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Vol. VII, No. 40
Alaska Historical
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Seward Seaoo
THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT GIVES A HOOT ABOUT SEWARD, ALASKA
SEWARD, AI.ASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, f950 Pncc 10 cents
City Assumes Power Load After
ATEC Diesel Break-dowei Wed.
The breakdown of the diesel
generator at ATEC just before
noon Wednesday threw a part |
of Seward, including the rail
road yards, dock and newspaper
office into partial blackout for
the greater part of 43 hours.
Jack Jordan, general manager
of Seward Electric System, the
city owned plant, put his crew
of six men with an additional
crew from ATEC into the breach
to throw the entire city into the
city lines. This project 1ms been
going on in easy stages ever
since the new generator was in
stalled in the city plant this
summer, but the work of assum
ing the entire load at one time
was to be avoided if possible.
Even with the new engine
in use it will be difficult to
carry the whole load without
danger of overloading, if he
doesn t get cooperation from the
people of Seward, Mr. Jordan
said. “This will be a critical
winter for power, and if we are
to get through without more
trouble, everyone must help.”
Appliances which put a heavy
drag on power have been install
ed at an unprecedented rate
during the past few months, ac
cording to Jordan. Especially
water heaters, each of which
pulls from 3000 to 5000 watts
per hour. There are at least 115
water heaters in use now. When
these were distributed between
two generating systems, the
load was bad enough, but now
that the city plant will hav/?
to carry it all, it represents a
definite drag during peak hours.
Turn Off Heaters
"Users can help us out a great
deal/' Mr. Jordan stated, "by
turning off all lights and ap
pliances when not definitely
needed, and above all to turn
off water heaters between the
hours of 4:00 and 7:00 p.m."
This is the critical period of
the day when the power load
is at its peak. Any tank should
hold enough water, heated thru
the day to carry domestic users
through th;s three hour period.
Meters are being installed on
all water heaters and will be put
into use December 1. The meters
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RAINBOW MAJORITY
SERVICE
Miss Beverly Abrahamsen
presided as Worthy Advisor for
the Majority Service which was
conducted last Saturday evening
by the Order of Rainbow for
Girls at the Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Jacquelyn (Reed) Dan
iels received the degree. Mrs.
Daniels and Miss Abrahamsen
are charter members of the
Assembly.
This Thursday evening the
girls initiated Marilyn Ratchford
and Hazel Brossow. There were
dancing and refreshments at
both of these ceremonies.
METHODIST BAZAAR WILL
FEATURE CANDY BOOTH
A candy booth featuring
rhoice confections will be one of
he attractions at the bazaar to
je given Saturday, November
15. in the Seward Memorial
Jhurch basement.
Other booths will offer hand
nade holiday aprons, pot hold
;rs, tea towels, pillow slips,
'uest towels, baby clothes and
nanv oth^r plain and fancy
articles.
Potted plants, jams and jellies,
greeting cards, gift wrappings,
nd a White Elephant table will
Iso be available.
A cafeteria lunch will be
erved and in addition a variety
f home made pastries and
reads will be offered for sale.
New Speed Limit
Signs Posted
Speed limit signs have been
posted by highway patrolmen on
the Kenai Peninsula highways.
From Seward to Mile 54 on
the Seward-Hooe highway the
speed limit is 35 miles per hour,
except the 20 miles per hour
limit through Moose Pass. From
Mile 58 to Portage the limit is
50 miles per hour, but from Mile
54 into Hope the limit is reduced
to 25.
Sterling Highway limit has
been set at 50 miles per hour un
less otherwise posted.
Highway patrolmen advise
motorists to exercise extreme
caution on all Peninsula roads,
roads. i
There have been five acci
dents in the past four days, all
serious, i^ll five accidents, pa
trolmen said, were caused by
lack of chains and drivers not
keeping the cars under control.
Until j'oad conditions improve,
highway patrolmen advise peo
ple to stay off the roads unless
they have urgent business.
HIGHWAY PATROL WARNS
OF ICY ROADS
iHghway conditions are very
dangerous from Moose Pass on
to Hope and sections of the
Cooper Landing road are heavily
iced, according to warnings is
sued by patrolmen here Thurs
day.
“No one should attempt to
travel beyond Moose Pass with
out good chains,” Officer George
Puckett stated.
Annual Community
Thanksgiving Service
The annual Thanksgiving Day
service sponsored jointly by the
Methodist and Episcopal Church
es will be held at the Episcopal
Church this year. The service
will be at 10 a m. The St. Peter’s
Choir has been working on
special music.
The Reverend Paul Irwin
pastor of the Methodist Church,
will be the preacher. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend
this service of Thanksgiving to
God for His many blessings,
temporal and spiritual.
Hoopsters Start
League Practice
Practice games will be played
next Tuesday night at 7:30 be
tween the teams of the City Bas
ketball League.
Teams will draw for oppon
ents and the high school team
will play the first game. The
second game will be between the
other two teams.
The Nobby Club, DeHorns and
Bear Lake Lumber Company
teams are organized. All players
interested in playing this winter
and who have not signed with a
team, are requested to bring
then1 equipment Tuesday night
and sign up.
The high school gym will be
open again Sunday afternoon
for players of the City League to
practice.
CULTURE (?) COMES TO
SEWARD
Culture came to Seward Fri
day night with KIBII’s disc
jockey on “Music Til Midnight.”
The new fellow had a wonder
ful talent for putting one to
sleep and then waking him up
with a snap—just as if he’d
been doing it for a long time.
Buxom Babes
Bewilder
Basketball Boys
In spite of the overworked
chivalry of the referees that
prompted the giving of double
tosses, preference on fouls and
all disputed goals to the “lady”
Lions in the Friday night game,
the Sea Hawks won by a score
of 58 to 40.
The boys had to fight for
every basket and were given
a handicap from the beginning
when a wire guard was placed
over the basket, preventing all
but a perfect toss going through
the basket.
The Lions team of eight play
ers w'as tastefully dressed in
silk bloomers, afternoon dresses,
beautiful hose and sneakers. Dex
Bacon had difficulty with his
mop hair and his falsies became
detached much to his discomfort,
but he played a beautiful game
withal, pushing, shoving, “trav
eling” and snatching.
Lissome Chuck Cole in col
legiate black skirt and sweater,
silk babushka tied daintily under
his chin, carmined lips and
cheeks, slipped across the floor
with all the grace of a ballet
dancer. Not satisfied with the
skill of his team, he made his
way up to the balcony, and
hanging over the basket, expe
dited the play by dropping the
ball into the basket when
thrown to him from the floor.
In the third quarter, he tried
the same stunt over the north
end basket, but while hanging
from his middle over the back
board, some bright child re
moved the ladder, leaving him
suspended like a limp sack over
the edge. Ed Schnoecker had
taken his place on the balcony
end with the idea of running
interference on the Sea Hawks'
baskets. The Hawks were too
quick for him. however, and
ran up point after point.
Petit Dahlberg, gowned in
green, head smothered in a red
bandana, scooted around the
floor, dribbling so fast that the
eye could hardly keep up with
him. By the time his opponents
caught up with where he was,
he just wasn’t, but instead had
popped up at the other end of
the floor. Time after time he
started a long march down the
floor, covering over half way
before anyone could interfere.
Captain Joe, becoming over
heated, started a strip tease,
reaching the more intimate ar
ticles of silk before his com
panions modestly prevailed upon
him to desist. He played a
rugged game, missing the basket
every time.
Time and space does not per
mit a detailed description of this
wonderful game. Suffice it to
say, that the members of Seward
Lions who entered into the
spirit of the occasion received
the admiration of all present.
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DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT
James Brewer of Kenai was
found guilty on a charge of
drunken driving in Commission
er’s Court Thursday morning,
.and fined $100. His operator’s
license was suspended for 60
days in addition to the fine.
Territorial Highway Patrol of
ficers charged that Brewer’s car
rolled over a 12 foot embank
ment at Mile 27, and that he
and the occupants of the car
narrowly escaped being killed.
As it happened no one was hurt.
Mrs. L. V. Ray returned on
Tuesday after a vacation in
Californi.a.
Buy l Use Christmas Seals
Seward Must Be Prepared To
Move Bis: Cargo Says Johnson
I. W. L. Recommends
Game Law Changes
The Seward Izaak Walton
League in a regular meeting
Wednesday night, recommended
certain changes in game laws
on the Kenai Peninsula.
The first change recommended
was a shorter season on moose,
with a twenty day limit, and
the one mile limit ruling along
side a highway reduced to one
half mile.
No change was suggested on
the ruling governing the hunt
ing of sheep and goats, but they
suggest that trapping of beaver
be forbidden for one year.
They hope to definitely out
law the use of snares on the Pen
insula, as they have caused the
wanton waste of large game
animals.
Bounty on eagles meets with
the continued approval of the
League.
Marshal Irwin Metcalf offers
to add personally $25 to the al
ready established $50 reward
for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of violators
of game laws. Several other
members offered $5.00 each for
the same purpose bringing the
reward to $100 or over.
Names of persons giving such
information will be kept in con
fidence, and said persons will
not be called upon to testify at
trials for game law violations,
was the assurance given by the
Fish and Wild Life enforcement
agent.
Navy Control Office
Chanqes Command
Lt. Commander E.J. MacDon
ald. USNR who set up the Navy
Control of Shipping Office in
Seward leaves Saturday by
ARR to assume other duties in
Kodiak. He is replaced by Lt.
Commander W.L. Keene.
Commander MacDonald en
deared himself to all who met
him here in Seward by reason
of his genial personality and
his whole hearted praise of Se
ard and Seward people. We
hope that Commander Keene
will be happy with us too
"Bittersweet" Makes
Port Wednesda y
The Coast Guard cutter Bit
tersweet made port Wednesday
after a hard 25 hour trip from
Kodiak. Deck and superstructure
of the little ship was heavily
coated with ice after bucking
high winds the entire distance.
Crewmen reported that winds
in Cold Bay were clocked at
IDG miles an hour, and 75 to 80
in the Gulf.
Lt. Charles Friemueller. Com
manding Officer, and Lt. Clark,
Executive Officer of the Bitter
sweet attended the dinner Wed
nesday night at the Legion Club.
They will remain in Seward
until the SS C'nena has complet
ed the discharge of her 48 tons
of explosives at the Army dock.
The Array dock was not effect
ed by the power shut down as it
had only lately been taken over
by the city electric system.
EPISCOPAL DINNER SUNDAY
EVENING
Ladies of the Episcopal
Church invite friends and mem
bers to dinner next Sunday eve
ning from 4 to 7 o’clock.
The menu has not been an
nounced, but it’s sure to be some
thin" —os usual
Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Loussac ac
companied Col. J. P. Johnson,
railroad, Army, Navy and Air
force officers to Seward Wednes
day after the dedication of the
Turnagain Arm section of The
Alaska Railroad.
The party included besides
the Loussacs and Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Aharood, Paul
Shelmerdine, Mr. Flanagan, Mr.
and Mrs. Mahlcn Harker, Mr.
and Mrs. V. J. MacDonald, Mr.
Naylor, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Griffith, all railroad officials
from Anchorage.
Other Anchorage people were
Tom Maloney, Alaska Steamship
Co.: Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Cuddy, First National Bank; Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Bentz and
Frank Settersten of Northern
Stevedoring Co.: and Mr. Ed
Coffey, insurance.
Lt. General Wm. E. Kepner
was represented by Capt. W. E.
Oberholtzer, USN, and Mrs.
Oberholtzer. Col. Glore, trans
portation chief, U. S. Army of
Alaska, Col. Hillman, USA, Lt.
Col. Giddens, USAF, Col. Moore,
USAF, and Col. James A. An
drews made up the military
party.
Commander E. J. MacDonald,
USNR; Lt. G. H. Easton, Jr„
USNR and Lt. S. F. Junemann,
USNR, all of the Navy Control
of Shipping Office in Seward,
were also present, as were offi
cers of the U. S. Coast Guard
cutter Bittersweet, which made
port in the morning.
Walter Sipprell, president of
Seward Chamber of Commerce:
Mayor Eugene N. Lanier, city
councilmen, representatives of
longshore unions, and business
men of the city attended with
their wives, making a party of
about 150 persons.
Mr. Sipprell was master of
ceremonies, giving an address of
welcome. Mayor Lanier made
the most popular address of the
evening, which was the invita- •
tion to supper. Roast turkey and
dressing, potato salad, and all
the usual accompaniments were
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MALCOMS BEGIN TOUR
OF WEST COAST
Rev. and Mrs. C. V. Malcom
and daughter, Tanya Rose, left
on the Denali Thursday evening
for the States.
On arrival in Seattle Malcoms
will pick up their car and begin
a tour of Washington, Oregon
and the northern California
coastline in special missionary
services and visiting friends.
Parents of both Rev. and Mrs.
Malcom reside in the Los An
geles area, so they will spend
the Christmas holidays with
their families.
Tanya Rose plans to attend
school lor the remaining school
year in Pasadena.
ESefore returning to Seward
their planned itinerary will take
them through Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas. Illinois, Missouri
and Iowa.
In their absence Miss Ruth
Anderson will be in charge of
the services of The Assembly
of God Chapel.
HARDING'S DAUGHTER
RETURNS TO VISIT
Mrs. Fred Richardson, better
known to Seward as “Jerry”,
and her two year old son arrived
aboard the Denali this week to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Harding.
Mr. Richardson is going to
Point Barrow as mechanic for
Trans Ocean Air Lines. Jerry
will stay with her folks until
after Christmas.