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Vol. VJI, No. 51
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1950
Price 10 cents
Hub City Elks
Hoopsters
To Play Here
The Anchorage Elks basket
>all team is scheduled to arrive
it 1:15 Wednesday to play two
fames in the high school gym.
Wednesday night they will
ilay an All-Star team made up
rom the city league. Thursday
ight the Elks will meet Sew
rd's Sea Hawks, in what pro
lises to be a real and scrappy
ame. Tickets will be sold at
ic door.
The Elks are leading the city
ague in Anchorage, with sev
al top flight players of college
me. Coached by Robert Lewis
|id sparked by Doc Johnson, a
ng shot artist, the Elks have
owed down all their oponents.
lling up a season record of 7
ns and no losses.
Scrappy Steve Agababa and
id Ottmar, who plays an equal
strong offensive or defensive,
11 put up such resistance that
Sea Hawks will have a real
ttle. Competition with a real
tough team will be of untold
net it to the Sea Hawks in pre
iration for the conference bat
with the Anchorage Eagles
|xt month.
team has been
Romig, formerly
the absence of
>• coach, Kobtr*
will not ac
however, as
The visiting
jached by Dr.
Seward, in
lir r e -g u 1 a
|wis. Tile doctor
ipanyr the team.
Is originally planned, but
|wis. who recently returned
Anchorage, will make the
ATTENDANCE AT
ASTERN STAR
JTALLATION
In spite of the most disagree
|e weather of the winter, the
Itallation services at Eastern
]ir was well attended. The
lapter room was crowded.
Installing officers, Mrs. Marie
2en, Mrs. Margarete Leehner
Mrs. Arreta Howell, were
tsented gifts, and the incoming
licers presented Mrs. Cecil
Irton, new Worthy Matron,
|h an engraved lucite gavel.
Jast Matron Arreta Howell
|l Past Patron Tom Howell
|eived the Chapter jewels for
ritorious service. Members
llaim Mr. and Mrs. Howell
a most successful and in
jsting year.
Iliss Shirley Calnan, former
(sic instructor in Seward High
Tool, is visiting with Miss
|e McMullen during the holi
rs. Miss Calnan is teaching
| the Fairbanks high school
year.
[ionald Graves is spending
holidays with his parents,
and Mrs. Lyman Graves, of
city. He will return to the
|versity of Alaska for the
|ng term.
Seward Postmaster
Appointment
Expected Soon
Delegate Bartlett took action
in December on six post offices
in Alaska and recommended
appointment for each of them,
of which Seward is one.
Clarence T. Larson was recom
mended for the Seward office.
His appointment, however, is to
be presidential with the con
firmation of the Senate. This
is expected soon.
?.Ir. Larson has been Outside
for several months ror medical
treatment, but will return home
in January.
WARN VETERANS AGAINST
"SIDE PAYMENT" DEALS
The Veterans Adminisrtation
has again warned veterans,
builders and lenders against
the consequences of making or
accepting so-called "side pay-1
ments” in the sale or home
properties to veterans with the
aid of G.I. loans.
Ihe VA said such side pay-!
ments—usually made tor the
purpose of evading the prohibi-,
lion against sales to veterans'
in excess of appraised ‘‘reason
able value”—are a direct viola
tion of law and subject offenders
to possible Federal prosecution.
In spite of repeated warnings,
the VA said cases continue to
come to light wherein veterans
have been induced to pay the
builder or seller an amount
over and above the sales price
shown on the loan report sub-,
ljiitted to the VA, and upon
which the government loan!
guarantee is based.
Veterans who knowingly c in
spire to evade the law by mak
ing such side payments risk
loss of their rights under all
veterans’ laws, the VA warned.
In addition, all parties involved
are liable to prosecution under
Federal Law.
The VA said veterans should
remember that the provision of
the G.I. Bill, stipulating that the
selling price to the veteran may
not exceed the appraised rea
| sonable value, was placed in
: the law for their own protection
against over-priced properties.
A veteran who seeks to cir
cumvent this provision by mak
ing an illegal side payment is
only working against his own
1 best interests, the VA said.
WOMAN'S SOCIETY OF
CHRISTIAN TO HOLD PARTY
The Woman's Society of
j Christian Service will hold their
: annual Christinas Party at the
! Jesse Lee Home Thursday eve
j ning, December 2. An interesting
! program has been prepared and
there will be a gift exchange.
All members are urged to
! attend.
—
Bob Morgan was in town for
1 the holidays, leaving Tuesday
I morning to return to his classes
at the University of Alaska. Like
a number of Seward men, Bob
has had a communication from
Uncle Sam, but believes that he
may be allowed to finish his
year at school.
Slide Blocks
Removed
From Areas
With the advent of the unsea
sonal rain which has made such
havoc of all streets, the police
department has removed the
barriers placed to block off cer
tain streets for the children’s
sledding.
“Any street is unsafe now,”
said Chief Green, “and no child
should be allowed to even at
tempt sledding.”
Two to six inches of water
and slush covers the entire sur
face of the ground, hiding the
ice underneath making any
walking and driving treacher
ous.
People for the most part have
remained indoors, venturing out
only if absolutely necessary.
Three days of rain on 2d inches
of snow can make a sizable
puddle.
ZEALOU3 KODIAK
FIKEF 1GHTEH
The Kodiak firefighters are
so eager to answer the alarm
that one at least found himself
in an embarrassing situation
early this month. An article
from the Kodiak Bear says:
“In answer to an alarm sound
ing in tiie wee small hours of
the morning, our hero (who will
remain anonymous for obvious
reasons), dashed into liis clothes
and leaped onto the rear end
of his truck as it roared out of
the station towards Civilian Hill.
“It was not until the truck
reached the scene of the blaze
that the smoke-eater realized
that in his haste, he had for
gotten something. He had an
swered the call to duty in his
“longjohns,” having forgotten
trousers and boots in the general
scramble.
“His comrades wrapped him in
a blanket and he remained in
the truck while more appropri
ately dressed men extinguished
the blaze.”
FIRST COMMUNITY TREE
IN KASILOF
The villagers of Kasilof light
ed an outdoor Christmas tree
this year for the first time. Two
of them in fact, at the Charles
Crabaugh and the Chester Cone
places.
, This is the first year that pow
i er was available for the outdoor
, display.
: _
! Miss Cherie Lubin. who lives
i with her aunt, Mrs. Chas. Ches
nutt, is in Seward General Hos
pital after an operation for ap
pendicitis. It was not an emer
! gency, but was planned for this
' time so as to put Cherie in good
! health to start school again. Hap
py holidays, Cherie)
The Sanders family now has
: two sons in military service,
Frank in Fort Richardson, and
Art in the Submarine Service in
New London, Conneticut.
Child Slightly Injured
When Struck by Car
i Little James Thomas, son of
i Carl Thomas, was injured slight
; ly when he was struck or fell
j under a car driven by Barton
j Stanton on Christmas night.
The child was unable to tell
whether he had fallen in front
of the car or was knocked down,
but it is thought that in crossing
the street, which was very icy
and covered with slushy snow,
he fell and was dragged under
the car. He was taken to Sew
ard General Hospital but was at
home by morning.
•He suffered lacerations on the
face and nose, but no broken
bones.
CHURCHES OF ALL FAITHS
OBSERVE CHRISTMAS RITES
Residents of Seward visited
the community's churches dur
ing the s p e c i a 1 week-end
services in record numbers tms
year.
Living closer to the war than
any other American district,
Alaskans, and Sewardiles sang
carols, played Santa Claus and
visited in the good old-fashioned
way.
Three special church services
were broadcast for the first time
by remote control by the local
radio station with the coopera
tion of tiie telephone company.
The Sunday morning service of
the Methodist Churcn, Midnight
Mass from St. Peter s Episcopal
Church and the Christmas morn
ing observance oi the Lutheran
Church were broadcast very
successfully.
Christmas
TWO NAVY TUGS RESCUE
PANAMANIAN FREIGHTER
IN NORTH PACIFIC
The SS Atlantic Star, a 7000
tun freighter under Panamanian
registry, was towed to the Naval
Station, Kodiak, recently by
two Navy tugs after running
out of fuel about five hundred
miles south of Kodiak.
After the distress signal from
the Atlantic Star was picked up
by the Navy, a seagoing tug
was dispatched from Kodiak to
render assistance. The Military
Sea Transportation Service tug
TATA-243, which was dispatch
: ed from Kodiak, was delayed
several hours from tying onto
the distressed Vessel because of
extremely high winds and rough
water. Another Navy tug, the
USS Molala (ATF-106), over
took the other vessels a few
days later and also tied onto
the Atlantic Star to help tow
it into port.
The TATA-243 is under the
command of Captain E. E. Butts
of Seattle, Washington, and the
Commanding Officer of the
ATF-10G is Lieutenant Com
mander W. L. Collins, USN, of
Vallejo, California.
The SS Atlantic Star, under
the command of Captain George
Samothkakis, of Cardiff, Wales,
refueled at Kodiak and resumed
its voyage to Vancouver, B. C.
The ill fated ship was enroute
to Vancouver from Yokohama,
Japan.
Alaska ilniv.
Is ‘Territory
Wide' School
Conclusive evidence that the
University of Alaska is becom
ing a “Territory wide” school
of higher learning was disclosed
this week with the release of
complete registration figures xor
the first semester of the 1950-51
academic year, to the Board of
Regents.
This year 231 Alaskan stud
ents are enrolled on the Campus
at College, Alaska, as against
175 last year. “This year we
have 50 more Alaskan students
attending the University of
Alaska than last year,” Presi
dent Terris Moore said. “This
is certainly a healthy increase.”
Likewise, this year there has
been an increase in Alaskan com
munities represented on the
campus. This year 26 Alaskan
communities were listed as the
hometowns of students as
against 19 Communities last year.
Fairbanks is first on the list
with 87 students this year. This
is an increase of 98 per cent over
last year when 45 students came
from Fairbanks. College, Alaska
is second with 80 students as
against 52 for last year.
Anchorage is third with 24
registered compared with 15 a
year ago. Other cities in order
vre Palmer 7, Seward 5, Juneau
3, and Cordova 3.
Point Barrow sent two stud
ents to the University this year
as did the other extremities of
tire territory, Ketchican and
Unalaska.
Other students each came
from Bethel, Cohee, Eagle,
Iliamna, Kiana, Manley Hot
Springs, Nenana, Seldovia, Skag
way, Sitka, Glenallen, Cooper’s
Landing. Dillingham and Wran
gell,
“We are much pleased that
the Territorial University is
\ serving more of the youth of
Alaska," President Moore said
"Obviously our first duty is to,
the youth of Alaska and the n>.
crease in Alaskan enrollrfient
| is most gratifying. ThVs year
i 73 per cent of our enrollment
I is from Alaska and 27 per cent
from Outside. Students from 27
I states and two foreign countries
plus our Alaskan students from
the far corners of the Territory
give the University a very cos
mopolitan atmosphere,” Doctor
Moore said.
Total enrollment on the camp
us is 312 this semester. In addi
tion there are 30G persons en
rolled for college credit in the
Military branches of the Univer
sity of Alaska located at the 17th
Naval District base at Kodiak,
Fort Richardson and Ladd Air
Force Base, and there were 65
students taking courses for cred
it in the Summer School.
“Thus the University of Alas
ka is serving a most useful funo
,tion in the teritory, with a total
of 683 students enrolled for
credit, attending classes and rc
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