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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY. NOV. 3, 1950 Price 10 cents
Vol. VII, No. 36
Seward To Form Chapter Of
Alaska Good Roads Assoc.
The Seward Chapter of the
Alaska Good Roads Association
was given the breath of life to
day. when the Lions Club voted
to be the sponsoring organiza
tion for the new non-profit as
sociation that will help develop
roads and highways throughout
the Territory.
The aims of the Alaska Good
Roads Association were explain
ed by Herb Hilscher, executive
secretary of the AGRA.
“There is a great need in Alas
ka for a network of highways
and roads,” Hilscher said. “Be
cause the citizens of Alaska de
sire to work together to the end
that such a network of highways
and roads shall be realized, the
Alaska Good Roads Association
nets ueeu luxiiitru.
Present plans call for some 20
chapters in Alaska, with a Board
of Governors establishing policy
for the Good Roads Association.
“Our organization realizes
that the economic and social wel
fare of the people of Alaska Is
vitally dependent upon all high
way services, their planning, fi
nancing, maintenance and ad
ministration,” Hilscher said.
“The Alaska Good Roads Associ
ation also realizes that the de
fense of the nation is vitally de
pendent upon a strong network
of roads in Alaska, and we are
dedicated to the accomplishment
of these objectives.”
The members of the Lions
Club agreed to “carry the ball”
to get a strong chapter estab
lished in the Seward area, so
that specific recommendations
on roads and their priority could
be made.
As a non-profit organization,
membership in the Alaska Good
Roads Association is one dollar
for individuals, and it is hoped
that there will be 2,500 members
in the territorial organization by
the end of the year.
“We will work directly with
local, territorial and federal
agencies who are responsible for
roads in Alaska," Hilscher de
clared.
Chapters have already been
started in Fairbanks, Anchorage
and Palmer.
Larry Moore, manager of Alas
ka Chapter Associated Contract
ors, who accompanied Hilscher
to the Lions meeting, will go to
Cordova, Valdez and Kodiak
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Standard Oil Co. Men
Meet In Juneau
I W. C. Erwin, manager for
Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia’s operations in the Sew
ard area, returned from a week
long meeting in Juneau with dis
trict management officials and
company representatives of the
Territory.
The purpose of the meeting,
according to Mr. Erwin, was to
further pursue Standard’s policy
of keeping abreast of conditions
and problems within the Terri
tory, in addition to discussion of
general operational topics.
S. E. Stretton, Standard’s dis
trict manager, who presided at
the meeting, reviewed some of
the company’s recent public re
lations activities in the Terri
tory, such as the Standard Oil
Company of California scholar
ships granted the University of
Alaska for the past two years,
ind the Standard School Broad
est program which was recently
;xtended throughout the Terri
ory, making it available to most
Maska schools.
Accompanying Stretton were
... M. Hagen, assistant district
nanager for Standard, J. A.
Jlanchard, and W. H. Reynolds.
Pre-Season Basketball
Off To Good Start
A class tournament among
the boys' basketball teams has
just been completed with the
senior class emerging victorious.
About 20 boys are now prac
ticing regularly in preparation
i for the coming season. Empha
I sis so far has been on funda
mentals and basic set-ups.
Five lettermen form the nu
cleus of the squad. Dick Deigh,
Ray Anderson and Bill Erwin,
seniors; Ronnie Lewis and Chuck
Van Slyke, juniors. Besides these
lettermen, others who are show
ing promise are Pedro Denton,
who was Outside last year; Bill
Evins, sophomore: Leonard Gil
liland and Terry Cobban, jun
iors; Dick Van Guilder, senior,
and Gene Boe. freshman.
There are several other fresh
men out who show promise of
developing into good players in
another year or two.
CITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE
TO ORGANIZE MONDAY
Mr. Dahlberg, high school bas
ketball coach, is asking repre
sentatives of all prospective
teams for the winter season to
meet with him at 8:00 p.m. Mon
day in the school study hall.
There are enough cagers in
Seward, alumni and otherwise,
to form a good leu ?uo. This
would not only give the school
team much needed practice, but
competition will add spice and
interest to the program.
In past years, there was a
Nobby. Club, Seward Hardware,
Army, and Seward Light & Pow
er combine which kept up a
great deal of interest throughout
the winter.
Polio Nursing Classes
November 9-10
Mrs. LaPreal Bie. public
health nurse, announced this
week that the classes, or Insti
tute on Polio Nursing, will be
held in Seward on Nov. 9-10. The
hours have not been set until
further communication with the
instructor, but the announcement
will be given in ample time.
Mrs. Florence Aylen, a repre
sentative of National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis will con
duct the institute, giving special
emphasis to the Sister Kenny
method of polio treatment.
The institute is sponsored by
Department of Health, Nurses’
Association and Red Cross. All
registered nurses and any one
interested are invited to attend
the classes, which will be held
in the city council chambers.
| MAXEY ON TRIP EAST
I Major and Mrs. Wm. M.
Maxey of ATEC left Thursday
morning by plane. Mr. Maxey is
making a business trip back
East. Mr. A1 Withers, comptrol
ler for the corporation, left for
Nenana on the same plane.
Plans are progressing rapidly
and the outlook is very bright
for a Peninsula-wide telephone
service, according to Maxey. The
first step is the granting of a
franchise in Seward,* which will
come to a vote of the people in
a short time.
TOURIST ASS'N MEETING
Walter Sipprell, president of
the Seward Chamber of Com
merce, was chosen at a regular
meeting of that organization
Wednesday night, to represent
Seward at the organization meet
ing of the Tourist Association in
Anchorage next Monday.
Zone Rates On Parcel
Post Becomes
Effective Nov. 75
Juneau—Zone rates on parcels
of fourth-class matter and air
parcel post between Alaska and
the United States will become
j effective November 15, Gover
| nor Ernest Gruoning has been
1 advised by Assistant Postmaster
General Osborne A. Pearson.
Zoning of the Territory for
computing postage rates on par
cel post will mean a substantial
saving for Alaskans, particular
ly during the approaching Christ
mas season. Formerly, eighth
zone rates were applicable on all
parcel post mailed to and from
Alaska. Under the new zoning
regulations, Seattle and Portland
will be located in the fifth zone
and parcel post rates will drop
from 18 to 15 cents per pound.
Great Falls will be in the sixth
zone, San Francisco in the sev
enth, New York, Chicago and
other eastern centers remaining
in the eighth. Seattle will con
tinue to be an eighth zone point
for Barrow and other Arctic
communities.
Although increases in air par
cel post rates for intra-Alaska
traffic were scheduled to take ef
fect November 1, the new zon
ing regulations actually will
mean a decrease for parcels
mailed to the States. The old
rate of 80 cents per pound to
Seattle, for example, will be re
duced to 70 cents for the first
pound and 56 cents for each ad
ditional pound.
Application for zone rates on
U.S.-Alaska parcel post com
pletes the final stage in the long
awaited revision of postal zoning
regulations as they apply to the
Territory, Governor Gruening
said. Regular zone rates on intra
i Alaska parcel post became ef
I fective September 15, 1948.
I_
Governor Again Head
Of 'March of Dimes'
Governor Ernest Gruening
| again has accepted the chairman
! ship of the March of Dimes in
1 Alaska. Basil O'Connor, presi
dent of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, disclosed
today.
As chairman of the 1951
March of Dimes, Gov. Gruening
will head the National Founda
i tion’s fund-raising appeal in the
i Territory for the 10th consecu
j tive year. In this capacity, he
i will coordinate all fund-raising
activities for March of Dimes
throughout the Territory.
| This fall, polio incidence rose
in Alaska among families of
Armed Forces personnel as well
I as among the civilian population
' at Anchorage, Fairbanks and
Ketchikan. Through the coopera
tion of the Military Air Trans
port Service, the National Foun
dation in October rushed eight
iron lungs to trouble spots in the
Territory.
Alaska’s Health Commission
er, Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, was ap
pointed to disburse March of
Dimes funds during the epi
demic.
The 1951 March of Dimes
takes place January 15-31. It is i
through this annual drive that j
the National Foundation is able •
to carry on its three-pronged i
fight against infantile paralysis.
March of Dimes funds under
write the cost of patient care for
children and adults needing as
sistance, support a vast program
of scientific research seeking a
prevention or cure of the disease,
and provide scholarships and fel
lowships for professional people
entering the field of polio.
“I am glad to know that Gov
ernor Gruening and Dr. Albrecht
will lead the March of Dimes in
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High Winds Cause Damage
To City Dock Last Night
Must Register Foreign
Owned Property
All foreign owned property i
in the United States is required 1
to be reported by Nov. 15, 1950. 1
Regulations issued by Office of I
Alien Property, Department of
Justice, were released Nov. 1,
through the Governor’s office.
Regulations require the re
porting on form OAP-700 of all
foreign-owned property in the
United States which was blocked
as of October 2, 1950. Every
person in the United States hold
ing, or having custody, control
or possession of any property
in which on October 2, 1950
a_ blocked foreign national had
an interest is required to file a
report.
In addition, American issuers
and obligors are also required
to file reports with respect to
all stocks, bonds and other se
curities issued by them in which
on October 2, 1950, a blocked
foreign National had an interest.
No report is required to be
filed with respect to property
valued at less than $1,000 or
property which was unblocked
before October 2, 1950.
Form OAP-700 for reporting,
and further information, may be
secured at the office of Secretary j
of Alaska, Lew M. Williams,!
Federal Building, Juneau,
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
CALLED FOR TONIGHT
A special council meeting was
called for tonight to meet with
Edward Arnell, city attorney, on
several matters that have been
awaiting his attention.
It is presumed that the city
water supply and the telephone
franchise will be discussed.
School Tax Must Be
Paid Before Dec. 1
The City Clerk warned the
public today that the Territorial
school tax is past due. After De
cember 1, a penalty is added
which increases the tax from
$5.00 to $7.50.
The school tax is levied
against every man between the
ages of 21 and 55, whether he
works or not. Every woman be
tween the ages of 21 and 55
must pay the school tax if she
works for wages.
No period of residence is re
quired for this tax. Every em
ployer is supposed to withhold
$5.00 from the employee’s first
pay check, giving the employee
a receipt which should be pre
sented to the second or subse
quent employers. Sojne employ
ers fail to comply with the with
holding order, and it is required
of the working person to be sure
that his tax is paid.
SKATING AT GROUSE LAKE
Ice at Grouse Lake is reported
to be six inches thick, heavy
enough to hold anybody in Sew
ard.
Cold, brilliant weather is an
open invitation to local skaters
to sharpen up their blades and
enjoy the fun while it lasts. The
lake soon becomes high with
snow, so have fun, kids, before
it snows! But—be careful! Re
member when Bill Terry’s little
girl was struck by a car out
there? The road is narrow and
skaters must be wary of traffic,
as well as the drivers being on
the look out for folks darting
across the road.
Strong gusts of wind out of
the north last night blew the SS
Seafair from her moorings at
the city clock, taking about 150
feet of the fencer piling, string
ers and deck of th<? dock with
her.
The Seafair made port Tues
day night on her return trip
from Anchorage to take on a
load of 1500 tons of scrap rails.
Being moored at the west end
of the dock, it had little protec
tion from the wind which blew
it out, taking the dock with it.
Until a survey of the extent
of damage has been made by
the ARR engineers, no statement
will be made by local authori
ties, except that Irvin Dyer, dock
agent, believes it will not be “too
great.”
Negotiations had just been
completed between The Alaska
Railroad and the Coastwise Line
for payment of slight damages
to the dock caused by the Sea
fair when she docked Tuesday.
The master of the Seafair, Capt.
Watkin, was called out of the
theater at about 8:30 p.m. when
the trouble occurred at the dock.
Four longshoremen found the
accident in their favor, when
they found themselves maroon
ed aboard the Seafair when she
pulled away. They had to re
main aboard, cruising the bay
until morning when the ship put
in at the Army dock, with their
pay doubling itself for an easy
night’s work.
The SS Nadina of the Alaska
Steamship Company, lying at
the east end of the dock, was not
disturbed by the gale, as it not
only had the protection of the
warehouse, but was still carry
ing considerable cargo to hold
her down.
Until the damage is repaired,
however, only one ship can be
worked instead of the usual two.
Repairs will take several days,
depending upon the amount of
replacement found necessary.
Local authorities believe that
the main piling and bracing is
undamaged, and that only the
bay side fender rail, which now
hangs about 30 feet out over the
water, and a 10-foot strip of the
decking will have to be replaced.
At times during the evening,
2x6 boards 12 feet long, sheets
of plywood and tin were seen
flying through the air whereever
lumber and materials were piled.
Although wind velocity was not
recorded, Mrs. Tom Howell, lo
cal weather bureau, reported a
steady wind of 27 miles per hour
before dark last night. It increas
ed during the night, with heavy
gusts.
Hallowe'en Quiet
A number of private parties,
cooperation of parents, vigilant
policemen, and cold weather
were all contributing factors to
the quietest Hallowe’en in years.
Soaped windows and cars, ov
erturned garbage cans, and a
few disappearing gates were re
ported.
“Red” Stolp, who loves chil
dren, and who is a general fa
vorite with Seward youngsters,
gave a small party, then went to
Jesse Lee Home and entertained
the children there with her har
monica, dances, and her own in
imitable foolery. She took a bag
of candy for each child at the
home.
“Trick-or-treaters” visited in
scattered groups, some parts of
town receiving more notice than
others. One home had 68 visitors
during the course of the evening,
all of whom received treats.
The curfew put an end to most
of the fun at 10 o’clock.