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Vol. VI, No. 43
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 1949
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Frank Goyne
Takes The
Last Long Trail
Frank Goyne, known to all
older Alaskans as “the man who
always went through,” passed
away Monday, Nov. 28, at 1:55
in Seward General Hospital at
the age of 81.
Born near Pottsville, Penn
sylvania in 1868, he got the
wanderlust early in life and
with news of the gold strike in
Alasjta, he set out immediately
for that country. In ‘98 he was
well known as a trailer in Skag
way where he packed mail and
express over the Chilkoot Pass
and by dog team to Fairbanks
and the Dawson country. He
was one of the first freighters
to have a run-in with the cele
brated Soapy Smith Gang, and
it is said that the gang soon
learned that Goyne was not to
be fooled with and left him
strictly alone.
Dawson, Yukon, 40 Mile, 60
Mile and all the interior country
knew Frank Goyne and de
pended upon him for mail, at
25 cents'per letter, and news
papers at $1.00 a copy, knowing
that even at times when the
trail was closed by the Cana
dian Mounted Police to most
travellers, Goyne was allowed
to go through if he wanted to.
He had a clear, loud and
carrying voice, which called him
into great demand for announc
ing of shows, prize fights, as
a “spieler” and “barker” at any
time, when such ability was an
asset.
In 1906 his younger brother,
Charles, joined Frank, who met
him at Valdez, and they mushed
t* Fairbanks over the old Val
dez Trail. Charlie tells how
they, with three others, broke
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Seward To Have Visit
From Homer
Chamber cf Com.
Mr. James W. Scott of the
Division'of Forestry, stationed
in Homer, was in town this
week. He says that members of
the Homer Chamber of Com
merce expect the roads to £e
passable by the second week in
December, and tentative plans
are to visit Seward in a body
about the 8th or 10th of the
month.
Plans will be discussed at that
time for the promotion of a win
ter carnival to include all the
villages and communities of
the Kenai Peninsula.
Something New at
St. Peter's Carnival
Whoever thought that any
thing could come out of a dent
ist's office except aching teeth
and fillings? Well, something
different has been made by Mrs.
Wagner for sale at the bazaar at
St. Peter’s Church next Satur
day afternoon. The kids will fall
for the figurines and favorite
comic book characters, made of
dental cement, painted to look
real, and will be sold at prices
to fit the kids' pocketbooks.
For the rummage sale, be
sides comic books, records, toys,
etc., the ladies have been very
careful to obtain clothing, in
good condition, which has just
been outgrown, with the idea
that someone will be able to use
it and prevent good material be
ing wasted or destroyed.
Derek Williams, son of Mrs.
Patricia Williams, will visit his
mother, sister Patsy, and grand
mother, Mrs. Hazel Ray, over
the Christmas holidays. Derek is
attending school this year at
Lakeside School in Seattle, and
this will be his first vacation at
home since he entered school.
Round n Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporter—
Carolyn ClarK new lo ban
Francisco to spend Thanksgiv
ing with her family.
Sir
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Nicholas
had a dinner party Sunday nite,
the 27th. Their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Hyde, Mr. and
Wm. Bauers, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Huntley, Jake Ravnik and
Harvey Hyde.
Nicky is so adept with sea
sonings her dinners are always
a big success.
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The girls at The Marathon
had a surprise birthday party
for Ada Millerman Sunday.
&
Baird and Mildred French
had a luscious turkey dinner
Saturday night for some of
their friends and Baird’s mother,
Alice.
Mrs. Ray and her daughter
Pat, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Urbach,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cowan, Fiavia
Hansen and Orrin Kimball were
there.
They had a lively game of
bridge afterwards with Baird
and Orrin bidding and making
slams. Mr. and Mrs. Urbach
took home the first prizes.
It’s so nice to be in the pres
ence of Mrs. Urbach as she is
always smiling and cheerful.
I kidded her a little and told
her a woman who smiled as
much as she does must have
a Leon in the woods. She laugh
ed and quoted me this:
“If you smile another smile,
Then there are miles and
miles of smiles
Then your life will be worth
while.”
Sweet philosophy, isn’t it?
School girls are out selling
tickets for their variety show
which will take place at the
school gym Friday, Dec. 2.
! Did you know that Kenneth
Baker writes poetry? It was
his birthday Saturday and some
of his friends surprised him.
He recited some of his poems for
them and then they all sang
songs.
Phyllis, their daughter, dedi
cated a song to her dad over her
Saturday night radio program.
Our sympathy goes to Clar
ence Ladd. A freak accident
caused a dynamite cap to ex
plode in his hand, causing ser
ious damage.
&
Some of the Public Roads
work has closed down for the
winter and their offices are
overflowing with good looking
engineers.
Attention girls! many of them
are bachelors, foot loose and
fancy free.
Leo and Bobby Douglas had
an anniversary party at their
home at Mile 7V2. They were
married thirteen years ago at
the home of Wm. J. Wagner, of
the Alaska Broadcasting Com
pany. ^
A sumptuous turkey dinner
was served and their friends
were saying, “Fine Foods—Fine
people.”
Mrs. Douglas just recently
returned from Monterey and
Carmel, California. She attend
ed her father’s funeral and visit
ed some of her friends thefe.
This cold spell brought out
some of the skiers over the
weekend. Don Steele, Johnny
Salit, Junior Sanders and Dick
Cowan did some skiing around
the mountains at Lost Lake.
They also picked off a few
ptarmigan and came home say
ing how much fun they had.
Public Works
Officer Visited
Seward Mon.
Col. Arthur D. Morrell, dep
uty commissioner, Bureau of
Community Facilities under
General Services Administra
tion of Public Works, and Burke
Riley, administrative assistant
out of Gov. Gruening’s office,
arrived in Seward Monday at
1:30 p.m. on the ARR gas car.
They were met at the station
by Mayor Lanier, Ray James,
Dr. Shelton, and Councilmen
Russel Painter and Mildred
Kirkpatrick.
The party made a tour of
the city, covering the north end
carefully, to give the officials a
view of the area in need of sew
ers. After a visif to the hospital
and school, the group retired to
receive instructions from Col.
Morrell on the procedure of
making application for Public
Works assistance.
According to Col. Morrell, the
Public Works Bill as passed by
Congress covers such projects
as schools, hospitals, sewers,
water supply and paving of
streets and sidewalks. Applica
tion for funds must be matte by
the municipal body, accompa
nied by specifications and esti
mate of costs. Tiie application
must be recommended by the
Territorial Governor’s office,
and by the Department of the
Interior. If accepted, the Bureau
takes over the linal work of en
gineering, letting of contracts,
and construction.
bpon completion of the pro
ject, title is given to the com
munity at the cost of 50 per cent
of tiie grant. Payment to be
made in cash or upon any plan
arranged previous to the grant.
It was agreed that sewers and
all underground construction
should be completed before any
extensive paving would be prac
tical. For that reason the Coun
cil is particularly interested in
I a sewer system at present, but
all plans are tentative, pending
more information from the Fed
eral bureau.
^eopie oi beward teel particu
larly grateful that the board
consented to send representa
tives to view the situation here.
It was at first thought that hear
ings would be held only in the
larger cities, and Mr. Ray James
made a special trip, at his own
expense, on behalf of the city to
meet the board at the hearing in
Juneau last week. He made an
appeal to the board to conduct
hearings in the smaller towns
which are badly in need of Fed
eral assistance for public im
provements, and which would
be unable to send representa
tives to the hearings.
The bulk of the appropriation
to Alaska under the Public
Works Bill is earmarked for
schools, but inasmuch as Seward
is one of the two Territorial
diti^i so pressed for additional
schoQl facilities that it bonded
itself to the amount of $125,000
for that purpose, the Council
feels some encouragement over
the possibility of obtaining Fed
eral aid for public improve
ment projects.
Mrs. R. R. Johnson's baby
son underwent an operation at
Seward General Hospital last
Saturday night.
Basketball . . .
Wed., Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Civic Center Court
DeHorns vs. Nobby Club.
Sea Hawks vs. Boosters.
On Display . . .
Junior Women's Club Cedar
Chest in window of the You^a
Center.
Vc\7 Auxiliary Baby Doll.o n
display at Sid's Flower Shop.
Sea Hawks Defeat
All Stars 65-38
In Friday's Game
The Seward High Sea Hawks
went on another scoring ram
page last Friday evening to de
feat the Seward All Stars 65-38.
The Sea Hawk six-footers, An
derson, Anderson, and Steele,
made good use of their size in
rebounding and in a concentrat
ed attack around the keyhole.
In the last quarter, the All
Stars outplayed the Sea Hawks.
Though many shots went astray
they kept pace with the high
school quintet on the scoring
end. Using an aggressive man
to-man defense, the All Stars
repeatedly broke up the Sea
Hawk offense before reaching
the centercourt line. Pegano
turned in a surprise for the ever
ning by sinking several side
court shots with seemingly ef
fortless ease.
Wednesday evening, Nov. 30.
the last games of the City
League first series will be
played on the Civic Center court.
The opener will be the Dellorns
vs. the Nobby Club. This is ex
pected to be a close game. The
Sea Hawks meet the Boosters in
the second game.
All players of city teams are
reminded that the high school
j gymnasium is open to their use
i on Tuesdays and Thursdays at
: 7:00 p.m.
Box Scores
Sea Hawks (65)
I
Steele 9
| S. Anderson 5
! R. Anderson 6
' Deigh . 3
! Suydam 2
! Erwin . 3
1 Lewis 1
| Sanders 0
I Van Slyke 0
I Cowan 0
ft tp
2 20
1 11
1 13
2 8
1 5
0 6
0 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
Seward All Stars (38)
Steinwall
Pegano
R. Hatch
Stockton
Tutiakoff
Sanders, F.
Merino
Borders
Dunham
Davis
Officials: Stan Neigermann,
Larry Ground, Milo Davis.
(Note: Players wish to express
their gratitude to officials, who
are declining pay for their serv
ices and are doing a nice job.)
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
11
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I VETERANS MUST HAVE VA
APPROVAL FOR LOCAL
MEDICAL CARE
An announcement by the Vet
erans Administration reminds
disabled veterans seeking home
town care that they must first
obtain approval from the near
est VA regional office if they
expect the VA to pay the doctor
bill.
i An increasing number of
claims for reimbursement have
come to the VA board of ap
peals from veterans who failed
to obtain VA approval before
going to their home-town doctor
for treatment. Except in those
cases where it was found that
emergency treatment for a ser
vice-connected disability had
been necessary, the claims have
been disallowed.
Even in emergency cases, the
VA said, it is necessary to re
ceive regional office approval,
although some leeway is al
lowed for requesting approval
in emergency cases.
Veterans who are hospitalized
for emergency treatment with a
service-connected disability are
aired to request approval
in 72 hours after they have
been hospitalized. Those give
emergency treatment on an out
patient basis must have t..
request in writing at the rc *o
al office within futjen days a
ter such treatment is be u
Non service co i cted
are not eligible for home-to
Hi __ Care ui■ ill i
Death Claims
Miss May After
Long Illness
Miss Maud May, well known
philanthropist of Seward, passed
away at 12:05, Tuesday, Nov. 29,
in Seward General Hospital, at
the age of 75 years..
Born in Holly Springs, Miss.,
on May 18, 1874, she moved
with her family to Fremont,
Nebraska, in her early years,
where her father became in
fluential in the wholesale gro
cery business and banking cir
cles.
In 1926, Miss May came to
Seward as a tourist. She enjoyed
the trip and the town so much
that she began spending all her
summers here, and after a time
made Seward her permanent
home. It is said that she brought
money into town, spending free
ly, and was always to be depend
ed upon for liberal contribution
to every cause, and that she
never took any money out of
town.
Of late years, Miss May has
suffered from a hip injury which
kept her confined more closely,
but she did take a trip Outside
last year. For the past several
months she was hospitalized a
good share of the time, but was
able to receive her brother and
neice when they visited during
the fall.
Miss May is survived by a
brother, Mr. Lou May, and neice,
Mrs. William Cheney, both of
Fremont, Nebraska, who have
requested that the body be
shipped by air express to Fre
mont. Definite arrangements
have not been announced, but it
is assumed that it will proceed
to Anchorage on the train Sat
urday, from thence to Fremont.
In the meantime, friends may
pay their last respects at the
Adkins Funeral Parlor where
Miss May will lie in state.
Alaska Line Schedules
Ten Sailings for Dec.
Ten Alaska Line sailing have
been scheduled for December,
according to an announcement
made this week by Admiral F.
A. Zeusler, executive assistant
to the president of the Alaska
Steamship Company.
The departures are divided
equallj' between freighters and
combination freight and passen
ger vessels.
The first sailing is a freighter,
the motorship Squar.e Sinnet,
December 2 for Southeastern
Alaska ports, followed on Dec.
9 by another freighter, yet to be
named, for Southwestern Alaska.
The Square Sinnet is set to
make a second Southeastern
trip, sailing December 16. An
other Southwestern freighter is
scheduled for December 23 and
a third Southeastern Alaska
freighter for December 30.
The freight and passenger
steamers Denali and Baranof,
calling at Southeastern and
Southwestern ports, are set for
every second Saturday, begin
ning with the Denali December
5.
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