Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman . Publisher
Frank DeLoughery . Editor
Subscription rates 75c per month, $8 per year
DILLON NAMED
FAIR MANAGER
Palmer—Charles Dillon, Palmer
school teacher, was named man
ager of the 1949 Matanuska Valley
Fair at the March meeting of the
Fair Association's hoard of direct
ors.
Mr. Dillon, who made personal
application before the board, out
lined plans for enlarging the scope
of the Valley fair this year. He
hopes to make the 1949 event a
’‘state fair" type of show, with en
tertainment and exhibits coming
to the Matanuska Valley from the
entire territory. Theme of this
year's fair will be statehood, he
said.
The BLUE SHOP offers - -
KELLY GREEN, COCOA, GRAY, GOLD AND NAVY
IN THE FINEST OF
All Wool
GABARDINE SUITS AND COATS
TO INTEREST THE WELL DRESSED WOMAN
The Blue Shop wSSI help you dress up
for Easter
Stretch Your Pay
The BLUE SHOP Way
When In Seward
ITS
The Mew Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
Cleaning
Seward Cleaners |
ART McKEOUGH. prop. i
- Pressing - Alterations j
Moil Orders Promptly Taken care Of ‘
Daily Pickup fc Delivery
TRAVEL AND SNIP VIA
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THE ALASKA LINE
PASSENGERS, FREIGHT,
MAIL AND EXPRESS
FOR RESERVATIONS
OR INFORMATION
Contact
ALASKA STEAMSHir
COMPANY
Phorfe Main 125
W. W. SIPPRELL
General Agent
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ARRIVALS AND
DEPARTURES
Northbound
, SS Baranof .... April ^
' SS Alaska .... April 15
SS Baran'of .... April 21
Southbound
SS Baranof . . . .
SS Alaska ....
SS Baranof ....
April 8
April 15
April 22
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There is probably no more dis
tasteful task anywhere in Seward
at this time than that of trudging
from door to door, making a house
to house canvas for Red Cross 1
membership. It is being done next
week, however, by consciencious
people in town who have volun
teered for the work.
I
It is necessary and good to have '
a large membership in the local '
chapter, because no town nor
chapter is stronger than the size
of its membership. For every $1.00
| card you have a vote in the elec
I tion of the national officers. Many
j people have told me that they did
j not know that they were doing
| more than donate a dollar to a
cause when they bought a card.
During the past year a very few
; people have worked hard, entirely
i without pay of any kind, enduring
criticism and hard knocks, working
quietly without any fanfare and I
very little help, to bring assistance !
to 157 families in the city. All Red j
Cross assistance is given on an
emergency basis only, until some
[regular organization s*uch as De-1
j partment of Public Welfare, Veter-i
'airs Administration, children’s aid j
. societies, Territorial compensation,
| or old age assistance can he ar- j
| ranged for each case according to
its proper category.
During the past hard winter and
the strike, many of you would have
been called upon to give assist- [
ance to your own neighbors and I
friends if it had not been for Red
Cross. The City Council would
have been forced to feed and house
some families, which would have
been an added financial burden.
i ou cannot lei a per.son ne coin |
or hungry on your doorstep, no I
matter how shiftless or indigent he
may be. No one was turned away
without assistance of some kind
last winter, and if you know of
any person who did not receive
aid, it can only be because he did
not apply, himself, to Red Cross.
There were not sufficient funds
in the chapter to care for all the
needs this past year, and it was |
necessary to obtain' more." Instead |
of asking the already overburdened ;
town to find more money, an ap- j
plication was made to National !
Red Cross for $800, which was re
ceived in January, as a grant
which we do not have to repay.
It is for just such an emergency
hy local chapters that 22 per cent
of the money collected in the fund
campaign is sent to the National
Red Cross, so that it can he made
available when needed. In case of
disaster also the National Red
Cross steps in and furnishes all the
money necessary to house, feed,
care for and rehabilitate disaster
victims wherever they may lie.
Your $1.00 membership, therefore,
leaves 77 cents in town and 23
cents goes toward the national
fund for aid of many kinds to other
people in the United States and
the world.
Think it over, and when a visitor i
comes to your door offering you j
the opportunity to become a mem- \
her of Red Cross for $1.00, a little
more than the price of one movie,
do not turn her away with harsh
arguments, nor unfriendly words.
Remember that she is only trying
to do her bit in a great cause.
If you feel that you have not the
money for it, let us at least be kind
about it and keep up the good j
name of “Seward, the Friendly
City.”
COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
(This is a public service, per
formed free of charge by the Sew
ard Seaport Record.)
FUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS: Mon
day and Wednesday, 3 to 5 p.m.;
Tuesday and Saturday, 7 to 9
p.m.
April 2
EPISCOPAL GUILD Tea, 3 to 5 !
p.m.. Guild Hall.
P-TA BAKE SALE, Seward Trad
ing Co.
April 4
REBEKAH LODGE, I.O.O.F. Hall,
8 p.m.
April 5
JUNIOR WOMEN, 8 p.m., Episco
pal Church. "
April 5
AMERICAN LEGION and Auxiliary
meet at Legion Club, 8 p.m.
MESSIAH CHOIR Practice at Sew
ard Memorial Church, 8 p.m.
ALTAR SOCIETY Sacred Heart |
Church meets at Rectory, 8 p.m. i
RIFLE & SPORTSMEN'S CLUB j
meets.
April 9
EPISCOPAL GUILD meets, 2 p.m.,
at Guild Hall.
LUTHERAN LADIES AID BAKE
Sale, 1 p.m., Osbo's Supply.
CARNIVAL—Red Cross Benefit, at
Civic Center, 8 p.m.
CONTRACT WIRING
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Dodge Electric Co.
Phone Madison 151
I
g»g>ac &
span
Telephone Adams 92
Pickup & Delivery
Cleaning Pressing
Alterations Hat blocking
SEWARD MACHINE
SHOP
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU.
Let Qeorge Do It!
G. H. EVERITT
i
Merchandising Service
Box 416 Seward Madison 5 S
The “ditty bag” used by Navy
personnel has been in use since
the first days of sailing.
MAGAZINES
LATEST NUMBERS OF YOUR
FAVORITE MAGAZINES
ARRIVE ON EACH
SHIP
THE MART
VARIETY
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd Monday of Month
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. fc A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. E. Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union Hall
President — Harold Davis
Secretary — B. D. Bowen
■TANNING
Send us your furs and skins to be
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauaa Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle, Wash.
Charter
LOCAL AND HIGHWAY
FREIGHT SERVICE
Heavy Truck
Telephone Monroe 166
Post Office Box/ 716
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TRAVEL FUNDS
Protected
AGAINST LOSS
OR THEFT
Safeguarding money against
loss when one travels is as
important as protecting it by
deposit when at home—and
Is just as easy. You merely
convert your travel funds
here, before you start. Into
American Express Travelers
Cheques. They are readily
spendable as cash, and if lost
or stolen, the amount In
volved is 'refunded to you.
The cost of the protection
Is but 76c on each J100.
Minimum 40c. There is no
time limit on use. Thous
ands of people carry these
protective Cheques when
away from home, and find
them invaluable. This is
one of the bank’s services
to the traveling public.
BANK of
SEWARD
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