SPWARD’S
All-Weather
(SI :APORT
Is Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
Vol. VII, No. 64
SEWARD. ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1951
Price 10 cents
VA Announces
Plans For
NSL1 Dividend
Payment of a second special
dividend totalling $685,000,000
to some eight million World War
II veterans who hold National
Service Life Insurance will be
gin soon, according to the Vet
erans Administration.
Dividends will be calculated
through the anniversary date of
the policy in 1951 and payment
will follow a general schedule
over the period of one year.
First checks will be ready in
April.
Do Not Write
Veterans are urged by the VA
not to write regarding the sec
ond dividend, since correspond
ence will cause removal of the
file from the production lines
and delay payment.
Payments will cover a three
year period, from 1948 to 1951.
Policies held in force from a
total of three months or more
during this period will be eli
gible for dividends. This applies
both to term and permanent
plan policies, including those
which have lapsed or were ter
minated by death of the in
sured.
The amount of dividend
earned by each policy will vary
according to the number of
months it was in force, the plan
of insurance, face value of the
policy and the age of the in
sured at the time it became ef
fective.
The first special dividend of
nearly three billion dollars,
payment of which now is vir
tually completed, covered the
period each policy was in force
up to its anniversary date in
1948. The second dividend will
be for the number of months
in force from that date to the
corresponding date in 1951. Pol
icies issued in 1948, 1949 and
1950 will earn dividends up to
their anniversaries in 1951.
No application will be re
quired for the second dividend.
In any case where there may
be a question as to the address
of record, a special two-part re
turn card will be mailed for
verification of the proper ad
dress before a check is sent.
THIRD IN A SERIES ON—
Aviation Safety
(Discussions
D. M. Grelzer
for
The Office of Aviation Safely
|Down-Drafls vs. Stalls, Again
It is frequently said that when
|a pilot has an accident, he has
learned a lesson; the hard way,
lerhaps, but nevertheless, some
thing was learned.
But the “down-draft” is a
false refuge. In other types of
hccidents, the pilot usually
Winds up by saying, “Well,
that’s something I won’t try
hgain.” Whenever he fails to
[•ecognize the cause of his acci
lent, he shrugs his shoulders
ind says, “I was in a down
Iraft.” That seems to settle the
latter.
The elements were against
lim once he hit a down-draft,
>r thought he did, so that the
Outcome depended solely upon
|he good will of a Supreme
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; Volunteer Firemen
Agree To Manage
I Marathon Race
i Upon the request of the Sevv
, ard 4th of July Committee in
special session last Sunday, the
Seward Volunteer Firemen have
agreed with considerable en
I thusiasm to cooperate with the
committee on the annual cele
: bration, by relieving the com
! mittee of all but financial re
sponsibility of the Mt. Marathon
I Race.
Because of the deficit in the
total celebration in 1950, the
! committee had expressed unani
1 mous discouragement. This, how
! ever, rather than quenching en
j thusiasm in the project, has
: brought about the support of
I the powerful and active group
| of firemen. It has been decided
I to keep the costs at the same
level as last year, with SI000
| as the purse fur first place, and
number of contestants to be un
limited.
| Sunday, Feb. 11, is the next
regular meeting date of the 4th
of July’ Committee, 8 p.m., city
council chambers.
i MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
FORMED IN SEWARD
At a first meeting on Feb. 6
at St. Peter's Rectory, the Rev.
i Paul Irwin, the Rev. Kent
Spaulding and the Rev. L.
Russell Clapp gattiered to form
a Ministerial Association.
The purpose of such an asso
ciation is to further mutual un
derstanding, to cooperate in
community religious endeavors,
and to promote mutual good
will between the congregations.
All are invited to join the
association who are duly or
dained and recognized as such
by their church body at large.
By ordination we mean one
who has graduated from a duly
recognized and accredited Semi
nary and whose name appears
on the clergy roster of his
church.
Meetings are to be held the
first Tuesday of each month at
10 a.m.
The March meeting will be
held at the Lutheran Church.
WOMAN'S CLUB PARTY
FEATURES TRAVELOGUE
Color slides taken by Miss!
Jane McMullen, Seward school
teacher, on her European tour
last summer, with a running
description of the slides, high- ■
lighted the regular meeting of
Seward Woman’s Club Thurs-1
day evening.
Miss McMullen was accom
panied on the trip by Miss Shir
ley Calnan, a former associate
here.
Club president, Miss Frances
Clark, spoke a few words of
welcome and introduced the
guests. I
Regular business was omitted
except for a discussion of a1
donation to March of Dimes,
for which a collection was taken
as part of the club’s contribu
tion.
Husbands and friends had
been invited to a Valentine
party as part of the evening,
which was attended by about
40 persons. Two February birth
days were honored by “Happy
Birthday” under the direction
of Miss Goldie Busko, program
chairman.
Red tapers and a colorful
Valentine cover adorned the
table from which delicious re
freshments were served by the
hostesses, Mesdames Kearns,
Jordan, Phillips and Jackson.
fggineer Here
To lake
later Survey
; Mr. Felix Toner, civil engin
eer of Juneau, arrived in Sew
ard by Thursday morning’s
plane to begin his survey of
: the water situation.
He will study the present
system, sources, and possibili
ties for improvement or rehabil
i itation. He was engaged by the
city in a compromise agreement
with the Seward Water System.
After an appraisal of the value
.of the installation and estimate
; of cost of rehabilitation, the
I water company and city will
i try to arrive at an agreement
for improvement.
Mr. Toner told members of
i the city council Thursday that
he was in town last September
and made a survey of the lot
to be given to the Women’s So
| ciety of Christian Service mis
sionary board for the construe
I tion of a nurses’ home as the
; first unit of a new hospital. The
property surveyed was at that
time the Brownell Homestead,
later purchased by the city.
Councilmen were surprised to
hear of the survey. They had
not known of it and in January
1 had instructed Wm. Estes to
i begin the survey of the entire
purchase, laying out streets,
alleys and building sites. He
was to survey the hospital and
nurses’ home site first. They ex
pressed consternation at the
double survey, as there seems
to be some difference of opinion
as to the exact location of the
proposed site.
Mr. Toner is accompanied by
Mr. Harstadt of Seattle.
THREE CERTIFICATED AS
FIRST AID INSTRUCTORS
Three local persons have been
certificated by American Red
Cross as first aid instructors.
Mrs. Chas. Lechner, chairman
of first aid, will announce en
rollment dates in the near fu
ture.
In the meantime, all persons
wishing to have first aid in
struction may contact Mrs.
Lechner, so that some indica
tion may be had of class sizes.'
SURPRISE PARTY FOR
BASKETBALL STAR
Raymond Anderson was given
a birthday surprise party by
high school girls at the home of
Margaret Lindsey, a classmate,
Thursday evening.
Thirty-five boys and girls
were invited, but “most every
school kid in town came,’' ac
cording to report.
Dick Deigh proved the cham
pion spaghetti eater by doing
away with four plates of the
food, plus two huge helpings of
ice cream and cake, and then
another plate of spaghetti for
dessert.
The party was pronounced a
huge success.
DICK CHENEY GOING
OUTSIDE
Richard (Dick) Cheney, neph
ew of Rex Cheney, who has
been in Seward for the past two 1
years, is leaving Sunday for his!
home in Santa Barbara, Calif. j
“If he doesn’t join the Navy,” !
he says, he probably will be
back here in a few months.
Local Radio Features
V/eather Report
For Seward Area
i
Jay Stauter, manager of sta
| tion KIBH, announced at the
I Chamber of Commerce meeting
Tuesday that the Alaska Broad
! casting Company and this sta
tion have been trying for some
time to get a regular weather
forecast report for Seward.
The Seward forecast was to
begin with the Friday evening
news broadcast over station
KIBH.
“The Weather Bureau does not
seem too interested in this sta
tion,” Mr. Stauter stated, “on
the grounds that the Anchorage
bureau is already very busy.”
He urged, however, that the
Chamber of Commerce enter a
plea for the broadcast because
of the number of planes coming
into the area and for the bene
fit of fishermen.
It has been said that Seward
weather cannot be predicted
with any degree of accuracy be
cause of converse winds over
Resurrection Bay and through
the pass. Many people feel that
this could be overcome by the
installation of better instru
ments in Seward, possibly at the
airport.
LYTLE & GREEN BID LOW
ON ROAD SECTION
Bids were received February
8, by the Bureau of Public
Roads in Juneau for construc
tion of the third section of new
road north of Seward. This pro
ject extends from Mile 33 to
Mile 50.
The Lytle & Green Construc
tion Co. submitted the low bid
of $1,236,207.00. Other bidders
were Stock & Grove, $1,327,880;
Peter K i e w i t, $1,366,091.20.
Award of the contract is ex
pected to be made to the low
bidder.
LENHART PLANE BACK
FROM SUSITNA FLATS
Keith Lenhart finally got his
plane back to the airport after
having it parked in the Susitna
flats all winter.
Soft ground on the flats pre
vented flying it out last fall,
and heavy snow has held it
down all winter. Dick Thomas
took Lenhart over to the plane
this week. They put skiis on
the plane and cleared a runway
to fly it out, according to re
ports of friends.
ANCHORAGE COUPLE
MARRIED HERE
Miss Virginia Bruce and Mr.
George Koppinger, both of An
chorage, were married here in
the Seward Methodist Church;
at 2:00 p.m. Friday by Rev.
Paul Irwin.
The bride wore a dark green
suit with white accessories. Miss
Betty Berg, sister of the bride,
was maid of honor.
An informal reception was
held at Kenai Cafe after the
wedding ceremony, attended by
nurses and friends from the
hospital.
Mrs. Koppinger has been a
patient at Seward Sanatorium
for the past year and has now
been discharged as cured. Mr.
Koppinger is employed by Gas
land Construction Company, An
chorage. They will return there
to live.
Graduating seniors are hav
ing their pictures taken next;
week. My, how time flies!
Simons Hites
Set Fer
Sunday P.M.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Andy Simons will be held Sun
day, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m. in the
Methodist Church, Rev. Paul
Irwin officiating.
Mrs. Simons was born on the
first homestead in the Resurrec
tion Bay area before the town
site of Seward was purchased
and laid out by John BaUaine.
The homestead was incorporated
in the city limits.
She was born Sept. 12, i881,
one year after her father, Arthur
Lowell, settled on the home
stead. The oldest of two daugh
ters, she is said to be the first
white child born in this area
after the Alaska purchase from
Russia.
The descriptive booklet "Alas
ka’s Kcnai Peninsula,” by L. H.
Allen, speaks of the family
‘‘The first white family known
to have settled at the site now
called Seward wras that of Ar
thur Low'ell in 1883. They came
from Bath, Maine, and Lowell
was said to have been a mem
ber of the aristocratic Lowell
family of Boston ‘who spoke
only to Cabots, while Cabots
I Several points around Seward
j bear the Lowell name. Two
beautin.l mountain peaks on the
east of the Bay bear the names
' Mt. Alice and Mt. Eva, named
J for the Lowell daughters. Eva
i was Mrs. Simons,
j Mr. Andy Simons is one of
I the best known big game guides
| in the Territory. He is said to
j hold the No. 1 license. They
have lived for many years in a
I roomy log cabin on Kenai Lake.
It was near their cabin that a
! plane crashed on New Year's
Day severely injuring the pilot
and a passenger, both of whom
were rescued by Andy and taken
to the cabin until help arrived,
he is credited with saving both
lives.
Mrs. Simons is survived also
by a daughter, Rita, and two
sons, Harry and Frank Revelle,
all by a former marriage. One
of the sons is at sea, while the
other and his sister arc thought
to be living near Fairbanks.
THIRD IN A SERIES ON—
Federal Civil Defense
Act of 1950
(Continuation of summary of
the Federal Civil Defense Act of
1950, taken from American
Municipal Association Washing
ton News Letter.)
SELF-LIQUIDATING
PROJECTS
The question of grants for
self-liquidating projects and
RFC loans for protective struc
tures was settled in the confer
ence committee after AMA
urged Senators to stand firm
against a House provision pro
hibiting grants for such projects.
Grants cannot be made for self
liquidating projects, but they
can be made for portions of the
project to be used exclusively
for civil defense. Representative
Durham, sponsor of the bill, ex
plained the compromise by ex
ample: “Under the bill as agreed
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PALMER'S MOOSE vs. SEWARD SEA HAWKS
Games — Feb. 10-12 8 p.m.—Prelim. 7 p.m.
CIVIC CENTER (Plenty of Seats!)
Adults $1.00 School $.50