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Seward Seaport Record
THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT GIVES A HOOT ABOUT SEWARD. ALASKA
VoL VI, No. 95
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1950
Price 10 Cents
EMPLOYMENT OF
MINORS ABOARD
FISHING BOATS
Clarification of the Child La
bor Law regarding the employ
ment of minors in the fishing
business as released by the Ter
ritorial Department of Labor.
Employment of 16- and 17
year-old minors aboard seine
fishing boats is permitted under
the amended regulations of the
Alaska Child Labor Law provid
ing such employment is regis
tered with the Territorial De
partment of Labor, the Commis
sioner of Labor. Henry A. Ben
son, announced this week.
The registration forms may be
obtained from local superintend
ents of schools or from the De
partment at Juneau.
There is no change in regula
tions governing employment
aboard trolling boats and work
aboard trolling boats is permit
ted for 16- and 17-year-old boys
without registration.
“The purpose of registering
employment of 16- and 17-year
old minors aboard seine boats
is to protect the health and wel
fare of our Alaska youth and at
the same time to permit these
boys to gain work experience
and vacation earnings.
“Registrations will be can
celled whenever we find the
boat engaged in illegal fishing
or in violations which show ir
responsible operation or abuse
of the mnor aboard the boats,”
Labor Commissioner Benson
stated.
SEATTLE C. OF C. MEMBERS
TO BOARD SS ALASKA HERE
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, on tour in Alaska, is
expected to be in Seward Memo
rial Day to board the ship Alas
ka which is due in at 4:00 Tues
day morning.
According to the itinerary as
set up by the visitors, they will
not be able to meet the Seward
people unless they arrive during
the day by special, because of
the change in the ARR passen
ger schedule.
Mr. Walt Sipprell, president
of the Seward Chamber of Com
merce, had no definite word
by press time Monday, as to
the time of their arrival.
Are You Interested
In Acting?
Do you remember the fun
you had in high school and later
in the preparing of amateur the
atricals? The Gateway Reper
tory Theater group is asking
for talent. They want more
actors, costumers and stage
hands. There is more downright
fun in getting ready for a play
than in the presentation itself.
That final evening is always
one of tense excitement, after
weeks of work and pleasure in
the learning of parts and put
ting the thing together. Most
everybody has had some exper
ience in amateur performances,
and many enjoyed the whole
thing. This is your chance to get
back into the swing.
The little theater movement
in Seward must not die for lack
of support. In response to last
week's appeal, several persons
came forward with offers of as
sistance in time and materials.
This was a good beginning, but
it was just a beginning. Contact
Larry Cobb and talk it over.
Mr. and Mrs. William Everitt
and daughters Joanne and Peg
gy are leaving Seattle today on
their boat, the Eagle, for Alaska.
Mrs. Everitt and the girls will
fly to Seward from Juneau while
Mr. Everitt brings the boat the
rest of the way. Mr. Everitt is
co-owner of the Resurrection
Bay cannery with Mr. Marvin
Viale.
Lest We Forget—
MEMORIAL DAY. a day set:
aside to honor the men who gave
their lives to preserve the
American Way. How do we ob
serve it?
Right after the Civil War, the
women of the South set aside
one day each year to decorate
the graves of their fathers, sons,
brothers and buddies who had
died in the lost cause. For years
those faithful people remem
bered in grateful gesture and
sincere feeling the ones who
were gone. It was called Decor
ation Day.
! . General John A. Logan, Com
| mander in Chief. Grand Army
of the Republic, named the same
| day for the observance of the
j beautiful custom, and the gover
nors of various states proclaimed '
the day year after year, until it
was finally declared a legal holi
day and named Memorial Day,
the better to voice the feelings
of a grateful nation.
In eight of the southern states,
because flowers bloom earlier,
Memorial Day is observed May
10 or May 26 instead of May 30.
There is scarcely a village in
the United States in which there
is not some family which mourns
the loss of a son or brother. Yet
in many communities it is only
the few who remember the sig
nificance of the day. Service or
ganizations like the American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars hold memorial services at
the cemeties, which for the most
part are not attended by the gen
eral public. Why?
Arc we too busy enjoying the
day away from work to spare a
few minutes with bowed heads
in memory of our dead? Do wre
stop to thank those who are no
longer with us for the privilege
of enjoying that fishing trip we
might not otherwise have had?
If all nations everywhere
should stop a- moment to think
over the graves of our war dead,
perhaps we would not be rush
ing with such speed toward the
act of adding thousands more to
the list.
Memorial Day is a sad and
beautiful day, let's pause a mo
ment and be thankful for those
who returned, and honor those
men of memory—lest we forget!
I Extra-Scheduled
i Sailing by Coastwise
The SS North Beacon of the
Coastwise Line will make an
extra-scheduled sailing direct
from Seattle May 31 to Seward,
j for the special benefit of com
mercial shippers during the ab
normal movement of construc
tion shipments to Whittier, it
was announced May 2(1.
She will be followed five days
later by the SS James W. Can
non which will make the usual
scheduled calls at Portland, Se
attle, Seward, Whittier and Val
dez.
The special supplementary
voyage is the first sailing in
Coastwise Line's Alaska serv
ice of the privately chartered
North Beacon. She has just been
equipped with radar equipment
, and limited refrigeration facili
ties.
The ship is due in Seward the
5th or 6th of June.
MEL HORNER RETURNS
FROM STATES
Mel Horner, Moose Pass, long
time resident of Seward and vi
cinity, returned Friday via SS
Aleutian, after spending the
winter in his old home country
in southern Michigan and north
ern Indiana.
Mel went as far as Pennsyl
vania on his vacation. Says he
found the winter weather miser
ably cold and wet. Much worse
than Alaskan weather, he says,
and he is glad to be back.
Mr. Horner will spend the
summer at the mine on Falls
Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Kala
marides and baby son, Joe, are
visiting in Seward over the
weekend and Memorial Day. Mr.
Kalamarides, an attorney in An
chorage, has been fishing and
hunting while here and has
bagged a black bear as well as
getting a good string of Dolly
Vardens.
Stanley Watsjold, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Watsjold, cele
brated his 10th birthday with a
theater party Friday. Seven
guests were served refreshments
and taken to the show.
Frank Brooks went to An
chorage Monday morning with
his son, Ray Brooks, who has
been visiting in Seward for a
few days. Frank expects to be
in Anchorage about a week.
Memorial Day
Services
! A short Memorial Day Service
| will mark the observance of the
day in Seward Cemetery, May
30, at 11 a.m. A firing squad
under the direction of Li, John
Burk, U.S. Army, and Frank
Mitchell. Commander of Ameri
can Legion Seward Post No. 5.
with prayers by Chaplain Arlie
Hayne will pay respect to Sew
ard's war dead.
I Wreaths and flags will be
j placed upon the graves. Mem
I bers of the VFW, American Le
gion and both auxiliaries will
take part in the ceremony.
I Whales Put On Early
! Morning Show
Early Sunday morning two
black whales escavorting in the
Bay attracted the attention of
workers, and by seven o'clock
groups of people were watching
their antics from vantage points
along the railroad and beach, i
They gradually worked to-1
ward the far shore and could i
only be seen through glasses. It!
proved to be a perfect Sunday j
morning eye opener.
A1 Tenny of the Kenai Lum
ber Company was in the hospital
two days last week with a hand
injury.
The McMullen's Marvels, girls
bowling team sponsored by Mc
Mullen's store, were treated to
a Chinese dinner and later taken
to a show by Mrs. Ray James, j
i owner of McMullen’s, last Thurs- i
day evening. Miss Jane McMul
len and Mrs. Georgg Puckett '
were additional guests.
A library meeting was held in
Moose Pass last Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Chuck
Clements.
Mrs. Gladys Peterson from
Homer is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Don Wilson and Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Millerman. She arrived
here Friday, May 26, and plans
to go from here to Whittier
where her husband is now em
ployed. Her husband, Dave Pet
erson, is former yardmaster
here at Seward.
Eighteen boys from Jesse Lee
Home went fishing Sunday aft
ernoon at Bear Lake. In addi
tion to having a lot of fun, they
came home with 30 trout*
ASC Anticipates No
Further Trouble
In view of a temporary re
straining order, entered Saturday
by the Federal District Court,
prohibiting interference w i t h
the handling of Alaska salmon
industry supplies, the Alaska
Steamship Company is proceed
ing on the assumption that no
further difficulties will be ex
perienced in moving this cargo,
D. E. Skinner, vice president
and general manager of the com
pany said.
“It is anticipated,” he stated,
“that heavy cannery freight
bookings will be forthcoming
for the next Bristol Bay sailing,
the motorship Coastal Rambler,
to depart as soon as loaded, and
the next Southeastern Alaska
freighter, the motorship Square
Knot, scheduled for June 2.”
Additional ships will be
placed on loading berth if the
cargo offerings dictate, it was
pointed out.
CUB SCOUTS ENJOY PICNIC
AT FIRST LAKE
The Cub Scout pack picnic
last Saturday at First Lake was
attended by nearly 50 of Sew
ard's young gentlemen and their
parents. Weiners and potato
salad made up the main fare
with cake and cookies as spe
cials. Soda pop was purchased
from proceeds of last month’s
“Country Fair.''
Wolf and bear books were
passed out at the picnic.
The local Cub Scout pack is
rapidly improving in appearance
as many of them have their
uniforms and it is hoped that the
entire group will be in uniform
by July 4th.
Dick Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. David L. Brown, joined his
parents here last week. Dick had
been attending Anchorage High
School and so did not come to
Seward at the time his parents
joined the staff at Jesse Lee
The Brown's older son, David W.
‘Skio’ Brown, is also here and is
helping with the Jesse Lee Boy
Scout troop.
Mr. Glen Rogers, superintend
ent of schools at Cordova and
formerly schools superintendent
here, was in Seward Friday
while the SS Aleutian was in
port. He is on his way Outside.
While in Seward Friday he - at
tended the Lions Club luncheon.
QUEEN CANDIDATES
TO BE NOMINATED
AT JITNEY DANCE
The Fourth of July Commit
tee has announced that candi
dates for queen to reign over the
July 4th celebration will be nom
inated at the Jitney Dance on
Sunday, July 2. She will be
elected and crowned at the 4th
of July dance as a highlight of
that affair. Nomination and elec
tion will be by popular acclaim,
without the previous sale of
tickets as in former years'.
CALICO SKIRTS
The costume for the ladies
during the celebration and at
the dance will be the long calico
skirts of pioneer days. Anyone
who is fortunate enough to own
or acquire an old fashioned sun
bonnet to complete the costume
will be in the height of fashion.
Derby hats will be available for
everyone.
The committee feels that if
the women would start wearing
| long dresses during next month,
I especially on boat days, it would
help advertise the celebration.
BABY CONTEST
A baby contest which proved
to be very popular two years
ago will be handled again by
the American Legion Auxiliary,
j Babies from six months to two
years of age are eligible. There
| are many beautiful babies about
i town, and this contest is creating
| a great deal of interest.
MAN FOUND DEAD IN
jHOTEL ROOM
i
j Ray Lillie, resident of Van
Gilder Hotel was found dead in
his room on the morning of
May 23. He had complained the
day before of not feeling well
and had consulted a doctor.
Time of death was set at approx
imately 4:40 a.m.
Lillie, 36, had been in Seward
about one year, working for
Standard Oil and more recently
as a longshoreman, but had been
warned against strenuous labor,
according to acquaintances.
The body will leave Seward
Tuesday, May 30. by plane en
route to Linden, California, near
Stockton, to the home of his
mother, Mrs. Marie Lillie. He
is survived by a young daughter,
Radine, and his mother.
Census Report Shows
Seldovia Area Gain
I James D. Brown, Divisional
; Supervisor of the Census, re
i ported last week that the town
; of Soldovia shows an increase
I of eight over the 1^40 census,
but the recording district of Sel
dovia has increased 420 persons
in the ten years. Latest figures
I give Seldovia as 423. and the
! recording district at 1500.
The largest increase is in the
Homer area, according to Brown,
but the exact figures were not
given.
All reports are preliminary
and subject to revision.
The Seward figures have not
been released yet, but will be
made later this week. Mr. Brown
stated.
A birthday party is fun, but
nothing to get too excited about,
according to young Michael
Painter, who fell asleep before
his birthday cake was cut last
Friday afternoon. However, he
was ^ust one year old. His 12
guests did justice to the cake
and the rest of the refreshments.
Green and yellow streamers
from a May pole in the center of
the table extended to each plate,
much to the delight of the young
guests. Michael is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Painter.
Luke and Maymie Elwell from
Upper Russian Lake came into
town last Friday for a few days.