Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman
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P.-T.A. SET FOR SATURDAY
MERCHANDISE PARTY
Just to remind you, tomorrow
night, July 29th, in the Civic
Center the big merchandise
party sponsored by the P-TA
to raise funds for the School
Hot Lunch program will begin
at 8:30.
Among the many beautiful
prizes to be given away is the
$500.00 Philco Upright Deep
Freeze. Also on the list of prizes
can be found lamps, Mixmaster,
Toastmaster, rad i o, electric
clock, casting rod with reel, lace
table cloth, sheets and pillow
cases, hams, groceries, and a $5
purchase order from the Blue
Shop.
Proceeds from this party will
be used for purchasing necessary
cooking and service equipment
for the school cafeteria and the
first month’s supply of groceries
and meats for the school hot
lunch program.
With all the heat that has
been on gambling lately, play
ing with dice is a pretty shaky
business.
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By Mildred Kirkpalrick
WHEN IS WAR? We have
been told time after time this
past week that we are not at
war. This is only an incident,
it is this or that, it is anything
but war! It seems to me that
the time lias come to stop hiding
our heads in the sand and face
the issue. Whenever my son or
any ether American boy is un
der the lire of enemy guns, then
IT IS WAR!
It has been generally con-!
ceded by military and diplomat-!
ic authorities that Alaska is in j
the direct path of enemy aggros- j
sion. We are subject to sneak
attack at any time.
Military construction must be j
pushed to rapid completion or I
the defense of the Territory and;
of the continent will be delayed
beyond repair. And yet the en
tire summer season has been
consumed in pleading with one
union after another not to delay
construction and lose the entire
season in strikes.
One strike is settled then an
other group rises up. It has all
the appearances of sabotage to
the innocent bystander. No one
can teil me that Alaska residents
are at the bottom of it. The
man who has a home and a
family here is not going to
jeopardize them for the sake
of a few cents on the hour. The
percentage of local membership
in the construction unions has
never been published, but there
seems little doubt that the per
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Aug. 1 for
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Homer
Kodiak
Sitka
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS ALEUTIAN
Aug. 4 for
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Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS ALASKA
Aug. 8 for
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Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Seattle
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Aug. 11 for
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Ketchikan
Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Square Sinnel . Aug. 3 A Freighter . Aug. 10
WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
MORE ABOUT . . .
Beta Sigma Phi
(Continued from Page 1)
ter, Juneau, who is transferring
to this group, and by Mrs. Pat
rick Bogan apd Mrs. Russell
Painter, president and vice pres
ident, respectively.
The officers were installed
immediately following the cere
mony. Mrs. Patrick Bogan, pres
ident; Mrs. Russell Painter, vice
president; Mrs. John Burke, re
cording secretary; Mrs. Vernon
Moore, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Richard Beissner, treasur
er; Mrs. Harold Campen, direc
tor and Mrs. Ray James, sponsor.
An organization meeting fol
lowed the installation and Mrs.
Guenther presented the charter.
Mrs. Bogan presided over the
business meeting to determine
meeting dates. The first and
third Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m.
were chosen, the first meeting
to be held at the home of Mrs.
Paul Wangley.
At the close of festivities Mrs.
Guenther was presented with a
gift from the pledges as token
of appreciation. Light refresh
ments were served.
centagc will be topheavy on the
side of the non-Alaskans; tran
sient members of Stateside un
ions who have come into the
Territory for the seasonal work
and have no interest in it other
than big wages.
I am a woman, an indignant
woman, an apprehensive and
very angry one. I expect to stay
in Alaska, to stand or fall with
it. I am not alone in my position;
there are many other women
who will stick to the fort.
If this army of women, wives
and mothers, will arise in their
anger and DEMAND immediate
settlement of all strikes for the
safety of our homes and chil
dren, there can be no greater
weapon devised. An angry wo
man is a force to be reckoned
with; 50,000 determined women
would be a powerful minority
in the defense of the Territory.
I do not know' anything about
the pros and cons of the union
fight. That can be settled at a
later date. What I want now',
and what the other women want
now, and we mean NOW, is to
see the necessary defense con
struction progressing with all
possible human speed! IC civil
ians won’t do it, then bring a
battalion of Seabees and get the
job done!
James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD. ALASKA
MORE ABOUT . . .
Boy Scouts Return
From Jamboree
•*S‘- }.
(Continued from last issue)
A stopover at Niagara Falls
gave the Scouts a trip into the
Cave of the Winds under the
Falls and they crossed the ftain
bow Bridge into Canada.
They went through the East
man Kodak plant at Rochester,
and again attended church.
In Detroit, all the boys made
a tour of the Ford plant. This
and the visit to Henry Ford's
Greenfields Village seems to
have been the most impressive
visit of the entire trip. They
were fascinated by the assembly
line of automobiles. Each boy
was given a miniature Ford and
a big lunch.
At Salt Lake City, the group
listened to a concert on the great i
organ at the Mormon Tabernacle,
saw the monument to the sea
gulls, had a swim in Salt Lake,
and roller coaster rides.
Back in Seattle they had in
struction in swimming and life
saving from the “best instruc
tors in the country.”
They were guests at the Alas
ka Pioneers’ Picnic, where they
had rides in the yacht and speed
boat provided for them by Mr.
Norton Clapp.
The Alaska contingent lett I
Seattle on the morning of July!
20 for home. The Seward, An- ]
chorage and Cordova boys ar
rived in Seward Tuesday at 4
a.m. David Pettijohn and Bob
Arvidson, both of Cordova, will
go on to their home when the
SS Alaska leaves Seward to
night. A party is planned for
them this evening in the gym
nasium at Jesse Lee Home by
Seward Scout Troop 630.
When asked for the general
impression of their trip, both
David and Dick are glad to be
home, although they would have j
continued traveling for any fur-j
thcr length of time. Dick, son of
David L. Brown, Dean of Boys j
at Jesse Lee Home, was born i
in Uniontown. Pa. He did not,
find the East to be what he ex
pected, although he did not ex
actly know what he did expect.
It was too hot, for one thing,
and too crowded. After this trip
he is firmly sold on Alaska as
the best place to live. His family
moved to California when he
was eight years old, and he lived
in California four years. The
last four years have been spent
in Anchorage and Seward. But
even Anchorage is now too big
for Dick, and he prefers Seward.
He will start school here in the
fall as a junior in high school.
David Gray, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Gray, has lived in Sew
ard since 1946.
The Inlet Inn
in Homer
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