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Mr. Keithahm, Curator,
TERRITORIAL MUSEUM
The Seward PoUaris &'
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Gen. Atkinson Presents
y Commander-in-Chief
Ray H. Brannaman
After a short address of wel
come by Mayor Lanier, the 3rd
Annual Encampment of the V F W
opened in Seward at the USO
May the 20th 1948.
Following are excerpts from
the speech of General Atkinson,
Commander-in-Chief of Alaskan
Air Forces, when he presented
Ray H. Brcnnaman. Commander
in-Chief of the Veterans of For
eign Wars of the United States
Thursday afternoon.
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"This organization, said Gen
eral Atkinson, "is an organization
dear to the hearts of every sol
dier. They are the guardians of
liberty and the welfare of the
citizens down through the ages.”
“ Our nation is again at the
crossroads of momentuous decis
ions. Preservation of our way-of
life is the foundation on which
our security rests.”
"We are not here to fan the
flames of war-hysteria; but Alas
ka is a strategic outpost and we
must strictly guard against being
lulled into a false sense of sec
urity. If this outpost is WORTH
OWNING, it is WORTH DEFEND
ING. Exploitation of any sort
should not be practiced.
"Seward was a man of vision
k who rallied behind the Monroe
Doctrine. He visioned Alaska as
a great line of defense at the time
of purchase."
"There are four vital require
ments here," he stated:
(1) Railroads, and other means
of Transportation.
(2) Proper Housing.
(3) Adequate Ports, docks, ware
houses and instalations.
(4) Developement of modern
Air Ports.
Prosperity of Alaska depends on
these. All the population must
work with the military.
Alaska is termed as an air
theatre. This is true in a military
sense too. Should attack come, it
will come thru the air and with
little or no warning.”
We DESPERATELY NEED ade
quate defenses by having modern
air bases. Cost in money is three
times what it costs in the states”.
“This must be backed up by AD
* EQUATE AIR FORCES”.
"DEFEND NOW! avoid another
Dutch Harbor, or Guadalcanal."
“I’m very proud of the men who
stood together in 1941 and turn
ed out that great air armada, ab
out which we all know so much”
“I have brought your comman
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dor down with me. God and eou- j
ntry need you of foreign wars to
I see that we are going ahead with
the proper defenses".
The meeting was then adjourn- j
| ed until the next morning as a
number of other delegates avriv
| cd on the Aleutian who also were
! anxious to hear Commander Bran
' naman. j
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Walter Gniazdowski of Anchor
age arrived in Seward within the
past week to make his homo here. ,
He purchased a small home on
1st Ave„ which he will re-model,
from R. E. Baumgartner.
Mary Ann B. Brown handled
the transaction.
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SAFEWAY AIRWAYS
TOURS THE NORTH
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Chartering a Safeway Airways
Widgeon piloted by Gentry Shus
ter. owner, four yourg people,
Misses Bertha Fortner, Myrna
Juttelstad, Joan Armstrong and
John Denny till from the Seward
Sanatorium flew to Fairbanks
where they stopped for lunch. I
Taking off again they proposed
to land at Circile but the field
due to the recent lain and thaw
was too soft.
They continued on to Fort Yu
kon and the Arctic Circle and
flew stright back across the
mountains to Fairbanks where
they spent tin* night.
They took many pictures and
saw several bands of caribou.
The trip back to Seward was
made the next day.
This is an excellent and a most
informative trip especially at this
time of year, they agree.
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those who Advertise deserve pat
ronage.
Around Hollywood
AROUND TOWN LAST WEEK
— The corner wolf is getting
cornered. ... a 20-year-old
youth had been in the habit of
whistling at girls as they walked
down the street. . . . the other
day he whistled at the wrong
gir!. . . and found himself in
court facing a stern judge. . . . \
the youth will know better ttie
next time. f . because the judge
handed him a 30-day jail sent
ence. Some people are nonchalant
in their work. . .the other night
a burglar entered an exclusive
j home and gather up S3.500 in
i furs. . but, before leaving, he
j decided to eat. . . so he prepared
himself a nice meal of ham and
| eggs. . . evidently the meal
! made him foe] very quilty. . .
because he left without taking
I the furs. For several nights the
police noticed a beautiful Cadillac
I sport coupe parked near their
station. . investigating, they dis
covered that an elderly woman
\ had been sleeping in the coupe. .
brought to court she explained
that her exclusive home was
being leased and she could not
afford a hotel room. . . her
little problem is now over. . .
because police insist that she do
her sleeping in jail.
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So many producers are making
film shorts for television pur
poses that many new opportuni
ties are now being presented to
producers, unable to meet the
price demands of stars and fea
tured players, are seeking pro
mising newcomers. However,
just so there won't be a rush
to Hollywood, there is plenty of
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undiscovered talent right here.
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FLASH - - Antiques valued at
seven million dollars are on dis
play at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
.his week. . . . burglars might
just as well stay away because
the place is surrounded by police
Maureen O'Hara, who runs
a dress shop in the Valley, found
jewelry valued at S400 in hei
st ore. . . she quickly turned it
ovr to the police figuring the
jewelry was "hot". . another
dog poisoner loose around the
41st street district. . so far five
dogs have died. . . a reward of
S100 is offered for information
leading to the* capture of the
fiend. . . Jeff Davis. 66-year-old
hobo k'ng, arrived in town,
claims that the hobo has boon
off the road since the war.
a 14 year old boy admits com
mitting 14 robberies. . . averag-!
ing one a year which is a good
start down the wrong road. . .a
film editor remarked that over
60 ot his fellow workers are
unemployed. . reason: ire-issue
and slow production. . . a reach
for an orange cost a man his life
• • . while riding in a car the
m.m tried to snatch an orange
from a passing truck. . . he'
slipped and fell under the truck
wheels.
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FOR THE OI.D TIMERS - -
1924 - 24 years - - Colleen MooreI
scores in best role of her career I
in "Flaming Youth." a story of
sophisticated, fast-stepping girls
of today. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., j
makes his secren debut in "Step
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Hi-Way News
Courtesy of Mrs. Harold Maxwell
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Thursday afternoon the High
way G;ds met here at my house
to talk and sew. Those here were
Sylvia West, Ruby Steele, Opal
Bryan, Edith Douglas, Mrs. Bird,
Boo Witherop. Creo Ives. Linda
Faulkner and Annetta Gillespie.
Small fry present were baby Mary
Bryan and my boy Lee. I served
the girls potatoe salad, cheese
crackers and cherry and banana
cream pie and coffee. Our next
get-together will be on Thursday,
June 3rd, at Sylvia West’s place.
Some time ago, the Gillespies
released their Magpies, Christmas
and Valentine, and they now free
ly roam around. One Sunday,
while Annetta was in the hospit
al, the rest of us took an outing
to Moose Pass. While we were
gone, Fidele McCracken and her
boys Tracy and Jeffrey, and the
dog Stubby, came out. Fidele
noticed the boys trying to catch
a bird that seemed unable to fly
and finally Stubby caught the
bird and gently carried him to Fi
dele. who recognized one of the
Gillespie's Magpies and thought
it had escaped. She hunted
around for something to put
him into but couldn’t find any
thing. So she drove clear back
towm. got out an old bird cage
from her 'shed and brougn it
out here and put the bird into it
and set the cage in the house,
wh- re we were till surprised and
puzzled to find it when we re
turned. The Magpie was puzzled,
too. j
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Harold has a new friend out
here -—- a Stellar’s Jay. who sits
around a good part of iho day
scoling him furiously. Harold
swears he followed him down to
the abandoned mill one day to
continue his tirade. He is a han
dsome bird, too. and I suspect he
is stuck-up about it.
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Harold is facing the front of out
house around the door with peel
ed slabs and Ray is putting them
mound his entire garage. They
make a very good-looking build
ing.
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The same Thursday, Bobbie
Douglas met a cousin, Calen.
Sweeten, at the boat. She hacf
not seen him for thirty years,
and they had a good visit be
tween the arrival of the boat and
the departure of the train for An
chorage.
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A week ago this last Thursday,
Creo Ives spent the day in town,
with Edna Seater and attended
tiie Woman’s Club Spring Lunch
eon.
Last Sunday, while Creo and
daughter Thelma were busy
planting the garden and Jack and
Lanny were busy digging holes
and setting posts. Ken Shearer
and family drove in to see them
.so all work stopped for an en
joyable visit. (The posts are for
a proposed breezeway, which the
Ives hope to have finished be
fore tiie snow flies again.)
Jack is outlining the design fo:'
a new sign for the Masons, East
ern Star and Rainbow Girls. The
sign will be painted and assem
bled by someone else and. when
completed, it will hang over the
street entrance to the lodge hall.
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Under stand .hat Esther Ron
ne is home from tiie hospital now
with her new son. We haven't
see. tiie habv yet, so will b'1 go
ing over there to pay him our re
spects.
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Marge Murkowski and Kay Mc
Cann visited with us in the clear
ing last Monday. Kay was also
out last week with Ginger Gay,
visiting with Boo Wintherup.
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It took two feet of gravel along
tlie roadway into our place to
make one of the nicest roads ar
ound these parts. One does not.
lia%"e to wear boots now when
walking into our place, an one’s
car won’t get stuck in mudhole
No. 1 or mudhole No'. 2 cause they
arn’t there any more.
Statement Regarding
Garbage Collection
<by Health Officer Sellers!
The City Council wishes to
make known to the citizens of
Seward, the existing situation con
cerning the collection, hauling and
dumping of garbage, refuse, and
debris within the corporate limits
of Seward.
Collection and hauling of the
same in the past has been done
by anyone who so desires, with
absolutely no system of collection.
I We are all aware of the effect the
wind and large number of roam
ing dogs have in tipping refuse
receptacles and scattering debris
With our present means of collect
ion. the individual hauling is the
only one interested in dumping
the receptacle, as he is paid per
can with no extra remuneration
for cleaning up spillage. Since
we can not expect his time and
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