Mr. Keithahm, Curator
territorial museum
A Very Merry CmWtmas!
Seward Seaport Record
Formerly The Seward Polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian Chain News
Vol. V, No. 50
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 24, 1948
Price 10 Cents
Terminal Knot
Beats New
Ship Tie-up
TIEUP FORCES SLOWDOWN
OF SHIPPING FROM SEATTLE
The Seward office of t lie Alaska ;
Steamship Company announced
that the freighter Terminal Knot :
had departed from Seattle Wednes- j
day with cargo loading 92 per cent
complete.
H. N. Peterson, general traffic j
manager, in a telegram Thursday
said that the sailing of the Bar
anof, scheduled to arrive in Sew
ard Dec. 29, had been cancelled.
According to Peterson’s telegram
no ships are loading or discharging
cargo either at Seattle or Tacoma.
The dispute between checkers
and stevedore foremen of the AFL
on one side and CIO longshoremen
on the other, has caused cancella
tion of sailing date of the Chief
Washakie, also a ship of the Alas
ka Line, scheduled for Seward.
Christmas Ship Delayed
The Alaska was dun to dock at
8 p.m.. Dec. 23; the Vicio-ia at 9
a.m., Dec. 25; and the Denali is due
Dec. 27 or 23.
While not. much definite inform
ation concerning the jurisdictional
dispute between the two water
front unions has been available in
Seward to date, it is known tlicit
^ other scheduled sailings of the
Alaska Line have not been can
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celled, this indicates that an early
end to the dispute is expected.
While there is at the moment a
shortage of meat in some local
markets, with the arrival of ships
now under way it is believed that
there will be sufficient stocks to
carry the town for some time.
It is also expected that, food'
stocks will have been replenished
sufficiently to take care of the
city’s needs for a considerable per
iod. The loss of longshoremen’s
wages, and wages in allied lines
of work would be a severe blow to
Seward and to all Alaska.
Barge Unloaded
In Good Time
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Dock Superintendent Tom Jones
said Wednesday that the unload
ing of the Railroad Barge 754 was
being accomplished with good
speed and efficiency.
He took The Record reporter on
an inspection of the steel barge,
which during World War II had
been used as a floating machine
shop by the United States Navy.
The big steel vessel, capable of
carrying 2400 tons of cargo, is
equipped w'ith galley and mess
room, and is well lighted and ven
tilated. The spacious holds at one
time held sleeping quraters for per
sonnel employed on the floating
machine shop, a type of vessel
which was a great aid in keeping
the fleet at sea for long periods.
While the barge was in port the
Railroad installed a power gener
ator on the dock so that city power
facilities would not be forced to
take on an added load at this time*
This will be the last Railroad
barge to discharge cargo at Sew
ard, since the termination of the
strike has also terminated the
emergency.
Many Prizes for
Firemen’s
Masquerade
ANNUAL AFFAIR TO START
AT 9:30 NEW YEAR'S EVE
Get that costume ready for the
Firemen’s Masked Ball on New :
Year's Eve. Prepare to do a lot of ■
dancing, because the firemen plan j
to keep the music going.
With approximately 50 costume
and other prizes to be given, judges
will be named to pick the best
costumes during dances, with the
prizes to be given between dances.
Must Be Masked
In order to win a costume prize,
the dancers must be masked. With
the dance beginning at 9 30,
awarding of prizes will begin at 11
and probably take till 11:30. Oth
prizes will be given by drawings
during the dancing and awarding
between dances.
The Retail Liquor Dealer’s As
sociation of Seward leads tiie list
of prize donors with a gift of $100.
With almost 40 prizes on the list
and more expected, an incomplete
listing is given here. Others will
be published later .
Prize Donors
Chuck’s Grill. S5 in trade:
Moody’s, one towel set: Urbach's,
one wool dress or work shirt;
Dreamland Bowl, five bowling
tickets; Kenai Electric, Juice Press;
City Cab. $5 in trade; George Les
ko. Kemtone walls of one average
room; Gabe’s, two dinners; Sew
ard Dairy, 3 cases milk; Seward
Electric System, $5 in trade; Spic
& Span, $5 in trade; Moody’s
Lunch, necktie.
Seward Hardware, Sunbeam 2
slice toaster; Seward Cleaners, $3;
Seward Steam Laundry, S10 in
trade; Cathryn’s, $10 in trade;
Waechter’s, one turkey; Sylvia’s,
S3 in trade; The Mart, $10 in trade;
Seward Bakery, $10 in trade; Wer
ner’s Grocery, one case first class
whole string beans; Brown & H iw
kins, S10 in trade: Joe Doyle’s, 4
chicken dinners at Gabe's; Chris
the Barber, $2; J. Vic Brown, $10
in trade; Totem Fountain, $5 in
trade; Legion Cab, $3 in cab fare;
John Matich, $20; Palace Cafe, 2
chicken dinners; Seward Drug, $10
in trade; McMullen’s, S10 in trade;
Seward Wood Products, S3 in trade.
Dick Major, $5; C. L. Weber. $3;
Andy Anderson, $3; Bills Club, one
case of beer; Hamilton’s Garage.
$20; Co-op Store, one $10 ball point
pen; Van Guilder Hotel, $5; Ameri
can Legion Club, $25; Seward Trad
ing Co., $10 in trade; B & B Ice
Cream Bar, $5 in trade; Seward
Seaport Record, printing and ad
vertising; Vina’s Beauty Parlor,
one permanent; Dr. Wagner, $5.
WARNING—
The Highway Patrol and City
Police are reminding motorists of
the territorial law to the effect
that motorists must come to a full
stop while a school bus is dis
charging passengers. No vehicle
approaching from either direction
may pass a school bus while it is
stopped to' pick up or discharge
passengers.
The Seward Fish and Cold Stor
age Company has made arrange
ments to furnish power to the City
in case of an emergency.
^Christmas Programs
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REGISTERED NURSES
The Registered Nurses Associa
tion had a meeting Tuesday eve
ning in the basement of the Sew
ard Memorial Church. After the
meeting the evening was spent in
packing 22 Christmas boxes for
the “old timers," 'which were de
livered during the week. The
nurses are presenting gifts to the
men at Ocean View.
JUNIOR WOMEN'S CLUB
The Seward Junior Women's
Club held a social Tuesday eve
ning at the Medidal Building. Dec
orations followed tire Christmas
theme, and after an evening of
pinochle gifts were exchanged and
refreshments were served.
Jerry Noyes, Peggy Whitrnier.
Tommy Ned Bland and Dorothy
Johansen were hostesses.
SEWARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School was to close at noon
Thursday, with a party to be en
joyed by each grade in its own
j classroom. The time at which chil
| dren got out of school in the after
; noon depended on just how much
they enjoyed their parties.
! JESSE LEE HOME
Loranna “Red" Stolp/s party for
! the children at the Jesse Lee Home
Tuesday evening was enjoyed im
mensely by the youngsters, espe
cially the games, ice cream and
' cake in the gymnasium immedi
{ ately after the program.
Mrs. Howard Smith furnished the
piano accompaniment for the en
tire program, including “Red’s”
singing. Other entertainers on the
program were:
Mrs. Jean Germain, Art and
Frank Sanders, Phyllis Baker,
Jackie Webb, Christine Curtis, Jim
mie Webb, and Richard Dangler.
After the party at the Jesse Lee
Home the party went to the Home
in the Woods where they presented
the entire program.
Hal Gilfilen furnished all trans
portation for the party.
HEALTH AND WELFARE
The Public Health and Welfare
Council will postpone its regular
meeting scheduled for Dec. 31, un
til the first week in January.
ELKS CLUB
A holiday dancing party was
i given by the Seward Elks for mem
! bers and their guests Wednesday
‘ evening at the Elks Club, with
music .furnished by Sid and Bar
bara. Members exchanged gifts and
refreshments were served. Last
Saturday the Elks f&ve a Christ
mas party for the children of Sew
ard.
AMERICAN LEGION
The American Legion was to
participate in a turkey dinner at
the Legion Log Hut Thursday eve
ning, Dec. 23, between the hours of
10 and 12. It was reported that the
Army would also participate. The
children were to be entertained at
a special party on Thursday after
noon.
Christmas 25 Years Ago
Told In Old Newspaper
How many people now in bew
' ard can remember t!:e Christmas
| of 25 years ago? Perhaps tiiese
few items taken from the Christ
mas edition of tlie old Seward
Gateway in 1923 will remind you
of the time when.
“Word was received in Seward
today that Frank L. Ballaine had
completed financing of the pro
posed pulp mill and left for Seat
tle where he would be joined by
engineers.”
“That travel from Alaska is al
ready slackening up is indicated
by Saturday’s sailing of the SS
Alaska, which carried the lightest
listing of the season. *
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany today announced the pur
chase of a new freight and pas
senger vessel 474 feet long, saying
that it would be operated on the
Seward-Seattle run in place of the
Alameda.
“A man named Hitler and a for
mer General Ludendorf were try
ing to form a separate state in
Bavaria. A report to the govern
ment said a new revolt is brewing
in Bavaria, and that both Luden
dorf and Hitler are heading the
movement.”
“Dave Clough who arrived from
McGrath predicted a big rush to
the head waters of the Kusko
kwim early in the spring, where
ground averaging $2.00 to the pan
was found in June by John Strand,
a pro.speelor.
“King Tut’s coffin upset all pre
conceived notions when a partition
in the tomb was removed to reveal
, that the gigantic receptacle for the
dead was resplendently decorated
i with blue gold on a background
of colored paintings.
; “Plans for an aero mail service
! between Fairbanks, interior ter
I minal of the Alaska Railroad, and
! Nome, on the Bering Sea, are be
| ing worked out and service will
begin soon. This service will re
; place the old and reliable dog
teams which have been used for
so many years.
“The fire department was called
out to a small blaze in McMullen’s
Grocery about nine o’clock in the
morning.
"The Liberty Theatre was show
ing "a thrilling western feature”
in six reels and another fine two
reel “Leather Pusher.”
“Senator Borah in a speech at
Boise, Idaho, declared that he
would not be a candidate for the
presidency.
“The fish market quotations
from Juneau showed fresh halibut
prices at 13 cents and nine cents.
“And, finally, the Gateway edi
torial said that Santa Clatis had
been good to Seward that year.
Mr. and Mrs. Arne Sunby were in
town from Cooper’s Landing to do
their Christmas shopping Wednes
day.
Coastwise Ship
Service to Be
Resumed
PORTLAND CHAMBER FORMS
ALASKA COMMITTEE
Coastwise Line officials an
nounced the resumption of steam
ship service to Seward, which had
been interrupted by the waterfront
strike.
The first ship scheduled for the
Portland-Seward run, the John
Cropper, will depart from Portland
Dec. 30.
With the definite assurance of
continued service at two-week in
tervals between Portland and
Southwest Alaska by the Coast
wise Line, President Albert Bauer
of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce announced Saturday the
formation of the Alaska Commit
tee of the Portland organization,
i George Henderson, former mem
ber of the Chamber board, has
been designated chairman of the
committee which, Bauer said,
'would be one of the major stand
ing committees of the Chamber.
Large Committee
' Because of the large size of the
committee and its importance,
Bauei announced the appointment
of four chamber directors to act as
liaison between the committee and
the board of directors. These are
Hillman Lueddernann, immediate
! past president; Anthony J. Dwyer,
Jr., O. C. Hoehr, and Thomas C.
Youn'g.
' Henderson is an official of the
First National Bank. Formerly a
member of the Chamber staff, he
made an exploratory commercial
| survey of Alaska in 1916. Hender
1 son’s survey took him to numerous
’ communities in Alaska, particu
larly those served by The Alaska
Railroad. Although concentrating
on Anchorage and Fairbanks, his
travels took him as far north as
Fort Yukon.
Bauer said it was largely be
cause of the favorable conditions
reported by Henderson that it was
; possible to establish Coastwise
I scheduled steamship service to
Seward.
I
Firo Makes Moving
Easy for Sewardsfes
Lloyd Thornton, son-in-law of
j Bob Duffy, arrived in Seward from
I Seattle Tuesday afternoon, and
! within two hours took such a lik
i ing to the town of Seward that he
decided to make this city his home.
Mrs. Thornton with their son,
Robert, came to Seward several
months ago to visit her parents
while Mr. Thornton made a trip
to Yokahama. On his return from
Yokahama, Thornton learned that
the Everett, Wash., warehouse con
taining all their household goods
had burned.
many iropnies rar. mormon nau
won in the prize ring were lost, as
well as pictures, family records
and keepsakes.
The Duffys were a little more
fortunate in having brought some
of their family possessions to Sew
ard when they arrived two years
ago, but they also lost most of
their belongings in the same ware
house fire in the Everett ware
house.