Seward Seaport Record
Postoffice Box 204 - Telephone Main 168
Published on Friday of Each Week at
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman.Editor and Publisher
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Editorial
By MEK
According to the record, it
was Peter J. McGuire who first
proposed a general holiday for
the laboring classes, a day
•‘which shall be Labor's—an oc
casion devoted to the industrial
spirit, the great vital force of
every nation.”
McGuire, who was founder of
the Carpenter's Union and co
founder of the American Fed
eration of Labor, also fought
left-wing ideologies and union
movements in the latter part of
the last century. He was at that
time general secretary of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, and a delegate to the
Central Labor Union of New
York, when he proposed a mo
tion at a meeting of the latter
group on May 8. 1882, recom
mending that one day in the
year be designated as "Labor
Day.” He suggested the first
Monday in September for the
holiday "as it would come at
the most pleasant season of the
year, nearly midway between
the Fourth of July and Thanks
giving. and would fill a wide
gap in the chronology of legal
holidays.”
Mr. McGuire's resolution was
adopted and a committee was
appointed to plan a demonstra
tion in line with his suggestion
of street parades, picnics and
festivals.
First official recognition came
through municipal ordinances
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which were passed during 1885
and 1886. From them developed
the movement to secure State
legislation. The first bill was
introduced into the New York
State legislature, but the first
to become law was passed by
Oregon on February 21, 1887.
Other states followed and in
1894 Congress passed, with dis
cussion, an act making the first
Monday in September of each
year a legal holiday in the Dis
trict of Columbia and the Ter
ritories. This added materially
to the prestige of the holiday it
self. By 1900 most of the states
had recognized Labor Day offi
cially, and the 48th state to fall
in line was Wyoming, which
passed its Labor Day law as re
cently as 1923.
The significance accorded
Labor Day by the Nation is at
tested by the fact that no federal
legislation created it. It was the
willing recognition of the citi
zenry through l-ocal and state
action. It is now a national holi
day with the same status as the
patriotic and religious holidays
whose history and traditions
went much further back into the
national life.
Martin P. Durkin, Secretary
of Labor, states in his Labor
Day 1953 message, “Labor Day
has become a holiday of all the
people, and an accepted symbol
of the spirit of free working
men and women.
“American free labor has
grown along with the American
nation and its people, and it has
used its strength to help the
cause of freedom around the
world. On this first Monday in
September. 1953's Labor Day,
it is fitting and proper that Am
erican working people, those in
white collars as well as those
in overalls, extend again their
thoughts and their greetings and
well-wishes, to their brother
workers in foreign lands.
“We are firm in the knowl
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BLATCHFORD-HARDAGE
Christine M. Blatchford and
Rex O. Hardage were married
by Rev. B. I. Carpenter Sunday,
August 3 0. Their attendants
were Lawrence J. Anderson and
Lorana Stolp. The couple is
from Seward but will live in
Palmer.
CHARMLEY-HACKER
Mardell Charmley of Moun
tain View and Richard L. Hack
er of Elmendorf were married
here August 29 by Rev. B. I.
Carpenter. T li e i r attendants
were Margie Doningicz and Paul
Knight.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D.
Baker announce the engagement
of their daughter Phyllis to
Don Lowell of this city. The
wedding will take place Sept. 15.
SEWARD WOMAN'S CLUB
MEETING NEXT WEEK
Thursday, September 10 from
8-10
The Woman's Club is planning
then
To present the Teaching Staff to
you.
Some we know, others are new.
Husbands and wives please come
along
So we ll be there one hundred
strong.
We'll entertain with many a
laugh—
Thus get. to know our Teaching
Staff.
—Sarah May Garrett, See.
The Seward Woman's Club
extends this invitation to all
interested Seward women to at
tend an evening of entertain
ment and welcome to new teach
ers and town new comers.
This affair will be held in the
Social Hall of the Methodist
Church Thursday, September 10,
8 p.m. Those planning to attend
are urged to bring their hus
bands.
In addition to this being a
welcoming, the entertainment
has the object of recruiting new
members to help forward the
work of improving the commun
ity._
edge and belief that if men and
women are free they will work
unceasingly to improve their
lives and their homes, anu to
create a better future for their
children. We will make these
prayers for ourselves and our
children, for the workers and
the children of the free world
and the slave world, in tire firm
conviction that the good in man
is bound to triumnh over evil."
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Bern in Seward
General Hospital August 29.
The little girl weighed 4 pounds
14 ounces. She was named Pam
ela Marie.
Bids Called for 615
Miles of Pipe Line
A bid date of October 14 has
been set for contractors wishing
to bid on construction of a com
plete products pipeline system
from Haines to Fairbanks.
The project, costing $40 mil
lion, is planned by the Corps of
Engineers and calls for the fur
nishing of 015 miles of 5-8 incli
welded steel pipe line, a POL
Terminal wharf at Haines, five
pumping stations complete with
utilities, terminal facilities near
F a i r b a n k s, two intermediate
take-off facilities, and tank
farms at two of the pumping sta
tions.
Three of the pumping stations
arc located in Canada. The pipe
line follows the general route of
the Haines cut-off and Alaska
Highway, passing through 284
miles of Canada and two differ
ent climatic zones varying from
the moist climate near Haines
with cool summers and relative
ly mild winters, to the dry cli
mate of Canada and Central Al
aska with warm summers and
severely cold winters. Much of
tiie terrain is either mountain
ous or covered with muskeg
swamps.
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DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS
District Director William E.
Frank has announced that.In
ternal Revenue Agents in this
district have begun a drive to
locate taxpayers who are delin
quent in meeting their require
ment to file tax returns. The
drive at present is being con
ducted in Seattle and Tacoma
but in due course will be ex
tended throughout the State of
Washington and Territory of
Alaska.
This search for delinquents
is part of a national program
instituted by TJ.S. Commissioner
of Internal Revenue T. Coleman
Andrews.
Letter to the Editor
By writing to the editor, I
feel I can best express my ap
preciation to all who have taken
such an interest in the Business
& Professional Women’s Club of
Seward. To the President, Juan
ita Everitt, her officers and the
group for their kindness shown
to the Anchorage Club members
at the Charter Dinner. It was a
pleasure to visit those we knew
and to become acquainted with
those we did not know. Again
I thank you and the B&PW Club
for their graciousness.
LEONA M. BENSTON
President
Business & Professional
Women's Club of
Anchorage
An elderly gentleman heard
of some capsules guaranteed to
renew youth. He purchased a
box and took one of the cap
sules. The effect was all right,
and he took another. That made
him feel so good he decided to
take the entire contents of the
box and went to bed.
The next morning his daugh
ter had a difficult job arousing
him.
“Get up,” she stormed. “It’s
time you were out of bed.”
He squinted one eye open and
said defiantly, "All right, all
right. I'll get up. But I won’t
go to school!”
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BUILDING TO SEWARD
Cordova Airlines took to the
highway this week when they
moved a 20 foot building to
Seward by truck.
The building was formerly
used as a ticket office and wait
ing room at the Anchorage In
ternational Airport. Since the
new office is now in the new
terminal building at the An
chorage airport, the little build
ing was brought to Seward by
trailer truck for use here as a
waiting room.
It was placed on the taxi strip
upon arrival Wednesday, but
will be moved to a permanent
spot at the south end of the new
airstrip here. The building will
provide a warm waiting room
for passengers who need to get
in out of the weather.
Mr. Raymond C. Hand of the
Sherwood School of Music was
a weekend visitor to Seward.
He enrolled two new pupils—
Philip Faulkner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mitch Faulkner, and Judy
Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Jones. Mrs. Kathryn Baker
is the Sherwood representative
here.
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