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Formerly The Seward Polaris Sr Kenai PeninsulaAleutian Chain News
Vol. V, No. 56
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 1949
Price 10 Cents
End Basketball
Second Series
Tonight
By BILL KNAPP
Completing the second series of
City League basketball, Seward’s
four basketball teams will meet to
night on the high school court to
decide standings by the scoreboard.
In the first game, starting at
7:30, the undefeated High School
Ponies will meet the Seward Light
and Power team. The second game
of the evening will see the Hard
waremen and the Boosters battling
it out for top score. Both games
should prove to be thrilling, hard
fought basketball.
There will be a week of no City
League games because the Ponies
will be out of the running next
week, thereby making it impos
sible to play doubleheaders. Sew
ard High will play the Anchorage
High Eagles on Seward’s home
floor Thursday, January 20 and
Friday, January 21.
Series III, the last of City League
playing, will start Tuesday, Janu
ary 25. Game nights scheduled,
with all four teams playing each
evening, are Tuesday, January 25;
Friday, January 28: Tuesday, Feb
ruary 1; Friday, February 4; Tues
day, February 8. and Wednesday,
February 9. The last game of
Series III would normally have
been set for Friday, February 11.
except that Kodiak High is play
ing Seward High on both Thurs
day and Friday of that week.
These games are also at Seward.
It: is hoped that all games of the
last series will be played in the
USO Building. All teams of the
league would especially like to
play one of their series on a stan
dard sized floor. The Ponies need
playing experience on a large floor
before meeting opponents in the
large gymnasium at Anchorage for
the Rendezvous tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
SQUAD GIVEN REFRIGERATOR
The Seward High School basket
ball squad is the recipient of a
generous gift from the American
Legion Post No. 5 of Seward. The
gift is a spacious refrigerator
which is to be raffled to raise
funds. The Legion has also fur
nished the raffle tickets. The mem
bers of Seward High's basketball
squad take this opportunity to ex
press their gratitude to the Legion
naires of Seward Post No. 5.
SCENIC AIR SERVICE
HEARING CANCELLED
A notice from the Civil Aero
nautics Board, dated January 11,
states that the pre-hearing confer
ence pertaining to the application
of the Alaska Scenic Air Service
for weekly service to Hope, Coop
er’s Landing and Lawing has been
cancelled.
The Scenic Air Service proposed
a service to the above named
towns, using Seward as a base of
operations.
P-TA POSTPONES MEETING
TILL JANUARY 28
Because the Seward-Anchorage j
basketball game falls on January j
21, the Parent-Teacher Association |
meeting has been postponed until
the evening of January 28.
Mr. Charles Lechner of the Sew
ard Machine Shop flew to Anchor
age Wednesday with G. W. Shuster.
Polio Fund Drive
Starts Here
Next Monday
Hal Gilfilen will be chairman of
the Infantile Paralysis Fund rais
ing campaign, with all the mem
bers of the Seward Public Health
and Welfare Council as co-workers.
The campaign will begin the
week of January 17. and will con
tinue through January 31. The coin
collectors will be placed in various
spots around town, and the climax
of the campaign willl be a grand
ball at tiie USO building on the
night of January 29.
Of the coin collections, one-half
will be sent to the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis and
the other half will be used locally
for crippled children.
Proceeds from the grand ball will
be divided equally between the In
fantile Paralysis Fund and the
Seward Public Health and Wel
fare Council. Tickets for the grand
ball will be on sale next week.
Progress of the campaign and
details about the grand ball will
be announced in the near future.
I
MUST HAVE NEW DRIVER'S
LICENSES BY JAN. 15
The office of the City Clerk has J
been swamped with late applicants i
for vehicle and drivers licenses, it I
was learned today. Highway Pa
trolman George Picket has come
to the assistance of City Clerk
Troy Bogard in making out the
necessary papers for the last min
ute rush at the City Hall.
While licenses are good only till j
the end of the year, drivers have j
been given a period of grace end
‘ ing Saturday, January 15. After
that date, those who do not have
new licenses will be arrested.
City police state that four minor
accidents have occurred within the
past week which were not reported.
There is a Territorial law which
provides a penalty for the offense
of leaving the scene of an accident.
Even though only minor damage is
done, the person doing the damage
must report it to the owner of the
damaged property. Otherwise he is
liable to fine and jail sentence.
At the Hotels . . .
At the New Seward—Flora M.
Gracy, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wright, Fairbanks; Mrs. Norman
Lange, Anchorage; H. L. Clark,
Los Angeles; Tom Wiggins, Stock
ton. Calif.; Edward Borders, Fair
banks; L. T. Capel. Rockingham,
N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Weakley,
Anchorage; E A. Ezzell, Anchor
age; C. G. Finger, Fairbanks;
Lloyd W. Care, Juneau; George A.
Lingo, Anchorage.
Joann Hoy is teaching a first aid
class for the Girl Scouts to enable
them to earn their first aid merit
badges. I
New Surgeon
Named for
Sanatorium
The Alaska Department an
nounced the appointment of Dr.
Lawrence M. Lowell as Chief Med
ical Officer of the Seward Sana
torium and thoracic surgeon of the
Alaska Department of Health. He
sailed from Seattle January 15 on
the Alaska.
Dr. Lowell received his medical
training at the University of Ore
gon Medical School, graduating
in 1936, followed by a general ro
tating internship.
He was in the general practice
of medicine and surgery at Astoria,
Oregon, from 1937 to 1940, at
which time he joined the United
States Army Medical Corps, serv
ing from 1940 to 1945. During his
Army service he had unusually
good opportunities in following
general surgery as well as holding
responsible administrative posi
tions.
Dr. Lowell has completed a
three-year residency at the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School
hospitals and clinics. This training
included medical and surgical as
pects of non-tuberculosis and
tuberculosis diseases of the chest
He comes to Alaska recommend
ed by Dr. John E. Tuhy and other
professional associates. Dr. Lowell
replaces Dr. A. It. Valle who re
cently left Seward Sanatorium to
take up work in continental Unit
ed States.
Health Course
Will Be Given
In March
Mr. L. W. Coe, health education
consultant, has been in Seward
this week to set the stage for a
course in health education to be
given here in March.
The course will be given under
the Extension Department of the
University of Alaska, and two col
lege credits will be given those
who successfully complete the
course.
While the course is given especi
ally for teachers, it is believed that
there will be many others in Sew
ard who will take advantage of
this opportunity. According to pres
ent plans classes will begin March
21.
Mr. Coe, who has been here to
start the ball rolling, is the health
education consultant for the Alas
ka Department of Health. He is
stationed at Juneau. Mr. Coe com
pleted his undergraduate studies
at Midland College and later took
graduate work at Columbia Univer
sity and the University of Nebr.
He spent three years as assistant
director of health. Education Divi
sion, Nebraska Department of
Health.
ANCHORAGE ELKS VISIT
HERE FEBRUARY 5
The Anchorage Elks will visit
Seward on February 5 instead of
February 8, as previously an
nounced. About 100 members or me
Anchorage Lodge are expected to
makt# the weekend trip to Seward.
Alaska Code Revision Considered
By Territorial Legislature
Alter hearing Governor Gruen
ing’s message Tuesday forenoon
both the House and Senate got
down to business during the after
noon sessions.
The House, at full strength,
passed two bills, the first to be
passed this session.
One of the bills provided $750 to
buy five typewriters for the legis
lature. The other, also a short,
was of more consequence and pro
vides for the adoption of the new
three-volume compilation of Alas
ka laws as the code of Alaska. An
emergency clause will put this in
effect immediately upon passage
of the bill by the Senate and its
approval by the governor.
The Senate continued its organ
ization by naming committees for
the special session.
Both bodies of the legislature
are now expected to concentrate
attention on the multiplicity of
revenue measures that have been
introduced so far.
At least one more such measure
is to come and is expected to be
introduced today or tomorrow in
the Senate. This is the Alaska gen
eral license tax bill brought by
Senator Engebreth and approved
by Third Division Republican or
ganizations. It provides for a four
per cent tax on net income on the
taxpayer or one mill per dollar of
net assets of the taxpayer in the
territory, whichever is greater.
The tax would be collected from
all business establishments in the
Territory and on the Alaska busi
ness or aSsets of firms that oper
ate both in Alaska and elsewhere.
Senator Rivers of the Third Di
vision heads the taxation and rev
enue committee in the Senate to
which tax measures will be re
ferred. Senator MacKenzie is the
other Democrat of the committee,
representing the First Division, and
Republican members are Senator
Munz of the Second and Senator
Butrovich of the Fourth.
Leo Douglas was a Wednesday
and Thursday visitor in Anchorage.
He returned with G. W. Shuster.
Beware the Moose
Reprinted by Request
The demand for last Tuesday’s
issue of the Seward Seaport Rec
ord was so great that the supply
has been exhausted and many
more could have been sold. People
wanted this picture to send to the
folks and friends back home. Moose
are the second greatest hazard to
contend with by the Railroad, com
ing second only to snow slides.
They slow up train schedules and
frequently are killed by charging
into trains after the snow drives
them in from the hills. The Rail
road keeps its right-of-way cleared
and naturally the small-hoofed
moose finds it easier going along
the tracks than trying to wallow
through the snow. So, we gladly
reprint the cartoon of last week.
Trains Resume
Runs; Phones
Still Out
Train service over The Alaska
Railroad was resumed about 6 a.m.
today (Friday) atfer rotary and
and bulldozer crews had worked
'round the clock for two days clear
ing a half-dozen slides in the vi
cinity of Mile 78, between Portage
and Anchorage, it was reported to
day from ARR headquarters in
Anchorage.
Weather along the Railbelt is
still foul and crews are standing
by at Portage in readiness to clear
the tracks of further slides should
they occur.
The slide at Mile 78 was among
the biggest the Railroad has ever
encountered. Wet snow, rocks and
timber which composed the slide
made the clearing job especially
difficult. However, hard work on
the part of railroad officials and
crewmen accomplished the job in
considerably less time than had
been estimated when extent of the
slides was first learned.
Train service was resumed yes
terday on the north end of the line
with clearing of slides in the vi
cinity of Curry.
t-xiensive aamage was none to
telephone lines between Seward
and Anchorage and wiremen are
' making an all-out effort to get
them repaired. No estimate has
been made as to the time tele
phone communication will be re
' sumed. It is reported that ACS
| crews are also working on the lines
; in order to expedite restoration of
! communications.
j Among Seward-bound passengers
on the Monday train which was
■ held up for several hours a few
i miles north of Girdwood by the
j big slides and finally returned to
Anchorage at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday,
were Mrs. Ray MacKenzie, Mrs.
i Bryson. Jack Little and John Cole
man. Mrs. McKenzie and Mr. Cole
man returned to Seward by plane
Thursday morning.
Another passenger on the train
was Miss Alma Ross, sister of Murl
Trevethan, who comes from San
I Francisco, Calif. Miss Ross says
j Monday night’s experience on the
i train was really wonderful—after
it was all over. She came to Sew
ard by plane Thursday morning
with Gentry Shuster.
Passengers on the blocked train
report no discomfort other than
lack of rest. The coaches were kept
warm and passengers were pre
sented with K-rations which are
carried on the trains for such emer
gencies, Gallons of coffee were car
ried accross the slide from a sec
tion shack and lunches were
brought from Anchorage by the
snow fleet which arrived about
10:30 p.m. Monday evening. Upon
investigating the extent of the
slides, the passenger train was re
turned to Anchorage.
BUD JONES SOLDIERING
AT KODIAK
Bud Jones, first Seward youth to
be inducted into the Army under
the new Selective Service Act, is
reported to be at Kodiak undergo
ing training. It was not known
whether the new draftees would
take part in the war games to take
place there as part of the winter
maneuvers of the Navy.
Mrs. Dorothy MacKenzie and her
daughter, Carolyn, who spent the
weekend in Anchorage, returned to
Seward by plane Thursday.