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VOLUME 5 ♦ INDEPENDENT » SEWARD, ALASKA ♦ SATURDAY. SEPT. 4. 1948 * UNITED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE 10 CENTS
No. 18
Many Changes
To Be Found
When students return to school
next week they will find a number
of changes have been made in the
school building. The space that had
been used for storage and some
times for play during bad weather
is being remodeled for the Home
Economics department.
Mr. Cameron, who has the con
tract for the work, has completed
the plastering, and is now putting
the finishing touches on installing
the asphalt tile floor.
Removal of the Home Economics
Department to the basement will
provide more space and more ade
quate facilities for that depart
ment. It will also make available
for the grades the room formerly
used by that department.
A new room for the use of the
high school has been carved out
of the high school study hall. The
stage was removed during the
summer and a partition built
across the study hall. This makes
a satisfactory room for small high
school classes. This new room is of
a temporary nature. The partition
can be removed and the study hall
extended when the high school en
rollment increases to the point
that a larger study hall is required.
Young People Leave |
Per Schools
The following graduates of the
Class of 1948 of the Seward High
School have left or will leave
shortly to attend institutions of
higher learning:
Renee Faulkner will return to
California to attend San Jose State
College.
John Thurston will attend the
University of Alaska.
Len Watson has left for the out
side to attend Washington State
College. Len was the recipient of
the Lion’ Scholarship this year.
Edona Myers (Mrs. Perry Stock
ton) will attend the University of
Wyoming.
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Local Men Slow
To Register
Local draft registrants are slow
in signing up, according to Mrs.
Mildred Kirkpatrick, in charge of
the .Seward registration office. To
date only 44 men have registered,
most of whom are men from out of
town; many are not residents of
Alaska.
After September 18, all men be
tween the ages of 18 and 26 years,
must possess an up-to-date draft
registration card.
Men whose birth dates fall be
tween Aug. 22, 1922 and the end
of 1924 should have been signed
up by Sept. 3.
The hours of registration are
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the City
Hall.
Following is the schedule for. the
balance of the registration period:
Sept. 4-Sept. 7 (except Labor
Day, Sept. 6)—Men born in 1925.
Sept. 8-Sept. 9 — Men born in
1926. ,
Sept. 10-Sept. 11 — Men born in
1927.
Sept. 13-Sept. 14 — Men bom in
1928.
Sept. 15 Sept. 16 — Men born in
1929.
Sept. 17-Sept. 18 — Men born in
1930. before Sept. 19, 1930.
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Seward Merchandise
Stocks Adequate
Local merchants report that
stocks on hand and coming in on
northbound ships are adequate and
that few, if any, shortages will
Occur unless the longshoremens
strike is of unusually long dura
tion.
In view of this fact there seems
to be no need for people to stock
up on supplies. Needless buying 6r
laying-in of supplies would cause
shortages much sooner than could
be effected by the strike, which
went into effect Friday morning.
Special Fares For
Elks' Convention
Walter W. Sipprell, general agent
for Alaska Steamship Company,
Seward, announces that company
has put in special round trip fares
from Seward and Valdez to Cor
dova for the Western Alaska Elks’
convention to be held in Cordova
September 25 through 27.
These tickets will be on sale
from September 20 to the 25th in
clusive. good for any steamer sail
ing not later than September 25,
and good for a limit of 30 days on
their return portion. The round trip
fares from Sejvard are: upper deck.
$31.20: lower deck. $28.00: and steer
age. $16.00.
At present all scheduled sailings
from Seattle are postponed indef
initely due to the strike but should
shipping be resumed again in time,
the above excurson fares wll be ef
fective for the convention.
World News
One speaker for the Republicans
wants to know if there was a
working agreement between the
Communists and Truman in 1944.
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Truman says he will prove be
yond any doubt that the much
publicized spy situation is a “red
herring”. This, before the Novem
ber election.
Dewey states the Compulsory
Medical Treatment by the govern
ment as set up by the present ad
ministration for enactment into
law by the 81st Congress is, "No
good.”
Staasen is satisfied that the rank
and file of Union will join in
bringing about a change in admin
istration.
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Eggs hit the Wallace plane as it
took off from an Oklahoma field.
Opportunities to speak were lim
ited and then only a few sentences
w'ere uttered.
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A package weighing 20 lbs last
month was sent from Anchorage
to Fairbanks at a cost of $2.31. The
15th the same package will be
sent back for 48*1. Yeh! just a
change in postal rates due to new
zoning by Washington.
The salmon pack is 1,373,000
cases this year. Considerably less
than last year and a large de
crease over previous yeans.
More planes fly between the
West Coast and Hawaii in order to
take care of freight and passen
ger traffic.
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A melee involving over 300 men,
150 of whom were A. F. of L. who
were to unload a cargo of lumber
in Wilmington, California from
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Steamship Offices
Refuse Freight
Due to strike conditions all
along the West Coast, steam
ship freight offices have placed
an embargo on shipments.
No meetings of any kind will
be held by unions until after
Labor Day holidays are over.
Steel Barge 618
Northbound
Steel Barge 618 departed Seattle
at 3 p.m.. Wed.. Sept. 1, on the 16th
Alaska Freight Express barge-voy
age to Seward, under tow by the
ocean-going tug Portugbar.
On-deck cargo included 800 new
| power line poles, second such
barge shipment for the Golden Val
ley Electric Association a$ Fair
banks. Loaded at the Port of Ta
■ coma, the poles were shipped by
[the Cascade Pole Company of that
city and will be used in the con
struction of 100 miles of new Rural
Electrification Association power
lines.
Also on-deck, the 618 carried nine
vehicles, ranging from a Crosley
station wagon to heavy duty truck
chassis, and a shipment of struc
tural steel.
The steel,, bound for the con
struction sitv of <ix bridges north
of Mt. McKinley Park on the Alas
ka Railroad, included eight sec
tions 43 feet long and four sections
38 feet long. Together with 144
pieces of smaller sections, the steel
was fabricated by the Puget Sound
Bridge and Dredging Company of
Seattle and shipped by the Alton
V. Phillips Company and Cascade
Contractors, Inc.
Included in the steel barge's ca
pacity cargo in lower holds and
'tween decks were these weight
tonnages: 40 tons of newsprint, 500
tons of construction supplies. 350
tons of groceries, 200 tons of beer
and miscellaneous shipments of
furniture, dairy feed, hay and
petroleum products.
An Alaska Railroad shipment for
Anchorage included a three and
one-half ton milling machine, a
five-ton drill, a five-ton lathe, six
and one-half tons of steel cable and
a pipe-threading machine.
Shipments loaded at Tacoma in
cluded 30,000 board feet of lumber,
63 tons of beer and 20 tons of hay,
the latter bound for Fairbanks.
Steel Barge 618 will make the
voyage direct to Seward, with
! Capt. Chester Thurness. former
Bremerton resident, as master. The
j barge line charters equipment from
! the firm of Ocean Tow, Inc.
FEW MOOSE TAKEN
SINCE SEASON'S START
Many nimrods have taken to the
Woods since the opening of moose
| hunting season Sept. 1. Very few
I moose are reported to have been
taken so far. Seems the weather is
so nice that the big fellows* are
keeping to the higher country.
However, many local hunters are
still out and after this weekend the
picture may change. Returning
hunters report bears are plentiful
and many have been taken since
moose season opened.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillem of
1 Anchorage are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
(Carl Empey. The Gillems and Em
peys are spending the weekend at
Henton’s Lodge.
Special Train
From Anchorage
On account of the necessity of
handling outbound passengers on
the Baranof The Alaska Railroad
has cancelled the Saturday trip of
Motor 213 and in its stead is send
ing a steam train, consisting of
baggage car, two coaches and an
observation car.
This train is to leave Anchorage
for Seward at 1:30 p.m. and arrive
in Seward about 6:00 p.m. It will
leave on the return trip to Anchor
age about 7:00 p.m., immediately
after loading inbound Baranof pas
sengers.
New Draperies For
Veterans' Ward
The Seward Chapter American
Red Cross has received a shipment
of draperies and curtain rods for
the veterans’ ward which is to be
opened soon at the Seward Sana
torium.
The draperies are of exception
ally fine material and pattern and
were made and donated by the
Ketchikan chapter at the request i
of the local committee. The Ketchi
kan group shipped the materials
here at their on expense which is
also much appreciated by the |
locals.
The chairman of the local Red
Cross chapter asks for four ladies
to donate their services for the
job of hanging the new drapes.
■She may be contacted by calling
Madison 57.
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Future Sailings
Cancelled Indefinitely
The Alaska Steamship Company
has cancelled all sailings from Se
attle for an indefinite period be
cause of the Longshoremens strike.
Alaska Freight Express Corp., the
Barge Line, has also suspended op
erations pending strike settlement.
No information is available as to
the status of the Coastwise Line,
operating from San Francisco, first
ship of which is due to arrive at
Seward about September 10.
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Thursday visitor in Seward was
Harry A. (Trapper) Johnson, pros
pector-naturalist, from his home
west of Moose Pass.
Longshoremen
Strike Sept. 3
The long-expected longshoremens
strike went into Stateside effect
Friday morning.
According to R. L. Bomar of the
Northern Stevedoring and Handling
Corp., the Alaska agreement has
been accepted and Alaska is af
fected only by the fact that there
is a stopage of sailings from strike
bound ports.
All ships now destined for Alas
ka will be worked as usual and
will not be tied up until return to
their home ports, it is reported.
Seward Schools
Open Sept. 7
Seward school will open for the
1948 1949 school year on Tuesday,
September 7. Students will report
for enrollment and classes at 1 pm.
Enrollment of first graders at
the Seward Public School indicates
that a great increase in the enroll
ment of the schools during the
next few years can be expected,
according to Supt. Carlson. Dur
ing the week parents had enrolled
43 children for first year work. The
school is now confronted with the
problem of where to house them
and what to use for seating.
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DR. J. H. SHELTON
RETURNS FROM HUNT
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Returning Friday morning from
Juneau Flats. Dr. J. H. Shelton re
ports moose hunting poor in that
section. However, the trip was not
a total blank as bear are plentiful
in the area, and the doctor had to
take one of them in lieu of a
moose.
A.R.R. WORK CREW
TO REPAIR BRIDGES
Larry Brown, local agent for The
Alaska Railroad, reports that tim
ber is on hand and necessary
money has been authorized for re
pair of several bridges on the
south end of the railroad.
The rehabilitation work is ex
pected to be started in the next
few days.
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