Seward Seaport Record
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Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Frank DeLoughery . Editor
Subscription rates . 75c per month, $8 per year
TOMORROW IS LONGEST DAY
The following item is reprinted
from the Seward Gateway dated
June 21, 1918.
“Tomorrow is the longest day
of the year, the beginning of sum
mer. Tomorrow t lie sun enters its
summer solstice and is supposed to
rise shortly after midnight, or to
be more exact at 12:52 a.m. Jupiter,
the morning star, is not supposed
to be visible tomorrow morning as
the sun’s rays are supposed to be
so bright that old Jupiter cannot
be seen. While tomorrow is chron
icled the longest day, Sunday will
only be one minute shorter but
from then to December 22. the
days willl grow shorter, shorter,
most short.”
Other items from the same edi
tion mention names still well
known in Seward of people who
made the trip up Marathon in order
to see the midnight sun—which is
still being done.
NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTHDAY
CLUB HAS PARTY
The Neighborhood Birthday Club
celebrated the birthday of Mrs.
Jensen, Mother of Mrs. Inger
Watsjold, on Monday afternoon.
The party was held at the home
of Mrs. Cliff Whipple with 15
ladies present. All the children of
the group being also present at the
party, a lively and pleasant time
was reported.
RADIO INTERFERENCE
It was learned this week that
much of the difficulty in radio re
ception here is due to carelessness
on the part of radio and appliance
users.
Some of the citizens have been
notified that their appliances are
causing radio interference. Such in
terference can have dire conse
quences such as making it impos
sible to receive calls from ships in
distress.
Chief causes of such radio inter
ference are dirty electric motors on
refrigerators, stoves, fans, and the
like. Light bulbs which are not
screwed tightly into the socket
cause a great deal of noise, as do
defective light switches.
Unnecessarily long radio anten
nae, especially if they are erected
parallel to power lines, cause dif
ficulty, and radio aerials should
never be strung across power or
telephone lines.
With the present-day equipment,
it is possible to trace the source of
interference to within inches of the
spot. The penalty for deliberate in
terference includes a penitentiary
sentence.
The Blue Shop announced that
Tina McMilllan has been elected
to full paid up membership in the
savings club and is receiving a
Blue Shop suit this week.
When In Seward.
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The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
T. D. S. — "Flowers by Wire"
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His.: Week Days 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sundays 1p.m. to 7 p.m.
219 Third Avenue — Phone Garfield 24
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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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I have noticed that when people
talk about “the good old days,”
they are usually recalling some of
their childhood.
For that reason I have always
tried to make life as interesting as
possible for my children so that
they would have something plea
sant to look back on when adult
living grows difficult.
There are always Incidents, un
j important at the time, but which
i stand out like milestones on a
| dimly remembered highway when
i one looks back as everyone does
| with the increasing years.
| For instance, at breakfast this
; morning I recalled the time when
I first realized that my home was
i a happy one after all and my fam
| ily far from the tyrannical despotic
j sphere that I had at times imag
j ined it to be.
That was the time that I had
a glimpse o: another way of life,
and my first acquaintance with
j Hie new grapefruit.
Living in Detroit during the First
j World War, being around eleven
j years old, I was seldom allowed to
j spend a night awaj from home.
I This time, however, for some rea
son which I have forgotten, I
stayed overnight with a school
friend whose name was Chrystal,
a most romantic name to n v mind
—my crush'.
Chrystal’s father was a banker,
tall, thin and most distinguished
in appearance—my father was a
printer, a most prosaic profession.
He resembled Wm. Howard Taft
so much that one time a policeman
stopped traffic in Washington
Square and escorted him across the
street, proud to be of service to a
"Great Man.” That officer had
served a great and good man but :
not the one he had fondly imag-1
ined. I
Anyhow—it’s the breakfast at
Chrystal's house that I recall so
vividly. Gleaming damask, a silver
coffee urn, beautiful glass, china
and silver. A bowl of daffodils and
silver napkin rings are a permanent;
picture in my mind.
A maid in black with white cap i
and tiny apron set before me a !
half grapefruit—which was a total
mystery to me, even its name un
known. I'll never forget the agony
of struggling with that sour, bitter,
impossible fruit that became a per
sonal enemy from that day on for
many years. The maid scornfully
looKing on and the others politely
overlooking my ignorance!
I soon gave it up as a bad job
and sat back with a sigh to wait
for what must be coming in so ;
fine a house.
Cornflakes and sliced bananas ;
with a glass of milk Were pre- i
sented next. When I reached for
the sugar a flash of disapproval
from behind the coffee urn, and a
whispered warning from Chrystal
that one did not use sugar on
bananas and cornflakes because it
was not necessary, spoiled my fa
vorite food for me, although I
downed the cereal manfully minus
the sugar.
Imagine the dismay of a dis
illusioned little girl when Mr. Fos
ter folded his newspaper, curtly
excused himself (the first word all
morning) and departed for busi
ness. Breakfast was over! With all
their wealth and display they
JACK WERNER TAKES HIKE
TO COOPERS LANDING
Jack Werner has been limping
around his store for the past sev
eral days as a result of wading
through icy water on a hike up
Resurrection River and across to
Cooper’s Landing.
Jack made the trip in three
stages. The first day he made the
18 miles to Whitey Smith’s cabin,
the next day the second 18 milels
to Elwell’s place, making the final
17 miles to Henton’s on the third
day.
There is no trail most of the way,
he said, and for that reason he
probably waded through more cold
water than necessary. There were
places where there are still ves
tiges of the old Russian trails, but
they are too overgrown and washed
out to follow. ,
Jack says he intends to return
with a companion in the near fu
ture and blaze a trail as they go.
Jack claims that with a good
trail to follow, the hike to Cooper’s
Landing would be easy—he likes
to walk!
SACRED HEART FOOD SALE
The ladies of the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Seward will
hold a food sale on Saturday, July
2, at Werner’s Market. Cakes and
pastries as well as many other
home prepared food items will be
available.
didn’t have anything to eat! In
stant pity filled my breast, and a
longing for home and food.
I never accepted another invi
tation to that house, and returned
gratefully to the bosom of my
happy, cheerful family, and break
fasts of fried potatoes, meat, eggs,
hot biscuits and pie and a sudden
appreciation of good living.
That solid comfortable know
ledge that your family is good,
your home is happy, the security
you feel without putting it into
words, is the most wonderful mem
ory and the greatest gift of them
all.
is produced by
Tuberculin and
Bangs-Free
Cattle—
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Your Grocer's
100% Health Record for
2 5^ Consecutive Years.
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TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
Tuesday and Saturday
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CONNECTIONS FOR FAIRBANKS FROM ANCHORAGE ON
MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY.
For Reservations at McKINLEY
Phone ARCO 11. Anchorage
or Write ALASKA RAILROAD.
Anchorage
Patronize Home Industry
James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
SEWARD. ALASKA
CONTRACT WIRING
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Madison 151
MAGAZINES
LATEST NUMBERS OF YOUR
FAVORITE MAGAZINES
ARRIVE ON EACH
SHIP
THE MART
VARIETY
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd Monday of Morrth
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. & 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.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
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
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauaa Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle, Wash.
Acquire The
Saving
Habit
Deposit Regularly
in a
I BANK OF SEWARD
I SAVINGS ACCOUNT
| ( PAYS 2% INTEREST
| Compounded Semi-Annually
I BANK of
I SEWARD