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VOLUME 5 ❖ INDEPENDENT » SEWARD. ALASKA ♦ SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1948 * UNITED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE TEN CENTS
No. 22
Last Commercial Ship for
‘Duration’ Docks Here
The Liberty Ship Henry D. Linds
ley of the Coastwise Line, docked ■
at Seward Friday morning on its'
first run from Southern California, .
via' Portland, to Alaska.
The Henry D. Lindsley this week 1
unloaded rails for The Alaska Rail- 1
road and Army supplies at Whit- J
tier, and yesterday morning began j
discharging cargo at Seward. The j
Seward cargo consisted of building
materials, mostly destined for Ket
chikan Spruce Mills yards at An
chorage and Fairbanks; some food
staples were aboard the ship but
only a small amount for Seward
merchants.
The Coastwise Lines’ ship is def
initely the last commercial ship to
dock at Seward for the duration of
"i.he stateside longshoremen’s strike,
and when the Lindsley is unloaded
local longshoremen, who are not
on strike, will add their names to i
the list of Alaska's unemployed.
Alaska s resident longshoremen
are being dealt a severe blow, inas
much as the Alaska longshoremen’s
agreement has been accepted by
shipping concerns and the locals
will be out of work through no
choice of their own. They are not
on strike, so may not draw strike
benefits. Only logical move is to
apply for unemployment compensa
tion. which in turnt will certainly
be a heavy load for the unemploy
ment division to carry.
There is no solution in sight to
put an end to the longshoremen’s
strike which began September 7.
M and there is little doubt that local
merchant's shelves will be bare of
many items within a short time.
Sale is being limited on a few arti
cles already in an effort to make
present stocks last as long as pos
sible. However, the main shortage
is expected to occur in the fresh
produce line unless the strike is of
long duration.
Miss Maud May is leaving today
(Saturday) for a short visit with
friends and relatives in Fremont.
Nebraska. Miss May will fly via
Northern Airlines and Mid-Conti
r.ental Airlines, returning to Seward
in two weeks.
Bering Sea Pish
Survey Being Made
A Fish and Wildlife Service ex
ploratory fishing vessel left Seattle
recently for the Bering Sea on the
first exploration of Alaska’s oceanic
waters in seven years.
Its staff will make a preliminary
survey to determine the varieties
and quantities of fish in the Bering
Sea south of Nome between the
Alaska coast and the International
Date Line. Fish preservation tech
niques and new types of commer
cial fishing gear will also be tested.
The cruise of the Washington,
transferred to the Fish and Wild
life Service from the Maritime
Commission is the introductory
phase of the Service’s new, long
range Alaska exploratory fishing
program authorized by the 80th
Congress. In 1940 and 1941 the
Service explored the southeast
Bering Sea. leading to the develop
ment of the king crab fishery in
that area. The program was discon
tinued because of the war.
Commercial exploitation of fish
ery resources in the northeast Pa
cific Ocean and Bering Sea has
been slight because of lack of spe
cific data on the seasonal occur
rence. and abundance of fish in the
area.
The Service also hopes to en
courage off-season fisheries in
Southeast Alaska waters. Salmon
and halibut are only summer ac
tivities.
The Washington expects to be
back in Seattle by October 20.
NEW FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE AGENT HERE (
Mr. W. J. Allen from Fairbanks
is our new enforcement agent for
he Fish and Wildlife Service, tak
the place of Mr. Dan Ralston. Mf.
I Allen has been with the Fish and
Wildlife Service at Fairbanks for
the past two years.
Mr. Allen plans to make his home
in Seward and Mrs. Allen will join
| him here in the near future.
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Safeway Airlines
Enlarges Facilities
Gentry Shuster is enlarging his
Safeway Airlines facilities in An
chorage with a new hangar, office
and tool shop. Mr. Shuster is Piper
Cub distributor for the Territory.
Mr. and Mrs. Shuster are plan
ning to fly Outside in a week or
ten days for a months' vacation.
They will make stops in Kansas
and Missouri and will visit a
daughter in North Long Beach,
California. Contrary to rumor, the
Shusters will return to Seward.
Dick Steinberger will be in
charge of Mrs. Shuster’s photogra
phy work during her absence.
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Delegate Bartlett
Visits Seward
Delegate E. L. “Bob” Bartlett,
on a campaign tour of the Third
Division, was in Seward Wednes
day and Thursday, accompanied by
J. Gerald Williams, Anchorage at
torney and Democratic candidate
for the office of attorney general of
Alaska, and Walter Huntley of Pal
mer, Democratic candidate for the
Territorial Senate.
The party spent Wednesday eve
ning %t the Seward Sanitarium
I and left Thursday morning for An
chorage. accompanied by Clarence
Keating. The party was to spend
the latter part of the week in the
; Bristol Bay area.
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VFW AUXILIARY MEETING
HELD FRIDAY EVENING "
I The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the
; VFW held its regular monthly so
| cial meeting Friday evening at
i the Seward Light and Power
! Building.
! The September 3 meeting of the
• organization was taken up with
discussion of projected activities
for the November Bazaar.
A part of the Auxiliary's activity
is having an organized visiting
committee to see the vets who are
'patients in the Home In the Woods
Sanitarium. A gift is presented
j once a month to each veteran at
i the sanitarium.
! 4-H COUNCIL PLANS
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Members of the 4-H Club Coun
cil held a meeting last Saturday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lil
lian Dangler.
The Council planned the 4-H
Achievement Day for October 2 in
the Episcopal Church basement.
Club members will exhibit their
projects and will entertain friends
with a short program and supper.
Reservations can by made by call
ing Mrs. Dangler at Monroe 23. or
any of the members or leaders.
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'PAETY FOR LITTLE
MISS CAROL HAY
i A going-away party, complete
I with ice cream and cake, was given
| for Carol Hav, six-year-old daugh
ter of Sgt. and Mrs. John Hay,
Tuesday afternoon. The party was
attended by many young friends of
I Carol, with whom she had expect
ed to enter the first grade at the
Seward school.
Mis. Hay and Carol left by plane
Thursday morning for Billings,
Montana., where Carol will receive
medical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Werner spent
Monday at Kenai.
Handicapped Children to
State Schools (or Blind
Junior Woman's Club
Begins Season
The Junior Seward Woman’s
Club held its first meeting of the
season at the home of Mrs. Gwen
Tressler last Tuesday evening.
Due to illness of the president,
Peggy Penrose, and the croaking
voice (she had a cold) of the vice
president, Doris Doyle, the meet
ing was conducted by Elsie Whit
more.
The constitution was read by
Dorothy Lesko, after which the
meeting dates were changed to the
first and third Tuesday nights of
each month, beginning in October.
Dues were paid by those who
wished to do so. Cards are being
sent to all members asking their
intentions of either remaining in
the club or dropping it.
The program for the ensuing year
was discussed. The club will han
die the tuberculosis seals again
this year. Some discussion was
given on donating children's books
to the Jesse Lee Home, but no
definite plans were made.
All members present donated a
small sum for a gift for Peggy
Penrose, to be sent immediately.
Florence Wangley is in charge of
this matter.
Something new and different is
going to be the subject of the busi
ness meetings. Each meeting will
be in the hands of a different com
mittee-—so if nothing else is gained
there will be a variety of interests,
such as textile paintings, leather
tooling, plastics, etc.
Refreshments of peach cobbler
and coffee were served by Jerry
Noyes and Gwen Tressler.
The next meeting will be a social
in the basement of the Episcopal
Church on Tuesday, September 28.
EASTERN STAR TO HAVE
CARD PARTY. SEPT. 25
The Seward Chapter of the East
ern Star is having a card party
Saturday, evening. Sept. 25. at
8:00 o’plock. in the Masonic Hall.
Eiidge and pinochle will be
played and - there will be square
dancing for those who do not play
[ cards.
Refreshments will be served for
the price of Sl.Ofi per person.
The public is invited.
KINDERGARTEN HAS
FIRST CLASS
Mrs. Frank De Loughery held the
f'rst class of kindergarten in her
home on 5lh Ave., Sept. 15, with 17
children present.
The children were there from
1:00 to 3:00 o’clock in the after
noon and all enjoyed themselves.
They were wondering if they could
“please come back again.’’
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•BROWNIES" TO MEET
SEPTEMBER 22
Mrs. Willna Henrickson, leader
of Brownies, wishes to remind all
girls seven years of age or who
will be seven years old on their
next birthday, that the first meet
ing of the season will be held at
3:C0 p.m., Sept. 22 in the basement
of the Methodist Church.
Alaska Native Service announces
the acceptance of three more Alas
kan children in the State School
for the Blind at Salem, Oregon.
This raises the Alaska enrollments
in this school to nine native chil
dren from Fairbanks, Hydaburg,
Juneau, Kanakanak, Ketchikan,
Perryville 2, Pilot Point, and Ram
part. Two Alaska children, from
Juneau and Nome, respectively, are
enrolled in the Washington School
for the Blind at Vancouver. The
Washington State School for the
Deaf, also at Vancouver, is accept
ing four new enrollees from Bar
row, Bethel, Holy Cross, and Hyda
burg in addition to the two Alas
kan children already there from
Juneau and Tyonek.
All of these blind and deaf chil
dren are supported in the schools
by funds provided through the
Alaska Native Service for the edu
cation of the handicapped. Until
special educational facilities for the
deaf are available in Alaska these
opportunities provided by the Alas- •
ka Native Service in cooperation
with the states of Washington and
Oregon, make possible the aca
demic and vocational training nec
essary for these children’s develop
ment into self-supporting citizens.
It is also possible through these
schools to secure special medical
sex vices that give promise ' e. Inn- *
proved vision or hearing for these
handicapped children,
j Temporary foster homes usually
make it possible for these students
to remain in the States under help
ful home care during the summer,
thus adding to the child's training
and lessening the expense for
travel between their homes and
the state schools.
The case studies for these handi
cappe.d children and arrangements
for their enrollment in the special
schools were made by Dr. Evelyn
I. Butler, supervisor of social wel
fare in the Alaska Native Service.
Miss Gladys Mcllveen, Indian
Service social worker in Seattle,
visits these students occasionally
and reports their progress to the
Juneau Alaska Native Service Of
fice.
MRS. RAY STAFFORD
VISITS HERE
Mrs. Ray Stafford left on the
Jumper Hitch after a few days
visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford
went to Kodiak in January and are
both working. He works as a rig
ger for the Navy, and she has a
part time job in the city hall.
Contrary to popular belief. Mrs.
Stafford said the Kodiak weather
is warmer than Seward, and the
wind doesn’t blow quite as hard
there as here. She likes Kodiak,
but was glad to be back home for a
while.
ST. PETER'S LADIES GUILD
TO HAVE BEAN SUPPER
The St. Peter's Ladies’ Guild is
giving a baked bean supper Sun
day evening. Sept. 19. in the Epis
copal Church Parish Hail from 4 to
7 o'clock.
Tickets may be purchased from
Mrs. Dan Rose, Mrs. Leland Miller,
Mrs. W. C. Erwin cr Mrs. C. M.
Brosius.
UNDER AUSPICES OF THE
' Bingo! Sat. Sept. 25th USO Hall 8 P.M.
LADIES' ALTAR SOCIETY OF
SACRED HEART CHURCH