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SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY. FEB. 14, 1950
Vol. VI, No. 65
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Governor and Party lilt Be
In Seward Tomorrow, Feb. 15
Definite word was received
by Mayor Eugene N. Lanier to
day that Governor and Mrs.
Grucning and Tony Schwamm
will be in Seward Wednesday
The party returned from Kodi
ak to Anchorage today in rough
weather, but the Wednesday
forecast seems to be for better
weather in this area. If it should
prove impracticable to fly, they
will travel by special car on The
Alaska Railroad.
A luncheon has been arranged
for 12:30 at the Marathon Cafe
for the visiting party and mem
bers of the Chamber of Com
merce and City Council, but will
be postponed until later in the
day if the party is unable to get
here by noon because of poor
flying weather.
Tony Schwamm is on business
concerning the airport. The Gov
ernor is primarily interested in
the action taken by the city on
his Youth Conservation program.
The local Committee on Youth
as appointed by the mayor will
meet tonight to form its organ
ization and report to the Gover
nor.
RETURNS FROM STATES
Carl J. Hutton, local attorney,
returned to Seward Monday aft
er a three months trip to the
States. Mr. Hutton was as far
east as Chicago and reports that
the States have experienced a
rough winter so far, though it
seems to be' colder here than
any place he visited.
Work on Hew Phone
Book for Seward
15 Under Way
A new telephone book for the
ATEC-Seward Division exchange
has become necessary because
of the great number of wrong
numbers in the present listing.
ATEC's rehabilitation pro
gram for the Seward system has
necessitated many changes in
the lines and consequently many
numbers called from the old
book are now on different lines
than before and the operator
must know which numbers go
where.
The new book will include, as
far as possible, street numbers
with the regular listings. Dead
line for advertising to appear in
the book will probably be about
March 1, depending upon how
long it takes to contact prospec
| tive advertisers.
Expansion plans for the sys
tem are advancing at a rapid
pace and it is understood that a
good sized relief board will be
in Seward ready for installation
within a very few weeks.
The new phone book is to be
printed in the plant of the Sew
ard Record and all advertising
arrangements are being taken
there. Telephone listings, includ
ing all available street adresses,
are being compiled by office
personnel of ATEC-Seward Di
vision.
'Hound V 'Bout Town . .
—The Roving Reporter—
Members of the V. F. W. and
Auxiliary are having a banquet
at the Marathon Cafe Tuesday
evening. About 80 members are
expected to attend.
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Mrs. Richard Myers enter
tained the pinochle club last
week. Her guests included Mrs.
Phil Harding, Mrs. Cliff Whip
ple, Mrs. Tom Howell, Mrs.
Harold Horton, Mrs. Troy Bo
gard, Mrs. Jack Jordon and Mrs.
Lawrence Kirch.
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Dyton Gilliland from Cooper
Landing is in town having some
dental work done.
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Father Borbeck and several of
the men parishioners gave the
inside of the Catholic Church
a new spring coat of paint.
Just received word that the
Pep Squad may not come home
from Anchorage until Thursday.
Parents are busy wiring their
daughters money.
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Over the weekend three car
loads of Sewardites drove to
Homer and report what a grand
trip they had. They say the road
is in excellent condition now.
Among those who made the
trip were Mrs. Ralph Reed,
the Harold Campens, Walter
Blues, Leland Millers, Misses
Flavia Hansen, Marian Munson,
Jane McMullen, Shirley Calnan,
and Marie Mullins, and Emil
Elbe, Whity Backlund, and
Robert Swenson.
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Mrs. Martine Johansen enter
tained the Stewart Jeffreys from
Seattle at dinner Monday eve
ning. Mrs. Archie Balderston
was also her guest.
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Joe Guthrie returned from
Kodiak last Saturday. He is
employed as chef at a local cafe.
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Big Valentine Box Social and
dance at the Civic Center to
night. It’s for a worthy cause
and the Lions Club hopes to
have a good turn out.
Harry Johnson from Moose
Pass was in town Monday.
Couldn't you just hear our
Pep Squad squealing Monday
night when the Sea Hawks beat
the Anchorage Eagles 29-19.
At the half Seward had a 4
point lead—18 to 14. Congratu
lations, Sea Hawks!
Father Clapp left by train
for Fairbanks last Tuesday to
attend an Episcopal clergyman
conference there. It is the first
Episcopal conference ever held
in Alaska. Father Clapp will
return home next week.
Ruth Leichliter went to An
chorage to visit friends and also
to obtain some medical treat
ment.
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More of the youngsters who
are anxious to learn canasta
were the guests of Judy Gerwer
Saturday p.m. She had two ta
bles and Donna Johnson and
Laura Peck won the prizes.
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Mr. and Mrs. Murl Trevethan
arrived home last Saturday
after an extended visit in' the
States. They will be the guests
of Virginia Shuster Wednesday
evening.
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Sunday, Feb. 12, invited
groups of friends gathered at
the home of the Delbert Robbins
to wish them happiness on their
15th wedding anniversary.
So many remarked about the
center piece of inverted laven
der tulips and how beautiful
their table was. The lighted
lavender tapers high lighted the
many crystal gifts they received
as about fifty guests partook of
their hospitality.
Last Friday evening the
Robbins were the gracious hosts
at a turkey dinner for the
Richard Myers, Ed Cowans,
Dr. and Mrs. Wagner and the
Robert Stearns. The Robbins
are remodeling their home and
Del had a room all fixed up for
square dancing.
Complete List of
Potlatch Prises a?:d
Prize Winners
Following is a list of prizes
donated by Seward merchants
to the Kenai Peninsula Potlatch
as released by Peggy Goodrich
today:
Credit cards in the amount of
$100 were given by McMullen’s,
$25: Alaska Bookkeeping, $15;
Kenai Sales, $10; Seward Laun
dry and Cleaners, $10; Seward
Trading Co., $10; Sylvia's. $5.00;
Reliable Cab, $5.00; Legion Cab,
$5.00; Northern Cal), $5.00; City
Cab. $5.00; Blue Shop, $5.00.
Chest of Community Plate
silver, J. Vic Brown & Sons;
electric roastc r, Kenai Electric:
Mart Variety, compact; Sid. the
Florist, 2 orchid corsages; Carl
Orlandor, hors-d'oeuvre plaL.
Seward Drug, 16MM camera:
Dovle’s, record player; Orbo’r,
30 records; Moody's, tufted bed
spread; Seward Hardware, four
pocket knives; The Mart, fish
ing rod.
Prize winners in the hobby
show and square dance have
been published. Winners of the
bowling exhibition and talent
show were as follows: Bowling.
Mae Hoy, hors-d'oeuvre plate:
Stella Bedford. $10 credit card;
Kay McCann and Phyllis Shel
don. honorable mention — tied
for third place.
Talent show — Mrs. Munson.
Kenai, 16MM camera; Phyllis
Baker, record player and 30
records; Lorcna (Red) Stolp, bed
spread; Art and Don Sanders,
S25itt0 credit card: Brenda,-Lana
and Donna Johnson, $15.00
credit card.
Garwin Smith, fishing rod;
Jean Germain, $10 credit card;
Linda Norton, $5; Sandra Dang
ler, $5; Judy Johnson, $5; Ruth
I DeWolfe. S5: Llewellyn Shuster,
$5.
Five dollars offered by James
Construction Co. for the naming
of the Potlatch went to Marjorie
Young.
Gifts to the judges, two three
pound boxes of chocolates and
three cartons of cigarets—Mrs.
Kirkpatrick. Deficit on Potlatch,
Jack Werner.
All publicity and printing do
nated by Seward Seaport Rec
ord.
This winds up the celebration
of tiie First Kenai Peninsula Pot
latch held in Seward.
TWO GAMES TO GO FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
News from Anchorage that
the high school basketball
team had defeated Anchorage
in last night's game, 29-19.
really puts the Sea Hawks in
the running for the Western
Alaska championship. Just
two more games to go—
Wednesday and Thursday
nights against Fairbanks at
Anchorage.
HIGH WIND. SPRAY DAMAGE
SMALL BOAT HARBOR
City employees were ordered
to the Small Boat Harbor today
to remove ice from the float up
on reports that the float was
sinking under the heavy coating
of frozen spray.
High northeast winds have
made it necessary to remove sev
eral boats from the harbor to
| more sheltered moorings.' Own
I ers were warned before mid
night Saturday by the harbor
master over station KIBH that a
shift in the high winds was en
dangering small boats, and called
all owners to look to their moor
ing lines.
Mr. and Mrs. “Ozzie” Dana
returned from an extended visit
Outside last Friday. Mrs. Dana
said they found a temperature
of 16 degrees in California’s
warm spot, Palm Springs.
Seward Makes Application
For Sewer Project
Start Formation c;
Alaska Tourist
Associaton
Preparatory stops toward the
formation of an Alaska Tourist
Association or Visitors’ Bureau
were taken recently at meetings
held in Juneau, Anchorage and
Seattle under the auspices of the
Alaska Development Board.
Attending the meetings were
representatives of travel agen
cies, transportation companies,
hotels, lodges and resorts, cham
bers of commerce and general
business concerns. R. C. Morgan
of New York, publisher of Trav
el agent magazine, took part in
the discussions.
The proposed functions of the
organization would include Yas
ka-wide as well as regional pub
licity of tourist attractions, spe
cial educational programs for
those who meet and deal with
the travelling public and full
scale promotion of potential re
sort facilities. Similar organiza
tions exist in most states and in
the territories, including Puerto
Rico and Hawaii, where travel
is one of the principal industries.
‘Creation of such an organiza
tion is almost an absolute ‘must’
if tourism in Alaska is to de
velop to the utmost extent,”
Morgan told the Anchorage
meeting. Travel Agent magazine
is issuing a special Alaska sup
plement early this year which
will go to travel agents through
out the United States and Can
ada.
| The Alaska Development
I Board has agreed to undertake
l the preliminary organizational
I work, and if necessary serve as
! secretariat for the organization
| during the-early stages of its op
: oration. A report outlining the
need, objectives and proposed
' functions of such an association
: is being prepared by the Devel
opment Board as a basis for dis
cussion by interested persons
and organizations throughout
the Territory.
WOMEN'S BOWLING TEAM
INV^ED TO RENDEZVOUS
The Seward Bowling League
has been invited to send a wom
an's team to the Anchorage Fur
Rendezvous to compete with the
women bowlers of Anchorage
on the 25th and 26th of Febru
ary. They offer a return game to
be held here some time in
March.
Renee Faulkner is chairman
of the committee to raise funds
for the trip.
WARNING FROM
MOOSE PASS
Moose Pass does have more
than two trains a week. Mr.
Stan Wilson of Kenai found
this out Thursday, Feb. 9th,
when he parked a jeep owned
by Hal Thornton on the track
to load some freight from the
freight shed. A northbound
train came along and now the
jeep is up for sale.
Mr. Wilson stated that he
thought Moose Pass only had
a couple of trains a week.
Mr. Harry Johnson was down
to Moose Pass on business
Sunday.
VFW AND AUXILIARY
BANQUET FEB. 14
The Seward VFW and Auxil
iary are having a banquet this
evening at 7 o’clock at the Mara
thon Cafe.
The banquet is for VFW and
VFW Auxiliary members and all
those eligible and interested in
becoming members.
No charge is being made as
this is a get together for the
purpose of stimulating interest
in VFW in Seward.
In a special meeting Monday
night, the City Council passed a
resolution making formal appli
cation for Public Works assist
ance in the installing of a sewer
line for the north end of the city
from Adams Street to C Street.
The survey and profiles to be
submitted with the application
show that a minimum of 16,066
feet of pipe, including the trunk
lines, with about .'16 manholes,
excavation, labor and materials
on a rough estimate, based upon
the preliminary survey, amount
to $300,000.
The project would service 740
lots bordering on the alleys be
tween First and Second Avenues
from Jefferson Street to C
Street, except the alley between
Sixth and Seventh Streets.,
where the line will begin at
Adams Street.
All community projects fi
nanced through t h e Public
Works Bill are required to re
pay the cost up to 50 per cent
of the total. In the case of a sew
er project, it will be necessary
to assess each lot affected to the
amount of S200, with payments
extended over a period of ten
years or more.
Plats and plans of the project
will be made available to resi
dents at the City Hall as soon as
definite acceptance of the appli
cation is received from the of
fice of Public Works
A.R.R. Asks Bids on
Property Lease
Scaled, bids, in duplicate, will
be received at the Office Of the
General Manager of The Alaska
Railroad in Anchorage until 2:30
p.m., Feb. 25. 1950, and publicly
opened for the leasing from The
Alaska Railroad of 2.7 acres of
land in Block 20, Original Town
site of Anchorage, for the ex
press purpose of construction of
an apartment house or houses
with at least 80 rental units, con
struction to start within 90 days
after the execution of the lease
and completion of the" project
within 24 months.
Copy of the Invitation for
Bids, the lease and bid forms are
| posted in the Seward postoffice
; for the perusal of any interested
parties.
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Fund to Help Sea
Hawks Attend
j Fur Rendezvous
! Word has been received from
! the Sea Hawks in Anchorage
that their money is running low.
This situation was anticipated by
some Seward sports enthusiasts
for the time the boys return to
Anchorage for the Rendezvous
games. These people started a
fund to provide the necessary
expenses for the Rendezvous
trip.
The following people have do
nated so far:
Hank Pallage, Seward Hard
I ware, Don McDonald, Leon Lew
! is, R. Raschka, Stan Neigerman,
Wm. Stinson, B. L. Stanton.
Bob Freeman, A. G. McRae,
Oscar Watzjold, Harold Clark,
Bill Jones, Paul Wangley, Hanic
Frost, Jim Lawson, Fred Kiel
cheski, K D. LeVan.
Russell Painter, Vi and Walt
Sipprell, H. E. Southard, Lola
Lequier, Allen Turner, I. L. Met
calf, J. M. Koehler, Gerritt Hoog
land, Dock Workers, Seaport
Record, Gene and Mildred Kirk
patrick.
All perosns interested in this
project should contact Gus John
son at the Seward Hardware '
Store. • ’ ‘ v
A community that is worth living
in is worth doing something for.