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Seward, Seaport^Record
Formerly The Seward Polaris Sr Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian Chain News
Vol. V. No. 64
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Kodiak Team
Plays Here
Tonight
The scrappy Kodiak basketball
team is expected to try the mettle
of the Seward High Ponies in to
night's game at the Civic Center.
The tough little' island team'
came out on the short end of a
37 to 30 score at Anchorage Tues
day evening, but made it a battle
all the way.
The Anchorage Eagles held a
slim lead of 10 to 0 at the end of
the first quarter, which ran up to
a tie score of 18-1S at half timv.
Again at the opening of the last
quarter the score was tied with a
total of 22 points for each team.
While the Anchorage Eagles
won, the score indicates that the
islanders have plenty of fight and
the Ponies will have to play real
basketball to come out on top.
Coach Knapp has remarked re
cently that the Ponies were really
getting into their natural stride
for the first time this season, and
that a number of good practice
sessions on the large floor of the
Civic Center had smoothed out
their game considerably.
Probable starting line-up for
the Ponies is: Don Steele, center;
Stan Anderson and Ed kenwald,
forwards; Antril Suydam a n d
Richard Height, guards.
Officials will be Joe Doyle and
Delbert Krulikeski.
Junior Women’s Huskies will
play a curtain raiser against the
high school girls' All-Stars. Open
ing whistle will blow at 7:30.
LICENSE SUSPENDED, 9100
FIXE FOR HURLEY
Vernon Hurley, age 19, employe
of The Alaska Railroad at Divide,
was fined $100 and had his driv
ers’ license suspended for a period
of one year in the Commissioner’s
.Court on a charge of driving an
automobile while under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor.
A number of citizens Teported
to the police that Hurley was
driving on Fourth and Fifth Ave
nues at an excessive rate of speed
and officer Anderson took up the
chase.
While attempting to pass a
truck between Madison and Mon
roe Streets on Fourth Avenue
Hurley lost control of his car and
plowed through a snow bank for
a distance of 65 feet before com
ing to a stop.
HIGH SCHOOL CARNIVAL
TO BE FEB. 25
February 25 has been chosen as
the date for the Seward High
School Carnival with many types
of carnival entertainment and
games, including bingo, on the
program.
The carnival is one of the
bright spots on the year’s enter
tainment calendar at the high
school, and has always been a
colorful affair from the opening
of the doors at 7:30 p.m. till the
last tired guest departs at a late
hour.
This year the proceeds from the
carnival will be used to buy seats
for use at the high school plays
and other activities.
The Rev. Harold O. Small, S.J.,
Provincial of the Jesuit Order in
the Northwest and Alaska, visited
the Rev. Martin Borbeck, S.J., at
the Sacred Heart Parish in Sew
ard this week. Father Small left
Seward by plane Thursday morn
ing.
Frozen Feet
Result of Hike
At -37 Degrees
William, son oi Mr. and Mrs.
George Green of Seward, is re
covering from a case of frozen
feet as a result of a 21-mile hike
when his automobile stalled on
the road to Kenai in 27 below :
weather. Other passengers in the -
car suffered no ill effects.
Green, accompanied by Doc
Hall, of Seward, set out for Kenai
with the purpose of bringing back
the grandmother of a Sanatorium
patient who was to undergo a
surgical operation.
Another granddaughter and a
friend accompanied t h e m to
Kenai, and on the return trip
with the grandmother the car’s
radiator froze up. It was thawed
out several times, and finally the
engine quit running entirely.
The two men set ouc on foot
to Henton's Lodge at six o'clock
in the evening and finished the
21-mile walk at 1:15 a.m. After
a great deal of difficulty a car
was gotten out to the stranded
party on the road at six in the
tmorning.
None of the group had suffered
too severely from ttie cold, us
they had blankets and could hud
dle together to keep warm. Their
clothing and blankets were cov
ered with frost, however, and
icicles were hanging from the top
of the car on the inside.
Green said, Friday iba• It*. ui*'..
not know how long his frozen
feet might keep him out of circu
lation, but no permanent injury
is expected to result from the mis
hap.
Green's parents have just re
turned from an extended trip to
the States.
MESSIAH MI'SIC ARRIVES
FOR CONCERT
Tile musical scores for Handel's
famed oratorio, The Messiah, ar
rive d on time for the prac tice
Wednesday evening at the Sew
ard Memorial (’hutch.
In spite of the unusually coid,
windy weather a crowd of MO peo
ple turned out for the practice,
and it is expected that the chorus
will finally consist of 15 or 50
voices.
Since the group as a whole
reads music well the fir«t prac
tice with the score showed excel
lent re sults under the direction o:
Miss Calnan.
CIVIL SERVICE M IMXd
POSITIONS OPEN
The Civil Service has announced
that' positions are open for posi
tions as "staff nurse” at a salary
of $2,974, and "head nurse” at a
salary of $3,727. The jobs are in
Alaska, countrywide, Washington
j and the Panama Canal Zone.
There will be a written test be
sides which nursing education or
education and experience are re
quired. Age limits are 35 years
for the Canal Zone, 40 years for
! Indian Service, and 62 years for
other agencies. The closing date
for applications is March 29,
1949. Those interested are asked
to see Mrs. O. F. Lindberg in the
Federal Building at Seward for
further information.
Leonard Hopkins, Anchorage
business man, has been in Seward
for the past ten days and returned
Thursday by plane to his home
city after visiting with his friend.
Bob Hall at Moose Pass on
Wednesday.
Longer Term
For Mayor
Proposed
Territorial Representative Clar- ,
ence D. Keating, former mayor of ]
Seward, proposed legislation this
week to lengthen the term in of
fice for mayors from one to two
years.
If his proposal goes through,
tlit' election date would lie shifted
from April to early October,
thereby permitting t h e newly
elected mayor and/council to plan
the municipal budget for their
own term in office. Councilmeu
would be elected to three-year
terms. .
Ability to plan a budget would
give a municipal administration a
running start, and the additional
year in office would give enough
follow-up time for a good man to
effectively carry out his program.
As it is now, a candidate for
the mafor’s office can not con
trol his own program because of
the fact that civic improvements
must be planned in the winter and
the actual work done in summer.
This means the mayor, elected
in April; inherits it program pro
posed by his predecessor.
lildll SCHOOL PARTY
AT HILL'S CLl'H
| After, toniglyt's basketball raw
with Kodiak, Seward High School
students will have a party at the
Bill's Club. The local Elks have
turned t'lie club facilities over to
the students for a dancing party.
Lloyd Calvert will be in charge
for the Elks, and some of the
children’s parents will also be
present.
The high school students will
furnish their own refreshments
and sell them there for the pur
pose of raising mom y to send ad
ditional players to the basketball
tournament in Anchorage.
KENAI COtTLE VISITING
IN STATES
j .Mr. and Mrs. 1.. E. Brenner left
Hope last Friday en route to the
Stati s. Jeanne Thornt.on flew to
i Hope from Kenai the same day to
‘ take over Mrs. Brenner's duties
at the Hope post office.
The Brenners were to join their
son, Ed, at Fairbanks. Ed mined
until recently in the Resurrection
Valley and now pilots a DC-3 be
tween Seattle'and Fairbanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Brenner will fly
with their son to his home in Se
attle. From there they will pro
ceed to Denver to visit another
son. Forest. They also expect to
visit a third son, Richard, at
j Parkville, Mo. Every member of
1 the Brenner family has spent
some time on the Kenai Penin
; sula.
[CONCERT AT SEWARl)
MEMORIAL CHCRCH
A concert featuring Mrs. Mary
Clements, talented pianist, will he
held at the Seward Memorial
Church Sunday evening, Feb. 20,
beginning at 8:20. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
i Gerald Protzman at 1:15 a.m.
Friday, Feb. 11, 104S, at the Sew
ard Memorial Hospital. The baby
weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces
at birth. Name of the boy was not
made known. Mrs. Protzman is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (lor
uoh Clack of Seward.
Good Fighters
Head Card at
Navy Smoker
The Trevethan-Wangley bout J
heading the card for the Navy
smoker Feb. 18 looks like it may
turn out to be a real mix-up.
Many people here will remem
ber that Trevethan was Nevada
state champ, and that Wangley is
the man who beat Henry Arm
strong and fought Hud Taylor for
the championship in Minneapolis.
Milo Davis was a Golden Glover
and held several service titles, in
cluding the championship of Bou
gainville. When Davis appeart d
at the Civic Center for workouts,
he found that he and Lloyd
Thornton were old friends from
Seattle rings, having fought on
the same card a number of times.
About 14 men are showing up
every day for workouts, and
around 30 youngsters have been
taking advantage of the Civic
| Center facilities each day. Month
| ly tickets will soon be available,
and the small size skates were ex
pected to arrive today on the
1 Baranof.
The floor is being sanded and
| will be in condition for use.
Shipping News . . .
The SS Baranof arrived about
' this morning (Feb. Ill and
! is Expected to leave about mid
j night tonight. The SS Ch!v\ W a
shakie depart'd Seattle Thursday
morning, and will come directly
to Seward with 37SS Ions of car
go for Seward and the Railbelt. A
large part of the cargo is beljeved
to be steel rails for The Alaska
Railroad.
The James W. Cannon is ex
pected to complete discharge of
cargo today and leave immediate
ly for California ports.
.JIM,OK WOMEN'S CLI I!
MEETS AT KElSSNEli HOME
The Junior Women’s Club held
its business meeting Feb. 1 at the
home of Peggy Beissner. There
were thirteen members present.
Hostesses were Peggy Penrose
| and Peg-Jy Beissner.
A request for old newspapers
for the Sanatorium was made.
Any members having old news
papers are requester? to bring
them, to Kay Ling's home.
A bingo party is planned by the
Junior Women lO be neld either
I on the 17th or IS of February,
i The i xact date will be announced
| later. The bingo party is to be
j held in connection with other
I local entertainment provided for
! the Navy.
I i
! ANNIVERSARY FOR
'HIGHWAY gals
1 On Fob. 3 the Highway Gals
, met at the home of Edith Doug
: las for their first anniversary as
i a neighborhood club.
On Feb. 5 a year ago the folks
along the highway were prac
tically strangers. Now there is
real neighborliness among them
, and they have learned to do
things' for and with their neigh
bors.
A two o’clock luncheon was
served, followed by a beautiful
angel food cake, appropriately
decorated with “Ha<ppy Anniver
sary.”
Written games were played and
prizes won by Creo Ives and Boo
Witherup. Edith presented hand
crocheted dish cloths to each
mon.her as a token of friendship.
Plans for Navy
Visit Near
Completion
It was announced at the Cham
ber of Commerce meeting Thurs
day evening that plans for enter
taining the Navy .are nearly com
pleted.
The official program will he
printed Tuesday. Feb. 15, and all
those interested in having their
entertainment protects appear in
this official program must turn
the information to Mayor Gene
Lanier by the evening of Monday,
February 11.
Information required consists
of the type of entertainment, the
time, place and the name of the
sponsoring group. Any other per
tinent information may he sub
mitted if deemed necessary.
The program will also contain
a short summary of facts about
the history of Seward, a picture
of the city from the hay, and a
couple of other pictures of inter
est.
('Iiamher News
At Thursday's meeting the
Chamber of Commerce voted to
send a letter to Territorial Itep
resentative Clarence I). Keating
endorsing his bill for lengthening
the tern s of city officials, and
also ,(:omnn li'Urm ^ir, to, t! . A'. -
morial which he introduced last
week requesting that the Seward
Anchorage highway he completed'
by the year 1950.
Discussion on the subject of
new meeting quarters for the
Chamber was tabled pending fur
ther negotiations.
The money collected in 1948 to
I ward installation of a large wel
| come sign was relegated to the
| general fund for application on
j the cost of the new booklet.
It was announced that payment
of dues is now in order and that
; they may be paid to Gus Johnson,
I who is chairman of the member
! ship committee.
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N.X.NATO HUM K KQ l KSTS
OLI) X KVVSPA PKKS
The Seward Sanatorium has put
out a call for old newspapers. A
lot of them will be needed, and
dates will make no difference,
since they are to be used for pur
poses other than reading.
People are requested to gather
and tie the old papers up i" bun
dles and leave them at the office
of the Reliable Cab Company. The
papers must he tied up in bundles,
however, because loose papers can
not be handled.
volunteer services of Seward
Chapter of the American Red
Cross have donated 30 pounds of
yarn for the use of patients in
wards one and two. Patients will
knit such articles as sweaters and
socks for-their own use and the
use of other patients. Volunteer
services have also collected cloth
ing for the use of patients in the
children’s ward at the Sana
torium. .
FAR-FETCHED BUSINESS
Ralph Andrews of the Andrews
Surplus Store is getting ready to
believe that refrigerators could be
sold to Eskimos. This week he
received orders from Southern
California and North Carolina for
mukluks. “You never can tell to
what ends an advertisement will
go to bring you results,” he said,
shaking his head in wonder.