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Vol. VI, No. 55
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JAN. 10, 1950
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For Marathon
Racers In 1950
The Seward Fourth of July
Committee met Sunday evening
to begin plans for this year’s
celebration. Its aim is to make
a bigger and better three-day
holiday than before. The first
event planned is a dance on Sat
urday night. The community pic
nic is an established part of the
celebration, and will be held on
Monday, probably at First Lake,
with an outdoor dance in the
evening.
Main event of the whole affair
will be the Marathon Race on
Tuesday, July 4th, and the com
mittee is expecting to be able to
raise the prize for the first run
ner—to $1000 if possible—with
second and third place winners
to receive a proportionate raise.
This committee is a group of
volunteers who have set as their
goal the raising of enough
money through the community
celebration on the 4th of July
to build an indoor swimming
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College Location To
Be Chosen At
April 17 Meeting
The next meeting of the com
mittee for location of a proposed
liberal arts college in Alaska by
the Methodist Church Board of
Education will be held on April
17 at Cleveland, Ohio, at which
time the committee will deal
definitely with the selection of
a location for the college.
Following is a list of the col
lege location committee:
Mr. Ernest W. Peterson, Ore
gon Journal, Box 1351, Portland,
Oregon, chairman; Bishop A.
Frank Smith, 2308 Southmore
Blvd., Houston 4, Texas; Bishop
Gerald Kennedy, 514 Journal
Bldg., Portland 5, Oregon; Dr.
Earl R. Brown, 150 Fifth Ave..
New York 11, N.Y.; Rev. P. Gor
don Gould, 1701 Arch St., Phila
delphia, Pa.; Rev. Elliot Fisher,
150 Fifth Ave., New York 11,
N. Y.
Mr. H. C. Snoke, 1701 Arch
' St., Philadelphia, Pa.: Dr. John
O. Gross, 810 Broadway. Nash
! ville, Tenn.; Mrs. W. R. Brown,
65 Walnut St.. East Aurora, New
York, N.Y.; Mrs. E. Paul Todd.
1409 N. 6th St., Tacoma, 6. Wn.;
and Mrs. A. C. Johnson, 713 E.
7th St.. Hopkinsville, Ky.
'Round V 'Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporier—
Leon Urbach reports that the
New Year's Eve party aboard
the Baranof was quite a success
and that the passengers had a
good crossing.
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The anticipation is great. —
Bout what? Bout the basket
ball game Friday night With
whom? Palmer vs Sea Hawks.
“Big apple, little apple, Susie Q
Come on, team, we re truckin'
for you
With a swing to the left and a
swing to the right
Come on, team, let's fight,
fight, fight!’’
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Did you know that Alaska |
paid more than 14 million dol
lars in Federal income taxes in
1949?
Over 43 million cars and
trucks were registered in the
U. S. in 1949. The state of Cal
ifornia with almost four million,
has more than any other state.
mere was a Dirtnciay parly
for Jimmy Delaney this week.
Logan Varnell left for the
States by plane Monday. He is
going to Seattle for medical
treatment.
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Leo Douglas was in Anchor
age on business the last few
days.
Gus Werner entertained some
fo*lks at dinner Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. DicK Beissner
did some square dancing Satur
day night with the ^Shusters,
Blairs, Skinners and Renee
Faulkner. Mrs. Shuster is. just
learning to square dance and
said with dancing Saturday
night and skiing Sunday she
was nursing a few muscles she
didn’t know she had.
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Speaking of skiing, heard
there were over a hundred or
so out at Mile 12 Sunday. Many
of them were little tots. With
all the snow and good moun
tain slopes around Seward ,see
no reason why this grand sport
isn’t developed* more.
The McCarts, Carl Clark and
Bill Hume from Hope were in
town Monday.
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Baird French and Ed Cowan
flew to Anchorage on business
today. Mr. Stoddard, from the
Juneau office of BPR, will be
there.
There will be a resolution
meeting of the Fish and Wild
life Service January 16 in town.
In a letter to Mrs. Don Wilson
Barbara Bauer stated that they
bought a new car and are hav
ing it shipped up on the Bara
nof this week. Mr. and Mrs.
Bauer are expected home soon.
Irene Holden, formerly of
Moose Pass, writes Cora Jacobs
that she is taking her daughter
to a medical clinic in Spokane
and then will return to St.
Anthony, Idaho, which is her
home now.
It was the Harold Jacobs'
wedding anniversary the 5th of
January. Cora's birthday on the
6th, and also the Nobby Club’s
fourth anniversary.
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People are talking about their
New Year's resolutions, the
economical and social changes
since 1900, the article in the
Reader’s Digest about smoking,
the after-holiday slump, and ski
ing, square dancing, and how
courtesy is a two-way street.
Mrs. Walter Blue, Sr., tells
us she was a member of a
bridge club from 1917 to 1931
and in all those years she heard
no unkind personal remarks
made about any of tty? members.
She also said Seward is a small
town but that she had met more
celebreties than her friends who
live in larger cities. Some of
the celebreties were President
Harding, Herbert Hoover, writ
ers, actors and two governors of
Alaska. '
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Mrs. Frances O’Brien went
to Anchorage last Saturday. Is
expected home on Friday’s train.
Palmer Vs Sea j
Hawks Here
Friday, 13th!
The Seward High School Sea
Hawks will meet Palmer High's
basketball team here this com
ing Friday, Jan. 13. This will be
Seward’s first interscholastic
game and Palmer’s third. Al
though Palmer has been defeat
ed twice by Anchorage High
School, both games were close
and a slight twist of fate would
likely have changed the score
board picture.
The Sea Hawks have not
been defeated in the local city
league. City league games have
given them valuable game ex
perience. Most of the Seward
varsity and the Palmer varsity
are acquainted, having played
against each other during past
seasons.
The probable starting lineup
for the Sea Hawks will be An
tril Suydam and Stanley Ander
son at forward, Don Steele at
center, and Richard Deigh and
Ray Anderson at guard.
The preliminary game start
ing at 7:30 will be between Sea
Hawk fledglings. Freshmen vs
Sophomores.
Perry Stockton and Stan
Niegemann will officiate.
The possibility that this game
will count towards the Class A
championship of Western Alas
ka is spurring both teams.
Palmer may stay over the |
weekend for a double-header.!
Should they decide to stay,
games may be played Saturday
and Monday Posters are being j
withheld until final word is
received from Palmer.
COASTWISE LINE DISTRICT ,
MANAGER RETURNS FROM
SAN FRANCISCO MEETING
E. A. Gardner, district man
ager in Alaska for Coastwise
Line, returned to Anchorage on
Jan. 6 by plane following a con
ference in San Francisco on 1950 '
shinning plans with company of-1
ficials and other district man
agers.
Gardner expressed optimism
about 1950 trade prospects in
Alaska. He said his company
shortly . would increase its staff
at Anchorage and will open a
new office at Fairbanks.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS
IN LIBRARY
The January meeting of the
Seward Woman’s Club will be |
held in the Public Library, |
Thursday, Jan. 12, at 8 p.m. j
Topics to be discussed are |
the liberal arts college plans!
and the mid-winter Kenai Pen j
insula festival.
Miss Florence Binsley, district!
supervisor of public health nurs- j
es, and Mrs. Gertrude Jurgeleit, j
the newly appointed Public
Health Nurse in Seward, will
be guests. All members and wo- i
men interested in civic work are i
urged to attend.
MOOSE PASS SPORTSMEN
TO HAVE PARTY FEB. 4
The Moose Pass Sportsmen’s
Club met in regular session on
January '2, and decided to hold
a combination merchandise party
and box social on February 4. j
CITY LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Wed.. Jan. 11 - School Gym —
7:30. Nobby vs. Sea Hawks
9:00. DeHorns vs. Boosters
Game Commisson To
Hold Annual
Hearings Jan. 11-17
In keeping with the program
of holding hearings over the
Territory the Alaska Game Com-!
mission will hold its hearings in i
this district as follows:
Kenai, Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Cooper Landing, Jan. 12, 7:30
p.m.
Seward, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. in ;
basement of the Episcopal1
Church.
Moose Pass, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.
The date for hearing at Homer :
has not yet been decided upon.
Presiding at the meetings will |
be C. M. Carson, enforcement
agent of Seward. Also in attend-1
ance will be Mr. Kelly, chief of
wolf control, of Anchorage. j
All interested persons are in- i
vited to attend.
Public Health Nurse
Takes Over Duties
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Mrs. Gertrude Jurgeleit, Pub
lic Health Nurse appointed by
the Department of Public Health
to succeed Mrs. LaPreal Bie in
Seward, arrived Monday eve
ning to assume her duties in this
community.
Mrs. Jurgeleit is a graduate
nurse with a degree in public
health from Marquette Univer
sity in Milwaukee, and served
several years with the Milwau
kee Health Department.
During the war she spent
three years with the 3rd Army
under General Patton in France
and Germany as an Army nurse.
Alter the war Mrs. Jurgeleit ac
cepted an appointment in Alas
ka, her first station being at
Haines. She comes to Seward
from Skagway.
The office of Public Healtn
Nurse will be on the second floor
of the Federal Building. It will
be opened immediately. Dates
for the immunization clinic will
be announced.
Miss Florence Binsley, District
Nursing Supervisor, came in
with Mrs. Jurgeleit and will be
in town until Friday to help
with the settling of the new
nurse.
RAINBOW FOR GIRLS TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
The Seward Assembly Order
of Rainbow for Girls will hold
a public installation service Sat
urday evening, Jan. 14. at 8:00
o'clock in the Masonic Hall.
Oficers to be installed are
Worthy Advisor, Margaret Ann
Lindsey: Associate Worthy Ad
visor, Eleanor Salit; Charity,
Ruth DeWolfe; Hope, Patsy
Woods; Faith. Iris Smith; Record
ur, Jeanne Reed; Treasurer. Ma
rida Martin; Mother Advisor,
Mrs. Ora Whipple, and Associate
Mother Advisor. Mrs. Helen Jor
dan.
All parents and friends of the
Rainbow Girls are invited to at
tend the installation, and to stay
for refreshments to be served
after the ceremony.
P-TA MEET TONIGHT OPENS
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
Seward Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation meets tonight. Tuesday,
in the High School to begin a
membership campaign. The as
sociation has a membership at
present of only 35 parents and
teachers. With a school popu
lation of over three hundred:
and almost two hundred par- j
ents, it is felt that more can be,
done for the school and the i
children if more parents would |
show an interest.
‘FHA Available
For Seward7
Says C. Staples
Clinton C. Staples, Territorial
Director of Federal Housing
Administration, and Roy L.
Swanson, Chief Architect, FHA,
held a hearing on the housing
problems in Seward at the City
Hall Friday, Jan. 6.
Time of their arrival was not
announced, so that there was
little time fo make it known to
the public, but there were about
25 interested townsmen at the
conference besides members of
the City Council.
Staples explained the proce
dure for obtaining an FHA
guaranteed loan. He stated that
as most of the small banks in
the Territory are unable to han
dle such loans, an arrangement
has been made with the Federal
National Mortgage Association
in Seattle through which Alas
kan home builders may obtain
the necessary loans.
The object of FHA, according
to Staples, is to raise the stan
dard of building in Alaska and
to eliminate the construction of
“jerry built” houses. Conse
quently the specifications for an
FHA house are quite strict, and
must be followed by all builders
when applying for FHA guar-*
an tees.
The Administration, in ac
knowledgement of the higher
cost of materials and labor in
Alaska, have raised the mini
mum loan guarantee for owner
occupied homes, and apartments
to a level 3312 percent higher
than that allowed in the States.
An equity of 10 percent only
being required of the owner,
of which the land or building
lot may be considered a part.
A copy of Minimum Property
Requirements for propositions
of one or two living units in the
Territory of Alaska, which de
tails all building specifications,
was left with the City Clerk.
Any one may consult this book
and other copies will be avail
able very soon. Individual cop
ies may be had by writing to
FHA in Juneau.
Seen Hawks* M©bby
Club Friday Winners
In Basketball Games
The Seward High School Sea
Hawks, sharpening their spurs
for the Palmer tilt here this
coming Friday, never looked
better. Steele, Suydam and Stan
Anderson on the front line of
fensively, couldn't be stopped:
and, on the defense repeatedly
tied up opponents, causing and
making numerous interceptions.
Deigh. at guard, was as always,
a real credit to his team. Ray
Anderson, changed to guard po
sition, used his height and power
to control the defensive back
board. All members of the squad
saw action, demonstrating that
Seward has good reserve mate
rial. The Boosters put up a stub
born battle, but were over
whelmed by the Sea Hawks, who
are reaching for their full stride
in preparation for coming inter
scholastic games*
The game between the Nobby
Club and the Palace DeHorns
was close and eventful through
out, with all players playing
very well. Because a few regu
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Basketball!
PALMER HIGH SCHOOL vs.
SEWARD SEA HAWKS
SEWARD HIGH SCHOOL GYM — FRIDAY, JAN. 13 — Preliminary
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Students 60c: Adults’ $1.00