Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
' John M. Coleman
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If you haven’t yet made the
trip to Homer, my friends, you
have missed something!
FIRST OF ALL. let me remind
you that, providing you go on
into Kenai and then back out to
where the road takes off for
Homer, you will, get back to
Seward finding that just short
of four hundred cold, snowy,
but beautiful miles have passed
under the wheels of your con
veyance.
I made the trip to Homer and
back a couple of days this week,
in the company of Jack Werner j
and Carl Van Sittert. After a
bit of senior sneak car trouble
just past Mile 38, we found our
selves accompanied by three
of the local boys (the seniors
were also headed for Homer).
We visited at many places along
the highway, had innumerable
cups of coffee, and had the many
points of interest shown to us
by Jack, who knows the Kenai
Peninsula, both from the air
and on the ground. He even
showed us where he tied up his
plane once.
We found people hospitable
everywhere we went and at
Homer we found the folks still
talking about their visit to Sew
ard, and assurance that many of
them plan to come back for our
Kenai Peninsula Potlatch on
February 3, 4 and 5.
We were requested by a
great number of Homer people
to thank Scwarditcs for the con
sideration shown them when
they came here recently. Some
of the boys wanted “Red” to
know they really appreciated
the feed she put on for them.
Yes, friends, if you haven’t
made the trip to Homer, you
have missed something. You
should meet the folks along the
highway, the folks at Kenai,
Kasilof, Ninilchik, and Homer.
And, friends, I mean FOLKS!
Notice To Shippers
A large scale building season is
rapidly approaching that may
thrust upon Tho Alaska Railroad
the greatest volume of freight
evfer handled.
In order to help "level off" the
load and assure prompt service,
shippers are urged to take
advantage of slack shipping
months, namely January and
February, and ship now.
The Alaska Railroad is desirous
of providing the best possible
service. That aim can best he
met and shippers can be better
assured of receiving tE^.eir freight
promptly if they immediately
bring their merchandise into the
Territory.
The Alaska Railroad
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
REDUCED WINTER FARES AND IOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FROM SEWARD
m
SS BARANOF
Jan. 27 for
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
SS DENALI
Feb. 3 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Petersburg
SS BARANOF
Feb. 10 for
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
SS DENALI
Feb. 17 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Petersburg
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Coastal Monarch .Jan. 20
WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The
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Cuwlie filocLt
For the next two weeks of
this month we in Seward are
goin^ to be working and plan
ning, rehearsing and cleaning,
in other words, getting ready
for the first annual Kenai Penin
sula Potlatch. We must all boost
it in order to make this affair
the biggest thing of its kind to
ever hit Seward and the Pen
insula.
BUT—in all the excitement,
there is something mighty im
portant to all of us personally
that we cannot afford to for
get. That is, that the March of
Dimes is in progress during
the same time.
The President’s Ball, spon
sored by the Junior Women’s
Club, who are also handling
the March of Dimes, will be
held on Saturday, February 4,
as a part of the Potlatch. The
Ball, or dance, is the only event
of the weekend at which there
will be any charge. Out of town
visitors will be guests at the
dance without charge, but Sew
ardites will pay the admission
charge of $1.00, which is little
enough for the pleasure and
entertainment to be offered
that night.
me isau is usually a very
formal affair, but this year we
feel that Peninsula visitors,
coming as they are in crowded
cars, may not have room for
much luggage, and would not
want to bring formal dresses.
Consequently; this will be a
“Come as you are" dance.
Slack^. house dress, kitchen
apron, jeans, suit or silks —
please yourself. All that is asked
is that, you come.
As part of the dance, you
know, the square dance contest
will be a mighty interesting
thing to watch. All teams or
sets of square dancers who wish
to compete in the contest must
register with Mrs. Jerry Noyes,
Adams 74. or drop in at the
Youth Center on Fourth Ave
nue, and see her. Out of town
contestants should notify Mrs.
Noyes by mail, addressed to
Seward.
Export—
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
C. E. Orlander
Jeweler
Established 1916
* - • - --
The first 1950 baby in Sew
ard was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Viale, Tuesday, Jan. 17,
at Seward General Hospital. A
little girl, weighing in at 6
pounds, 15 ounces, she was
named Karen Mdrguriete.
NEW OPERATORS FOR
KENAI TERMINAL CAFE
M'r. and Mrs. Arley Taylor,
who spent the past four years in
Interior Alaska, are operating
the Kenai Terminal Cafe under
lease from Hal Thornton.
Mrs. Taylor is an experienced
cook, having cooked in a large
mining camp while in the In
terior. Mr. Taylor is an ex-drag
line operator. They have the
establishment open for business
seven days a week.
Hand Carved
and ASSEMBLED
• Belts
• Billfolds
<d Ladies' Handbags
• Moccasins
Lowest /’rices in Alaska!
\\ rite for full descriptions, prices, etc.
<<).!>.’s accepted.
Orders accompanied by remittance will
be sent by prepaid jjir mail.
ALASKA LEATHERCRAFT CO.
Moose Pass, Alaska
DKLISERT WOLFE, Owner
! James Construction
Company
1 General Contracting
1 Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD, ALASKA «
CONTRACT WIRING
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Dodge Electric Co.
Phono Madison 1S1
Telephone Polk 166
McRfse Concrete
Products
Box 621
SEWARD, ALASKA ,
Local and Long-Distance
Hauling
Werner's Transfer
1 Ph.: Mad. 93 P.O. Box 893
Catholic Information
When you and I are dead . . .
When you arc dead, dear non
Catholic neighbor, your soul
will go directly either to Heav
en or to Hell, acording to Pro
testant teaching — which would
be a rather worrisome alterna
tive to us Catholics, consider
ing how free a soul should be,
not only from sin, but from the
scars of sin, to be worthy to
reside in perfect harmony with
the all-pure God in Heaven.
When I am dead, I shall not
go to Hell unless I die with
the blackest unforgiven sins on
my soul. I shall not go straight
way to Heaven because I have
sinned many times; and al
though my trespasses may have
been wiped out by Confession
and Penance, still I must endure
a period of punishment to atone
for those forgiven sins, and of
cleansing to wash away any
remaining venial sins or im
perfections.
When you. are dead and I am
dead, I believe we shall meet
in Purgatory, suffering but con
fident of our final salvation.
Then, if the 1900-year-old Cath
olic teaching is correct, you will
know that my loved ones on
earth are besieging Heaven with
their prayers that the all-merci
ful God may take me sooner
to Him. You will also be most
gratefully aware that prayers
are being said in your behalf
by the Catholic friends you
have left behind—by all Cath
olics, for it is our practice to
pray for all departed souls—
and last, and perhaps best, by
those cloistered monks and
nuns, so inexplicable to many
on earth, but who will be so
much appreciated once we get
to Purgatory—because they de
vote their lives to praying es
pecially for those departed souls
who have no one else to pray
for them.
If, dear neighbor, you think
that there is just a possibility
of the existence of Purgatory,
why not remember now in your
prayers the souls of your de
parted loved ones? And why not
ask your Catholic friends to
remember you after you have
gone? If there is a Purgatory—
and 338,000,000 Catholics are
convinced that there is—such
prayers will be invaluable; and
if there isn’t—well, no sincere
prayer is wasted, so good will
come of it anyway.
I If it's anyfhing Catholic, ask a
Catholic!
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SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Seward, Alaska adv.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Saturday, Jan. 21
DELICATESSEN AND BAKE
Sale, McMullen’s store, 11 a.m.
Woman’s Club.
Sign on cosmetic counter in
drug store: “Our perfume will
hold your man smellbound.”
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