Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
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On Tuesday we made a rather
negative survey of juvenile
recreation facilities in Seward.
I may have missed some of the
many forms of clean, happy
entertainment offered our
young people, but I doubt it.
Now let's see what we adults
have in the way of recreation.
Three visits in one week to
the local cinema is an eye
opener. This is certainly the!
number one field of escape!
from the humdrum of every
day, work-a-day life.
Then take a tour through
the bars and night clubs. Go
ahead, it won’t hurt you! There
will be a somewhat different
group of people, but the prob
ability is that you will be sur
prised to find that on the whole
the night clubs are rather quiet
places. You may also be amazed
at the number of friends and
acquaintances you will meet in
the course of an evening—whil
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
ing away a few hours after the
show — because there is not
something better to do. They
are not drunk, nor will they
be—but they are bored! 90 per
cent of our night crowd are
suffering from boredom, and
don’t know it.
Bowling is a good, healthy1
exercise. It is noteworthy that
one feels more physically fit
after a hard season of bowling.
It’s good exercise, an outlet
for pent up energy, relaxing to
the nerves, an altogether fine)
recreation—if you like it. But
how can four alleys in one i
small building take care of a
town this size?
There are 25, by actual count,
25 organizations in Seward.
This does not include churches
or small church clubs, nor
neighborhood clubs. 25 organ
izations to offer entertainment
of some sort, and relaxing mo
ments to adults. Some are well,
and joyfully attended, others
attend simply because of obli
gations. Nevertheless, the op
portunity to get out of the
house and away from the family
for an hour is provided. Prob
ably a survey of these organi
zations would prove that at
least 25 percent of the mem
berships of at least half of them
would be the same people. We
find ourselves involve^ in one
club or lodge after another,
until before we know it, the
week is not long euough to
attend all our meetings.
What are the children doing
while we are attending our
meetings? If they are young
enough to be left with a baby
sitter, we have enough respon
sible baby sitters in town that
a mother ean relax for a few
hours feeling confident that her
children are safe. But the older
children beyond the age of baby
sitting—what are they doing?
I agree with a correspondent,
we should not ask our law en
forcement officers to be baby
sitters, and although that is not
the intention of the curfew, it
may at times seem to have that
result.
No, the answer to the whole
question is a good, comprehen
sive full time recreational pro
gram for children and adults
alike. We have the building,
we acknowledge the need, we
have the basic organization to
handle such a program. We
also have a trained, experienced
director in mind.
All that remains is to decide
whether we are willing to raise
the money for a recreational
program for Seward, or whether
we shall continue to pay our
police department to force our
young people to stay at home
evenings.
It can be done—either way.
But let’s give the kids a break!
Let’s give ourselves less worry.
Other small towns are doing it
and Seward can do what any
one other community can do.
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Sunday, Dec. II
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Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
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