Seward Seaport Record
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City Council Reqisosis
Answers To
Questionnaire
In an endeavor to arrive at a
definite conclusion as to public
opinion on the water situation,
the City Council issues the fol
lowing questionnaire. It is asked
that residents answer the ques
tions, sign the questionnaire and
send in this clipping to City
Clerk, Box 102, before next
Monday, Oct. 30.
1. Have you been without water
in your home?..
If so, when . .
For how long?.
Was it the fault of your own
service line or unprotected
pipes? .
Was it the fault of the water
company? .
2. Did you complain to the
water company? .
In writing? .
Verbally? .
Was your complaint acknow
ledged? .
3. Do you have any complaints
because of
low pressure? .
James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD, ALASKA
uirt in mo water (.asiae irom
the rainy season)? .
Frozen mains? .
4. Have you suffered any dam
age by reason of water breaks
! causing ice on streets? .
5. Have you made any demands
for improvement or extension
of service? .
When? .
Written? .
| Verbal? .
I Did the company make an ef
fort to make the improvement
or extension? .
6. Did the company offer any
reasons for inability to render
the service requested? .
Send your letters of commen
dation or criticism of the exist
ing water service, or this ques
tionnaire to the City Clerk be
fore Monday, so that the council
will know how to act in your
favor.
It must be remembered that
quite often a freeze-up in the
home is caused by faulty plumb
ing or the lack of protection for
water pipes under the house and
the water company can not be
held to blame. If this is the case,
your reply should indicate it. If
you feel that the fault lies with
the water company, your com
plaint is valid.
Any neighborhood petitions
submitted must be in duplicate,
so that the city can have one
copy on file, and the water com
pany the other.
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THE KATHRYN JOHNSON
School of the dance
\
Instructions in—
Ballet, Tap, Acrobatic and Ball
room Dancing for Girls and
Boys—Age 3 years and up.
Studio in Odd Fellows Hall
For Information—
Phone Adams 115
SOURDOUGH
TRANSFER
Day or Night Service
For Service Call
GEORGE EVERITT
406 Wash. St.
MADISON -93
When in Seward It’s - -
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner jif§~
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
Freighter Service
SCHEDULED SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
Baranof.October 20
Coastal Monarch .Oct. 21
Nadina .-.Oct. 23
Square Knot .Oct. 31
Walter W. Sipprell, Gen. Agt. - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
The “older” people in town,
those who have lived here for
the past three to five years,
cannot help noticing the great
number of new faces—“stran
gers.”
We have a reputation here to
; keep up. We have not worked
to get this reputation, it came
about naturally, because the
people of Seward are naturally
1 friendly and hospitable.
I have heard recently several
people remark that they don’t
“know” anyone, meaning that
they are not getting acquainted.
i These newer residents, coming
I into our community to live, are
1 waiting to be invited into meet
I ings. to be’ introduced around
i town, to become a part of our
town.
Of course, some of us find it
! easier to get acquainted than
others. There is a tendency to
“size-up” the person we meet.
To arrive at a common ground
for friendship. This tendency
builds up a kind of barrier that
must be partly broken down be
fore we feel that we want to
“know” a person. This is true
both for the newcomer and for
the community. The distinction
we often make between those
we know and those we don’t
know is false. Every person we
ever knew, every friend we
| have was at one time a stranger.
! We had to meet him. get ac
! nuainted. and not knowing a
1 man is no reason for not liking
j him.
j Most everybody in Seward
! takes a certain possessive pride
in the town, delights in showing
off the scenery, goes out of his
way to be friendly and hospit
able. Let’s make it a point, then,
’ not to lose this, our most valu
! able, although intangible asset.
New families have come in dur
ing the past year, and more are
still to come. Winter activities
are a good medium for getting
acquainted. If every woman will
see that her new neighbor, not
only has an invitation to club
doings, but takes her as a guest,
that neighbor will have the op
portunity to enter in, if she
cares to, and to become another
| enthusiastic Seward booster.
! This week five Navy men
moved in. Some of them will
bring their wives. The wives of
servicemen are usually easily
fitted into any situation, but
we must continue to keep Sew
ard the friendly place so that
they, and all newcomers, will
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Tuesday, Oct. 24
WOMAN’S CLUB, Methodist]
Church basement, 8:00 p.m.
JUNIOR WOMEN’S CLUB, 8:00
p.m., Bertha Lewis’,
Wednesday, Oct. 25
SEWARD CHORAL SOCIETY,
Methodist Church, 8 p.m.
B. P. O. ELKS
Thursday, Oct. 26
[ W. S. C. S., Methodist Church
Parlor, 8 p.m.
Saturday. Oct. 28
ELKS CLUB HALLOWE’EN
! PARTY.
I LEGION AUXILIARY HALLO
| WE EN PARTY, Costumes,
Box lunch.
■ RAINBOW GIRLS HALLO
WE’EN PARTY
Sunday, Oct. 29
EPISCOPAL GUILD SUPPER,
4-7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 3
1 ANNUAL SCHOOL CARNIVAL j
Saturday, Nov. 4
BAZAAR, Lutheran Ladies Aid.
Saturday, Nov. 25
BAZAAR, Methodist Church.
' WANT to know us.
i A community in which there
are a number of small cliques is I
I a hard place to get acquainted
in, to really make friends, and
to enjoy living. It is true that
we have a number of cliques,
; but fortunately they are not
carried to extremes, and with
; the great number of social or
ganizations and womens clubs
! to which the same women be
! long, there is a tendency to gen
' eralize acquaintances.
Yes, this is a friendly town,
and if we keep it that way we
can absorb the newcomers, rr.ak-,
ing them friends, too.
On the other hand, there are I
always those who say they do i
not ’•know" anyone here, al
though they have lived among
us for some time. If those people,
especially women, refuse to ac
cept invitations to become ac- j
quainted, we must assume that]
i they don’t care to be friendly
or sociable, and it is only human
after a while to leave them alone
in their desire to be left out
of community activities. The
thing works both ways.
I feel, however, that I must
do my part in trying to make
people acquainted and giving
j them the chance to make friends
I in Seward. Bugs Baer says, “If
! everybody pulled the same way,
] a dentist would never get a tooth
] out.” So. if some people find
; it hard to make friends and
j others do it easily, it gives the
latter a chance to do something
worthwhile by lessening the j
lonely life of a “stranger.” I
Qsbo’s Electrical Supply
Authorized
• GENERAL ELECTRIC DEALER
• KOHLER LIGHT PLANTS
• H. C. LITTLE BURNERS
Phone Adams 82 223 4th Ave.
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Going North?
TRAVEL VIA THE
Scenic Alaska Railroad
See:
• SPENCER and PORTAGE GLACIERS
• KENAI LAKE
• THE FAMED "LOOP"
• "ALASKA NELLIE"
• TURNAGAIN ARM
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD:
8:30 A.M. on Tuesday
2:00 P.M. on Thursday
CONNECTIONS FOR FAIRBANKS FROM ANCHORAGE
ON MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
For Information Call Main 153
Westinghouse
SALES & SERVICE
Ranges - Refrigerators
Automatic Washers
Driers - Water Heaters
Home Freezers
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Adams 137
Telephone Polk 166
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
SEWARD. ALASKA
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