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Vol. VI. No. 64
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 1950
Price 10 Cents
Seward March
of Dimes
Nets $273.01
The Junior Women’s Club,
sponsors of the 1950 March oi'
Dimes in Seward, reports a
record attendance at the dance
last Saturday night, at which
the net was $245.48. Collections
in the school amounted to $18.50
and the collection jars placed
about town brought in $125.30.
After expenses were paid, the
Club was proud to turn over
the sum of $273.01 as Seward’s
contribution to the March of
Dimes.
The Junior Women thank the
merchants for their donations
of the paper used for decorating
and the prizes given. They also
thank the Potlatch committee
for the donation of the orchestra
for the dance.
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
BUILDING FOR LEASE
The Seward Volunteer Fire
Department is acquiring a 3
year lease on the present city
hall upon completion of the new
fire hall and is contemplating
subleasing the building for that
three year period.
| To Seward K. P.
; Potlatch Committee
And Friends—
Wo, the undersigned, visitors
from Kenai, Soldotna. and Ka
silof, wish to congratulate Sew
ard upon the success of the
“First Annual K .P. Potlatch.”
(Someone’s good idea sure went
over big!)
We greatly appreciate your
friendly hospitality and many
courtesies extended us during
our visit. It lias been a won
derful time and we are return
ing home with a warm feeling
in our hearts for our Seward
| Neighbor.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Peter
! sen. Kenai; Mrs. Archie P. Mc
| Lane, Kasilof; Mr. and Mrs. O.
i C. Connelly, Kenai; Mr. and
Mrs. L. II. Lancashire. Soldotna;
l Air. and Mrs. Ferman T. Coom
! bv. Soldotna; Mrs. Gilford Lem
. mon & son Robert, Kenai; Bill.
• Andy, Irene, ®: Alice Ness.
; Kenai: Clara Segura; Donald
! Fredrickson; Joe M. Briones;
! Mrs. Hal Thornton. Kenai; Mrs.
'Albert Munson. . Kenai; Johnnie
Johansen, Kenai; Dorothy Unsel,
Kenai; Mrs. Paul Nestor, Sol
: dotna.
Have you had a chest x-ray
within the last year? Know for
1 sure! Get a free x-ray from the
Department of Health's railroad
unit.
1Round V 'Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporter—
Mrs. Clark McCann gave a
birthday party for Martha Hoff
man Wednesday afternoon.
- Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Linburg
celebrated their fourth wedding
anniversary on Monday, Feb. 6.
“Lindy” cooked the dinner
and even made a lemon pie to
prove that it could be done
with one hand and as the dinner
guests, Vi and John Fish, testify.
“It was good.”
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Witherup
are back from their vacation.
Came in on the last boat and
brought a new car back with
them.
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Mrs. Allan Turner and chil
dren Terry and Mary K. came
down from Anchorage to spend
the week with Mrs. Frances
O'Brien and her son Allan, who
is an engineer for the railroad.
Tiny Trackowski, old time
bush pilot, came to town last
week on business.
Gentry Shuster is leaving for
the States Saturday. He will
pick up a new four passenger
plane at Lock Haven, Penn.,
and fly it back to Seward. He
intends to stop off in Kansas
and bring Mrs. Shuster’s sister,
Mrs. G. T. Wilson, for a brief
visit here.
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Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Robbins
are having open house Sunday
afternoon and evening, Feb. 12.
They are celebrating their 15th
wedding anniversary.
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Donna Overturf was a very
surprised girl Wednesday night
when a birthday dinner party
was given in her honor by Mrs.
H. S. Horton and her daughter,
Audney. Donna was 12. Mrs.
Horton has been teaching many
of Audney’s and Donna’s friends
Canasta, so at the birthday
party there were three tables
of enthusiastic players enjoying
the game.
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Wednesday night, Feb. 8th,
Miss Murrell gave a birthday
party at the Seward nurses
home for Mrs. Nell Schnoeker.
Guests were Mrs. Bertha Fort
ner, and the misses Gabriel,
Martin and Francis. The evening
was spent reviewing Miss Ga
briel’s slides.
Mrs. Jack Carli was the honor
guest at a miscellaneous kitchen
shower given by Sarah Weber
and Helen Stevens last Tuesday
, evening. A delicious luncheon
was served and they had a lot
of fun playing games.
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Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cave and
daughter, Roslyn, are leaving
for their home in Bedford, Va.,
Saturday. Later they plan to
go to Costa Rico.
Mr. Cave has been resident
engineer for the BPR at Portage,
where a section of the Turn
again Arm road was recently
completed.
Mrs. Van Nyman was the
honor guest at a stork shower
Wednesday night given at the
home of Mrs. Jacque Roth.
Mrs. Bob Stanton and Mrs.
Paul Lee were also hostesses.
There were 25 guests and the
decorations of Valentine Cupids
were lovely.
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The Seward High School Pep
Squad is going to Anchorage
to cheer for the Sea Hawks
when they play those two all
important basketball games
against the Anchorage Eagles.
They will go up by train Satur
day and return by plane on
Tuesday.
Bake sales, raffles, in fact
almost every known method of
raising money have been used
by the Pep Squad to raise funds
for this trip and we hear they
have finally done it. This will
make it possible for the Sea
Hawks to get some real cheer
ing when they play Anchor
age, something which can make
a big difference in how a team
plays.
We know the Pep Squad will
have a good time and hope they
come back happy to tell us
about two victories for the Sea
Hawks.
Lillian and George Petrovich
celebrated their third wedding
anniversary Wednesday night.
Lillian bowls with the Werner’s
Market team and after the
games George invited the team
to join them. They all had a
most enjoyable evening of din
ing and dancing. Lillian had an
armfull of flowers, 5 dozen in
all, which they all tqok turns
carrying.
Mrs. Cecil Jones from Kenai
was also a guest at the party, i
Valentine Box
| Social, Dance
By Lions Club
! The Seward Lions Club will
! hold their third annual Valen
' tine Day box social and dance
next Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the
Civic Center.
The affair begins at 7:30 with
dancing. Later in the evening
i the lunch boxes will be auc
j tioned and the contents will be
! the refreshments.
I The Junior Women's Club,
i being a service organization,
| will assist the Lions in the affair
1 and extend an invitation to all
other women’s groups in Seward
to prepare boxes for the sale
The motif for lunch boxes
j should be valentines, and there
i will be good prizes for the best
looking box. regardless of its
contents.
i The Lions Club raises money
! each year with its box social
to carry out their service pro
i gram, which includes the pro
1 viding of glasses for needy
| school children, and the $500
scholarship given to a Seward
High School graduate each year.
There will be an orchestra
for the dance, and the only
charge will be made on the
| lunch boxes which will be auc
i tioned to the highest bidder.
| Everyone is invited.
j Seward Will Have
A New Airport
Mayor Eugene N. Lanier,
in a telephone conversation
with Tony Schwamm, con*
! cerning the Seward airport
this week, was assured by Mr.
| Schwamm that the Seward
project is definitely on the
list for this year, reports to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Schwamm will be in town
in a few days to complete
final arrangements.
I CORRECTION IN SEA HAWKS'
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE *
The story in the Feb. 3 issue
of this paper had the Seward
Sea Hawks playing their last
game of the current series in
Anchorage on Feb. 18. and re
turning to Seward on the 17th.
It’s our error and we herewitn
present the correct schedule:
Feb. 8-10—Palmer at Palmer.
Feb. 11-13—Anchorage at
Anchorage.
Feb. 15-16—Fairbanks at
Anchorage.
V.A. REPRESENTATIVE TO
BE HERE FEB. 15. 16. 17
Philip M. Lynch, contact rep
resentative for the Veterans Ad
ministration. expects to be in
Seward the 15th, 16th, and 17th
of February, to assist veterans
with any problems they may
have, coming under the juris
diction of the Veterans Admin
istration.
He will be available at the
New Seward Hot<l on the 15th
of February from 4 to 7 p.m.,
and on Wednesday the 16th, be
tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
P TA TO MEET AT SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Officers of the Parent-Teacher
Association announce that the
regular meeting will be held in
the high school Wednesday, Feb.
14. There has been nothing spe
cial planned beyond the straight
business because of the Valen
tine box social being held the
same night at the Civic Center.
In this way the meeting will be
over in plenty of time to attend
the party.
Business for the evening is to
discuss and check the progress
of the membership drive, and to
discuss the advisability of elect -
i ing officers earlier in the year.
New Tourist Lodge
To Be On
Lower Trail Lake
Moose Pass is to have a new
year-round, modern hunting,
fishing and recreation lodge,
known as Wolf Trail Lodge, on
Lower Trail Lake. The estab
lishment will be located at Mile
27, just three mjjes south of
Moose Pass. This location is on
the old Laubscher homestead,
one of the oldest homesteads in
the Chugach National Forest
and also one of the first pieces
of patented ground on the Kenai
Peninsula.
The owners of the lodge, the
Cawthorns and the Hursts, have
been working this winter in an
endeavor to have the lodge open
for meals and temporary lodging
within a few weeks, although it
will not be completed until
spring. Ed flurst has been as
sociated in the night club and
restaurant business in Califor
nia for many years, both as an
owner and manager of some of
the better known establishments.
They will offer as recreation
to the public, fishing and hunt
ing with licensed guides, boat
ing, hiking and limousine tours
throughout the Kenai Peninsula.
They feel that this part of Alas
ka. being one of the most scenic
and well-known hunting and
fishing areas, with a conducted
limousien tour, would be an
added attraction for the tourists
arriving by boat without tour
ing facilities. Transportation
will be available to and from
Seward and Moose Pass, and
reservations may be made at
Wolf Trail Lodge either by let
ter or telephone.
War Damage Claim
Forms Available
In order to obtain informa
tion relative to loss or damage
to real or personal property, per
sonal injury, detention, death,
etc., arising out of World War
II, the War Claims Commission.
Washington, DC. has prepared
a form which is now available
| at the office of the Secretary of
j Alaska, Juneau, Alaska.
The War Claims Commission
states that the form is designed
to “obtain information from per
sons who were tortured, injured,
or otherwise suffered a physical
or personal loss.’’
Application for these forms
can be made to the Secretary of
Alaska, Juneau, by letter, wire,
or in person. The forms, when
filled out, should be forwarded
to the War Claims Commission,
Washington, D.C.
It is desirable that those wish
ing to fill out these forms obtain
them and forward them to
Washington by March 1, 1950.
AMATEUR PRIZES
PRESENTED BY
PRINCESS AURORA
Princess Aurora Mariorie
Gropp. railroad c;ueen candidate
for the Fur Rendezvous, arrived
with her entourage Friday night.
They reached the Civic Center
in time to present the winners
of the amateur show with the
j pr'zrs they had earned.
The Princess was aceompa
j nied by Miss Marry Farrell and
Miss Iris Wofford, her attend
ants. and was carried into the
building, and up onto the stage
in her sedan chair throne, which
was manned by twenty turbaned
stalwarts, shivering in their thin
Egyptian costumes of purple
and gold. They were armed with
books of tickets that melted
away as fast as the ice on the
streets that night.
The girls were beautifully but
j simply gowned, and left an im
| pression of modest simplicity
that won them many friends.
The party left by train early
| Saturday morning, after ex
! pressing themselves well enter
tained at the Potlatch.
Examination
For Postmaster
Announced
The U.S. Civil Service Com
mission announces an open com
pentitive examination from
which it is expected to fill a va
cancy in the position of post
master in Seward.
Persons who meet the require
ments and wish to enter this ex
amination should apply at once
for Form AN-2223, Application
Form 15 (formerly Form 10),
and Physical Fitness Form 13,
stating the name of the offic«
for which the forms are to be
filed. Application forms are to
be obtained at the Seward post
of ice. Applications must be
properly executed and be on
file with the Secretary, Board
of U.S. Civil Service Examiners,
Juneau, Alaska, on or before
May 1, 1950.
Veteran Preference
Five points are added to the
earned rating of the applicant
who establishes claim to veter
ans preference. Ten points are
j added to the earned ratings of
I applicants who establish claim
as disabled veteran.
Ratings are established upon
education, business or profes
sional experience, qualifications
and suitability, determined from
the applicant’s own statements;
and on other evidence—confirm
atory, supplementary, or correc
tive—secured through a careful
investigation by the Civil Serv
ice Commission.
152 Visitors in Town
For Potlatch
The Potlatch committee an
nounced 152 visitors were, ac
commodated last week end. The
proceeds from the sale of Friend
ship tickets did not cover ex
penses, but Jack Werner has
voluntarily assumed the dif
ference.
j Mr. Werner accepted the
j chairmanship of the committee
at the request of the other mem
bers, and they ask that the
townspeople who are pleased
with the success of the celebra
tion drop in and tell him per
sonally.
Dr. Witzel Speaks
At Woman's Club
The Seward Woman’s Club
met Thursday night in the Pub
i lie Library, with Dr. George
J Witzel and his wife, Norma
Jean Witzel. from the ARR
| Health Unit, as guests.
Dr. Witzel gave a brief de
scription of the work of the
'< Alaska Department of Health,
as carried to isolated communi
ties, many of which have neither
doctor nor dentist. The SS Hy
giene, trucks, and now the rail
road unit are attempting to
bring some measure of health
protection to such communities.
The Health Unit has been
working around H e a 1 y and
points north on the railroad, but
because of . the extreme cold de
cided to move into the Terri
tory’s tropical region, then work
back north with the spring.
They will be in Seward for three
weeks.
The couple have many color
slides of scenes from their work
along the Yukon during last
summer. Dr. Witzel had his own
projector and screen for show
ing the pictures, and his dry
comments upon the scenes as
he showed them were particu
larly delightful to the older
Alaskans present.
After the business meeting,
Mrs. LaPreal Bie, the hostess
for the evening, served Boston
brown bread with whipped
cream, fruit punch and valen
tine candies.