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Vol. VII, No. 22
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1950
Price 10 cents
Alaska Youth,
Their Meeds
And Problems
There are 33,000 children
under the age of 18 in Alaska
today. Half of them are not yet
of school age. Our junior popu
lation is increasing. Alaskan
births of record during the last
three years were, in 1947, 2.700:
in 1948, 3,002; and in 1949,
3,300. Reports for the first seven
months of this year indicate
that 1950 may top 1949 in this
department. The pattern in the
Territory is the same as it is
in the continental United States.
Every ten years during this
century a White House Confer
ence has been held to bring to
one place all of the best think
ing with respect to children.
Many worthwhile projects have
been fostered in these confer
ences. Most of the advantages
of American children today
Were given impetus at these
meetings. The fifth such confer
ence will be held in Washington,
D. C., the first week of Decem
ber. It is called the 1950 Mid
century White House Conference
on Children and Youth. We have
its counterpart in the Territory,
the Alaska Commission on Chil
dren and Youth. There are near
ly 100 communities in the Terri
tory which have local Commit
tees on Children and Youth.
The Seward Record has con
sented, in a spirit of public
service, to assist in bringing
the message to all of our people
about how the children of Alas
ka can be helped to achieve
the goal of receiving the best
services possible in the fields
of education, health, welfare,
labor, and recreation. A series
of articles, of which this is the
forerunner, will be published
each week during the fall and
winter. They will be informa
tive. The articles will not be
concerned with politics or with
sectarianism, but they will be
for, of, and about Children, es
necially Alaska Children: Their
''Jeeds and How We Meet Them.
Any questions addressed to this
newspaper as a result of these
irticles will receive prompt at
:ention.
>FFICERS OF EDUCATION
LSSOCIATION NAMED
Juneau—Superintendent Don
lid W. Lawvere of the Kodiak
paval Operations Base School
las been named Territorial Di
hector of the National Educa
tion Association for a three
kear period, it was announced
harlier this week. Mr. Lawvere
|nd his wife represented Alas
ka's teachers at the NEA con
tention in St. Louis in July.
Miss Marjorie Tillotson, Ju
leau High School teacher, re
[laces Superintendent Carl Carl
)n of Seward as president of
le Alaska Education Associa
fon for the next biennium, and
fiss Ethel Murphy of the Ju
|eau Elementary Schools will
;rve as secretary-treasurer for
le same period. She succeeds
tiss Marian Munson of Seward.
Petersburg’s superintendent of
fhools, Mr. Lester L. Wingard,
the new vice-president of the
llaska educators’ professional
[•ganization.
[Karl Dick, son of Mr. and
[rs. Louis Dick, is recovering
om an emergency appendec
my. Karl is nine years old.
Mrs. Gordon Inglis, her son
lan with his wife and little
[n, left for Homer today where
ey will enjoy the Fair, return
g Sunday.
Frank Towle Awarded
$391 for 66-Foot
Strip of Land
A board of commissioners in
U. S. Commissioners Court this
week awarded Frank Towle
$391 for the 66 foot strip of land
taken over for a right of way
on the Sterling Highway at
Cooper Landing.
Towle claimed that the new
road had damaged his property
to the amount of $10,000. He
placed the valuation of his prop
erty on Kenai Lake at $25,000.
Charles Hubbard, witness for
Towle, placed a value of twice
that sum on the land in question.
Towle had refused a right of
way for the road, and the 66
foot strip was obtained by con
demnation.
Charles Burdick, assistant re
gional forester, made the ap
praisal at the time of condem
nation and judged the property
to be worth $8,000 for the 108
acres. He testified that the high
way, instead of damaging the
property, had really enhanced
its value by $1100, even minus
the four acres taken by the
government.
The board of commissioners
that decided the case was com
posed of Elwvn Swetmann, pres
ident of the Bank of Seward;
Carl Orlander, jeweler; and
Oscar Dahl, owner of the New
Seward Hotel.
Alaskans Assured
Polio Assistance
A representative of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Mr. West J. Alten
'ourg, has been in Alaska to meet
with Governor Ernest Gruen
ing and the Commissioner of
Health, Dr. C. Earl Albrecht.
The purpose of his visit was to
survey the health facilities and
the program of the Territory
to plan a program for the full
use of National Foundation co
operation for the medical care
of polio patients in the Alaska
territory.
Dr. Albrecht stated that the
assistance that the National
Foundation can offer Alaskans
both military and civilian when
ever cases of infantile paralysis
occur is most assuring and en
couraging.
No one need to be concerned
or apprehensive because of liv
ing in Alaska since the full re
sources of the National Foun
dation are standing by to assist.
Dr. Albrecht said, “The plans
discussed with Mr. Altenburg
will materially step up the treat
ment of existing cases now wait
ing for care under the Depart
ment of Health Crippled Chil
dren's Program through finan
cial assistance from the National
Foundation supported by the
March of Dimes.”
It was pointed out that the
$18,000 contributed by the
Armed Forces stationed in Alas
ka would remain to the credit
of the Alaskan Territory in the
epidemic aid fund to be drawn
on at any time additional funds
are needed for medical care of
patients.
A.S.C. OFFICIAL VISITS
F. A. Zeusler, executive as
sistant to the president of Al
aska Steamship Company, came
to Seward by plane Thursday
on a business trip. He left the
same day for Anchorage and
will go from there to Ketchikan
by plane.
Mr. Zeusler started the trip
from Seattle with his wife and
daughter on the Denali but
business matters forced him to
leave the ship at Juneau and
travel by air. He expects to
catch the Aleutian at Ketchikan
on the southbound trip.
Sidewalks Are
Assured For
Fifth Avenue
| Property owners on Fifth Ave.
j between Adams and Washing
ton Streets put in a petition re
cently for sidewalks in that
block.
The City Council passed a
resolution at its last meeting,
declaring its intention to pro
ceed with the paving and pub
lished its declaration in accord
ance with the ordinance.
Being a business block the or
dinance calls for a ten foot side
walk, which is estimated will
cost in the neighborhood of
$5,000 if put out on contract.
Owners of property abutting
on the improvement will be
assessed for two-thirds of the
cost. According to the ordinance,
which is an old one, the assessed
cost of sidewalk improvements
is to be paid within 30 days
after completion.
Councilman Kirkpatrick ob
jected to this cash payment
clause as being unfair and not
common practice in most cities.
Other members agreed that this
i clause should be remedied and
it will be considered at the next
council meeting.
Russell Painter, street com
missioner. stated that it was
: his opinion that the street de
partment employes can build
the sidewalk at less cost than
if contracted, which statement
will be investigated, ana if veri
fied. the improvement will be
constructed by city employes
with equipment owned by the
city.
! BAYVIEW SCHOOL ENROLLS
68 OPENING WEEK
Bayview Territorial School
opened September 5, with a first
week record of 68. Territorial
School at the Seward Sana
torium. with Miss Goldie Busko
as bedside teacher, has an en
rollment of 16. Both schools
will probably increase during
the year.
Resignation of Mrs. George
Linn, due to illness in the fam
] ily. leaves Bayview temporarily
I without a primary teacher. Mrs.
Pierce and Mrs. Matthews of
the Jesse Lee Home, both quali
fied teachers, have been sub
stituting until the regular teach
er arrives.
Mrs. Rager is principal and
teacher of upper grades and
Mrs. Borden teaches the inter
mediate grades.
1 METHODISTS TO HOLD
! RALLY SUNDAY
Sunday, September 17, will
| be Rally and Promotion Sunday
I at the Methodist Sunday Schooi.
All members are asked to attend
| and bring their friends.
On the following Sunday.
| September 24, members will
| bring a basket lunch to Sunday
: School. After the session the
i indoor picnic will begin at 12
j o'clock and be followed by an
I afternoon of roller skating at
the Seward roller rink for all
the Sunday School.
Youth Fellowship groups will
resume their winter meetings
this Sunday. Intermediates (chil
dren in the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades) will meet at 6
p.m. The senior group (all high
schoolers) will meet in the
church at 7:30.
ABSENTEE BALLOT
Any legal voter who expects
to be out of the city at election
time next month can make ar
rangements with the Commis
sioner’s office to cast an ab
sentee ballot.
Alaskan Artist Takes
All Prizes Af
Gallup Exhibit
George Ahgupuk, Alaskan
native artist) whose work is
familiar to all those who delight
in native art and is seen on
many Christmas cards, took
first, second, third and grand
prize at the national art exhibit
of the artist colony at Gallup,
New Mexico, this year.
Mr. Ahgupuk arrived an the
Baranof Sunday. He had lunch
at Jesse Lee Home where he
drew pictures for the children.
This was his first trip Outside
and he found New Mexico dis
agreeably "hot and dry.”
He is from Sishmaref on the
Seward Peninsula and had not
traveled far from home until
last year when he came to Sew
; ard and saw a cow for the first
time.
As a boy he was ill in the
Kotzebue hospital and drew
pictures to amuse himself and
other patients. A nurse recog
nized his talent and encouraged
him to take his art seriously.
His drawings and paintings are
now familiar to all - Alaskans.
He is on his way home now and
will join his wife at Nome.
Newcomers Honored
Av Reception
Visitors, teachers and new
comers to Seward were honored
last night at a reception held
in the Methodist Church parlors.
Miss Frances Clark, president,
showed color slides taken on
, her .viilt to .Barrow and Yukon
Territory, and Mrs. Kirch's
slides taken of the Seward 4th
of July celebration, when the
film “Alaska, U. S. A.”, prom
| ised by the Development Board,
failed to arrive.
The “get acquainted” plai}
was a division of famous say
ings which were handed out in
sections. When matched up, the
ladies formed partners for the
evening.
Refreshments were served
from a beautifully appointed tea
table, with two past presidents.
Mrs. LaPreal Bie and Mrs. Mil
dred Kirkpatrick, serving.
Miss Clark announced the
chairmen of the year’s commit
tees. Mrs. David Brown will
| head the program committee:
membership. Mrs. R. Duffy:
publicity, Mrs. Gordon Inglis:
civic affairs. Mrs. Tormod Bie;
hospitality, Miss Goldie Busko:
ways and means, Mrs. Noll
Schnoecker; entertainment, Mrs.
j Lawrence Kirch: and parliamen
tarian, Mrs. Troy Bogard.
The president stated that her
special project for the year will
be to find lodging for the out of
town visitors, as folk from
Homer, Kenai and other com
munities arriving in Seward
often find the hotels filled and
no accomodations available. Mrs.
Lawrence Kirch will be a com
mittee of one to contact if any
one has spare rooms for guests.
HOSPITAL PHONE STILL
OUT OF ORDER
Telephone service at the hos
pital is still out owing to the
storm last week. Doctors are
staying nights at the hospital
in case of emergencies.
Mr. William Maxey of ATEC
is making every effort to run
an emergency line into the sec
tion of town effected until the
cable can be repaired by an ex
pert, who will have to be
brought into Seward for the
purpose.
Carlos Carson. Fish and Wild
life Service agent here, and his
wife are back in Seward after
a visit in Dillingham. Mr. Carson
reports that 46 moose have been
brought into Seward so far this
season.
Will Celebrate
Constitution
Day, Sept. 17
WHEREAS, on September 17,
1787 the Constitution of the
United States was adopted by
the Constitutional Convention.
It was submitted to Congress
and later became the funda
mental law of the land; and
WHEREAS, as our nation
grew and became great, and as
new problems came into being,
certain additions were made to
our Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the basic docu
ment, however, has remained
unchanged and unshaken
through troubled years to main
tain a government of the people,
by the people and for the peo
j pie, to preserve justice, safe
' guard domestic tranquility, pro
mote the general welfare and
glorify the blessings of liberty
—all of which has made possible
our high state of civilization,
the like of which is not to be
j found anywhere else in the
world; and
WHEREAS, today, 1G3 years
after it was adopted, the Con
stitution of the United States
is the hope of freedom-loving
people all over the world and
stands as the most solid single
! political guide the world has
i ever known:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest
Gruening, Governor of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, by virtue of
the authority in me vested, do
hereby proclaim Sunday, Sep
tember 17, 1950, as CONSTITU
TION DAY and urge all church
es, schools, civic and patriotic
organizations and all citizens
to arrange and take part in ap
propriate programs to the end
that we, the people who benefit
from the Constitution, shall have
a better understanding of and
greater respect for the gifts of
liberty, equality, and justice
granted us by the Constitution..
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
have hereunto set my hand and
cause the Seal of the Territory
of Alaska to be affixed. Done
at Juneau, the Capital, this 1st
day of September in the year of
our Lord nineteen hundred and
fifty.
Ernest Gruening
| (SEAL) Governor of Alaska
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Moose Pass News
The opening school bell rang
i the day after Labor Day to call
! 16 children to class. We have
' quite a few new faces this year.
There are Judy and Neil Han
son from Anchorage, and twins
; Ruth and Marjorie Woods and
1 their brother Roy, also from
1 Anchorage. Pat and Donna Estes
are here from Seward and Paul
Reed has joined the fifth grade
from Fairbanks. Sonja Brattain,
formerly from Mile 54, has start
ed in the first grade. The old
; familiar faces are Larry Foster,
1 Kent Saxton, Lorren Saxton,
Skipper Soper, Ed Soper, Char
lie Clements, and Pat Teague.
There are students in .every
grade except the third and sixth.
Miss Vera Bogard, the teacher,
taught formerly in Seward and
for the past year has been at
tending the University of Ore
gon at Eugene, and prior to
coming to Moose Pass spent the
summer in Kentucky.
The regular meeting of the
Moose Pass Sportsman’s Club
was held last Tuesday evening.
Mr. A1 Brattain took over the
duties of secretary-treasurer. It
was decided to hold movies
every other week during the
winter.