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Seward Seaport Record
Vol. V No. 95
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Setting for Seward’s Famous Marathon Race
With the Fourth of July celebra
tion still almost a month away,
public interest in Seward’s Mara
thon Race, Alaska’s great annual
* spectator event, is becoming more
intense daily.
Billed for many years as the
world’s most grueling short dis
tance race, the race up the 3022
foot Mount Marathon provides the
greatest opportunity for spectators
to see it from start to finish.
While the entire course to the
top of the mountain is visible from
| almost any part of the city, there
I are many who climb to the top of
the mountain early in the morning
to get a bird’s-eye-view of the con
' test.
The winner for the past two
years is Peter Hatch, and his time
for the distance, or the height, was
a little under an hour each time.
This is the first year since the
war that the race has been played
up to its former status, although it
has been kept alive ns a local
event. In the history of the Mara
thon Race, only one man outside
of Seward has ever been a winner,
and Sewardites believe there isn’t
a ridge runner, stump jumper, or
cliff dweller in the world who is
capable of taking the measure of
g the local talent today.
The Race is open to any and all
comers, with the $500 purse going
to the winner. Second place takes
se a prize of $200, and $100 goes to
l the man who comes in third. Each
j' runner who completes the course
in less than 90 minutes receives a
g consolation prize of $25. Anyone
I wishing to enter the race is invited
| to communicate with the Seward
'.i Fou di of July Committed.
PRIZES OFFERED
IN 4-H CLUB
COMPETITION
“With more than a million home
making projects being undertaken, i
4-H Club girls throughout the
United States, Alaska, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico are putting the 1949
theme ‘Better Living for a Better
World’ into action." declared' Guy
L. Noble, director of the National
Committee on Boys and Girls Club
Work. Alaska girls carried 233 of
these projects, and accepted the
challenge to report good records
of work well done in 1949. accord
ing to Mr. Hoble.
Clotlfing, canning, home improve
ment, home grounds beautification,
garden and poultry are among the
activities considered in the Nation*
al 4-H Girls' Record awards pro
gram. In addition to learning the
job of homemaking, the girls
come to know the basic principles
for happy family relationships and
community responsibilities. The
Cooperative Exlension Service sup
ervises the program.
For over a quarter of a century,
Montgomery Ward has rewarded
girls whose accomplishments in
this contest have been outstand
ing. For girls having the best re
cord in Alaska, there will be
awarded a $100 U. S. savings bond.
Goldfilled medals of honor will be
presented to other winners.
Flo Dinkel, of Wasilla, submit
ted the best record in 1948.
HOPE RESIDENT VISITS
FRIENDS HERE
Mrs. Annette Clark, well known
throughout southwestern Alaska,
!s in Seward for several days, and
will return to her home in Hope
Wednesday. She reports that her
two sons, Carl and Earl Clark, have
taken their boat to Seldovia for the
fishing season.
University of Ale-ska To
Have Graduate School
The Board of Regent-: of the
University of Alaska has directed
that steps be taken to have a grad
uate school functioning in part by
September 1950. and in full scale
operation by 1951.
The resolution stated that the
University has b^n engag d in
basic lesearcb in Arctic natural
science for the past 20 years, and
that the University is st atogically
located for such .study as '.’.ell as
engineering, agriculture, medicine,
r nd basic sciences.
The opening of the graduate
school would mean that post grad
uate courses could be given to stu
dents from outside colleges who
are interested in special aspects of
their fields in the Arctic. It would
also mean that Alaskans would no
longer need to travel outside the
Territory for professional training.
DENALI CALLS AT SEWARD
The SS Denali, passenger ship of
the Alaska Line, called at Seward
Sunday, May 29, for tIse first time
since before the shipping tie-up
last fall.
Those who made the passage
from Ketchikan to Seward were
H. B. Crewson, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Dahlager, and W. A. Kaufman. At
Juneau K. C. Allen, Margaret Bur
kett. and R. J. Zernia boarded ship
for Seward, and at Kodiak, jiine
people took passage to Seward.
They were W. H. Baum, Jean Cut
tleback, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Curry,
F. Gerrish, S. A. Gibson, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Gordon and Trevor Gor
don.
A girl, Katherine Ann, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Schmoyer at
4:25 a.m. Monday, May 30, at the
Seward General Hospital. The baby
weighed six pounds three and a
half ounces.
'SEWARD U&HT &
POV/EP SUPS CITY
IN MYSTERY CASE
A civil action concerning the
Seward Light & Power Company
against tin* City of Seward ap
peared on the court calendar as
the special session of the tea. ra.
court began Tuesday morning.
The nature of the case to be
brought before the court this week
is a complete m.. .:teiy to both tne
oUicnais o tne ». ity and L. L,
Glascoe, pi inanag . -t 1.
company. Both have denied know
u in tiic suit.
Receivership
Glascoe was appointed receiver
of the power company recently in
uu ownership dispute. Orin Welch,
termer manager of Hie plant is not
in Seward at the present time, but
the former owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Knight arrived several days
ago, it was learned.
Even City Attorney Carl Hutton
disclaimed any knowledge of the
court action in a telephone conver
sation Tuesday morning. Manager
Welch had once expressed the in
tention of filing an appeal over a
fine imposed by the City in a dis
pute over the placing of telephone
and power poles.
Mayor Lanie* said the action
might possibly have been filed be
cause of damage done to the tele
phone system when a city owned
power line fell across a telephone j
line, burning out much of the local
telephone system.
Captain R. Jacobsen announced
Tuesday morning that the mailboat i
Garland will make a side trip to
Seattle after its next trip to the
westward. Jacobsen said he will be
in a position to carry passengers
and freight both to and from Se
attle.
School Teacher Prevents
hire On Kenai Road
Miss L.urline Wilkins was giv- r.
credit by Deputy United State.,
Marshal Irwin Metcalf for having
prevented a serious brush fire and
destruction of several rains
mile 4t> on the Kena. road la.-,
Saturday.
The orirrin of the fire was irr
sparks from a rubbish fire on near
by properly. Miss Wilkins, who
taught sci’oc 1 in Seward this year,
ran a mile and a half to bring aid
to fight the f re. Flames wee said
to have actually reached the wall
of one cabin.
LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES
A luncheon was served at the
Seward Sanitorium to honor Pub
lic Health Nurses from the Terri
tory who came from Anchorage on
the special train Sunday. The
nurses had been attending the Ter
ritorial Conference, and many o.
them had sent patients to the Sani
torium from outlying communities
This was a good opportunity to
visit their patients.
Although twenty-five visitors
were exoected, not quite that many
were able to make the trip, but the
meeting and luncheon was con
sidered successful.
The Ladies Auxiliary of St.
Peter's Church are holding their
monthly dessert bridge party on
Wednesday afternoon for members
and guests.
Camera hunters should find good
hunting in the Hope district these I
days. One party observed five
moose on the road Monday. An
exceptionally large moose wand
ered about the tow,n of Hope for
several days last week, getting in
to some gardens there.
COURT CONVENES
HERS FOR ONE
WEEK SESSION
The special session of the Feder
al court was open here today with
Judge Joseph Kehoe on the bench.
The calendar showed a variety of
cases, mostly involving divorces,
property claims and other civil
suits.
At least five divorce cases were
on the calendar, with a possibility
that there would be more. One
case was dropped from the calen
dar. No jury trials were scheduled,
but there is a possibility that some
of the attorneys may call for jur
ies.
No Criminal Cases
All criminal cases are heard in
Anchorage in the district court, and
federal prisoners are usually held
in the federal jail in Anchorage
pending trial.
Tide and Sun
AT SEWARD
High Tuesday Low
1:28 a.m.
3:06 p.m.
High
2:13 a.m.
3:57 p.m.
High
3:03 a.m.
4:58 p.m.
High
4:08 a.m.
6:01 p.m.
10.5 8:38 a.m. -3 4
7.4 8:30 p.m. 2.4
Wednesday Low
10.0 ' 9:26 a.m. -3.0
7.3 9:29 p.m. 2.5
Thursday Low
9.2 10:19 a.m. -2.4
7.5 10:36 pm. 2.4
Friday Low
8 3 11:14 a.m. -1.8
8.0 11:50 pm. 1.9
May 31
Daylight:
June 1
Daylight:
June 2
Daylight:
June 3
Daylight:
Sunrise Sunset
2:51 a.m. 9:04 p.m,
18 hours, 13 minutes
2:50 a.m. 9:06 p.m.
18 hours, 16 minutes
2:48 a.m. 9:08 p.m,
18 hours, 20 minutes
2:46 a.m. 9:09 p.m,
18 hours, 23 minutes
Greased Pig for the July Fourth Celebration
furnished by PAT BOGAN! What’re YOU furnishing?