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Vol. VII, No. 73
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1951
Price 10 cents
Spellbound Bowlers
See Vol Mikiel
Roll Score of 233
Val Mikiel, bowling ace rep
resenting the Brunswick Ball
Company, held the interest of
the crowd at Dreamland Bowl
Friday night, in two exhibition
games and a period of instruc
tion following the games.
She rolled two games while
Frank Lewis and Gene Skinner
each rolled one. Miss Mikiel
made a score of 201 as of 131
for Lewis and Skinner's 194.
Miss Mikiel and Beryl Wag
ner played against Doris Doyle
and Inger Watsjold in a doubles
game with scores of Mikiel 179.
Wagr.cr 141. Doyle 120, and
Watsjold 151.
Her total score for the eve-,
ning came out at 233. the high-1
est score she has made in Alas
ka. Miss Mikiel said. She con
gratulated Bob Forsyth on the
fine alleys he maintains in Sew
ard, the best she has played on
in the Territory, according to,
the expert.
After the games, Miss Mikiel
demonstrated form and position
for called strikes as requested
by the audience. |
Val Mikiel has ten 300 games
to her credit, which is an un
usual record. She will be back
in Seward in June for another
exhibition.
Aviation Safety
Discussions
D. M. Grelzer
for
The Office of Aviation S-feiy
GAS CONSUMPTION
It may be a little late in the
season for this one, but it is pef
tinent. Michael Scherer writes
us from Tucson, Arizona, as fol
lows:
“If a pilot spends fifteen min
utes taxiing up and down a snow
covered runway on skis, trying
to pack the snow down enough
to allow the airplane to get off
the ground, he had better allow
for the fuel he used. I did this
in a Taylorcraft; taxied at full
throttle for fifteen minutes,
which left me with about twen
ty minutes less fuel, at cruising,
than I thought I had. I had to
sit down on the ice of a lake
short of my destination, with no
damage, but I sure had a head
ache getting the airplane off the
lake.”
Thin Ice
One of the first pilots to try
the local lake ice conditions
went through the ice. We are
wondering who the “last” one
will be this spring.
Survival
Many experienced pilots are
dismayed to note the inadequate
survival equipment carried by a
high percentage of optimists.
Thanks to prompt evacuation of
pilots and passengers by civilian
or organized rescue agencies,
following emergency conditions,
our survival record is good. But
many cases of survival were
wholly dependent upon prompt
rescue.
Survival Hints
If the occupants are dressed
warmly enough so that cabin
heat is not required for their
comfort, the chances are good
that they will not suffer from
exposure even if the airplane is
destroyed by fire following a
crash.
Occupants should be prepared
to cope with the coldest possible
temperatures for the area of the
flight and within season, regard
less of the temperature at the
time of the flight.
Sid Hovey, engineer on Bu
reau of Public Roads, working
at Mile 18, is ill at home on
Fourth Avenue.
DANCE RECITAL SET,
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT j
Kathryn Johnson’s School of
the Dance will present the first |
recital Friday night at the Civic
Center. She will give a two hour
show including 40 numbers with
50 Seward children, participat- J
ing.
Mrs. Johnson will also present
her own famous Peacock Dance
for the first time in Seward.
She has performed this dance
for audiences all over the1
world. Those who have wit
nessed other dance specialties
given by Mrs. Johnson pro-j
nounce her performance as
clean, colorful, daintily grace
ful and characterized by perfect
rhythm, which quality is often
missing in the solo dance.
A feature of the evening will
be the appearance of Miss Phyl
lis Baker, in the gown which i
she wore as Seward queen at
the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous.
She will also repeat her per
formance of the talent show
there, for which she was award
ed third place in competition
with four candidates from An
chorage.
The recital will include a
variety of dances by gmjups of
Seward pupils, including acro
batic, adagio, oriental, tap, toe
and comedy dance teams and
solos. Seventeen babies from the
ages of 3 to 5 years will perform
their special numbers, boys will
give a cowboy specialty, and
several little girls will solo in
special costume numbers.
The Civic Center has been
engaged for the show. After ex
penses, Mrs. Johnson will turn
over the entire proceeds to the
Fire Department. Assisting with
the music and in rehearsals are
Mrs. Jean Bogan, Mrs. Georgia
Todd and Mrs. Kenneth Baker:
and Mrs. Margaret Hotchkiss
with costumes.
FIVE LOCAL RESIDENTS
CAN ACQUIRE PATENTS ON
CHUGACH HOMESITES
Five more homcsites in Chu
gach National Forest have been
released for patent under the
applicable public-land laws
through the signing of Public
Land Order No. 700 on Feb.
16, 1951, according to Regional
Forester B. Frank Heintzleman.
The Public Land Order provides
for the eliminatio.! of the tracts
from the National Forest. Three
of the locations are in the Ton
gass Forest in Southeast Alaska.
Hnmesites eliminated in the
Kenai Division of the Chugach
National Forest are: Lee R.
Berry of the Lakeview Group;
Don D. Rucker of the Porcupine
Creek Group: Ray McCann,
I Cecil E. Rhode and Dyton A.
! Gilliland on the north shore of
Kenai Lake.
The Regional Forester states
i that it is the policy of the Forest
| Service to eliminate homesite
| tracts from the National Forests
as promptly as possible after the
I permittees have met the home
! site requirements, in order that
they may make application for
I patent to the District Land
, Office at Anchorage,
j Homesite permits are not
! authorized on National Forests
i in the United States and our
residents are particularly for
tunate in that the homesite law
applies to the National Forests
of Alaska. Hundreds of home
sites have been already elimin
J ated from the Alaska forests
! and the permittees have received
patent and now own their
tracts. Permits are in effect for
hundreds of other tracts which
. will soon be available for pat
ent. Mr. Heintzleman further
i pointed out that the Forest
1 Service plans to make other
tracts available through the de
velopment of access roads as
fast as the demand arises and
funds are available.
Seward's Girl Scouts
To Observe Birthday
Or Organisation
Seward Troop Girl Scouts
will celebrate the thirty-ninth
birthday of girl scouting, Thurs
day afternoon. The party will
be held in the Methodist Church
basement at 4 o'clock. All girls
between the ages of 11 and 15
years arc invited to the party,
to join the celebration, and see
what Girl Scouis do.
The movement has gained
new momentum in Seward with
the reorganization of the Scout
Council and appointment of
Mrs. Kathryn Ling as leader.
Mrs. Ling, who has long been
interested in any social project,
promises a full program in |
scouting for the coming year.
The troop has always recessed
with the closing of the school i
year, but Mrs. Ling will con
tinue troop activities through-1
out the summer this year, she
stated tiiis morning.
Camping, hiking an.l summer
sports will give the girls oppor
tunity to obtain merit badges
which have been difficult to
earn during the limited winter
session. A safety first course, in
line with national defense ac-‘
tivities will also be included in j
the regular program. Safety first
is really instruction in junior
first aid, and will be the first
of its kind to be made available
to children.
Mrs. Ling has had much ex
perience with young people, and
her association with the Girl
Scout movement in Seward is
expected to increase interest in
the activity to a great extent.
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
PUBLICATION
Friday’s issue of the Record will
carry the first publication of the
delinquent tax list. This is the
first publication of tax property
'since 1046. and covers the years
from that date up to and includ
ing 1940.
I Harry Southard, tax assessor,
stated today that in many cases,
property has changed hands, and
the name listed as owner is not
now the present owner. The tax
is a lien on the property, how
ever, and the lot and block num
ber as given are the important
items.
WOMAN'S CLUB TO HEAR
BOOK REVIEW THURSDAY
i
Mrs. Luella .Tames will review
the book “Cry the Beloved
Country” as a special interest
feature of the March meeting
of Seward Woman’s Club Thurs
day evening in the Methodist
Church parlors. Mrs: Martha
Irwin will furnish the music.
As always, all the women of
Seward are invited to enjoy
the evening at the Woman’s
Club.
ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S
PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT
Members of Sacred Heart
Catholic Church will offer their
annual St. Patrick’s Day party
! this Saturday night in the Civic
I Center. This will be the third
year for the event, which has
I been received in past years with
wide enthusiasm.
In addition to the merchan
dise games which feature the
evening, Phyllis Baker and little
dancers from the recital of Fri
day evening will entertain.
HOME TOWN BOWLER
MAKES GOOD
Congratulations are in order,
we understand, for Cora Jacobs,
who broke her bowling record
of 67 with a high of 89 at Whit
tier over the week end. We are
also informed that a trophy has
been awarded her for her out
standing performance.
Dept, of Interior Announces
1351 Fishery Regulations
Some Construction
Banned By N,P.A.
National Production Authori
ty has ordered the banning of
certain construction, which even
applies to municipalities. The
order (M-4 amended) requires
authorization to begin construc
tion of office or community
buildings or structures for rec
reational use, and several other
types.
Forms for applying for auth
orization are available through
regional and diSinct offices of
the Department of Commerce, '
or from NPA’s Construction
Controls Division, 108 E Street,
Washington 25, D. C.
Exempted from control are
construction projects not costing
over $5,000, maintenance and
repair, reconstruction of a build
ing destroyed by disaster, and
certain defense construction by
federal agencies. Judging from
previous authorizations .by NPA,;
projects most likely to be per
mitted to proceed are those
which relate to the defense
effort cr the stopping of which
would incur a severe financial
hardship on the community.
LOCAL RESIDENTS CALLED
FOR JURY DUTY
The following named persons
were today being summoned to
act as petit jurors for the regu
lar term of court to convene in
Anchorage April 2:
From Seward—Katherine M.
Baker, Inez Balderston, Elda
Howard Blande, Walter B. Blue,
Bonnie P. Brooks, Faye Cul
verson, Maurice N. Curry, Oscar
V. Dahl, Robert E. Duffy, Will
iam C. Erwin, Dorothey Frost,
Gloria Gouldsberry, Martha J.
Irwin, Fannie M. Kirch, Mildred
Kirkpatrick, George Lesko, Eve
lyn Loeser, Hugh C. Milroy,
Jane McMullen, Rachel Puckett,
Emma W. Prosser, Edmond M.
Schnoeker, Raymond Sefero
vich, Marion V. Southard, Sig
rid Stearns, and Harry West.
From Moose Pass—Howard
Long, Roland A. Paul, Delbert
! Wolfe, Joseph H. Wesley.
1 WSCS POSTPONES
SPRING FAIR
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service held a well-attend
ed business meeting at the Sew
ard Memorial Church last Fri
' day evening.
Mrs. Marianna Burke enrolled
as a new member and guests
included Mrs. Rana, Mrs. Hazel
Graves, Mrs. Nancy Junemann
and Mrs. Fleming. Miss Anna
Martin presented the program
and Mrs. Nell Schnoeker led
the group in devotions. Mrs.
Troy Bogard, president, an
I nounced that the Spring Fair
would be postponed until a later
date due to the many activities
of the month and the Easter
Season. The next social meeting
will be held at Mrs. Bogard’s
homo on Thursday, April 26.
The evening closed with re
freshments prepared by the hos
tesses, Mesdames Paul Irwin,
A1 Noyes and Victor Mahan.
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MRS. HARRY MANN
CALLED BY DEATH
, Ross B. Mann received word
Monday of the death of his
mother, Mrs. Harry Mann, in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mrs. Mann passed away Sun
day, March 11, at the age of 66
years. The elder Manns lived
in Seward about eight years,
before moving to Charlotte
about two years ago. They left
many friends here who will be
saddened by news of her death.
The 1951 Alaska commercial
fishery regulations announced
last week by Secretary of the
Int rior Chapman reflect a num
ber of major changes over pre
vious regulations, including en
trance of power boats and re
alignment of set net locations
in the Bristol Bay area, closure
of five streams to fishing for
personal use, prohibition against
so-called mother-ship operation
to include all forms c* mobile
gear and reduction of barring
catch in south*. astern Alaska.
In addition, a n*»w method of
rendering salmon traps inopera
tive during seasonal and weekly
closed periods is required by
stipulating that a section of the
pot wall of each trap be opened
and sealed in place during such
closed seasons.
The principal changes in cen
tral Alaska areas include a sum
mer season frem July 10 to Au
gusi 7 in the Copper River area
for red saimon "because of the
opinion that there is a small
run in that area not now being
utilized;" a midseason closure
on Kodiak Island from July 15
to August 1 in the Red River
district as well as in the other
districts in the area; longer
weekly closed periods in Cook
Inlet, Resurreciion Bay, and
Yakulal; and closure of the
tishir.g season in ihe Kariuk
district on July 15 for the rest
of the year. The king salmon
season has been curtailed in Dry
Pay in tne Y«icuial area, but
the red salmon season has been
liberalized by permitting fish
ing for this species to start on
June 1 instead of July 1.
The maximum length of purse
seines has been standardized at
250 fathoms with which a lead
of 75 fathoms may be used in
southeastern Alaska. The ban
against taking or possessing
undersized king salmon, which
was effective throughout Alaska
! last year, will apply only in
! southeastern Alaska, and the
| taking of coho salmon by com
| mercial gear has been prohibited
in southeastern Alaska from
: September 20 to July 1 of next
year. The Fish and Wildlife
Service reports that the run of
pink salmon in southeastern Al
aska is expected to be good and
i fishing from August 6 to Sep
tember 1 will be permitted, as
' contrasted with August 15 to
j September 3 last year. A limited
| purse seine fishery will be per
i mitten from July 16 to July 28
in the outside waters from Cape
I Muzon to Cape Uiitka, and ex
perimental fall fishing for
chums from October 1 to Oc
I tuber 6 will be allowed. The
, commercial quota for herring in
' Southeastern Alaska has been
' reduced to 100,0 )0 barrels from
j 150,000 “because the stocks suf
' fered a further decline in 1950
becam e so few young fish ap
peared.”
“So that the economic burden
will not fall too heavily on the
local residents” in opening Bris
tol Bay to power boats, the new
regulations specify that set net
fishing in all intertidal waters
outside the drift gill net mark
ers will be permitted. The use
of set nets above the drift gill
net markers will be prohibited
which, in effect, wbll permit set
netting along the shores of the
bays wherever drift netting is
permitted. In addition, the set
net regulations have been re
laxed to allow operation any
where in the intertidal zones in
stead of being confined to a nar
row strip of beach adjacent to
the high tide line, as in 1950.
Fishing for personal use will
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