Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman . Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick .Managing Editor
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ACCA ELECT OFFICERS
Seward Chapter, Alaska Crip
pled Children’s Association held
election of officers Friday night
in the Community. Library.
Mrs. W. C. Erwin was chosen
as president of the Chapter for
ihe ensuing year, with Charles
Lechner, Sr., vice president.
Mrs. Elsie Whitmore was elected
secretary and Miss Marion Mun
son, treasurer.
Mrs. Helen Brosiys, charter
member of the Alaska Associa
tion and past president of Sew
ard Chapter, has carried on the
work ever since its inception.
Mrs. Brosius was honored by
the group and declared Honor
ary President.
New officers begin their term
on January 1, 1951.
Willie Gaidsdkv left on the
Denali last Friday to spend the
holidays with his sister in Oak
land. He will be back in a
month.
REPUBLICAN CLUB
MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting of Seward Re
publican Club scheduled for
Wednesday, Dec. 20, has been
postponed until next month.
MRS. DOUGLAS TAKES OVER
NORTHERN BAR
Mrs. Emma Lou Douglas took
over the Northern Bar business
from her husband, Leo Douglas,
on outright sale this week.
It will be operated in her
name only in llie future. Mr.
Douglas is going Outside.
OPEN HOUSE AT THE
YOUNKER'S
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Younker
held open house Saturday night
in their new home on Seventh
Avenue. They are justly proud
of the beautiful new home which
Bill built himself.
Buy and Use Christmas Seals
TRANSFER
Day or Night Service
For Service Call
GEORGE EVERITT
406 Wash. St.
MADISON 93
It?iet Biss Company
HOMER, ALASKA <
Lv. Homer: Mon., Wed., Fri., — 9 A.M.
ARRIVE SEWARD — 4:30 P.M.
Lv. Seward: Tues., Thurs., Sat. — 9 A.M.
ARRIVE HOMER — 4:30 P.M.
BUS STOPS: Inlet Inn, Homer - Terminal Cafe, Kenai
Van Gilder Hotel. Seward, and all way points.
Osbo’s Electrical Supply
Aulhorized
© GENERAL ELECTRIC DEALER
9 KOHLER LIGHT PLANTS
G H. C. LITTLE BURNERS
—
Phone Adaros 82 223 4th Ave.
.
When in Seward It’s - -
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF
Dec. 21 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
Dec. 28 for
Cordova Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
Jan. 4 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DFNALI
Jan. 11 for
Valdez Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Susitna ..Dec. 21
Nadina .Dec. 28 A Vessel .Jan. 5
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The
★ ★
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
In a September issue we pub
lished a story from the Portales,
New Mexico, paper, in which
they had labelled two children
from Seward who were enter
ing their school, as “foreigners.”
They are the children of Bill
Terry, who left during the
summer to live in Portales.
The 49th Star picked up our
story in an editorial, which in
turn was taken up by the Por
tales paper with a tongue-in
cheek “apology.”
“Don’t ever, ever call a per
son from Alaska a ‘foreigner’,”
says the Portales News.
“If you do you may find your
selves where we are right now—
the subject of editorials in Al
aska newspapers and recipients
of irate letters from ALASKA,
USA.
“So we apologize,” the article
goes on, “to Alaska in general,
and the Fairbanks Star in partic
ular. We’ll stand in a corner, j
and wear a dunce cap for a
week, and we ll promise that i
never, never under any circurn-!
stances will we ever call an j
Alaskan a foreigner again. We’ll j
even go to Alaska and chew on
some blubber if that will help.
But we much prefer that Alaska
send their queen Miss Maxine j
Cothern, back to Portales where j
she was born to tell us about
how mistaken we have been.” j
The apology means nothing.
New Mexico as well as many
other states has missed the point.
Alaska will soon be the biggest
state in the Union. It is too big1
to demand an apology from a
little fellow. What we are won-!
dering is, when will the people j
of the Continent begin to teach
the truth about Alaska?
When will they teach that we
eat honeydews and cucumbers
at Christmas time, unhesitating-'
ly paying their weight in gold!
for them? That we cook by elec- \
tricity, heat with oil, read more
books, buy more records, drink
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM
GENERAL KEPNER
When the first Christmas
dawned the world held out new
hope for peace on earth. This
Christmas, almost two thousand
years later, men of good will
everywhere are hoping, working
and dying for that same ideal.
To most of the children of the
world, this part of the globe is
closely identified with the Christ*
mas season. A jolly old man
named Santa Claus, Kris Krin
gle, or Father Christmas, lives
at the North Pole. The realms of
snow arc his home, the reindeer
are his means af bringing joy to
everyone.
Surely the spirit that brought
Ids happy Yuletide fable into
being is precious to adults and
children alike. It is the same
spirit that we, as Americans, feel
from the bottom of our hearts—
the spirit of love and friend
ship, of liberty and tolerance, of
“good will” that is not merely a
word in our language.
On behalf of myself and the
members of my Command, I
wish to extend to all the people
of Alaska my heartiest wishes
for a very Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.
Lt. Gen. W. E Kepner,
Commander-in-Chief,
Alaskan Command.
It’s wrong to ho envious of
some new gadget the neighbors
buy. Why not be broad minded
and run right over and borrow
it.
more whiskey, eat more eandy,
pay higher taxes, raise more
hell, and live more happily than
any other people in the world?
When will the “U nited”
States recognize the fact that
Alaska is the bulwark of their
defense in war? That the people
here are fully aware of that,
and are willingly and ungrudg
ingly digging in to stand the
brunt of that defense, both phys
ically and financially?
No, Alaska cannot be hurt
by the slighting editorial of the
Portales paper which did not
even take the trouble to get
the correct name of the 49th
Star, but New Mexico can! Ig
norance is a great detriment.
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Engineering t'9
Corporation
"ATEC"
An Alaskan Corporation Operating Telephone
Systems in Nenana, Wrangell, Seward.
WHAT MAKES A COUNTRY GROW?
Roads - Communications
The Kenai Peninsula HAS Roads
But FEW Telephones
Estimated Present Telephone Requirements.2300
Number Telephones Presently Operating. 500
SEWARD, MOOSE PASS. COOPER LANDING,
KENAI, KASILOF. NINILCHIK, HOMER. AND
SELDOVIA SHOULD BE. AND
WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION
SUPPORT THIS KENAI PENINSULA
and ALASKAN PROJECT—
Shares — $10 each
(One Voting to Four Non-voting)
FOR INFORMATION:
WRITE "ATEC". P.O. Box 223. Seward
OR CONTACT "ATEC" - Seward Division
For bona fide Alaska residents only.
Westinghouse
SALES & SERVICE
Ranges - Refrigerators
Automatic Washers
Driers - Water Heaters
Home Freezers
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Adams 137
Telephone Polk 166
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
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