Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
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Editorial...
A few public spirited towns
men conceived the idea of a
mid-winter get acquainted fes
tival. The idea pleased all who
heard about it and the plans
have taken on the aspect of a
snowball rolling down hill —
growing larger by the minute.
Very tew have turned down
requests for help in organizing
and promoting the numerous
activities. The big question,
however, is HOW TO FINANCE
THE FESTIVAL.
After cussing and discussing
a dozen plans, the one finally
agreed upon gives everybody
a chance to help in such a pain
less way that it surely cannot
fail.
Tickets will be sold at the
cost of S2.00 each, to be called,
"F riendship" tickets. Each
ticket will invite one person to
be a guest of the purchaser,
whose name will appear on the
ticket. The caravan trom tiie
peninsula will be stopped at
the edge of town, and one tick
et presented to every guest.
This will entitle him to one
meal at any restaurant, a free
movie matinee, free dance, in
other words, you are inviting
some person to a whale of a
good time for two days, at the
cost to you of only S2.00. The
ticket will also request the hold
er to look you up and thank
you for your hospitality. What
could be easier?
This, of course, will not cover
the entire expense, because who
soever will is asked to contri
bute a batch of cookies for the
GET ACQUAINTED TEA to
be given by all the church
women of Seward, without
charge to anyone, in the Meth
odist Church parlors on Satur
day afternoon for the guests.
Also, several businessmen are
underwriting expenses of the
.dance and other activities for
men.
Tickets will be on sale in
plenty of time. Now, Folks,
won't you get ready to buy a
$2.00 share in this first Kenai
Peninsula mid-winter festival?
Let's show other cities how to
put on a real friendship party—
and don't think that other cities
will not be watching the out
come of this history making
celebration!
Statement By The
Treasurer
i A statement appeared recently
in one of the Ketchikan papers to
the effect that the Territory has
borrowed one million dollars from
the banks to enable it to carry on
its business. This is incorrect. The
total amount borrowed from the
banks was $505,445.15.
As-of this date, approximately
$1,500,000 is required to pull the
Territory “out of the hole.”
vWe expect to take in sufficient
funds by the middle or end of Feb.
to take care of this entire obliga
tion. With this sum, which is
reasonably in sight, we expect to
repay the money borrowed from
the banks, liquidate all school
claims to date and pay the Terri
tcry’s operating expenses for the
month of January. In other words
we expect to clean up all unpaid
warrants now in the Auditor’s
Office.
The money is expected to come
from the Raw Fish Tax, the In
come Tax < provided, of course,
that the Circuit Court of Appeals
firms iho decision of the Alaska
District Court upholding the Tax
which we confidently expect), the
new Business License Tax ann
other revenue measures.
While the expected income will;
be sufficient to liquidate all Ter-!
ritorial obligations to date as they'
appear in the Auditor’s Office, the,
financial storm will not have j
blown itself out
Future operating expenses, amou
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The
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C iutlfe 6R.0elect
The Cradle Rocker is just too
darn tired, what with all the
fuss and» bustle, excitement,
work and worry over festivals,
potlatches, committees, fires,
and newspapers to do anything
constructive in this space today.
This is neither alibi nor apolo
gy. It’s just plain blue funk! See
you Friday!
RAINBOW GIRLS ENTERTAIN
MANY GUESTS
The largest congregation ever
to attend a Rainbow ceremony
watched the installation of offi
cers of the Order of Rainbow
for Girls, held in the Masonic
Hall Sunday night.
It was a candlelight service
and beautifully decorated with'
fresh flowers. A jewel was pre
sented to Miss Jeanette Lind,
the Past Worthy Advisor, and
gifts were presented to Mrs.
Barbara Bedford, the outgoing
Mother Advisor, and to other
past officers. The group provid
ed a corsage of pink roses for
Mrs. Bedford.
Installing officers were: Wor
thy Advisor. Jeanette Lind; the
Past Worthy Advisor, Beverly
Abrahamson and Julia Hatch;
Chaplain, Marie Jordan; Mar
shall, Iris Smith: Recorder, Phyl
lis Dangler: Musician, Phyllis
Baker.
Mother Advisor for the year
is Mrs. Ora Whipple, who was
installed with the girls, as well
as a new board of advisors.
Rainbow mothers served re
freshments and there was danc
ing later in the evening.
ting to approximately $200,000 per
month, will-have to be met from
current income. We do not expect
this to be sufficient to meet all
requirements until later in the
ye: r
However, it is proper to say that
the Territory is weathering its
financial crisis reasonably well
and the situation is steadily im
proving. It should be remembered
that the 1947 Legislature left tiie
Territory $4,000,000.00 short: that
the 1949 Legislature had to take!
care of that deficit and, in addition
take care of many pressing needs!
long overlooked.
With careful management by the
Board of Administration and the
continued assistance of the banks,
the revenues that may be reason
ably expected to flow into the
Treasury will be sufficient to put
the Territory ‘‘in the clear” at the
end of the present biennium, that
is. March 31. 1931.
Representative for
Housing Authority
Mr. William D. Burkheimer,
of San Francisco, has been ap
pointed to the position of Alaska
Program Representative by Mr.
I Raymond- M. Foley, Adminis
trator, Housing and Home Fi
nance Agency. Mr. Burkheimer
accompanied a group from
Washington, D.C. which met
with the Board of Commission
ers of the Alaska Housing Auth
ority last week to work out
operating relationships for the
program of assistance to hous
ing construction in the Territory
under the Alaska Housing Act.
He will remain in Anchorage
and establish a headquarters
office there.
Mr. Burkheimer has had
many years of private and gov
ernment experience in real es
tate and mortgage financing. He
had served as Underwriting Su
pervisor of the Federal Housing
Administration and held posi
tions of high responsibility in
private mortgage companies. As
Lieutenant Commander in the
Navy he was assigned to the
Aircraft Scheduling Unit as
Housing and Manpower Con
sultant to Aircraft Plants
throughout the United States.
He will work with and assist
the Alaska Housing Authority
in developing and coordinating
the housing program and in fa
cilitating the approval of loans
by the Housing and Home Fi
nance Administrator.
James Construction
Company
General Contracting
Ray F. James - R. A. Beissner
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Thursday, Jan. 19
BIRTHDAY POTLUCK Supper,
Methodist Church Parlors.
Thursdav, Jan. 19
WELL BABY CONFERENCE in
basement of Methodist Church
from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 21
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