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Mildred Kirkpatrick
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BUS LINE LOWERS RATES
TO HOMER
Carl Gage, manager of Kenai
Scenic Bus Lines, announced a
reduced fare for passenger and
express service to Homer and
way points.
To become effective Thurs
day. passenger fare to Homer
will be reduced to $10 one way,
$15 round trip, plus tax, which
represents a total reduction of
$9.36 on the round trip. Kenai
and all way points fares are
reduced on the same ratio.
Express rates have been set
at. one cent per pound or $1.00
per hundred pounds Seward to
Kenai; lVa cents Scward-Ninil
chik; and 2 cents Seward to
Homer with a 50 cent minimum
charge.
Time of the run has also been,
changed to the benefit of Penin
sula residents. The bus will leave
Seward on Mondays and Thurs
days, leaving Homer on Tues
days and Frida vs for tbe return.
This will enable Homer and
Peninsula visitors the week end
in Seward for shopping and a
Sunday visit, returning to Homer
eariv Monday morning.
Waiting stations have been
arranged for at Inlet Inn in
Homer, the post office in Kasil
of. Variety Store in Ninilchik,
and two stations in Kenai; the
Terminal Cafe and Kenai Joe’s.
Mr. Gage stated today that
he will be operating a daily
bus line between Seward and
Anchorage as soon as the high
way is opened .to traffic. He will
operate at a straight 5 cents per
mile over that route, the same
as on the Peninsula service.
Mr. and Mrs Richard Keller
of Ninilchik are parents of a
baby daughter. Born in Seward
General Hosvntal Sunday, Nov.
12, the baby weighed 5 pounds,
12 ounces. She was named Chris
tine.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Ollestad Monday,
Nov. 13, in Seward General Hos
pital. He was named Burt Lewis,
and weighed 0 pounds, 7 ounces.
MRS. PATRICIA WILLIAMS
HURT EY FALLING GLASS
Mrs. Patricia Williams wasj
1 rented for severe lacerations j
Sunday after receiving a gash
on the leg from fragments of
glass from the broken top of
a coffee table.
A man who overestimates his
ability sometimes loses, but the
man who underestimates his
ability never starts.
Married men are considered to
be the best listeners. It’s prob
ably another case of practice
makes perfect.
The trouble with a good many
of our modern day smart child
ren is that they don't smart in
the right places.
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HEALTHFUL EVENING
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The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FROM SEWARD
SS DENALI
Nov. 16 for
Valdez
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS BARANOF
Nov. 23 for
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS DENALI
Nov. 30 for
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Juneau
Petersburg
w raneen
Ketchikan
Seattle
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Dec. 7 for
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Sitka
I Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Susilna .Nov. 16 Nadina .Nov. 23
WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Last week’s story on fire haz
ard in Seward General Hospital
has caused considerable concern,
as wc knew it would. The hazard
has now been remedied, in fact
had been, when the Fire Chief’s
report was made to the Council,
so we are told. The building is
now safe. As safe as an old
frame building can be. This is
one more important reason for
the building of a new, larger,
fireproof structure as soon as it
is possible.
The superintendent of the
hospital can not be held at
fault over the reported fire haz
ard in that building. UNLESS
previous inspections had d.is
closed conditions and the super
intendent had been notified of
them with instructions as to
needed repairs.
It is my opinion, that the same
unsafe furnace room and other
details outlined in the report
must have prevailed for several
years without the knowledge of
(he hospital authorities, at least
without the belief that it was
hazardous. Annual inspection
should have disclosed this be
fore now. Which loaves three
alternatives: either there has
been no fire inspection in past
years, or there was an inspection
that was so cursory that it failed
to disclose any hazard that ex
isted. or the inspector did noti
fy the superintendent who cal
lously failed to protect the hos
pital and its patients from dan
ger by fire. This I cannot believe
to be true.
Mr. Kielcheski feels that the
old fire ordinance does not give
him authority to enforce meas
ures that he has had to suggest.
This may be true, and he
cannot be blamed for not want
ing to “stick his neck out”, on
the strength of an ordinance
which cannot back him up.
This being the case, he must be
given the authority by a new
and strong ordinance or a table
of regulation.
!
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Well Baby Conference and Im
munization Clinic, 1st and 3rd.
Thursday of month. 1 to 4:30
p.m. Building next to Moody’s
Lunch.
Tuesday, Nov. 14
LUTHERAN LADIES AID; Lu
theran Church, 7:30 p.m.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
JUNIOR WOMEN’S CLUB.
Wednesday, Nov. 15
AMERICAN LEGION and AUX
ILIARY.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Thursday, Nov. 16
RAINBOW GIRLS.
Sunday, November 19
DINNER, Episcopal Church, 4
7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 25
BAZAAR, Methodist Church.
Saturday, Dec. 2
BAKE SALE, Sophomore Class.
It is senseless to ask any
i officer to attempt the impossible.
What is even more imperative
however, is to gain the coopera
tion of every owner and house
holder in the town to prevent
fires. All the inspection in the
world will come to naught if the
, people fail to follow through.
Our volunteer fire department
is drilling regularly and study
ing the new methods of fire ex
tinction. A great deal of money
has been put into equipment, the
men respond quickly and un
hesitatingly to the alarm. Still,
in freezing weather and a pre
carious water supply, a dis
astrous fire is not impossible.
It is much easier therefore,
to prevent fire by obeying the
instructions of the fire inspector,
thus protecting our own proper
ty and lives.
Incriminations and denials
have been thrown about the past
week. Neither will save a life
Regardless of who is to blame,
or whether anyone is to blame,
or whether we are all responsi
ble, this thing has been brought
into the light of day, and wheth
er the solution is a new ordin
ance, a new inspector or a new
hospital, the time to study and
correct the situation is NOW!
Engineering
Corporation
"ATEC"
An Alaskan Corporation Operating Telephone
Systems in Nenana, Wrangell. Seward.
WHAT MAXES A COUNTRY GROW?
Roods - Communications
The Kenai Peninsula HAS Roads
But FEW Telephones
Estimated Present Telephone Requirements.2300
Number Telephones Presently Operating. 500
SEWARD. MOOSE PASS. COOPER LANDING.
KENAI, KASILOF, NINILCHIK. HOMER. AND
SELDOVIA SHOULD BE. AND
WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION
SUPPORT THIS KENAI PENINSULA
and ALASKAN PROJECT—
Shares — $10 each
(One Voting to Four Non-voting)
FOR INFORMATION:
WRITE "ATEC". P.O. Box 223, Seward
OR CONTACT “ATEC" - Seward Division
For bona fide Alaska residents only.
Westinghouse
SALES & SERVICE
Ranges - Refrigerators
Automatic Washers
Driers - Water Heaters
Home Freezers
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Adams 137
Telephone Polk 166
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
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