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Vol. VII, No. 32
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1950
Price 10 cents
Senators Much
Impressed
With Seward
The inspection visit of the
Senate sub-committee of Armed
Services last Friday brought
Senator Leverett Saltanstall of
Massachusetts, Senator Wayne
Morse, Oregon, and Senator Les
ter Hunt, Wyoming, into this
area for the first time.
.The senators were accompan
ied by General Wm. Kepner,
Gov. Gruening and Col. J. P.
Johnson. After a close inspection
of the railroad and Army docks
the visitors asked pertinent ques
tions concerning the population,
number of voiers and number of
school children. Senator Saltan
stall seemed to have informed
himself quite thoroughly upon
the climate and bay tempera
tures, but asked to have his im
pressions confirmed.
He congratulated the city up
on its school and public build
ings. “Good schools,” he said,
“are the finest kind of commun
ity investment.”
The senator also remarked sev
eral times that this “is the most
beautiful setting for a town he
has ever seen,” and stated that
he intends to pay us a visit in
the summer time when he can
roam around and enjoy himself.
They all expressed interest in
the port and left local officials
with the feeling that the life
long neglect of this area may be
at an end.
Commercial Classes
Help In T.B. Work
Students in the commercial
classes at the high school are
helping materially in the tuber
culosis work, according to Mrs.
Katheryn Ling, president of the
Seward Tuberculosis Association
Committee. They are addressing
envelopes in preparation for the
winter campaign for funds—the
Christmas Seal Campaign.
The young people volunteered
for the work when Mrs. Hazel
Muir, their instructor, explained
the need for additional workers
in this field.
Help Fight TB
VS A
Buy Christmas Seals
SIXTY PER CENT OF CARS
FOUND DEFECTIVE
Patrolman Bert Kellogg re
turned Wednesday after inspect
ing cars in Homer and vicinity.
Of the 250 cars examined he
found 60 per cent of them to be
defective, he told reporters here
today.
The inspection will be carried
on in Kenai shortly.
Vern “Tiny” Trakowski left
for Seattle Tuesday on a business
trip. !
Westward Mailboat
Repaired; Freighters
Carry Coastal Mail
Postal authorities have been
notified that the MV Pomare,
Westward mailboat which was
damaged last month and ordered
back to Seattle by the Coast
Guard, is repaired and on her
way back to Seward.
Since the discontinuance of
passenger service by the Alaska
Steamship Company, Alaska
mail has been carried by freight
ers. The SS Victoria made port
yesterday with 4100 sacks of
mail, 6700 pieces.
Stateside mail will leave here
on the Victoria Tuesday. Al
though mail is still arriving in
Seward it does not always come
with the regularity shown by
the passenger ships. Freighters
do not make the trip from Seat
tle with the same speed, and
some make stops at other ports
before reaching Seward.
To Hold Conference
In Washington
More than one hundred sci
entists and administrators ac
tively concerned with Alaskan
research will address the Alas
kan Science Conference, to be
held in Washington under the
auspices of the National Acade
my of Sciences-National Re
search Council, on November 9,
10 and 11, 1950. Twenty indi
vidual sessions are planned in
cluding three symposia, and one
public meeting at which Govern
ment officials will speak and
special Alaskan films will be
shown.
Papers will be presented cov
ering a wide range of Alaskan
scientific interests. There will
be an address by Governor
Ernest Gruening on “Alaska and
its Development.”
The program of the Confer
ence provides for section meet
ings to discuss individual fields
of scientific interest in Alaskan
research. These sections are as
follows:
Agriculture and forestry, bo
tany, public health and medi
cine, zoology, physiology, geolo
gy and geography, geophysics,
meteorology, oceanography, and
anthropology.
The organization of the Alas
kan Science Conference has been
carried out by a Steering Com
mittee appointed by the Chair
man of the National Research
Council, and includes represent
atives from the Departments of
the Interior, Agriculture, Com
merce, Army, Navy, Air Force,
the Federal Security Adminis
tration, the Arctic Institute of
North America, the Smithsonian
Institution, the American Geo
graphical Society, The Univer
sity of Alaska, and the Alaskan
Territorial Government.
Objectives of the Alaskan Sci
ence Conference are to stimulate
wider interest in research relat
ing to the Alaskan area, and to
discuss ways in which those en
gaged in field research can be
of assistance to each other, as
well as ways to make the re
sults of research more widely
known and available to scientists
planning work in Alaska.
Friends have heard from Syl
via Sexton and Mrs. R. C. Ing-!
ram, who are touring Outside.
They visited in Seattle for a
while with Neil Sexton, Sylvia’s
brother, and with Mrs. John
Green and Mrs-. Martine Johan
sen. They are now on their way
to New Mexico to see the Carls
bad Caverns.
Dr. R. O. Suddath, veterinari
an, of Nash Road, is leaving by
train Saturday for Anchorage,
from where he will fly to the
States. He expects to spend the
winter at Santa Monica, Calif.
Development
Board Winter
Tourist Plans
Traffic representatives of the I
principle air lines and steam-1
ship lines serving Alaska have I
turned over to the Alaska Devel- j
opment Board a program par
tially developed by them for
featuring Alaska travel during
the winter months, it was an
nounced this week by the Devel
opment Board.
Work done by the Board
in spurring organization of an
Alaska tourist association in
fluenced the carrier represent
atives to turn their program
over to the Territorial agency,
according to R. C. Rose, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent of
the Alaska Steamship Company,
who lias been serving as Secre
tary of the carrier group.
The transportation company
men decided at a recent meeting
at Seattle, Rose has written the
Development Board, that a per
manent organization is needed:
to sponsor a program of winter:
tour promotion. Such a program,1
he wrote, was believed to be a
logical undertaking for such a
group as the proposed Alaska
tourist association.
In turning over the winter
tour program, the carrier pledg
ed the Development Board any
assistance they were able to
give in bringing the plans to a
successful conclusion
Charter meetings of the new
Alaska-wide tourist association
are to be held early next month,:
the Development Board an- j
nounced.
NURSES ELECT OFFICERS
Seward Registered Nurses As-j
sociation elected officers for the
year at their Tuesday evening
meeting. Miss Doris Bradke wasl
named president. Mrs. LaPreal j
Bie was elected vice-president; I
Mrs. Carolyn Clark is the new
secretary, and Mrs. Ruth Cooper
is treasurer for the year.
Mrs. Bie is public health nurse
in tliis district, the other ladies1
are on the nursing staff at the!
Seward Sanatorium.
DRINKING WATER SAFE
I
The last two tests of the water |
supply in Seward have been re- j
turned as free of contamination.1
according to Wm. Deering, ;
Health Dept, sanitarian.
Seward Still Free
Of Polio, But
Caution Is Urged
Although the epidemic of
polio is mounting elsewhere in !
the Territory, Seward is still
free of the disease. _ i
Health officials here are keep-!
ing a very close watch on the'
situation, however. Children are
sent home from school when ,
they show up there with any sus
picious illness, and both physi-!
cians and public health nurse
are on the look out at all times.
Many cases on record in An
chorage and Fairbanks are
among young adults. Polio
spares no one, so it is advised !
that the same precautions be fol- j
lowed by adults as those prac-1
ticed with the children. Anyone!
suffering from an unexplained
fever should consult a doctor j
immediately.
FOUR LOCAL RESIDENTS
BECOME CITIZENS
Mrs. Faith Archer, Mrs. Caro
line Everett, Mrs. Eva Fair
weather and Mrs. Andy Novak
received their citizenship papers
from Judge Dimond at the Sew'-1
ard District Court session here i
tltfs week.
i
Mrs. Archer was a war bride, i
She met her husband, Harold,
Archer, in Czechoslovakia dur
ing the war. Her family moved
to Germany and she came to the j
United States from there. The,
Archers were married in the
States, then came to Alaska
about three years ago and now
operate a store in Kenai.
Mrs. Fair weather, widow of
the late A. A. Fairweather, is
well known as a Seward resident
for many years. She was born I
in Canada. Mrs. Andy Novak
was formerly a citizen of Nor
way.
SHUSTER'S WIDGEON
FLOWN IN
The Safeway Airways’ Wid
geon. which was damaged in a
forced landing in Resurrection
Pass last month, was flown in to
the Seward airport this week.
It was thought for a time that
the plane was a total loss be
cause of the difficulty in getting
it out. It still needs some repairs,
but will be back in service as
soon as necessary parts can be
obtained and installed.
Mrs. Nora Lee Smith returned
home this week after a visit in
the States. While Outside she1
had treatment for her eyes.
Letters To The Chamber of Commerce —
The following letters were received recently by W. W. Sipprell,
president of the Seward Chamber of Commerce, in answer to a
letter written by that organization commending personnel who
participated in the Army Recreation Camp which was located here
the past summer:
“Dear Sir:
“This will acknowledge your
letter of October 2, 1950 con
cerning the Seward Recreation
Center.
“I am passing your letter on to
the Commanding General, Unit
ed States Army, Alaska, Fort
Richardson, Alaska, since he
was responsible for the opera
tion of the Seward Recreation
Center, and any further corres
pondence on this subject should
be addressed to him.
“I feel that the Recreation
Center was most beneficial to I
members of my command, and I;
hope that you will convey my '
appreciation to the citizens of j
Seward for their excellent co-!
operation with the Armed Forces i
in making the Seward Recrea
tion Center a success.
“Sincerely yours,
W. E. KEPNER
Lt. Gen., U.S.A.F.
Commander-in-Chief”
“Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of a communi
cation from Lt. General Kepner,
Commander-in-Chief, Alaskan
Command, in which he inclosed
a copy of your recent letter con
cerning the Seward Recreation
Center.
“It is indeed a pleasure for
me to receive a report of this
nature concerning the operation
of the Seward Recreation Cen
ter. The successful conduct of
the center was due, in no small
degree, to the wholehearted co
operation, help and encourage
ment supplied by your organiza
tion.
“Present plans contemplate
the re-opening of the Seward
Recreation Center in the Spring
of 1951, at which time your co
operation and help will again be
solicited.
“Yours truly,
J. W. CUNNINGHAM |
Brigadier General, USA,
Commanding”
Offer To Stock
Peninsula
With Grouse
Local Izaak Walton League
members heard a letter from
Mr. Phillips, Jr., of the Anheu
ser Busch Brewing Co., this
week in which he offered to
send 100 black European grouse
to stock the Kenai Peninsula.
Mr. Phillips has done consid
erable hunting on the Peninsula,
and was out recently with Andy
Simons as guide. He believes
that the big birds would thrive
in this climate.
The black European grouse is
a large game bird weighing from
10 to 12 pounds. It is very diffi
cult to obtain, and expensive,
worth S100 a pair.
A study of ways and means
of best caring for the planted
stock was conducted at the last
meeting of the League here.
The members also discussed
a trap range. Bill Younkers was
appointed head of a committee
to study locations and approxi
mate costs.
Carlos Carson, Fish and Wild
life Service enforcement agent,
again brought up the situation
of snares and traps left un
thrown. Such traps are causing
considerable loss of moose and
small game. He also deplores
the snagging of quantities of sal
mon in streams.
Seward Women Assist
At Sanatorium
Additions to the staff of pro
fessional personnel and volun
teer assistants to its Social Serv
ices are resulting in broadening
the treatment facilities for the
patients at the Seward Sana
torium.
Mrs. Hazel Reynolds, RN, was
appointed director of nurses re
cently. Many will remember her
as the first director of nurses at
this sanatorium. She comes back
to the sanatorium after addition
al graduate education in tuber
culosis work, and with recent
experience as assistant director
of nurses at the Firland Sana
torium in Seattle. Mrs. Reynolds
is an able and enthusiastic di
rector of nurses, and is especial
ly interested in graduate nursing
education.
Miss Patsy Brittain has re
turned as director of occupation
al therapy. She will be remem
bered as the enthusiastic young
woman who had a part of her
occupational therapy internship
under the direction of Mrs. Alice
Peden at the Seward Sanatori
um. Miss Brittain returns as a
graduate occupational therapist.
Seward Sanatorium now has the
only graduate occupational ther
apist, as a full time staff mem
ber, in the Territory.
I he sanatorium was wunout
an occupational therapist for
many weeks this summer. Dur
ing that interim a group of tal
ented, public spirited ladies from
the City of Seward helped keep
up the morale of the patients by
circulating the book cart among
the patients on their respective
afternoons. Mrs. Cora Jacobs,
Mrs. Ruth Inglis, Mrs. Fannie
Kirsch, Mrs. Helen Wingert, Mrs.
Betty Nelson, Mrs .Earl Cass,
Mrs. Erwin Metcalf, Mrs. Rosene
Hasty, and Mrs. Frank Woods
under the recruitment of Mrs.
Luella James, and the di
rection of Mrs. Keturah King,
the sanatorium medical social
worker, have given liberally and
cheerfully of their time on regu
lar afternoons, carting books to
the patients. Magazines and
books have been donated by
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