13
SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Speedy Delivery Of Rail
Freight Assured By ARR
Following the regular session of
the City Council Monday evening
members joined with Alaska Rail
road representatives and merchants
in extra session to discuss the
scheduling of steamship service
that is giving preference to Valdez
and Whittier as ports of call to the
detriment of Seward.
It was brought out in discussions
that tonnage to interior destina
tions like Anchorage, Palmer and
Fairbanks is being diverted from
Seward because of faster delivery
over the highway from Valdez by
reason of that port being sched
uled for discharge before vessels
come to Seward.
When vessels call at Valdez first
to discharge their cargoes for
truck movement beyond, the ton
nage routed via Seward is delayed
from two to three days while the
ships are enroute from Valdez to
Seward and intermediate stops.
By the time vessels dock at Sew
ard the freight previously dis
charged at Valdez has had several
days head start toward interior
destinations. Merchants and distrib
titors and particularly contractors
place much importance on such
time factors and consequently have
been requesting their consign
ments routed that way.
Serious Threat to Port
One recent visitor to Valdez
pointed out that the increasing
amount of tonnage being routed
through that port is becoming a
serious threat to the port'of Sew
ard. He added that the present
trend could easily result in Seward
becoming a secondary port
throughout a major portion of the
year with the possibility that it
might even remain so the year
around when roads are kept open
during the winter, as now being
planned.
Couneilmen asked merchants and
businessmen to join them in an
effort to plan some action to in
fluence steamship operators to
route ships to make Seward the
first port of call in westward
Alaska. Col. J. P. Johnson, general
manager of the Alaska Railroad,
and Larry Moore, his assistant,
assured those present that the rail
road can make expeditious deliver
ies to the'interior comparable with
service now available via Valdez
if the railroad is not required to
await arrival of ships from Valdez
and can utilize the time required
for vessels movement between
Valdez and Seward. *
Would Reduce Work Opportunities
A representative of the long
shoremen expressed the opinion
that the trend toward shipping
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July 4th Committee
Elects Bogan Pres.
Pat Bogan of the Seward Plumb
ing Company has been elected
president of the permanent Fourth
of July Celebration Committee,
with A1 Noyes to be secretary and
treasurer and Cliff Whipple to be
property officer.
Members of the finance commit
tee are Charles Lechner, Leon Ur
bach and W. C. Erwin. The com
mittee will be incorporated as a
permanent body and at the August
28 meeting the constitution and
by-laws will be submitted for
approval.
Other members of the permanent
committee are Bob Muller, A. G.
* McRae, Ed Manthey, Ted Lesko,
John Coleman, and Mrs. Mildred
Kirkpatrick.
JOHN CROPPER DUE AUG. 21
The Coastwise Line freighter
John Cropper is expected to call
at Whittier Wednesday, Aug. 17,
and go from there to Valdez, ar
riving at Seward about Aug. 21.
This ship is carrying 2400 tons of
cargo to be discharged at the port
of Seward.
Phone Co. Plans Fire
Alarm System Here
Win. M. Maxey, president of the I
Alaska Tele p h o n e Engineering J
Corp., met with the Seward City :
Council at a special meeting to :
explain the plans of the company
for the new automatic telephone |
system in Seward. With good de- ]
livery on equipment and speedy
building construction, the system
should be made fully automatic
within a year, even to the auto
matic fire alarm.
This fire alarm will automatically
operate the fire siren when the fire
department number is dialed. The
phone' on which the call is made
will be locked in contact with the
fire station until the chief releases
it. This makes it impossible for
the telephone to be accidentally
disconnected before the call is
completed. It also makes it easy
to trace false alarms.
300 At Bear Lake For
Bartenders' Picnic
More than 200 Seward children
and about 100 adults gathered at
Bear Lake Sunday for the annual
Kids' Picnic given by the Seward
branch of the Bartenders’ Union
and to enjoy huge quantities of
pop, hot dogs and ice cream. Chil
dren of the Jesse Lee Home had
been invited but were unable to
attend because of a few cases of
measles at the Home.
Use of the premises at Bear Lake
was donated by the Tresslers, who
own the sawmill, and bus trans
portation was furnished free by the
■ Kenai Peninsula Bus Lines. A num
ber of trips had to ire made by
the buses and a number of the
children deserted the cars of their
parents to have rides'in the big
bus.
There were many contests and
entertaining features for the
youngsters and for the adults
a horseshoe pitching contest was
a highlight of the program. The
horseshoe pitching got such an en
thusiastic reception that some of
those present suggested that an
All-Alaska contest be sponsored at
1 Seward.
! One of the casualties of the pic
nic was Pop Lanier, who worked
up a charleyhorse in his arm from
pitching the shoes.
The only other casualty was
Jimmy Hoiben, who got a snag
j hook caught in his cheek. Jimmy
! received a great deal of praise for
i the manly way he permitted Dr.
j R. O. Sellers to remove the hook.
Jean Germain, Lorena “Red”
Stolp and Helen Stevens assisted
in taking care of the children.
Walt Hoiben was commended for
an excellent job on management
of refreshments.
All Seward bartenders assisted in
making the picnic the most suc
cessful one Seward has had. Hank
Thrall was in charge of the com
mittee for entertainment which
pleased the crowd and Bill Weston
was in charge of the transportation
committee.
CAR TURNS OVER ON
HOPE ROAD
Travelers from Hope Monday re
ported that a gray sedan had gone
off the road and turned over at a
point beyond Mile 60 on the road
to Hope. At the time the car was
found a man was still inside. While
a little groggy, the man appeared
to be uninjured, and a group of
men who claimed they were his
friends, took him toward Hope in
their car.
Tuesday morning authorities in
Seward said they had received no
information about the accident
other than the report of the wit
ness who asked that her name not
be made public.
People of Seward
As a mark of respect to the
memory of Mrs. Claudia I.
Sexton whose sudden death has
deeply grieved 'the community,
and to her daughter, Miss Sylvia
Sexton, whose many friends
may he employed and otherwise
unable to attend funeral serv
ices, it is my request that all
business houses in Seward close
their doors between the hours
of two and three o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17,
1949, time of the services to be
held in the Seward Methodist
Church.
EUGENE N. LANIER,
Mayor, City of Seward
Seward Public School
Teachers Chosen
For Coming Year
Superintendant of Schools Carl
R. Carlson announced Monday that
with one exception teachers have
been appointed for every position
on the staff for the 1949-19-nO school
year. The one position still to be
filled is that of shop and science
teacher in the high school.
In addition to his duties as super
intendant, Mr. Carlson will teach
Latin to high school students. Mrs.
Grace Campen will be principal of
the high school and will leach
mathematics and chemistry. Walter
Blue will teach history. Spanish
and English and Mrs. Gladys Bo
gard will teach home economics.
Business subjects will be laugh
by Mrs. Hazel Muir and Miss Mar
garet Spencer will teach English
in addition to duties as librarian.
The music .department will be
headed by Miss Shirley Calnan.
Grade Teacher^’
Teachers for the First Grade will
be Mrs. Ina Fisk and Miss Marie
Mullins, and for the Second Grade,
Mrs. Dorothy Frost and Mrs.
Blanche Miller. Misses Betty Boyd
and Jane McMullen will teach
Third and Fourth Grades respect
ively and Miss Flavia Hansen will
have Fifth Grade.
Sixth and Seventh Grades will
he taught by Miss Ruth Leichliter
and William Knapp, both of whom
will also have physical education.
Larry Grounds will have the Eighth
Grade.
A.S.C. Permit System
For Alaska Freight
Continuing its efforts to elimin
ate costly delays to trucks deliver
ing cargo for shipment to Alaska,
the Alaska Steamship Company
announced the adoption, effective
August 18. of a definite procedure
for receiving cargo.
Under the new regulations, all
truckers, in order to make delivery
of cargo to Pier 42, will be required
to have obtained a delivery time.
Trucks arriving - without a sched
uled time will be handled as soon
as possible after all scheduled
trucks have been received. *
Trucks with loads in excess of
4,000 pounds of packaged cargo
will be required to have a swamper
to expedite unloading.
These are the basic requirements.
They have been established as an
outgrowth of company inter
departmental discussions and con
ferences with trucking companies,
backed up by several months ex
perience. During that period, it was
not mandatory that the shippers
obtain a delivery time. As a result
only about 2Q per cent of them now
do. Consequently the company has
not been able to properly control
deliveries to the capacity of its
terminal resulting in long delays.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Douglas gave
a party at their home on the high
way Monday to a group of visitors
and local friends. Jack Davis, high
way patrol official, and a sister of
Irwin Tressler were out-of-town
guests. Mr. and Mrs. Tressler of
the Bear Lake saw mill and Mr.
and Mrs. Pat Friede were Seward
guests.
Highway Accident Fatal
To Pioneer Resident
Texan Gives Bus To
Jesse Lee Home
i
The Jesse Lee Home is the re
cipient of a new 30-passenger
Chevrolet bus, the gift of J. J.
Perkins of Wichita Falls, Texas,
who visited here last summer.
Henry Cassel flew to Denver
where he accepted delivery of the
bus. At Great Falls, Montana,
Cassel was joined by Robert Green
and Franklin Fisher who helped
j drive the bus over the highway.
I The bus will be used to trans
1 port the children of the Home to
; church and Sunday School in town
, and for movies, picnics and like
affairs. Till now the children have
1 had to ride in an open truck,
j On Monday the children had
their first ride in the big yellow
i bus with its comfortable seats,
i The new bus has all the latest
: conveniences and safety features
recommended for buses transport
ing children.
Coastwise Line Adds
Two Ships for Alaska
W. T. Sexton, president of Coast
, wise Line, San Francisco, has an
j nounced the p u rchase of two
I 1U.500 Ion EC-2 Liberty type ves
| sels, Joel Chandler Harris and
! James Lick, for use in a Califo ma
; Puget Sound-Alaska direct service
| The new operation will supple .0 it
Coastwise Line's existing direct
service between California, Oregon
and Alaska and will be in addition
to its regular coastwise service.
. In commenting on the purchase
! of the two vessels, Sexton indi
j cated that his company considered
j the move a stop-gap measure. He
I said Coastwise Line is presently
engaged in a program for the con
I struction of vessels specifically
! adapted for the coastwise Alaska
| trade. This program, while still in
; initial stages, is being effected by
! the company in consultation with
1 offshore labor unions and initial
proposals for the construction of
i such vessels have already been
1 placed before the United States
1 Maritime Commission,
i Coastwise Line has operated in
the coastwise service since 193d.
At the outbreak of the war its
vessels were requisitioned by the
War Shipping Administration and
played an important role in war
time shipping. It may be remem
bered that one of Coastwise Line's
vessels, the SS Coast Farmer, was
the only vessel to successfully get
into and return from Corregicior
during the last phases of the Bat
tle of Bataan.
LUTHERAN PICNIC AT
LITTLE BEAR LAKE
Members of the Seward Lutheran
Church and Sunday School and
their friends are invited to a pic
nic at Little Bear Lake Sunday,
August 21. Those planning to at
tend are urged to be at the Lu
Iheran Church at 11:00 a.m. that
•morning.
People who will have extra room
in their cars are asked to bring
them to accomodate those who
have no available transportation.
Each family will furnish its own
lunch and dishes. The Sunday
School will furnish ice cream and
drink. In case of rain the affair
will be held in the church base
ment.
Hal Thornton of Kenai and his
family left Seward in a small boat
for Caine's Head Monday evening.
Thornton said they would remain
there for about a week while he
does some work on KD buildings
purchased from the WAA.
Claudia I. Sexton, 85, Alaska
pioneer and resident of Seward
since 1904, passed away Friday eve
ning, August 12, at the Seward
General Hospital as a result of in
juries incurred earlier in the day
when the car in w'hich she w'as rid
ing rolled over a bank at Mile 57
on the highway.
The other two occupants of the
car, Sylvia Sexton, daughter of
Airs. Sexton, and Mrs. Ralph Reed,
were also injured. They were also
admitted to the Seward General
Hospital. Mrs. Reed had no serious
injuries, but Sylvia Sexton suffered
broken ribs.
Airs. Reed, who is librarian at the
Seward Public Library, was re
leased from thn hospital Sunday
evening. Aliss Sexton was ex
pected to return to her home on
Tuesday.
According to information sup
plied by those who witnessed the
accident, the car was at a stand
still when the mishap took place.
It had pulled to the side of the
road to permit other vehicles to
j pass when the soft shoulder o# the
; road gave away, permitting the car
' to roll down an embankment and
turn over several times as it went
| down.
Pioneer Resident
Claudia I. Sexton was the widow
! • *f George Saxton, who preceded
! i:er in death by many years. Be
. -He - her daughter, Sylwa Sexton,
j-he is survived by a son, Nul Sex
! ion. who is head of an accounting
j firm in Seattle. He was in Sewarcf
at the time of his mother's death,
i Mrs. Sexton, with her husband
and two children, came ..to Alaska
; in 1893. and first settled at Skag
wav, later moving to Sunrise, now
a ghost town but a thriving town
in the days of the gold stampede.
In the year 1904 the Sexton fam
ily moved to Seward. They saw the
beginning of construction of The
Alaska Railroad.
Funeral Services August 17
Mrs. Sexton made the care of her
j husband and two children her
j career and assisted her husband in
l the management of the Sexton
! Hotel in Seward, which was known
las the Coleman House before being
| Purchased by her husband. George
! Sexton. Mr. Sexton was the first
Deputy United States Marshal in
Seward.
Funeral services will take place
in the Seward Methodist Church at
2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 17,
and interment will be in the
I.O.O.F plot in the Seward Ceme
tery.
Migratory Bird Law
For 1949 Season
According to the 1949 Migratory
Bird Regulations the open season
for the Kenai Peninsula and other
areas is September 15 to November '
3.
Bag Limit and Possession
The daily bag limit for ducks is
five (5) of which only one may be
a wood duck. Two days’ limit in
possession (10 ducks—but only one
wood duck).
The daily bag limit for geese is
six (6) of which only two may be
Canadian geese or its subspecies,
white-fronted geese, or brant. Pos
session limit is the same as the
daily bag limit.
The daily bag limit for coot is
fifteen (15). Possession limit fif
teen (15).
The daily bag limit for sora is
twenty-five (25). Possession limit
twenty-five (25).
The daily bag limit for other rails
and gallinules is fifteen (15) in
combination or singly. The posses
sion limit is the same as the daily
bag.
Daily Shooting Hours
The daily shoting hours are from
one-half hour before sunrise to one
hour before sunset.
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