Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
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BABY CONTEST TO FEATURE
JULY 4th CELEBRATION
VFW and American Legion
Auxiliaries will sponsor a baby
contest for the Fourth of July
celebration, according to reports
of the representatives of the
Fourth of July Committee last
Sunday evening.
They were given the choice
of a queen contest or the baby
contest. The baby contest was
handled in 1948 by the Nurses'
Ass'n of Seward and proved
very popular.
The babies' having the spot
light this year, a queen will be
chosen at the 4th of July dance,
to reign over that event, but
there will be no contest for
queen beforehand.
CITY COUNCIL REJECTS
BIDS ON BUILDING
All bids were rejected last
night by the City Council on the
purchase of the Teen Town
building, upon complaints of
some bidders that the specifi
cations were not clear.
The building was to have
been removed “at the discretion
of the council” which, according
to complaints, was too indefinite.
New bids were called for.
stipulating that the building is
to be removed and ground* clear
ed except for the cement block
on which the building stands,
by July 1, 1950, bidder to as
sume any and all liability for
damage to property or persons.
No bids were received on the
demolishion of the old fire hall.
LOCAL WOMAN GUILTY
OF RECKLESS DRIVING
Mrs. Vera D. Heisler, local
resident, was found guilty in
Commissioner’s Court May 1 on
charges of reckless driving and
operating a vehicle without city
or Territorial driver's licenses.
She was sentenced to 30 days
in jail. 20 days of which were
suspended, and driver's privi
lege withheld for a period of 60
days, after which she must ob
tain a driver’s license.
THREE MORE VESSELS
ADDED TO COASTWISE LINE
Coastwise Line has announced
acquisition of three privately
operated Liberty vessels for the
Columbia River and Alaska
trade, bringing its current fleet
in this and other coastwise ser
vices to a total of eight vessels.
Two of the new ships are the
SS North Beacon and SS Sea
lair. The third has not been
named. The ships will be under
the bareboat charter for two
years. All will be equipped with
limited refrigeration facilities
and loran.
The North Beacon will begin
service from San Francisco May
17; the Seafair, June 11.
Coastwise officials said the
new acquisitions evidenced their
faith in the future of the Pacific
Coastwise water services.
RENAMES FREIGHTER
In line with its policy of nam
ing freight ships after Alaskan
rivers, names of which end in
“na,” the Alaska Steamship Co.
has recently renamed the SS
Chief Washakie. New name of
the freighter is “Chena.”
POLICE DEP'T CRACKS
DOWN ON SPEEDERS
During the month of April the
Seward Police Department is
sued five tickets for speeding
and one warning for traffic vio
lation. Those charged with vio
lations were found guilty and
paid fines of $10.00 each.
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Mrs. Hazel Russell from the
head of Kachemak Bay flew
into Seward Monday for a check
up at the hospital on her broken
leg. She broke her leg in five
places almost nine months ago,
had trouble with its healing,
and then fell and broke it again
a month ago. After her exam
ination she cheerfully reported
that she was told that the cast
might be removed on her next
visit in to the hospital—if she
doesn’t fall down again in the
meantime.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
REDUCED WINTER FARES A N,D LOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES j
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF
May 5 for
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS ALASKA
May 12 for
Valdez
Cordova
Sitka, Juneau
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS BARANOF
May 19 for
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS DENALI
May 23 for
Seldovia
Homer
Kodiak
Sitka
Ketchikan
Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Nadina . May 4
Flemish Knot .May 11
Chena . May 18
A Freighter . May 25
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Baltimore, Maryland is known
in the East at least, as the “Con
vention City.” No one knows
where it gained that reputation,
nor when it began, but there are
more conventions held there
than any other eastern city.
Maybe the reputation for good
food, local recipes, fine enter
tainment, and historical back
ground have been a contributing
factor in the naming of that old
city as the favorite choice for
conventions.
We have been told repeatedly
in Seward, that the salvation of
this city and the Kenai Penin
sula is to be the tourist trade.
What is to prevent Seward from
becoming known as the ‘‘Con
vention City” in Alaska?
We have had one convention
| this year so far, and another this
week. Next year we are sure of
| the American Legion conven
j tion, and the following year one
[ other. Of these we are certain.
j Why not build up a reputa
! tion for good sea food, well and
tastefully prepared, for fine en
tertainment, good-fellowship and
open-handed hospitality, so that
all organizations when planning
a convention, will just naturally
think of Seward?
We all enjoy a good time. The
people of Seward certainly spare
no expense in entertaining,
either themselves or their visi
tors. We have the seafoods on
our front doorstep. We certainly
have fine cooks. What we do
need is a more convenient con
vention hall with either a large
kitchen or larger and more res
taurants.
With the opening of the high
way, Seward will have to pro
vide more transient housing fa
cilities. I am dreaming of a big
hotel on the side of Marathon.
Wouldn't that look beautiful
from the bay? One can’t help
wondering if there isn't enough
optimism in town yet to insure
the local financing of a resort
hotel. That's just an idea, maybe
a brainstorm, but the people
who also have the vision seem
to be in the same state of insuf
ficient funds as I am. so all we
can do is dream. But, oh brother!
What a dream!
About all we can do in this
first year of conventions is to
make our visitors forget our
slightly dilapidated and worn
exterior appearance by showing
them that our hearts are in the
right places; that we enjoy liv
ing, and that to live in Seward
is a privilege and a pleasure.
That’s the way I feel about it.
Folks, and the sooner the ma
jority of Sewardites take an in
terest in the welfare and the fu
ture of the place, the quicker
our Gateway City will also be
known as the Convention City
of Alaska.
SUPPER POSTPONED
The Ways and Means Com
mittee of the Eastern Star is
postponing its supper scheduled
for Sunday evening, May 7, until
further notice.
Patronize Home Industry
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
Well Bpby Conference
Thursdays — 2 to 4 p.m. in
City Council Chambers.
Wednesday, May 3
AMERICAN LEGION and AUX
ILIARY
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP’T.
Thursday, May 4
“OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG
AND GAY”
Friday, May 5
“OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG
AND GAY”
Saturday. May 13
BAKE SALE, Rainbow Girls
Friday, May 19
BAKE SALE, V.F.W. Auxiliary.
Saturday, May 20
ARMED FORCES DAY — Na
tional Holiday
Nothing pleases the heart of an
Alaskan more than to have for
mer residents return, there is
something about this country
that will not let us go. Jack Rod
enberry, former owner of Jack’s
Beauty Shop, who left town dur
ing the winter to sun himself on
Florida beaches, has returned to
Seward.
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