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Vol. VI, No. 71
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1950
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Sea Hawks
Are Invited
To Juneau
The Seward Sea Hawks have
received a formal invitation to
play the Juneau High School
team, holder of the Southeastern
championship, for the Alaska
championship in basketball.
It was not known at press
time whether the Seward team
would be allowed to go to the
Panhandle city because of the
great expense of the expedition.
Mr. Carlson is expecting momen
tarily a reply to his message in
quiring the amount of the guar
antee to be offered by Juneau
for the playoff.
The Sea Hawks have also
been awaiting word from the
Kodiak school, which had chal
lenged the title of Seward as
Western Alaska champions. It
is assumed now, however, that
since Kodiak did not take up
the $500 guarantee of the local
team to play in Seward, that
they have dropped the challenge.
It. is understood here from the
Anchorage newspapers that they
have “folded their tents like the
Arabs . . .”
TERRITORIAL INCOME TAX
BLANKS AVAILABLE
There is no longer any excuse
for holding out on that Terri
torial Income Tax. There are
plenty of tax forms in town now.
The Commissioner’s Office has
a big supply and there are also
a quantity at the City Hall.
Everybody has to file. If your
employer has been withholding
your territorial tax along with
your Federal tax, you should
have received a statement from
him. If not, you will have to
figure it out for yourself at the
rate of 10 per cent of the amount
:>f your Federal income tax. Get
your blanks, folks, and get that
midnight oil to burning, there’s
10 getting away from it!
Thomas Fillingim entered
Seward General Hospital yes
erday for medical treatment.
Round V 'Bout Town
—The Rovin
The Rainbow Girls honored
Hiss Judy Hatch with a kitchen
:hower last Thursday evening.
We hear several people went
o Ninilchik over the week end
o do some clam digging. Among
hem was Dr. Robert Crabill,
vhose services were in great
lemand. When the residents
here found out he was a doctor
le practically had to hold a
linic.
Mrs. O. L. Gilbert entertained
wo tables of bridge last Friday
fternoon. Her guests were Mrs.
larold Horton, Mrs. Don Wil
on, Mrs. Wm. Bauer, Mrs. Ed
Iowan, Mrs. Baird French, Mrs.
lugh Milroy, and Mrs. Wm.
Irwin. First prize was won by
[rs. Erwin.
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Mrs. Ed Renwald and Mrs.
d Lindsey are visiting in Fair
anks. They left Saturday and
xpect to return home next
onday.
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Miss Margaret Clifford, super
ior of nurses at the Sana
>rium, plans to marry Gilbert
. Nelson next Saturday.
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Last Saturday afternoon some
the musicians about town put
1 a teen age dance in the school
iditorium. Chuck Anderson,
ubert Lindburg, Martha Carli,
arry Williams and Ernie Carl
in really let loose with the
nd of music the teen agers
ve.
A.S.C. Inaugurates
New Weekly
Freighter Service
A new weekly freighter serv
ice to Southwestern Alaska is
being inaugurated by the Alaska
Steamship Company beginning
with the sailing of the steamer
Nadina, March 17, H. N. Peter
son, general traffic manager of
the company, stated this week.
“This represents an increase
in Southwestern Alaska freight
service from a bi-weekly to a
weekly sailing,” Peterson said.
“This is in addition to the week
ly combination freight and pas
senger vessel from Seattle each
Saturday for both Southeastern
and Southwestern Alaska and
the Southeastern freighter sail
ing every second Friday.”
It so happens that the com
mencement of the new South
western freighter schedule and
the initial voyage under the
Alaska Line house flag of the
steamer Nadina, formerly the
Dorian Prince, recently pur
chased by the company, will co
incide. it was pointed out.
“By the time of this sailing
j the Nadina will have been out
fitted with new radar and radio
telephone equipment, additional
cargo handling gear, and its
bridge will have been rebuilt,”
Peterson said.
The ports of call set for this
voyage are Cordova, Seward
and Valdez.
Court of Honor
Thursday Evening
Troop 630, Seward Memorial
Church, will hold a Court of
Honor at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
at the Church, according to Lon
Gray, who is in charge of troop
advancement.
A nuriiber of second and first
class badges will be awarded.
Gene Butler, Chugach District
executive, will help with the
presentation.
A tenderfoot investiture cere
mony will be held for a number
of new Scouts, who have just
passed their tenderfoot.
The public is invited, particu
larly parents and Cub Scouts
with their parents and prospec
tive members of the new Ameri
can Legion troop being formed.
3 Reporter—
In the spring a young man's
fancy turns to the things the
girls have been thinking about
all winter. The older folks are
thinking about winning the ice
pool. Bock Beer signs are up
over the taverns, birds are or
should be singing, and just think
— if — our basketball team
should win the title as cham
pions of Alaska and — if —
Alaska should become a state —
they — The Sea Hawks — will
be the first champions of* the
State of Alaska.
Some of the road construction
men are coming back to Sew
ard. Jake and Eddie Ravnek,
employes of Lytle and Green,
just drove up over the highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Huntley,
the recent newlyweds, are also
back.
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Mr. Ed Cowan and Mr. Del
mar Early were to leave Tues
day for Fairbanks to inspect the
Fairbanks-Big Delta Highway.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Edwards
arrived home last Saturday.
They have been vacationing in
the States for the past several
months.
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Anna Marie Echave, a Mexi
can nurse who was on leave of
absence from the Palmore Hos
pital returned to her home in
Chihuahua, Mexico. She was at
the Sanatorium observing meth
ods and treatments of tubercular
patients.
Council Spends
Quiet Evening
Session
The regular meeting of the
City Council last night was a
quiet one of routine business,
and the Council adjourned be
fore midnight for the first time
this year.
The proposer application to
Community Facilities Service of
GSA for a gymnasium and swim
ming pool was discussed, the
plans drawn up by Manley
and Mayer, architects, were re
viewed and the proposition
tabled until March 13 to give
the townspeople another week
to see the plans and discuss
the proposition, and to obtain
more details of cost estimates.
A special meeting next Monday
will complete details.
Several letters were . read
from the Chamber of Commerce,
which body is cooperating in
the long range plan for civic
improvement.
A letter from the Seward
Water System in reply to the
city's notice of Feb. 20, included
a financial statement for 1940
showing expenditures and in
come of the company. The coun
cil passed a motion to ask the
water company to set a selling
price on their property. They
have been previously asked to
give proof of their intentions
to improve the system and give
adequate service to the com
munity, which up to this meet
ing, has not been done. The
only alternative is to invoke
the rights of the city given under
Ordinance No. 36.
The Mayor announced that
the Special Services Branch of
the U. S. Army propose making
Seward a recreation area for
officers and enlisted men. Re
habilitation of the army bar
racks building and furnishing
of a small boat for the use of
the men, with the fishing and
boating and other recreational
facilities of this area and Penin
sula will offer quite a change
from army life at Fort Rich
ardson.
Visitors at the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Jones and
Wm. Muir.
P-TA TO DISCUSS SCHOOL
LUNCH PROGRAM
All parents are urged to at
tend the Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation meeting Friday, March
10, in the High School Study
Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Mrs. Gertrude Jurgeleit, Pub
lic Health Nurse, will be the
speaker of the evening on the
value of a school lunch program.
Terminating her talk there will
be general discussion and it is
imperative that parents be there
to give their support, ideas and
opinions to further such a pro
gram.
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Moose Pass News
The latest knitting meeting
was held at the home of Mrs.
Wes Laubscher. Date rolls, cook
ies and coffee were served at
the close of the meeting.
The ladies have started prac
ticing basketball to prepare for
a game with the Junior Sports
men, tentatively scheduled for
Friday evening, March 10th.
Joe Pearson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Pearson, was
taken to the hospital March 1.
Everyone here at the Pass wish
es him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Audin Sando arrived in
Seward by plane from North
Dakota last Week. She came to
join her husband, who has been
here for some time. The Sandos
have bought a home and intend
to make Seward their perma
nent residence.
Coastwise Line
Ships to Make
Additional Calls
Commencing April, Coastwise
Line vessels will make monthly
northbound and southbound
calls at Encinal Terminals as
part of the line’s regular Cali
fornia, Columbia River, Alaska
service. First call will be made
by the SS James W. Cannon.
At the same time the line an
nounced that henceforth all ves
sels in the California, Columbia
River, Puget Sound, Alaska serv
ice will accept cargo from Rich
mond which will be loaded at
Parr Richmond Terminals No. 3.
Meanwhile, the SS Joel Chan
dler Harris, fully repaired fol
lowing a collision in San Fran
cisco January 28, sailed from
San Francisco March 1 to re
sume her normal sailing sched
ule.
Planning To Visit
Homer March 25?
The people of Homer are ex
pecting a visit from the people
of Seward at their Homer Ren
dezvous the weekend of March
25. They have only a limited!
number of sleeping quarters in ;
Homer, and it is only fan to
give them an idea of the number!
of visitors to prepare for.
If you are planning to take the
trip with the Chamber of Com
merce, notify W. C. Erwin, or
the Seaport Record at once.
SEWARD CUB SCOUTS FETE
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF
SCOUTING IN U.S.
The Seward Cub Scouts of
Pack 327 celebrated the 40tii
anniversary of Scouting in the
United States Sunday ejiening
with a potluck dinner in the
basement of the Episcopal
Church. There were 36 Cubs, 42
parents, and five den chiefs pres
ent.
The five tables were cleverly
decorated in blue and gold with
place cards, nut cups, favors and
center pieces made by the Cubs,
with the able assistance and
guidance of the den mothers and
den chiefs.
j Mr. Lon Gray, as representa
; tive of the sponsoring P-TA, pre
i sented the charter to Mr. Muller,
chairman of the Pack Commit
! tee, who in turn presented the
J committee members, the Cub
1 master and den mothers with
pins and registration cards. This
was followed by presentation of
awards to the Cubs by the Cub
master. The awards:
Michael Stanton and Stanley
Watsjold, Bear badge: Raymond
Rogers, Bear badge, Lion book;
Dale Thomas, Bear badge, Gold
Arrow Point, Lion book;
Dennis Dee, Gold and Silver Ar
rows for work on Wolf book;
Harold Howell, Gold Arrow for
work on Wolf book; Ronald Nor
ton, two Silver Arrow Points for
work on Wolf book.
Next came a shadow skit of a
C a n - c e r operation by Mrs.
Doyle’s den, directed by David
Gray. Mrs. Howell’s den gave a
good rendition of a Cub song,
and a report by her denner Har
old Howell. Mr. Doyle showed a
Scout film, and several other
films which the audience en
joyed very much.
The Pack meeting was closed
with the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag and the singing of
“America.”
The Cubmaster and commit
tee wish to thank all those who
so generously have given of
their time and substance to make
this Pack and dinner a success.
The next meeting will be
centered around that mighty
legendary figure, Paul Bunyan.
So tall will be the tales and huge
the implements of the next Pack
meeting, which will probably be
April 2. _
Rev. Spaulding
To Accept
Seward Post
A letter of acceptance of the
“Call” extended to him by the
Seward Lutheran Church,
through the Home Mission
Board of the Pacific District,
arrived from Kent E. Spaulding,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, senior
at the Theological Lutheran
Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mr. Spaulding will graduate in
May and ordained into the
Christian Ministry. He and his
wife and two small children will
leave for Seward by car over the
highway about the middle of
July.
This was wonderful news for
the local congregation, who
have waited for about two years
to get a permanent pastor.
The congregation was organ
ized March 11, 1948, by Pastor
A. O. Odegaard of Anchorage,
who has served the congrega
tion by holding services during
the week.
As pastor at Seward Spauld
ing will have a large field to
cover, reaching all the way to
Homer and Seldovia.
The Seward congregation has
a nice church, seating 125, with
a full basement. The member
ship numbers 104 with over 60
enrolled in the Sunday School.
The Ladies Aid is very active.
They also have a Ladies Aid
which is yery active.
Local Pupils Give
Musical Recital
An appreciative audience was
entertained by the students of
Mrs. Kenneth Baker at a musi
cal recital last Sunday after
noon.
Those participating were Aud
ney Horton, Linda and Ronald
Norton, Lolita Havercamp, Judy
Johnson, Donna Estes, Shirley
Boe, Phyllis Baker, Helen Dq
shen, Judy Gerwer, Tanya Rose
Malcom, Bruce Lewis, Ava Jo
Doyle, and Carol Ann Treve
than. Florence Tressler played
an accordian solo. Llewelyn
Shuster played the piano and
sang a solo. Murlene Trevethan
did a fine job of announcing.
The entertainment was high
lighted when Mr. Grounds play
ed some numbers on his Hawa
iian guitar and as Mr. Eules
sang and played the guitar. The
program ended with the Alaska
Flag ceremony and the students
and the 87 guests sang America.
Mrs. Baker said they all did
a fine job and that she was
proud of their performance.
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CAA SAFETY AGENT TO
MAKE PERIODIC VISITS
A meeting was held Monday
night in the music room at the
High School under the auspices
of CAA. Discussion of safety
principles, general flight prin
ciples and a comedy film on
emergency landings featured
the evening.
Announcement of the meet
ing was made by radio at 7:00
p.m., which did not give suffi
cient time to call a good meet
ing, but about 18 persons did
attend.
The CAA proposes to conduct
a series of these meetings in
the future, which will be better
advertised so that interested avi
ation students can prepare to
attend. Educational films per
taining to safety of flight, navi
gation, meterology and other
phases of aviation will be shown.
An aviation safety agent
under CAA will visit the city
at stated intervals regarding
pilot, mechanic and aircraft cer
tifinntior. -