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Vol. VI. No. 53
SEWARD, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JAN. 3, 1950
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Armed Services And Wildlife
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Service Agree On Withdrawals;
Clarence J. Rhode, regional di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife
Service, this week assured
sportsmen that a better under
standing of their concern over
last withdrawals had been reach
ed with the Commander-in-Chief
of the Alaskan Command.
"General Twining is a sports
man himself,’’ Rhode said, “and
was completely sympathetic
with the Alaskan viewpoint
when I told him that many areas
containing valuable wildlife
were being denied to Alaskans.
These and other wildlife areas,
the General believes, should be
made available to all persons,
and can be at the same time that
his troops are allowed sports re
reation.’’
Lt. General Nathan F. Twin
ing. Commander-in-Chief of the
Alaskan Command, was con
tacted by Rhode after requests
for information and protests had
been presented to the Fish and
Wildlife Service regarding pro
posals by the military to with
draw sizeable areas for recrea
tional purposes. During the past
few weeks Rhode's office has
received communications from
Alaskan sportsmen, the Izaak
Walton League, and otiier con
servation organizations.
In a letter to one of the pro
testors Mr. Rhode expressed con
fidence in .the new policy and
agreement which the military
leader had offered as a result of
an exchange of comment with
the Fish and Wildlife Service.
“The Fish and Wildlife Service,"
ne a rote, "recognizes the neces
sity of a good recreational pro
gram for our armed forces, and
we are confident that when some
of these enlisted men get to
know our woods and streams
they will settle in Alaska, as
civilians. The General has agreed
with me, however, that enough
land to construct a cabin and
for the landing of boats should
determine the size of these rec
reational areas, generally. Gen
eral Twining and his aides have
shown a sincere interest in fish
and wildlife problems as they
are related to military occu
pancy. He has assured me that
pending withdrawals as well as
any future needs will be dras
tically reduced in line with his
policy of limiting military with-J
drawals to real needs.*'
It is recalled that at a recent j
meeting of the military com
mand with the heads of other J
Federal agepcies, held in Juneau,
agreement was reached on the
general problem of land with
drawals in Alaska. O.lur Fed
eral departments, as well as the
armed forces, agreed to keep in
close contact with tin • Bureau of
Land Management and the Fish
and Wildlife Service on land
withdrawals and th * trimming
of many withdrawals, now con
sidered excessive.
MOOSE PASS PEOPLE HAVE
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The people of Moose Puss en
joyed their annual Christmas
party at the school house the
evening of Dec. 22.
A prese t d the
crowd joined in sing ng Christ
mas carols.
'Round V 'Bout Town . . .
—The Roving Reporter—
1950 was ushered in by a
large crowd at the Firemen's
Bail New Year's Eve. The tire
men are to be congratulated lor
the fine job of decorating and
for the entertainment they pro
vided.
Augustine Boe has many in
teresting stories to tell ot her
recent trip to Europe. She flew
in a Pan American stratosphere
plane from New York to London,
which took only 9 hours and 15
minutes. The plane carried about
60 passengers and she couldn't
say enough about the wonderful
service they received. At Lon
don the air line company gave
each of the ladies an orchid cor
sage and took the passengers on
a sight seeing- trip around the
city.
Mrs. Eoe has several sisters
living in France and visited with
all of them , getting a good idea
a post war conditions in France.
She said the people had plenty
to eat, but luxuries were out of
their reach. There is lots of re
construction work going on, both
in France and in England, but
some of the bombed out areas
are still untouched. Strong feel
ing caused by the war still exists
there and the French people
hope that the American Army
of Occupation will stay in Ger
many for some time yet.
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“Scrappy” Southard had her
sixth birthday on New Year’s
Day. Larry and Donny Sefero
vich, Harold Howell, Raymond
Rodgers, Frankie Baker, Louel
la and Dennis Johnson, “Bullet”
Horton, and Dennis Dee were
there to help him celebrate.
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Jane McMullen, Shirley Cal
nan and Mr. and Mrs. Vic Ma-j
han spent two days out at James I
cabin near Cooper Landing last
week. They did some sk ng and
a lot of wood chopping, too, as
the temperature dropped to 25
degrees below.
Bobby Erwin was I 5 years old
on December 29. J\ dozen or
.more qi his friends < njovt d the
dinner and had a g> > . ti ne at
Iris birthday party.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Nicholas
and Mr. and Mrs.-.Harold .Incobs
entertained Marian Mutts<*.i Fla
via Hansen, Orrin K unbu'lSNS<d
ty Trout, Sidney U -ie a id JoN
Anne Milroy Monday evening at
a turkey dinner in the Jacobs
apartment.
There was a n ‘ighboi iiood
birthday party for Bob Davis
last week—Dec. 26.
S& |
Helen Gerwer was ill with flu
last week.
Father Borbeck was in Sel
dovia and Homer last week. He
and everyone else who has been
to Homer come bark with the
same story; that the people of
Homer feel very kindly toward I
Seward.
Canasta is gelting to bo
quite the popular game now.
Even the children are taking il
up—Audrey Hortor and Donna
Overturf had two babies of the
game for their friends last week. I
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Mr. and Mrs. Hal Gilfilen had;
fried chicken dinner for some
of their friends New Year's.
Heard Gil fried the chicken and
Claire says Gil knows how to
cook, too.
Mrs. Ken Baker spent a few
deys with the Hubbards at Mile
18 last week.
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The Standard Oil Co. has a
new 800 gallon tank truck. Came
in on the last freighter. The ve
hicle is to be used to service fill
ing stations and otaer delivery •
work.
Si?
Donn Lee was in town over
the weekend. Heal'd he was in
town to see Margaret Spencer.
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
BIGGEST EVER
i
The Firemen’s Annual New
Year’s Ball turned out to be
the bigest one ever this year,
with an estimated 500 cele
brants braving the snow storm
to see the new year in.
Beautifully decorated with
crepe paper streamers, shaded
lights, a heavily waxed floor and ,
a five-piece orchestra that really j
got hot after the intermission,
the Civic Center was the hub of
local merry making.
Hot dogs and soft drinks were
served in quantities. Paper hats
and noise makers added greatly
to the'spirit of the occasion.
The heavy snow fall prevented
the presence of many from out
side the city, but the big turnout
of townspeople was somewhat
surprising.
Boosters Win, Nobby
Club Team Forfeits
The Kenai Boosters turned in
a surprise Friday by defeating
tiie Palace DeHorns 35-34. The
Boosters were in fighting trim
and led most of the way to gar
ner their first victory of the sea
son. Ed Renwald and Frank San
ders played their positions ex
ceptionally well, setting up plays
and hooking shots to score.
The Nobby Club, not able to
put a full team on the floor, ior
feited to the Sea Hawks. Play
ers of all city teams gave the
high school squad a workout.
Credit is given to players who
played two games in one eve
ning in order to complete the
schedule.
Box Scores
Kenai Boosters (35)
ltenwald, f 5 0
Roth, f 2 1
Sanders, c 0 1
Borders, g o l
Stanley, g 3 0
Palace DeHorrs (34)
Baucis, f 2 3
Pagano. f 0 0
Torgramsen, c 10
Smitl , c 5 1
Samuolson. g 0 0
Tutiakoff, g 1 0
10
5
13
1
6
12
2
11
0
Sea Hawks (60)
i'g
Suydam. f 5
S. Anderson, f 5
•Steele, c 8
Deigh. g 1
R. Anderson, g 4
Lewis, f 5
Sanders, f 2
Cowan, f 0
Erwin, g 0
Van Slyke, g .0
All Stars (33)
Bauers. f 8
Roth, f 1
Pagano, i 0
Smith, c 2
Torgramsen, c 0
Stockton, g 4
Borders, g 1
ft tp
0 10
o io
0 10
0 2
0 8
0 10
0 4
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 17
0 2
0 0
0 4
0 0
0 8
0 2
Officials: Baumgartner, Erwin.
Sanders, Van Slyke, Anderson.
Report On Christmas
Tree Fund By P-TA
The Seward Parent-Teachers
Association wishes to take this
opportunity to thank the fol-;
lowing organizations for their
contribution to the annual
Christmas Tree Fund. Without
this money given so generously
each year the usual Christmas j
treat for the children after the j
school program would be im-!
possible.
Seward Chapter No. 10 Order
of Eastern Star, Seward Assem
bly No. 6 Order of Rainbow
for Girls, Registered Nurses As
sociation, Seward R e b e k a h
Lodge No. 6A, I.L.W.U. Local
1-39, I.L.W.U. Local 1-82, Sew
ard Carpenters Union 2304, St.
Peters Guild Women’s Auxilia
ry, Seward Junior Women’s
Club, Seward B.P.O.Elks, Wo- •
men’s Society Christian Ser-!
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Plans For Winter Get-together
In Seward Are Underway
Alaskans May Enlist
For ACS Assignment
Fort Richardson, Dec. 27—For
the first time since World War
II qualified men living in Alaska
may be enlisted by the Com
manding Officer of the Alaska |
Communication System for di
rect asignment to the famed
ACS, according to a Department
of the Army announcement just
received here.
All applicants must be quali
fied for enlistment into the reg
ular Army under current Army
provisions and enlistment must
be accomplished in the Territory
of Alaska.
Applicants will enlist into the
regular Army, unassigned,, for
three, four, five, or six years.
Continued assignment with the
ACS, however, will depend up
on satisfactory performance of
duty, and no guarantee is made
that the entire period of enlist
ment will be served with the
ACS.
Interested personnel will first
be interviewed by Alaska Com
munication System personnel be
fore enlisting at one of the main
recruiting stations at Fort Rich
ardson, or Ladd and Davis Air
Force Bases.
The ACS has long furnished
the major communications be
tween Alaskan communities and
the United States. On the occa
sion of the 49th anniversary of
the Alaska Communications Sys
..t%rr„.-Delegate fcL L. .Barth (. o:
Alaska could tell Congress:
“We in Alaska are proud of
the Alaska Communication Sys
tem and its accomplishments. As
a training ground for the Signal
Corps and as the communica
tions agency for ail of the Terri
tory. the ACS has discharged its
responsibilities in a manner
which reflects credit upon the
entire Army.”
P-TA Plans Drive For
Membership
The membership committee
for the Parent-Teachers Associa
tion met December 30th to lay
plans for an all-out drive for
new members in the organiza
tion. At present there are only
thirty members, a far too small
group in a school of 336 pupils.
Parents and interested citi
zens of Seward are needed .in
the P-TA because the problems
of childhood are acute in this
period of world-wide crisis and
emergency. Serving shoulder to
shoulder with millions of other
members, you can help to make
a strong, relentless, and success
ful attack on all factors that
tend to destroy children's happi
ness and security.
Your influence, added to the
influence of milions of other
forward - looking parents and
teachers, will be a powerful
force in determining the kind of
education your community will
provide for its children.
It's easier to teach by example
than by precept. Therefore it
is a good idea, a very good idea,
to let the boys and girls in
your neighborhood see you
working actively in the P-TA.
It stamps you in their estima
tion as a responsible, interested
adult who is very much a part
of the world in which they
live.
The P-TA needs YOU because
it needs your ideas, your inter
est, your zest, your strength,
your support, your cooperation.
It needs you, whether you’re
a mother, a father, a teacher,
or any other civic-minded adult.
Many heads are better than a
few and by joining hands with
others who are working for bet
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Jack Werner was asked to act
as chairman of the committee to
promote the get-acquainted fes
tivities to be held in Seward the
last week in January or the first
week of February, depending
upon the weather and condition
of the roads.
Every town and village on the
Kenai Peninsula is being asked
to participate, all the homestead
ers, and the people of Seward.
Mid-winter was chosen as the
time because it is felt that farm
and business activities will be at
the lowest ebb at that time, and
more people will be free to
travel. * ,
Plans are being made to fur
nish some transportation from
the outlying villages and hous
ing for the guests while in Sew
ard.
Festivities as suggested so far
are a square dance contest, a
hobby show, free movies for the
out-of-towners, kids’ dog races,
a ski tournament if possible, all
of which offer opportunity for
participation by everybody. The
Homer Players are preparing a
good comedy to show here if
they can get it ready in time.
In order to find a good name
for the whole affair the James
Construction Company has of
fered a five dollar prize in a con
test for the best name. The con
test was to have ended Christ
mas Eve, but the date has been
postponed until Jan. 15. Write
your name suggestions to the
Seaport Record. All letters re
ceived by Jan. 15 will be con
1 Adored.
Volunteers are being asked for
committees to handle the hous
ing, hobby show and various
i other suggested events. All per
| sons interested and willing to
I help make a big thing of this first
! mid-winter festival are asked td
| contact Jack Werner or this
newspaper.
D. E. Skinner Is Gen.
Manager of A.S.C.
The apointrnent of Mr. D. E.
Skinner as general manager of
the Alaska Steamship Company,
effective January 1, was an
nounced last week by Mr. G. W.
Skinner, his father and president
of the company.
D. E. Skinner, for two years
vice preident, assumes the active
management of the senior Alas
ka shipping firm after three
years as general manager of the
Pacific Cruise Lines and' seven
years as a partner in the North
land Transportation Company.
His new title will be vice presi
dent and general manager.
This position has not been
filled since the retirement of
Mr. L. W. Baker in 1947.
In addition to his service with
the above companies, Skinner
was active for a number of years
in the Alaska operations of ves
sels in the salmon canning in
dustry and he served for three
years on destroyer duty in the
Navy during the recent war, at
taining the rank of lieutenant.
Skinner will make his head
quarters at Pier 42, Seattle.
Coir- 'identally with his ap
pointment several company title
changes were announced. Mr. J.
F. Zumdieck was named oper
ating lanager from that of sup
erintendent; Captain Henry Ster
ner was named assistant operat
ing manager from that of assist
ant to the superintendent, and
Mr. M. W. Felton was named
Marine superintendent from that
of port engineer, all changes to
become effective January 1.
BASKETBALL
School Gymnasium, Wed.. Jan. 4
7:30 P.M.
Nobby Club vs. Boosters.
9:00 P.M.
DeHorns vs. Sea Hawks. /