Seward Seaport Record
, Formerly The Seward Polaris & Ketiat Pcnirtrula-Aleutian Chain News
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman
Frank DeLoughery
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Winter Driving
Caution Given
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waiting or walking in sub-zero
temperatures. A few accessories
such as matches, a pocket knife,
can opener, and a small amount of
food may be found useful.
Travel by those not experienced
in sub-arctic winters should be
limited to temperatures above -20
degrees F. Normally, even in the
most severe winter months, warm
spells occur when the daytime
temperature moderates above this
limit. When daytime temperatures
fall below this limit, it is recom
mended that the traveler stop over
until the weather moderates, as,
at sucii low temperatures, starting
of cold or stalled engines is diffi
cult and working at minor running
repairs is hazardous. Below about
—10 degrees F.. all travel by high
way should be suspended. Travel
in groups of two or more vehicles
is recommended since this affords
protection and means of relief in
case of breakdown of any one ve
hicle. Similarly, two or more per
sons in a single vehicle are much
safer than one person traveling
alone.
Observance of the above simple
precautions, and careful driving,
will permit the winter traveler not
only to travel with reasonable
safety, but with enjoyment.
The Seward Literary Club is
now well organized, and a regular
meeting schedule has been worked
out. Meetings will take place the
second Wednesday of each month,
with the next meeting set for
January 12.
Shipping News . . .
Christmas mail to the Outside
j will be delivered on time this year
in spite of the shipping delay. The
Army transport Sergeant Archer T.
Gammon loaded three carloads of
mail at Seward and will sail some
time today. The local post office
is now completely cleared of all
but today’s mail.
The unloading of the Army
transport was effected much more
quickly than had been expected.
But there is another ship, an LST,
with 2500 to 2700 tons of freight to
he unloaded. With the Railroad
Barge 754 due to leave Seattle to
morrow and five Alaska Line ships
due before the end of the month,
it appears that longshoremen and
rail employes will be occupied al
most full time.
At the Hotels . . .
At the New Seward — Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Pennington, Fairbanks;
Roy Boyd, Anchorage; Charles Me
Doffey, Wm. W. Ward and Harry
J. Hayes, all of Whittier; Lt. and
Mrs. Hunter L. Sharf, Anchorage;
Wm. E. Richard, Alaska Railroad;
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brotin, Anchor
age; Mrs. Wm. J. Wagner, Anchor
age.
LUTHERANS TO HAVE
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
The Rev. A. O. Odegaard of An- j
chorage announced today that the
Seward Lutheran Church is plan- j
ning a Christmas program for |
Thursday, December 23, at 7:30 in
the evening. He conducted services
at the Seward Lutheran Church ,
yesterday evening, and 42 people
were present. After the services in
struction classes were held for
both the voung people and adults. ■
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Seward Cleaners
Cleaning
ART McKEOUGH. prop.
- Pressing -
Mail Orders Promptly Taken care Of
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Alterations
Daily Pickup fc Delivery
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
Seattle for Seward
SS BARANOF—
SS ALASKA—
December 10
December 17
Scheduled Seward Arrivals
SS BARANOF—
SS ALASKA—
December 16
December 24
WALTER W. SIPPRELL
General Agent
Phone Main 125
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
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Women of Seward, if I wore a
hat I would certainly say, "My hat
is off to you.” During the past
three hard, anxious months I heard
very little complaining, many “it
can’t be helped” shrugs, and half
provoked comments, but little
downright bitterness. When the
pull was hardest, and the menfolk
I were home under foot day after
day, or roaming the streets like
fish out of water, (or do fish out
of water roam the streets?), any
way, it was the women who kept
the heads and optimistically looked
forward to the end.
Now the strike is over, and we
wander through the grocery stores,
hopefully scanning empty shelves,
we can admit that we were begin
ning to get just a little bit scared.
It is easy to see now what might
have been.
Suddenly! too, Christmas is closer
than we thought, and prospects of
a little work for almost everyone
has seemed to snap us out of a
long spell, and now we can let. our
hair down and gripe. And, sister,
we are! And how, we are griping!
Yesterday for the first time I
heard serious complaining in the
stores. One woman was much in
terested because there was no dog
food! At the same time there was
no butter, no eggs, no vegetables,
little meat and coffee. No this and
no that. We are having a short
taste of what Alaska was fifty
years ago. Are we so soft these
days that we can't take for a week
what the old timers had all win
ter?
Pin up your hair, Gals. Powder j
your nose and smear on the lip
stick—it’s only another week until ,
we’ll be eating again! After a lit-]
tie thought, you will have to ad- |
mit that we were lucky after all.
The grocers had stocked up. and
they took advantage of every op
portunity to maintain a steady
supply. There are plenty of toys
and Christmas goods not unreason- !
ably priced in town, so don’t be
discouraged now, hut hang on. We
have weathered the storm.
Thank you, M.E.K. Your experi- (
ence was too good to keep from !
the first issue of this column, and j
I knew that you would not mind ]
my telling it. Hope your new ]
kitchen is worth all the trouble.
Incidently. I'll bet your new
plastic curtains would . be keen
with a touch of red to match the
trim on the cupboard doors. If you
can't find any red plastic in town,
why not try a fold of red celo
phane stitched down with the
hem? I've seen it done and it really
works.
Thank you also. Mrs. J.W. Yours
was the first card about our new
column. We shall try to keep it full
of just woman chatter, but I’ll
need help. Send in your sugges
tions and favorite recipes.
Be with you again next week.
All retail liquor licenses, includ
ing the Elks Club and Legion
Club, were approved by the City
Council at its last regular meeting.
COLD WEATHER
NEEDS
No need to freeze when you
can get reasonably priced cold
weather gear.
Arctics, pr. ..<....jz.00
Mukluks, pr. . 1J0
Down Coots, eo.3U0
Down Pants, pr. -1&00
Sheepskin Pants, pr. .... 7M
Wool Sox, pr. . .75
2-piece Underwear,
per garment ~. 1.5®
5-gal. gas-oil-water
cans, ea. . LM
ANDREW'S
Surplus Store
If COMMUNITY
!| CALENDAR
December 11
t EPISCOPAL GUILD meets at 2:00
p.m. in church basement
December 14
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meets
at Masonic Temple, 8 p.m.
VFW and AUXILIARY, 8:00 p.m.,
I.O.O.F. Hall.
i December 15
AMERICAN LEGION meets at Le
gion Hall at 8:00 p.m.
ALTAR SOCIETY #SACRED Heart
Catholic Church meets at rectory
at 8 p.m.
December 16
RAINBOW FOR GIRLS meets at ,
Masonic Hall, 7:30 p.m.
December 17
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
meets at school.
December 21
JUNIOR WOMEN’S CLUB meets, j
SEWARD REGISTERED NURSES '
Association has regular meeting. 1
December 23
W.S.C.S. meets at eSward Memor- (
ial Church, 8 p.m.
December 28
SEWARD WOMEN'S CLUB meets I
at 8 p.m. at Seward Memorial !
Church. |
The modern motor car is com- i
posed of some 15,000 separate ■
parts. i
STOP TB
Tuberculosis, which causes the
deaths ol more people betweeen
15 and 44 than any other disease,
can be pre
vented. A
communica-;
ble disease,
m ih\
it is spread
by persons
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WILLI UJICU
TB. Unfor
tunately,
tuberculosis has no symptoms ill |
its early stage, when it is easiest j
to cure. But, fortunately, it can ■
be detected early by means of a
chest X-ray.
The 3,000 associations affiliated
with the National Tuberculosis i
Association, which arc engaged
in a year-round campaign against j
tuberculosis, urge every adult to |
have a chest X-ray at least once
a year. If this were done, the
estimated 250,000 cases .of tuber
culosis unknown to health author
ities could be found. When all
' cases are found and treatment '
provided for the individuals, the
danger of the spread of this dis- ,
ease will be prevented.
Christmas Seal funds help sup- |
port X-ray services to find un- j
known cases of tuberculosis.
Buy and Use Christmas Seals !
PLANE CRASH LANDS
AT SUMMIT LAKE
According to a report by High
way Patrolman George Puckett a
plane had crash landed near lower
Summit Lake on the Seward-Hope
highway. Puckett said that tracks
in the snow showed that someone
had walked away from the crashed
plane, and no one was on the
scene at the time he arrived. It is
believed that the plane is one be
longing to Bob Martin of Seward.
At press time this afternoon, how
ever, neither Martin nor anyone
with direct knowledge of the acci
dent could be found.
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. & A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. A. 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
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae- Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen'*
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union Hall
President — V. T. Barnett
Secretary — L. E. Dick
Charter
LOCAL AND HIGHWAY
FREIGHT SERVICE
Heavy Truck
relephone Monroe 166
Post Office Box 716
—Buy and Use Christmas Seals—
Tanning
Send us your furs and skins to be
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauda Fur Co*
National Bldg. — Seattle. Wash.
—Buy and Use Christmas Seal!
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU.
LET GEORGE DO IT
G. H. Everitt
Merchandising Service
Box 4 1 • Seward Madison 5 •
The Seward
Light & Power
Light - Power - Telephone
SERVING SEWARD SINCE 1905
Telephone Main 0
O. T. WELCH
General Mgr.
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