Territorial
SEWARD’S
All-qWeathec
SEAPORT
Is Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
Vol. V, No. 100
SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, JUNE 17 1949
Price 10 Cents
Methodists To
Found College
On Peninsula
A college having three major de
partments, liberal arts, industrial
training and agriculture, will be
founded on the Kenai Peninsula
by the Methodist Church.
The 'story was published in the
World Outlook, a magazine^ pub
lished by the Division of Education
.and Cultivation of the Board of
Missions and Church Extension of
the Methodist Church.
Methodists in the Chicago area,
the magazine said, have pledged
$135,000 for the founding of this
school, and the Detroit area has
pledged $80,000 for the fund. These
amounts represent practically the
entire Home Mission Advance to
the founding of the college.
The new Methodist college, the
World Outlook states, will open
new vistas for the 1.200 young peo
ple who graduate from Alaska high
schools each year. Most of them
now have no hope of further train
ing.
The small University of Fair
banks is crowded with an enroll
ment of only 300 students, only
part of whom are incoming fresh
men. Only a few Alaskan families
are wealthy enough to send their
children to the States for training.
T.B. Association Official
Dies in Seattle Saturday
Bess A. Winn, for many years a
central figure in the Territory's per
ennial fight against tuberculosis,
passed away last Saturday in a
Seattle hospital.
As executive secretary of the
Alaska Tuberculosis Association,
she worked incessantly to stamp
out the disease, traveling through
the Territory and carrying the
fight to the legislature. She last
visited Seward a year ago this
month, and was instrumental in
the establishment of the Seward
Sanatorium.
Besides caring for her family she
found time to direct the annual
Christmas Seal campaign, write
numerous articles for journals and
film and radio scripts for health
education.
Through her efforts the Sana
torium obtained steaTn tables for
serving meals to patients, a public
address system, and the services
of a medical social worker and an
occupational therapist through the
Tuberculosis Association.
COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
MUST OBTAIN LICENSES
Any person engaging in the busi
ness of fishing with gill nets or
seines must first obtain a license,
according to the laws now in
effect. The rate for gill nets is $2
for each hundred fathoms of net,
and the rate for seines is $10 for
the first 150 fathoms.
Marvin Viale of the Resurrection
Bay Company can furnish the nec
essary forms and is authorized to
make collections. A commercial
fishing license must also be ob
tained. These application .forms
are also available at the Resurrec
tion Bay Company. The rate is $5
for a resident license and $50 for
non-residents.
Mr. Howard Burkher, radio en
gineer for the Alaska Native Serv
ice, arrived in Seward Thursday by
plane. With headquarters in An
chorage, Burkher, came to take care
of the transfer of surplus supplies
from the military to the Alaska
Native Service.
Munter Company
Awarded Contract
For Kenai Bridge
| The M. P. Munter Construction ■
Co. of Seattle was low bidder on j
the conduction of the bridge across |
the Kenai River and the $182,000
contract was awarded to the firm
by the Commissioner of Public
Roads in Juneau this week.
The 400-foot structure of timber I
pile trestle with reinforced con- !
Crete deck will be built this sum
mer to replace an inadequate struc
ture.
M. P. Munter is the Munter of j
Munter-Phillips who are building j
the bridges on the Turnagain Arm j
project which will link Seward and
the Kenai Peninsula to cities of the !
Interior and the highway to the j
States.
The Kenai River bridge is part I
of the highway project linking
Kenai. Kasilof, and Homer with
Seward. The road is now open to
Kasilof, and is progressing rapidly
on the Homer end of the line.
Greased Pole Contest
Sponsored by Union
I
A. G. McRae announced this !
week that the Carpenters Union
is sponsoring a greased flag pole
climbing contest for the Fourth of i
July celebration here,
i The pole will be approximately j
15 feet high, McRae said, and at 1
the top there will be a five dollar
bill dangling on a string. The first
one to reach the top of the pole
is entitled to the five dollars.
Since a lot of people are ex
pected to become greased up from
trying to catch the greased pig,
the carpenters decided they might
as well make it a good go with the
flag pole event. The pole will be
located in the area where the other
events are to take pace.
Local Laundry Washes
Fishing Nets
Last week fishermen were both- j
ered by a great deal of moss and '
other foreign matter in their nets
as they fished for salmon in Res
urrection Bay. The situation be
came rather difficult, until an ex
I periment in washing them proved
successful.
For the test a fifty fathom sec- :
tion of net was placed in a large
laundry machine at the Seward
Laundry. With the use of steam I
and ordinary cleaning agents in the 1
I machine, the net came out as clean !
and white as a brand new net.
Local fishermen believe this pro
cess will add several years to the
life of a net if it is cleaned before
storing for the winter.
WARNS OF SPEED LIMIT
IN HIGHWAY TOWNS
Highway Patrolman George
Puckett said Thursday that he has
received reports of vlblations of
the speed limit in highway towns
and that children in Moose Pass
have had several close calls lately.
There are no sidewalks in Moose !
Pass, he said, and the pedestrians
are compelled to use the highway
while walking. The speed limit
through the town is 20 miles per
hour, which will give drivers a
reasonable margin o£ safety for
stopping.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Grabb, who
have been visiting with the Harry
Southards, expected to leave for
Anchorage Friday to board a plane
for their home in the States. A
cocktail party was given in their
honor Wednesday at the Southard
home. Last Sunday they made a
trip to Ke'nai and saw moose,
sheep, goafs, and black bears on
the way. Mrs. Grabb is a sister of
Mrs. Suothard.
Standard Oil
Officers Visit
Here Tuesday
Mr. T. S. Petersen, President of
the Standard Oil Company of Calif
ornia. and a group of Standard's
top officials will be in Seward on
June 21, it was announced by W. C.
Erwin, Standard’s Manager here.
The visitors are on an inspection
tour of the Company’s marketing
facilities in the Territory.
Accompanying Petersen will be
Hillyer Brown, Vice President,
Paul Pigott, Member of Board of
Directors, E. J. MeClanahan, Vice
President, S. E. Stretton, District
Manager and L. M. Hagen, Assis
T. S. PETERSEN
President
Standard Oil Company
of California
tant District Manager. Other mem
bers of the group are P. L. Fahr
ney, Vice President, Dwight Han
son, Pilot, Company plane, Leslie
Walker Co-pilot, Company plane,
and Arnold Horton, Mechanic,
Company plane.
Main purpose of the trip is to
get first hand knowledge of Alas
ka's progress to enable Standard
to plan possible future develop
ments. Standard was the first oil
company to serve the Alaska mar
ket, starting before 1888. and is the
Territory's largest supplier of pe
troleum products.
They have the Company’s Di
rectors’ plane and will make stops
at Annette Island, Ketchikan,
Juneau, Anchorage, Seward, Fair
banks, Point Barrow, Nome, White
horse and Skagway for inspections
and future survey of the Territory.
It is the first time in the history
of the company that a president
has visited their operations and
holdings in Alaska, and this trip
should be of large benefit to the
Territory in future plans for ex
pansion and developments.
A. J. HARRIS TAKES OVER
ALEUTIAN LIVE STOCK CO.
Arthur J. Harris announced that
his firm has taken over the hold
ings of the Aleutian Livestock Co.
at Nikolaki Village on Umnak Is
land in the Aleutians. The firm will
have mutton for sale in the Terri
tory in the near future.
Harris is interested in a number '
of enterprises, including the Harris
Mercantile Company, Mahuskin |
Livestock and the Harris Fisheries.
Harris is listed as one of the sub
scribers of the Seaport Record.
Jerry Martin announced that he
is closing his radio repair shop on
Fourth Avenue after June 30. He
expects to reopen the shop in a
new location next fall.
$50,000 Allocated
For Improvement of
Small Boat Harbor
According to a telephone con
versation between Territorial En
gineer Victor Rivers in Anchorage
and Mayor Eugene l^anier the sum
of $50,1)00 will be available for
dredging of the small boat harbor
here this summer.
This amount is part of an ex
pected appropriation of $1,554,000
which the army engineers will
have for work on Alaska river and
harbor projects this summer. While
Congress has not yet appropriated
the money, it is said that the
amount asked for work in Alaska
will not be questioned.
Other Projects
For the small boat harbor at
Cordova, the allotment is $100,000,
$70,000 for Vadez, $30,000 for Ju
neau, and $40,000 for Wrangell. The
sum of $701,000 will be allocated
for storm protection at Nome and
$543,000 was set aside for new
dredging lor the Wrangell Narrows.
Sales Tax Remains in
Effect Until October
The two per cent sales tax which
the city has been collecting for
the use of the school will continue
in effect until next October, it was
learned tiiis week.
I The tax, imposed for the spe
| cilic purpose of raising the amount
of $50,000 has so far brought about
$35,000 to the city sch'ool fund.
Collections during the first two
quarters were in the neighborhood
of $12,000 each quarter, but the
quarter ending March 31 brought
only $8,000.
For this reason, it was said, the
tax will be continued until October
of this year. By that time city offi
cials are confident that the full
$50,000 will have been raised. The
tax will automatically oe off the
books then.
Health Department Barge
Calls at Seward
A power barge. The Health, new
! ly commissioned for the Alaska
Department of Health Service,
called at the port of Seward this
week on the way to Kodiak,
where it will be permanently sta
tioned.
This is one of the two boats of
' this type recently placed in service.
The second will see service on the
Yukon River, and the U. S. Navy
is said to have taken the job of
towing it through the Bering Sea.
Personnel of the boat took a
trip to Anchorage while it was
tied up at the Standard Oil Co.
dock. The boat will give the same
kind of service as is rendered by
the “North Star” in coastal and
island villages. It is well equipped
as a clinic.
NURSES ENTERTAIN FORTY
AT SERVICE CLUB
The Seward Registered Nurses
Association entertained forty mem
bers and their families at their
annual picnic supper Tuesday eve
ning, June 14, at the service club
building in the old Fort Raymond
area.
Although held indoors because
of damp weather, it was a real
picnic supper, with guests toasting
hot dogs and marshmallows at the
huge fireplace in the club building.
Mrs. Walter Blue was chairman of
the affair.
Members of the nurses associa
tion held a five-minute business
meeting, at which it was decided
that the association would inten
sify its efforts to further the for
mation of a territorial association. |
The nurses recently purchased a
projector which is to be used for
showing educational slides and
film strips.
Seward Police
Receive High
Commendation
Seward has as fine a group of
law enforcement officers as can be
found anywhere in the Territory
of Alaska, and Chief of Police
Leonard J. Clark has a better en
forcement background than any
other police chief in the Territory.
This statement was made this
week by Robert E. Goocher, Alaska
representative of the Northwest
Peace Officers Association. He was
in Seward for several days this
week and expected to leave on the
SS Baranof Friday.
Excellent Record
Inquiry revealed that Chief
Clark has many years of experience
behind him and that he was super
intendant of the Nebraska State
Bureau of Criminal Identification.
His whole background is one of
experience in criminal identifica
tion and investigation.
He s a graduate of the Institute
of Applied Science in Chicago and
while he was police chief at
Scott’s Bluff, Nebraska, he attend
ed the FBI national police acad
emy.
Chairman Visits
Norman Smith, chairman of the
board of directors of the Northwest
Peace Officers Association, visited
here earlier in the month to dis
cuss law enforcement problems in
Alaska.
The association consists of over
3,000 officers in six northwest
states, Canada and Alaska. It pub
lishes a magazine and has a death
benefit fund.
Goocher, who has a degree in
! law, and who was a police judge
\ in Anchorage in 1943, has also been
a city and county officer.
Pre-Marital Health Law
Now in Force
The new Territorial law requiring
heailth certificates before marriage
licenses can be issued went into
effect June 17. This means that from
now on, people wishing to be ntar
. ried may do so only if the physi
cian decides after an examination
! and blood test that the applicant
can be certified as to his health.
| This examination may take place
any time within 30 days prior to
the issuance of the marriage li
cense. The U. S. Commissioner,
however, may not issue the license
without the health certificate.
Expectant Mothers
The law now requires also that
every licensed physician or regis
tered nurse in the Territory who
is attending a pregnant woman
must see to it that a seriological
blood test be taken at the time of
the first visit or within ten days
except where it is contrary to the
religious tenets of that mother. Re
sults of such tests are never made
available to the public.
Tide and Sun
AT SEWARD
Saturday Low
6.7 11:40 a.m. 0.0
7.8
Sunday Low
6.1 00:39 a.m. 1.8
8.1 12:31'p.m. 0.8
Monday Low
6 1:47 a.m. 1.1
8.5 1:25 p.m. 1.4
Tuesday Low
6.1 2:46 a.m. 0.1
8.9 2:23 p.m. 1.8
High
5:13 a.m.
6:34 p.m.
High
6:33 a.m.
7:21 p.m.
High
7:49 a.m.
8:01 p.m.
High
8:57 a.m.
8:41 p.m.
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21
Sunrise
2:35 a.m.
2:35 a.m.
2:35 a.m.
2:35 a.m.
Sunset
9:26 p.m.
9:27 p.m.
9:27 p.m.
9:28 p.m.
Greased Pole Climbing Contest July 4th for Five Bucks
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Sponsored by Carpenters’ Union Local 2304, Seward, Alaska