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Vol. VII, No. 1
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1950
Price 10 Cents
PROGRAM
TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1950
10:00 A.M. — Grand Parade
Sponsored by Seward Elks.
1st Prize $50; Second $35; Third $15
PET PARADE—Sponsored by McMullen's
Managers: Marie Jordan, Mary Ann Salit,
Lou Ann Dick, Ruth Hoogland
13 Cash Prizes
Foot Races —
Sponsored by R. D. Muller Co.
10-yd. Dash .
10-yd. Dash
20-yd. Dash .
20-yd. Dash .
30-yd. Dash .
30-yd. Dash .
50-yd. Dash .
50-yd. Dash .
100-yd. Dash .
100-yd. Dash .
100-yd. Dash .
30-yd. Backwards .
30-yd. Backwards .
Horse and Rider Buck
Shoe Scramble .
Boys Under 5
Girls Under 5
.Boys 5-7
.Girls 5-7
Boys 8-10
.Girls 8-10
.Boys 11-15
-Girls 11-15
Boys 16-20
Girls 16-20
Free for All
.Boys 11-13
.Girls 11-13
Boys 10-16
.Girls 10-16
Bicycle Races —
To Newspaper Office and Return .Boys to 13
To Methodist Church and Return .Girls to 13
To Pat's Garage and Return ... Boys 14 thru School Age
To Schoolhouse and Return ...Girls 14 thru School Age
All Bicycle Races via Fourth Avenue. Street
to be closed to traffic during races.
PRIZES FOR ALL FOOT AND BICYCLE RACE WINNERS
SAWDUST PILE MONEY SCRAMBLE . KIDS UNDER 10
1:00 P.M. —
GREASED POLE CLIMB—Sponsored by Carpenters’ Local.
S5 bill at top of pole. First come, first served basis.
GREASED PIG CHASE—Sponsored by Pat Bogan. Pig must
be captured with bare hands. Winner gets the pig.
Baby Contest Drawing
W’HISKER JUDGING—Prizes for Winners.
FIREMEN'S SHOW—Seward Volunteer Fire Department.
No Scheduled Time—Have your camera ready!
4:00 P.M. — Mt. Marathon Sweepstakes
Drawing
5:00 P.M. — MT. MARATHON RACE
COMMUNITY DANCE—9:45 P.M_CIVIC CENTER
FIREWORKS DISPLAY BY SEWARD V.F.W. AFTER DARK
Largest display in Seward's history.
COL. J. P. JOHNSON ACCEPTS
INVITATION TO SEWARD
Col. J. P. Johnson, general
manager of The Alaska Railroad,
has accepted the invitation of
the Seward Fourth of July Com
mittee for he and his party to
attend the celebration in Seward
and to watch the Mt. Marathon
race.
KEITH LENHART PILOTS
PLANE FROM SEATTLE
Keith Lenhart, commercial
pilot and mechanic, arrived in
Seward last night after flying
his little Cub airplane up the
coast from Seattle. He left Wash
ington Saturday morning and
flew non-stop to Annette Island.
An extra gas tank in the plane
made this possible. He stayed
overnight at Juneau and made
the rest of the trip yesterday.
He reported the weather good
most of the way. i
OCEAN VIEW HOME
SOLD TO ANCHORAGE MAN
The Ocean View Home, for
merly owned and operated by
Mrs. Helen Park, has been sold
to Jess Hubert of Anchorage
who plans to operate it on the
same basis as it has been Tun.
Mrs. Park, who has been un
der medical care for some time,
left Sunday on her way to the
States. She is going to San Fran
cisco for hospitalization and
then to Arizona to recuperate.
DEMONSTRATION AT
CAMERA CLUB MEETING
Miss Kay Kellett and A1 Hor
ton will demonstrate the devel
oping process on Ansco and ecto
chrome color film Wednesday
night at 8:00 o’clock in the
recreation hall at the Army
Recreation Center.
All members of the camera
club and anyone interested in
the photographic demonstration
are invited to attend.
Barbecued Beef and
Trapshcof Highlight
Community Picnic
At least twoJthirds of the
residents of Seward and visi
tors were to be seen at the pic
nic held Sunday at First Lake
on the park reserve at the edge
of town.
Members of the 4th of July
Committee served 300 pounds
of barbecued beef and free
draught beer during the day.
The smell of the meat drew
crowds like bees around a honey
pot. Many families had the other
necessary salads, pickles, cake
and watermelon to add to the
feasting.
Clear weather and sunshine1
brought out many bathers in the
lake. A small blue kayak was
busy furnishing rides to amorous
couples and ambitious juvenile
boatmen.
The trapshoot conducted by
Seward Izaak Walton League
proved very popular. John Salit
and Bill Younker won the two
automatic 12 gauge Remington
shotguns. Ray James and Bill
Younker tied for high score
of 23 which was decided by a
playoff which Younkers won
with a score of 19 to James’ 18
The marksmen were faced!
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Rcce Entrants
Six entries registered as of
press time July 3, are mostly
Seward men. One is from Homer
and a sailor from the USS Ma
hopac. Others are expected to
register before the race tomor
row. They are:
Ralph Hatch, Seward: Chas.
J. Poindexter. Seward: Keith A
Lee. Seward: Marvin Kurtzweil
er. Seward: Earnest Baumann,
Homer: Robert Dietrich, U.S.N.,
USS Mahopac.
Hatch is the favorite, being a
four time winner.
Another Dance
In the interest of those who
enjoyed the Saturday and Sun
day night dances so much, and
for those who might have miss
ed these dances, there will be
another one in the Civic Center
on the night of the 4th. The
dance will begin at 9:45, with
the same orchestra that played
for the others.
Finish up the 4th of July cele
bration by dancing until the 5th,
; or later if you wish.
; HEADS UP. KIDS!
The dropping of candy for the
i kids via parachute tomorrow
1 will be the result of much co
operative effort. The candy was
donated by Sylvia's, Seward
Drug Company, Seward Trad
ing Co., Alaska Shop, Werner’s,
and the Kenai Co-op. The para
chute material (largely old
sheets) came from many sources.
The work—and it took many
hours of cutting and tying—of
making the parachutes and tying
the candy to them, was done
mostly by Joanne and Peggy
l Everitt, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. William Everitt of the
Resurrection Bay Company.
The free airplane ride tickets
for kids 16 years of age and
under, which will be attached
to some of the candy bars, are
being donated by Alaska Scenic
Air Service and Gil Anthony.
The parachutes with the candy
and tickets will be dropped
in the afternoon by Tiny Tra
kowski, Gil Anthony and Keith
Lenhart.
Mahopac Crewmen Appointed
Honorary City Officials
Beverly Ann Bauer Is j
Queen of Marathon
Miss Beverly Ann Bauer was
chosen Queen of the Marathon!
by popular acclaim Saturday at j
the Fourth of July dance. Her
consort, also chosen by the peo-,
pie is Cletus Callahan, who will i
become her husband fn-real life)
on July 26. Mr. and Mrs. Bob'
Muller, runners-up in the contest i
will be the royal attendants on J
the float.
Miss Bauer was dressed in a |
long full skirted dress of white
material and a little poke bon
net of white edged in black. The
king wore the heavy beard pop-'
ular in Seward this month and
a derby hat as a concession to
the style trend.
The queen was chosen during
the elimination dance at mid
night to the dreamy strains of
the Anniversary Waltz. A
crowd of nearly 500 merrymak
ers indicated their choice to Hal
Gilfilen, M.C., and the judges
by loud and sustained cheering.
Slightly overwhelmed by the
spontaneous and unexpected
honor conferred upon her. Miss
Bauer, sweet and gracious, ac
cepted the responsibility of rep
resenting Seward on the 4th of
July.
The Marathon Queen is a
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FEATURE WRITER HERE
DURING CELEBRATION
Mr. Dennis R. Campbell, fea
ture writer and professional
photographer for American
Weekly Magazine (Sunday sec
tion of Hearst newspapers) and
New York Herald Tribune sports
writer took pictures at the
dance Saturday night and at the
community picnic Sunday.
He will also photograph the
Mt. Marathon race for Stateside
publicity.
Mr. Campbell has travelled
all over the world doing photo
graphic mapping and has many
wonderful pictures of the war,
and interesting world news.
SOLDIER HOOKS OCTOPUS
ON FISHING TRIP
The vacationing service men
at the Seward Recreation Camp
a week ago went on 17 fishing
trips and established a few
firsts. For the first time, a wo
man won the fishing prize of
the week. It went to 1st Lt.
Peggy Wier, USAF, who, with
2 other WAAFs. were among
the most ardent fishermen in
the camp.
Another first concerned the
octopus which was caught in
the bay. The soldier catching it
thought at first that he had
hooked a good sized halibut and
was most astonished when he
brought an octopus with a six |
foot spread of tentacles to the j
surface. The octopus, a pretty
light pink in color, was on dis-1
play at the recreation camp for
a while.
The Fourth Infantry is guest
at the camp this week and tak
ing part in the town Fourth of
July festivities. Some of the
men have sent in notice of their
intentions of entering the Mara
thon Race. According to Kay
Kellett, recreation director for
the camp, the soldiers hope to
enter a float in the parade, also.
Seward’s favorite Navy ship,
the USS Mahopac, ' made port
Monday morning at 5:00 o'clock.
Lt. Howard Jones, Commanding,
and all friends of the former
visit are with the ship.
The officers and men have
signified their intention to de
clare Seward as their honorary
home town in the form of a
registered resolution. To return
the honor, the officers and men
of the Mahopac were appoint
ed honorary mayor, police chief,
fire chief, and councilmen for
the day of July 4th.
An official photographer from
the Navy publicity department
was there making photographs
of the ceremony in the Council
Chambers when the honorary
officers received their appoint
ments.
The following two documents
will be filed with the Navy and
in Seward city records. The
public, was invited to attend
the council meeting Monday
night, July 3.
U. S. S. MAHOPAC (ATA 196)
Care Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
4 July, 1950
RESOLUTION
Our ship, the USS Mahopac
(ATA 196), upon invitation of
the Mayor, visited the City of
Seward, Alaska on Armed
Forces Day, May 20, 1950, and
again on the Fourth of July,
1950.
WHEREAS, we found the cor
dial hospitality of the citizens
of Seward to be unsurpassed
on both occasions, and
WHEREAS, we consider the
City of Seward to be clean,
progressive, friendly, a family
city, and a city of promise and
opportunity,
WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE
CREW OF THE USS MAHO
PAC, wish to convey our ap
preciation and esteem to the
citizens of Seward, and do
hereby unanimously adopt the
City of Seward, Alaska as our
honorarv home town.
H. W. JONES,
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Commanding Officer
Witnessed by:
V. P. BERTI
Chief Boatswain, U.S. Navy
Executive Officer
H. H. GREEN
Chief Machinist. U.S. Navy
Engineering Officer
CITY OF SEWARD
July 4, 1950
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the USS MAHOPAC
(ATA 196) did visit the city of
Seward, Alaska on Armed
Forces Day, May 20, 1950, and
again on the Fourth of July,
1950, and
WHEREAS, the members of the
crew did conduct themselves
in an exemplary manner at all
times while ashore in the City
of Seward, and
WHEREAS, the USS MAHOPAC
did participate wholeheartedly
in the City’s celebrations on
both occasions, winning the
friendship and respect of all
citizens, and
WHEREAS, the USS MAHOPAC
is presently engaged in search
and rescue operations which
afford emergency assistance to
all vessels in distress in the
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Admission $1 Servicemen 50c
6 Piece Band - Civic Center - 9:45 p.m.