Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Frank DeLoughery ._. Editor
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Less than fifty years ago a group
of people came ashore from a small
ship with the deep seated deter
mination to build a town at the
head of Resurrection Bay. To build
a town and to build a railroad by
which the fabulous gold deposits
inland could be made more easily
accessible.
Who knows- what visions must
have prompted those first set
tlers. some of whom are still
living? No doubt they pictured
great docks and warehouses, ships
and locomotives, all the accutre
ments of modern living and deep
in their hearts houses, cabins, sur
rounded by green grass and flow
ers. They must have had that lat
ter dream because it is inherent
in the human race to have a home
which is decorated in some way,
with flowers, sea shells or bits of
bone and skins, depending upon
the geographical location.
Those oldtimers soon found it
was not easy to achieve their
dream. True it is that a railroad
was built, docks and warehouses
grew up, more and more settlers
arrived in the search for gold.
Some found the treasure and de
parted for easier living and a few
remained. Year after year this pro
cess continued until those who re
mained, with stout hearts and
sturdy wills built up a town.
Those who had vision and dreams
of homes. They soon learned that
the glacial gravel will not grow
flowers without the addition of
soil. Shelter was an immediate ‘
necessity. Work taxing the capa
city of strong men was needed to
furnish bare necessities of food
and clothing for families; wind,
flood and disastrous fires destroyed
the accomplishment of years of
hard work. Long winters with too
little sunshine and without the
fresh foods that tone up the hu
man body—all these things tend
ing toward a feeling of apathy,
pushing the dream, the desire for
beauty into the background so
that as our people slowly acquired
the means, that original desire
became a compelling urge to go
back outside. Outside where we
now reiflember the nice houses,
| grass, flower gardens, paved
I streets, parks, playgrounds — for
| getting the back yard squalor, rick
' ety tenements, noise and rush of
I the cities.
In present-day Seward, times
! have not changed much. True,
thanks to the efforts of those early
builders, we have an organized
J community, modern living to the
■ extent of electricity, plumbing, fire
and police protection, up-to-date
merchandise, recreation, schools, a
modern city, even to the inclusion
of squalor and tenements. The last
twoyitems are our own fault.
It still requires all a man's energy
to earn a bare living for growing
families. It still is necessary to sup
plement our. diet with synthetic
vitamins—and nrobably will always
be necessary. Faced year after year
with work stoppages we are afraid
to spend beyond the immediate in
come in building, remodeling, or
even finishing our homes, the
threat of being caught without
work or income during the winter
months hanging over our heads
like the ever-present sword of
Damocles.
But friends, if we can't paint up.
we can clean up. There is hardly a
yard in town which is not strewn
with winter refuse. Lumber, broken
furniture, discarded oil cans, rusty
stove pipe, broken bottles, broken
fences, littered roadsides, all these
things have an unconscious effect
upon our attitude toward living. If
every family will clean up the yard
and the street nearby it will make
a surprising difference. What does
it matter w’hether we are renting
or own our own homes, no one
really wants to live untidily.
Let's begin this clean-up month
right now, every housewife and
When In Seward
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The Mew Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
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PASSENGER SAILING SCHEDULE
ALSO FREQUENT FREIGHTER SERVICE
For further information contact
W. W. Sipprell. Gen. Agt. - Phone Main 125
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS: Mon
day and Wednesday, 3 to 5 p.m.:
Tuesday and Saturday, 7 to 9
p.m.
May 3
JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB meeting.
AMERICAN LEGION and AUXIL
iary meet at Legion Club.
SEWARD RIFLE and SPORTS
men’s Club meets.
May 5
RAINBOW GIRLS meet. 7:30 p.m.
at Masonic Hall.
May 6
W. S. C. S. MOTHER—DAUGHTER
Banquet at Church parlor.
May 10
LUTHERAN LADIES’ AID meets
at home of Mrs. K. S. Rustad,
2:30 p.m.
May 11
SEWARD VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
meet.
May 12
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meets
at 8 p.m., Episcopal Church.
ADVISORY BOARD of RAINBOW
Girls meets. *
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC. 2 p.m.,
Medical Building.
mother backing the movement and
see how much better our town
looks. Begin now on the yards,
then we can follow through on
gardens and flowers as the spring
progresses, and without a doubt,
we can produce that vision of a
beautiful town of homes (not mere
houses) which is the backbone of
our American way of living.
Pastel colors in NYLON GLOVES
by Lindfell for Mother's Day—at
the Blue Shop. adv.
At The Hotels . . .
The New Seward—George Yara,
Harry M. Hathorn, Dan Moreno,
Mrs. Wm. Wagner, all of Anchor
age; Robert V. Killewick, Mile 58;
| V/. Keranen, Mile 58; V. C. Bing
ham, Seattle; Jack Stafford, Seat
i tie; Laurie A. Burke, Spokane;
j Glen Leach, Juneau, and Mr. and
' Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Seward,
j The Van Guilder—J. E. Bonham,
i Portage; C. H. Kindred, Seattle:
; Charles Gist, Anchorage; Jack W.
I White, Anchorage; Eno Johnson,
| Anchorage; Nick Bafovich, Anchor
j age; J. W. Scott, Dillingham; Wm.
! B.. Smith, Dillingham; Bob Harris,
j Dillingham; Sol Pickett, Dilling
I ham; Fred H. Pierce, Cobo, Iowa;
j Ruth B. Manning, Anchorage; V. J.
DeMars, Anchorage; Jessie M. War
ren, Anchorage; Mr. and Mrs. War
ren E. Johnson, St. Paul, Minn.;
Wm. Davis, Anchorage; Martha
Evans, Anchorage; Frank Wyne,
Anchorage.
NYLON ZEPHER JACKETS by
White a»tag. save Your Fay the
Blue Shop Way. adv.
PIC &
gPAM
Telephone Adams 92
Pickup & Delivery
Cleaning
Alterations
Pressing
Hat blocking
T. D. S.
•'Flowers by Wire"
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Flowers By §|[)
BEWAR'D‘FLOWER SHOP
Hra.: Week Days
Sundays
219 Third Avenue
10 ajn. to 7 p.m.
1 p.m. to 7 pA
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— Phone Garfield 24
IF YOUH DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU.
Let Qeorge Do It!
G. H. EVERITT
Merchandising Service
Box 410 Seward BfaOaoa ••
The Blue Shop has the Ideal gilt
lor your Leading Lady on Mother's
Day. May 8. adr.
MAGAZINES
LATEST NUMBERS OF YOUR
FAVORITE MAGAZINES
ARRIVE ON EACH
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VARIETY
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd Monday of Moifth
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
I
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. 8c A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. E.'Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union Hall
President — Harold Davis
TANNING
Send us your furs and skins to be
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
i workmanship. We return your
! finished skins immediately.
Valcauda Fur Co,
l National Bldg. — Seattle. Wash.
Charter
LOCAL AND HIGHWAY
FREIGHT SERVICE
Heavy Truck
Telephone Monroe 1G6
Post Office Box 716
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