SEWARD’S
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Seward Seaport ^Record
THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT GIVES A HOOT ABOUT SEWARD, ALASKA
Vol. VI, No. 36
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Ask Sewardites
Bid for College,)
Do we want our children to
grow up in the atmosphere of a
college ‘town?
Or are we satisfied with their
present environment—no recre
ation, no good music, no cultur
al opportunities?
Must we deny them the
chance of higher education, if
we cannot raise the necessary
funds to send them Outside to
school?
Or, shall we work now to
bring a college degree into the
home town?
Are we interested in the na
tion wide publicity our city
would receive if Seward is se
lected as the site for the Liberal
Arts College proposed by the
Methodist Church?
Or are we content to have
tourists board the train as soon
as the ship docks, to “see Alas
ka”, because there is nothing of
interest in Seward excep^ the
scenery?
There is no question of what
advantage it would be to the
city to have the decision in our
favor. There is no end to the
question and answers on this
subject, for and against the
reasons why we should work
toward the attainment of this
project for Seward.
If w'e want it, we must work
for it. Good things seldom drop
in our laps like apples from a
tree. If it is worth having, it
is worth working for.
It’s easy enough to say “work
for it”, but how does one go
hbout working?
There is a paper in circulation
about town right now, in the
form of a subscription to raise
enough money to send a quali
fied representative to meet the
Board of Education of the Meth
odist Church, to place before
that body the advantages of
Seward as a site for the pro
posed college. This representa
tive may be Rev. Paul Irwin.
who is known to all the mem
bers of the Board.
If you are interested, sign
that subscription with $5.00 or
so.
Another way, which is very
important, and would give val
uable assistance, is to write per
sonally to the Board members.
We cannot tell you what to
write. They are not particularly
interested in the advantage to
Seward of their college. It is,
rather, what advantages does
Seward have to offer them?
Climate? Beauty of location?
Transportation facilities? Water,
electricity, merchandise? Good
will? Cooperation? Opportunity
for expansion?
People of Seward, it is up
to us. If we want a college lo
cated at the head of the Bay,
on Nash Road, let's get busy.
Write to all four of the follow
ing persons, giving reasons why
Seward should be selected as
the site. Write to:
Dr. Earl R. Brown,
150 Fifth Avenue,
New York City, New York.
Write to:
Bishop Gerald Kennedy,
Journal Building,
Portland, Oregon.
Write to:
Dr. Gordon Gould,
1701 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Write to:
Dr. John Gross,
Board of Education,
Medical Arts Building,
Nashville, Tenn.
Write to each and every one
of the above persons. Do it now! t
Next week or next month will
be too late.
This is Seward’s opportunity.
Do not let it slip from our grasp!
It is not the business of the
members of the local Methodist
Church. It is up to US, the
PEOPLE OF SEWARD.
Calvert Purchases
Mac's Electric Shop
Mac's Electric Shop, formerly
owned by Ray MacKenzie, was
purchased this week by Lloyd
Calvert, who will operate the
establishment under the same
name and in the same location.
Calvert had planned to leave
Seward for Southern California
in December but decided that
the Gateway City is not such a
bad place after all and he would
stay.
Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie were
scheduled to leave on the Bar
anof Friday, shipping their car
to Seattle, then drive the South
ern Route as far as Texas then
north to Kansas City, Mo., where
they will be met by their daugh
ter, Carolyn, and from there to
Crawfordsville, Indiana for the
holidays.
The MacKenzies say they re
gret the necessity of leaving this
city and hope some day to return.
Hearing Cancelled By
Subcommittee
The Wickersham Subcommit
tee hearing scheduled* for Sew
ard on Wednesday was not held
because of inclement weather
which made it impossible for
members of the committee to
fly to this city.
Del. E. L. Bartlett and Mr.
Wickersham expressed their re
grets by telephone and Del. Bart
lett advises that anyone wishing
to express an opinion on the fish
trap question should write to
him at his Washington, D.C. ad
dress and gave assurance that
all communications would be
laid before the committee before
final decision is made.
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
AT WORK ON CARNIVAL
Everybody in school, students
and teachers alike, are working
hard on the details for the Car
nival. Every kind of game to
test your skills or memory are
being planned.
Entertainment of every sort, |
eats galore, and fun for all ages
require a vast amount of plan
ning and perfect cooperation.
That such cooperation is being
given is evident in the all out
planning of this big affair.
Proceeds from the Carnival |
will provide more much needed
chairs for the auditorium.
Cooper Landing Folks
Visit In Seward
Jack Willis was in town over
the week end. He came in to
play for the Hallowe’en Mas
querade Dance, and remained [
until Wednesday when he re
turned to Cooper Landing with
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCann who
came in to shop and visit. This i
was the first trip into town for
several months for the McCanns,
as, work on the highway has
kept Mr. McCann busy all sum
mer.
Jim Dunmire, Jim O’Brien
and Helen Gwyn drove into
Seward Wednesday for an over
night visit.
Mrs. Harold Johnson of Coop
er Landing came in to meet her
sister, Rita Grady of Los Angel
es, who arrived on the SS Bara
nof. They plan to return home
Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Berger
and Dighton Gilliland came in
on Wednesday for a shopping j
trip and to visit friends and!
relatives.
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Nation Prepares For
Christmas Seal Sale;
Local Quota $7200.00
The 1949 Christmas Seals,
featuring a modernistic drawing
of a dove in flight, have arrived,
according to Mrs. Carl M. Ling,
chairman of the Seward Com
mittee of the Alaska Tubercu
losis Association.
This year’s seal was designed
by 27 year old Herbert M. Mey
ers of Leonia, New Jersey,
whose original drawing won 1st
prize in a nation-wide contest
conducted by the Society of Il
lustrators, a national organiza
tion of outstanding artists, illus
trators, and art directors, wilii
headquarters in New York City.
With the approval and coop
eration of the National Associa
tion, the Society sponsored the
contest among students of ac
credited art schools all over
the country. The selection of
Mr. Meyers’ design by a jury
of Society officials and Ameri
can artists was corroborated by
the National Association's
Christmas Seal Sale Advisory
Committee which customarily
makes the final choice of the
Seal Sale design each year.
The 1949 Seal Sale, proceeds
of which will be used to finance
the Seward Committee and the
Alaska Tuberculosis Associa
tion's program for the coming
year, opens on Nov. 20 and will
continue until Christmas. The
quota for the Seward Committee
has been set at $1,200.00, the
minimum needed for the Asso
ciation's 1950 projects oi tuber
culosis preventipn and control.
As in former years, the Seals
are supplied by the National
Association, with which the lo
cal committee and 3,000 other
voluntary tuberculosis associa
tions are affiliated.
Christmas Seals are sent an
nually by the NTA to associa
tions in the 43 states and the
three United States territories—
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
—where the Christmas Seal
Sale is conducted.
Christmas Seals, printed lith
ographically eacii year in four
colors, are made in two impres
sions on large sheets oi gummed
paper to keep costs at a mini
mum. The priming is done in
four commercial plants in dif
ferent parts of the country and
the Seals are mailed directiy
from the plants to make distri
bution as economical as possible.
Mrs. Ling said volunteers are
busy folding seals and preparing
envelopes for mailing to Seward
residents to reach them by Nov.
20 th.
Firefighting Program
For Woman's Club
Mr. Fred Kielcheski, Fire
Chief, and members of the Vol
unteer Fire Department will
give a demonstration of fire
fighting in the home at the
next meeting of the Seward
Woman’s Club, to be held in the
parlors of the Methodist Church
next Thursday, November 10,
at 8:00 p.m.
It was previously announced
that the meeting would be held!
in the Public Library, but be
cause the club wishes to invite
all the women of Seward to be
present and learn what to do
when a fire occurs in the home,
a larger room is necessary.
Firemen will explain the con
tents of various fire extinguish
ers, the best way to treat dif
ferent kinds of fires, and what
to do until the firemen arrive.
Club officers feel this is par
ticularly useful knowledge to
homemakers, as fires often start
when a woman is alone or with
children in the house.
All Seward women are invited
to see this interesting program.
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A community th.:t is worth living '
in is worth doing, something for.
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Dispute Ties Up
Local Shipping
WELCOME BACK!
Just before press time wej
were informed that William
“Sourdough Bill” Patterson had
arrived in Seward on the Bar
anof which docked early Friday
morning.
Well, we're not surprised and
we aren't sorry that “Sourdough
Bill” came back to Seward. It
seemed that something was lack
ing since Bill left, and so help
us, we’re glad to have him back
home where he belongs.
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Hatch And Amend To
Lead Scout Troop
Ralph Hatch has been ap
pointed Scout Master of the
Boy Scout Troop 630, with
Oliver Amend as Assistant
Scout Master.
A six man Troop Committee
was appointed with Tom Howell
as chairman, at a meeting held
by the Troop sponsors. Park
Smith, Russel Norton, Henry
Cassel, Lon Gray and Robert
Swenson will comprise the com
mittee.
According to Gene Butler,
Scout executive in town this
week in an attempt to revive
the interest of Seward in the
Scout movement, there is need
for another troop and he hopes
that some other organized group
will undertake the sponsorsnip. '
Under the new setup, Mr.
Butler is scheduled to spend one
week every other month in
Seward to assist in the Scout
program.
Since there has been a grow
ing concern among parents,
church people and civic author
ities over the lack of children's
activities, it is hoped that this
program will receive the serious
attention of the townspeople.
Butler meets with the P-TA
and parents of boys in the age
group of 9 to 11 years, to dis
cuss the organization of a Cub
Pack. This is excellent prepar
atory training for the actual
work of scouting, and is being
encouraged throughout the Ter
ritory.
Legion Installation
Enjoyable Affair
Installation of officers was
held Wednesday evening at the
Legion Club, with 12U people
seated for the banquet immedi
ately after the installation.
Dinner music was furnished
by Doris Smith, Sid and Jo and
Jean Germain. John Rafferty
served as master of ceremonies.
It is said the banquet was one
of the finest turkey feeds put on
in this city in a long time—
with all the fixin’s.
Credit for the success of the
banquet is given to Norman
Wengert of the Seward Sana
torium who officiated in the
kitchen as no one but Norman
can.
A permanent record of the
entire proceeding was taken via
photography at intervals during
the evening.
MISS EVELYN FRENCH HAS
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Little Miss Evelyn French was
seven years old on the 24th of
October. All little girls should
have a party on reaching that
age, but, the 24th came on Mon
day this year, and Monday is a
school day.
So—on Saturday, October 22,
ten little girls celebrated Ev
elyn’s birthday with a party in
her home. Ten little girls ate a
beautiful birthday cake and ice
cream, and did they have fun!
A ticup in local shipping came
about with the arrival of the SS
Barabof Friday morning when
Local 1-82 of the International
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse
men’s Union did not start un
loading of freight because of al
leged breach of contract by the
Northern Stevedoring and Hand
ling Corporation, causing the
union avers, an automatic “lock
out.”
A small crew was called out
Friday morning by the union to
unload mail and baggage and
the union further agreed to un
load any perishables if the dis
pute appeared to be of sufficient
duration to endanger produce
which is conveyed at shipper’s
risk.
It is claimed that when the
union decided to take action on
the alleged breach of contract
that there was no one here au
thorized to act in negotiations
for the Northern Stevedoring
and Handling Corporation. How
ever, authorization was expected
by wire immediately and both
union and Northern Stevedoring
representatives are confident
that differences can be settled in
a short time without too much
of a tieup in the local situation.
The SS Palisano of the Alaska
Steamship Company docked at
Seward at 8:45 p.m. Friday and
before the day was over nad left,
Reportedly for Whittier, rather
than wait outcome of the dis
pute here.
It is reported that sailor steve
doring delegates aboard the tied
up ships were in complete ac
cord with the local union and
had voluntarily agreed not to
unload freight in an effort to
force the locals to settlement.
Last word received by this
newspaper is that settlement of
the dispute was expected mo
mentarily and it is hoped that
everything will be on an even
keel by Saturday morning.
Night Club To Have
Dinner Dance
The Nobby Club, popular Sew
ard night club managed by Har
old and Cora Jacobs, is putting
on a new wrinkle in entertain
ment in Seward.
On Nov. 12 the Nobby Club
is featuring a dinner dance—
with all the fixin's. Catering will
be furnished by the Marathon
Cafe.
As far as can be determined,
this is the first attempt ever
made in this city to put on such
an affair—must be a sign of
progress.
Jesse Lee News ...
Recent dinner guests at the
Jesse Lee Home were Mr. and
Mrs. Carson, the new game
warden and his wife; Dr. Law
rence M. Lowell of the Seward
Sanatorium, and Dr. Frederick
L. Coddington of the Alice Island
Sanatorium at Sitka; Miss Em
ma Stauffer of Haines House,
Haines, Alaska.
Chaplain Austin E. Stiles was
a recent visitor at the Jesse Lee
Home en route to the States fro
Home en route to the states from
Whittier where he had been sta
tioned.
Mrs. John Olsen, nee Katie
Grace Carlson, and her daugh
ter, Lena of Sanak, was a recent
visitor at the Jesse Lee Home.
Mrs. Olsen lived at Jesse Lee
from 1919 to 1929 and this is
her first visit since that time.
Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Suddath
were Jesse Lee Home visitors
October 28, and Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Rhoades of Anchorage
called there Sunday afternoon.