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Vol. V, No. 98
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Blacktop On 4th Ave.
Promised This Season
The City Street Department is
planning to put blacktopping on
Fourth Avenue from the City Dock
as far north as the Civic Center
this summer.
Fred Kielcheski, who is head of
the Street Department, appeared
before the council Monday evening
to request help for the project, and
was given permission to make ar
rangements for hiring a man to
take charge of the job, which
could include improvement on the
block between Washington and
Adams Street laid last year.
Cliff Addition'
Kielcheski also requested that
the council hold up further sales
of lots in the Cliff Addition until
he has been able to cut streets
through that section. Since the
cutting of streets on a straight line
would be entirely prohibitive in
.cost and unsatisfactory, he sug
gested that the streets be laid out
to follow the contour of the land.
Following the contour, however,
would mean that in a few places
the lots would be of unequal size
on each side of the street. For this
reason, Kielcheski stated, lots
would have to be re-plotted before
being put up for sale.
The council agreed to have the
street surveyed and marked out for
grading. The work will be done as
the Street Department finds avail
able time for the job.
City Beautiful Campaign
Inspires New Lawns
While scores of truck loads of
rubbish have been carted out of the
city during the clean-up campaign
of the past month, many people
may not be aware that many
truck loads of top soil have been
carted into the city for lawns and
gardens.
Two truckers have been kept
busy for several weeks and are
still behind in their orders for top
soil. Stateside real estate experts
have said that a good paint .job on
a house increases its value by
twenty per cent, and in places
where soil is poor, a fine lawn
contributes greatly to the desire
ability of a home.
This Week's Winner
Winner of the weekly award for
outstanding improvement in ex
terior appearance of homes is Mrs.
Alfred Brossow, who lives on
.North Third Avenue. She will re
ceive a prize of five dollars in trade
at Sylvia's.
Mrs. George Green of the Jesse
Lee Home is reported to have been
admitted as a patient to the Sew
ard General Hospital. She is the
wife of George Green, who is the
local representative of the Social
Work Bureau of the Women’s Di
vision of Methodist Missions in
Alaska.
Miss Ruth Murrell returned this
week from an extended tour of the
United States. Miss Murrell is sup
erintendant of the Seward General
Hospital and represents the Medi
cal Bureau of the Women’s Divi
sion of Methodist Missions.
LUTHERAN SERVICES
The regular meeting of the Lu
theran Ladies Aid will be held
Tuesday, June 14, at 2:30 at the
Seward Lutheran Church. Mrs.
Paul Lee and Mrs. J. Keidser will
be the hostesses. Everyone inter
ested is cordially invited to attend.
Lutheran Services will be held
at 8:00 p.m., Monday, June 13, in
the church.
| RICHARD M. DANGLER
RICHARD DANGLER ENTERS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Richard Dangler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Dangler of Seward,
i expects to leave Saturday morning
. for California where he will enter
Stanford University at the begin
ning of the summer term.
Known as Dick to his friends in
Seward, he has been a student of
Seward High School for the past
four years, and received the Citi
zenship Trophy when he graduated
last month.
4-H Winner
In his Junior year of high school
■ Dick won a trip to the 4-H Con
gress in Chicago for excellence in
! club work. He has been a leader
in his scholastic work and in many
extra-curricular activities, such as
; debating, drama, and the Seward
J Folly, a school publication, and
j served as Student Body president
j in his Senior year.
He was rated one of the six
! highest in a Navy scoiarship con
i test earlier this year. At Stanford,
■ Dick intends to study chemical
| engineering.
REV. EDWARD M. TURNER
LEAVES TUESDAY FOR
NEW YORK MISSION OFFICE
The Rev. Edward M. Turner,
pastor of St. Peter's Episcopal
Church for the past five years, will
leave Tuesday for New York City,
where he will take up his new
duties as assistant to the director
of Overseas Missions of the Epis
copal Church in the United States.
Father Turner will preach his
last sermon at St. Peter's Church
Sunday, and immediately after the
11:00 a.m. service a reception in his
honor will be held in the church
Parish Hall. All of Father Turner's
friends in Seward are invited to
attend.
Signal Honor
Friends of Father Turner have
expressed delight with the great
honor the new appointment brings
to him, although they do not like
i to see him leave.
Although not born in the. Ter
ritory, Father Turner was raised
here and made his home in Anch
orage before his ordination.
The city is having a road-magnet
built to pick up nails and bits of
metal which have been doing dam
age to automobile tires. At Monday
night’s council meeting it was said
that it would cost from $500 to
$1200 to buy such a magnet, but
the one the city is having made
here will cost considerably less.
Council Meets Next
Monday To Set
Annual Budget
There will be a special meeting
of the City Council on Monday
evening, June 13, for the purpose
of making up a budget for the
coming year. Heads of all depart
ments will be called upon Jro sub
mit estimates of their needs for
the coming year.
The council will then allocate
funds for the coming year, and
ail department h e a d s will be
warned to keep within their budg
ets, Mayor Lanier said.
Since a new mayor add council
will be elected next October, the
budget submitted by the present
administration will not bind the
incoming administration. For this
reason, the mayor said, the council
would make up the budget on a
quarterly basis so that it would
not be too difficult for the new
council to make changes.
Elks’ “Kids’ Party” at *
Bear Lake Sunday
The annual “Kids Party” will b^
given by the Elks next Sunday,
June 12, at Bear Lake. AH the
kids of Seward between the ages
of “one to sixty" are cordially
invited to attend.
This “Kids Party" has been an
annual affhir of the Seward Elks
for many years, and has always
been held within the city. This
: year, however, it was decided to
! hold the party at Bear Lake to
| give the guests more room. Usually
j when such a large group is as
| sembled in town it is difficult to
! keep the children from running
| into the streets.
| The Elks have announced that
' plenty of transportation will be
; available and guests are asked to
assemble at the Elks Club on Fifth
Avenue at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.
Dep’t of Taxation-—
CITY OF SEWARD. June 8, 194S
iTO THE TAXPAYERS OF
I SEWARD:
i Ordinance 162. Sec. 3A, of the
City of Seward, requires the asses
sor to mail blank assessment forms
to each property owner and holder
residing in the City of Seward, and
to the agents of non-resident prop
erty holders, if known, to whom
property has been assessed the pre
vious year, with instructions to list
all property owned by them and
all property under their control, at
! 12 o'clock noon on June 1st of the
j same year: and it shall be the duty
I of all owners of property within
the corporate limits of the City of
Seward to prepare and deliver or
mail to the assessor, upon the
blank forms provided, at the office
of the Municipal Clerk a list of all
personal property owned by him or
under his control within the City of
Seward, together with the fair
value thereof: and a list of real
property owned by him or under
his control as agent for any person,
partnership or corporation, with a
full description thereof: and said
I statement shall be sworn to before
a person authorized to administer
oaths and returned to the assessor
on or before the 25th day of June,
1949.
The enclosed forms are to be
filled out completely and notarized,
the personal property assessment
blanks have the space for signa
ture on the face of the form and
the real property blanks have the
space for signature on the back.
All forms are to be made in dupli
cate, after the total assessment is
checked and computed the dupli
cate will be returned to the tax
payer. REMEMBER TO SUBMIT
ALL FORMS IN DUPLICATE FOP
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Historic Castle Site of U.N. Conference
Kornborg Castle at Elsinore, Denmark, where Prince Hamlet of
Shakespeare’s drama lived, will be the site of an Adult Education
Conference, sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scien
tific and Cultural Organization (t ■ sco), beginning 16 June.
$20.00 Given for July 4th
Doll Buggy Prize
It was learned earlier this week
that an anonymous donor had
given the sum of S20 for first prize
j in a Doll Buggy Parade to be held
in connection with the annual
Fourth of July celebration in
Seward.
It had not been decided who
1 would sponsor the affair, or what
other prizes will be given, but on
that day some little girl’s sock
l should be heavier by the twenty
I dollars.
Queen Contest
To date the competition between
the six contestants for queen of
the celebration has been extraor
dinarily keen. Photos of contest
ants are on display in most places
of business in town and some of
the young, ladies have a number
of sponsors. Interest has been so
high that there have been several
thousand extra ballots printed
already.
All those wishing to enter floats
in the big parade for the Fourth of
July celebration, or to offer prizes
for the parade, are requested to
register at Gil’s Cocktail Lounge.
The American Legion has offered
S100 in prize money for the best
float in the parade.
MARY ROGERS TAKES
VACATION OUTSIDE
Mary Rogers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Rogers of Sew
ard, will leave Saturday by train
for Anchorage, where she will take
a plane for Seattle to spend her
summer vacation with relatives
there.
Her mother will also travel to
Anchorage Saturday and will spend
the week end there with friends.
A.S.C. OFFICIAL CALLS
AT SEWARD
Gilbert Skinner, president of the
Alaska Steamship Company, and
Mrs. Skinner arrived at Seward
Thursday morning aboard their pri
vate motor yacht, the Lenore. With
them were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Parker of Seattle, and Mrs. J. L.
Burke from California.
! They came directly from Seattle,
stopping here to pick up a party of
eight guests, including Col. John
P. Johnson, manager of the Alaska
Railroad, and a number of passen
gers from the SS Aleutian. They
were to proceed up Cook Inlet to
Anchorage and from there take a
trip to the Interior.
—
Seward Chapter No. 10 of Order
of Eastern Star meets Monday,
June 13, at 8 p.m.
C. of C. President's
Resignation Refused
The Chamber of Commerce de
! cided to keep George Lesko as
; president in spite of the fact that
j he presented his written resigna
| tion at the regular meeting Thurs
day evening.
The reason Lesko gave for pre
j senting his resignation was that he
j can not devote enough time to
! Chamber of Commerce work. His
j resignation was tabled, however,
without discussion, and Lesko re
mains as president.
All committees were dissolved
■ for the summer months because of
j disinterest shown by members dur
ing recent weeks. However, regular
I meetings will be held throughout
| the summer.
BISHOP GLEESON CONFIRMS
20 AT CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Most Reverend Francis D,
' Gleeson, Catholic bishop of Alaska,
conferred the Sacrament of Con
firmation on a class of 20 members
of the Sacred Heart Parish Thurs
day evening.
Bishop Gleeson delivered the ser
j mon and gave benediction. The
| choir sang the benediction and
other hymns.
The American Legion Auxiliary
| will have its last bingo party of
I the season on Monday, June 13, at
the Legion Club. The party will
begin at 8:00 p.m. and the public
is cordially invited. The ladies of
the Legion are raiding money to
send delegates to the convention
which will be held at McKinley
National Park.
Tide and Sun
AT SEWARD
High Today Low
12:17 p.m. 8v6 5:44 a.m. -4.9
11:39 p.m. 12.1 5:30 p.m. 0.7
High Saturday Low
1:04 p.m. 8.6 6:28 a.m. -5.0
6:16 p.m. 1.0
High Sunday Low
0:22 a.m. 11.8 7:15 a.m. -4.7
j 1:47 p.m. 8.4 7:05 p.m. 1.3
j High Monday * Low
I 1:05 a.m. 11.3 7:57 a.m. -4.2
2:30 p.m. 3.2 7:50 p.m. 1.6
High Tuesday Low
1:46 a.m. 10.6 8:42 a.m. -2.4
3:15 p.m. 7.9 8:41 p.m. 1.9
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June 12
June 13
June 13
June 14
Sunrise
2:39 a.m.
2:38 a.m.
2:38 a.m.
2:37 a.m.
2:37 a.m.
2:36 a.m.
Sunset
9:20 p.m.
9:21 p.m.
9:22 p.m.
9:23 p.m.
9:28 p.m.
9:24 p.m.
Plan to Attend the July 3rd Community Picnic
- Sponsored by Seward Chapter of Izaak Walton League -