THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT GIVES A HOOT ABOUT SEWARD, ALASKA
Vol. VI, No. 82
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950
Price 10 Cents
R. C. Campaign
To Feature
Store Booths
Seward’s quota in the Red
Cross Fund Campaign is $1063
this year, which is $600 less
than the 1949 quota, which is
based on expenditures of the
Chapter during the year.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Chapter
chairman, states that she has
enough faith in the people of
Seward, and their sense of re
sponsibility, that unless it proves
necessary, there will be no
house to house canvass. Instead,
booths will be set up for the
week of April 15 to April 22
in the grocery stores. There will
be someone in constant attend
ance. Membership cards and
stickers can be obtained there.
Business houses were particu
larly generous last year, and
they will be given the opportun
ity to contribute by mail.
“Red Cross has proved itself
in Seward during the past two
years. I do not mean to accost
people, nor to reproach them
for negligence, because it is
very evident from the various
funds already raised in town
this Spring, that this is a proud
and generous town,” Mrs. Kirk
patrick said today.
The local chapter is finishing
up the Sanatorium fire disaster
this week. Rehabilitation oi the
nurses who lost ail their pov
sessions is nearly completed at
the approximate cost to Red
Cross of $200. Upon completion
of reports and aa accounting of
the expenditures, the National
Disaster Service of Red Cross
will refund the total amount
to the local chapter.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick is calling
for volunteers to serve in the
collection booths during the
week so that they will not be
left unattended at any time.
This is another instance in which
all may help.
Anchorage Men
Install Local Elks
Eugene Smith, president of
Alaska Territorial Elks Associa
tion, and Edward Barber, secre
tary-treasurer of Alaska Terri
torial Elks Association, both of
Anchorage, conducted the in
stallation of the 1950-51 officers
of Seward Elks Lodge No. 1773,
Thursday evening at the I.O.O.F.
Hall. Those installed were:
W. W. Sipprell, Exalted Ruler;
Hal GUfilen, Leading Knight;
Robert Freeman, Loyal Knight;
Russell Painter, Lecturing
Knight; Bert Culverson, Esquire;
loe Hughes, Inner Guard; Jaek
Karli, Tyler; Harry Southard,
secretary; Gus Johnson, treas
irer; Delmar Zentmire, chap
ain; Russell Wagner and A1
’orvanger, trustees.
A1 Torvanger is outgoing Ex
ited Ruler, hich makes him the
irst Past Exalted Ruler for the
eward Lodge. He was present
d with a Past Exalted Ruler’s
in.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Barber
eturned to Anchorage today
V plane.
> ALASKA TO MAKE
UN FOR DENALI
The SS Alaska of the Alaska
eamship Company, is replac
g the SS Denali, scheduled to
il south on May 12. South
iund the Denali will call at
»ldez, Cordova, Sitka, Juneau,
;tersburg, Ketchikan, and Se
tle. The Denali will be back on
r run the next voyage out of
attle May 18, due Seward on
ly 23.
"Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay" To Be
Presented May 5-6
May 5 and 6 have been
chosen for the presentation of
the junior play “Our Hearts
were Young and Gay.”
This is one of the best come
dies produced by the Dramatic
Publishing Company of Chicago.
It is funny without being slap
stick, and has merited audience
appreciation wherever played.
It is packed with opportunity
for characterization and the cast
selected will do full justice to
it.
Here are the sparkling and
exhuberant escapes of two de
lightful girls, Cornelia Otis Skin
ner and Emily Kimbrough, who
are determined to prove how
mature and cosmopolitan they
can be on an uproarious and
charming trip to Europe.
Be sure to save the date for
this comedy.
New Engine Base
To Cost $1,355.00
The Seward Utility Board re
ceived three bids for the con
struction of an engine base at
the Seward Electric System
plant, as follows:
Jim Cameron $3,273.00; Mc
Rae Products $1,935.16; James
Construction Co. $1,355.00.
Bids were opened at a special
meeting of the Utility Board
called for that purpose on April
12, 1950. and the bid of the
James Construction Co. for $1
?55 U*J woe .*ecentpd
'TEEN-AGE DANCE
Ail right. Kids! Here's your
chance for the first 'Teen-Age
Dance.
Mrs. Beissner announces a
record dance for tomorrow
night. Saturday, April 15. at
the Civic Center. Bring your
favorite records and have a
good time. It's up to you, if
you want these dances to con
tinue, show her by turning
out in good numbers.
Skating as usual on Sunday.
Shipping News . . .
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany announced the first ship
sailing to Bristol Bay will leave
Seattle May 24. It is not known
yet which ship will make the
first trip.
SS-Nadina sailed from Seattle
April 12.
The Square Knot was sched
uled to leave Seattle the 13th
and will call at Seward, Port
Graham, Kodiak, Moose Bay and
Alitak.
The Square Sinnet, scheduled
to leave Seattle April 20 will
call first at Seward, then to
Port San Juan, Valdez, Orca
and Cordova.
The Susitna, sailing from
Seattle April 27, will call first
at Seward, then to Nellie Juan,
Valdez, Ellamar, Cordova and
Kodiak.
The Coastal Monarch sails
from Seattle April 28, calling
at Kenai, Snug Harbor, Homer,
Seldovia, Port Graham, Shear
Water Bay, Alitak and Chignik.
ASC PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT AGENT CALLS
IN SEWARD
G. S. Duryea, general freight
and passenger agent for Alaska
Steamship Company in Alaska,
with headquarters in Ketchikan,
came in on the Denali Thurs
day evening on a business trip.
Mr. Duryea makes several
trips a year through the Terri
tory, contacting ASC agents and
shippers. He is a long time resi
dent of the Territory, having
first come North in 1910.
Face Lifting
Operations On
School Ground
The Seward Street Depart
ment, under*the supervision of
Mr. Ralph Van Guilder, began
operations Wednesday morning
on the clearing and leveling of
the school grounds, by direction
of the mayor and city council.
All city equipment and street
department employees besides a
crew of six are rushing the job
to an early completion. School
boys, enthused with the prospect
of a real ball diamond, entered
into the job also on the first day.
A bulldozer and tractor have
been pulling stumps and brush,
removing boulders and grading
the entire block around the
school building. Beach sand will
be added to smooth the surface.
The Parent-Teacher Ass’n has
plans for equipment, but it is
suspected that the cost will be
greater than that organization
can meet under the circum
stances. Should this be the case,
the P-TA will conduct a cam
paign to raise funds to buy
playground equipment.
BAKE SALES BANNED
IN ANCHORAGE
TYPHOID SCARE
Bake sales in the Anchorage
area were banned April 12 by
health officials, and housewives
were urged to prepare food only
ior their immediate families.
The possibility of food play
ing a role in the Anchorage ty
phoid fever epidemic was being
invistigated this week by health
officers.
Dr. Joseph H. Stickler, Dep’t
of Health Epidemiologist, said
that although this lead is remote
at best, every possibility must
be investigated. A wire to the
U.S. Public Health Service re
quested information on all state
side outbreaks of typhoid for the
past six months to determine
whether food from an epidemic
area could be connected with the
12 Anchorage cases.
Plumbing at the Anchorage
schools has been checked and
city records for the past three
months have been studied for
breaks in the water mains and
similar data. Underground water
flow in the Spenard area was
studied as a possible factor in
the spread of the disease. Flu
orescein, the dye used to mark
downed planes at sea, is being
dumped in suspicious Spenard
cesspools to determine whether
sewage pollution is being car
ried to nearby shallow wells.
Dr. Robert L. Smith, assistant
commissioner of health, said
that more intensive laboratory
tests are now under way to
identify typhoid carriers who
may unknowingly be harboring
the bacteria within their body.
He added that the confirmation
of no typhoid cases in the past
three days gives promise that
the epidemic has reached its
peak.
WELL BABY CONFERENCE
TO BE IN NEW
CITY COUNCIL ROOM
The Well Baby Conference,
which has been held by the Pub
lic Health Nurse in the base
ment of the Methodist Church,
will be held hereafter in the
City Council chambers on the
second floor of the Fire Hall.
The hours remain the same—
every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m.
LUTHERAN SERVICES
Lutheran Church Services
will be held Monday evening,
April 17, at 8:00 o’clock at the
Lutheran Church. Rev. A. O.
Odegaard will officiate.
Nine Year Old Girl
Travels to Alaska
From New York Alone
Little Judy Grant, daughter
of Mrs. Grant Echols, a nurse
at Seward Sanatorium, reached
Seward Monday evening after a
trip from La Guardia Field, New
York, accompanied only by her
doll “Gail.”
The last part of her adventure,
the train trip from Anchorage,
was made with her mother who
met the Stratocruiser in Anchor
age on Sunday afternoon.
Judy has been living in West
Orange, New Jersey, with rela
tives, for a while until the folks
were ready for her arrival here.
“I had a great big tag around
my neck, so I couldn’t get lost,”
she says. “I couldn’t look down
because I got sick four times,
but the Stewardess was just
like a mother, she took good
care of me.”
When asked if there was more
snow in Alaska than in New
York, Judy said, “Well, to tell
you the truth, there just wasn’t
any.” She felt that she had to
apologize for the absence of
snow in New York.
Judy started school Tuesday,
and she “just loves it, because
she has always wanted to live
in the country, and it’s just
wonderful to live where there
are no sidewalks or cement
streets, or trolly cars.”
— NOTICE —
T*i? SteiUng •?»?$£, *iU ht
closed from April 15 to May
1, 1950.
No traffic will be permitted
and violators will be prose
cuted.
The closed area is as fol
lows: from Henton's Lodge
at Russian River to Kenai;
from Kenai to Kasilof; from
Kasilof to Homer.
ALASKA ROAD
COMMISSION
Ralph Soberg,
General Foreman
George Puckett,
Highway Potrolman
Junior Women Hold
Business Meeting
The Seward Junior Women’s
Club held a business meeting
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Clifford Clark, with presi
dent Jerry Noyes presiding.
Two new members were voted
into the club, Joanne Lind and
Molly Baumgartner.
The tuberculosis committee
was called upon for transporta
tion money to get some of the
outgoing patients back to their
homes.
The final letters were written
and mailed to the Methodist
Board in the effort to get the
college here in Seward.
The club continued the cus
tom of donating to the City Li
brary. The donation this year
was $30.
Going-away gifts were given
to Mrs. Clyde Gordon and Mrs.
Glenn Tressler when they left.
Thank you notes had been re
ceived by the club from these
two fortunate members that are
now enjoying Stateside sunshine.
Foundation plans were laid
for the coming annual banquet,
when husbands and guests will
again be invited as they were
last year.
Delicious pie was served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Clifford
Clark and Mrs* Margaret Nel
son. We saw at least three dif
ferent kinds of pie, and it all
looked good.
Next meeting will be a social
at the home of Mrs. Earl Moore j
on April 25.
Delinquency In
Territory Is
Cause of Worry
The Dep’t of Public Welfare
is very much concerned about
present juvenile problems in the
Territory. An ever increasing
number of children are being re
ferred to Child Welfare Serv
ices, including a large number
of children committed under
provisions of the Juvenile Code
i Law. The question is, “How is
l the Welfare Department to con
tinue to extend help to the chil
I dren and young people in trou
! ble in Alaska when there are
: not sufficient funds to carry out
the legal requirements of the
programs?”
The $160,000 appropriation by
the 1949 Territorial Legislature
was just sufficient to care for
the children then under the
Juvenile Code commitment and
did not allow for any increase
in cases committed to the De
partment of Public Welfare by
the U.S. Commissioners’ Courts
i throughout the Territory. The
! appropriation as made was $90,
j 000 short of the request made
by the Board of Public Welfare.
I Effective immediately the
department is putting into effect
: the policy of • v - ►
venae <Jode n ,
jng the riaiSiit j- v ■*
through Marc
clren already . ? >
only for babies ana younger
children referred as new cases.
: The younger children particu
larly need the protective serv
| ices of the Juvenile Code pro
; gram. With the serious shortage
of funds, the agency will only
| be able to provide assistance for
a very limited number of these
younger children. This action
means that the adolescent boys
and girls, who are in trouble in
the communities, and are com
mitted to the Dep’t of Public
Welfare, will suffer as there will
be no funds available for their
care, although they may benefit
from the protective custody pro
vided by the Juvenile Code Law.
As a result, the Child Welfare
| Service program will be critic
ally hampered by lack of ade
quate funds.
Every person in Alaska should
be vitally concerned about this
problem and should reflect their
concern in performing their
civic duties as citizens in the
various communities throughout
the Territory. There are many
instances where individuals or
organizational groups in the
community could take an active
part in helping to solve many
of the juvenile problems.
The Department of Public
Welfare wants the public to
know that it is concerned about
the youth problems and the
agency is doing everything pos
sible to extend services to these
children. It is important that the
public be informed that the ap
propriations are not adequate
and foat the department will be
unable to care for children in
the manner in which children
should be cared for.
The above is part of a state
ment released by Henry A. Har
mon, director, Alaska Depart
ment of Public Welfare.
P-TA MEETING POSTPONED
TO APRIL 21
The P-TA meeting scheduled
for Friday night, April 14, has
been postponed until next Fri
day because of the Spring Musi
cal which is to be at 8 o’clock
this evening in the High School
Auditorium.