Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Frank DcLoughery ..•. Editor
Subscription rates .75c per month, $8 per year
SAILORS' TAX IN
ESCROW
Information from the office of
the'Alaska Steamship Company
Monday revealed that sailors who
work Alaska ports are having an
amount equal to 10 per cent of the
Federal withholding tax deducted
from their paychecks to cover tfie
Territorial income tax payments.
The amount deducted is held in
escrow pending a court decision as
to whether sailors are liable under
the law for payment of Territorial
income tax on money earned in
Alaska ports.
It was said that the president of
the Alaska Steamship Company
even has the amount of the tax
deducted from his salary during
the periods he spends in Alaska.
P-TA TO MEET APRII. 15
The April meeting of the P-TA
will be held Friday, April 15, in Ihe
High School auditorium at 8 p.m.
The P-TA is requesting that
those who have not picked up
j their pie and cake plates from the
recent bake sale at the Seward
Trading Co. store should do so as
there are several as yet uncalled
; for.
While They Last . . .
SEAMLESS NYLONS
by Mojud
pr. 75c
Stretch Your Pay—
The BLUE SHOP Way
QUALITY PAINTS
J 1
EXTERIOR and INTERIOR
VARNISHES - THINNER
FOR SPRING CLEAN-UP
Osbo’s Electrical Supply
When In Seward
ITS
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
PASSENGER SAILING SCHEDULE
ALSO FREQUENT FREIGHTER SERVICE
For further information contact
W. W. Sipprell, Gen. Agt. - Phone Main 125
SS Alaska
Apr. 15 for
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS Baranof
Apr. 22 for
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS Alaska
Apr. 29 for
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS Baranof
May 6 lor
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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The author of the Cradle Rocker
has been bitten by the flu bug
and was unable to write an article
for this issue. Expectations are that
the Cradle Rocker will be back
with us by Friday.
The Blue Shop is pleased to an
nounce that Mrs. Lois Horton has
been elected to full paid up mem
bership in the Savings Club and is
receiving a Blue Shop Suit this
week.
Annetta Novick and H. Everett
Hoy celebrated their twin birth
days last Friday evening. They
were guests pt the home of Mar
jorie P. Young and Peggy V. Good
rich. Others present were Wm. H.
Novick and Frank Cooper.
EASTER SEAL
POSTER GSRL
“Little1 Miss Hopeful” is Bette
Jean Bligh of ( lister, South Dakota,
pester girl for the 1949 Easter Seal
Drive ot the National Society for
Crippled Children and Adults. Bette ■
Jean, who is receiving medical and i
tiler."neutic care in on*: of the coun- I
try’s first hospital-school units to j
be financed by Kasftcr Seal funds, is j
;i victim of cerebral palsy, hut now !
able to walk. She is a symbol of the j
hope extended to the nation’s crip
pl< d through the services financed :
by Easter Seals.
UNDERCOATING
BODY & FENDER
COMPLETE PAINT JOBS | j
Arc and Acetylene Welding ! '
New Motors —
Parts & Accessories i
• BUICK
• CHEVROLET
• OLDSMOBILE
• PONTIAC
• GMC
Authorized Sales
& Service
Tires - Batteries
Grease Jobs
Gas and Oil
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS: Mon
day and Wednesday, 3 to 5 p.m.;
Tuesday and Saturday, 7 to 9
p.m.
April 12
V.F.W. and AUXILIARY meet at
I.O.O.F. Hall.
REGISTERED NURSES Ass’n has
meeting.
April 13
SEWARD VOLUNTEER FIRE De
partment meeting.
LITERARY CLUB meeting.
April 14
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meet
ing at Episcopal Church, 8 p.m.
ADVISORY BOARD of Rainbow
Girls meets.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC, 2 p.m.,
Medical Building.
April 15
P-TA MEETS at High School Audi
torium, 8 p.m. •
April 16
EPISCOPAL GUILD Ladies Easter
Food Sale at McMullens.
REBEKAH Easter card party at
I.O.O.F. Hall.
April IS
SEWARD REBEKAH Lodge 6A
meets at I.O.O.F. Hall, 8 p.m.
April 19
JUNIOR WOMEN'S Club meeting.
April 20
AMERICAN LEGION and Auxil
iary meeting. 8 p.m., at Legion
Club.
IZAAK WALTON League meeting
at Episcopal Church. 7:30 p.m.
April 29
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY.
April 30
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY.
Anchorage Hotel
Dave Patterson, Mgr.
Extends a
HEARTY WELCOME
TO SEWARDITES
is produced by
Tuberculin and
Bangs-Free
Cattle—
Sold at . . .
Your Grocer's
100% Health Record for
25 Consecutive Years.
Seivard iDairy
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU.
Let Qeorge Do It!
G. H. EVERITT
Merchandising Service
Box 418 Seward MaStoa il
Bo sure to save the dates April
29 and 30, for the Junior play,
"Meet Me in St. Louis.” It’s a good
play and you’ll enjoy it!
MAGAZINES
LATEST NUMBERS OF YOUR
FAVORITE MAGAZINES
ARRIVE ON EACH
SHIP
THE MART
VARIETY
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd Monday of Moirth
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. & A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. E. Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Etwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union Hall
President — Harold Davis
TANNING
Send us your furs and skins to ba
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauaa Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle, Wash.
Charter
local' and highway
FREIGHJ SERVICE
Heavy Truck
Telephone Monroe 166
Post Office Box 716
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I TRAVEL FUNDS
Protected
AGAINST LOSS
OR THEFT
Safeguarding money against
loss when one travels is as
important as protecting it by
deposit when at home—and
is just as easy. You merely
convert your travel funds
here, before you start, into
American Express Travelers
Cheques. They are readily
spendable as cash, and if lost
or stolen, the amount In
volved is refunded to you.
The cost of the protection
is but. 76c on each $100.
Minimum 40c. There is no
time limit on use. Thous
ands of people carry these
protective Cheques when
away from home, and find
them invaluable. This Is
one of the bank's services
to the traveling publie.
BANK of
SEWARD