Seward Seaport Record
Formerly The, Seward Polaris & Kcnai Peninsula Aleutian Chain News
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman
Frank DeLoughery
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The people of Seward have had a great ileal oi gloom and
trouble to face in the past few months. Workers have been
idle, merchants have seen stocks dwindle and charge accounts
piling up.
They June faced all these good humoredly.* I hey hate
calmly discounted gloomy stories and courageously made
plans for the future of their business and lor the future ol the
city.
Now that ships are again discharging cargo at Seward,
men are again employed, and shelves are again filling up with
stock, it looks as though our new friends in Seward will have
the Merry C’hristmas thet deserve.
In the mellow mood of the Christmas season, 1 he kecord
staff w ishes evert Setvardite the (oiyest and Merriest Christ
inas ever known.
COAST GUARD CLARIFIES
USE OF 2670 KILOCYCLES
U. S. Coast Guard Headquarters
in Washington, D. C. today clari
fied the policy governing the use
of the 2670 kilocycle frequency by
civilian craft with radio telephone
installations. This frequency is one
assigned exclusively to the Coast
Guard by the Federal Communica
tions Commission.
The statement issued by t lie
Coast Guard yas prompted by a
series of incidences in recent
months in which small private
craft have been rebuffed in at
tempts to obtain bar and weather
conditions over this frequency. The
use of 2670 for purposes other than
distress is strictly prohibited, the
Coast Guard stated.
The service uses this frequency
as a “’calling'’ channel, all Coast
Guard radios maintain a constant
standby on it. No routine or gener
al transmissions are permitted on
2870 within the Coast Guard. All
possible traffic is carried over the
other frequencies in order that
there will be no “jamming" of 2070.
Jim: “Have you seen one of
those new instruments that can
tell when a man is lying?”
Joe: "Seen one? I married one."
Newspapers began appearing on
Sunday after 1825.
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Work and material guaranteed or money refunded.
Average 10 x 12-foot Floor
Includes Work and Material
Call Lesko Bros. — Adams 94
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
Seattle for Seward
MS Coastal Monarch
SS Alaska—
December 30
December 31
Scheduled Seward Arrivals
Southbound Westbound
Victoria— Dec. 25 Terminal Knot, Jan. 2
Denali— Dec. 27 or 28
Coastal Monarch, Jan. 10
» WALTER W, SIPPRELL
General Agent
Phone Main 125
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
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New York City has twenty inches
of snow, the Middle West is buried
in it. "Everybody has snow for
Christmas but us right here in
Alaska where Winter is made,” I
mourned.
Then, as if in direct answer to
my criticism, Winter arrived—with
a vengeance! Now I’m ready to
cry, “Enough."
I battled the wind and snow,
face on, yesterday, both arms full,
slipping and sliding, walking back
wards and drunkenly, until I ended
breathless and weary in the midst
of the six-foot snow drift that was
ni\ own front door. Couldn't even
find the keyhole! Fighting my way
around to the back door, the
biessed peace and quiet of the
storm shed was a haven indeed—
but the inside door was locked,
and no key in my pocket! tt was
then that 1 stopped enjoying the
wea ther.
Ever since 1 was warned yester
day that the paper would come
out a day early so that the adver
tisers could be accommodated (I
believe the staff were angling for
a holiday), and 1 must have my
copy in on Thursday, I have been
wracking my brain for a different
way to express the usual season’s
greetings. Something new, snappy
and novel you know. A day and a
night passed without any such idea
popping forward, but gradually a
conviction has formed in my mind
so strongly that I cannot set it
aside. It is this:
we spenci a great neai <u wme
and energy in these days looking
for new and better ways of doing
the old things, re-writing tfit* old
songs, paraphrasing the old story,
camouflaging old ideas, trying to
convince ourselves that we can do
much better than the old folks. But
with all the struggle of poets,
songsters, engineers and scientists,
no one has yet found a better way,
nor sweeter words for Christmas
greetings than just the simple, old
time, expressive phrase, “Merry
Christmas!” When said with the
heart as well as the tongue, it em
bodies the whole spirit of the sea
son, and cannot be improved upon.
So— “Merry Christmas, folks.
Merry Christmas to you all!"
A tramp knocked at the door of
the Inn known as "George and the
Dragon.” The landlady opened the
doro and the tramp beseeched:
“Could you spare a poor, hungry
man a bite to eat?”
“No!” and she slammed the door.
A few minutes later the tramp
knocked again. The landlady came
again. He asked: “Could I have a
few words with George?”
The first practical typesetting
machine was invented in 1846.
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Yes, you. An important picture.
Part of your Christmas Seal
money buys X-ray units ior chert
“pictures’* . . . to detect tubercu
losis so that if can be checked.
Since 1' '01, the v. h'le jjrojtrnm
lias helped cut the *i B death rate
l>y cig}:t<! per cent. Yet tubercu
losis sii’i Kills more people be
tween 15 and -11 than any other
disease.
So please, send in your con
tribution today io your Tubercu
lous -AsSOCUltlCn.
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Christmas
Seals
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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS: Mon
day and Wednesday, 3 to 5 p.m.;
Tuesday and Saturday, 7 to 9
p.m.
The Library will not bo open
Christmas night or New Year’s
! night.
December 24
i LIONS CLUB meets at Totem
I Fountain for noon luncheon.
December 27
! ORDER OF EASTERN STAR meet
at Masonic Temple. Dinner for
'members and immediate families
at 6:30 p.m. Regular meeting at
0 p.m.
December 28
VFW and AUXILIARY meet at
I.O.O.F. Hall.
! SEWARD WOMEN'S CLUB rm ets
at 8 p.m. at Seward Memorial
Church.
December 29
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR In
stallation, 8 p.m.
December 31
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S NEW
Year’s Eve Costume Dance.
At the Hote?s . . .
The New Seward — Malcolm CL
ICa e and Harry Mann, Kenai;
! Ralph L. Dodson, Tunnel: George
L. Joynes, Kenai; Katheryn Opo
druk, Anchorage: Eddie Anderson,
j Fairbanks: George Williamson,
: Anchorage.
WARNING!
George Puckett, Highway Patrol
man, and the Seward Police De
partment warn motorists that they
must refrain from driving vehicles
while under the influence of alco
hol. Laws to this effect will he
stringently enforced.
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SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. Sc A.M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. A. 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 8c 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 — V. T. Barnett
Secretary — L. E. Dick
Charter
LOCAL AND HIGHWAY
FREIGHT SERVICE
Heavy Truck
Telephone Monroe 166
Post Office Box 716
Tanning
Send us your furs and skins to be
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauda Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle. Wash.
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Wishing All Our Customers
and Friends
A Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year
KENAI CO-OP
* Food Price Stabilizers
In Seward
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IF YOUR DEALER CAN'T SUPPLY YOU.
LET GEORGE DO IT
G. H. Everitt
Merchandising Service
Box 416 Seward Madison 5 6
Wishing you all a f'ERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The Seward
Light & Power
Light - Power - Telephone
SERVING SEWARD SINCE 1905
Telephone Main 0
o. T. WELCH
General Mgr.