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Vol. V, No. 80
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Complete Plan
For Civic Fun
Carnival Sat. !
The Civic Committee feels that
plans for the carnival Saturday
night, April 9, are in final shape. !
The organizations participating are
setting up their booths and carry
ing out their separate projects to
make a complete program, which j
will be about as follows:
Bingo, Lions Club: scrip, St. Pet
er’s Church Auxiliary; shooting
gallery, ring toss and sponge toss,
P-TA.; guessing games, Junior
Women's Club: hot dogs and soft
drink stand, Lutheran Ladies.
Fish pond, Altar Society of Sac
red Heart Church; sandwiches and
coffee. Rebekahs; popcorn, O.E.S.;
movies, W.S.C.S.; dance, Volunteer
Firemen; baby nursery, Seward
Women's Club; games. Elks Club.
A whole evening of fun is to be
provided for everyone, ending with
a barn dance on a floor decorated
with hay, wheels, harness—in fact,
everything but the horses. Round
and square dancing will begin at
11 o’clock.
COUNCIL APPROVES NEW
LIQUOR STORE
The City Council last Monday
evening granted permission to Carl
Thomas and Victor Mahan to open
a liquor store in the premises form
erly occupied by the Chop Suey
House.
The opening of the store depends
on the issuance of a Territorial li
cense. Mayor Eugene Lanier made
it clear that there is no ordinance
limiting the number of liquor stores
In Seward. Until such time as the
liquor dealers or others in Seward
ask the City Council to limit the
number of such stores, the council
has no choice but to issue permits
to operate.
Outdoor Breakfast
Planned By 4-H'ers
Meal planning and preparation
' is the project which a group of
boys of the 4-H Club has chosen
for credit work.
The club, “Kenai Kooks,” was
officially organized on Wednesday,
April 6. with Buddy Thomas as
Chairman. Others in the club are
Chester Steele, Norman Keidser,
Gerald McLane, Danny Rose and
David Rose.
In their first meeting, at the
home of the leader, Mrs. Dan B.
Rose, they decided to work on a
breakfast as the meal of the year.
At the next meeting they will learn
four ways of preparing eggs.
At the first meeting the boys
learned the correct way of seating
a table for breakfast and made
diagrams to prove their knowledge.
Tentative plans have been made
to serve an outdoor breakfast to a
group of friends as a practical
demonstration of their knowledge
of cooking.
The next meeting will take place
April 13 at the Rose home.
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Garbage Permits
Available
At City Hall
Permits for those who wish to
haul their own garbage and trash i
are available at the City Hall.
Health Officer, Dr. R. O. Sellers
explained that the reason it is nec
essary to obtain a permit before
dumping garbage at the city dump
is that in the past some people
who carried garbage had dumped
it anywhere on the premises.
Many times whole truck loads of
garbage and t r a s h had been
dumped right in the road, making
it impossible for others to reach
the proper spot for dumping.
Last year it cost the taxpayers
about $2,000 for the labor and
equipment necessary to clear the
road after such offenses. The per
mit system will make it possible
for the city to charge this cost
directly to the people who are to
blame for the added cost, and by
possible revocation of the permit,
the city can deny the use of the
dump to those who will not co
operate.
Dr. Sellers pointed out that the '
cost of garbage collection will also
cover the work of covering the
filled portions of the dump with
gravel.
Sailors In Alaskan
Waters Paid Twice
The Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
has an agreement with the ship
ping employers, concerning Alaska
trade, whereby the sailors will re
ceive cargo time in addition to
their regular sailors’ pay.
This cargo pay is earned entirely
in Alaska ports, but it is not sub
ject to Territorial tax. It is reported
that the sailors are asking the
courts for a decision exempting
them from the tax.
Seward longshoremen claim that.
| due to this practice of having sail
ors work cargo in that one port,
they have lost wages amounting
to an impressive six-figure total.
Big Coffee Pot For
V. F. W. Auxiliary
Elda Bland, past president of the j
V.F.W. Auxiliary, presented the 1
Auxiliary with a gift of a 68-cup |
coffee pot at a luncheon at the i
Palace Cafe Thursday attended by
13 members and their guests.
Christine Rouse provided the en
tertainment for the party with a
reading, “Populatin’ the Earth.”
The retiring president also pre
sented a gift to each of the retiring
officers who were Treasurer Gladys
Zentmire, Secretary Lillian Fer
guson, Chaplain Frances Young
blood, Conductress Lillian Ives,
Patriotic Instructor Luella Skinner.
Senior Vice-President Laura Cal
vert, and Guard Charlotte Lesko.
The color scheme was yellow and j
blue, the Auxiliary colors, and
each guest received a corsage of i
yellow and blue flowers.
The Seward Robekgh Lodge 6A
will give an Easter card party at
8 p.m., April 16, at the I.O.O.F.
Hall.
Labor Board
Mediation Is
Union Request
Longshoremen of the Seward
I.L.W.U. Local 1-39 have proven
their willingness to live up to their
agreement with their employers in
agreeing to allow a recent three
sided dispute among employers,
sailors and longshoremen to be
settled by the Area Labor Rela
tions Committee at Seattle.
The mspute arose recently while
the Chief Washakie, a ship oper
ated by the Alaska Steamship Co.,
was in port. By an earlier agree
ment the sailors on the ship are
permitted to unload one hatch of a
ship. When the sailors had finished
discharging the hatch they had
chosen to unload on the Chief
Washakie, the company insisted
that they finish a hatch on which
the longshoremen were working.
Due to an employer-sailor agree
ment the sailors would receive pay
for cargo time as long as cargo
was being discharged, whether or
not they actually worked the
cargo.
This employer-sailor agreement
conflicts with an agreement of
Jan. 6, 1947 among employer, sail
ors and longshoremen. The 1947
agreement permits the sailors to
work only one hatch after major
unloading operations are started.
The union holds that the practice
of having sailors work cargo in
ports where longshoremen are
available is disrupting the econ
omy in those towns.
The longshore union reported
that, since the incident on the
Chief Washakie, both the James
W. Cannon, operated by the Coast
wise Lines, and the Terminal Knot
of'the Alaska Steamship Company
have taken what they call “unfair
advantage” of the agreement by
“repeated offenses.”
Union officials expressed hope
that the Area Labor Relations
Committee can settle the matter
peaceably and satisfactorily and
avert a shipping tie-up such as re
sulted when this dispute originated
a little over two years ago.
Property Transfers
Recorded
A number of deeds were issued
by the city for property sold at
option to individuals more than a
year ago. Those deeds which have (
been recorded so far include one
lot in the Federal Addition to the ,
Erdmann estate, five lots in the !
Laubner Addition to R. E. Baum- j
gartner, and the west halves of
five lots in the same addition and ■
the south half of one lot in the i
Laubner Addition to Edna Seater. j
Two lots in the original townsite j
were deeded to Harold and C. Ber- j
nice Davis.
It was reported that Art Brooks
had bought the Jack Penrose home
this week.
Several other transactions have
been reported but are not yet a
matter of record.
Ross B. Mann Wires
Reports From
Washington, D. C.
Mayor Eugene Lanier received a
telegram Friday morning from
Ross B. Mann, who is in Washing
ton to represent the City of Sew
ard in support of a memorial to se
cure the rehabilitation of the
southern section of The Alaska
Railroad.
Mann reported that he has been
having frequent meetings with
Delegate E. L. Bartlolt. He said
that Bartlett had been of great
service in helping him to arrange
meetings with government officials
and advice and assistance in
proper procedure.
Mr. Mann said that, while his re
ception has been favorable so far,
it is too early to be optimistic
about the meniorial.
SS ALASKA SKIPS VALDEZ
ON NEXT THREE TRIPS
Walter W. Sipprell, general agent
for the Alaska Steamship Company
in Seward, received a telegram Fri
morning to the effect that the SS
Alaska would not be calling at
the port of Valdez on its next three
voyages. Further information may
be obtained by calling at the office
of the Alaska Steamship Company.
Tourist Trains For
This Summer
The Alaska Railroad has an
nounced that special trains will
make possible side trips for tour
ists traveling on steamships. The
trains will pick up passengers in
Seward and return them to Sew
ard after a round trip to Anchor
age and a three-hour stop-over in
that city.
Besides the “Loop,” scenic fea
tures of the trip will include Lake
Kenai, Bartlett Glacier and Spen
cer Glacier, and many of the other
attractions such as the ride along
Turnagain Arm.
Special Meeting Izaak
Walton League
Burt Atwood, special representa
tive for the Izaak Walton League
to Alaska, will be in Seward this
week. There will be a special meet
ing of the Seward chapter of the
league in the basement of the
Episcopal Church Friday evening
at 7:30.
Burt Atwood, who is a brother of
the publisher Bob Atwood of the
Anchorage Times, is in Alaska on
a special four-week good will tour
for the league and comes directly
from the national headquarters in
Chicago. He was recently appoint
ed to the National Board of Direc
tors and is also president of the
Winnetka, Illinois, chapter of the i
league.
Postmaster Charles A. Sheldon
reports that stamp sales in the
Seward post office were 28 per cent
greater in the first quarter of 1949
than in the first quarter of 1948.
The local post office, he said, han
dles an unusually large number of
money orders.
Banquet And
Concert May 7
For Masons
The Master, Wardens and mem
bers of Seward Lodge No. 219 Free
and Accepted Masons announce a
banquent for Masons and their
friends on Saturday night, May 7.
A special and unique feature of the
evening will be the “Hour of
Music,” a program of vocal and in
strumental entertainment present
ing the finest talent to be found
on the Kenai Peninsula. This ban
quet and musical festival will be
the culmination of several weeks’
planning and organization. Seward
Masons are sponsoring the gala
event in full force. Committees
have been appointed and are al
ready aggressively pursuing the
tasks which the Lodge confidently
expects to result in the most inter
esting festival given in Seward for
many years.
Scene of the banquet and “Hour
of Music” will be the Masonic
Temple. A committee of experts,
in a preliminary survey of the
acoustical properties of the hall,
expressed professional satisfaction
with the planned arrangements
and predicted that the guests and
audience will be treated to some
thing entirely new and inspiring.
Steward James A. McCracken,
experienced in the culinary arts, is
the major domo, and promises that
the banquet tables will be laden
with princely delicacies.
Some of the artists who will
participate in the musical section
of the festival are Mrs. Kathryn
M. Baker, Mr. Arlee W. Hayne,
Mrs. Hazel P. Graves, Mr. Paul
McMullen, Miss Shirley Calnan,
Rev. and Mrs. Paul I. Irwin, Miss
Lurline Wilkins and Mrs. Mary
Clements.
The variety of music will be
geared to meet with the approval
of every listener, and will range
from the hill billy ballad of the
mountains to the concert style
works of Chopin and Tschaikow
ski.
Limited facilities necessitate the
restriction of ticket sales to Masons
and their wives, ladies of the East
ern Star, and their friends. The
tariff: $2.50 per person. The time
is 8 o’clock p.m., Saturday, May 7,
1949, Masonic Temple. If you like
to eat well, and if music pleases
you, you will be there.
Shipping News . . .
The passenger ship SS Baranof
was due to arrive at 1:00 p.m. Fri
day, and there will be a special
boat train leaving Seward for An
chorage about two hours after ar
rival of the ship. The freighter Ring
Splice is expected to arrive at
about 9:30 p.m. Friday evening.
The motor ship Lucidor left Se
attle April 6 and will go to Wom
an’s Bay before coming to Seward
to discharge a small amount of
cargo. The Abigail Adams is sched
uled to depart from Seattle April
18, calling at Valdez, Seward and
Whittier.
CARNIVAL
Saturday Evening, April 9 -
DANCING — GAMES — PRIZES