Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Subscription rates .. 73c per month, $8 per year
Sure n St. Patrick himself
would be proud of the way the1
Seward people responded to the 1
party which was sponsored by l
the Catholic Church last Friday
evening at the Civic Center.
The attendance was even
larger than last year and every
one seemed to enjoy themselves.
Marian L-roxton neia me win
ning ticket and is now the proud
owner of the beautiful living
room suite.
Father Borbeck wishes to ex
press his gratitude and thanks
to the people who helped make
the party a success.
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WALTER W. SIPPRELL, Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
We in Alaska are so accus
tomed to hearing flimsy excuses
and alibis for the neglect of
Alaskans on the part of Federal
offices that we just read them
with a shrug of the shoulders
and pass them by. This last one,
however, takes the prize. The
VA has not got around to mail
ing out the veterans insurance
refund checks to the Alaska
boys because the “addresses are
too long!” Can you beat it? The
same delays apply to veterans
living in other “foreign” coun
tries. Not only is “John Jones,
Seward, Alaska” too long to be
handled by the tabulating ma
chine, Alaska is classed as a
foreign country!
Another thing that burns me
up is the blast from Rep. Gore
j (D-Tenn.), on the Appropria
I tions Committee, when P. F.
Seward asked for the 1951 ap
propriation for Alaska Public
Works.
He cited Homer and other
smaller communities which had
made application for matching
funds to build a boat harbor and
sewer and water facilities for
their town. He protested against
‘‘any program that is so unrea
sonable and impracticable as
that." Mr. Gore laid great stress
on the public works program
spending too much money on too
few people.
As I see it, the greatest num
ber of people live in a* very few
larger communities, so, regard
less of the need of the minority,
the fact remains that they are a
minority, consequently have a
small number of votes, there
i fore, why bother about what
; mey need in tne way ot living
j standards, or for civic improve
i ments? Wait until they grow to
1 great size, then give them all
I the money they want! I happen
| to know that Rep. Gore’s home
town in Tennessee is not much,
if any, larger than Seward, and
right in the position to reap all
the benefits of TVA. No use go
ing on—you can draw your own
conclusions.
One representative of a Fed
eral agency this week, did take
notice of Seward, however. Rob
ert O. Kinsey, Director of the
Anchorage office of CAD, spent
the whole of Saturday afternoon
talking to Sewardites w h o
dropped in to discuss the matter
of air transportation with him.
He was well pleased v/ith the in
terest shown in the local prob
lem, and said it was one of the
best hearings he has held. We
have his assurance that the pub-j
lie hearing wliich is to be held)
on the granting of a certificate'
to a Seward based carrier to op
erate between Seward and An
chorage will be held in Seward.
Watch for the announcement
of the hearing in approximately
30 days from the time the first
application for certificate is re
ceived by the CAB. Make it
your business to attend, so that
everything possible can be done
to secure a Seward-based opera
tor.
Did You Register?
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
Well Baby Conference
Thursdays, 2-4 p.m., Methodist
Church basement.
Wednesday, Mar. 22
REPUBLICAN CLUB meeting,
Lutheran Church, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 25
LUTHERAN LADIES’ BAKE
SALE, 1:00 p.m., McMullens.
Tuesday, March 28
V.F.W. and AUXILIARY meet
ing, I.O.O.F. Hall.
Saturday, April 1
ST. PETERS GUILD BAKE
SALE.
Saturday. April 8
P-TA BAKE SALE
Hatch-Keefe
Miss Judy Hatch, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hatch, was
married to Mr. Robert Keefe
at a formal wedding ceremony
last Friday evening, March 17,
at the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Martin Borbeck,
S. J.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a white
satin and lace gown. The lace
trimmed scalloped hemline and
train were caught up with dain
ty sprays of orange blossoms.
The bodice was tight fitting on
a yolk of net. Her fingertip veil
of illusion was held by a lacy
tiara headpiece. She carried a
corsage of gardenias, white
gladiolas and stephonatis.
Miss Margaret Ann Lindsey,
maid of honor, wore pink taffeta
and a lovely old colonial assort
ed bouquet corsage.
Best man was Ezell Biggs.
Following the ceremony a
large reception was held at the
Methodist Church Social Hall.
There were over one hundred
guests present.
The wedding was one of the
largest of the season and Judy
in her white satin gown was
truly a lovely bride.
After a honeymoon in An
chorage the couple will make
their home in Sew'ard. Both the
bride and groom are graduates
of the Seward High School. Mr.
Keefe is employed by the Alaska
Railroad.
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