&i©ose Pass
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs
and daughter Rita are leaving
this week for a visit to the
States. They are making the
trip in their own plane, a Piper
Pacer, which they recently pur
chased. They will stop in Aber
deen, North Dakota to visit Mrs.
Jacobs' father and then will go
to Arizona and California to
visit relatives and friends. They
plan to fly up thru Oregon and
Washington and return to Al
aska by flying ov.r the route
of the Alcan Highway.
The Moose Pass Sportsman's
Club hall now has a new floor
which was laid by the Dads in
tiie evenings and on Saturday
and Sunday of the past week.
Then the Mothers took over and
have put on two coats of floor
hardener with two more coats
to be put on before the floor is
ready for use as a school room.
An oil h ater has been installed
and the drying of the floor is
being hastened by its use. The
new teacher, Mr. Fleming Clem
son of Anchor Point, is here and
teaching the upper grades right
in the class room of the school
house until the quonset hut is
rvady. Desks were obtained from
the Bayview School at Seward
so that the thirteen children
who were seated at tables now
have desks of their own. Mrs.
Waugh will teach the lower
grades.
The November Potluck Sup
per was h Id Sunday evening.
November 4. at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Gene Elliott. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Hall. Mrs. Thurman Wolfe,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Pearson,
Norman and Joe Pearson, and
Rev. and Mrs. Elliott and son
F reddie.
Mrs. R. C. Licbelt and son
Corky were at the Seward Cen
tral Hospital Monday afternoon
and night 1 'cause of Corky's
sudden illness. The trouble was
diagnosed as throat infection.
Thirty children gathered at
the Quonset Ilut on Wednesday
evening. October 31. for the an
nual dress-up Hallow en Party.
Games were played and various
races with prizes for everyone
were enjoyed until nine o'clock
when refreshments of cookies,
cake, punch and coffee were
s rved. Then large paper bags
were passed out to each child
and the treats furnished by the
townspeople were passed out.
Bags for ten other children were
filled and taken to them so that
every child was r membered.
Mrs. Leora Rovcroft spent sev
eral days in Seward last week
to greet her namesake. Leora
Marie Estes, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Estes. Leora
Marie was born at Seward Gen
eral Hospital on November 2
and is now at the home of her
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Phil Sanders, along with
her mother and two older bro
thers. Frank and Jeffery.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. May left
for the States last week end
after spending the summ r in
Moose Pass with the road con
struction work. They planned to
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Schroeder of Hope for a few
days and then would drive out
over the Mean Highway in
their pick-up.
Air. and Mrs. Robert Sh p
herd who have been living in
the Sop-r cabins this summer
have m <ved to Hie Campbell
house.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Whitaker
are enjoying a short rest and
vacation from their duties at
The Alaska Railroad depot and
freight office. Air. Aloore of
Portage is the relief agent at
Moose Pass now.
Air. and Airs. Jim DcBusk
and two children left last week
for the States. ATr. DcBusk has
been section foreman at Lake
one hates to see them go. They
plan to drive ov. r the Alcan
Highway.
MORE ABOUT . . .
Story of Seward
(Continued rrom Page 1)
and business block (in those
days, a commercial building oc
cupying two or more lots, and
rented to various tenants, was
known as a “block.”) The other
Fire Commissioner was C. E.
Brown, of Brown and Hawkins.
Assistant Chiefs were 11. W.
Ross for the First Battalion,
and John Nelson for the 2nd
Battalion. The date was Jan
uary 20, 1906. Notice that the
title of “Chief” was avoided
in assigning these ranks, so it is
still technically correct to state
that someone at a later time
became the first “Fire Chief.”
However, it is pretty clear that
Fire Marshall McNeilley was
actually the director of the vol
unteers, and that he personally
selected the first fire engine,
which was a chemical wagon
costing the sum of $240. tem
porarily kept in the Northern
Bar (not the present "North
'“ern"). As mentioned already,
the annual Fireman's Ball, spon
sored by the Volunteer Fire De
partment. soon became a town
tradition, and has for nearly 45
years been one of Seward's out
standing annual social events.
All of these social activities
received added stimulus from
the arrival of new settlers, most
of whom came for the purpose
of starting a business, engaged
in a skilled trade or practicing
a profession. Here are a low
arrivals for the fall of 1905:
Dr. C. II. Gibbons. M.D.:
G. W. Mahoney, a Seattl Rea!
Esiate man who later established
a very active Sew wd Rea’ y
off'ieo: II. E. Ells ■ i'th. w“h a
degree in chemical engin eric ,
who opened an assay office
E. E. Ellsworth, his fat!ter. who
came to establish a store; u. i.
( ■ , er. a : n c tme
who later esta’oF hod C' oekrr ■
Department Store in Anchorage.
Other new arrivals were E.
Fi « , Pitman, nopoint d De >uty
i tor of Cus:t< ns for the
new su b-nurt of Seward, and tin*
widely known and well remem
bered Dr. Baughman, who open
td his first office in the front
part of the Coleman House cafe.
Joining the community early
in 1900 were Frank X. Gmeans,
who opened a real estate office
in the Coleman House: C. A.
Little, new manager of the Owl
Drug Store, which was owned
by Dr. J. J. Boyle of Valdez;
and Col. L. S. Hewlett, who
became U.S. Commissioner suc
ceeding H. H. Hildreth.
And by the way, the first
lodge in Seward wa? the Odd
Fellows, organized in October,
1905. largely through the efforts
of E. W. Young.
Following a visit of the fam
ous Bishop Rowe in Seward, a
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19-19 Chrysler 4-Door Sedan.
Radio and heater.
1348 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan.
Radio and heater.
1943 Chevrolet Coupe. R&II.
1949 Chevrolet Suburban.
Radio and heater.
1347 Ford Coupe. R&1I.
1941 Chevrolet 4-Door Sedan.
1946 Ford 1 ] 2-lon Dump Tr.
These Cars are in
A-l CONDITION
Priced right for quick sale.
One-third down and
monthly payments.
Pat's Garage
3rd & D
Seward
move was started to build a
private hospital lor the town.
After Bishop Hour's pleas, t
committee was set up to raise
funds1, consisting of F. II. Slew
art. Wes Allen, anti Pd. B. iiol
land. W. Id. Stun , Seward’s own
architect, was commissioned to
draw up plans for the hospital,
but this particular project stains
to have been abandoned some
what later.
Undoubtedly Seward’s early
civilization was much enhanced
by the improvement in the elec
tric system which permitted 24
hour electric lighting st rvice
for llv town, starting on May
12, 1006. Yet the school board
balked at the idea of paying
for school lighting, and tried
out the scheme of holding school
during the summer, with a short
vacation around the 4lh of July.
F. G. Hale, president of the
school board, claimed this would
save the youngsters’ eyes from
the strain of an electric light
globe over each desk, and save
man y, too. School was later re
scheduled for the customary
Fall-Winter-Spring s e s s i o n s.
however.
One might expect a booming
frontier town like Seward to
celebrate a riotous 4th of July,
but Independence Day of 1406
was sedately observ d by most
of the citizenry at a patriotic
observance held in Moore's Hall,
with attorney <II. Clegg as
the principal spi akor. Mr. Clegg
made a strong plea for munici
pal incorporation as a city. The
newspaper stated also that there
were no firecrackers.
The exact origin of the Sew
ard Chamber of Cemimrce. or
Canon letal r' i >, as it was
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from your service station,
garage, or car dealer
variously called at different
times, is not shown in available
records. W do know that meet
ings were being held regularly
in 1905, and that in 1900 a com
mittee to revise by-laws was
elected, consisting of E. C. Rich
ards, S. O. Murford, and Dr.
David Sleem. In the same year,
a new election oi officers hon
ored the following m n:
F. G. Hale, president: S. O.
Morford, vice president; Frank
L. Eallaine, secretary; C. E.
Brown, treasurer.
At this same meeting a reso
lution was passed protesting
against discrimination by the
steamship companies, who wt re
charged with favoring south
eastern Alaska ports as against
Seward. Later, of course, the
Seward Chamber of Commerce
became involved in a prolonged
and desperate struggle against
the government regulations on
coal lands.
Leaving for Uie time being
our sk tch of social organiza
tion in the young town of Sew
ard. we can only conclude that
few, if any, settlements of si
lar age could show as wic
varied field of human actn
and as high a development
Community Spirit.
(Next week: How events e
where in Alaska affected
growth of Seward.)
Friends of Mrs. Bate Bond
her late husband will be glac
hear that Isabel and the chile
have settled in Kerrville, Te
where they are doing well.
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Anchorage - Seward
winter TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAtLROAD
EACH MONDAY and FRIDAY
Doo-tri Seward for Anchorage 3:20 a.
EEAC.H TUESDAY «nd SATURDAY
Depari Anchorage for Seward 1;30 p.
EACH THURSDAY
/ boot connection vil'l he operated from Anchorage
So -'/ rd and return each Thursday. Time of dopariu
will depend on arrival or vessels ai Seward.
* ,
p-ss?.:.-er train Aurora leaves Ancnorage for
Fairbarl s each Monday. Wednesday and Friday ai 3:30
n Vp, f- 'ior September 24. It departs Fairbanks for
ge ?n 1 iesday. Thursday and Saturday ai 8:30
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