Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
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The
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
As you probably know, tied
Cross in Seward is at a complete
standstill. A general meeting
was called in August to reorgan
ize the chapter upon the resigna
tion of myself as chairman. This
meeting was advertised long and
well, people taked about it and
many said they woud be there.
But on the night of the meeting,
ten, TEN people showed up.
No one could be found to vol
unteer to act as chairman. Mrs.
Margarete Lechner consented to
serve as vice chairman if an
other person suggested would
not act. Mrs. Victor Mahan was
definitely made secretary-trea
surer.
This is what it amounts to.
folks, if you don't take an inter
est in Red Cross: THERE WILL
BE NO first aid classes. NO
home nursing course; NO trans
portation and ambulance service
in case of wartime emergency;
NO first aid dressing stations;
NO canteen service to feed
bombed out or burned out fami
lies; NO support for the Civil
Defense Committee.
It is a pitiable and shameful
condition. You may say that if I
feel that way about it why did I
give up the chairmanship? 1
served two years without any as
sistance, without pay, but with
plenty of criticism by most of
the town. I can stand the criti
cism, because I’m willing and
ready to serve any cause I be
lieve in. But I am doing another
job for the city, also without
pay; registration for Selective
Service, without pay; and some
other smaller duties for which
there is no pay check.
Tiie time has come when I
must reserve some time to earn
a living for myself as well as
having a little rest now and
then. The job as chairman of
Red Cross, especially during a
national emergency, of guiding
the chapter with a jurisdiction
as large as this one, is no small
job. It requires hours of thought
and time, and it is my firm be
lief that it is a man’s job.
Mr. James Purdue of Seattle
has been appointed Chief of
Alaska Operations. He will be
in Seward next week. Once
again we iiave called a meeting
for all persons who made a do
nation of SI.00 or more in the
i April Fund Campaign, which
| automatically made them mem
j bers of Red Cross. The meeting
< is October 12, next Thursday,
j Unless you want Red Cross (the
! ONLY absolute charity in Sew
ard) to be dissolved, make it
your business to be there to elect
a chairman who can appoint
committees and get the work go
ing. THIS IS IMPORTANT!
Mrs. Bessie Malloy is back
I at her desk in the city hall this
i week after 30 days vacation.
| Mrs. Malloy spent part of her
! time visiting in Seattle where
j she said the sun shone every day
of her stay.
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Alaska Children:
Their Needs and
How We Meet Them
Last week we dwelt a little
on some of the typical things
which help make up the ideal
family—the rights and responsi
bilities of children in their own
homes. Today we will touch on
children who by force of cir
cumstances over which they
have no control are in an adop
tive home, a foster home, or a
child-care institution.
Since these articles have a
basic design of being thought
provoking, treatment of today’s
subject will be in the form of
questions and incidental com
ments.
What special skills are used
in the selection of adoptive par
ents? Are they given an oppor
tunity to select a child who will
fit into their family? Are they
imbued with the desire to main
tain an atmosphere of warmth
and affection, to maintain suffi
cient order and regularity in
the home; are they aware of
what is reasonable to expect
in a child at various ages; will
they place increasing responsi
bility on a child as he matures;
will they introduce the religious
concept early in the child's life
to enhance his sense of security?
Where the child adopted is an
infant, apparently there is little
problem because the adoptive
parents are then practically the
same status as natural parents.
(Continued next week.)
I _
Many folks attain great
heights by remaining on the
level.
MORE ABOUT . . .
No Polio in Seward
(Continued from Page 1)
children so far as practicable
against unnecessary contact with
persons other than their usual
associates; postponement of elec
tive nose or throat operations
or dental extractions; avoidance
of excessive physical strain (vio
lent exercise) in children during
an epidemic or in case of known
exposure; avoidance of unneces
sary travel and visiting, especial
ly of children, during a high
prevalence of the infection.
Other than the above pre
cautions, there seems little that
we can do about polio in Sew
ard.
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be sure to keep up the premiums.
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