Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Subscription rates . 75c per month, $8 per year
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WITH TROUSERS TO MATCH
in Crompton's Corduroy ’
Sizes 2 to 6—
at
The BLUE SHOP
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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
Osbo’s Electrical Supply
PHONE GARFIELD 24
219 THIRD AVENUE
SID the Florist
T.D.S. Member and record shop
Records:
Personal Attention—and
the Best in Flowers!
Goldfish and Supplies.
If we don t have what you
want, we will order it for
you—immediately!
Hours • 10 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Charter Boat Trips
in Fast, Safe, Twin-Engine Cruiser
TRIPS ARRANGED ANYWHERE
Seal and Sea Lion Hunts - Fishing and Hunting Trips
Picture Taking - Sightseeing
Contact Mark Walker or Call Mad. 168
1 he New Seward Hotel
Your Home Away from Home
Oscar Dahl, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SEDUCED WINTER FARSS AND LOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FROM SEWARD
SS DENALI
April 28 for
Sitka
Petersburg
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS BARANOF
May 5 for
SS ALASKA
May 12 for
Valdez
Cordova -
Sitka, Juneau
Petersburg
Ketchikan
Seattle
SS BARANOF
May 16 lor
Juneau
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Juneau
I Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Squat* Sinneit .April 20 Suaitna.April 27
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The
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Gi adie
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
The first of the season’ s
“round-tripper” tourists arrived
jn Seward this morning aboard
the SS Baranof. Wonder what
they thought of the town? What
did you think when you first
saw it? And if you have been
here more than three years, your
impression must have been less
good than last year’s visitors.
When a place looks as dilapi
dated, rubbish strewn and down
at heel as we do after a hard
winter, we can’t expect to make
a good impression. After living
a year in Alaska, everyone
knows that the outside of the
house gives no indication of the
warm, friendly, and kind hearts
inside. To us, the looks of the
town does not make too much
difference. We have lived thru
a lot together, stood shoulder
to shoulder thru good times and
bad. But first impressions do
count.
Seward has been advised time
and again that our greatest asset
is the tourist trade. Most of us
are reluctant to pose for tourists
like the animals in a zoo. But
the fact remains, that tourists
do carry back descriptions of
the places they have visited.
We want them to remember
Seward, and speak well of it.
Building season for the work
ing man has not arrived yet.
He will be too busy for another
few weeks catching up on the
winter deficit to be able to im
prove and paint up. But we can
at least CLEAN-UP.
Let’s get busy on the vacant
lots, on the curbs and “side
walks.” There is nothing to pre
vent the planting of a few
flower bushes, even if you have
to transplant them from the
wild. After all, the native wild
flowers will grow year after
year when others will not. In
two months, when the tourist
season is at its height, we can
have the town looking so well
kept that our old buildings,
many of which we must call
home, will not be an eyesore
to our visitors, but will be call
ed “quaint,” and described as
such on their return to the
States.
Let’s straighten up those scat
tered lumber piles. Get rid of
the winter trash. Begin now to
gather the debris (the Boy Scouts
will help). Let's be quaint if
we can't be beautiful.
Tip to motorists: Always re
member there are many hitches
in picking up hitchhikers.
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
Library Hours
Mon. and Wed.—3 to 5 p.m.
Tues. and Sat.—7 to 9 p.m.
Well Baby Conference
Thursdays — 2 to 4 p.m. in
City Council Chambers.
Friday, April 21
P-TA MEETING.
Saturday, April 22
EPISCOPAL GUILD.
Monday, April 24
EASTERN STAR meeting.
Tuesday, April 25
VFW and AUXILIARY meets.
JUNIOR WOMEN’S CLUB.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CARD PARTY, Legion Auxil
iary and friends, 8 p.m., Club.
Thursday, April 27
W. S. c. s.
Saturday, April 29
BAKE SALE, Lutheran Ladies’
Aid, Watsjold’s Grocery, 1
p.m.
“COUNTRY FAIR,” Cub Scouts,
Civic Center, 7:30 p.m. Open
to public.
Monday, May 1
REBEKAH LODGE No. 6-A
Wednesday, May 3
AMERICAN LEGION and AUX
ILIARY
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP’T.
Thursday, May 4
“OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG
AND GAY”
Friday, May 5
“OUR HEARTS WERE YOUNG
AND GAY”
Saturday, May 13
BAKE SALE, Rainbow Girls
Telephone Polk 166
McRae Concrete
Products
Box 621
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BANK OF SEWARD
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PAYS 2% INTEREST
Compounded Semi-Annually
BANK of
SEWARD
Seward, Alaska
VisitML McKinley
Park Hotel
In the Heart of Scenic Alaska
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
Tuesday and Saturday
at 8:30 A.M.
CONNECTIONS FOR FAIRBANKS FROM ANCHORAOE ON
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY.
For Reservations at MeKINLEYt
Phone Seward Agent — Main 153
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No. 5
Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Month
Legion Log Cabin
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd & 4th Thursday of Month
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS cmd JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
Frank D. Gibbons — President
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and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
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Each Month at T p.m.—Union Hall
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