Seward Seaport Record
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Bear Opens Season on
Men, Ends In Disaster
Dr. Joseph Shelton and Keith
Lenhart know that grizzly bears
are out of season but there was
one grizzly last Wednesday af
ternoon that decided that there
was an open season on men.
The results were disastrous for
the bear.
Tiie two men had been check
ing out Dr. Shelton's seaplane
when they saw a black bear.
Dr. Shelton had a rifle in the
plane so they landed on the
closest lake to the bear and
started hiking. When a couple
of miles from the lake they
saw what they presumed to bo
a brownie in the distance, but
no blacks anywhere. They turn
ed and headed back to the plane.
The bear had evidently seen
them also and suddenly the men
were most astonished to see it
ambling toward them, raising
its head and shoulders up and
out of the brush every now and
then for a better look.
The men stood still. Dr. Shel
ton said, “Now, bear, that's far
enough!’’ The bear kept on com
ing. Dr. Shelton raised his rifle,
at the same time warning the
bear that life would be more
healthy for it elsewhere. The
bear kept coming.
When about 100 feet from the
men, the bear lowered its head
and charged like a freight train.
Dr. Shelton dropped it with a
bullet through its head. The
bear flipped end over end and
Dr. Shelton put another shot
into it. That was. all as far as
the bear was concerned.
The men measured the carcass
and found it to be over 8 feet
long and that it was a grizzly
instead of a brownie.
Keith Lenhart, who first came
to Alaska last November and
just flew his own small plane
up the coast last week, had
NATIONAL GEOGHAFrilU
ARTIST VISITS HERE
Mr. Walter Weber, artist for
the National Geographic and
who has a group of 16 paintings
of American wildlife in the July
issue of the magazine, was in
Seward early this week. He
came dowui with Dr. Gabrielson
of the Wildlife Management In
stitute for a brief visit before
continuing on his way to Hooper
Bay where he will gather ma
terial for paintings of waterfowl.
Mr. Weber will be spending
the summer in Alaska. After a1
time at Hooper Bay he will go
to Bristol Bay for work on
fish. Later in the fall he ex
pects to return to the Kenai ’
Peninsula and cover the game
here.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR
DRIVER'S LICENSE?
The City Clerk reminds all,
Seward automobile drivers that j
the City license is due and must ]
be obtained immediately, or face;
prosecution for driving with an
outdated license.
The City license fee is SI.00.
DID YOU GET ANY PICTURES
OF THE RACES?
Many cameras were in evi-j
dence all day on the Fourth of
July, and hundreds of good
shots must have been made. The
Seward Fourth of July Commit
tee asks that copies of any and
all good shots taken during the
day, and especially of the Mt.
Marathon race, be given or
loaned for committee records.
Mrs. Marion Gonangnan of
Unalakleet and Mrs. Mary Pow
ers, formerly of Unalakleet and
now of Anchorage, arc visiting
relatives in Seward.
heard that bears won’t charge
unless seriously provoked. He
doesn’t believe that now!
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
What are we going to do about [
our young people and the liquor j
question? A young man was
sentenced to six months in jail,
witli three months of that time1
suspended, this week upon his |
admission of having transported
beer outside the city limits and
serving it to juveniles.
It is a shame, that this has
happened to blot the good juve
nile record of Seward. Although j
young himself, still this young:
fellow is an adult in years, and j
was perfectly aware that he j
was committing a serious of-j
fense in serving liquor or beer
to teenagers. He knew it, he'
defied the law, he was caught
and must serve his sentence.
That however, does not clear
the parents of teenage children!
who were at the party from
moral complicity. Somewhere,!
somehow, something has gone
wrong in our scheme of things, i
when our children must resort
to clandestine drinking parties
for amusement.
inis is noi a situation tnat,
can be laughed off. Almost all i
the parents of teenage children 1
in Seward are connected in
some way with this now famous
party, because of the number of
young people involved. Many
families are shocked and angry
with their youngsters for having
thus humiliated them. Others
would not believe until confront
ed with the evidence.
Don't blame the kids too
much. The parents of teenagers
can one and all remember simi
lar capers of their own. and
have probably talked about
them before the youngsters. The
shameful part of the whole deal
is that youngsters have to hide
out for their fun because there
is not enough entertainment in
town.
This column went into the
recreation situation at great
length some time ago, and can
only reiterate that there is not j
enough opportunity for recrea-j
tion in Seward. So far as 1 can !
see, there is one solution, an ex
pensive one, truly, but surely,
not as expensive as the ruin of!
our youngsters.
The Police are doing all in
their power to prevent the kids
from buying liquor and beer,
but still they get it somehow.
They cannot wait to grow upj
so they can enjoy the pleasures
that the elders so evidently i
treat themselves to. If it were
not so much fun, why would
so many parents be openly
drinking? What can you tell
them?
One little fellow boasts of
drinking 13 cans of beer. THIR
TEEN CANS, at 13 years of age!
What will be his capacity at j
the age of 25? What is his
future?
Something must be done, but
what? Would the fining of par
ents instead of children bring
about any change? Maybe. How
many parents know just exactly
where their children are every
evening? How many parents are
at home when the kids get back
from the movies? How many
kids have to go home to an
empty house and hunt out some
thing to eat for themselves?
There are any number of
contributing factors in the Sew
ard case. It is we, the Seward
parents, who are under censure,
not the kids. I still absolve the
kids.
Give them something to do.
Keep them busy and interested,
then wo won’t have any more
behind-the-fence beer parties.
God forbid that it will take an
other war to solve our diffi
culties, when the boys can be
turned over to the Army and
Navy to keep them straight!
It's our job—let’s do it!
It’s only natural for some old
people to be quiet. They have
a lot more to be quiet about.
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Catholic Information
How much must a man worship.'
Suppose a man paid taxes ac
cording to his individual con
science and nothing else? What
then? A minute few would pay
more than their shdro. A very
few woud give what they pay now;
hut the vast majority woud pay so
little (if any) that the government
coud not function.
Now God demands worship, and
it woud seem to the Catholic that
subjective private judgment is just
as unreliable and self-favoring in
determining the amount of wor-1
ship God requires as in determin-1
ing the amount of taxes a man
should pay his government.
Yes, God demands worship, but
who’s to determine how much wor
ship a man must give to God in
order to save his soul?
The Catholic claims to have the
answer — simle, logical, authorita
tive. And this is it:
God knows the uncertainty ana
elasticity of the human conscience,
so when He gave man His revealed
truths, He founded a church, not
only to safeguard and interpret
those truths, but to guide His chil
dren in the use of those truths. To
accomplish this He gave His
Church the power and duty to
make its own laws in conformity
with His divine plan.
It seems to us logical that God
would do this. It seems to us certain
that He 'did do it, in view of His
own words in the Scriptures. To
take a few samples from the King
James Bible; Christ said to His
Apostles: “Whatsoever ye shall
bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall
loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven" (Matt. *18:18). And again:
“He that heareth you heareth me”
(Luke 10:16). And also He said:
“If he neglect to hear the church,
let him be unto thee as an heathen
man and a publican” (Matt. 18:in.
And then to make it all permanent
our Divine Lord promised: . . . and!
“lo I am with you alway, even unto
the end of the world” (Matt. 28:20)
To have to assist at Mass 58
times a year may seem a hardship
to him who enters a church seldom
if at all; but to the practical Cath
olic this minimum is so low that
his love for God takes him to Mass
and other devotions on many occa
sions when there is no obligation
at all. In fact many Catholics
assist at Mass every morning In
the year.
The Church gives no guarartee
of salvation to him who merely
keeps within its laws. On the other
hand it constantly warns the faith
ful that only by frequent attend
ance at Mass and frequent recep
tion of the Sacraments can the
soul be safeguarded against the
snares of a God-neglecting world.
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