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Vol. VII, No. 72
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951
Price 10 cents
Local Attorney Advises
Seward Property Owners
Here is a bit of free advice
to all owners of property located
within the City limits of Sew
ard, from R. E. Baumgartner.
A list of delinquent taxes is
being published currently in the
Seward Seaport Record. It cov
ers taxes delinquent for the
years 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949.
It is important to you as an
owner of property to check this
list very carefully. You know
what property is owned by you.
Examine the list and see if
there are any taxes unpaid on
your particular lot or lots. Your
lot and block may be listed in
the name of another person.
Numerous cases have been
brought to light where property
owners have neglected to have
their deeds recorded in the
office of the United States Com
missioner, and unless a deed
is so recorded, the records as
to your property are incomplete.
If the City does not know who
owns a certain parcel of proper
ty, it certainly can not be ex
pected to send its tax statement
to the actual owner.
Your failure to have your
deed recorded leads to all kinds
of grievances, but the greatest
mischief will be done to the
owner of the property, because
if his deed is unrecorded, he de
prives himself of all the rights
and benefits of an owner of
property; and if he loses his
deed, he may easily lose his
property too An unrecorded
UCuU la Ui ill lie: venue:, n out*
ply written evidence that one
person has sold a piece of prop
erty to another. If John Doe
gives me a deed to a city lot and
I neglect to have it recorded,
and then at a later date John
Doe gives Richard Roe a deed to
the same city lot, and Richard
Roe goes over and has it record
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Bear Lake Workers
Blood Donors
Bear Lake Lumber Company
workers went in a group to the
Seward Sanatorium for blood
typing last Tuesday. These work
ers went, primarily, in the in
terest of helping the staff at the
Sanatorium treat the patients
for tuberculosis. Blood trans
fusions make it possible to do
much better surgery than was
done in the past. Several of the
group gave his, or her, pint of
blood for the immediate use of
the surgical patients. The others
joined the “W a 1 k i n g Blood
Bank” donor list as possible
future donors.
Each one of the group, wheth
er he gave blood or not, was
given a card showing his blood
type and RH factor. This is not!
only important to the hospital,
but also to him, or her. We don’t j
know when, or if, we might have
trouble. We are in a better posi-i
tion to be helped, and to help,
if we know our blood type, if
trouble should come. These
folks have started their own j
Civil Defense.
Plans for a general town pro- ^
gram of blood typing are reach
ing conclusion. The program is
being handled and financed j
through the Alaska Health De- j
partment, Civil Defense and Red
Cross. Each person typed will
receive an indestructible tag
bearing his name, blood type
and an identification number.
The Sanatorium, however, is
in need of immediate donors
and any persons wishing to
make a contribution, p^s the
Bear Lake people did, are urged!
to make it known to the Sana-!
torium authorities.
40th Anniversary
For Local Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith,
Sr., celebrated their fortieth
wedding anniversary Thursday;
night at their home on Third
Avenue.
Besides the “Smith Tribe,” as
Clyde calls the family, the Del
Robbinses, Lyle Douglases, Mc
Raes, Collins’, Bowers, Snyders,
Bear Lake Tresslers, and others
attended the celebration.
The Smiths moved to Seward
in 1944 after living three years
in Moose Pass. Mr. Smith came
to Alaska in 1939 for the first
time, then went back after his
family.
They were married in Kalis
pel, Mont., March 8, 1911. Mrs.
Smith was born in Manistique,
Mich. Iler family moved to Al
berta, Canada, then to Gateway,
Mont. Clyde, born in Waverly,
la., was working in and around
Kalispel and Gateway, ranching
and lumbering, before they were
married.
They have ten children and 21
grandchildren. All of the chil
dren except two daughters and
a son, now live in Alaska. The
two youngest are unmarried.
Don, in the Army at Fort Rich
ardson, and Iris, a student in
Seward High School.
The party was interrupted for
a few minutes when little Teddy
or “Pickles,'’ as they call him,
two-year-old son of Clyde Junior
and Dorothy, while trying to
see the fun fell down stairs and
cut his head so that it was neces
sary to take him to the hospital
where the wound was dressed,
requiring three stitches.
After the hospital episode, the
party continued, with the guests
square dancing in the huge liv
ing room.
The Smith home is one of the
older houses in Seward, and one
of the few with a living room
big enough to square dance in.
Many beautiful gifts marked
the anniversary, including a
floor lamp from all the children.
Mr. Smith is a longshoreman
who is liked and respected by
his co-workers, who wish him
many more happy years with his
pleasant wife and family.
NEED HELP WITH ALASKA
INCOME TAX RETURNS?
Mr. M. M .Moore, deputy tax
collector, Third Division, ar
rived in Seward Thursday. He
will be in the Commissioner’s
office in the Federal Building
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day of next week for the pur
pose of assisting local people
in making out Territorial in
come tax returns.
"JUNIOR MISS" TO BE
PRESENTED BY SCHOOL
The Junior play to be present
ed at the high school this year
is “Junior Miss,” a very popular
production for schools and ama
teurs.
Written by Chodorof and
Fields, the play is based on the
book by Sally Benson. It was
originally produced on Broad-1
way, and put on the screen. It
was the choice of Anchorage
High School last year.
“Junior Miss” will be under
the direction of Mrs. Grace
Campen; the cast has been
chosen and rehearsal schedules
posted. The cast will include
some Seniors as well as mem
bers of the Junior class.
ley Highways Make
Driving Hazardous;
Caution Advised
Highway patrolmen report all
roads on the Kenai Peninsula
to be in an increasingly dan
gerous condition from ice. As
the spring season progresses,
melting snows on mountain
slopes build up glaciers on the
road, of which a driver will
have no knowledge until he is
upon one, and may lose control
of his machine on these slippery
spots.
Two accidents were reported
this week which were costly.
Fortunately, however, no per
sonal injuries were sustained.
Cars driven by Fred Kiel
cheski, of Seward, and Harold
V. Anderson, Bureau of Public
Roads, sideswiped at a sharp
curve at Mile 11.3 at 5:15 Tues
day afternoon. Fenders on both
cars wrere damaged to a total
estimated cost of $350, as stated
by Highway officers.
Earlier in the week, a small
station wagon operated by Bill
Connelly of Kenai. went off the
cliff at about Mile 21. No de
tails were obtained concerning
this accident, except that there
was no personal injury.
ALASKA VA OFFICES
TO REMAIN OPEN
Contrary to recent press re
leases in Alaska papers, there
are at this time no plans to
I close the Veterans Administra
■ tion offices at Fairbanks and
Ketchikan, according to Dele
gate E. L. Bartlett.
On January 30 the Veterans
Administration announced that
j because of budgetary limita-1
I tions, 321 offices where only one ,
| contact representative is as
i signed, would be closed as of
April 1. Only Alaska and four
I states were exempted from this
| order with two offices in Hawaii
I and seven in Puerto Rico or
i dered closed. Delegate Bartlett
I has been assured that present
i plans do not call for inclusion
j of Alaska in the order and he
has urged Administrator Gray \
j of the Veterans Administration
! that the decision not to close
I any offices in the Territory not
be altered.
“I was happy to learn that
no cuts are contemplated in the
essential services being per
formed in the Territory of Al
aska,” the Delegate informed
General Gray. ‘‘I am informed
by veterans living in the Terri
tory that your representatives
in the Alaska offices are doing
excellent work which is appre
ciated by all the veterans con
I cerned and which wills a def
inite day-to-day need.” Delegate
Bartlett requested that should
the plans change, that he be
consulted before any decision is
reached.
B.P.R. ENGINEERS ARRIVE
WITH FAMILIES
Mr. and Mrs. James Thomp
son and Mr. John Mueller with
his wife, arrived in Seward
Thursday on the SS Denali, and !
by plane. They will take up their
duties as resident engineers with
the Bureau of Public Roads.
"CORKY” KELLOGG WED
IN ANCHORAGE
Highway Patrolman Bert Kel
logg returned Monday after
‘‘getting his brother properly
married in Anchorage last Sun- '
day.” 1
“Corky” Kellogg, well known i
orchestra leader, and Miss Jen- i
nie Lee Sayers were married by
Father Walsch in the Holy Fam- ]
ily Catholic Church in Anchor- 3
age at 8:30 Sunday evening.
It was an informal wedding, ,
with a reception following. The ■ 1
reception was given by Jimmy 1
Sumpter, owner of the Last ;
Chance Club. ]
Typhoid Immunization To
Begin Tuesday March 13
Andy Celebrates
72nd Birthday
To prove that he is still young
despite the callendar, Andy No
vak stood on his head without
support, in the middle of the
floor, at the celebration of his
72nd birthday in the Legion
Club Thursday night. This is
Andy’s annual feat.
His own, and the Standard Oil
Company employees with their
families joined to 'ether, about
40 in all, to celebrate Mr. No
vak's birthday. Dancing, games
and tables groaning under the
weight of good things to eat,
were features of the party, sec
, ond only to Andy’s own per
formance.
i Mr. Novak supplies fuel oil to
all of Seward. He has so many
friends who regard him with
respect and affection that no
budding is large enough to ac
! commodate them all, so the
I party was limited to the oil
, business associates.
Andy stands on his head every
year on his birthday. This is a
' solemn rite. He challenged the
youngest man in the place to
duplicate his performance, but
the young fellow in his 20’s
failed in the attempt, thus leav
ing 72-year-old Andy still the
champion.
FIRST AID INSTRUCTORS'
CLASS TO START MARCH 19
Word has been received by
Mrs. Chas. Lechner, chairman of
First Aid and Home Nursing in
Seward, American Red Cross,
that a representative from the
Pacific Area Office will be in
Seward March 19 through 30.
He will conduct a class for in
structors.
Instructors are badly needed
here. The present two classes in
standard and advanced First
Aid, number over 50, which is
too great a number to be han
dled easily by just two in
structors.
Instructor's rating will be giv
en to any person taking the 30
hour refresher course. Anyone
who holds a Red Cross or Bu
reau of Mines Instructor card,
which is more than five years
old, or persons having had ad
vanced First Aid, but whose
cards are more than five years
old are eligible for this course.
The present standard First
Aid classes will not be affected
by the new course.
Eligible persons are requested
to register with Mrs. Lechner
before March 19, so that the
class may be formed.
BIDS OPENED FOR ROAD I
CONSTRUCTION
Bids were opened March 6
by the Bureau of Public Roads
in Juneau for the section of
Highway construction from Mile
12 to Mile 15, and from Mile 13
to Mile 33. The low bidder was
Manson, Osberg and Halvorson
with a bid of $1,936,629.20.
Dther bidders were Peter Kiewit
Sons, $2,296,096.55; Stock and
Zlrove, $2,589,494.50; Lytle and
Ureen, $2,604,926.00; and Had
iock Engineers Ltd., $3,126,
)77.00.
The new road work on which
jids have now been received
:or construction this year are
Vlile 5 to 33, Manson, Osberg
md Halvorson, two contracts'
stalling $2,991,042.20; Mile 33
o 50, Lytle and Green, $1,236,
>07.00; Mile 50 to 58. Max J.
Suney Co., $1,358,006.80.
Mass immunization of Seward
I residents will be handled Tues
1 day, March 13, in the new
j Health Center, which is in the
Ray Building, across the street
! from the Post Office.
The program will last for
; one day only, unless it is found
1 impossible to complete the im
munization in the 12 hears as
signed to the work.
Open for work from 9 a.m.
, till 9 p.m. continuously, without
I a break at either noon or supper
j time, Mrs. Lie leeis that the
entire city can be immunized
in the 12 hour period. She will
be assisted by a staff of regis
i tered nurses from the Associa
j tion.
I Typhoid immunization con
1 sists of 3 shots, administered
one week apart. After this, a
booster shot every 18 months is
considered enough to keep any
! person immune from the dis
' ease.
There will be no charge for
typhoid immunization. It is
being supplied by the Territor
ial Department of Health in an
effort to prevent any epidemic,
such as that in Anchorage last
year, and the 21 cases in Bethel
and on the Chain at Christmas,
j The Seward water supply was
: reported contaminated several
! times last year. Although no
| disease became epidemic be
IcIUSC Ul LUIl Ictllllllc* IIUII, 1L IS
always a potential danger.
With the influx of 200 con
struction workers, and a large
number of soldiers in the rec
reation camp and the engineers’
camp, as well as an expected
record number of tourists,
health officials deemed a mass
immunization wise. Soldiers are
perfectly immunized, but con
struction men from all parts
of the country can be expected
to have a carrier among their
number. By taking advantage
of the serum offered next Tues
day, danger of spreading ty
phoid by a carrier will be mini
mized.
Mrs. Bie reported today that
the response of parents of school
children has been most encour
aging. Almost 90 per cent of
the school were to receive shots
during the afternoon.
VIRGINIA DAVIS CONCERT
HIGHLY PRAISED
An almost capacity crowd
heard Virginia Davis, in the last
concert of the season, here
Thursday night at the Metho
dist Church.
Miss Davis was enthusiastic
ally received. Her program,
“Portraits in Song,” seemed to
touch a cord of friendly intimacy
in the hearts of her listeners.
A reception in the church par
lors after the program gave the
audience a personal introduc
tion to the famous singer. This
was her first appearance or
first stay of more than a day,
in any small town, according
to the word given out, and Miss
Davis said that she “certainly
was having fun.”
A second concert was pre
sented by Miss Davis Friday
morning for children only.
Classes were dismissed at 11
o’clock to give the school chil
dren the opportunity to hear
the special program.
If she ever returns to Alaska,
Miss Davis will receive a warm
welcome in Seward, where her
work and personality seem to
have greater appeal than some
other types of art.