Mr. Kalthahra, Curator,
TERRITORIAL MUSEUM
The Seward Polaris &
CARL EMPEY
FINED $100.00
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Carl Empey was fined $100 and
Ms operators license revoked for
t rie year in U. S. Commissioners
Court at Seward after pleading
guilty to a charge of driving a
vehicle on the public streets of
Seward while affected and under
the influence of intoxicating liqu
or. The arrest was made by City
officers and George Puckett of
the Alaska Highway Patrol.
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ALASKA U MUSEUM INTEREST
ING TO VISTORS
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There is an increasing number
of people visiting the Musuem at
the University of Alaska, accord
ing to Miss Margaret MacMahon,
Assistant Curator. Many of them
rrre residents of various cities in
the Territory who are traveling
in the Interior and are taking ad
vantage of the summer schedule
whereby the Musuem is open to
the public both morning and af
ternoon.
A favorite subject that attracts j
he attention of everyone is the
Albino Moose which is mounted
in one corner of the main room.
A new display in the Museum !
consists of the actual photographs
showing the life of Canada's Car
ibou Eskimo who live in the Hud
son Bay area. The pictures were
taken by Donald B. March, Ang
lican Archdeacon of Aklavik,
Northwest .Territories,, Canada.
Another exhibit that the tourists
are enjoying are the two model
ships loaned to the Musuem by
Ruth Costello of Fairbanks. Both
of these are the work of St.
Lawrence Island Eskimos. They
consists of a baleen three masted
schooner and a white ivory square
rigged sailing ship, complete even
to anchors, lifeboats and lamps,!
all made of ivory and baleen, true '
to scale with moveable parts.
Mr Frank Waskey of Dillingham 1
and contributor of many fine ob
jects to the Musuem, recently
sent some ceremonial bowls and
cups from Nunivak Island, also
snuff boxes and crooked knives
from Nelson Island.
While mos of the visitors to the
Musuem are tourists from the!
“Outside" the following are Alas-1
kans who have signed the regis
ter recently: Mr. and Mrs. Clifford 1
Hockney, Donald W. Whipple, An- j
tonio D. Gomez, Dave Schirmer,
O. V. Kukkola, and David S. Nel
-on. all of Anchorage. From Ju
neau, James C. Ryan and party,
E. E- Jensen, and J. Churovich;
Fred and Frank Alstrom from
Alakanuk; Paul Silook from Gam- j
bell on St. Lawrence Island: and '
Quvila S. and Lucille A. Johnson
of Wales; Albert Bernhard from!
Teller: Mr. and Mrs. Grove Kunz,
Big Delta : M.r and Mrs. M. P.
Taylor from Skagway: and Paul
■ne and Ken Apple from Northway
BECOMES GRANDMOTHER
AT AGE OF 29
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HOUSTON. Tex. 'UP. > Mrs.
• A. Brown claims the Houston
v'.ea title of the youngest grand
. her at 29.
Mi's. Brown was married in Iola,
Tex., when she was 13. and her
daughter, Adia. was born when
hi . Brown was 14.
The daughter, now Mrs. R. S
M lam, o married at 13.
Hrr daughter. Mae. was born
1 cthi w as 14
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Florida has one mile of paved
i u:d for each 94 persons in its
population, against the United
States average of one per 123.
MISS STICHT
BRIDE OF JAS. KIRKPATRICK
MISS STICHT WEDS
MR. KIRKPATRICK
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Miss Wilma Sticht and Mr
James Kirtpatric-k were united in
mairiage by Father Turner at the
Episcopal Chinch on Thursday. I
Jul> 3. at 2 p.m.
Th.e bride was attended by her j
•sister Mrs. Marjorie Mucciaro
while the best man was the
groom's brother. Mr. Gene Kirk
Patrick.
After the wedding a reception
was held in the church base
ment for relatives and friends.
The bride and groom left im
mediately for the country and
will be at home after Monday
next.
BULLETIN
The late arrival of the Baranof I
was responsible for the delay in
the meeting with R. E. A. repre j
sentative Bryant which was '
scheduled for Friday night.
It is hoped the group will get '
together with him today and the i
Polaris will try to have informa- j
lion as to the meeting as soon 1
after fhe boat arrives as possible j
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JAMES A. NICHOLS
PAYS $100.00 FINE
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James A Nichols was fined
$100 in th(> U. S. Commissioners
Court at Seward after pleading
guilty to a charge of driving a
vehicle upon the streets of Sew
ard which was found to be defec- I
live in equipment and unsafe for !
operation. The arrest was made !
by the Seward Highway Patrol- '
man.
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During a conversation with an
old friend he hadn’t seen for some
time, a Florida farmer was asked
how he had been sleeping.
’’I sleep good nights." he said,
"and 1 sleep pretty good mornings,
but afternoons I just seem to
twist and turn."
BASEBALL!
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Among the baseball players who
have signed up for the organiza
tion are the following:
1—Terry—C. F.
2 M. Pogano—3rd E.
3— D. Balmat- C
4— Ed Renwald—
5— -G Wells—L. F.
(i O. Steinwall—S. S.
7— -L. Grounds—1st B.
8— W. Hill 2nd B
9— G. Lahti—P
10— H. Smith—R. F.
11 — L Lansberry—
12— H. Campen Fielder
13— J. Ballard—P
14 W. Buuers—2nd B or S.S.
15—D. McDonald—
1C—F. Sanders— P. or 1st B.
17—G. Anthony—
13 Christiansen—
19— Ritchie—
20- Van Guilder—
and three others who will soon
be available, a total of 23 10
start
We expect to have a meeting
Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Polaris
office or at another point to bo
determined later after meeting at
the paper office.
It is possible that an amounce
ment of great importance to ball
players will be made by the may
or at that time.
Try to attend this first organ
ization meeting and lets get
started playing ball.
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Letter From Former Sewardites In France
Excerpts from a letter to Mr.
and Mrs. Spain from Virginia and
Clemens Schneider, former Sew
ard talior, who are visiting Eng
land and France.
June 23. 1948
20 Rue Copernic
Paris. France
. . Now we will do our best to
tell you a little of our experi
ences in Paris. We had a fine
trip from London to New Haven
then across the channel 3 hours
and landed in Dieppe. France.
We expected to find plenty war
damage in Dieppe as so many of
our troops landed there on June
6th To our surprise the city look
ed quite well and very few fall
en buildings. Our train ride thro
the ountry to Paris was very
pleasant. Most all was of fanning
country, lots of vegetables grow
ing and many dairy cows. What
we noticed most was the lack of
modern farm equipment. Lots of
tram houses with straw roofs.
In Paris we arrived at 7 P.M.:
had no trouble finding our hotel
as we had made previous ar
rangements through our relatives
in England. Our hotel is a small,
typical French hotel, running hot
■ p.d cold voter, heavy carpels on
tire floor and heavy valor drupes.
Have tw< hu e v ndov ‘each ing
from celling to ihe floor v'-h-i.
open on; and we can vI< *\v the
center garden Me~ our Ma
dame Cl ■ ol he ot( neither
••.v speak- Eng!eh. On the first
nin g two . "•: ic greet
ed us and we is many tips of
w to r : around in Paris. Since
■; ' n Clemes:-" has done wonder
1 : with his little knowled • ■ of
French. He makes a few finger I
signs and a few sounds and be- 1
lie’.’e it or not we get what we
want.
Very much to our surprise we
found Paris to be n ■ setter
[than we expected. Food seems
to be plentiful and of very fine
i quality. Surely could not be of
l better favor. 1 get the biggest
i thrill out of going into a place
and ordering just anything ias 1
j cannot make out one dish from
| the other). So far we have al
ways been served something very
delightful. Once it was brains
fried in butter with spicy pickles,
another time muscles with cheese
sause baked in a large clam shell.
Steaks are always good Tonight
| we really stepped into something;
| a very large resturant and a very
1 modern and up to date equipment
and lighting. Here we had an 8
piece dinner orchestra playing
for us and service deluxe. The
portions were enormous and as
we were afraid of this and ordei -
j ed only our main dish, desert and
coffee. So much to eat that we
had to walk miles home just to
wear it off. Across from us sat
a SO year old Frenchman and his
wife. We watched the waiter
bring in the biggest Silver Salm
on you ever laved eyes on in
Alaska. All trimmed up in the
iinest and sat it down in front of
this gentleman. We thought per
haps ho was going ,to oat the
whole darn «almon. but the wait
' ey o'- act 1 v measured the
union off and served Hist a
'mall port;or, cix of course this
was only the appetizer.
Vo wore aiuaye:] e< to what
und here }n j. ; lenty
tj sart !t< t n 1 j 25c- - pad
a :e—a little .strong in favor but
■ clo not mind. We still have
four cartons ar An erican
I'-lto" which we plan to keep
'o vet. Coffee is plentiful and
think of fine ou tlit B< er is
r. aost better than hi f U
; :.'1 cost so 1, tic- wine in abu; ’
;• !■(.-. We m 1 <v- 'ho inost
w*ea!s here with drinks included
and a tip for a dollar apiece—or
a little more if we have an eight
piece orchestra playing. Nothing
is rationed here except bread.
Clothing is about the same here
as in the U. S. but of fine quality
and much cheaper than in Lon
don.
It was like coming from night
into day when we came from
London to Paris. Paris has all
the alumination which is com
pletely lacking in London. In
I fact the cafe’s are beautifully de
' ccnated The open air sidewalk
; cafes are a thing which Paris is
noted for and which we enjoy
very much. Here we sit for hours
sipping our drinks and watching
the prominading of styles go by.
This is indeed a woman's town.
Margaret you have no idea what
these women can create and dare
wear on the street. But we do
admit they are very chic and
clever; each one is an individual
creation. Only the “new look" is
worn here—some as long as 8 or 6 !
inches from the street and yards I
and yards of material in the i
skirts. Waist lines are very tight,!
upper arm very full, hats tre- j
mendous . in size and the most |
unusual things. Each one is a [
civile,n and we can tell that,
■ >’ t he.- • women create
'■.hr own styles and make th
ire a u-i a 1 hemsolves
V.’>' L>, ’!! h;>\ e been spellbound
a.'d cai;net help participating in :
’h '• co’uiinr Pari- inn pastime.
Tite i • mous old buildings, ti.o
lr.ade Pmi: >la< o fgre it in
ti re You know Clemens--we i
u;i k miles in order to see a spot
f- rn ’! ancles. He has his cam- ;
era with colored films- one like !
Miss Gabriels, so on.'lit to 1 ring
back some famous scenes and
si me day will show you
Paris. Some of the buildings
THANKS
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The 4th of July chairman, Gene
Lanier, and the committee wish,
to express their heartfelt appre
ciation for the co-operation of ail
those who helped made the cele
bration a success. We would like
to public-ally thank Hal Oilfiller*
who served so well as master of
ceremonies; the City Officials who
gave splendid support; Mrs. Hend
rickson who so kindly loaned the
orchestra her piano; John Paui
steiner for the P. A. system; the
Reliable Cab for loaning the com
mittee their office for headquar
ters during Sundays events, and
Gus Johnson and staff for taking
charge of ticket sales on the
Bean Pot as well as the Seward
Polaris for their splendid co-oper
ation. We trust the children of
Seward as well as the adults en
joyed to the full extent the en
tire 4th of July events
Sincerely
Veterans of Foreign wars <X«
Auxiliary
American Legion &
Auxiliary
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BARGE LINE'S
JULY SAILINGS
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With Steel Barge 68 sailing to
day from Puget Sound for Sev. -
ard. additionel Alaska Freight Ex
press voyages on July 20 and 30
were brought to the attention ol!
Alaskan shippers yesterday by P.
S. Truckey, general freight agent
for the line.
General cargo will be received
until Thursday afternoon, July 15,
at Shaffer Terminal No. 1, Taco
ma. and until Friday afternoon,
July 16, at Alaska Docks, Pier 50,
Seattle, for the July 20th sailing
of Steel Barge 719.
At. the same time, Truckey re
minded railbelt and river area
residents that the barge line ac
cepts general freight at Seward
for southbound voyages of the
steel barges. Cargo for U. S. des
tination from Seward through the
Port of Seattle is handled on the
same joint tariffs with the rail
road as are used by the barge
line for northbound freigh, he
said.
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HOPE
Visitors in town over the 4th
included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ives,
Thelma and Lannv; Mr. and Mrs.
Cameron and Billy; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Bern and girls; A1 Brattain
family: Ray Seferovich family.
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The Sanders family of Mooso
Pass, have taken a homesite on
the New Gull Rock Road and pre
parations are being made for
building.
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Hope celebrated the Fourth
with the usual dance and picnic.
Nearly every one turned out ;mdl
enjoyed both.
Jack Ives brought his movies
and showed some very fine pic
tures. A greatly appreciated treat
for all.
The Bill Brattain family cud
Lily Thorstvedt spent the fou;th
camping on Lynx Creek.
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Tii's year's heavy rainfall i
Australia has reduced prospect ;
for a heavy crop. Latest estimate
is 220.000,000 bushels.
North Carolina is fighting firo
with fire. A state warden has per
fected a special flame-thrower fox
use in setting back fires guickly
when forests are threatened.