Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman
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SS ALASKA TO MAKE FIRST
TRIP OF SEASON
The SS Alaska of tlie Alaska
Steamship Co. will make its first
visit of the season this Friday
with a fair quota of round-trip
tourists.
Brush your beards, boys, and
wear the derbies, so -these tour
ists will know that something is
going on, and wish they had
waited until the Fourth of July
to make their vacation trip.
P-TA TO ELECT OFFICERS
Seward Parent-Teacher Ass’n
will elect officers for the next
year at the regular meeting, Fri
day, May 12, to be held in the
high school.
A hot lunch program for the
next school year will also be up
for further discussion. This be
ing a most important feature of
the future plans of the Associa
tion, a good attendance is ex
pected.
SALLY'S SALLIES
Rcgiaterr J L?. 5. Patrnt Office..
Copr. 1945, King icatutrs Syndicate, lnc„ VC’otld tights reserved.
‘‘Well, I must say! Imitating my toeless shoes!”
RHONE GARFIELD 24
219 THIRD AVENUE
the Florist
T.D.S. Member
Personal Attention—and
the Best in Flowers!
Goldfish and Supplies.
AND RECORD SHOP
Records:
If we don’t have what you
want, we will order it for
you—immediately!
Hours - 10 A.M. io 9 P.M.
TTie^New Seward Hotel
Your Home A way from Home
Oscar Dahl, owner
FROM SEWARD
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
feeidovia
Homer
Kodiak
Sitka
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS ALEUTIAN
May 26 for
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Flemish Knot.May 11 Chena . May 18
A Freighter . May 25
WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Certainly our Congress is fol
lowing the Biblical injunction to
“let not thy right hand know
what the left hand doeth.” It is
doubtful, however, that this is a
conscious gesture on the part
of our esteemed lawmakers.
While half of Congress is
pleading loudly for the develop
ment of Alaska as a bulwark of
defense for the continental cities,
backed up by the President and
—in the last few days by the sud
denly alarmed Louis Johnson,
all talking for home industry,
local business, and Territorial
development; how in the name
of common sense did someone
manage to slip in the 8000 Ions
of Japanese cement for Alaska
building?
With two big companies and
I several smaller ones already
bidding on the cement for mili
tary and highway construction
in the Territory, 8000 tons is a
good sized drop in the bucket.
It looks from here as though
l somebody had slipped up some
I where. Of course, it may be the
I Christian thing to do in accept
; ing the Japanese product for
sale with a priority over Amer
ican cement, but somehow, I
can't forget the many anxious
hours I endured just a few years
ago because of these people. So
far as I am concerned, I can see
the justification of purchase of
Japanese cement, but it seems
to me it could be used in reha
bilitation over there and not of
fered in competition to Alaska I
business houses still operating
on a shoe string basis. Both Sew
ard and Anchorage have been
planning on the handling of bulk
cement in 1950 summer con
struction. Eight thousand tons,
or about four barge loads, could
have been spread around in
Stateside construction projects
with less hurt than it will cause
in Alaska, but our Great White
Fathers in Washington continue
to tear down with one hand
while they scatter spurious lar
gesse with the other.
Now. I have that out of my
system. It's been sticking in my
craw for two weeks.
Say, how many of you saw the
junior class play? Wasn’t it
good! I thought “Our Hearts i
were Young and Gay’’ was a bit
ambitious for a high school class,
but they certainly got a wav with
it.
Phyllis and .ToAnn as Cornelia
and Elsie were tops. I have not
seen it done professionally when
I enjoyed it any better. Second
scene was definitely JoAann's
but Phyllis Baker’s performance
of the last scene was real talent.
Mrs. Campen’s influence was
apparent throughout the entire
performance. The stage manage
ment was so unobtrusive that it
was evident only to trained ob-1
servers. She performed the im
possible with Don Steele and
Antril Suydam. No one would,
have thought those fellows could
be made to have the faintest re->
semblance to Frenchmen, but j
they were good! '
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
Well Baby Conference
Thursdays — 2 to 4 p.m. in
City Council Chambers.
Tuesday, May 9
JUNIOR WOMEN’S CLUB
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Wednesday, May 10
B. P. O. E.
Friday, May 12
ORGAN CONCERT, Methodist
Church, 8 p.m.
P-TA
Saturday, May 13
BAKE SALE, Rainbow Girls
EPISCOPAL GUILD
Sunday, May 14
4TII OF JULY COMMITTEE
Friday, May 19
BAKE SALE, V.F.W. Auxiliary.
Saturday, May 23
ARMED FORCES DAY — Na
tional Holiday
Telephone Polk 1E6
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
SEWARD, ALASKA
James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD, ALASKA
MONEY ORDEHS
Use BANK MONEY ORDERS to
save time and trouble when pay
ing bills, and to avoid the rial: of
sending actual cash by mad. Yea
gaf a de/in.'ie receipt with each
ismiitanco.
1.00 to 14.99 .15
15.00 to 49 99 .25
50.00 to 74.99 .35
75.00 to 99.99 .50
Over 100.00 . Vi%
BANK of
SEWARD
Seward, Alaska
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Meels 1st and 3rd Thursdays
I.O.O.F. Hall - Adams St.
N. G.. Art McKeough
V. G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
v tslt Mt. McKinley
Park Hotel
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MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY.
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Legion Log Cabin
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Meet 2nd & 4th Wed. of Month
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agl
International Longshoremen's
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