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VET BURIAL EXPENSE
MAY BE PAID BY VA
Funeral expenses up to $150
may be paid by the Veterans Ad
ministration in event of the death
of World War I veterans dis
charged under conditions other
than dishonorable.
Additional costs, c o v e r i n g
transportation, may be allowed if
the veteran dies in a VA hospital
or domiciliary home, while hos
» pitalized at the expense of the VA
or while in transit from a VA hos
pital, home or regional office at
the expense of the VA.
All claims for VA burial allow
ances must be filed at a VA of
fice within two years from the
date of permanent burial. The al
lowances are payable only to un
dertakers or to reimburse the per
son who paid the funeral expense.
A United States flag with which
to drape the casket, and to be
kept by the next-of-kin, will be
furnished by the VA upon appli
cation to amy county seat post of
fice or other post office desig
nated by the VA or to any VA
field station.
For further details about burial
allowances or other federal vet
eran benefits administered by the
VA, veterans or their families
should contact the nearest VA of
fice.
Question of the Week:
Q. I lost my original discharge
papers. Is it possible to secure a
copy of this document?
A. Yes. A Certificate in Lieu of
Lost Discharge will be issued
upon written application. The
proper form on which to make
such application may be secured
through your nearest VA office.
Shipping News . . .
The SS Chief Washakie is ex
pected in Seward Feb. 16. The
passenger ship SS Alaska is due to
arrive in Seward Feb. 18 with 462
tons of freight for Seward and
railbelt communities.
It was learned today that the
Terminal Knot departed from Se
attle Monday morning with 1443
tons of cargo for Seward. The
Ring Splice is expected to sail in
the very near future.
At a preliminary hearing in the
Commissioner’s Court in Seward,
Monday, Feb. 14, Army Pvt. Jack
Walter McLain was bound over
to the grand jury on a charge of
larceny. Bail was set at $500 and
McLain was confined in the Fed
eral jail pending the raising of
the amount for bail. It was said
that he was accused of taking an |
automatic pistol from the An
drews Surplus Store in Seward.
Patronize Home Industry
Frances O'Riley was found
suiltjy Monday on a charge of
drunkenness in public and re
ceived a sentence of 30 days in
the Federal jail in Seward.
Do you know your house number?
GREEN LANTERN PARTY
FOR HIGHWAY FOLKS
Folks In: rite vicinity of Mile
6% will bo receiving written In*
▼nations to'attend a party at the
Green Lantern Wednesdaiy eve
ning, Feb, 2, It was learned Mon
day.
The party marks a new kind of
friendliness, since the Green Lan
tern is throwing its doors open
on that night to highway guests,
who are otherwise obliged to
drive to town for their good times.
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Coffee and sandwiches will be
served, frfee to the guestB, and
they probably will play pinochle
or other card games. ,
HORTON DESIGNATED AS
SPECIAL OFFICER
Henry Horton was sworn in
Monday as a special officer with
the duties of controlling garbage
collection and its disposal at the
city dump. Heretofore the city
has had no one to enforce the rul
ing that garbage must be dumped
at specified points at the disposal
area. ,
Another problem has been the
I lack of cooperation on the part of
certain residents in placing their
garbage containers. Some of them
have been located in spots which
make it necessary to carry the
cans fifty feet or more, often
through deep snow.
Fur Rendezvous
ALASKA GHAMPIOX8HIP DOG RACES, FEB. 25, 26, 27
gl'EEN CONTEST PRIZES:
1st - 4-Door Plymouth Sedan
2nd - Hendi.x Combination Radio ami Record Player
3rd - “Frigidaire” Refrigerator, 7 eu. ft.
4tl» - Model 70 Rifle with scope, 270 caliber
5th - Smith Corona Portable Typewriter
$200 to sejler of winning ticket on 1st Prize.
Itonanza Days, Parade of Industry, Style Show, Trappers and Miners’ Dali
SPECIAL RATES ON ALASKA RAILROAD FOR THIS EVENT
List of Prizes:
4th - $100
5th - $75
6th - $50
7th . $25
1st • $700
2nd - $350
3rd • $200
The Seward Trading Co.
Phone Main 135
IT -TAKES AH INDEPENDENT GROCER
TO GIVE
YOU
EVERYDAY!
A Word to Our
Customers
I
We intend to stay in the grocery
business lien* in tlii/l community
for a long time and we try to do
everything possible to merit your
patronage. We offer you day in
and day out WELL KNOWN
BRANDS at FAIR PRICES PLUS
FRIENDLY SERVICE. We wel
come your suggestions. Come in
and let’s talk things over.
These tu<‘ no* SlM'oijl,s- Tlirst- items ami mires juv Typical of the BKTTKR VALUES you will find in our ston
‘very day in the week.
SHI LUNGS
COFFEE . .
HUNT’S
Tomato Juice
$1.28
40-oz. CAN
. . 40c
Grapefruit Juice Q7r
FLORIDA GOLD 4<Joz. can vl V
Taiiffj-, Lively, and Economical, too—
Salad Dressing fiftr
DIRK EES yiART UVV
Duz Soap Powder 125
I>u/,‘l>oos Everything. Giant Pkg. A
Peach Halves
Hunt's Yellow Cling. No. 2%
A Peach of a Peach at a
Peach of a Price.
MEAT
—Everyday Price—
Fresh Side Pork, lb. .75
Hamburger ... lb. .75
Hams.lb. .90
Half or Whole.
Picnic Hams . . . lb. .70
Franks.lb. .70
Salt Pork.lb. .60
Pork Chops ... lb. .80
Chili Bricks.75
Try tills Prize Winning Recipe from the Xational Red Cherry Pie
Raking Contest
CHERRY FILLING
4 cups Red
Cherries
'•> cup Red Cherry
Juice
1 cups sugar 4 tsp. cornstarch
Combine sugar with ,54 cup juice and
tiring to boiling point. Mix remainder of
juice with cornstarch and add to sugar
mixture^ Cook for several minutes. Re
move from heat, add butter and almond
extract. Add cherries.
1 tsp. butter
'/$ tsp. almond extract
PIE ('Rl'ST*
2 cups flour cup shortening
1 tsp. salt
Sift flour, then measure. Add salt, sift
again. Cut in shortening, adding water as
needed. Koll out, place in pie tin and add
cherries. Cut steam vents in top crust,
flute edges. Hake 45 min. in 450“ oven.
“If you’re pressed for time, trv one of
our ready prepared pie crust mixes.
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Red Soar
Moant Morency
Pitted Cherries
No. 10 cans .. 1.85
12-oz.
Krustez
Per Pkg.43c
Crisco
3 lbs
1.49