Seward Seaport Record
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One often hears it said in Alaska
that we have but two seasons—
winter and the 4th of July.
This year we have had winter
aplenty and are hopefully expect
ing the 4th of July next Monday.
One thing we have no shortage
of is a good crop of optimists.
The 4th of July Committee is
crowded with optimists and I’m
one of them. We are gambling a
j large, amount of money' in the.
| success of the celebration. That
i success depends largely upon the
I weather, and to a greater extent,
I upon the way the townsfolk sup
I port the program.
People everywhere are willing to
have fun when that fun is pro
vided for them, but in Seward as
elsewhere only a few are willing
to work to make that fun possible.
The members of the volunteer
committee organized to arrange for
| a real celebration this year have
i really worked hard so far and will
work still harder before the holiday
is over, All they ask is that the
town will turn out in large num
bers to participate in and enjoy
the fun that has been planned.
The dance and crowning of the
Queen Saturday night, picnic Sun
day at Little Bear Lake and the
big all day celebration and Mara
thon race Monday should be at
tractions for every taste in town.
The Seward Womans Club and
Junior Women’s Club will handle
the hot dogs, hamburgers, coffee
and soft drinks on Fourth Avenue
on Monday. There will be enough
food for all day at reasonable
prices. The ladies are. however,
asking for volunteers to serve two
hours out of the day on the stand.
More help is also needed on the
same stand at the picnic where
the hot dogs and drink for the
children are being donated.
If you can spare an hour or two
either day, won’t you get in touch
| with Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Doyle'
or Pat Bogan and cooperate on
I this tiresome but necessary .job?
1 Let's all help in putting over a
really big celebration this year!
| James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F, James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD, ALASKA
HOMES FOR 1PARPLEGICS
Some 1300 paralyzed war vet- ]
erans in the United States have
been certified as eligible to receive
federal grants to help them acquire
homes especially adapted for wheel
chair living, according to the Vet
erans Administration.
The grants were authorized in an
act passed last year by Congress,
under which the VA defrays 50
I per cent of the cost of such
homes. Grants cannot exceed
$10,000.
Eligible to receive the grants
are those veterans paralyzed due
lo service-connected injury or dis
' ease of the spinal chord which de
prives them of the use of their
legs and lowej part of their body.
The homes incorporate special
features such as ramps, instead of
steps, doorways wide enough to
accomodate a wheelchair, special
bathroom fixtures and exercise
rooms equipped in accordance with
tl\e needs of the patient.
The veteran can utilize his grant
in several ways. He may buy a
lot and build a home on it, remodel
his present home to suit his needs,
or apply the grant against a mort
gage indebtedness if he already
has a suitable home.
The VA, in addition to providing
the housing grant, supplies model
plans, specifications and blue
prints, which the veteran may use
if he wishes.
Veterans who beieve they are
eligible to receive a wheel chair
housing grant should apply directly
to the VA regional office in their
home state. Applications will be
forwarded to Washington, D. C.,
for approval.
Catholic Information
"I confess directly to God!"
“Why should I confess to a
priest? What good can he do when
God is all about me, ready to hear
and to judge me?’’
We hope you do, Mr. Non-Cath
olic, confess directly to God, be
cause we Catholics do the same
thing. Most of us do it every
night before we tumble in and our
sleep is the sounder for it. But
we also confess to the Catholic
priest, once a year, as commanded
by our Church, and as many other
i times as we wish. Many of us get
untold consolation from every con
fession. Some of us find it difficult
and humiliating. But all of us do
it because we dare not place our
finite minds against the infinite
•mind of Christ—above the Sacra
ment which we believe that He’,
Himself, instituted when He said
to His Apostles: “Whosesoever sins
ye remit, they are remitted unto
them; and whosesoever sins ye re- !
tain, they are retained" (John 20: i
23, King James’ Version).
And after all. the Catholic's con
fession to a priest must follow
pretty much the same lines as your
sincere confession direct to God. i
We must examine our consciences :
to know what serious sins we have j
committed. We must confess them
all to the priest. We must have
true sorrow for each of them, be
cause they have offended God and
have made us unworthy of heaven*
We must firmly resolve, by the
help of God's grace, never to of
fend again. If our sins have in
jured others we must make
amends, if at all possible. And fin
ally we must perform the penance
imposed by the priest—usually a
few short prayers, intended as ex
piation of the temporal punishment
due to sins already forgiven.
“But what does the priest think
of me if I confess shameful
things?” He thinks nothing at all
of you, as Mr. John Doe. He
thinks of you as a humble and con
trite soul, freed from sin and going
forth at peace with your Maker.
He does not see your face in the
darkness of the confessional; but
if you fear recognition, you can go
to any Catholic Church, to any
Catholic priest, and your sins are
just as readily forgiven as in your
own parish.
And what does he say about
your sins? At no time, under any
circumstances, can the priest di
vulge the tiniest sin ever con
fessed to him. The Seal of the
Confessional is one of the Church’s
most stringent laws. No court of
law can make a priest break it. The
Pope himself would not dare to ask
it, and asking it would be refused.
Only God, the priest, and you,
know your sins—and you alone can
divulge them.
Sponsored by The
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Seward, Alaska
adv.
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL, CONDITION OF THE
BANK OF SEWARD
Located at Seward, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on' the 30th day of June, 1949,
Resources
Loans and
discounts S 459,549.21
United States
bonds . 291.000.00
Other bonds 427,722.09
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures . 25,494.60
Cash on hand and due
from banks. 406.702.06
TOTAL .$1,610,437.96
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1
TERRITORY OF ALASKA v SS
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION \
v
Liabilities
Capital stock .
Surplus .
Reserves .
Undivided profits
Demand deposits
Savings deposits
Cashier’s and certified
checks .
Time C/D's .
Demand C D's .
S 2a.000.00
. 125,000.00
37.553.58
15.852.22
1,093.113.30
... 278.319.50
677.50
18.826.58
16.095.23
TOTAL
$1,610,437.96
I> Jacque E. Roth, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the foregoing state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(NOTORIAL SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 30th day of June, 1949.
CARL J. HUTTON,
Notary Public in and for the
Territory of Alaska. My com
mission expires May 5, 1950.
JACQUE E. ROTH,
Cashier
(Correct Attest)
ELWYN SWETMANN,
M. H. SIDENER,
Directors