Seward Seaport Record
Formerly The Seicard Polaris Gr Kenax Feninsularflexxtian Chain Ntivs
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Frank DeLoughery . Editor
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Essay Contest on Democracy
Two thousand dollars in prizes
will be awarded to high school
students who write the best essays
on the subject “Why Democracy
Works." Lloyd Calvert of the Sew
ard Elks Club announced today.
The contest, sponsored by the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, is national in scope. Its pur
pose is to make our young people
think seriously about democracy.
Even those who do not win the
cash prizes will have gained by
having made a serious study of
democracy and the effort of figur
ing out for themselves just why
democracy does work.
The first prize in the contest will
be $1000, second $500, third $250,
and five prizes of $50 each.
There will be another prize of
$50 for the best essay submitted in
the Territory, and $105 will be
given in the Seward-Kodiak-An
chorage district. There may be a
special prize for the best essay
submitted in Seward.
In the Seward-Anehorage dis
trict first prize will be $50, second
$25, and three $10 prizes.
MEMBERSHIP IS BEING LIMITED TO 50 IN THE
SUIT CLUB
Which Is Beinq Organized at
The Blue Shop
If you are not a member, call the BT.UE SHOP and
register or stop m and learn the details. Remember,
ONE FORTUNATE WOMAN WILL BE GIVEN A
NEW SUIT EVERY SATURDAY FOR 50 WEEKS
FROM THE TIME THE CLUB STARTS.
Stop and Save at .7/ie 7B/ue Shop
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One hears many comments this
week on the competence of the
street cleaning department. Al
though it may be unwise to jay
walk across the middle of the
block, still everyone does it and it
is certainly good to be able to cross
anywhere in the business district
without having to climb over or
through a six-by-six bank of snow,
or search for a path by walking up
one side of the street and down
the other in order to get onto the
sidewalk.
By making use of the empty lots
as dumping grounds for surplus
snow the city has made the street
level from walk to walk and has
done a better job of it than some
of the largest Stateside cities—
so, orchids to the street cleaning
! department.
I This seems a timely opportunity
to reply to some criticism of this
column. I was sternly and con
temptuously criticized for discus
sing things other than styles, baby
1 tending and cooking in a woman’s
■ column. It is true that the column
was started with the intention of
stressing those topics, but corre
! spondence and comment soon
■ proved that the women of Seward
I are keenly interested in the boost
ing of their home town and needed
only a voice to make known their
wishes and to coordinate their
ideas. That civic betterment, is
woman’s work and has a definite
place in the lives and plans of
wives and mothers is a well estab
| lished fact. Therefore I shall con
1 tinue along this line as long as
| there is anything to say.
| Let the women pull together for
i any definite project and things are
bound to happen.
Girls Outshine Boys in
! Mechanics Test
Seward girls will make better
mechanics and business people
! than the boys, if the results of the
i aptitude tests taken recently at
the Seward High School are any
indication.
In the Detroit Generai Aptitude
Examination the girls out-ranked
the boys in general intelligence,
mechanical ability and clerical
' ability.
!
i It was found that the Seward
; High School averaged higher than
■ the average of 23.000 cases, with
J some of the students showing very
j high aptitude.
1 The average mental age of the
f girls was 17 years and eight
months, while the boys showed a
mental age of 17 years and six
months. This follows the general
rule that at this age girls are
closer to maturity than boys.
Aptitude, however, without ex
perience and practice has little
value, so when it comes to repair
work on a car or vacuum sweeper
one would still dp well to call on
the boys.
B. D. Bowen, secretary of the
Longshoremen's Local No. 39, re
turned this week from the conven
tion of the CIO in Juneau, to which
he was the delegate from Seward.
We Take
ORDERS
for
HOME-MADE
CAKES and PIES
Baked by Mm. Bflby
TOTEM
Fountain
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
(This is a public service, per
formed free of charge by the Sew
ard Seaport Record.)
PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS: Mon
day and Wednesday, 3 to 5 p.m.;
Tuesday and Saturday, 7 to 9
p.m.
January 21
LIONS CLUB MEETS for noon
luncheon at Totem Fountain.
January 24
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets
at 8 p.m. at Masonic Temple.
January 25
VFW and AUXILIARY meet at 8
p.m. at I.O.O.F. Hall.
SEWARD WOMEN’S CLUB meets
at Seward Memorial Church.
January’ 27
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, base
ment of Episcopal Church.
WOMEN'S SOCIETY OF CHRIS
tian Service meets, Seward Me
morial Church.
S.H.S. HONOR ROLL
The Seward Public High School
made public today the names of
the 16 students whose scholastic
averages for the first half of the
1948-1949 term has made them eli
gible for the honor roll. The list
follows:
Seniors—Jean Brattain, Richard
Cassel, Richard Dangler, Paul Mc
Mullen, Wilma Myers, Jacqueline
Ratchford. and Patsy Woods.
Juniors—-Jeannette Lind, Beverly
Renwald, Eleanor Salit, John Salit. j
Sophomores—Jack Rafter. I
Freshmen—Gail Jacobs, JoAnn j
Milroy, Mary Ann Salit, Iris Smith,
and Helen Varnell.
ORANGE-ADE
Sold at . . .
Your Grocer's
Per
25'
Quart
Plus Bottle Deposit
Seward ^Dairy
J. T. FLAKNE PREDICTS
GREAT YEAR FOR
SEWARD AND AREA
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accomplishments in this area. The
people should also realize that ail
new work is being carried out on a
permanent basis. All the new roads
and highways, government office
buildings, Army buildings, airports
and all other structures are of a
permanent nature.
He said that the new highway
would bring many people to the
Kenai Peninsula for the scenery
and hunting and fishing. A high
way trip to Seward, he said, would
be one of the most wonderful trips
in the world.
Miss Florence Binsley, nursing
superintendant of the Alaska De
partment of Health, has been in
Seward during the week. She made
a personal health survey in Sew
ard, and made case visits in the
field.
Do you know your house number?
Dave Patterson, Mgr.
Extends a
HEARTY WELCOME
TO SEWARDITES
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Mee-t 2nd Monday of Month
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. 8c A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. A. 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.
Meetings 2nd 8c 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
Secretary — B. D. Bowen
IF TOUR DEALER CART SUPPLY YOU,
Let Qeorge Do It!
G. H. EVERITT
Merchandising Service
Box 416 Seward Madison S •
The New Seward Hotel
Quiet, Cheerful Comfort .
Oscar Dafcl, aw—r