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Seward SeaporrKecord
Vol. V, No. 82
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Water Supply
Here Declared
Safe And Pure
It has been suggested recently
that the Seward water supply
should be subjected to a chlorin
ation process.
Health Officer Dr. R. O. Sellers
said that the source of Seward’s
supply is glacier water and that
there is no chance for contamina
tion at the source.
The unusually high water pres
sure in the mains in Seward
causes water to be forced out of
the mains when there is a leak. It
would not be possible for impure
water to force itself into the mains.
Concerning the suggestion that
the water be chlorinated. Dr. Sel
lers said he hoped that if the ques
tion came up the people would pro
test against the unnecessary ex
pense and the spoiling the taste of
good pure water.
North Star Visits
Port of Seward
The famous vessel North Star
arrived in Seward Thursday with
12 passengers, including a group of
nurses on a vacation tour from
Sitka.
Two of the passengers, Daisy
Hayes and Emily Torres, have
come to Seward to take up their
duties at the Seward Sanatorium,
and one, Billy Hill, Jr., is traveling
to Naknek.
The North Star will go to Seattle
from here, leaving the passengers
at Sitka. They are chief nurse
Clara Gerstenkorn, Dr. Van Zant,
secretary C. Jansmaa and nurses
Gertrude Frank. Mary Meehan,
Helen Jiwak. Hazel Ivy, and Ethel
Poole, who goes to Naknek.
Mrs. Kenneth Britelle, school
teacher at Tulletik. and her two
small children will travel to Se
attle.
Three of the ship’s officers, Cap
tain Salenjus, First Mate Simond
sen and Chief Steward Sig Sundt,
have been with the North Star
since her first voyage, which has
included many voyages to the Arc
tic as well as a voyage of explora
tion to the Antarctic with Admiral
Byrd.
Second Mate McCullough point
ed out the radio operator who is
the object, of sympathy of both
passengers and crew, since his fi
ancee, of the Army Nurse Corps, is
now aboard ship for Yokahama.
VITAL STATISTICS TO
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Bureau of Vital Statistics of
Alaska has been transferred from
the auditing department to the
Territorial Department of Health
becoming effective the first day of
Anril.
The announcement was made by
Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, head of the
Territorial Department of Health,
who said that there would be no
change in the procedure for han
dling vital statistics.
EASTER FOOD SALE SATURDAY
Ladies of the Episcopal Guild
will hold an Easter Food Sale Sat
urday, April 16, at McMullen’s.
Weather permitting, the Rev. O.
A. Odegaard of Anchorage will fly
to Seward to conduct services at
the Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday. At 7:00 p.m. there
will be a special program of color
slides for the benefit of the chil
dren.
Government Pays $40
Per Acre for
Clearing Farm Land
Through its soil conservation
program the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture will pay $40
per acre for clearing timberland
for tillage of crops.
In addition, the department will
pay varying sums to farmers who
undertake such soil conservation
practices as fertilizing, using le
guminous crops or clover, contour
farming, ditching, providing per
manent soil cover on steep slopes
or providing permanent pasturage.
Through this conservation pro
gram the Department of Agricul
ture gives every farmer in the Ter
ritory of Alaska a chance to im
prove and conserve the fertility of
his land.
Mr. Lorin T. Oldroyd, director of
Extension Service, urges any farm
er in Alaska who wishes to make
application to one of the following
extension offices not later than
August 1, 1949:
Extension Service,
College, Alaska.
Extension Service, Box 2477,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Extension Service,
Palmer, Alaska.
Extension Service, Box 471,
Petersburg, Alaska.
The $40 per acre payment for
clearing woodland will be made
only for land suitable for cultiva
tion which has never been used
for cultivated crops, and where the
tree and brush growth is so heavy
i it can not be considered grazing
land. No payment will be made for
clearing merchantable timber or
' pulp wood.
I Prior approval must be obtained
: from the state office, and payment
i will be made only where the esti
I mated cost is $75 or more per acre.
No farm may receive more than
! $400.
Shipping News . . .
Seven vessels were docked at the
port of Seward Friday * morning.
| They were the John Cropper of the
I Coastwise Line, the Native Service
, Vessel North Star, the passenger
! ship Alaska, the Standard Oil
Company tanker Lucidor. the SS
Chief Washakie, and an Army LT
boat.
The Army Fireboat which has
been under repair at the Marine
Ways for some time, was due to
leave Seward Friday.
The Flemish Knot departed from
! Seattle April 12, scheduled to make
| stops at Ketchikan, Yakutat, Cor
I dova, Orca, Snug Harbor, Seldovia,
’ Portlock and Seward. The Coastal
! Rambler departed from Seattle for
! Seward on April 13 via Ketchikan,
Petersburg, Juneau, and after leav
ing Seward will go to Valdez and
Cordova. The Abigail Adams is
scheduled to leave Seattle April
18 for Seward, Whittier and Valdez.
j A special boat train arrived
( Thursday evening from Anchbrage
for the convenience of 130 passen
gers on the SS Alaska.
The equipment for the ne\y An
chorage telephone exchange ar
rived on the Chief Washakie
Thursday and has been dispatched
to Anchorage via The Alaska Rail
road. John E. Manley, official of
The Alaska Railroad, came to Sew
ard for the purpose of expediting
the unloading of this equipment.
A son was born to Mrs. Bonnie
Gray Harris at 8:45 a m. on April
11. His birth weight was six pounds
and four ounces. His name is David
Gray Harris.
E. L. Bartlett
Lauds Seward
Representative
The city recently sent a message
to Delegate E. L. Bartlett thank
ing him for taking a very active
interest in Seward’s problems and
for the very effective assistance
he has extended Seward’s repre
sentative, Ross B. Mann.
In return, Bartlett wrote the fol
lowing letter:
Washington, D.C.,
April 12, 1949
Mr. Eugene N. Lanier,
Mayor of Seward,
Seward, Alaska.
Dear Mayor Lanier:
Thank you very much, indeed,
for your radiogram of April 9.
It has been a pleasure to be of
some assistance to Mr. Mann, who
has made a good impression on
everyone he has met here. Believe j
me, you will always find me on the
side of those who are working to
keep the southern section of the
Alaska Railroad in existence.
With best wishes, I am,
Sincerely yours,
E. L. Bartlett
Permanent July 4th
Committee
Formed Here
At a meeting on Sunday, April
10, tentative plans were formu
lated for the creation of a perman
ent 4th of July committee.
Only a few organizations were
represented at this meeting, but
already some have volunteered to
lake charge of a few of the many
! activities required to make the 4th
a big day.
With the Marathon race as the
main attraction, many people be
lieve tht this annual event may
become big enough to attract na
tion-wide attention, provided that
there is good planning and coop
eration.
It is desired that a permanent
fund be established to be available
each year for financing this pro
gram. The committee is starting
now to make sure the 1949 event
will be a success.
At The Hotels . . .
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At the New Seward—R. Vernon,
Anchorage; Larry Hagen, Seattle;
Martin Jorgensen, Anchorage; Mrs.
E. G. Barber, Anchorage; Jack M.
Karterman, Anchorage; F. E.
Craig, Anchorage; H. B. Crewson.
Seattle; G. E. Hamilton, Alaska
Railroad; Chester W. Diess, An
chorage; John A. Foster, Anchor
age; H. V. Davis, Seattle; V. G.
Brown, Seattle: Verle Naeris, Des
Moines, Iowa; Roy V. Boyd, An
chorage; John E. Manley, Anchor
age.
CERTIFY HEALTH RECORD
OF LOCAL DAIRY
Dr. E. F. Graves, Territorial vet
erinarian, gave the Seward Dairy
a clean bill of health after com
pleting his annual inspection here.
He reported that there is no tu
berculosis nor bangs disease and
that all animals are in excellent
health.
H. B. Crewson of Blake, Moffet ;
and Towne Company, Seattle,
stopped in Seward this week on his
way to Seattle. Crewson underwent
an emergency operation at Seward
General Hospital before his recent
trip to Anchorage and Fairbanks.
"Messiah" Caneert
Praised As
"Finest Ever"
The performance of Handel’s or
atoria, The Messiah, last Wednes
day evening at the Seward Memo
rial Church by the Civic Concert
Choir has been praised as the fin
est choral music ever offered in
this city.
The church was filled for the
performance in spite of very incle
ment weather and people began to
arrive long before the appointed
hour.
Under the very capable direction
of Miss Shirley Calnan the thirty- j
odd voices sang as one. The many '
evenings of practice during the j
past months were justified in the
interpretation and execution of the |
work.
Due to illness, a few of the sing- j
ers could not be present. When the !
choir is full strength, it numbers j
about forty voices.
A reception took place at the .
home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blue
after the performance. All the J
members of the choir were invited. '
At the reception, the singers had
an opportunity to hear themselves
sing, since a recording had been
made during the concert.
All work of the choir members,
its director and managers was
done without charge. The Rev.
Paul Irwin, minister of the Seward |
Memorial Church, gave the use of
the church with lighting and heat
without charge, also.
Blood Types To Be
Taken April 21
The Tuberculosis Association of
Seward will begin taking blood
types of local residents Thursday,
April 21, at the Medical Building.
The purpose of the project is to
provide a file of blood types for
the hospital for reference when
transfusions are needed in emer
gencies.
There are four types of blood and
lit is necessary for patient and
Idonor to have the same type. It
j is considered good health practice
to have one’s blood type on file in
case of an emergency.
Dr. R. O. Sellers has offered the
use of his office for the purpose
on each Thursday until the work
is completed. Further information
will be made public before next
Thursday.
New Law Puts
Bite On Local
Dog Owners
Several children have been bit
ten by (logs on the Seward Public
School premises lately, Health OffF
cer Dr. R. O. Sellers said Tuesday.
Other children have been bitten
by dogs in other parts of town.
Parents are requested to see to it
that dogs are left at home when
the children go to school.
At the same time a new ordi
nance is being written which will
carry a $100 fine for persons keep
ing vicious dogs. The fine will be
applicable whether the animal
bites a person while running at
large or if on the property of the
owner.
Dr. Sellers said it is the hope of
city officials that dog owners will
do their best to help control their
own pets and make it unnecessary
to catch and shoot a large number
of them.
Cordova H.S. Seniors
Here on "Sneak"
Nine members of the Cordova
High School senior class arrived in
Seward aboard the SS Alaska for
their annual "senior sneak,” and
will depart again on the Alaska.
They will have a dinner Friday
evening at the Green Lantern with
friends from Seward High School.
The Seward seniors are planning a
like affair in the near future. The
object of the affair is for the sen
iors to get away from town with
out being found out by the junior
class members.
Members of the class from Cor
dova are Miss Grace Rogers, Tom
Gilmore, June Graham, Billie Na
oma Holmes, Ethel B. Johnson,
Devena LaMarr, Marie MacDonald,
Helen Matson, and Ora Tiedeman.
NOTIFICATION
* TO DOG OWNERS
In order to exterminate rodents.
| it is necessary to use ocison at the
! Seward sanatorium and vicinity.
This will inform you that on and
after April 25, 1949, poison will be
used. If vour dogs ere allowed to
roam and get some poison, the
hospital will not be responsible.
EASTER ACTIVITIES IN SEWARD
The Seward Elks are planning an
Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m. Sunday
for all children 12 years and under.
On Saturday night the Elks are
having an informal dance for Elks
and their guests. The orchestra
will start playing at ten in the
evening. At 2:30 Sunday they will
serve eggnogs from 2:30 till five
p.m.
Leading the Easter schedule at
the Seward Memorial Church will
be a sunrise service at 7:00. An
Easter breakfast will be served
at 8:00 by the men of the church.
Bacon and eggs and sourdough hot
cakes lead the menu. Families are
invited to attend the sunrise serv
ice and the breakfast.
Sunday Sbhool will be at 9:45
and Easter worship service at 11:00,
at which time there will be recep
tion of members into the church.
Masons, Eastern Star and Rain
bow Girls are to attend the 11:00
service as a group.
The Rev. Edward M. Turner, pas
tor of St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
announces that there will be two
services on Easter. At 8 a.m. there
will be Holy Communion with Low
Celebration, and at 9 a.m. there
will be a sung celebration with
Communion, and the choir will sing
Easter selections.
Rev. Turner stated that the rea
son services will be held at the
early hour is that he will have to
fly to Anchorage to conduct serv
ices later the same morning.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
will have High Mass, celebrated
by the Rev. Martin F. Borbeck, S.J.,
at 10 a.m. Sunday. The choir of
mixed voices will sing a new mass
for the occasion.
The Parertt-Teacher Association
of Seward is postponing its meet
ing of April 15 because it is Good
Friday. Another date will be an
nounced later.
The Community Club of Cooper
Landing will sponsor an Easter
dance at Soper’s Lodge Saturday
evening and on Easter Sunday the
Community Club will meet at 2:00
p.m. at the Corsen home.