Seward Seaport Record
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Published each Wednesday and Saturday
. Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Subscription rates . 75c per month, $8 per year
SEWARD LOOKS AHEAD
Seward is increasingly coming into public view. The long
drawn-out maritime strike causes the eyes of interior com
munities, especially Anchorage and Fairbanks, to watch for
the arrival of every barge, scow or other means of bringing
heavy merchandise into the area.
But. that is not all. The entire territory is looking forward
to completion of the Seward to Anchorage highway which, of
course, will connect this seaport town with the Alaska 1 high
way and every highway point of importance on the North
American continent.
Last Week, Herb 1 1 ilscher, writing “North of 54” in Jes
sen’s Weekly of Fairbanks, devoted most of his column to the
importance of the new Seward highway. Mr. Hilscher,
author of “Alaska Now,” which is in its fourth edition, and
a member of the Alaska Development Board, is about as
well-versed on Territorial conditions as any other man, and
his words will not be lightly taken.
The fact that The Alaska Railroad is spending huge sums
on keeping the Seward to Anchorage section ot its line re
paired, belies the Fairbanks-Anchorage rumors ot abandon
ing Seward as a seaport in favor of Anchorage, Whittier oi
l-ire Island, which is down I urnagain Arm from Anchorage.
Seward is awake to the fact that it is an important com
munity, because the town!oiks are m position to meet the sea
taring fraternity.
I o the best of our knowledge, tnere is not a competent,
experienced master mariner, pilot or navigator a Moat who
would trade Seward as an all-weather port tor Anchorage,
Whittier and Fire Island combined. In the tirst place Anchor
age, with its 42-foot tides, is ice-bound in winter time. Whit
tier has its 240 inches ot rain and 42 feet ot snow along with
winds that blow railroad cars oft the tracks and keep ships
anchored off-shore for days at a time before they dare dock.
“As for Fire Island," sa\s a well known captain, “the lo
cation is fine and the water is deep, but nobody could tie up a
ship in the kind ot winds that blow there most ot the time."
‘These conditions that put Seward far ahead as a seaport,
are something that neither the Army, Navy, President 1 ru
man nor Candidate Dewey can change. Only (dod can alter
ou? climatic conditions.
•Knowing these tilings, Seward can confidently look to the
tutu re.
! J' S VOI R PAPFR, FOLKS
To the very small section ot the community that suspects
we. have erred in our editorial policy or overlooked important
socia-1 events we can only sa\ :
‘■it is your paper, (dive us the information anil we will pub
lish it. We are doing our best, but hope to do better."
. Any time anyone disagrees with us we would be more than
glad to publish his opinion in keeping with the policy ot the
paper laid down more than a month ago.
And, if you hear of a birthday party, someone going away
or coming back to Seward, anything that is news, just tip off
the editor. 1 ie will do the rest.
Patronize Home Industry
The New Seward Hotel
Quiet, Cheerful Comfort
Oscar Dahl, owner
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Announcing:
NEW LOCATION OF
ALASKA BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
ROOM 17. NORTHERN BLDG. — PHONE ADAMS 79
P.O. Box 885 Saward. Alaska
Tax Counselors — Notary Public — Stenographers
Audits — Systems — Inventories
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HOME ECONOMICS ROOM AT
school completed
At the city council meeting on
Monday night it was reported that
the big cesspool at the school had
sunk about 18 inches.
The Home Economics Room has
been completed according to con
tract. and the council approved a
bill for $6,673.46. This amount will
be paid to James Cameron for the
work on this project.
The sum of $3,000 has been
turned over to the school fund from
the general fund to pay current
salaries of the teachers. This
amount is to be repaid from sales
tax collections.
Mel Horner was in town this
week to see that his friends Mr.
and Mrs. Art Leining and Mrs.
Dorothy Simeonton got. off to a
good start on their trip outside.
The cat on which they were to
ride down from the Falls Creek
Mine broke down, and they were
forced to walk a couple of miles
through snow more than a foot
deep. Horner said. Art Leining has
an interest in the Mabel Mine in
the Willow Creek district.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
(The following "Community Cal
endar" is to be a regular feature of
ihis publication and is published
free of charge for the benefit of
our readers. We ask the coopera
tion of all Seward organizations in
making this service complete and
keeping it up to date. Call Main
168 and give us the necessary in
formation. please. Thank you the
editor. >
October 30
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S Hard
Times Dance.
EPISCOPAL GUILD bridge lunch
eon at home of Mrs. W. C. Erwin,
1 p.m.
November 2
.JR, WOMEN'S CLUB meets at
home of Barbara Cole.
November 3
AMERICAN LEGION Post No. 5
meets at Legion Club. 8 p.m.
RAINBOW GIRLS meet at Ma
sonic Temple.
November 4
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC. 2:00 to
3:30 p.m., at Medical Building.
November 5
LIONS CLUB meets at Totem
Fountain for 12 o’clock luncheon.
PUBLIC HEALTH and Welfare
Council meets at Medical Build
in".
November 6
LUTHERAN LADIES AID bazaar
will be held 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
November 11
LUTHERAN LADIES AID meet
ing at 2:30 p.m.
November 13
EPISCOPAL Guild business meet
ing, 2 p.m., at Episcopal Church.
BAZAAR and card party of Episco
pal Guild, 8 p.m., at the church.
November 27
WOMEN'S SOCIETY OF CHRIS
TIAN SERVICE bazaar.
November 28
EPISCOPAL GUILD dinner at the
church, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
FOR SALE
The House and three lots of the
late ALFRED E. BRYANT, across
from the Federal Building, Seward,
will be sold to the best bidder. This
excellent dwelling is completely
furnished, and will be open for in
spection on Wednesdays between
the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. or by
special appointment.
Sealed bids will be received by
the undersigned Executor of the
Estate, until the 15th day of No
vember, 1948, reserving the right
to reject any or.aB, >.
CARLE.OHLANDER
•ivwu.v SawwAaAliftlribi i
REGULAR MEETING OF
| SEWARD WOMAN'S CLUB
The Senior Seward Woman’s
Club met Tuesday evening in the
parlors of the Methodist Church.
In addition to a large group of
the members, there were also sev
eral vistors present.
The theme of the program,, con
ducted by Ruth Leichliter, was
“Alaska.” Mrs. Henry Cassell sang
"Dean Alaska”, Mrs. Esther Mayo
kok, an Eskimo from Wales, sang
native Eskimo dance songs. Led
by Miss Leichliter, there was gen
eral group singing of the various
Alaska songs. On display were
some etchings, and several articles
made by some of the patients at
the Seward Sanatorium.
, The Mesdames Chesnutt, Dahl,
j Cassell, and Miss Frances W. Clark
i were the hostesses, and the Alaska
; motif was carried out in the re
freshments served.
THE MART
VARIETY
General Merchandise
Houseware — Footwear
Firestone
Tires*— Batteries — Paint
D4LACC BAB
First and Last Stop to the Dock
Vance Hitt & Claude Starkey
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU,
LET GEORGE DO IT
G. H. Everitt
Merchandising Service
Box 4 1 S Seward Madison 5 8
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—is carrying more classified advertising than ever
before.
—is the onl\ legal publication in this vicinity—
permitted b\ statute to carry legal advertising.
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equipped to do any printing job that can be
done in Alaska—especially equipped for long
and difficult runs.
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