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Vol. VII, No. 24
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT, 22, 1950
Price 10 cents
Joseph Lyons, Oldtime Alaskan
Dies Of Heart Attack
Joseph Lyons, old time Alas
kan, died at the age of 62 in
Seward General Hospital Thurs
day, September 21.
Mr. Lyons, affectionately
called Joe by all who knew him,
which means most of Seward,
passed away suddenly Thursday
morning of a heart attack. His
daughter, Mrs. Mollie Loring,
had visited him in his home at
137 Second Avenue on Wednes
day evening, she and the chil
dren spending several hours
with him. He remarked at the
time that he felt unusually well.
Early the next morning he called
Doctor Sellers, complaining of
a pain in his chest. The doctor
got him to the hospital imme
diately, where he died at 8:00
o’clock.
Joseph Lyons was born in
Waterford, Ireland, in 1888. He
emigrated to the United States
as a very young man and went
to San Francisco. At the age
of 22 he came to Alaska, where
he has lived ever since, in all
parts of the Territory.
He worked as a fisherman
and on sailing ships from Calif
ornia to Alaska and was on the
crew of the old Dora and of the
steamer Star at the same time
as Morris Sargent. Strangely
enough, this issue of ^ie paper
carries notice of the death of
his friend, Morris Sargent, also.
Mr. Lyons was a member of
the Seward Lodge of Odd Fel
lows and a charter member of
the Longshore Union in Seward,
where he has lived since retir
ing from the sea 14 years ago. j
He is credited as having been
acti^illy responsible for the
foumling of the Seward local.
He is survived by two sons,
William, who lives in Fairbanks,
and Joseph, who lives in Calif
ornia, and Mrs. Loring. William
Lyons will be in Seward for
his father’s funeral.
Services will be held Sunday
Kasilof News Items
Dr. and George Pollard have
been doing work on their pick
up and tractor. With early frost
mornings we know old man
winter is just around the cor
ner and we have all had ex
periences with cars and trac
tors being hard to start.
Charlie Heckel and Carl Spats
are still after a moose. They
are going out again. Meat to our
neighborhood is not a sport
but a necessity as we have no
other way to get fresh meat.
So, “sportsman,” take care of
your meat. If you can’t use it
all, give it to those who can.
Act wisely. Think. Treat our
game as you would a herd of
cattle.
Archie McClain returned Sat
urday from a trip to Palmer
and Anchorage. His son Stanley
was home to keep the farm.
Our neighbor Homer held
their festival Saturday. A few
from our community attended.
This is a splendid way to get
together and see the works of
others.
Mrs. Will Kroskie and Flo
rence Balbow spent Thursday1
at Mrs. Webb’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jo
hanson have moved off their
fishing site. Mr. and Mrs. Burton
spent several days in Seward
the first of this week.
Pete Jensen was at his brother
Chris’ home a few days last
week. The two are staying in
Anchorage since Chris was taken
over for care.
Florence Balbow and Gladys
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DELEGATES REPORT ON
LEGION AUXILIARY
CONVENTION
American Legion Auxiliary
Unit Number 5 heard the report
of their delegates to the depart
ment convention in Juneau at
their first fall meeting Wednes
day night.
Mrs. Grace Merrill, Mrs. Char
lotte Lesko and Mrs. Millie
Manthey attended the conven
tion held in Juneau September
2nd through the 6th. Mrs. Mer
rill gave a detailed and interest
ing report on items that would
not necessarily be included in
the printed report which will
be sent out by the department.
Seward is represented in the
Department roster of officers
this year by the election of
Charlotte Lesko as Department
Chaplain for the year.
The 1951 convention will be
held in Seward, both for the
Auxiliary and the Legion. The
Auxiliary began planning this
month for the convention year
and stated their determination
to uphold Seward's reputation
as a convention city.
California Artist
Revisits Alaska
Mrs. J^ey Marshall, who will
bo remembered in Seward as the
artist who decorated the Nobby
Club, is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Whitmore.
Mrs. Marshall will leave to
night aboard the SS Alaska for
her home in La Jolla. California.
She is a member of the La Jolla
artist colony and has exhibited
her work recently in the San
Diego County Art Exhibit, from
which she sold several pieces.
Friends have entertained the
artist extensively during her
three weeks visit, including a
week end at Kenai Lake and a
farewell luncheon at the Whit
more’s yesterday. She was also
entertained by Mrs. Joe Doyle
and Mrs. Charles Cole while
here.
ANOTHER AGRICULTURAL
REPORT IS AVAILABLE
To all Alaska farmers and
prospective farmers as well as
to all those interested in Alas
ka’s growth and welfare, “Mar
kets for the Products of Crop
land in Alaska” directs a mes
sage of vital significance.
This report, written by Hugh
Johnson, in charge of Agricul
tural Economics for the Alaska
Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions, and Wendell Calhoun,
marketing specialist of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, is
the first on the important sub
ject of marketing to be issued
about Alaska. It is based on
first - hand knowledge gained
from Alaskan producers, distri
butors, and consumers during
the summer and fall of 1949.
Clearly this 50-page report dem
onstrates that agricultural settle
ment in Alaska in advance of
a developed market is danger
ous. Expansion of Alaska’s agri
cultural cropland without a
corresponding growth of the
consumer market might be ruin
ous for the Alaskan farmer.
The report is being distributed
through the University of Alas
ka Extension Service offices in
Palmer, Anchorage and Fair
banks. Write for your free copy.
EPISCOPAL GUILD MEETING
POSTPONED TO SEPT. 30
The meeting of the .Guild of
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
reported in Tuesday's paper for
Sat., Sept. 23, has been post
poned until Sat., Sept. 30.
Traditional Hazing
Of Freshmen
Underway Today
Sewardites were startled at
noon today by an unusual pa
rade down Fourth Avenue. For
a moment the uninformed had
doubts of the sanity of our off
spring until it was called to
mind that this is the heralded
day of “initiation” of the high
school freshmen.
The parade consisted of a
party of amazingly costumed
creatures, 32 in number, strug
gling at the business end of a
sturdy tow rope to which was at
tached a station wagon loaded
with hard driving seniors. The
freshmen were learning the im
pressive lesson that the seniors
are in the driver’s seat in this
high school.
The real business of initiation
will be finished tonight at a
party in the gymnasium. There
each freshman will have a stunt
to do under the direction of his
guiding star who is, of course,
a senior. Eats and dancing will
follow the stunts. This reporter
was invited to the party by an
eager beaver who assured her
in dulcet tones that “everybody
is welcome.”
FORMER RESIDENT
BURIED IN SEATTLE
Older residents here will be
saddened to hear of the death
of Morris Sargent in Seattle
earlier this month.
Mr. Sargent, who moved to
Seward from Kodiak many
years ago, was chief engineer
of the steamer Star, which was
the mailboat to the Westward.
He was buried in Seattle Sep
tember 9.
LEO MANOS ARRESTED
IN ANCHORAGE
Leo Manos of this city was
arrested in Anchorage Wednes
day on a civil writ issued by
U. S. Commissioner Southard.
The writ was served on Manos
by Marshall Irwin Metcalf on
the complaint of Leo Douglas,
who asks for a judgment to
recover the sum of $100 on a
bad check.
Manos posted bail but did
not return to Seward.
DR. PHILLIPS GIVING
LECTURE SERIES
Seward nurses and members
■of the nursing association are
attending a series of lectures
by Dr. Francis Phillips, thoracic
surgeon at Seward Sanatorium,
on tuberculosis and public
health from the nurses’ view
point.
Many local women are attend
ing the lectures which they re
port to be not only interesting
but most beneficial to them.
I RATCHFORD-JARIGESE
Miss Jacquelyn Ratchford,
[ graduate of Seward High School
in the class of ’49, and P. F. C.
Joseph Jarigese, permanent de
tachment of the Seward Army
Recreation Center, were mar
ried last night by U. S. Com
missioner Anna B. Southard in
her home.
The bride was dressed in a
gray suit with a corsage of
pink rosebuds. Attendants were
Miss Phyllis Dangler and P. F. C.
Daniel F. Colley, a buddy of the
groom.
After the wedding, the party
was given a- reception by Sgt.
and Mrs. West Todd in their
apartment in the Spokane build
ing. About twenty guests watch
ed the cutting of a three tier
wedding cake.
In Tuesday’s Record we re
ported Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hoedel of Homer were parents
of a new son, born in Seward
General Hospital Sept. 17. We
were wrong. It was a girl. Her
name is Nancy Lee.
Texans Wonder At Costume
Picture Of City Council
LOCAL HUNTER PAYS
MAXIMUM FINE
FOR VIOLATION
Kenneth D. LeVan was fined
$250 on each of two counts in
Commissioner’s Court Wednes
day. He was charged with tak
ing game in excess of the bag
limit and killing moose within
a closed area.
LeVan admitted the killing of
two bull moose at Summit Lake
and close to the highway last
Monday. In addition to the fines
he meted out a three months jail
sentence which was suspended.
Jle would also have been com
pelled to give up the meat but
he had given it away, dividing
it among several persons.
AGENCY CONSOLIDATES
TWO DIVISIONS HERE
The Montana and the Wash
ington-Alaska-Yukon Divisions
of Railway Express Agency
have been consolidated into the
newly formed Pacific Northwest
Division under the direction of
Superintendent J. E. More, ac
cording to Don Wilson, local
agent of the Express office
which is part of the new divi
sion.
Division headquarters will be
located at Seattle, Wash. This
territory is noted for its ship
ments of fruits and vegetables,
seafoods, etc., which are sped to
the nation's markets by rail and
air express, Mr. Wilson con
cluded.
Mrs. Ada Millerman received
a magazine clipping from her
son Charles in Corpus Christi,
Texas. The clipping is a full
page from the magazine “^)ur
Navy,” with a picture b®/jL;i'the
installation of the boys from
the U. S. S. Mahopac as honor
ary councilmen in Sfeward.
The original of the photo
graph may be seen in the office
of the Seaport Record. It shows
the honorary mayor and council
men seated around the council
table with the Seward officials
standing behind each chair. The
ceremony took place at the 4th
of July celebration, so Council
woman Kirkpatrick was dressed
in pioneer costume with bustle,
ruffles and black neck b^nd,
which show up very plainly in
the photograph. Dick Myers’
whiskers and plaid shirt also
stand out and the entire group
could have stepped out of the
gay nineties.
The account of the proclama
tion declaring the honorary
council is carried in the article,
but no mention is made of the
fact that Seward had gone back
to pioneer dress for the occasion.
Texans and navymen every
where can and probably do be
lieve from the photograph that
Seward is still a land of whis
kers and bustles.
This is another item to add
to the fun and fame of our cele
bration, which is rapidly becom
ing widespread.
Defense Production Act of 1950 Reinstates
Regulations on Instalment Credits
The Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System has
issued the following press state
ment:
“Under the authority of the
Defense Production Act of 1950,
the Board of Governors today
reinstituted regulation of con
sumer instalment credit through
Regulation W effective at the
opening of business September
18, 1950.
“The regulation covers auto
mobile instalment credits of
S5.000 and less and other in
stalment credits of 82,500 and
iess. Except that home improve
ment credits are now covered
and terms are generally tight
ened, the regulation is in much
the same form as the regulation
which expired June 30, 1949.
“The limitations initially es
tablished are:
“Down payments of at least
one-third and maximum maturi
ties of 21 months for automo-j
biles.
“Down payment of at least
15 per cent, and maximum ma
turities of 18 months for appli
ances: Refrigerators, food freez
ers, radio or television sets,
phonographs, cooking stoves,
ranges, dishwashers, ironers,
washing machines, clothes dri
ers, sewing machines, suction
cleaners, air conditioners, and
dehumidifiers.
“Down payments of at least
10 per cent, and 18 months
maximum maturity for furni
ture and rugs.
“Down payments of at least 10
per cent, and 30 months maxi
mum maturity for home repairs,
alterations or improvements.
“Following the past policy of
placing fewer restrictions on
small credits, the new regula-!
tion does not contain down pay-1
ment requirements for articles1
costing less than $100 although,1
unlike the former regulation,
maturities are limited.
“Instalment loans for the pur
chase of any listed article carry
the same limitations that apply
to the instalment sale of the;
article. Other instalment loans
are limited to a maximum ma
turity of 18 months.
“In establishing the initial
terms the Board took into ac
count the prevailing practices
and terms in the trades affected.
There has been a material relax
ation of instalment credit terms
during the past year or more,
and the requirements of the reg
ulation are substantially tighter
than the terms now widely of
fered.
“In the automobile field the
great majority of recent instal
ment sales of new and late
model used cars are reported as
having been financed on sub
stantially easier terms, either as
to down payments or maturities
or both, than permitted by the
new regulation. . . .
“Consumer credit has under
gone an unprecedented expan
sion, particularly in recent
months. Under present condi
tions continued excessive growth
of consumer instalment credit
adds materially to inflationary
pressures,
pressures. . . .
“As the Board has frequently
emphasized, the regulation is a
useful supplementary instru
ment to combat inflation. It ap
plies to an important part, but
only to one part, of the credit
structure and therefore cannot
by itself effectively control in
flationary forces. . . .
Those engaged in the business
of making instalment sales or
instalment loans, regardless of
whether or not a Registration
Statement was filed under the
previous regulation, will be re
quired to register within sixty
days of the effective date of the
regulation. Registration forms
and copies of the regulation,
when available, will be forward
ed to all former registrants in
the Twelfth Federal Reserve
District; others concerned can
obtain forms and information
from the Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco or its offices in
Los Angeles, Portland, Salt Lake
City and Seattle.