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Vol. VI. No. 42
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Phone Service Hurt By
Falling City Power Wire
The many phones which were!
out of order the past two days
in the city have nearly all been j
put back in order, according to
information from ATEC-Seward
Division.
A power line owned by the
Seward Electric System was torn j
from its fastenings in Tuesday
night's high wind and fell across
the telephone cable back of the
Co-op store, putting approxi
mately 125 phones out of com
mission.
Telephone company crews
have been working 'round-the
clock to repair the damage and i
are doing everything possible to
get all the phones back in use. j
Balance of the local telephone1
system is in a much improved
condition over a few months ago,
and, barring such unavoidable
accidents, Seward can expect
good service through the winter
months.
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ALASKA AIRLINES MAKES
REGULAR SEWARD FLIGHTS
Regular daily" trips, weather
permitting, are being made to
Seward from Anchorage by a
plane of the Alaska Airlines.
The flights are captained by
Forrest Wood, former resident
of Seward. Mr. Wood states that
the daily flight is being made re
gardless of the load factor in
order to operate a dependable
schedule. Wood also said that in
case of emergency, the Alaska
Airlines plane would make the
Seward flight whenever neces
sary unless weather conditions
were to make the flight impos
sible.
Organ Arrives For
Church Memorial
The Seward Memorial Church
announces the arrival of the
Roberta Smith Memorial Organ.
The organ arrived on the Denali
this week. It is the latest church
type Hammond Organ.
There will be special services
this Sunday featuring the great
organ music of the church. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. V
There will be the regular serv
ice at 11 a.m., and a special ves
per service at 4 p.m. The local
church is most fortunate in hav
ing at its disposal an accomp
lished artist on the Hammond
Organ in the person of Mrs. Paul
Irwin.
At The Hotels . . .
The New Seward — Mervin
Breen, Seldovia: Delmar W. Ear
ley, R. S. Herson, S. J. Chewn
ing, Richard E. Nelson, Paul R.
Robinson, R. W. Froeke, Sew
ard; William Akers, Lt. and
Mrs. Jas. O. Lowrey, J. J. De
laney, John M. Asplund, Anna
Peterkin, Wm. A. Peterkin, An
chorage.
The Van Gilder—A. Joli, Fair
banks; Mike Golovin, Sand
Point; John C. Ingram, Cooper
Landing; Nancy Danieloff, Ke
nai; D. Montcalm Patterson, An
chorage; Martin Motherway,
Anthony L. Guido, Fred Hen
ton, Tania Dolchok, Seward.
*Round V 'Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporter—
Yesterday being rnanKsgiving
Day, there were many festive
parties and homey dinners in
our fair city.
Flovia Hansen entertained
Ceil Keeling from Anchorage.
Met them at a progressive din
ner party. Ceil is the kind of
girl you'd like to see again.
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There was true Thanksgiving
spirit at the Harold Jacobs’.
They had a few of their friends
and friends of daughter Gail in
for a turkey dinner. The long
table with fruits, flowers and
candlelight made a picture long
to be remembered.
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Sid Urie was having dinner
with his mother who is in town
spending the holidays with him.
I like the way Sid talks about
his mother. He says she is his
first love and comes first, al
ways. He came to the dinner in
time for dessert and gave each
of the girls a lovely corsage.
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Mrs. W. C. Erwin is home now
after spending some time in Se
attle. Her many friends missed
her and are glad she is home.
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Shirley Calnan and “Bud”
Hegeman had Thanksgiving din
ner with Margaret Spencer.
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Marie Mullins and Marion
Munson went- to Anchorage to
spend Thanksgiving.
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Bob Killewich left last Tues
day for a vacation in the States.
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There were cocktails at Hed
ley Davis’ on Thanksgiving. You
couldn’t know Hedley too well
until you visited his home. You
walk into a room almost breath
ing with culture. He has a rare
collection of fine books and pic
tures, and a large collection of
records ranging from the light,
entertaining ones to the classical
albums.
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The bake sale put on by the
Catholic Altar Society Wednes
aay was a Dig success, me nam
was given to Molly Dee. The
ladies of the Altar Society wisli
to thank their many friends for
their efforts and fine spirit of
cooperation.
Father Borbeck had Thanks
giving dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Dufresne.
Mr. and Mi’s. A. R. Brooks had
a very charming Thanksgiving
dinner party, with turkey and
all the trimmings, for 13 guests.
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Bachelor friends were enter
tained on Thanksgiving by Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Estes. These boys,
who eat all their meals out, were
talking about the grand time
they had. The Estes children are
spending the holiday with their
grandmother, Mrs. Roycroft.
The Gus JoHhsons entertained
the Milroys at. Thanksgiving
dinner.
Jim and Bobby Delaney held
open house Wednesday p.m. Red
Stolp did all the cooking and
acted as one of the hostesses at
the party. They had about 30
guests. Red was sore from laugh
ing and said Art Murphy stole
the show and that he had every
one in stitches with his ready
wit. They ended up the party by
going sleigh riding.
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Dan Southard was passing out
cigars on Sunday, the 13th. The
Southard’s dog, a Labrador re
triever, gave birth to eight pup
pies. Marion said the puppies
caused more interest and ex
citement than she’d seen in a
long time. Thirty-two people
were in and out all day admir
ing the new arrivals. Marion
claims that if she had triplets
her husband wouldn’t be as in
terested as he is in those pups.
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Sarah and Bunt Weber left for
Outside Nov. 15 to visit their
son who is attending the Univer
sity of Seattle. They will be
away about six weeks.
Alaska Has Record
Tourist Season
Summer travel to Alaska at
tained record proportions during
1949—approximately 67,000 per
sons journeying to the Territory
—according to survey just com
pleted by the Alaska Develop
ment Board. Total travel expen
ditures, including transporta
tion, food, lodging, and miscel
laneous expenses, were estimat
ed at $25,000,000, a new high for
Alaska.
In making the survey, the
first of its kind ever conducted
in Alaska, all scheduled land,
sea, and air carriers were polled
as were ports of entry main
tained by the U. S. Immigration
Service.
The survey covered a five
month period, from May thru
September, and excludes sea
sonal workers such as cannery
and defense project construc
tion personnel. However, travel
ing resident Alaskans, repre
senting only a small percentage
of the over-all traffic, are in
cluded in all figures shown.
About 35.000 persons madej
the trip to Alaska aboard ves-1
sols of the Alaska Steamship \
Company, Pacific Cruise Lines. '
Canadian Pacific Steamship Co.,
Canadian National Steamship
Co., Union Steamship Co., and
! private yachts and cruisers. The
I major portion of this traffic—
| some 32,000 persons — were
! roundtrippers who visited
Southeastern Alaska ports as
far north as Skagway, while the
balance proceeded on to Seward
and interior Alaska.
Planes of three major airlines
carried about 22,000 travelers
to the Territory in the five
months. More than 50% of that
figure terminated their flights
at Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Passenger traffic figures for
j non-scheduled airlines to Alaska
i were not available for the sur
i vey but were known to be large.
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ST. PETER'S AUXILIARY
| NEEDLEWORK
j PILES UP FOR BAZAAR
Stacks of beautifully em
| broidered and hand painted ap
rons of all sizes from 1 to 50 are
i piling up in the homes of mem
bers and friends of St. Peter's
Church in preparation for the
Christmas Bazaar on Saturday,
Dec. 3. Luncheon cloths, bridge
I sets and towels with exquisite
designs hand painted by Mrs.
Van Nyman, and to be offered
at such ridiculously low prices
that upon seeing them, any
woman will decide that she
would not take the time to even
try doing one herself.
A big rummage sale of every
thing from coats to dishpans and
comic books is causing lots of
fun among the ladies just antici
pating the comments.
A real fish pond for the kid
dies will be opened at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon, w’here they can
splash as much as they like—
and catch a fish, too!
At 6 o’clock one of the famous
St. Peter’s spaghetti dinners will
be served, after which people
will be prepared to end the eve
ning at the Civic Center where
the Junior Women’s Club is
holding a merchandise party.
About 16 or 17 ladies of the
Neighborhood Birthday Club
gathered at the home of Mrs.
Russel Painter last week to
celebrate birthdays of three
, members of their group. Ora
! Whipple, Inger Watsjold and
I Toni Stanton were those hon
ored.
On Display ...
Watch for the VFW Auxiliary
Baby to be on display soon.
Junior Women's Club Cedar
Chest in window of the Youth
Center.
Lions Club University
Fund Dance Is Success
Hegeman Transferred
To KIFW at Sitka
Our own “Bud” Hegeman,
probably the most popular man
in Seward with the youngsters
and grown-ups alike, left on the
Denali to take up his new posi
tion as chief engineer of the new
radio station KIFW at Sitka.
Bud’s cheerful nonsense over
the KIBH “Music Until Mid
night” every night, has made
his voice a household acquaint
ance.
We usually send bouquets to
a funeral, and it is quite possible
that Bud feels the same way
about his leaving, since he so
often plead with his unseen
audience to send in requests for
records. He has the magical
ability to sound happy and plea
sant, no matter how he really
feels, so that after nearly a year
with us, Hegeman has become so
much a part of Seward that he
will be greatly missed.
Friends are wishing him all
sorts of success with the new
station, and congratulate Sitka
upon its new friend.
Moose Pass News
The ladies in Moose Pass en
joyed an afternoon of pinochle
at the home of Mrs. Sherman
Pearson last Wednesday. Those
attending were Mesdames Bill
Brattain, Wayne Racine, Ben
Frampton, Curely Wolfe. Leora
Roycroft, Glenn Miller, Max
Foster, Lyle Saxton, and Wes
Loubsher.
Mrs. Loubsher walked off
with first prize. The low prize
was awarded Mrs. Brattain.
Cake, coffee and pleasant con
versation ended the afternoon.
A special meeting of the
Moose Pass Library Board was
called to meet Nov. 17. at the
home of Mrs. Glenn .Miller. A
shipment of new books was pre
pared for circulation and plans
made for the Christmas party
at the school house.
The Library Board sponsors
the children's Christmas party
every year. A program, games,
Christmas Tree, gifts and eats
require considerable planning,
and the sponsors believe in
early planning.
Christmas Seals Help
To Keep Them Well
The following is an article by
Mae H. Gutekunst, administra
tor of the Seward Sanatorium,
in urging the purchase of Christ
mas seals.
“Christmas to most of us
means a time of giving and re
ceiving gifts. It is a time of
happiness. To the patient in the
sanatorium at this time of the
year, the greatest gift would be
the news that he was well
enough to go home. Home to
the family that he has been
separated from for so long.
That would be real happiness.
“When the patient is told
the good news that he can go
home, it does not mean that his
fight for health is over. The
treatment of tuberculosis must
go on even in the home. What
he has learned about the disease
and its treatment must be prac
ticed now in the home in order
to safeguard his family and to
maintain his own health. Rest
hour, modified activity and good
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Roller bleating
Civic Center
Adults: Friday and Saturday
7: 0 to 10:30 p.m., 50c
Grades: Saturday and Sunday
2:03 o 4:00 p.m., 25c
An estimated 300 persons had
a fine time at the University
Fund Dance, sponsored by the
Seward Lions Club in the Civic
Center Wednesday night, Nov.
23.
Hal Gilfilin, Seward’s favor
ite Master of Ceremonies, Em
ceed the affair, and the eight
piece orchestra kept things
lively.
The orchestra was made up
by Sid and Joe, with guitar and
accordian, from the Legion
Club; Bea Davis on the sax;
Doris Smith, piano; Martha Ev
cic, bass fiddle; Jack Willis,
trombone; Charles Anderson,
drums; and Ted Bristow played
the banjo.
At midnight the live turkey
was awarded to Mary Sweatt,
! who, no doubt, made good use
of it at dinner the next day.
The reason for the dance was
to raise funds to send Rev. Paul
I. Irwin back East to meet with
the Board of Education of the
Methodist Church, to present
j the advantages of Seward as
' the site for the proposed Liberal
Arts College, which is to be es
■ tablished somewhere in the Ter
| ritory.
! A gift of 110 acres of land
I for the site was made by Mrs. T.
i W. Hawkins. Photographs from
the air and on the ground were
red lined by Wm. Estes to show
; the exact location. Every item
| of possible advantage was listed,
j and Rev. Irwin was delegated to
! make the trip because of his per
sonal acquaintance with mem
bers of the board.
Rev. Irwin planned to meet
Father Edward Turner, former
rector of St. Peter’s Church
here, who is now living in New
York, and the two will go to
gether to present Seward's case.
Chuck Cole, and the Lion’s
I Club wish to extend thanks to
I the .American Legion, W.S.C.S.,
Junior Women's Club, Seward
Woman's Club and all persons
w’ho helped to make the dance
a success.
JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB HAS
SOCIAL TUESDAY
Jerry Noyes and Mildred
Clark were hostesses to the
Junior Women's Club at their
social last Tuesday evening in
the Episcopal Church parish
hall.
The evening was spent at
playing pinochle and bridge
with high pinochle prize going
to Florence Wangley and low to
Gwen Cobban. Elsie Whitmore
was high at bridge and Doris
Doyle low man.
Gwen Tressler handed out
more Cedar Chest tickets to be
j sold. The chest will be given
i away at the Junior Women’s
i Club party Saturday evening.
! December 3. The party follows
| the bazaar and rummage sale at
! the Episcopal Church which
i is to begin at 2 p.m.
Nellie Lawing, “Alaska Nel
| lie” to all of Seward, was a Fri
j day visitor in town.
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