Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
John 1\I. Coleman .Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick .-—Managing Editor
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SEWARD WOMAN'S CLUB
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Seward Woman's Club
met last night in the Methodist
Church parlor for their Decem
ber meeting and Christmas
party.
The president, Miss Frances
Clark, took the chair for a very
brief business meeting. Reports
were read by Miss Helen Case,
secretary, and Mrs. J. R Jack
son, treasurer.
There were forty-five ladies
present. Guests were introduced
and a short period was spent
in singing Christmas Carols.
Mrs. Lawrence Kirch, pro
gram chairman, presented Mrs.
Kathryn Johnson of The School
of the Dance, whose pupils very
charmingly entertained the Club
members and guests with several
delightful dances. The entertain
ers were the Misses Judy, Lana,
Donna, and Brenda Johnson,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Johnson, Miss Barbara Bedford,
and Miss Virginia Rose Blue.
Virginia also played a violin
solo. The girls were all very
lovely and beautifully costumed.
Gift packages were numbered
and corresponding n u m bers
paseed around to each lady pres
ent. Recipients opened their
parcels with happy anticipation
and amid 'ribbons, wrappings
and the many lovely gifts there
prevailed an atmosphere of the
Christmas Season.
Hostesses, Miss Gabriel and
Mesdames Green, Griazlowski,
and Bismore served cakes, cook
ies, coffee and tea from a table
which was tastefully arranged
with centre piece of red tapers
and colored Christmas balls.
An economic expert is a guy
who knows exactly what he
would do with his money, if he
had some.
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
The following editorial from
the Forty-Ninth Star, calls to
mind the several known deposits
of lead and antimony on the Kc
nai Peninsula. Prospectors have
found the metals to be in large
quantities, but have been dis
couraged in the development of
claims, by failing to find finan
cial backing.
Lack of equipment and trans-'
portation have been the deciding
factor in the abandonment of
rich claims of metals other than
gold in the Kenai Mountains.
WHY NOT TRY ALASKA
With the United States de
fense production chiefs plainly
worried about the nations supply
of certain strategic minerals, the !
average Alaskan can't help won
dering why a serious attempt
isn’t made to develop some of
the territory's war-vital minerals. |
Among the metals which the
nation lacks in sufficient abun-,
dance and which are vital to
rapidly expanding defense pro
duction are chromium and tin. j
Leaders are reported concern
ed over the real possibility of
present foreign sources being
cut off in the event of war. Al
aska is no foreign country and it
has usable supplies of both tin
and chromium. Yet, in the face
of impending serious need, the
nation is doing nothing to pro
mote the development of the
chromium supply near Seldovia
and practically nothing to en- ■
courage mining of tin on the
Seward Peninsula.
It will be argued that high
transportation and labor costs
and even lower-grade ore are
drawbacks to developing the
Alaskan deposits. These argu
ments are as good only as long
as tiic normal rules of peace
time economy apply, and they j
are fast being discarded.
All the tin in Malaya and the
chromium in south America
won't be worth a thing to lire
United States unless the metals
can be delivered. It would seem
wise for the nation to start in
vesting in the mineral vr. alt’ t
of a territory winch it controls,
and which won't tear up its
committments with a sudden
change in government.
Chromium worth only a few
dollars a pound in peacetime
may be of inestimable value if
the possession of it determines
whether or not certain war ma
terial can be made. A million
dollar bomber isn't worth a dime
if lack of a few dollars' w'orth
of chromium keeps it from fly
ing. Thus, it is apparent that cer
tain economic rules must be sus
pended in the production of
these essential war materials. ;
It might cost the nation
$10,000,000 to mine chromium
ore at Seldovia worth only half
that, but if the Alaska chromium
is essential to strengthen the
nation, reckoning of its cost be
comes a secondary matter.
The time is fast approaching 1
when Uncle Sam had better
turn his head north and re-j
examine his holdings of stra-!
tegic metals in his own back!
yard. Chances of his being able j
to continue borrowing from
abroad grow more dim with
each passing day.
THREE WEDDINGS HERE
YESTERDAY
Seward was the scene of three
weddings yesterday. Only one i
couple, however, is known lo-|
cally.
Hanson-Kimball
Miss Flavia Hanson and Orrin
Kimball were united in marriage
by U. S. Commissioner, Mrs.
Anna B. Southard in Miss Han
son’s apartment in the Ray!
Building. j
The bride was gowned in'
velvet and lace of dark blue, j
with a corsage of baby mums
and carnations of red and white. |
Miss Marion Munson, her maid
of honor, wore the same shade
in lace, with a corsage of pink
camelias. Jack Jeffrey was best,
man.
The apartment was decorated :
with flowers and tapers in the!
Christmas colors. Eight guests j
were present for the wedding,!
and 30 for the reception which!
followed in the apartment.
Mrs. Kimball has taught in
the Seward schools for several i
years and will finish out the
term here before leaving for
Kodiak.
Mr. Kimball is well remem
bered for his connection with
Alaska Steamship Company,
here. He is agent for that com-.
pany now, in Kodiak.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimball left
on the Denali for a honeymoon
in Seattle and Canada. They ex
pect to be back by the middle
of January, and after the end
of the school year, will make
their home in Kodiak.
Ward-Spassik
Miss Patricia Spassik and
Calvin Ward were married in
the Commissioner’s office Thurs
day morning. Both are from An
chorage and left on the Denali
for Grants Pass, Oregon.
Km.vkcs-Woodman
Miss Tonie Hawkes and Sum
ner Woodman, both of Homer,
were united in marriage in the
Methodist Church at 11:30 last
night. Rev. Paul Irwin perform
ed the ceremony.
Sumner Woodman is a son
of Oscar Woodman, former spe
cial agent on ARR here.
Catholic Information
Confessions of a stupid man
I read the Bible frequently
because my Church urges me to
do so and because I like to do
so. Yet with all my reading
I cannot learn, from the inspired
words alone, exactly how God
means me to worship and to live
in order to save my soul. But
maybe that's because I'm just
a stupid man.
Some people claim that the
Scriptures contain all of God’s
truths which are made clear to
the individual by the Holy
Ghost. But this is all beyond
my understanding, for why then
is there so much conflict about
texts so vital that salvation it
self depends upon them? And,
being a stupid man, I want to
be very, very sure about such
things.
Scholars there are who claim
to have studied the Bible so
long that they have finally
reached the conclusion that the
sacred words are not sacred—
that there is no God—or that
at least it does not matter one
way or the other.
I’m rather glad to be dubbed
a stupid man, for then you see
no one expects me to solve the
complexities and seeming con
tradictions of biblical texts—no
one asks me to decide which of
the disagreeing religious leaders
is right or wrong or nearly
right or mostly wrong—no one
asks my opinion of the atheist
scientist who, in order to rout
out the religious dogma of a
creative God, must first rout
out the scientific dogma of a
first cause. i
Yes, I am of simple mind, j
and so it satisfies me to believe
that Christ, who is God, builded
a Church, as He, Himself, stated
—that He left the Will of His
Father with this Church which,
under the direction of the Holy
Ghost, was to safeguard His
Truths for all ages, teach them i
to the world in all their com
pleteness. and interpret them
so definitely that they might
be acted upon with certainty
by any man.
Simple? Divinely simple! Stu
pid? Some will claim so! But
then God knows how stupid
all men are. That's why, I think,
He made His way so simple,
clear, and logical to men who j
know that they are stupid.
If it's anything Catholic, ask a
Catholic!
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