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SEWARD’S
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SEAPORT
Is Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
Seward Seaport Record
Formerly The Seteard Polaris Sr Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian Chain News
Vol. V. No. 66
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEII. 18, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Good Fast Fights Mark Navy
Smoker as Sailors Mix
With Seward’s Best
Trevethan and Wangley had
tilt' crowd on its feet in the first
round of their headline bout last
night at the Civic Center. The
two oldtimers showed plenty of
the old fire, and enough 'tricks of
the trade to make it an exciting
bout.
By the end of the first round
thqy began to slow up a little.
They lost none of their cunning,
however, and the bout remained
interesting to the end.
At the final whistle of the first
round Wangley tossed a punch
that threw Treveth;|u‘s shoulder
out of joint. He was stretched out
on the mat while a man put a
foot against his ribs and pulled
the shoulder hack into place. At
the opening whistle for round
two, Trevethan was hack in there
pushing leather.
The entire program was an un
usually interesting one. with Milo
Davis and Willie Watley (Navy)
winning a chicken dinner at the
Wagon Wheel for putting an the
scrappiest fight of the evening.
Davis specialized in body punches,
working Watley into the corner
and pounding away on his middle
like a mu a re drummer. Experience
was on the side of Davis and he
made use of it.
Thornton was the winner over
a game Navy fighter whose ring
experience has run chiefly to
wrestling, although he has dc<tie
some work with the gloves. lie
was game to continue after a
knockdown punch, but the seconds
threw in the towel.
| Leo and Leon Burns, twins and
I shipmates, fought a scrappy hout
| to a draw for the opener, and in
j the second hout of the evening,
Starkey brought the fight to San
ders all the way, but the best he
[ could do was a draw.
Art Senders took a decision
over Johnny Vega (Army) in a
real bruiser that was rough nil
the way. Vega showed himself as
an excellent ringman, but a little
i out of condition.
The shortest bout of the eve
j ning was the one in which St He
art (Navy) knocked Ray Slat ley
! out in the first round. It was
| learned later that Stewart is a
I fleet champion from San Diego.
Stanley showed tin* necessary
, courage, but couldn’t match his
: opponent in experience and i
dition.
riiritrii radius to show
< OI.OHUD ALASKAN SLIDUS
The Ladies of the Seward Me-j
| morial Church will show colored j
Alaskan slides in the church tit !
,7:30 Saturday evening and all
Navy visitors are invited to attend
| as well as any others who wish to
i see these interesting slides. Cof
fee and cake will be served at the
: conclusion of the pictures.
| At 8:15 Sunday evening. Feb.
j 20, there will be a concert in the
j church at which Mrs. Mary Cle
i meats, popular pianist from
Moose Pass, will appear. Other
•numbers on the program will ii -
culde vocal solos. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Woods-Anthony Rites
Read at St. Peters Mission
Gilbert Anthony and Miss Aud
rey Woods were united in marriage
in a quiet ceremony with the fam
ilies as the only guests at St.
Peters Episcopal Mission Church
on Wednesday Feb 16th at 4:00
o’clock in the afternoon Father
Edward Turner officiated.
A reception was held at the
home of the bride’s parents Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Woods of Seward.
The bride was beautiful in a
dress made by her mother of white
wool crepe street length, with silver
accessories. A small hat of silver
sequins and shoulder length veil
and a corsage of pink camelias
completed her costume.
Mrs. Marilyn Shuster Edwards
was matron of honor. Dressed Ln
a light green suit with black acces
sories and a corsage of white ca
melias.
During the ceremony the bride’s
father gave her in marriage and
Mr. Van Nyman was best man.
Mrs. Anthony is a well known
Seward beauty. She attended high
school here and a year at the Uni
versity of Alaska.
Mr. Anthony, better known as
"Gil”, is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
H. E. Anthony of Englewood, New
Jersey. Dr. Anthony is Curator of
Natural History in New York City,
and is well acquainted with the j
natural history of Alaska, as he I
spent a pood deal of time in the!
Territory in the study of that sub-!
ject It was his father's enthusiasm
for Alaska that prompted Gil to |
come and see it for himself. And it
appealed to him so strongly that
he decided to make Alaska his
home.
Gil is a graduate of Dartmouth
and during the war was a pilot in
the Army Air Forces flying B-24's.
The week before Christmas, Sew
ard was very much excited over
the news that Gil was down some
where and for several days be
fore his rescue from Montague Is-1
land his many friends were quite j
worried.
It is reported that with new
planes and equipment Gil Anthony
will continue the business of the
Seward Air service.
This popular young couple are
receiving many expressions of
good will and congratulations at
their temporary home in the hous
ing area where they are living un
til the completion of their cabin
in the country.
Isaac Walton *
League Elects
Officers Tonight
The new local chapter of the Is
aac Walton League will meet Fri
day evening, February 18, (tonight)
for election of officers and estab
lishment of dues.
The meeting will take place in
the basement of the Episcopal
Church at 8:00 p.m., and all pros
pective members are urged to at
tend. Any new members who at
tend this meeting may become
charter members.
The Seward chapter of the league
is the first to be chartered in
Alaska, although it is believed that
the city of Anchorage will soon
have its own chapter.
The Isaac Walton League was or
ganized in the year 1922 with 54
members. One of the original mem
bers was Leonard Hopkins, now of
Anchorage.
Mr. Hopkins, upon hearing of the
organ izat m of t i e ter, r •
and will be present for the meeting
mediately signed up as a member,
if possible.
All men who are interested in the
conservation of our natural re
sources of wildlife, forests, streams
anti prevention of water pollution
are welcome to become members
of the league.
It is believed that chapters ot
the Walton League will be formed
throughout Alaska, and that they
will he of great value in advising
and assisting the Department of
the Interior and Fish and Wildlife
Service' in conservation work.
IU\<;0 PARTY PROCKKRK (JO
TO FK.'HT TI RKRCl'IiOSIS
The Junior Women's Club is
sponsorin'; a bingo party this eve
ning (Friday) at the Civic Center,
with the proceeds going toward
the fight against Tuberculosis.
There are 27 prizes to be given
away ranging in usefullness from
a pressure cooker right up to fifths
of Scotch.
Kay Ling, basketball coach for
the Junior Women, is chairman of
the party, with Lois Apted. Mary
Mitchell, Joann Hoy, and Avon Co
ble assisting.
ham: sai.k satikdav
The Ladies’ Guild of St. Peter’s
Church will hold a hake sale Sat
urday mom ins from 11 o’clock
until the food is cone, at McMul
len's Store. Bread, rolls, sweet
buns and baked beans are on the
list. In past bake sales the goods
has disappeared so rapidly that
only the first customers to get to
town were able to buy any of this
home-baked food. It is hoped this
time that there will be a larger
supply.
Dr. Shelton and Public Health
nurse Mrs. Lapreal Die were to be
in Kenai Friday on a routine visit
for immunization and vaccina
tions. They were to fly there ear
lier in the week but were prevent
ed bv the weather. A second a -
temp^ by automobile took them
to within 20 miles of Kenai where
they were stopped by drifts of snow
blown by the strong wind. They
expected to return todaw.
Two Navy Ships to Hold
'Open House’ on Saturday
And Sunday Afternoons
There will he “open house”
aboard the Navy ships CSS Salis
i i>ury Sound and the USS Suisun
Saturday and Sunday afternoons
between the liours of 1:00 p.m.
and 4:MO p.m.
'this announcement was made
by Captain E. J. S. Young, com
. :i.wider o' the tv;o-ship detaeh
I uu iit and captain of the Salisbury
Sound. Commander of the USS
Suisun is Captain F. A. Brandley.
The invitation to visit tile ships
is opci:i to everyone ami visitors
may bring their children with
them.
The two stiips steamed into
Resurrection Bay Thursday noon
and some time later the reception
committee, consisting of Mayor
Commerce President George
jEugefe N. Lanier, Col. Frederick
It. Black representing the Alaska
Department of the C. S. Army,
Chamber of Commerce President
George Lesko, and Legion Com
mnnder Frank Blanchard, went
aboard ship to greet the visitors
and make arrangements for their
entertainment.
The announcement that there
would he shore liberty in this port
w's greeted by the crews with
howls of joy. There had been no
liberty for the boys for three
weeks.
Crows of both ships together
number about 700, or which about
r>0 per cent will be permitted
ashore at one time. Liberty hours
are froml p.m. to midnight.
Sowar I residents expressed
great satisfaction at seeing Navy
bines on the streets, and city of
ficials remarked that crew mem
bers have been, extr rn ly well be
haved and orderly.
The Navy ships are especially
welcomed to Seward, inasmuch as
mar v of otir younger residents
have never s«'en a Navy ship and
will appreciate this chance to
see them at close range.
Telephone Switchboard
Is Busy Spot In Seward
| The Record ilrfquiring Reporter
! spent an hour standing behind the
t< lephone switchboard operator
last week just to see how it
works, and found it a fascinating
land illuminating experience.
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The Seward Light & Power
Company installed the first tele
phone system in Seward in 11)05
with a small magneto board and
about 30 subscribers. The present
system serves 500 phones on a
single position switchboard with
200 places.
Since it requires a pair of plugs
to put through every call and
there are only ten pairs of plugs
to serve 500 phones, one can see
how extremely busy a single op
erator can be.
Mrs. .11 tin Trotter, chief oper
ator, is on dutjy during the day.
and her clipped, businesslike
■voice has been familiar to all of
Seward for the past seven years.
Any conversation with her is car
ried or. in macli|negun-like spurt
between the continuous flash tig
of lights on the board indicating
(tills.
!
For eight hours without a i
break for lunch, Mrs. Trotter,,
better known to us all as Jean,
becomes an automaton, pushing
titid pulling plugs, and her “Num
ber please” is as much a part of
tlm operation as the mechanical
work.
Most of the lines, being party j
lines, require t lie operator to
memorize the number of rings
necessary to signal the different
parties on each line, :<nd it is re
markable that there arc so few 1
wrong numbers rung, especially
after five or six hours of this con
tinued, monotonous, rapid activity j
which can he called nothing but
work—hard work.
Mrs. Lois Reed takes over the j
board at 4 p.m., at which time,
she says, it is .not likely to be
quite so busy. Her pleasant
‘‘Thank you,” is also familiar to
Seward.
Delores Jones works the board
from midnight to morning and is
perhaps not so well known except
to a few.
The swift and efficient han
dling of a fire alarm or an emer
gency call is especially interest
ing. In one swift movement, the
Dock, Arn<y and City fire stations,
are connected and the location
of the fire is reported to all three
simultaneously. Thrtn the oper
ator begins calling firemen from
a list prominently posted on the
board. Until all are notified all
other signals on the switchboard
are ignored. This procedure ac
counts for the speed with which
our volunteer firemen respond to
the fire calls.
Since the first telephone line
was established, the operators
have been accused of listening in.
Xo doubt in some rural districts
this was true, but in Seward, with
the volume of calls handled by
one operator this is patently im
possible, even if due should have
the inclination. The operators are
occasionally harried by impatient
subscribers who forget that they
are depending upon human beings
tint automatic machinery for them
service. They invite everyone who
uses the phone to visit the switch
board to see for themselves just
what the girls are up against.
The Altar Society of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church will have
its monthly card party Wed., Feb.
23, at the parish rectofy. All par
ishoners and their friends are
invited. Refreshments will be
served.
Bingo Party
Friday, February 18, - 8 p. m.
Seward Civic Center
Auspices Seward Junior Women's Club