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Vol. VII. No. 20
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 1950
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City Council
Appoints New
Police Chief
Dale Green was appointed
Chief of the Seward Police De
partment by the City Council at
the postponed regular meeting
Wednesday night. Green has
been on the force as patrolman
for the past six months. He was
highly recommended for the
-post by former Chief Leonard
Clark who stated that the young
patrolman has been doing su
perior work.
Mr. Green grew up in the at
mosphere of law enforcement
work as his father was peace of
ficer in Elk City, Okla., for sev
eral years. He had special train
ing in police work during the
war as a Seabee in the U.S.
Navy.
He has appointed Harry Hall
of Seward as his second patrol
man. This appointment was also
passed by the City Council.
Hall is a young man who
moved to Seward from Califor
nia during the past year. He is
married and the father of three
children, the eldest of whom
enters school this year.
Floyd Evans, who ranks Hall
in point of service, is also a mar
ried man. He served a year as
patrolman on the Fairbanks po
lice force and served with the
railroad as special agent.
With the placement of the
three young veterans on the
local police force, the Council
and Police Commissioner Don
Wilson feel that Seward will be
well protected for the coming
winter, according to Wilson.
Bert Kellogg was appointed
to the highway patrol to be
based in Seward and to work
with George Puckett in patrol
ing the entire Kenai Peninsula.
OPEN HOUSE FOR SEWARD
WOMEN THURSDAY
The Seward Woman’s Club is
holding open house for the
women of Seward Thursday,
September 14th, in the Seward
Memorial Church parlor at
8 p.m.
All ladies of Seward are in
vited to attend.
Mr. Lyle Douglas was the
lucky man to receive the award
at the Labor Day dance last
Saturday. The gift was a Frigid
aire cabinet unit donated by the
Seward Machine Shop.
"Stop for Bus" Law
To Be Rigidly
Enforced Here
Highway Patrolmen Puckett
and Kellogg, and City Police
Chief Green gave warning today
that the law requiring all ve
hicles to stop 20 feet in the rear
of any bus loading or unloading
passengers will be strictly en
forced.
The law reads: “No vehicle
shall pass any bus while such
bus is discharging or receiving
passengers.” This is a Territorial
law and observance of it at all
times may prevent injury or
death of a school child in this
vicinity, as pointed out by the
highway and city police this
week.
“The law means,” the police
interpreted, “that vehicles must
stop whether they are approach
ing the stopped bus. or passing
it. In other words, if the bus is
stopped STOP!”
The school bus picks up and
delivers school children between
the Douglas residence on the
Seward-Hope highway and the
public school in Seward twice
each day. Although teachers,
school patrol, parents and of
ficers continue to repeat warn
ings to the youngsters about
waiting on the side of the road
or on the walk until the bus
leaves, children just as regularly
forget and dart out into the
road behind or in front of the
bus or a passing vehicle.
“We want fo prevent accidents
'and stopping while the children
i are entering or leaving a bus
may help to do so.” stated Pa
trolman George Puckett.
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City Officials To Be
Elected Next Month
The electors of Seward will
po to the polls twice next month.
The municipal election will in
volve the selection of three
councilmen, one member each
to the school board and public
utilities board. Tuesday, Oct. 3,
is the date for the municipal
election.
October 10 is general election,
at which Alaskans will choose
their new members of the Leg
islature.
By law, every qualified elec
tor must register each calendar
year. If you have not yet reg
istered this year, you must do
so before you can vote. The
Registration Book is open every
day between the hours of 10:00
a.m. and 3:00 p.m., except Sat
urdays, when the city office
closes at noon.
II,IS. to Aid Victims of Korean Conflict
While the armed forces acting on behalf of the United Nations in
Korea continue their efforts to reestablish peace, U.N. has also taken
measures to relieve the suffering of millions of civilians left homeless
as a result of the conflict. Here, Dr. Kamil Idil, representative of
Turkey to the U.N. Commission on Korea (left) visits a refugee
center at Pusan, accompanied by Dr. M. Lee (right), Korean inter
preter of the Commission and a policeman of the Republic of Korea.
Open Sterling
Highway With
Ceremony
Mr. Leon Urbach, Mrs. Mil
dred Kirkpatrick, and Richard
and Gene Kirkpatrick attended
the dedication ceremony held
at the Kenai River Bridge, of
the Hawley Sterling Highway.
A. F. Ghiglione, ARC chief en
gineer, was master of cere
monies.
Representatives of each com
munity effected by the highway,
many homesteaders and villag
ers were present to hear
Governor Gruening’s dedication
speech and see him cut the rib
bon which ended the ceremony
by officially opening the road to
traffic.
Lieut. Gen. William E. Kep
ner, Chief of the Alaskan Com
mand said that the road adds to
the security of Alaska.
“Highways help us deploy
troops where they are needed,
and permit us to have a flexible
plan for defense. We are all on
the same team,” he said.
Governor Gruening paid trib
ute to the military support in
obtaining appropriations for the
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Letter to Mayor
From Del. Bartlett
“As you know, the 1951 fiscal
year supplemental bill as it
passed the House has SI.500,000
recommended for repair of
bridges on the Seward-Portage
section of the railroad. Yester
day, in a rare procedure, the
House and Senate adopted a
joint resolution making appro
priations in that supplemental
bill as it passed the House avail
able until the supplemental bill
is enacted into law. Expendi
tures will be charged to the ap
plicable appropriations or funds
whenever the supplemental bill
becomes law. The Senate Ap
propriations Committee is now
conducting hearings on that sup
plemental bill, but the Congress
in passing the joint resolution
chose not to wait until Senate
action is completed. From all
this it would seem we can be
certain of the SI.500,000 supple
mental appropriation for The
Alaska Railroad.”
Lunch Program
Begins Monday
The first school lunch in the
history of Seward schools will
be initiated next Monday.
A committee from the Parent
Teacher Association, with Mrs.
Kay Hasmann as chairman,
worked all summer on the pre
paration of the program. Menus
fulfilling all government re
quirements for a Grade A lunch
program were worked out in de
tail, equipment and supplies
were gathered in, Mrs. Mabel
Lewis engaged for the cooking,
and everything made ready to
move into full swing next Mon
day. Other members of the com
mittee are Mrs. Lucille Moore,
Mrs. Helen Gerwer, Mrs. B.
Davis, and Mrs. Helen Wengert.
Meal tickets at the rate of
25 cents per meal or $1.25 per
week are for children from the
first to the fourth grades, in
clusive. Children from the fifth
grade up through high school
and teachers are asked to pay
30 cents per meal or $1.50 a
week. Tickets are issued on a
weekly basis and must be pur
chased in advance, but they are
good until used. Any unused
meals on a ticket within the
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Local Police Forces
To Make Annual
Auto Inspection
Highway and city police plan
a chock on the mechanical con
the Seward district, officer Geo.
dition of all motor vehicles in
Puckett of the Highway Patrol
warned today.
Although the patrol has no
equipment for the testing of
lights and brakes, garages do
have. Drivers are expected to
have these safety devices in tip
top working order, Puckett said.
Both headlights and tail lights
should be working correctly and
adjusted properly. Vehicles 80
inches in width or over shall
be equipped with 4 clearance
lights on the highest and widest
part, two facing forward of
some color other than red and
two towards the rear shall be
red.
Brakes must have at least 2
inches of pedal clearance when
depressed. The officers will also
check for defective horns, mir
rors. steering, mufflers, wind
shield wipers, etc., as well as
for proper territorial license
plates and driver’s license.
All vehicle owners are re
quested to comply with regula
tions herein described as it will
be necessary to issue tickets for
such violations immediately.
Those who wish to do so may
have their vehicles inspected at
their own convenience after the
start of the inspection.
Gives Seward Group
Famous Painting
Mrs. Sydney Laurence has
presented to the Iotha Chapter,
Beta Sigma Phi, one of her
original oil paintings of Alaskan
wild flowers, to he used to start
their treasury fund.
Mrs. Laurence, wife of the
late Sydney Laurence, famous
painter of Alaskan scenes, is
well known as a painter, also.
She is an honorary member
of the International Beta Sigma
Phi. She came to America from
France and later came with her
husband to Alaska. Her greatest
talent is painting and she has
reproduced the many beautiful
wild flowers of Alaska in oils
as well as having written and
illustrated in water colors a
hook about them to prove their
beauty and existence to people
everywhere. There are several
originals of her work in Seward
The picture, a collector’s item,
will he on display in the window
of McMullen’s frpm September
9 to 23, when it will be disposed
of for the benefit of the chap
ter. inquiries on the acquisition
of the picture should be made at
the store or from any member
of Iotha Chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi
REPRESENTS ALASKA AT
G.O.P. NATIONAL CONCLAVE
Mrs. Helen Brosius of Seward,
left today by plane to represent
the Territory at the National
Republican Convention to be
held in Chicago next week.
Mrs. Brosius is treasurer of
the Territorial Republican Cen
tral Committee, and will arrive
in Chicago armed with the prox
ies of Mr. and Mrs. A1 White of
Juneau. Mr. and Mrs. White
are national committeeman and
national committeewoman for
Alaska.
SPECIAL TERM OF DISTRICT
COURT IN SEWARD OCT. 17
Notice was received by the
Commissioner’s Office this week
that a special term of the District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, is called to
convene at Seward on the 17th
day of October, 1950, at 10
o’clock A.M., in the courtroom
in the Federal Buliding.
Enrollment In
Local School
Breaks Record
Seward schools opened on
Tuesday, September 5, with a
record enrollment in spite of
the fact that many families have
left the city since the beginning
of the Korean crisis. By Friday
the statistics for the grades were
as follows:
First grade, 43; Second grade,
39; Third grade, 46; Fourth
grade, 27; Fifth grade, 33; Sixth
grade, 21; Seventh grade, 27;
Eighth grade, 25; which makes
a total of 261.
In the high school, enrollment
by Friday had also reached a
record high with 87 enrolled.
These are divided as follows:
Freshmen, 32; Sophomores,
21; Juniors, 20; Seniors, 14.
There are eight new teachers
in the Seward schools this year,
who are as follows:
Miss Ruth Anderson, Third
grade, may be known to many
of the people of Seward. She
came to Seward last summer
and liked it here so returned
I this summer with the idea of
j staying. She comes from Texas
| and has had her training at
Kilgore Junior College, South
western Bible Institute, Texas
Wesleyan, Southern Methodist
I and Texas Christian. Miss An
! derson has taught nine years
at vvaxauashie, Texas.
1 Mr. Donald A. Dalberg, Sev
enth grade and boys’ P. E.,
J comes to Seward from Idaho.
He is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Idaho and has taught
three years in Emmett, Idaho.
• Mr. Dalberg's favorite sport is
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Sales Reach 150 for
Concert Series
The Winter Concert Commit
tee met Wednesday evening and
elected officers as follows: Miss
Delia Gabriel, chairman; Mrs.
Barbara Cole, secretary; and
W. W. Sipprell, treasurer.
To date 150 tickets for the
season’s concerts have been sold
and commitments show that the
necessary total of 200 will be
reached. The committee will
continue to sell the tickets and
hope to repeh 250. which will
j be sufficient to take care of
| all exnenses of the Winter Con
I cert Series.
| It is felt by members of the
i committee that many people
! who have been hesitant to buy
| tickets may now do so with
surety that the series will be
! put on.
j Season tickets, including tax,
| are priced at S7.20, whereas
individual admission will prob
ably be S3.50 for each perform
I ance, it is pointed out. Holders
I of season tickets will be given
seating preference.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO MEET
SS BARANOF
A special Alaska Railroad
train will meet the Steamship
Baranof on Sunday. Mechanical
trouble has delayed the regular
ly scheduled docking of the
vessel.
The train will head north
out of Seward at 8:30 a.m. Out
bound passengers are to leave
Anchorage for Seward at 3 p.m.
RAINBOW GIRLS TO HOLD
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
Rainbow Girls will hold in
stallation of officers next Sun
day, September 10, at 8 p.m.
The public is invited to attend.