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The Seward Polaris &
T. L. Erdmann, Seward
Businessman, Succumbs
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Thomas Lawrence Erdmann was
born in Mosinee, Wisconsin, August
9, 1898, and passed away at Seward,
Alaska. September 12. 1948. His
early life was spent in Wisconsin
and Michigan.
Mr. Erdmann came to Alaska in
1938, settling in Seward in 1940. He
was a veteran of the first World
War. having served overseas. Dur
ing the second World War he was
an Army dock foreman in Seward.
Recently he has been engaged
in the real estate and insurance
business here
He was a member of the Seward
Elks Lodge and also a member or
Seward Lodge 219, F._ & A. M.
Mr. Erdmann is survived by his
widow, Nora Lee Erdma. n. and by
his parents who live in Flint,
Michigan.
Funeral services will be held at
the Seward Masonic Hall Wednes
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
ATTENTION MASONS
Funeral services will be ^elrl bv
the Seward Masonic Lodge Wednes
day afternoon. September 15. 1948,
at 2:30 p.m.. in the Masonic Lodge
Room, for the late Thomas Law
rence Erdmann. The public is in
vited to attend our services.
W. C. Erwin. Secretary.
Seward Lodge No. 21$. F. & A. M.
School Enrollment
< Record Set
At the end of the first week of
school, the lot.ai enrollment of the
Seward Public Schools stood at
291. a record high for the '•chools
cf this community.
Of these, 221 were enrolled in
the grades, and 70 in the high
school. By classes the totals were:
First grade 44. second 32. third
35. fourth 17, fifth 26. sixth 29.
seventh 21 and eighth 17. In the
high school there were 23 fresh
men, 17 sophomores. 15 juniors, and
15 seniors.
EOY FOR STARRS
Mr. and Mrs. Merl Starr are the
parents of a 5 lb.. 1 ounce boy. born
Sunday. September 12 at the Sew
ard General Hospital. Name for the
mw arrival has not' yet been de
cided upon.
Cannery Partner
To Seattle
W. M. Everitt. partner with Mar |
vin Viale of the Resurrection Bay
Co. cannery here, left for Seattle
Monday, Sept. 13. Bill has been in
Seward since April and states 1948
has been a successful season for
his company.
The cannery put up over 4600
cases of salmon despite a very dis
appointing sockeye season and the
partners say “1948 has been a pret
ty good season for us. We were
nearly able to reach the 5.o00-cese
goal we had set earlier in the year.
If we can make our contemplated
improvements next season should
see us surpass that figure, pro- '
vided, of course, salmon runs are !
good.”
Commercial fishing for salmon !
ends on September 15 and the sea
son will not re-open until late next
May.
Mrs. Southard Is
Acting Commissioner
Mrs. Anna B. Southard. Special
US. Commissioner, is acting com
missioner for the Seward precinct
until such time as a permanent ap
pointment is made by the district
judge.
Mrs. Southard has held the spe
cial appointment since 1944. and
has handled the office since that
time during absences of the late
Judge Bryant.
SGT. AND MRS. JOHN HAY
TO LEAVE FOR MONTANA
Sgt. John Hay of the Alaska
Communication System, has ob
tained an emergency furlough from
his duties in order to take his
young daughter, Carol, outside for
medical attention. She is suffering
from nephrosis, a rare disease.
Mrs. Hay and Carol will leave
Thursday morning by plane for
Billings, Montana.where Carol will
be put in the care of a pediatrician.
Sgt. Hay will follow them as soon
as he disposes of their personal
: belongings, since it may not be
1 possible for them to return to Sew
ard.
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Fish & Wrid‘ife Agent
Ends Survey
Fish and Wildlife agent, C. R.
Magee was in Seward from August
20 to September 3 He was conduct
ing survey work and doing patrol
duty, being connected in the same
work previously in the Cook Inlet
area. He now is surveying streams
in Prince William Sound.
Mr. Magee slated before leaving
Seward that despite numerous re
ports to the contrary, stream con
ditions in this area are excellent:
in fact, the best be had seen and
that insofar as escapement was
concerned. Resurrection Bay should
enjoy good fishing for years to
come. However, Mr. Magee was
alarmed at the waste of fish n’one
the spawning streams caused by
gaffing and snagging.
In regard to this matte-- he said
“Regulations provide that any per*
con mnv take salmon from stream.
for his own use. but to take these
salmon from their soawnjng bod=
and leave them high and dry on
the bank is an annulling waste and
a disgrace. Wanton waste of list
and game is a very serious viola
tion of law. calling for a heavy
penalty."
From his new location Mr. Magee
writes, thanking everyone conneet
ed with commercial fishing in
Seward for their coope-at-nn and
making his trip he-e highly suc
cessful.
Staff At Sevyard '
Publie Schools
The Seward Public Schools
opened the 1948-49 school year on
Tuesday. September 7, with the
following staff:
Mrs. Ida C. Pierce, first grade
Mrs. Blanche Miller, second grade:
Miss Lurline Wilkins, third grade.
Miss Ruby Bean, third and fourth
grades; Miss Flavia Hansen, fifth
grade: Miss Ruth Leichliter, sixth
grade and physical education, girls.
Mr. William H. Knapp, seventh
grade and physical education, boys:
Mrs. Dorothy Frost, eighth grade:
Miss Shirley Calnan, music and
eighth grade.
Mrs. Hazel Muir, commercial;
Mrs. Gladys Bogard. home eco
nomics; Mrs. Elsie Whitmore. Eng
lish: Mr. Larry Ground, shop and
science: Mr. Walter Blue, social
science, English and Spanish: Mrs.
Grace Campen. high school princi
pal. mathematics and science: Mr
Carl R. Carlson, superintendent,
library and Latin..
Beiyview School
Er?: c!*s Sixvy
B yview School opened S Dum
ber 7, with an enrollment of s:>:tv
distributed over the eiy.t grade;
This number is an increase of five
over last year. Three Bn yview
pupils finished the eighth grade
last May and are now enrolled in
the Seward High School.
Mrs. Ina Fisk, a resident of M'n
nesota and a graduate of Duluth
State College, teaches the piimary
grades and art.
Miss Betty Boyd, a resident of
Colorado and a graduate of Otta
wa University. Kansas, has the in
termediate grades and mu.sis.
Mrs. Katherine Raeer. for many
years teacher of English and Latin
in the Seward School, teaches the
upper grades and is principal.
Garold B. Hall. loneshorernan. is
in Seward General KoupLai with
an injured foot.
Desirability Of Deer On
Kenai Being Investigated
"Cat" Used To Run
Down Moose
Carl M. Ling, Norman Steward
and C. P. Gilliland, deputy U.S.
Marshal, last week went Missouri
coon hunters one beUer when they
used a “eat” to help them inn
down their moose.
Ling and Steward took off up
Resurrection Canyon with a D-G
"Cat,” pulling a trailer loaded with
camp and hunting equipment. Mr.
Gilliland avoided the rough ride
by flying to Smith’s airfield.
The “cat” hunters made about
?0 miles up the canyon from Sew
ard and were met by Mr. Gilliland.
They did the^r hunting from that
point and when ♦I-ev downo 1 two
moose, just drove up with the
“cat.” loaded on the moose and
came home. Sounds easy, anyhow
Primary Grade
In Two Sections
Due to the large enrollment in
the first grade, it has been neces
sary 1o divide that “rade into two
sections. Miss Vera Bogard. who
taught first grade at Seward last
year, has been employed to teach
part of the group.
Tentative arrangements have
been made with the official board
'of the Seward Memorial Methodist
Church to get quarters for Miss
Bogard's section in the basement
of the Methodist Church. Mrs.
| Pierce will carry on as first grade
teacher in the school building.
"We Bicycled
In Alaska"
A sketch of the Alaska trip
taken by nine bicyclists who passed |
through Seward July 10. 1948:
By RUTH K. HILL
Greeted by sweltering one hun
dred degree temperatures in the
States, nine bicyclists spent hot
nights dreaming of the coolness of
Alaska. We were five women and
four men, representing Michigan.
Pennsylvania. Kansas, Conneeti-1
cut, and Louisiana. We had few
things in common. All of us were
members of the American Youth
Hostels. We liked bicycling ana
camping out. Most of all. we want
ed to see as much of Alaska as we
could in six weeks.
Ketchikan was our first port of
call in Alaska. Seven of us spent
five days there, cycling every
available mile of road on the;
island and learning as much as we j
could about fish, lumber and totem j
poles. We left Ketch-'kan on the i
Baranof on July 5 while the poou
lation was still in the throes of an
Independence Dnv parade. We be
came a group of nine on the Bar
anof when we joined the two boys ;
who had boarded at Seattle.
The Inside Passage was beauti
ful. but being land lubber^, we
were more interested in the places
where we could feel the good
earth At, Juneau, one of the girls
had a cousin who whisked us off
in a station wagon to the Menden
hall Glacier. Auk Lake, and as
much of Juneau and the museum
as we could cover in f've hours. It
was a clear, bright day and the last
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Efforts of Richard Dangler, 17
year-old resident of Seward, to in
terest the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice in the matter of stocking the
Kenai Peninsula with deer are
bearing fruit and early investiga
tion is indicated by the following
communications in regard to the
matter received by Mr. Dangler
this week: y
From the office of E. L. Bartlett,
delegate from Alaska—
“With further reference to your
letter of August 26 and the peti
tions signed by some 281 residents
of Kenai Peninsula in connection
with the desirabilty of stocking the
peninsula with deer, you will find
enclosed copy of letter dated Sep
tember 9 addressed to Mr. Bartlett
by Director Day of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, which indicates
that something constructive is go
ing to be done. Just as soon as
there is anything else to report as
the result of the field study, we
will write you again.”
From Director Day of the Fish
and Wildlife Service to Delegate
Bartlett—
“Reference is made to your let
ter of August 31 together with the
enclosed petition by 281 residents
of the Kenai Peninsula, asking the
Fish and WildUfa Service to «tock
this area with deer.
“It is believed that this matter
reouires a verv careful field in
vestigation to determine fully the
effects such stocking might have
on the present moose population.
We are arranging, therefore, to
have the new manager of the
Kenai Moose Range, an especially
well qualified man having consider
able experience in big game prob
lems, make a detailed appraisal of
the available range and other fac
tors having bearing on the pro
posed introduction of deer.
“In addition, there are problems
relating to this proposal which we
are asking the Regional Director to
bring to the attention of the Alas
ka Game Commission together
with the results of f;eld studies
which will be undertaken very
shortly by the manager of the
Kenai Moose Range.
"We are very grateful for your
interest in the matter and want to
assure you that the opportunities
for successful introduction of deer
on the Kenai Peninsula will be in
vestigated thoroughly. We will
write you further on the stocking
proposal after the field study has
been completed and recommenda
tions received from the Regional
Director. Rhode, at Juneau to
gether with those of theAlaska
Game Commission.”
Dangler has two other petitions
out and will have them ready to
send in to the Fish and Wildlife
Service in the near future. This
newspaper will carry full accounts
of the situation as they are re
ceived.
miss jane McMullen
TO MICHIGAN
Miss Jane McMullen, who gradu
ated from Whitman Collage, Walla
Walla, Wash . :r. 1947, and taught
in .the Seward school the 1947-48
term, left on the Bernnof last week
for Ann Arbor. Mich . to enter the
University of M'ch'gan graduate
school to continue her studies ia
chemistry and education.