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SEWARD’S
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SEAPORT
Is Alaska s
Greatest Asset
Vol. VI. No. 16
SEWARD. ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26. 1949
Price 10 Cents
Two Marooned
Rescued By Lt.
Keidser Thors.
Lt. John Keidser, accompanied
by Jim McCracken, effected the
rescue of two stranded parties in
the vicinity of Day Harbor Thurs
day.
One of the parties was a man
named McLaughlin, who was on
a ledge above the water from
which he could neither ascend nor
descend. The other was Mrs. Chas.
Cobberly, marooned on the beach
with her husband August 20 when
the motor of the boat failed.
After a struggle over the high
rugged mountains between Day
H a r b o r and Resurrection Bay,
sometimes sinking over his head
in soft snow, Cobberly finally
reached Sunny Cove where he was
picked up by fishermen.
Although he had suffered se
vere hardships and had not eaten
for a day and a half, Cobberly was
in good physical condition, and set
out with Lt. Keidser and McCrack
en to pick up Mrs. Cobberly from
the beach.
Cobberly said he had spent two
days trying to repair the boat's
motor before starting out across
the mountains for Seward. They
saw plenty of game, it is reported,
but did not shoot any.
At the time the rescue party
started out it was not known that
McLaughlin was also marooned in
the vicinity. It was on the return
trip after darkness had fallen that
they heard his signal shots. He
then built a tiny fire on the ledge
to guide the rescuers to th .pot
in a dory.
He had been working with a
party from the boat Montague on
Rugged Island, and he .was re
turned to the Montague which was
found cruising around Driftwood
Bay.
It was just by a coincidence that
Lt. Keidser was present to effect
the rescue, since he previously had
orders to report to Whittier yester
day for a change of station for
Stateside service. The orders were
changed so that he will leave Sept.
6, instead.
Lt. Keidser will travel on an
Army boat to Adak after Sept. 6
and then report back to Whittier.
Thursday’s rescue was just one of
the many helpful actions which has
made the Lieutenant so popular
here in Seward.
PLANS NEARLY COMPLETE
FOR LABOR DAY DANCE
Bill O'Brien announced that the
plans for the Labor Day Dance
to be sponsored by the Seward
longshoremen’s unions are nearing
completion and indications are that
the affair should be as successful
as other years.
Tickets are selling fast and en
tertainment plans are shaping up
nicely. Arrangements are being
made for a special show at inter
mission. The services of a very
good orchestra have been secured
and refreshments will be served by
Mrs. Charles Lechner.
KENAI COUPLE MARRIED
The marriage of Rika Wallace to
Charles Doolittle, both of Kenai,
took place at the Commissioner's
office in Seward Wednesday after
noon. Witnesses to the ceremony
were Lawrence Urbach and Mrs.
Violet Fish.
Magician To Give
Benefit Show Sat.
At School Gymnasium
Nemo the Magician wiM perform
his feats of magic, mind reading,
hot seat brick and card tricks at
a Firemen's Benefit Show at the
High School gymnasium Saturday |
evening, August 27.
The magician, who once refused
to perform for_Hitler while a pris
oner of war in Germany, has a
' special “light finger" act in which
1 he once went so far as to pilfer a
Canadian Archbishop’s wrist watch
without the former’s knowledge.
“I returned the watch after the
show,” he says.
Two performances will be given
at the gymnasium, the first at 7:00
p.m. and the second at 9:00 p.m.
The price of admission will be $1.00
for adults and 50 cents for chil
dren. Entrance will be through the
gymnasium door only.
Before coming to Alaska Nemo
had performed on WBKB televi
sion programs in Chicago and
made appearances there at the
Palmer House, Stevens Hotel, Tam
O’Shanter and other entertainment
spots.
Under the management of An
drew L. Makela, he plans to con
tinue performances of his program
through Alaska, going from here
to Southeastern cities.
Seward E!ks Have
First Initiation
The first initiation ceremony ot
the newly chartered Seward Elks
Lodge 1773 B.P.G.E., took place
Thursday evening at the I.O.O.F.
Hall with a crowd of 56 members
present.
Three candidates who had the
nrivilege of being the first to be
initiated in the Seward Lodge were
Gene Hinch, Patrick Bogan and
Perry Stockton
Although it was the first func
tion of this, kind to be handled by
local officers. Hal Gilfilen reported
that the ceremonies were handled
so smoothly that they appeared to
be old timers at the work. He re
ported that A1 Torvanger presided
as Exalted Ruler and Del Zentmire
filled the chair of Esquire very
capably in the absence of Russel
Painter.
Gilfilen reports that the Seward
lodge now has 80 members and
that several large classes are ex
pected to be initiated in the near
future.
I SEWARD V/OMAN'S CLUB
| HONORS DORIS KEIDSER
The Seward Woman’s Club will
hold a luncheon at noon Tuesday,
August 30, in the dining room of
the Marathon Cafe as a farewell
party in honor of Mrs. Doris Keid
ser. Mrs. Keidser, wife of Lt. John
Keidser, has been an active mem
ber of the club during her stay in
Seward, just completing a term as
secretary. She is well known for
her active interest in club work
and in other organizations.
All members of the club and
friends of Mrs. Keidser are invited
to attend. Reservations can be
made by telephone to Mrs. Miller
man at the Marathon Cafe before
noon Monday.
SERVICES AT ST. PETER'S
NEXT SUNDAY
Father Sayers from All Saints
Church, Anchorage, will conduct
two services of Holy Communion
at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Sunday. Services will be at 8:00
and 11:00 a.m.
Name Special
Purposes For
Sales Tax Fund
The lull texi ox tne lax ordi
nance No. 190-A, a two percent
sales tax, has been released by the
city administration for public ex
amination and is printed in full in
this issue of the Seaport Record.
A second ordinance, also to be
approved by the voters in the Sept.
8 election, appears in this issue,
an ordinance fixing the term of
office for future mayors and coun
cilmen.
The publication of these ordi
nances is expected to clear up a
great deal of doubt in the minds
of-the voters, especially in regard j
to the purposes for which the j
sales tax is to be levied.
The tax ordinance specifies that
the funds derived from the sales
tax shall be used only and exclu
sively for purposes of education,
public health and sanitation.
Primarily, the people of Seward
are asked to approve the tax so
that there will be sufficient funds
available to finance the operation
of Seward Public Schools for the
coming year.
it provides also that a special
and separate bank account be set
up and that funds may be with
drawn by permission of the council
only for the stated purposes of
health, education and sanitation.
Any time there may be a surplus
it may only be invested in U. S.
Government bonds for the same
account.
Rentals and real estate sales are
exempt from the tax. since there
is a tax on real ;v,'0Merty anyway.
End City Beautiful
Campaign This Week
| Final weekly prize in the City
Beautiful Campaign went this
week to Miyl Trevethan for out
I standing improvement in the ap
pearance of his home and premises,
and a special prize was awarded to
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horton for the
most outstanding contribution to
ward the campaign.
Trevethan’s prize is five dollars
in trade at the Kenai Co-Op and
Hortons’ prize is also for five dol
lars in trade at McMullen’s.
The pri2e awarded the Hortons
is for the many hours of work they
have contributed in hauling rub
bish and debris collected in the
clean up campaign to the city
dump. These hours of time were
given over and above their regular
duties of garbage and trash dis
posal.
The campaign has been emi
nently successful, not only in mak
ing the city a cleaner and more
pleasant place in which to live,
but it has resulted in adding many
thousands of dollars to the value
of real estate in the city by mak
ing it more desireable.
Originally conceived by Mrs. Ray
James during the city’s spring
clean-up month, the campaign was
placed in operation by a committee
composed of Mrs. James, Mayor
Eugene Lanier, Dr. J. H. Shelton
and Mrs. Ed Cowan and was made
possible by the donation of prizes
by Seward business men
Backed by the Seaport Record,
the campaign has been so suc
cessful that few visitors to Sew'ard
have failed to remark on the ex
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Night Club Operator !
Freed on Arson
Charge Here
Night club operator Howard
Smith was freed Thursday after
noon after a preliminary hearing
in the Seward Commissioner’s
Court when evidence presented did
not support the charge of arson
brought against him by operators
of the Green Lantern roadhouse
which burned early Monday morn
ing.
Smith, who operates the Wagon
wheel near the Seward airport, was
said to have been in the Green
Lantern a fevV minutes before the
fire, but no witness testified that
Smith had been in the washroom
where the fire started.
The complaint against Smith was
signed by Ruth LaValle, who with
Ted LaValle and Don Darneille
operated the Green Lantern lo
cated about five and a half miles
from Seward.
The fire, which took place about
2:00 a.m. last Monday, had gotten
beyond control before one of the
city’s fire trucks and an army fire ;
truck reached the scene shortly I
after it started. A house trailer j
about 12 feet from the building i
was being scorched at the time j
and efforts of the firemen were1
centered in saving the trailer, ,
jeep and nearby buildings.
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Win. Patterson SeLs
Sourdough Express
George Weiner announced the |
purchase of the Sourdougii Expres !
from Wm. Patterson (Sourdougii
Bill) Wednesday. Werner stated he
will operate under the name or
Werner's Transfer Company, andi
will be associated with Chris Sor- j
enson so that between the two tney
can properly handle both local and i
iong distance transportation.
Werner is the brother of Hinie i
Werner, operator of Hinie’s Liquor ,
Store, and uncle of Jack Werner,
who operates Werner’s Market.
Jack has spent 12 years in the Ter
ritory, Hinie nine years, and George
three years. The new truck service |
will lie insured and bonded.
Sourdougii Bill Patterson has j
long been one of Seward's colorful j
figures and is usually the first Sew- s
ardite with whom ship passengers!
become acquainted, since he has (
been handling baggage at the dock
for at least 30 years. He came to
Alaska in 1900 and operated in the j
camps of Kenai. Sunrise, Ophir. i
Cordova and Valdez. He has been \
in Seward since before 1920.
Patterson could not be contacted J
for a statement, but it is reported i
that he will retire to live in Puyal- I
I lup, Washington.
! MANY LEAVING TOWN FOR
OUTSIDE SCHOOLS
A record number of young people
are leaving Seward this week and
in the near future for further
schooling outside. Bob Morgan
goes to San Mateo to study me
chanical engineering. Keith Gray
will take petroleum engineering at
Chico State College.
Terry Fillingham is going to San
Jose. Arthur Hansen wants engin
eering and Jacqueline Ratchford
is interested in physical engin
eering.
Dick Dangler has nearly com
pleted the summer course at Stan
ford University studying chemical
engineering. Paul McMullen, Jean
Brattain and Wilma Myers, and
others whose names have not been
reported will give Seward a good
representation in Stateside schools.
Kenai Dinner
Takes Place
Next Sunday
The second annual Kenai Penin
sula Dinner will lake place Sun
day, August 28, at 2:00 p.m. at
Kenton’s Kenai Lodge. An all
Kenai menu will be served, with
razor clams from Cook Inlet, and
even the butter and 'cottage cheese
manufactured on the Peninsula.
Last year's dinner had about
20 different kinds of meat and other
dishes produced on the Kenai Pen
insula, and this year’s dinner is ex
pected to surpass last year’s affair,
which was attended by about 00
people.
Henton's has been chosen be
cause of the facilities available cud
because it is almost exactly half
way between Kenai and Seward.
While in Seward Thursday, Hen
Ion said that the people of Kenai
and Kasilof have made ail their
arrangements for the party and
that most of the Seward business
men lie talked to were planning to
attend.
The idea of the annual Kenai
Peninsula Dinner originated with
the people of Kenai and Kasilof,
who hope that towns of the Penin
sula can get together in solving
their problems.
One of the interests held in com
mon is the improvement of the
road between Kenai and Seward.
Peninsula towns were elated when
the road to Kenai and Kasilof was
opened to make trade with Seward
possible. Prior to that time those
towns had to depend on wafer and
air transportation exclusively. Now
these towns can transport supplies
from Seward at their convenience.
Another problem besetting Pen-,
insula towns is that the land sur
rounding them has been withdrawn
from homesteading, thereby de
priving them of access to rural
communities which would other
wise develop naturally.
While no official program for the
dinner meeting has been published,
it is expected that some of these
or like problems may be aired.
JESSE LEE NOTES
Mrs. Isabel Miller, director of
Haines House has been visiting at
Jesse Lee.
Mrs. Myrtle Wright left Seward
Tuesday morning for ‘ N e n a n a
where she will board the steamer
for the trip down the Yukon. Mrs.
Wright's home is in California and
this vacation trip will be her first
sight of the interior of Alaska.
Bob Green, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Green, and Franklin Fisher,
coach at an Indianapolis high
school, left by plane for Seattle
Tuesday morning. Green and Fish
er drove over the Alaska Highway
with the new 30-passenger bus
which was the gift of J. J. Perkins
of Wichita Falls, Texas, to the
Jesse Lee Home.
Ralph Andrews and Carl Gage
went goat hunting at Day Harbor
Thursday with Cap Slagle aboard
his boat the “Uncle Sam”. Each
of them got a goat and returned
'to Seward by nightfall. They re-,
ported seeing a large number of
goats in the area, but they were
mostly in places inaccessible to
hunters.
- FIREMEN’S BENEFIT SHOW - Saturday Only -
$500 Reward
To anyone who can prove that Mr. Nemo uses paid
stooges in any of his acts.
-NEMO
MASTER OF MAGIC
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
TWO SHOWS — 7:00 and 9:00 P.M.
By the King of Cards
Entrance through Gym
nasium door only.
Adults . $1.00 plus tax
Children .. .50 plus tax