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Vol. VI, No. 47
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DEC. 13, 1949
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Peninsula Road To Be
‘Sterling Highway’
Although it will in all prob
ability never be known among
local residents as anything but
the Kenai- or Homer Road, the
official name of the new high
way linking Seward with the
villages along Cook Inlet is to
be Sterling Highway.
The Alaska Road Commission,
authorized by the Department
of the Interior, and approved by
Governor Gruening, announced
the name in memory of Hawley
W. Sterling, one of the earliest
road construction men in
Alaska.
Sterling developed methods
of road construction needed to
overcome certain difficulties
peculiar to Alaska terrain.
Permanently frozen ground,
swampy land and shifting gla
cial gravel presented nearly in
surmountable barriers to cheap
roads which are the first requi
site for the development of the
Territory. Steep grades over
high mountains with the ever
present danger of rock and snow
slides were also a challenge
to engineers, but were overcome
by Sterling.
During his 16 years as assis
tant chief engineer of the Alas
ka Road Commission, he was in
charge of construction of the
Steese High w a y extending
northeastward from Fairbanks
to Circle. He laid out and super
vised the Glenn Highway con
necting Anchorage and the Al
aska Highway.
The Seward-Homer road con
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Sea Hawks Still
Undefeated
An aggressive Sea Hawk var
sity maintained its undefeated
record against the All Stars last
Friday on the high school court.
The varsity five entered the
game at the beginning of the sec
ond half to change a scoreboard
picture of 22-9 in favor of the
All Stars to 43-33 in their favor.
The first half was played by Sea
Hawk fledglings who gave a les
son in fighting spirit. The spirit
of the game was contagious with
spectators and pep section rais
ing the roof.
Box Scores
Sea
Lewis
Steele
Suydam
R. Anderson
S. Anderson
Sanders
Evins ----
Deigh
Van Slyke
Erwin
Cowan
Van Gorder
All
Bauers
F. Sanders
Tutiakoff
Stanley
Hatch
Torgramsen
Bqrders
Officials:
Ground.
Hawks (43)
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(3 2 14
6 1 13
2 1 5
2 15
1 0 2
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0 0 0
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Stars (33)
5 1 11
. 5 1 11
2 1 5
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Neigermann and
'Round V 'Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporter—
Doris Bradkey, surgical'nurse
at the Sanatorium, set some
snares and caught four rabbits
over the weekend. She took a
lot of kidding from her friends
and was worried for a while
about things like jail and fines.
Her friends had a swell time at
her dinner party and want her
to go snaring again.
Joane Milroy had a birthday
Saturday. She is going to stay
with the Erwins while her
folks are Outside.
Mr. Charles Lechner, Sr.,
left last Saturday for Hot
Springs, Arkansas. He plans on
staying two or three months.
We all hope he will feel much
better when he returns home.
Hal Falkenhainer has been
home sick-a^bed for the last
three days. Just called to see
how he was and he asked what
the symptons of Chinese rot,
rabbit fever and just flu were.
P.S. He just has the flu.
&
Dr. and Mrs. Wagner, the
Ray James and the Baird
Frenches were guests of the Ed
Cowans Sunday nite for a spa
ghetti supper. They played
bridge and Beryl Wagner and
Baird French won the prizes.
ss
Wasn’t it exciting Saturday
nite? Seward’s first contact with
the neighboring town by motor
travel. The last frontier is open
ing up. You could feel the spirit
of it and realize the importance
of it, too. While some want to
keep Seward just for the Sew
ardites the majority of the peo
ple were very enthusiastic about
our new neighbors of Homer,
the opportunities that will arise
and the friendships we will
make.
We, who live here right now
are experiencing this expan
sion. There is a thrill to it and
we feel like saying, “OK. Let’s
go, let’s develop this beautiful
country.”
The Stanley Neigemanns had
a party Saturday nite and the
Yosts, Watsjolds and Decks
were their guests. They played
pan and Stan ended up by put
ting two dollars in his piggy
bank.
Sunday Stan and Oscar Wats
jold flew to Kenai and gave
some fresh vegetables and fruits
to a homesteader there. On their
way home they saw Peggy
Beissner, Dr. Robert Crabill,
Van Nyman, Evelyn Blair and
Everett Skinner skiing at the
Chugach Ski Lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jacobs
had a crab buffet supper Satur
day nite. Their guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Kenney Sheldon,
the Bill Yonkers, the Glenn
Williams, Hal Falkenhainer,
Henry Mortensen, Flavia Han
sen, Sid Urie, and Orrin Kimbal.
Hughie and Pearl Milroy are
planning to leave on the Bara
nof this weekend for a vaca
tion to the States.
There was a going away party
for Mrs. Milroy at the Marathon
Saturday afternoon. Ada Miller
man and Mrs. Don Wilson were
the hostesses. Mrs. Wm. Erwin,
Mrs. Alice and Mrs. Baird
French, Mrs. L. A. Miller and
Mrs. Ed Cowan were there to
wish her a good trip.
&
Mrs. Alice Johnson was ad
mitted to the Seward Hospital
for medical treatment Monday.
Renee Faulkner was doing
some real blushing this morn
ing. Seems as tho she forgot
to put stamps on the letters Joe
Doyle asked her to mail. Joe
was very understanding tho’,
and said people do things like
that when a certain bug hits
them.
Renee—“What Bug?”
&
There was a neighbor birth
day party for Jenny Roth and
Mrs. Russel Painter last Friday.
Mrs. Van Nyman and Mrs. Del
Robbins were the hostesses.
Cabin Designs Can Be
Seen At KenaiLake
Ranger Station
Prospective builders of cabins
or residences on National Forest
land can view a number of sug
gested designs just received at
the officeo f Division Supervisor
Max V. Reger, at Lawing, Mile
24 on Kenai Lake. Included with
these designs are miscellaneous
construction details. The sketch
es were prepared by Linn For
rest, architect in the Regional
Forester's office in Juneau. New
plans will be added from time
to time to enlarge the variety.
Supervisor Reger states that
the designs are not elaborate and
do not involve expensive con
struction. They were drawn, in
fact, with the thought that in
many cases the owner would
want to do much of the work
personally.
The Forest Service is not of
fering complete and detailed
building plans such as would
show every dimension and every
step in construction, but only
designs to assist the prospective
builder in desiding on type of
house to build. Any detailed
plan wanted will have to be ob
tained from private architects,
Reger stated.
PINOCHLE PARTY AT
MOOSE PASS
On Doc. 8 a pinochle party
was held at the home of Mrs.
Leora Roycroft in Moose Pass.
The following people attended:
Mines. Ed. Estes, Wayne Ra
cine, Max Foster, Roy Foster,
| C. Wolfe, Bill Brattain, Ben
Frampton, Sherman Pearson.
Glenn Miller and Vernon Hur
ley. Prizes went to Mrs. Pearson
and Mrs. Brattain. Cookies and
coffee were served.
CHRISMAS PARTY AT
FAITH CHAPEL
Rev. J. L. Dean of Faith
Chapel announces that the Faith
Chapel Christmas program for
, children will take place on Sun
day, December 18 at 2 p in., at
i the Faith Chapel. Everyone is
j invited to attend—both children
and adults.
NOVICKS IN CHICAGO
A wire received this week
from Bill and Annetta Novick
informs their many friends that
their address for the present is
the Morrison Hotel in Chicago.
They are visiting their son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
, Robert Zylka in Chicago and
will be at the Morrison Hotel
through Christmas.
ALASKAN MISSIONARY
| VISITS IN SEWARD
i John Tichy, Alaskan mis
1 sionary from Port Graham, has
been visiting in Seward with
J. L. Dean, Faith Chapel, the
! past few days. Mr. Tichy has
been at Port Graham for the
past year and a half, and pre
viously spent three years on the
Yukon. He is now returning to
! Port Graham from a trip to
Fort Yukon.
KAWABE RETURNED
FROM JAPAN
H. S. Kawabe is back from his
trip to Japan and is living at his
home in Seattle. The “Record”
has received a renewal of his
subscription to this newspaper,
to which he adds his greetings
and best regards to Seward
friends.
FANCY FIRS FOR
FUSSY ALASKANS
Sid Urie, local flower shop
operator, reports that his ship
ment of Douglas Fir Christmas
trees from Montana has arrived
safely despite Seattle longshore
men nearly throwing the trees
off the pier when loading time
came.
Sid says if the Eskimos will |
buy ice boxes, surely there isj
a market for Christmas trees,
no matter where they come1
from. i
Homerites Welcomed By
Many Seward People
Failure to Register Is
Violation of Law
Calling attention to the fact
that failure to register is a vio
lation of law and makes the
delinquent liable to penalty,
John L. McCormick, Alaska
Territorial Director of Selective
Service, outlined registration re
quirements under the Selective
Service Act of 1948, which he
said he believed were not thor
oughly understood by all of the
general public.
“The obligation to register,”
Mr. McCormick said, "is a con
tinuing obligation and must be
fulfilled regardless of whether
men are being inducted into the
armed forces under the Selec
tive Service Act. The obligation
to register is imposed by the
Act on every male, citizen or
resident, in the United States
between the ages of 18 and 26,
with only the general excep
tions of members in the armed
forces on active duty and cer
tain aliens.”
The young man who becomes
18 is required to register at a
local board office within five
days of the date of his eight
eenth birthday, McCormick ex
plained, but if he happens to
be away from home he need not
return: he may register at the
nearest local board convenient
to him and the record will be
sent to the local board having
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A. S. C. Announces
1950 Schedule
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany 1950 spring and summer
schedule, covering sailings from
Seward from March 10 through
October 6. was announced this
week by Air. W. W. Sipprell.
local general agent of the line.
“The new schedule, providing
excellent rail belt service, has
several distinctive features that
are expected to attract the larg
est volume of tourists to this
area of any year since the war,”
Sipprell said.
Each vessel will be on a dif
ferent 12-day cruise. Seward will
have two passenger steamer ar
rivals and departures each week.
New cruise-tours have been ar
ranged. In addition, Kodiak
Island and Cook Inlet ports will
have service on a two-week in
stead of a three-week basis dur
ing the tourist season.
“Resumption of passenger
service to Seldovia, Homer and
Kodiak has particular signifi
cance to this area,” Sipprell
stated. “At that time,” he con
tinued, “we are standardizing
fares between those ports and
Seattle on the Seward-Seattle
level. This means that for the
first time a person may travel
from Seward to Seattle via Sel
dovia, Homer and Kodiak at no
additional fare. That amounts to
as much as $30 saving on a one
way trip.”
Beginning May 6 the regular
weekly Seward arrival and de
parture will be stepped up to
two with sailings every Tuesday
by either the steamer Alaska
or Denali and every Friday by
either the Aleutian or Baranof.
Each trip to Seattle the Alas
ka will call at Valdez, Cordova,
Juneau, Petersburg and Ketchi
kan; the Denali at Seldovia,
Homer, Kodiak, Sitka and Ket
chikan; the Aleutian at Juneau,
Wrangell and Ketchikan; and
the Baranof at Juneau and Ket
chikan.
Calculated to be of special in
terest to tourists this year are
the new Golden Belt Line Tours,
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Sewardites turned out en
masse last Saturday evening to
welcome the aggregation from
Homer and help the visitors
celebrate the opening of the
highway to that* heretofore iso
lated Cook Inlet town.
The Homer people were met
at the Legion Club upon arrival
by a group of local folks who
could take time off from their
businesses or jobs, and an un
determined number showed up
for the buffet lunch held at the
Legion Club at 7 in the evening.
The get-acquainted procedure
got underway for the evening,
while people were waiting in
line to check their wraps, pro
gressed through the nicely pre
pared lunch and wound up in
the check room line again where
arrangements were made $or a
good many little parties scat
tered here and there over the
town.
A good number took advant
age of an invitation from the
Elks Club and went there for
part of the evening, and late in
the evening the crowd congre
gated again at the Legion Club
for dancing and general fun
making.
According to statements by
several Homerites Sunday morn
ing, it is certain that the visitors
enjoyed themselves and that a
much desired bond of friendship
has been established between
the two towns.
Appreciation was expressed to
the local shops which opened
their doors before the visitors
left for home and gave them a
; chance to do a bit ®f Christmas
i shopping,
i
; HOUSE WARMING
j FOR PUCKETTS
i More than 50 friends dropped
j in on Mr. and Mrs. George
j Puckett Sunday afternoon arid
: evening to celebrate the open
: ing of their new home on Third
' Avenue.
I The Pucketts recently pur
i chased the Bob Baumgartner
'house and, have now settled
i down in it as their own. This
j couple is well known in Seward.
; George is Alaska Highway pa
! trolman, and Mrs. Puckett is
i connected with McMullen's.
Lucille Stephen and Mrs. Ray
! James poured for the affair and
: the many flowers sent by friends
i helped express their good
wishes.
GOLD SHIPPED ON DENALI
| The thrill of handling gold in
quantities is still not past for the
longshoremen in Seward.
300 bags of concentrates and
1 11 bags weighing 70 pounds each
of gold dust, were shipped out
on the Denali last week. A vi
carious thrill, but one still
talked about.
Basketball . . .
Wed.. Dec. 14, Civic Center. 7:30
DeHorns vs. Booster?
Nobby Club vs. Sea Hawks
Fri., Dec. 16, High School. 7:30
Prelim. Girls' Game
Sea Hatfks vs. All Stars
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