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Vol. VI, No. 63
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SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEB., 7, 1950
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CEMENT HANDLING PLANT COMINS
HERE
K.P. Potlatch Is More
Successful
Than Anticipated
Accounts of expenditures have
not been completed as yet by
the Kenai Peninsula Potlatch
Committee, nor is the report of
the exact number of visitors
available, but it is known that
there were around one hundred
visitors last weekend in Seward.
The committee, made up of
Jack Werner, chairman; Patrick
Bogan, John Coleman, Mildred
Kirkpatrick and Lucille Stephan,
wish to make public acknow
ledgement this week of the gen
erous and unstinting assitance
given by the managers of vari
ous events, without which the
Potlatch would have been a dis
mal failure instead of the great
success it turned out to be.
Miss Peggy Goodrich deserves
the highest commendation for
her masterly production of the
amateur contest. It was due to
her labors alone and the whole
hearted cooperation of the local
business houses that so many
wonderful prizes were made
available for the contests. A list
of amateur show prize winners
and their donors will appear
later. “Chuck" Anderson, able
emcee, and Mrs. Kenneth Baker,
pianist, added substantially to
the show.
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Round Table Meeting
For Cub Scout Pack
Twenty-nine Cub Scouts and
a good representation of parents
attended the Cub Scout Pack
meeting Sunday evening in the
basement of the Episcopal
Church.
The meeting was in the form
of a Crusadres Round Table and
the boys were all dressed in
armor costumes to carry out the
motif. Lighting was arranged by
K. D. Cobban to give parents a
chance to take photos.
The following Cub Scouts ad
vanced to Wolf rank and are
now working for Bear badges:
Gregory Doyle, John Lohman,
Harvey Muller, Harold Howell,
Dennis Dee, Ronald Norton.
Tommy Hecklin, Larry Rutter,
[ Mickey Muir, Lanny Reed, Gary
Davis, David Rose, James Faulk,
and Donald Davis.
Theme for next month's meet
ing at the Episcopal Church is
Blue and Gold, which are the
national Cub Scout colors, in
recognition of the 40th anniver
sary of the founding of the Boy
Scouts of America. The meeting
will be in the form of a potluck
dinner for parents with place
cards, invitations and favors in
blue and gold made by the boys.
'Round V 'Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporter—
Considering this was our
first Potlatch and the variety
of entertainment offered over
a three day period, the public
spirited people who donated
their time and efforts deserve
a lot of credit and thanks. Not
only did the visitors have a
good time, but the Seward ites
were out enjoying themselves
to the utmost.
Dickie Paulsteiner was elected
president and Marorie Turnbull
secretary of the Children’s
Bowling League. All children
from 8 to 14 years are invited
to join. So far they have four
teams lined up and after one
more week of practice they will
have regular scheduled games.
The children bowl from 9:30
to 12 Saturday mornings. Mae
Hoy is the instructor. The
Dreamland Bowling Alley has
ordered junior sized bowling
balls and are allowing the chil
dren to bowl for half price.
The Seward High School bas
ketball team was in high spirits
this morning as they boarded
the train for a trip to Anchor
age. While there they will 'play
the Anchorage, Palmer and Fair
banks teams. They expect to
be away about eleven days.
The cheer leaders and some
of the pep squad are leaving
Saturday to cheer at the Seward
Anchorage games.
Miss Marie Mullins, the first
grade teacher of Seward, an
nounced her engagement to
Emil Elbe at a party given in
her honor by Miss Ruth Leich
liter, last Thursday evening.
There were 22 guests who
spent the enjoyable evening
playing Canasta and bridge.
The gifts were placed under
an umbrella and they made
Miss Mullin sit under it as she
opened them.
The wedding is to take place
in the near future.
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Dorothy and Bob Killewich
are getting settled again in
their home here. They arrived
on the Denali Friday morning.
They are both looking fine
after their vacation.
Henry LaMotte, well known
organist and pianist of Minne
apolis was in Seward for the
Potlatch. In 1945 he took a trip
to Alaska and liked it so well
he decided to homestead near
Homer at Anchor Point. Pre
vious to that time he led the
orchestra for the Minneapolis
Symphony Opera.
Mr. LaMotte played the piano
at the March of Dimes dance
Saturday night and also at a
number of night spots around
town during the week end. Hp
had an appreciative audience
everywhere.
This is Boy Scout Week. Sun
day night the Cub Scouts had
on all their armor. They were
dressed as Knights of the Round
Table in their advancement
ceremony. Pack 327 have then
display in Joe Doyle’s window.
Jens Stewart was 11 years
old Friday, Feb. 3, and had 11
guests at his party. Jens received
a lot of gifts and each one of
his guests won a prize playing
bingo. Ice cream and cake were
served, too.
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The March of Dimes dance
was a huge success. It started off
with a display of square danc
ing from second graders on up
to adults. Chas. Anderson was
in charge of the music and real
ly had a snappy band. He and
Ben Walters played the base
drums; Henry LaMotte, the
piano; Hubert Linberg, guitar;
Bea Davis and Ernie Carlson,
the saxophones. Arlee Haynes
sang some good intermission
numbers. Mr. Anderson as an
able Master of Ceremonies and
folks said it was one of the best
dances of the year. The Junior
Woman’s Club had the hall
beautifully decorated in red,
white and blue streamers.
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Didn’t know there was so
much talent on the Kenai Penin
sula. Of all the events that took
place the talent show was the
most talked about. The prize
winners showed exceptional
abilities in their own field.
Local Pilot-Owner
Gets Injunction from
Third District Court
Judge Anthony J. Dimond,
judge for the Third Division, last
Friday granted a preliminary
injunction restraining Gentry
W. Shuster, doing business as
Safeway Airways, from engag-1
ing in unlawful air carrier op-;
erations between Seward and
Anchorage, Alaska. Shuster is a j
pilot-owner based at Seward.
Under the regulations of the i
Civil Aeronautics Board a pilot- i
owner is prohibited from operat-1
ing between points which are j
served three or more times a j
week by carriers holding cor-!
tificates of public convenience
and necessity. Seward and An
chorage are two such points.
The suit was brought by the
Civil Aeronautics Board and is
the first action of its kind against
a pilot-owner.
City Council Passes
Power Bond
Ordinance
Edward Arnell, city attorney,
met with the City Council Mon
day evening in a session which
ended at 1:50 a.m., aiter several
items of business had been
tabled for a special session be
cause of the late hour. A sympa
thetic citizen supplied two gal
lons of coffee a little after mid
night, which bolstered the tired
city fathers for another hour of
work.
First on the agenda was the
reading and passing under sus
pension of the rules, of Ordi
nance No. 200, providing for the
sale of the power bonds, author
ized by a vote of the people at
the special election of Aug. 18,
1949.
The revenue bonds have been
purchased by Grande & Co. of
Seattle, and will arrive in Sew
ard for signature within the next
! ten days, after which work on
I augmenting the output of electric
power by the Seward Electric
1 System will begin.
An agreement was reached
with the city and Northern Com
mercial Co., Alaskan distribu
tors for Caterpillar grading
equipment, to purchase, at the
#cost of $13,000, a No. 12 Cater
pillar diesel road grader, deliv
1 ered in Seward,
i After the withdrawal of gov
! eminent equipment the Street
; Department has been renting a
! grader for snow removal and
i street ghading, but all such ma
I chinery will be in use during
construction season, and all
work on local streets would
necessarily be hampered by
lack of equipment. A used ma
chine was offered to the city for
the sum of $10,000, but the
number of hours of heavy use
i discounted its value as against
j the additional cost of $3000 for
| a new machine. The N. C. Co.
gave liberal terms for payment
which also was considered be
fore concluding the transaction.
A down payment of $5000 was
made wit^i the order, the re
mainder to be made in four
equal payments over a period of
two years. The grader is in Se
attle and will be shipped im
mediately.
TAX DELINQUENTS
WARNED
The City Clerk announced
Monday that there are almost
$20,000 in delinquent taxes due
the city.
Taxes became delinquent on
October 1st, 1949, after which
time a penalty of 1 per cent per
month has been accruing. After
March 15, 1950 a list of names
of tax delinquents can be pub
lished.
Heavy Penalty for
Killing Cow Moose
Walter H. Bentz and Arthur
S. Pelch appeared in U. S. Com
missioner’s Court in Seward on
Feb. 4 to answer charges on
game law violations brought by
the local representative of the
Territorial Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The two men were arrested in
connection with the illegal shoot
ing of a cow moose at Mile 36
on hte Seward-Hope Highway
on Jan. 30.
Bentz plead guilty to a charge
of transportation of big game
animal illegally taken. He was
fined $100 and given a six
months suspended jail sentence.
Pelch, who admittedly did the
actual shooting, was charged on
five counts, which included tak
ing of a cow mose in a restricted
area, without a valid 1949 hunt
ing license, transporting of il
legally taken big game animal,
and being in possession oi big
game animal without valid li
cense. He plead guilty on all
five counts and was fined $100
on each count and in addition
received a six months jail sen
tence on the taking of the cow
moose.
The seriousness of the act was
evident to all who saw the evi
dence on display in the window
of the Seward Hardware store
last week. It is almost certain at
this time of year that the taking
of a cow moose means also the
loss of an unborn calf as shown
by the evidence displayed.
Railroad Health Unit
| To Be In Seward
For Three Weeks
As has been announced pre
viously, for the next three
weeks the Railroad Unit of the
Alaska Department of Health
will be in Seward. The primary
i purpose of the unit in this com
j munity is to bring a sodium
1 fluoride program to the elemen
tary school children in an at
tempt to prevent dental caries.
All persons over the age of 12
will have an opportunity to re
ceive a chest x-ray. This is also
an advantageous time for the
i people of Seward to see the
unit, parked near the railroad
station, designed primarily to
take health facilities to com
munities along the railbelt
which have no dentist or phy
| sician.
j The unit has visited commu
nities with no dental and medi
cal facilities from Nenana to
Healy and between Anchorage
and Seward since November.
The area between Palmer and
Healy without physicians and
dentists must be visited by
spring. The personnel of the unit
I will transfer to the Yukon
Health, a river barge equipped
with medical and dental facili
ties on the Yukon River, soon
after the spring break-up.
The Alaska Dep’t. of Health
maintains five mobile health
units, the M. S. Hygiene in
Southeastern waters and the
Gulf of Alaska, the MV Health
in Cook Inlet and the Bering
Sea, the Highway unit, and the
two units mentioned above.
Because of the full schedule
the unit will spend only three
weeks in Seward. It is hoped
that at a later date other fea
tures of a preventive medical
and dental program, such as
BCG vaccination, can be made
available through the coopera
tion of the local physicians and
dentist.
Contract signed
Assuring Installation
A contract was signed this
week between Seward Fish &
Cold Storage Company and the
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Cor
poration to operate the first
plant in Alaska to handle the
direct shipping of bulk cement.
Immediate plans call for the
installation of a spur track from
the main line of the railroad
into the property and to the
marine ways. Freight cars on
the spur will be loaded through
a pipe line. The bulk cement,
aerated by compressed air, is
blown through the pipes into
steel freight cars, or warehouses,
as the case may be.
The cement will be carried
to Seward by the Foss Tug &
Barge Company of Seattle in
250 foot steel barges of 13,000
barrel capacity. It is expected
that the pump and pipe line will
be able to unload at the rate of
150 barrels per hour and that
it will take from three and one
half to four days to unload a
barge.
The warehouse buildings now
standing on the property will
be lined, concrete floors laid,
and made otherwise adequate
for bulk storage. If these facili
ties prove insufficient to handle
the volume, steel silcs will be
! set up in the yards.
The Company has been as
sured of ample transportation
facilities to the interior, and
there seems to be no reason why
this first venture should not be
a successful one with the coming
boom in construction. It is not
only the first bulk cement han
dling installation in the Terri
tory, but also the first big in
dustry in Seward.
Because of the simplified
method of handling, the number
of employees will not be so
large except during unloading
1 and building, but only local men
will be employed.
The new business will not
cause any interruption in the
cold storage, fish or locker plant.
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Seward Water Co.
Meets With
City Council
Mrs. Jean Thorne and Frank
DcLoughery, owner and mana
ger respectively, of the Seward
Water Company met with the
City Council last night at the re
! ciuest of the Council to discuss
: the water situation and the pros
i pects of an increased supply dur
I ing the coming year.
Mr. DcLoughery, speaking for
the company, agreed that with
the increase in the number of
users the present supply would
soon be inadequate and that the
present volume does not at all
times meet the demand, and as
sured the Council that the com
pany has been considering ways
to expand the service.
“I wish to assure the people,”
said DeLougherv, “that in case
of serious fire, the ATEC water
supply will be turned into the
city mains.”
He was reminded that in such
an event it would be necessary
to turn off the power wheel at
the same time, and he promised
to come to an understanding
with the power company to that
effect.
The water company, he said,
while unable to do little more
during the freeze-up than to
keep all the water possible in
the lines, does promise a defi
nite improvement before next
winter, and will submit a pros
pectus to the City Council in
two months.