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Vol. VII, No. 8
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1950
Price 10 Cents
First Annual
Elks Picnic
Planned Aug. 6
Seward Elks first annual com
munity picnic is scheduled for
Sunday, August 6, at Moose
Pass, it was announced today
by W. W. Sipprell, E. R., Sew
ard Lodge B. P. O. E.
The entire community is in
vited to attend, as well as all
other communities on the Kenai
Peninsula. The picnic is planned
by the Seward Elks to be an
annual affair for the purpose
of cementing the various com
munities of the Peninsula. Next
year it is planned the picnic
will be held at some other spot
on the Peninsula, probably far
ther out the highway, in order
to make it easier for west side
residents to attend.
Ice cream and soft drinks
for the children and coffee for
adults will be furnished by the
Elks. Those who attend will
bring their own picnic lunches.
There will be games and other
entertainment for everyone, and
the Moose Pass Sportsmen's
Club has donated the use of
their hall for dancing.
Parents are especially urged
to accompany their children.
However, for those children who
have no transportation, the Elks
have arranged for a bus to leave
the Elks Club at 10 a.m. the
ciay of the picnic and the re
turn trip to start from Moose
Pass at 7:00 in the evening.
Remember the date—Sunday,
August 6, at Moose Pass. Every
one is invited.
Further information can be
obtained from Bob Freeman or
Walt Sipprell.
"The Country Club"
Open For Business
“The Country Club,” located
at Bear Creek, Mile on the
highway, was opened to the pub
lic Thpsday evening of this week
by Ross B. Mann, owner.
Mr. Mann's operating policy
was clearly stated today when
he said he believes it is possible
for people to have a good time
without being obnoxious and
ungentlemanly or unladylike
conduct will not be tolerated
at the new establishment.
He asks patrons not to bother
the neighbors. Whether they
need tools to fix a flat, or wish
to make a phone call to town,
the facilities at the Country
Club are available. Mr. Mann
also asks that people refrain
from blowing horns, especially
in the driveway.
The Country Club will be
opened at 7:00 p.m. daily, and
will have a hostess in attendance
at all times. An orchestra will
furnish music for dancing every
night.
The Country Club can accom
modate approximately 100 peo
ple at a time in the spacious
club room. Mann plans to install
outdoor barbecue facilities later
and guarantees a lot of good
clean fun for any and all comers.
So far as we know, Harold
Lano is the first man from town
to be recalled to duty with the
6th Marine Div. of Engineers.
Seward Celebrates
The Wedding Of
Marathon Queen
Miss Beverly Ann Bauer and
Cletus Callahan, king and queen
of the 1950 Mount Marathon
1 celebration, were married by
j Father Martin Borbeck, SJ, in
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Wednesday morning at 10:00
o’clock high mass.
The bridal gown was of white
slipper satin, with a full skirt
and long train. A luce bodice
with long sleeves and high neck
ended in a peplum short in
front and longer in the back to
i carry out the lines of the train,
j A single strand of pearls relieved
the plainness of the simple neck
; line. A finger tip veil was caught
| up into a coronet of orange
! blossom and pearls. She carried
j a cascade bouquet of deep red
roses.
Mrs. Ann Stanwick, matron
of honor, wore a long gown of
peach with a shoulder length
veil and half wreath of yellow
rosebuds.
I The bridesmaid was Mrs.
j Jack Sadusky who was gowned
in orchid with shoulder veil also
wreathed in yellow rosebuds.
Both attendants carried colonial
bouquets of yellow roses.
! Little Patricia Painter, flower
I girl, was demure in baby blue
1 organdie, floor length, with rib
! bon sash and bows of pink
i ribbon. A wreath of pink rose
l buds matched a bracelet of the
| same. She scattered rose petals
i from a white cornucopia.
! Johnnie Werner, ring bearer,
' was smart in long trousers and
i sport jacket. The groom had two
! attendants, Robert Delaney and
John Singley. Mrs. Jean Bogan
l was organist at the ceremony.
! The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Warren Bauer.
The wedding breakfast and re
ception following the ceremony
1 was reminiscent of the good old
i days. Held in the Romach restau
! rant on Fourth Avenue, which
; was especially decorated for the
' occasion, roast turkey, baked
ham, scalloped potatoes and
green beans with hot rolls and
coffee composed the breakfast
; menu. The bridal couple were
' toasted in vintage champagne,
i which with other beverages
‘ flowed freely throughout the
afternoon and evening. It was
! estimated that at least 250 guests
attended the all day reception.
Music for dancing was furnished
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FIRE DAMAGED SHIP
ORDERED BACK TO SEATTLE
The motorship Coastal Mon
arch, damaged by fire on a voy
age near the Aleutians, has been
! ordered back to Seattle, Alaska
! Steamship Company officials
! announced yesterday.
The action, according to D. E.
1 Skinner, vice-president and gen
eral manager, was taken to safe
guard cargo interests.
The fire broke out in a lower
hold as the vessel was bound-for
Dutch Harbor. The Monarch
put into Sand Point harbor and
the fire was extinguished by
flooding the hold. The ship is
expected back in Seattle Mon
day.
Skinner announced that ar
rangements were being made to
send another vessel on the Arc
tic run, the only Arctic voyage
to be made by a commercial
! vessel this season.
School Budget
For 1950-51
Cut By Ryan
t
The school budget as present
ed by Carl Carlson, Superinten
dent of Schools, and the school
board and approved under pro-1
test by the City Council, was j
cut by Dr. James Ryan, before'
receiving his approval.
Ryan’s action cuts the city
appropriation by $5235.20 from
a total of $34,416.00 to $29,
180.80, which is more in line!
with the Council's original ob-1
jection to the budget as first
presented.
He approved the employment
of two janitors, but cut the time
from 12 months to 10 months.!
The request for two principals,
one for the elementary school
and one for the high school, was j
denied, it being Dr. Ryan’s opin
ion that one was sufficient. He
allowed 12 elementary school
teachers and 5 for the high
school. A full time music super
visor was denied.
Several other deletions and j
changes in the costs of operation 1
were made, most of them being
in the favor of the city. The
! above budget figures are ex
clusive of the amount due on
interest and principle of the
bonded indebtedness.
TWO NEW POST OFFICES
ON KENAI PENINSULA
Two new post offices have
I been opened on the Kenai Pen
insula, according to advices re
ceived here today.
Clam Gulch post office is to
be operated by Mrs. Frances
Osmer. Another office will open
at Cohoe, but the name of the
postmaster was not learned.
Both these new offices are on
Cook Inlet.
Two round trips with mail
have been made from Homer.
The highway is not officially
open to travel but special per
mission was given for the mail.
BETA SIGMA PHI LEADERS
INSTALLED THURSDAY
A charter chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi, a cultural, social and
educational sorority, was for
mally installed last night in the
Methodist Church parlors when
16 young women, their director
and sponsor received the pledge
degree of the sorority, before a
ritual table centered by yellow
roses and flanked by tall black
tapers in crystal holders. The
sorority flower and colors of
black and gold made an effective
background for this impressive
candle light service,
i The service was read by Mrs.
Elsie Guenther, executive staff
! member, International Offices,
| Kansas City, Mo. She was assist
| ed by Mrs. Vernon Moore, a
former member of Delta Chap
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! 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE
The Seward Fourth of July
Committee will meet henceforth
| beginning Sunday at 7:30 pm
I in the Council Chamber at the
City Hall.
The Board of Directors is
being increased to 14. Nomin
ation and election of officers
will take place at the meeting
! Sunday July 30.
Rev. Kent Spaulding
To Be Installed
As Lutheran Pastor
Kent E. Spaulding will be in
stalled as the first pastor of the
Seward Lutheran Church at the
11 a.m. service, Sunday, July 30.
Rev. A. O. Odegaard, pastor of
Central Lutheran Church, An
chorage, and founder of the
Seward congregation, will of
ficiate at the installation.
KENT E. SPAULDING
Special music will be fur
nished by a girls’ trio composed
of Misses Murlene and Carolyn
Ann Trevethan and Deloris
Smart, and a newly organized
ladies’ choir.
Kent E. Spaulding was born
Dec. 11, 1923 in Morris, Minne
sota. He attend school there for
11 and a half years, but because
his parents moved to California,
he graduated from Banning
Union High School in Banning,
California, in June of 1941.
He returned to Minnesota to
study music at St. Olaf College.
5 His college course was cut short
during his sophomore year by
his enlistment in the United
: States Army Air Corps. For
| nearly three years he served in
the Armed Forces, a year and a
half of which was spent as As
sistant to the Chaplain, 497th
Bomb Group. V.H., of the 73rd
Wing, operating from Saipan.
After his discharge from serv
ice in November, 1945, he re
turned to St. Olaf College, where
on January 27, 1946, he married
Herma M. Haderer, of Brooklyn,
New York. They have since been
blessed with two children, Sher
rill Ann, and Thomas F.
He graduated from St. Olaf
College in *June, 1947, with a
major in Religion, and entered
Luther Theological Seminary
that fall. He has had opportunity
to serve as student pastor for
three summers, in Grayland,
Washington; Highland, Minneso
ta; and Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, (A.L.C.) in Minneapolis.
He graduated from Luther Sem
inary on May 28, and was or
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LOCAL ELKS ATTEND
ANCHORAGE DEDICATION
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Painter
and Mrs. Dan Southard left by
plane today to attend the Elks
building dedication in Anchor
age. Mr. and Mrs. Harry South
ard are expecting to go on Sat
urday. Mr. John Mattich will
also attend the affair.
Contamination
Of Seward
Water Supply
Regular tests of the city's
water are done by Alaska Health
Department labs in Anchorage.
Upon receiving the second re
port in three months of the con
tamination of city drinking
water, the Seward Water Com
pany requested Mr. Wm. L.
Doering, Department of Health
sanitation officer, to make
known to the people the extent
and cause of the contamination.
The following letter from Mr.
Deering explains the situation.
“In view of the recent report
of contamination in the Seward
water supply, I feel that the
people of Seward need some
further explanation. You real
ize, of course, that I am fully
aware of the local controversy
concerning the water system.
I am impartial. I do not care a
great deal whether the system
is publicly or privately owned.
My only concern is with the
safety of the water. What I have
to say applies equally to public
and private ownership.
“When it is necessary for me
to report to the people of Sew
ard that the water is contamin
ated, everyone, I am sure, would
like to know what it is contam
inated with and how the con
tamination entered the water.
"These are good questions and
deserve an answer. The contam
inating material is an organism
normally found in the intestines
of human beings. Because its
home is the colon or large in
testine it is called the coliform
bacteria. Its presence in drink
ing water means that the water
is being contaminated with
bowel discharges. Although the
coliform organism is not usually
considered harmful, its presence
indicates that other germs which,
may also be found in wastes
from the human body may enter
along the same path. These
germs are those that cause ser
ious diarrheas, dysentery, and
typhoid fever. It is for this rea
son that we advise people to boil
water. Families with small chil
dren should continue to do so.
For, since contamination has al
ready entered twice within the
1 past three months, we must ex
j pect it again.
j “How does the contamination
' enter? There are two possible
means of entry. The water may
become contaminated at the
source, or contamination may
enter the distribution system.
Considering the first means of
entry, we see that Seward gets
its water from surface streams.
The areas thru which this water
runs is open to trespass. There
fore, water may be contaminated
by hikers, hunters, berry pick
ers or children. It is also pos
sible that the water might be
come contaminated by bears,
dogs or other animals. Unfortu
nately, our routine tests cannot
distinguish. You must realize
that whatever animal, human or
other, causes contamination,
you are drinking highly dilute
body wastes. Dogs and bears
carry intestinal parasites which
may flow through the system
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Don’t Forget The P.
Seward Civic Center
PRIZES!
PRIZES!
-T. A. PARTY
July 29 - 8 P.M.
PRIZES!