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Seward Seaport Record
Formerly The Seward Polaris Sr Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian Chain News
Vol. V, No. 45
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DEC. 7, 1948
Price 10 Cent*
Werner Buys
Cold Storage
Business
Jack Werner, well known local
grocer, announced the purchase
of the cold storage plant from Bert
Walker. The building will remain
as it is, according to Werner, till
new equipment arrives. Until that
time arrangements have been
made to have the place open every
afternoon for the convenience of
those who rent cold storage lock
ers.
Sid Urie's floral shop has moved
it’s floral equipment and aquari
ums across the street to the Re
liable Cab building, where busi
ness will be continued as usual.
Walker said the plumbing bus
iness would be carried on by Shea
at the Seward Metal Works loca
tion. Walker, himself, said he had
made no set plan for the immedi
ate future. As many people in
Seward know, Walker is interested
in veterinary work, and had al
most finished his training in that
field when it was interrupted by
the war.
Council of 4-H Clubs
Elects Officers
The Seward Council of 4-H Clubs
met Friday, Dec. 3. at the home of
Mrs. Lillian Dangler and the fol
lowing officers for the year were
elected:
Mrs. B. Davis, president: Mrs.
Reba Rose^ vice-president: Mrs.
Dorothy Frost, secretary-treasurer.
New 4-H Clubs are forming and
registration for projects may be
made with Mrs. Frost at the
school.
Each 4-H Club is a separate pro
ject and many cash awards are of
fered for winners of projects.
Awards are from $50 to $100.
Among projects offered are Room
Improvement, Photography, Meal
Preparation, Sewing, Poultry, Elec- j
trification Baking, Advanced Camp ;
Cookery.
Five registrants are required to
make a club, but if that number !
is not available for a project it may
be assigned to one.
Council officials report that they
are in need of Club Leaders and
request that anyone interested in
participating in the 4-H program
call Mrs. B. Davis.
Seward 4-H has been represented
at the 4-H Congress in Chicago the
past two years and every effort is
to be made to maintain the record
the coming year.
Puerto Rico Meets
Seward at 4-H
Congress
From the arctic and the tropics,
two young 4-H girls have traveled
to Chicago to 4-H Club Congress.
Angela Rivera of Toa Alta, Puer
to Rico and Phyllis Dangler of
Seward, Alaska are the 4-H Cloth
ing Achievement winners of their
respective countries. At the Con
gress t h ey met the winners
from the 46 states, all of whom
are guests of The Spool Cotton
Company.
Though their countries are far
distant, different in climate and
customs, these girls have a com
mon interest in 4-H Club work.
Both are enthusiastic participants
in 4-H Clothing projects and have
learned to make their complete
w-ardrobes, including everything
from lingerie to dresses and suits,
and also to remodel and mend
their chothes.
Each has used her sewing train
ing in room improvement projects.
In order to make her bedroom
more attractive, Angela made a
bedspreac^, pillow case, dressing
table skirt, curtains, laundry bag
and a shoe case. The result was
so effective that she continued
working in the other rooms until
all were equally attractive.
Phyllis started her redecorating
in the living room where she first
made draperies and a curtain for
the door. She block printed small
Mexican designs down the sides
and along the lower edges of the
draperies and then put one design
in the center of each of four chair
backs. She made pulls and a lamp
shade and also crocheted a pillow
top, using the Granny afghan pat
tern.
Food projects also have held the
interest of these two girls and each
is proud of her culinary accom
plishments. Angela and Phyllis
appreciate the practical training
they receive in the homemaking
arts and fully enjoy the many so
cial activities open to them in the
4-H Club.
ONE OUT OF THREE HUNTERS
GETS HIS MOOSE
Mr. William Allen, Wildlife en
forcement officer in the Kenai
area, said today that moose hunt
ing was just about as good this
year at last. He estimated that dur
ing the five-day season about 38
moose were shot, making one
moose for about every three hunt
ers. Getting the moose out turned
out to be a harder job this year,
it was learned, because the moose
had not been driven down from the
mountains by the snow.
Sanatorium Official
Wins Commendation
Miss Alice M. Hussey, new occu- j
pational therapist at the Seward
Sanatorium, received praise for her
work here in a news release from
the Alaska Tuberculosis Associa
tion dated December 1 at Juneau.
The news release said that, al
though Miss Hussey has arrived
only recently at the hospital, she
is making splendid progress.
Miss Hussey is the second work
er employed by the association for
work at Seward. Miss Clara E.
Robeson, medical social worker,
arrived at the Sanatorium last i
•June, and since then, lending as-1
sistance wherever needed, she has
done much to lift the morale of
the patients and bring happiness
to the institution.
A public address system, donat
ed by the Alaska Tuberculosis As
sociation, has been set up at the
Sanatorium. Programs can now be
heard by the patients, and Miss
Hussey is also arranging programs
in which the patients may partici
pate.
Miss Hussey is a graduate of
Tufts College in Medford, Massa
chusetts, and of the outstanding
Boston School of Occupational
Therapy. Before coming north, the
newcomer worked as an occupa
tional therapist in Tacoma.
Woman Now
M. D. Head at
Sanatorium
Dr. Carola Reitlinger has been
appointed head of the Seward
Sanatorium, and arrived in Sew
ard last week to take up her work.
Dr. Reitlinger stated that her stay
here would probably not be perma
nent, but she expects to be here
for some time.
She was notified of her appoint
ment while she was in Juneau, and
left for Seward on twelve hours
notice. It is just a month since she
arrived in Alaska, after having
successfully served in her profes
sion in many countries of the
world.
In 1941 she was forced to leave
her native Germany and come to
America, where she pursued her
work for three and a half years at
the tuberculosis sanatorium in
Iowa City, Iowa, which is con
nected with the world-famous Iowa
University Clinic. She also worked
for two years in Brazil before com
ing to Alaska.
While she worked for many years
in Munich, her home was originally
I in Augsburg, Germany. Munich and
Augsburg are in Bavaria, and Dr.
Reitlinger said that Alaska re
minds her of the beautiful Alps of
her home country. But the moun
tains of Alaska, she said, are even
more beautiful than her native
Alps, because they are still un
spoiled. . _
Dr. Reitlinger succeeds Dr. Rob
ert Valle, who is reported to be
driving to the States with his
former assistant. Dr. J. P.
McLaughlin.
Hunters in Freak
Car Mishap
A car owned by Harold Davis
slid on the icy road and went back
ward into Summit Lake, where it
I stood on its rear bumper with front
wheels hanging on the edge of the
i road.
I Davis was returning to Seward
with a group of moose hunters
when the mishap occurred. A num
ber of cars had stopped at the 60
foot glaciered stretch of highway,
in order to chop the ice to make
travel across it safe.
The Davis car was the last of
the group to cross the ice, and part
way across it slowly turned side
ways, sliding easily into the lake.
Other cars stopped at Moose
Pass to send back a tow car to
pull them out of the lake. Davis re
ported that no one was hurt, and
the car was undamaged.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED
TO SELLERS RESIDENCE
The Fire Department answered a
call to the residence of Dr. R. O.
Sellers at 11:00 p.m. Sunday. The
fire did little damage, except for
burning a small hole in the floor.
It is believed the fire started some
ten hours earlier, when an attempt
was made to thaw out a water
pipe with a blow torch. The insul
ation near the pipe would not burn,
but it became heated through to a
point a foot from where the torch
was applied.
There it smouldered till the
smoke became noticeable and the
Fire Department was cailled. It
never did break into flame till the
doors were opened and air let in. I
The blaze was quickly put out with
chemical extinguishers.
Mr. Glen Miller is in from Moose
Pass visiting friends.
Ships Loading as Strike Ends;
Three Now Discharging
Cargo lir Port of Seward
Ponies to Take^on
Five Cage Games
On North "Tour !
The Seward High basketball
squad, with high hopes of taking a
few scalps, is leaving Seward via
The Alaska Railroad on Thursday
morning on a tour playing five
games in five nights.
Their first stop is Anchorage, i
where they will meet with the,
strong, but not undefeatable, An- j
chorage High team. Though An- !
chorage is way out of Seward’s
class in size of schools, Seward’s
fighting Ponies may outclass them
on the basketball floor.
The Seward Ponies are matched
with the Anchorage Eagles on Fri
day and Saturday nights, Dec. 10
and 11.
Wasilla Territorial School has
asked for a game. This game must
be played on Sunday, Dec. 12, be
cause of time involved. Final ar
rangements are pending.
On Monday and Tuesday, Dec.
13-14, Seward High plays Palmer
at Palmer. These games are ex
pected to be close and hard-fought.
The starting lineups for all
games very likely will be Don
Steele at center; Antril Suydam
and Stanley Andtrson, forwards;
and Ed Renwald and Bob Morgan
at guard positions. Ready to as
sist on call will be Bob Keefe, Bill
Erwin, and Richard Deigh.
Billy Anrig will go along with
the team in the capacity of man
ager. Both hr> and Bob Erwin have
been doing an excellent job as
managers. Bob will make the Fur
Rendezvous, when the team goes.
Our boys know that they are
facing tough opposition and are J
ready to meet all teams with real j
competitive and sportsmanlike
spirit. They are going away to do
their very best for Seward.
Gas Car Lewis, bridge inspector
for The Alaska Railroad, has been
here from Anchorage the past few
days on an inspection trip and was
to leave this morning by plane for
the Hub City.
—Buy and Use Christmas Seals—
Termination of the maritime
strike found Seward longshoremen
busy unloading cargo from three
ships docked here yesterday.
The Alaska Steamship Company
has scheduled four more ships to
sail this month, with the Baranof
due to arrive at Seward about De
cember 16, leaving Seattle on De
cember 10. The Alaska, which has
been returned to the Alaska
Steamship Company from North
land Transportation Company, is
due to leave Seattle December 16.
This is expected to be the Christ
mas ship, and will probably arrive
about December 24.
The Denali, which will not have
Seward as a port of call on its first
trip, will leave Seattle December
15. Two freighters of the Alaska
Line, the Terminal Knot and the
Victoria, will sail from Seattle
about December 16 to 18.
The embargo on rail freight des
tined for overseas shipment has
been lifted, but it may take some
time before goods reaches the
docks in sufficient quantities to
make good pay loads. It is reported
that foods, medicines, and holiday
supplies will be given priority in
shipments.
While business in Seward has
been slow during the prolonged
shipping tie-up, enough ships and
barges have docked here to keep
longshoremen at work a good part
of the time and no cases of dire
need were reported as a direct re
sult of the strike.
General effects of the termina
tion of the tie-up were observable
Monday. Merchants immediately
began planning holiday sales cam
paigns. Longshoremen began to
arrive in town after their extended
vacations, and while there had
been difficulty in getting enough
men to work on the Liberty Ship
Archer T. Gammon, by Monday
afternoon there were plenty of
men available.
The Alaska Railroad immediate
ly began making preparations to
handle the large amounts of cargo
which will again be coming over
the docks at Seward.
Mr. Herman Reichman. superin
tendent for Lytle & Green, left
by plane Saturday morning on a
business trip.
Board to Answer School
Bond Questions
At a meeting held last night, the
Seward School Board decided to
publish a series of questions and
answers pertaining to the business
of running the Seward Public j
Schools.
These questions amd answers
will be presented in a later issue
of the Seward Seaport Record, and
will deal with all questions the
school board can think up as well
as any questions submitted by
Seward voters. The purpose of the
program is to clarify all issues in
volved in the school bond election
to take place on December "0.
Mrs. Beryl Wagner, of the school
board, said last night, “The matter
is urgent. If construction is to be
gin as soon as spring weather per- j
mits, all preliminaries must be!
taken care of within the next two I
or three months.
'“Those preliminaries indude au
thorization of the bond issue by
ihe voters, a call for bids, letting
of contracts, and floating the bond
issue.”
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