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Vol. VI, No. 72
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1950
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Sea Hawks Leave For Juneau
Games And Alaska Title
The Seward Sea Hawks will
be aboard the Baranof when she
sails tonight,, to carry on the
battle in Juneau for the Alaska
championship in Class A basket
ball.
Captain and center Don Steele,
Antril Suydam, Stanley Ander
son, forwards; Ray Anderson
and Richard Deigh, guards: Rich
ard Cowan, guard; Ronald Lew
is, forward, and William Erwin,
guard, will be accompanied by
Coach Bill Knapp.
The Baranof will arrive in Ju
neau Monday, and the three
championship games will be
played Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. The team
will leave Juneau by plane on
Thursday and return from An
chorage on the Friday train.
Mr. Carlson, superintendent
of schools, says that he regrets
very much that lie cannot go
with the boys, because he knows
that they will enjoy their trip
to meet the Juneau high school,
school spirit and student attitude
there being beautiful to see. It
is going to be a definitely bene
ficial experience for our boys.
Juneau has offered a good
guarantee on expenses, and
enough money was raised in
Seward to insure a perfect trip.
Red Cross Campaign
To Start April 15
Seward Chapter American
Red Cross has obtained special
permission from the Pacific
Area Office, San Francisco, to
delay the local fund campaign
until April 15, as announced by
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, chapter chair
man.
"The month of March, al
though it is the period estab
lished by the National Red Cross
for the Fund Campaign, seems
to be the most difficult time in
i the year for Seward,” said Mrs.
j Kirkpatrick. "A slow winter on
I the docks, and the fact that all
I other organizations seem to
choose February and March for
money raising projects, seems to
indicate that April is a much
better time.”
After explaining the situation
to Mr. Earl E. Dumbross, Re
gional Director, lie agreed with
the local chapter to delay the
campaign until a more appropri
ate season, and allowed until
May 1 for the final report.
1950 Registration Books are
open at the City Hall.
'Round V 'Bout Town
Andy Novak celebrated his
71 birthday last Wednesday
evening, March ft.
Mr. Novak makes his birthday
a yearly occassion for a party
in which to entertain his friends.
He was host to between 30 and
40 guests at a dinner party at
Gabe’s restaurant and a dance
at the Wagon Wheel.
It is also his custom to stand
on his head on his birthday
and he has 3 witnesses -to prove
that he performed this task not
once, but twice, before going to
dinner.
Gabe, with the assistance of
Jean Germain, moved this and
that to make room for the parj^y
and had the restaurant decorat
ed with flowers and streamers.
They served a delicious turkey
and roast beef dinner with all
the trimmings.
Sid Urie baked the birthday
cake, a golden sponge artisti
cally decorated. You can ima
gine how it looked with 71
lighted candles.
I Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith
also had the Wagon Wheel
beautifully decorated in Andy’s
honor. A large banner, with
“Happy Birthday Andy" was
over the archway.
The party danced and danced
and ’twas said the young folks
couldn't keep up with Andy.
His guests all tell us they had
a wonderful time and that it
was an evening they will long
remember.
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Mike, the trained parakeet,
is a card shark. At a pan game
at the O’Brien’s Wednesday
evening he distributed the cards
and chips to their guests. The
George Yosts and the Melvin
Decks sat back and relaxed
while Mike did their work for
them. Thought it was cute, too.
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Mayor Gene Lanier was a pas
senger on the plane to Anchor
age Thursday.
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The Highway Gal’s Club met
it the home of Mrs. Faulkner
Thursday afternoon.
The J. Vic Brown s Alaska
Shop honored Mrs. Helen Bern,
Mr. Clifford Whipple and Mr.
L. Kirch with a place setting
of silver last '.veek. — \
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fulton
and Mr. and Mrs. DeFord and
son were in from Homer Thurs
day. They report the roads are
still in good condition.
There are going to be four
restaurants in operation to sec'
that the Sewardites are well
fed and plans are under way1
to see that everyone is taken
care of w’hen the Chamber of
Commerce group goes over on
March 25.
i
Shirley Calnan entertained
the school teacher’s bridge club j
Thursday evening. The party j
j was given at the home of Mrs. ;
Donn Lee.
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We hear there was such yum
my food served at the dinner
party given by Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Witherup last Wednesday eve
ning. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Edwards
and family, the Gentry Shus
ters and Mrs. Anna Wilson, sis
ter of Mrs. Shuster, were their
guests.
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Mrs. Anna Wilson is leaving
for her home in Kansas next
Saturday. She plans on leaving
with Gentry Shuster, who is
going to Lock Haven, Penn to
pick up two more planes. Elmer
Rasmussen will meet Mr. Shus
ter in Lock Haven and they will
fly the new planes back.
Bill Waite was released from
the hospital Thursday.
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Jim Dunmire, Jim O’Brien
and Jack Willis of Cooper Land
ing were the over night guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis
last Tuesday. They all came to
Seward to do some shopping.
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Formals were selling like hot
cakes all week. The girls are
getting ready for the Purple
Bubble Ball, Saturday, the 18th
Mrs. Alice Kennedy
Chosen For Area
Census Crew Leader
Mrs. Alice Kennedy of Sew
ard has been appointed crew j
leader of the 1950 census enum
erators throughout the Kenai
Peninsula, Kodiak Island, the;
Aleutian Chain and areas as far
west as Bristol Bay. The ap
pointment was announced here
yesterday by James Brown, di
visional supervisor, who was in
Seward from Anchorage.
Mrs. Kennedy started her five
day training at the divisional of
fice in Anchorage on Wednes
day. Upon her return she will
appoint and train enumerators
for the area. Enumeration is to
begin April 1.
Estimate reports for concen
trated areas will be available
early in the enumerating period.
Outlying districts, however, will
be slower in reporting, it is ex
pected.
Applications for enumerators
have been left with the post
master in Seward, with instruc
tions printed thereon. All appli
cations must be in by March 15
to allow for appointment and
training of local workers.
New Schedule For
Skating Rink
The roller rink, under the
management of Mrs. Peggy
Beissner, under the auspices of
the Seward Athletic Association,
announces the following sched
ule:
Saturday and Sunday after
noons from 2 until 4 o'clock,
the rink will be open to school
children under high school age.
Werrmrsdajr Trttfa.v arid Sat-1'
urday nights, open to all adults
and high school people from
7:30 until 11:30.
Thursday nights are reserved
for married couples and their
guests.
Admission will remain at 25
cents for children and 50 cents
for adults.
It is understood that at such
times as big parties are adver
tised as being held in the Civic
Center, the skating rink will not
be open. i
Former Purser Now
Ketchikan Agent
Mr. W. R. Wood has been ,
named Alaska Steamship Co.!
agent at Ketchikan, Alaska, ef-1
fective March 15. Mr. D. E.
Skinner, general manager of the i
company, announced this week.
He succeeds Mr. W. P. Lock
wood, who has resigned.
“Wood’s appointment follow's
three years of splendid service
as agent for The Alaska Line
at N o m e, Alaska,” Skinner
stated.
Wood first joined the com
pany in 1945 as purser of the
steamer Longview Victory and
prior to his Nome assignment
also served in the purser’s de
partment of the steamer Aleu
tian.
“This experience has given
Mr. Wood an over-all knowledge
of Alaska shipping—an excel
lent background for his new
post,” Skinner pointed out.
Wood will leave Seattle for
Ketchikan on the steamer De
nali, scheduled to sail March 11.
A successor has not as yet
been named for the Nome post.
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i FRESHMAN BAKE SALE
The freshman class is going
to hold a bake sale Saturday,
March 18 at McMullens—11:00
a.m.
Methodist College Location
Has Not Been Chosen
Woman's Club Wants
HeaStjh Ord. Enforced
The Seward Woman's Club in
the regular March meeting last
night at the Seward Sanatorium
passed a resolution to ask that
the City Council enforce the ex
isting health ordinance to the
limit and amend it to include a
periodic inspection of food han
dling businesses. The resolution
also calls for an amendment to
the ordinance to provide for
the sterilization of dishes in
restaurants and fountains, or,
in the case of fountains, to re
quire the use of disposable cups.
A second resolution was pass
ed to endorse the proposal of
the Chamber of Commerce and
City Council to build a gymna
sium and swimming pool under
the school project.
The meeting was preceded by
a tour of the sanatorium con
ducted by Miss Alice Hussey,
physio-therapist, who explained
the work being done and dis
played the beautiful handicraft
of the patients. The family of
hamsters, parents and four ba
bies, kept in the hospital library
as pets, were the source of
much interest.
The process of anesthesia used
in chest surgery and a demon
stration of the bronchoscope by
Dr. L. M. Lowell held the group
spellbound. VipwAjolx-ray films
showing the progress in treat
ment of individual tubercular
cases was most enlightening, as
it gave conclusive proof of the
necessity of early diagnosis and
treatment of the disease.
The business meeting was
held in the nurses recreation
room. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served.
Labor Dep't. Begins
Safety Campaign
Mr. Ed Garnick, Deputy Com
missioner of Labor, stopped in
Seward Friday on his way to
Fairbanks where the Depart
ment of Labor is to begin a series
of safety classes.
Safety in the home, on the
highway, and at work will be
illustrated by films. Unions and
employers are urged to take ad
vantage of Red Cross and De
partment of Mines courses in
first aid, and to provide first aid
on all jobs.
After two weeks in Fairbanks,
Mr. Garnick will be joined by
Henry Benson, Commissioner of
Labor, and other cities along the
Railbelt will be covered in the
department’s safety campaign.
Palmer, Anchorage, then Sew-'
ard will be the itinerary.
The department has compiled
and issued a new safety code
which is to be presented and
stressed in all meetings and
places of employment.
Dr. Lawrence I. Hewes, 74,
chief of the western headquar
ters of the Bureau Public Roads,
died in San Francisco March 2.
Dr. Hewes was in charge of the
design, financing and construc
tion of the roads in the eleven
western states, Alaska and Ha
waii. He is survived by his
widow, a daughter and four
sons, including John Hewes of
Juneau.
i The committee for the loca
tion of the new Methodist col
j lege for Alaska will meet in
J Cleveland, Ohio, on April 19.
I Rumors are going around that
j the location has been decided
j upon and that Ketchikan has
j been chosen. Other rumors have
J it that Juneau is the place, and
! still other rumors say other
! towns. Each boat that comes in
brings new rumors. Let us now
restate for the benefit of all that
the college location has not yet
been decided and it is up to the
I citizens of Seward to make
I every last minute effort to get
the committee to decide in fa
vor of Seward.
One set of rumors had it that
the building was already under
construction in Ketchikan. This
is absolutely false for the simple
i reason that all the money for
the school has not yet been
raised. Another set of rumors
said that Juneau had been
chosen and the contracts let.
Also, it is very definite that the
S70,000,000 Public Works con
: struction in Alaska has nothing
to do with the proposed college.
If readers hear any such ru
! mors they should do their best
to kill them, for the college lo
cation committee has not yet
met and has not yet decided up
, on the location. Write your let
ters now! Next month will be
i too late!
Following is a list pf the col
lege location committee:
Mr. Ernest W. Peterson. Ore
gon Journal, Box 1351, Portland,
! Ore., chairman; Bishop A. Frank
j Smith, 2308 Southmore Blvd.,
Houston 4, Texas; Bishop Gerald
Kennedy, 514 Journal Bldg.,
Portland 5, Ore.; Dr. Earl R.
Brown, 150 Fifth Ave., New
York 11, N.Y.; Rev. P. Gordon
Gould, 1701 Arch St., Philadel
phia, Pa.; Dr. W. Vernon Mid
dleton, 1701 Arch St., Philadel
phia, Pa.; Rev. Elliot Fisher, 150
Fifth Ave., New York 11, N.Y.;
Mr. H. C. Snoke, 1701 Arch St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. John O.
Gross, 810 Broadway, Nashville,
Tenn.; Mrs. Vf. R. Brown, 65
Walnut St., East Aurora, New
York; Mrs. E. Paul Todd, 1409
N. 6th St., Tacoma 6, Wash.;
Mrs. A. C. Johnson, 713 E. 7th
St., Hopkinsville, Ky.
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce with the cooperation of
the Lions’ Club, has underway a
solicitation campaign for a fund
to send a representative to the
April 17 meeting of the commit
tee. Rev. Paul Irwin made the
trip to the Buck Hill Falls con
ference last November and laid
the groundwork for Seward's
bid for location of the college
here.
Anyone who wishes to sub
scribe to the fund may mail their
checks to W. W. Sipprell, presi
dent of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce; W. C. Erwin, secre
tary Chamber of Commerce, or
to the Seward Record, Box 204,
or deliver their subscription in
person to any of these.
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Bill Estes was the honor guest
at a birthday dinner party given
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Sipprell Wednesday eve
ning. Their guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Buntz, Mr. and Mrs.
Hal Gilfilen and Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Estes.
While the group was playing
Canasta Bill was busy blowing
out the numerous candles which
were on his birthday cake.
nil Don’t Plan ANYTHING ELSE!
CjIKS. Purple Bubble Ball
March 18