Seward Seaport Record
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Comments From The
Legion's Commander
The United States, it has been
said, is t tie only country with a
known birthday.
Independence Day . . . the Fourth
of July ... is the 174th birthday
of our beloved land.
Among all the holidays of the
year, it stands out as pre-eminently
American. It is the one day of the
year when every loyal American
. . . regardless of whether his faith
be Protestant, Catholic. Jewish or
Mormon . . . may rejoice in the
Liberty that is ours.
The GLORIOUS Fourth we call
it . . . and with good reason.
Independence Day commemor
ates the signing ... on the Fourth
of July, 1776 ... of the Declaration
of Independence, that famous docu
ment which declared this country
free forever from foreign rule.
From that day forward, Ameri
cans were no longer rebels in arms
fighting AGAINST their country,
but a free people fighting FOR
their country and its everlasting
independence.
The Fourth of July has always
been observed with patriotic en
thusiasm. Let us hope it always
will be.
Patriotic enthusiasm is a very
wonderful thing, and very neces
sary . . . perhaps more necessary to
day than ever before in our prouu
history.
We should always be aware ot
those who would decry it.
Those who speak desparagingly
of patriotic enthusiasm . . . those
who smork at "flag waving” . . .
may well be looked upon with sus
picion and distrust.
They speak the philosophy . . .
whether they believe it or not . . .
of the enemies of our Country.
They are without understanding
and appreciation of our Country
at its best.
American patriotism should be
expressed throughout the year . . .
but most particularly today . .
with all the enthusiasm of which
we are capable.
Let us indeed wave the flag we
love . . . not with less enthusiasm
than our fathers did . . . not with
less appreciation for it . . . not on
fewer occaisons . . . but with all
the enthusiasm, affection and loy
alty our American heritage in
spires within us.
For that Flag ... for which mil
lions have fought and bled . . . and
for which so many thousands have
unquestionably laid down their
lives ... is under attack again to
day!
That Flag and the sacred insti
tutions for which it stands are
threatened.
Some of our enemies are within
our very midst. They are the crim
inals. cranks and crackpots who
form the .advance guard of our
foe's main body . . . communism.
Right now they are endeavoring
to soften up the United States . . .
seeking to spread discontent, dis
sension and distrust among our
people and to poison the minds of
our youth.
To stem this menacing red tide
-we may thank Almighty God that
at long last there has been formed
throughout our Country a united
front. It is the All-American Con
ference to Combat Communism.
This great conference comprises
the representatives of more than 60
national organizations embracing a
total membership of more than half
the population of the United States.
We of the American Legion are
proud that it was our efforts that
brought about this magnificent
conference which today is working
so diligently to leave no stone un
turned until the cancer of com
munism is destroyed.
That conference has labelled com
munism as “the greatest present
threat to domestic security and
peace on earth.”
The peace . . . the very heart . . .
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Volume VII, No. 1
Wc hope that you will notice
that today’s issue is Number
1 of Volume VII of Seward’s
newspaper, “The only news
paper in the world that gives
a hoot about Seward, Alaska.”
This volume, the beginning of
a new year, is dedicated, as in
the past to only news that is
fit to print. Nothing dirty, scur
rilous or to the detriment of
Seward ever appears in this
paper. Anything mean or dis
creditable about the city, its
government or its people that
reaches print may be sometimes
found in other papers, but not
in this one.
of the United States is at stake.
No segment of the American
people could be more fervent in
their desire for peace than those
who have felt the hardships and
pain of actual war ... as has every
blessed member of the American
Legion.
Today let every one of us re
dedicate our lives to the principles
set forth in the Declaration of In
dependence, barn 174 years ago
this day:
“We hold these truths to be self
evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalien
able rights, that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness.”. . .
. . . But the real significance of
Independence Day is not alone
what we Americans do on tne
Fourth of July . . . but also what
we do on the fifth and sixth and
every other day of every month in
the year.
Anyone can stand for the Star
Spangled Banner or wave a flag.
But it took a great deal more than
that for our forefathers to win the
independence of the United States
. . . and it has taken a gr?ht deal
more for many of us . . . yes, and
it may take even more for us and
our desccndents to preserve the
liberty that is our precious heri
tage.
Probably no more solemn note
was sounded than by that sterling
patriot John Adams who. after af
fixing his signature to the Declara
tion of Independence 174 years ago.
said: “I am well aware of the toil
and blood and treasure that it will
cost us to maintain this Declara
tion. and support and defend these
United States.”
After the parades and speeches
are all over . . . and the last sky
rocket has been set off ... it might
be well worth while for us to sit
down quietly and meditate earnest
ly on the true significance of Inde
pendence Day and the responsi
bilities of American citizenship to
day . . . and tomorrow . . . and for
all time.
Whether this Country of ours
lasts depends on whether we take
seriously the words of the Declara
tion of Independence. Our survival
as a free people rests on whether
we conscientously discharge all our
obligations as good citizens. True
patriotism does not mean just
talking about good citizenship. It
means practicing good citizenship.
It means ACTION! . . .
—Perry S. McClain,
Department Commander
The American Legion of
Alaska.
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
It has been kind of fun, hasn’t
it, making and wearing pioneer
style dresses, and watching the
progress of local beards? I heard
one man say that his wife hadn’t
kissed him for three months!
I’ll bet his will be among the
first to come off!
But, do you know, those long
dresses do something for women.
Not that I want them back.
There’s too much expensive ma
terial in one. No wonder the
average housewife had one good
dress, one second best, and a
couple o-f housedresses in the
old days. Think of the washing,
too. Besides the dresses, all
those long petticoats, etc.!
As for the beards. Some of
the fellows look better with
them than without! I’ll name
no names! And others look pret
ty rough. Anyway, after today,
when the menfolks come out
into the open, more of them
will be recognizable.
The thing I like about it the
most, is the spirit shown by the
menfolks. When we asked for
boards, we got beards—and how!
All this talk about no civic
spirit is not so.
A visitor here this week, who
has been in all parts of the
world, remarked that Seward
ites seem to enter into the spirit
of the occasion, and have more
fun, work harder, show more
cameraderie than in most other
places he has visited. He came
here for a day and has stayed
a week, enjoying our celebra
tion, which, he says, is talked
about considerably along the
West Coast, especially the race.
Living so close to one another,
it may be that we haven’t no
ticed the overall picture, and
only see one another’s mistakes.
However, it is true, that all be
ing in the same boat, we have
to be comradely, help one an
other over the rough spots and
live together peaceably. It’s a
good life, and one to be con
tinued.
3RD DIVISION POPULATION
INCREASED 300 PER CENT
James D. Brown, Divisional
Supervisor, Bureau of the Cen
sus. announced the preliminary
population figure for the 3rd
Judicial Division of Alaska to
be 58,338 persons. The 1940
census figures showed a total
population for the 3rd Division
was 19.312. This is an increase
of 300 per cent in ten years.
Of course the above figures
cover the entire 3rd Division
with the greater Anchorage area
included. The same amount of
increase is, however, evident in
every area of this division.
The recording district of Sew
ard is given a population of
2653 as against 1525 in 1940. an
increase of 1128 persons. The
city of Seward, itself, shows an
increase of 1114, with a total
of 2,063 in 1950. and 949 in
the 1940 census. The Seward
school population increased 14
per cent a year with the prob
ability of an even faster in
crease for the next three years.
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