Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman ..
Frank DeLoughery .
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Overall food prices in Seward
reached their highest peak in June
1948 and present living cost has
dropped only 1.56 percent showing
that Seward remains consistantly
high.
The last publication of the Ter
ritorial Department of Labor gives
a table of average prices paid by
Alaska housewives for food as of
March 1949. In comparison with the
table compiled by the Bureau of
Labor statistics for the s a m e
month, an average drawn from 56
U. S. cities is used as a mean 100
from which the Alaska average is
calculated.
For all foods. Seward is fourth
highest on the list at 47.57 percent
over stateside food prices. Kodiak
is highest at 56.41 percent, Fair
banks, Anchorage, Sitka, Juneau,
and Ketchikan in respective order
down the list.
JAIL-BREAKER FREED
Andrew Nicholai, serving six
months in the Federal jail in Sew
ard, was freed Monday on a writ of
habeus corpus after having com
pleted more than two months of
his sentence.
Nicholai was the man who was
picked up March 14 for drunken
nes in public, and who tore a bunk
in his cell apart to pry the bars
apart to escape.
He was picked up down town
again by city police and placed in
the Federal jail. He later pled guil
ty and received the six months
sentnce.
The technicality on which Nich
olai was freed was the fact that,
although he pled guilty, he had
not been informed as to his right
to have a lawyer.
When In Seward
ITS
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
JESSIE McCRARY
ALASKA REPRESENTATIVE
for
Sears, Roebuck & Co*
Will Be lit
SEWARD
JUNE 7 to JUNE 11
She will be happly to talk to all Sears customers.
If you have merchandise questions, please let her
help you.
New Seward Motel - Seward, Alaska
PASSENGER SAILING SCHEDULE
ALSO FREQUENT FREIGHTER SERVICE
For further information contact
W. W. Sipprell. Gen. Agt. - Phone Main 125
SS ALEUTIAN
June 9 for
Valdez
Cordova
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS ALASKA
June 14 for
Sitka
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS BARANOF
June 17 for
| Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
|
SS DENALI
June 20 for
Ketchikan
Seattle
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Serving /Hi /Hatfai
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Ctajfe fj?ac(c«*
We people of Seward remind me
of the groundhog. ’ When the wea
ther is disagreeable we are inclined
to pull into our holes and stay
there until the sun shines again.
As far as I am concerned it is a
mighty good idea, only it won’t
wo.rk out economically. Business
must go on and plans must be
perfected for future activities—
including the Fourth of July cele
bration.
The committee met as usual
Sunday night but the same few
were present. This celebration can
become n big thing for Seward in
future years if the townspeople
just come to a realization of the
well coordinated plans of the com
mittee which is composed of repre
sentatives of every organized group
in Seward. Unless, however, those
groups are represented at the
meetings and individual and group
[effort is not expended, all the plans
i in the world will come to naught.
The few hard working volunteers
who are interested and pushing the
celebration have done wonders
toward providing a memorablle
week end this year, but they are
hampered by a feeling of lack of
interest on the part of the towns
! people. Let’s get in there and push
this business with all we have.
Ladies groups are needed to op
erate food stands and small con
cessions.
The Seward Woman's Club will
run hot dogs and hamburgers
with soft drinks. There will be no
expense for the concessions as the
committee is paying all the bills.
What is most important right now
is the assurance of volunteer
workers. Two hours of your time
is all that is asked. Won’t YOU
contact the Record office or attend
a Committee meeting on Sunday
evenings at the Legion Club.
At The Hotels . . .
The New Seward — Dorothy Wil
lard, Longmeadow, Mass.; Wm. F.
Deems, Springfield, Mass.; Mr. and
Mrs. S. Jodrie, Gypsum, Colo.; Wm.
Krubler, Anchorage; S. Wallstreet,
Seattle; Jack W. Klumb, Seattle.
Anghorage Hotel
Dave Patterson, Mgr.
Extends a
HEARTY WELCOME
TO SEWARDITES
I
WHITE, CRISP
UNIFORMS
in assorted styles and sizes
for
NURSES and WAITRESSES
Stretch Your Pay The BLUE SHOP Way!
SHARKSKIN.were $7.95 Now $3.95
RAYON .were 6.00 Now 3.45
POPLIN .were 10.95 Now 5.95
The BLUE SHOP
SUN GLARE?
Lowres Naturalite
SUN GLASSES
Scientific Opthalmic Lenses
Eliminate 96 per cent of Ultra Viclet
and Infra Red Rays
PILOT - SKIPPER - SPORTSMAN
$10.00
SEWARD DRUG CO.
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. - KIDDIE TOYS -
FOR OUTDOOR EXERCISE
Tricycles - Teeter-Babe Jumpers
Strollers
FULL LINE OF PICNIC SUPPLIES
Osbo’s Electrical Supply
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU,
%
Let Qeorge Do It!
G. H. EVERITT
Merchandising Service
Box 416 Seward Madison S •
Patronize Home Industry
James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD, ALASKA
CONTRACT WIRING
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Madison 151
MAGAZINES
LATEST NUMBERS OF YOUR
FAVORITE MAGAZINES
ARRIVE ON EACH
SHIP
THE MART
VARIETY
SEWARD
B. R. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd Monday of Month
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. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
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 — Hafold Davis
TANNING
Send us your furs and skins to be
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliabln
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauoa Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle, Wash.
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 yon.
The cost of the protection
is but 75c 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 public.
BANK of
SEWARD