Mr. Keithahm, Curator,
TERRITORIAL MUSEUM
The Sewar laris &
REPORT ON THE
-MARCH OF DIMES"
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The American Legion Auxiliary j
expresses a ‘thank you' to those
who were so generous in their
> contributions to the March of
Dimes, as well as to all those who \
displayed such fine interest in the
basketball games and the Bingo
party. To the Athletic Club and
the coaches we extend our appre
ciation for the part you played in
this drive.
Bingo Party $104.85
Jars about Town 90.75
School 25.65
Seward Athletic Club 4.075
TOTAL $262.00
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MRS. PARK SMITH FLIES
TO MOTHERS BEDSIDE
Mrs. Park Smith is flying to
Yakima Wash, to visit her mother
who recenth suffered a heart nt
f tack. Site received word from her
brother who was already in at
tendance.
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PAT ESTES CELEBRATES
HIS 6th ANNIVERSARY
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Twenty-two Kndiergartcn pals
of Pat Estes helped him celebrate
t his 6th birthday anniversary on
Monu'ay February 9th at a fun
part y.
Pat received many gifts and at
four p.m. Mrs Estes served the
guests a beautiful birthday cake,
jello and cool-aid, much to every
ones' enjoyment.
FEBRUARY 15th TO SEE BJL
EXCURSN FROM ANCHORAGE
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An excursion by a largo num
ber of BJL employees from Anch
orage to Seward on the 15th of
this month is being planned.
There are no grounds for the
rumor atht the persons who are
on the excursion are the BJL per
sonnel who. according to the tale
are heig sent to Seward.
Later in £he month an increase
in hours may be in vogue and still
later an increase in those employ
ed., but it is said that this all will
be due to a further allotment of
cash from other sotisces as the
fund for this district has been
depleted.
Should governmental appropria
tions be made they will not he
available before July 1st.
In Alaska July 1 st is rather too
hit e in the sen son to commence
heavier or larger projects and i!
is to be Imped that sufficient ap
propriations from whatever source
will he made early enough to
toke advantage of the extremely
-short summer and fall work per
iod.
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Fait, Trade promotes price re
duet oils, it and when manufac
turing economies make them
possible without sacrificing qual
ity.
OH! PARDON ME
Some people are in debt b -
cause they spend what their fr
i .ids think they make.
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Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder Inspects In his office an exhibit of
.some 80 school textbooks which contain material on United States Savings Bonds.
“As much as anything could, this convinces me that saving through bonds
has become a part of our national economic life,” the Secretary commented. “The
first textbook I ever saw with Savings Bonds material in it came to my desk only
last March—an arithmetic with three pages of examples and problems in figuring
* the interest on Savings Bonds. That textbook publishers have since then included
bond material in more than 80 editions of arithmetic, history and civics texts
stands out in my mind as a proof of the way the Savings Bonds program is inter
woven into the everyday life of the American people.”
PETRICH HOME SOLD TO
COL. W. M. DAVIS, USA
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The home of J. H. Pet rich was
sold to Colonel VV. M. Davis who
has been in Seward for some time
and who's family will join him
in the near future.
Mrs. Davis and ehiloVen are in
California at the present time
and are expected in about (50 days.
This real estate deal is one of
several which have been devel
oped and completed within the
last six or eijjht weeks by Mar\
Ann ti. Brown, dealer.
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HEAVY TRAFFIC
OVER THE ALCAN
Travellers entering Alaska over
the Alaska Highway during the
ealemlar year 1!)47 numbered
9,248. according to figures com
piled b\ the Alaska District Oft
ice, U.S. Department of Com
merce. Juneau, from records of
the U.S. Customs Service. Figures
are available only on northbound
traffic entering lAaska from Can
ada at the Custom’s stations at
Tok Junction and Haines. Al
though these figures cover a
small amount of loea, ltraffic be
tween Alaska and adjacent Brit
ish Columbia and Yukon Territory
Canada, they are, on the whole,
an accurate index of the total
volume of traffic over this fam
ous war-built route in the l’iist
full peacetime year for which
figures are available. A total of
8,240 persons in 8.290 vehicles,
including busses, entered central
Alaska at Tok Junction. The
Haines Highway, a branch road
leading from the main Alaska
Highway in Yukon Territory to
Haines in southeastern Alaska
accounted for 1,000 persons in 497 ;
vehicles, including busses, in the '
-six- month period that it was
open from June to November, j
The traffic entering Alaska
ranged from a high of 738 ve
hicles with 1,982 passengers in
July to a low of 00 vehicles with
133 passengers in December. The
monthly average over the year
amounted to 315 vehicles and 770
passengers. j
This volume of traffic into Al- '
aska by highway is significant
in view of the fact that the por- i
tion of the Highway in Canada
remained throughout the year
subject to traffic restrictions by
the Canadian authorities which
prevented tourists or pleasure
travellers from using the route.
Travel permits are required of
all persons using the highway
except Canadian or United States
service personnel travelling on
duty, or persons travelling by
bus. Permits are issued only to
persons having business along
the highway or in Alaska, pros
pectors. settlers, or organized
hunting parties who can show
that their vehicles gre ‘‘road
worthy" and that they have a
required minimum of spare parts
and supplies.
WORLD OF PRAYER
TO BE OBSERVED
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Under the auspices of the
Council of Church Women of
Seward, representing the Pro
tesant churches of the community,
the “World Day of Prayer” will he
observed at a union meeting in St.
Peter's Espiscopal Church on Fri
day, February 13, beginning at
8:00 I’M. Mrs. Van Nyman will
lead the devotational service.
The churches represented in the
Concil of Church Women of sew
ard. ana* nulling in this “World
Day of Prayer" are the Methodist
and Episcopal Churches.
The observance in Seward is
one of more than 10,000 such united
services to be held in as many
communities across the United
States: and the American obsei
vance will be paralleled by similar
services in sixty countries on
every continent in the world.
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MRS. NOVAK AND DAUGHTER
BACK FROM BERGEN, NORWAY
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Mrs. Andy Novak and daughter
Lilia Thomson have recently re
turned from a trip to Bergen in
Norway where they visited many
frieno's and relatives.
While Mrs. Novak returned to
her home here, Miss Lilia stayed
in Tacoma where she is attending
the Puget Sound College.
Mrs. Novak came in on the Bur
anof.
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NURSES FEATURE
FRESH HOME-MAID COOKIES
The Seward Registered Nurses
Association are featuring fresh
home maid Cookies every Wed
esday at the Co-Op and at Wer
ner's Market. They are also tak
ing orders for party cookies nut
cups and favors.
Leave your order at the Cathrvn
Shop or Sylvia's or contact one
of the nurses.
Somewhere in this country the
re's u big. strapping young fellow
an unkown who‘11 be tomarrow's
white hope in fistic circles.
It you want to get rich quick find
that young man ;,no' get his name
on the dotted line. He may be
in Texas or up in the Dakotas, or
right in New York or Chicago.
Wherever he is. he would be worth
finding and training. Today, an
up-and-coming young heavyweight,
blessed with a punch, would
clean up millions.
The heavyweight situation is
sinking to a new low. Joe Louis
is just about through. He’s 34
and thats “old" in the fight game.
There's no one else around. Walcott
certinaly can’t be taken into con
sia'cration. The other heavyweights
are juat a run- of- the- mill crop.
Gino Buonvino. the Italian fighter
who scored a win over Jackie
Cranford the other night, shows
some promise -- but he doesn't
have a punch. The setting is just
right for an unkown to come forth
and blaze across the fistic horizen.
He's around somewhere. Find him
and you've found a fortune.
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