Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
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C. E. Or fonder
Jeweler
Established 1016
CABINET MAKER
General Carpentering
Furniture Crating
See H. J. WINANS
Mi. 2 Warehouse
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Merry Christmas! Merry,
Merry Christmas!
Just what is Christmas? In
this country all races and creeds
celebrate the day as one for
the giving of gifts. Children
look forward to this time for
all the wonderful toys they
dream about during the whole
year. More often than not many
of them are disappointed, but
they can dream, can't they? We
parents bend every effort, and
strain every nickle trying to.
satisfy those extravagant dreams
and feel pretty badly and quite
guilty when we are not able
to meet the demands of our chil
dren at Christmas time. And'
The Chop
Suey House
Wishes You All
MERRY CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!
CHRISTMAS DAY - DECEMBER 25
Free Christmas Punch
Served with every $2.50 full course
TURKEY DINNER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE,
—The MURPHYS
Holiday Specials ...
FRESH CRISP HOLLY - WREATHS - MISTLETOE
POINSETTIAS - ASSORTED POT PLANTS
CHRISTMAS CANDLES - ORNAMENTS
POTTERY
Complete Line of Cut Flowers
Christmas Corsages
SID the Florist
When In Seward
IT'S
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
REDUCED WINTER FARES AND tOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF
Dec. 30 for
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
SS DENALI
Jan. 6 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Petersburg
SS BARANOF
. Jan. 13 for
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
SS DENALI
Jan. 20 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneai^ Seattle
Petersburg _
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
that’s where I think we are
wrong.
Christmas has been commer
cialized to such an extent that
half the people in the country
are in debt from one year’s end
to the other paying the bills for
the big day. Why don’t we spend
more time and thought in teach
ing the spirit and reason for
Christmas?
This is a Christian world, yet
the Christmas story is fast be
coming a legend, so entangled'
with other legends of the Christ
mas rose, the lighted tree in the
forest, St. Nicholas, Santa Claus,
the sleigh and reindeer, the
elves, the fairies, and the work
shop that children have a hard
time separating the real story
from the rest.
Housewives and mothers prob
ably work harder this week than
any other to have the house just
right, every little detail perfect,
cooking all day for the family
and as many friends as she can
crowd in. She is happy to do it
and wouldn't have it any other
way, but oh! when the day is
over, how wonderful it is just
to sit down bd glad it s over.
I’ve met women who could
boast in November that they
were already for Christmas! All
the gifts ready and wrapped,
and I said, “How wonderxul,”
but continue to wait until the
last week, yes, until the last
day to get mine ready. Every
year I think that I shall be fore
handed too, and be ready early;
but 1 never do. And it’s just be
cause I love the rush and hustle,
the last minute details, then the
midnight service and the quiet
hour of waiting for Christmas
morning. I love it, and won’t
have it any other way.
It is inevitable that there will
be sad homes this Christmas.
Strikes, layoffs, illness and death
continue their usual rounds re
garless of the day. We remem
ber last Christmas in the mid
dle of a long strike, when many
children in Seward dreamed
without fulfillment, many tables
were skimped, and we can all
spare a moment of sympathy for
those who suffer now.
But our children were not
hurt by it. Disappointments are
character building experiences
it they are taken in the right
spirit. Illness can be cheered,
too, by gifts and the promise of
health and good times to come.
The loss of a loved one at
Christmas must be particularly
keen, and the ieast we, the hap
py ones, can *do is pause a mo
ment in our merry making to
offer sincere condolence to those
who are mourning. For by sheer
contrast, and no matter how lit
tle one may have in material
goods, one can achieve some
happiness. Because happiness is
what you make it, so be happ^r,
be merry, be glad, the greatest
gift of all!
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Saturday, Dec. 24
EPISCOPAL GUILD meets.
Sunday, Dec. 25
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Do you know your house number?
HOLIDAY WEEK ACTIVITIES
AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH
Following Is the schedule for
Holiday Week activities of St.
Peter’s Episcopal Church:
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24—11:30
p.m. Carols and Choral Euchar
ist.
Christmas Day, Sunday—11:00
a.m., Holy Eucharist.
Monday—Feast of St. Stephen,
Holy Communion, 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday—Feast of St. John,
Holy Communion at Sanatorium.
Wednesday—Holy Innocents’
Day, Holy Communion, 9:30 a.m.
Church Schol Pageant and
Party—7:00 p.m. Don’t miss this.
Thursday — Woman’s Auxil
iary Christmas Party, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday after Christmas —
Feast of the Circumciosion, New
Year’s Day:
8:00 a.m.—Holy Communion
9:45 a.m.—Church School
11:00 a.m.—Choral Eucharist.
Fr. and Mrs. Clapp will be at
home New Year's afternoon, 4 to
6 o'clock, to members and
friends of the parish.
Opportunity knocks only once
but temptation bangs on the
door for years.
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James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD. ALASKA
CONTRACT WIRING
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Madison 151
Telephone Polk 168
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
SEWARD. ALASKA
Local and Long-Distance
Hauling
Werner's Transfer
Ph.: Mad. 93 P.O. Box 893
Anchorage Hotel
Dave Patterson. Mgr.
Extends a
HEARTY WELCOME
TO SEWARDITES
McKinley
Park Hotel
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In the Heart of Seenie Alaska
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD j
Tuesday and Saturday
at 8:30 A.M.
CONNECTIONS FOR FAIRBANKS FROM ANCHORAGE ON
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY.
For Reserrationa at McKINLEY:
Phone Seward Agent — Main 158
TANNING
Sand ua your furs and skins to ba
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauda Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle. Wash.
PIC& CPAM
Telephone Adams 92
Pickup & Delivery
Cleaning
Alterations
Pressing
Hat blocking
is produced by
Tuberculin and
Bangs-Free
Cattle—
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SEWARD POST
No. 5
Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Month
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd & 4th Thursday of Month
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. & A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. E. Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 38
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
EaCh Month at T p.m.—Union EUl
President — Harold Davis