SEWARD’S
All-^Weathec
SEAPORT
Is Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
Vol. V. No. 102
SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Wm. M. Maxey
To Make Phone
Survey Here
The City Council has a letter
from William M. Maxey, president
of the Alaska Telephone and En
gineering Corporation, in which he
informed the city lie expects to
visit here about the first of July
to confer with local authorities and
evaluate the present telephone
situation here.
The corporation is the company
which claims to have a contract
to buy the Seward Light and
Power Company when it is re
leased from receivership status. In
the first letter to the City of Sew
ard, Maxey proposed installation of
an automatic telephone system
here. The company has telephone
systems in several Alaska towns.
New Receiver
L. L. Glascoe, who has been
acting as receiver of the Seward
Light and Power, has been re
lieved of his duties to enable him
to return to his work with the
CAA. Glascoe has been on leave
and the period of leave has once
been extended. He said be did not
know who the court would appoint
to succeed him as Receiver.
Dependency Allowance
Added To Compensation
A dependency allowance has
been added to the weekly basic
unemployment insurance payments
for claimants having dependents.
This ammendment was added to
the Alaska Employment Security
La%v because of the recognized
additional need of the necessities
of life for those having dependents.
These payments can be made
under the new law passed by the
Territorial Legislature last spring.
According to R. E. Sheldon, ex
ecutive director, Alaska Employ
ment Security Commission, there
are several states which have a
dependency allowance provision
in their laws.
In Alaska, those benefits will be
paid only to those whose benefit
year begins after July 1, 1949.
These claimants will be entitled
to an extra weekly unemployment
benefit for each dependent up to
three. For example, a claimant
having a weekly benefit of $25
would receive an extra five dollars
for each dependent up to three. If
the basic payment were $25, a man
with three dependents would re
ceive $40.
Survey of Seward
Made by Dep'i of
Health Sanitarian
Two sanitarians of the Alaska
Department of Health, Lauris
Merely and Lloyd Parker, have
been in 'Seward this week making
a survey of water supply, sewage
and garbage disposal systems.
They made a survey of commun
ities out the highway and also
helped the Seward Sanatorium and
the Jesse Lee Home with sanita
tion problems.
If Congress passes Representa
tive Bartlett's bill on public works
the department will be called upon
to allocate funds for sanitary in
stallations such as sewers. With
that in mind, the department is
making a survey to determine the
needs of various communities.
Parker and Morely would not
say just what Seward’s chances
of getting a new sewage system
would be, because such matters
would have to be decided after a
survey of the whole Territory was
completed. The decision would
! probably be made on a basis of
J total population.
Would Revamp School
Heating System
Win. Manley, Anchorage archi
tect, has submitted a suggestion to
the city for improving the heating
efficiency of the present system in
1 the Seward Public School building.
' The present system would be ade
quate, Manley stated, if the boiler
were reset, radiators changed to
provide the proper amount of radi
ation in each room.
;
All windows should be equipped
with storm sash, and the roof insu
lated. These measures, in conjunc
tion to a vacuum return system
in the distribution system, and
thermostats in each room of the
school would provide adequate
heating for the health and comfort
of the students.
According to the report, no new
boiler is necessary. The cost of the
job was not submitted, but the
City Council requested Man fey to
give an estimate. He offered to
draw the plans for four per cent of
the cost, aiad to oversee and inspect
the installation for an additional
two per cent of the cost.
LUTHERAN SERVICES
NEXT MONDAY
Lutheran services will be held
Monday, June 27. at 8 p.m. at the
Seward Lutheran Church, Rev.
A. O. Odegaard officiating.
Following services a Lutheran
World Action movie will be shown.
Everyone is invited to attend.
For Bookworms Everywhere . . .
International book coupons issued by the United Nations Educa
tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) now enable
readers in countries with currency restrictions to buy books pub
lished in other countries. Coupons are sold by Unesco and may
be paid for in local currency, then used to pay for books from
abroad. Here a Belgian miss studies coupon, worth one dollar.
City Council
Okays Budget
Of $119,000
The City Council finally got to
gether on a figure of $119,319 which
gives Seward the largest annual
budget in the history of the city.
With an estimated income of
$124,170 the margin will not be
very large. Both Councilman Dahl
and Councilman Sellers figured the
budget was too high, and the esti
mated income for the year was far
too hopeful.
Real property taxes, according to
the estimate, should bring in
$45,000, and personal property taxes
should amount to S32.000. Liquor
licenses are estimated at $13,000,
mercantile licenses at $6,400, police
fines $3500, and a number of mis
cellaneous items combined make
the total figure.
School Highest
A cool figure flf $26,000 for the
school budget tops the list. This
had already been approved.
The police sliced $2,000 off last
year’s expenses, bringing the total
to $16,000. The Street Department
will spend over $14,000. and the
city clerk's office $7,500.
The city attorney's pay has been
$100 per month, but will be raised
to $200 till October, due to the
extra burden of wt>rk in the next j
few months.
There is one item of $10,000
which the council chose to call a
fund for addition to capital assets.
No fund was set up for use to de
fray miscellaneous expenses that
I arise from day to day and cannot
be budgeted.
j Railroad Officials Make
Bus Tour of Peninsula
Colonel John P. Johnson, general
[ manager of the Alaska Railroad,
i and a party of fifteen people are
| making a tour of the Kenai Penin
sula from Moose Pass to Cooper's
j Landing by Kenai Bus Lines.
Tiie party was to stay overnight
at Chugach Lodge, returning to
Seward to entrain for Anchorage
Saturday
The Kenai Peninsula Bus Line
transports large or small groups
on tours anywhere on the Penin- .
sula at any time. The ticket agency i
is located at the J. Vic Brown & |
Sons' Alaska Shop in Seward.
Wednesday evening the Seward I
City Council gave the bus line per- j
mission to use sixty feet on the i
north side of Washington Street
east of Fourth Avenue for a zone j
to load and discharge passengers. I
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PERSONALS
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Mr. and- Mrs. Wesley Laubseher
of Vale, Oregon, arrived in Seward
last Saturday after a trip over the
Alaska Highway. Mrs. Laubseher
is the sister of Mrs. John Sume.
Her husband is employed at Mile.
58 on the highway project.
Harry Johnson, well known old
timer who lives on the highway,
was in town to renew his sub
scription to the Seaport Record
Friday. Johnson says he lives in
the suburbs of Moose Pass within
25 miles of the heart of the town.
Mrs. L. V. Ray expected to
leave Seward for Seattle Friday for |
a month’s vacation in Seattle, I
where she will meet her daughter, j
Mrs. Patricia Williams, and grand- |
children, Patsy rfnd Derrick. Mrs. <
Ray was to travel to Anchorage
via Safeway Airways and board a
plane for Seattle.
MISSING PERSONS
Anyone knowing the whereabout
of William Thomas Pierce, last
known address, in care of Columbia
Lumber Co., Whittier, Alaska, i
please communicate with Seward
Chapter American Red Cross. i
New U. of A. Prexy
and Family
Arrive in Alaska
Dr. Terris Moore, the newly ap j
pointed president of the University I
of Alaska, with his wife, 15-year
old daughter Katrina and 8-year- |
old son Henry, arrived on the
Aleutian this week enroute to
Fairbanks.
Dr. Moore is not a stranger to
Alaska. He has made four trips
to the Territory, one in his own
plane which he plans to have with
him at his new home.
The new president of the Uni
versity is quite young, but lias j
taught for a number of years in
Cambridge, Mass, and comes to the |
Territory from U.C.L.A. in Calif, i
The Moores spent the evening at |
the home of the William Knapps, j
but left by train Friday for a lei
surely trip to Fairbanks. They plan I
to visit points of interest along j
the way.
Standard Oil Co. V-P j
Visits Gateway City
The Standard Oil tanker F. S j
Bryant steamed into Resurrection j
Bay Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. j
F. S. Bryant as passengers. Bryant j
is a vice president and director ■
of the Standard Oil Company of I
California.
company lanKcrs are named ior
directors of the company, and the
F. S. Bryant is one of the largest
tankers afloat. It made the voyage
directly from San Francisco across
the open sea in six and a half days.
Bryant said it might have been a
day less except for the heavy seas
encountered. At times the waves
broke over the bridge.
Bryant showed a great deal of
interest in the equipment in the
shop of the Seaport Record. He can
talk printer's language, too, as he
worked in a newspaper plant as a
youngster.
This is the second trip Mr. and
Mrs. Bryant have made on the ship
named after him. The previous
voyage was to Honolulu. When told
it was interesting to meet a man
for whom a ship had been named,
Bryant laughed and asked if he
resembled the ship. From his ap
pearance he might w’el! be taken
for the master of a ship, or a cap
tain of industry, which he is.
NEW HUNTING LICENSES
AVAILABLE MONDAY
Hunting and fishing licenses for
the 1949-1950 season will be avail
able in Seward beginning Monday.
June 27, at Urbach's. They are
dated July 1, 1949. and become
effective on that day. They are
not in effect until after June 30.
City police report that motorists
have shown good cooperation in
leaving their cars in the new park
ing lot west of the railroad dock
office. Congestion near the dock
has been relieved to some extent.
Yellow paint has been used to
mark off restricted areas for fire
plugs, loading zones and ' taxi
stands. Chief of Police Leonard
J. Clark has been informed that
the traffic control ordinance also
applies to packing regulations,
which the police department must
enforce.
Jack Chisholm, who has been
traveling in the Territory since
1915 and is well known here, was
in town on business for the Wash
ington Co-op. His daughter, Jo
anne, was to arrive on the Aleutian
and travel with him to Cordova.
The Boy Scouts are taking an
8 mile hike out Resurrection River
today under the direction of Ed
Schr.oeker, their Scout Master.
Some of the boys will be working
for badges in camping and cook
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith left
Seward today to return to their
lodge at Russian River Rondez- I
vous. They have been visiting in |
town for a few days.
Special Train
Requested For
Marathon Race
While preparations for the an
nual July 4th celebration are being
brought into the final stages, news
comes from Anchorage to the ef
fect that the Alaska Railroad has
received a request for a special
train to carry 100 engineer em
ployes to Seward for the big day.
Traffic officials have asked the
Fourth of July Committee to sub
mit its program so that the arrival
of the special might be timed for
the main events.
Entries Slow
Entries in the race have always
been pietty much of a last minute
affair and this year is no exception.
Until this week, only* two entries
have been listed. One of the two
is a woman who is sure to win
second prize if no others should
enter. Third prize could go to a
seagull.
Without a doubt, though, there
will be the usual number of entries.
Some people hold that Ralph
Hatch may not be able to run the
good race he has put up in the
past couple of years. Their claim
is that a man couldn't stay in
good enough condition year after
year.
The Coronation Dance on July z
will be the first event of the pro
gram, with the picnic on Sunday
sponsored by the Izaak Walton
League. The Kenai Peninsula Bus
Line will furnish transportation to
the picnic giounds at Bear Lake at
SI per head for the round trip.
Begin Operations at
F alls Creek Mine
Operations for the 1949 season
began at the Falls Creek Mine last
week with a crew of fifteen men
on the job. The mine is located
about four miles off the road, about
half way between Lawing and
Crown Point.
Mrs. Dorothy C. Simonton of Los
Angeles, one of the owners of the
mine, reported that Mr. and Mrs.
S. A. Leining of Seattle have also
arrived. Liening is general mana
ger of the mine. Mel Horner of
Moose Pass also holds an interest.
Last year operations continued
until October and it is hoped that
they can continue even later this
year. All snow is gone now and
the road is clear. At present only
a track vehicle can make the four
mile trip from the highway to
the mine. The firm has ordered
heavy equipment which ' is ex
pected to arrive shortly.
Memorial services were held in
Seward Memorial Church Thursday
evening at 7:30 for Mr. Jack Little
who died Tuesday morning.
Tide and Sun
AT SEWARD
High Today Low t
11:36 a.m. 7.4 4:58 a.m. 2.8
10:43 a.m. 10.4 4:42 p.m. 1.8
High Saturday Low
12:17 p.m. 7.7 5:37 a.m. -3.5
11:23 p.m. 10.8 5:23 p.m. 1.8
High Sunday Low
12:55 p.m. 8.0 6:17 a.m. -4.0
. 6:05 p.m. 1.7
High Monday Low
0:03 a.m. 11.2 6:58 a.m. -4.2
1:33 p.m. 8.3 6:49 pm. 1.5
High Tuesday Low
0:44 a.m. 11.3 7:40 a.m. -4.3
2:11 p.m. 8.5 7:35 p.m. 1.4
High Wednesday Low
1:27 a.m. 11.1 8:23 a.m. -4.0
2:51 p.m. 8.7 8:27 p.m. v 1.2
High Thursday Low
2:12 a.m. 10.5 9:07 a.m. -2.5
3:32 p.pi. 8.9 9:23 p.m. i.O
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June 30
Sunrise
2:36 a.m.
2:37 a.m.
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2:40 a.m.
Sunset
2:28 p.m.
2:27 p.m.
2:27 p.m.
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2:26 p.m.
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