DEEMS
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ADB WOULD EXPLOIT WHITE
BIRCH IN RAILBELT
Dr. Alexander Baird, general
manager, Alaska Development
Board, has just returned to Ju
neau after an extensive trip
through Wisconsin, Illinois and
Michigan. The purpose of his
trip was to exploit the big stands
of white birch in the Railbelt.
He is hopeful. Dr. Baird says,
that his trip will prove fruitful
if matters are handled promptly
and in a businesslike manner.
He wrote the Seward Chamber
•of Commerce to explain his
seeming lack of personal re
sponse to several telegrams sent
to his office during the past
month. Mr. Anderson's corre
spondence with Seward, how
ever, given during Baird’s ab
sence, conveyed precisely the
thinking of the Board. He as
sured the town that the Develop
ment Board is in full support of
all development projects here,
including the dock and ARR re
habilitation.
KENAI PENINSULA
CANDIDATES
James E. Hawkins, Republican
candidate for the Legislature,
lives on a homestead near Clam
Gulch. He is not very well
known in Seward, where he spent
several days this week.
Mr. Hawkins came to Alaska
in 1950 to be principal of the
school in Ninilchik, where he
and his wife taught for three
years. Attracted to homesteading
and fishing, he is at present busy
preparing for the fishing season
on Cook Inlet where he has a
site, but plans to operate a boat
and drift netting this year.
Mr. Hawkins has both a bache
lor's and master’s degree in edu
cation from Pennsylvania State
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SEWARD ELECTRIC SYSTEM
SEWARD. ALASKA
Condensed Comparative Balance Sheet
DECEMBER 31. 1953. and 1952
In the past it has been the policy of the Seward Electric System
to submit for newspaper publication a Comparative Balance Sheet
on completion of the annual audit. The Seward Public Utility
Board hereby submits the following report:
ASSETS
Utility Plant—net book value
Plant Under Construction
Real Estate
Investments and Fund Accounts
Bond Redemption Fund Cash
Current Assets
Cash
Cash fiscal agent .
Accounts Receivable .
Inventories . .
Prepaid expense
Deferred Charges
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
Bonded Debt .
Current and Accrued Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Accrued taxes ...
Customers’ deposits .
Accrued interest .
Bonds maturing within 12 months
Surplus’ •
Reserve for Bond Redemption Fund
Contributions in aid of construction
Unappropriated surplus
IS
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
December 31
1952
1953
$370,975.10
6,783.07
15,975.64
18,693.46
8,726.25
.33,670.75
49,217.23
4.113.50
114,421.19
S508.155.00
$283,000.00
14,366.58
350.87
8,745.00
6,143.37
3,000.00
37,605.82
15,975.64
30,000.00
141,573.54
187,549.18
$508,155.00
$338,259.69
13.901.18
6,500.00
9,252.42
13,788.61
7,678.75
29,521.27
53,301.19
4,772.45
109,062.27
50.00
$477,025.56
$291,000.00
12,071.03
2,040.56
7,020.00
6,277.92
7,000.00
34,409.51
9,252.42
30,000.00
112,363.63
151,616.05
$477,025.56
Respectfully submitted:
SEWARD PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD
NATIONAL MAGAZINE
COVERAGE FOR
POLAR BEAR SAFARI
The Alaska Visitors Associa
tion has received word that three
national magazines will seek co
verage of the Polar Bear Safari
to Point Barrow on April 4.
Dick Joseph, author of several
travel books and travel editor of
ESQUIRE, who will arrive in
Alaska from a round the world
sojourn with Northwest Airlines,
will fly to Fairbanks to meet
the party.
Jack O’Brien sports editor of
NEWSWEEK is arranging with
Arctic Alaska Tours and Pan
American Airways to accompany
University and spent the past
winter at Stanford University
working toward a doctorate in
education.
“I believe that statehood is
an inevitable part of our future.
If we are to assume the respon
sibilities of statehood, we must
prepare ourselves by becoming
well informed on all phases of
Alaskan government”, Hawkins
stated.
He is especially interested in
legislation, which would equal
ize educational opportunities of
all children in Alaska, and also
advocates territorial control of
fisheries with special appropria
tions for rehabilition and pro
tection of our salmon runs.
He was born in Argentina,
June 7, 1922, where his parents
were working for the Ford Mo
tor Company. He served four
years in World War II, as com
pany officer in a ski troop divi
sion.
The candidate is very loyal
to and most interested in the
welfare of Kenai Peninsula. Of
Seward he says, “This is the
only logical Gateway to the In
terior and should remain so.”
AVIATION SAFETY
DISCUSSIONS
for Office of Aviation Safety
By L. J. Mlraldi
THE SPRINGTIME URGE
The springtime urge to make
like birds is close at hand. Now’s
the time to make ready. Fixing
floats up in the summer, and skis
in the winter is a hundred and
eighty degrees out of phase.
Making ready now during the
break-up period will avoid fran
tic haste later to “git-to-gitten”,
and the natural tendency to skip
over some items of preventive
maintenance.
CAA Technical Manual No.
101, “Personal Aircraft Inspect
ion Manual” is a very good
guide. If the local supply houses
do not have it, it can be had for
fifty five cents from the U. S.
Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. Civil Aero
nautics Manual 18, The Main
tenance Guide, outlines the type
of nvuntenance a pilot can do,
and shews which Items require
supervision of a certified me
chanic.
SOME THINGS TO DO
Remove inspection plates and
cowlings. Clean everything to be
inspected. Have proper tools on
hand. Use a regular inspection
system; stick to it. Use an in
spection check form. Check lu
brication of moving parts. Know
proper safetying techniques. Con
sult authoritative advisors.
the party.
Jack Lansing, associate editor
of COLLIER’S advised Alaska
Visitors Ass’n that he would be
unable to fly to Alaska for first
hand coverage but requested by
air mail, full photographic cov
erage as well as a detailed ac
count of the safari for possible
use as a sports feature in the
COLLIER’S magazine.
Plan to Attend The
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April 20 7:30 P.M.
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the****6611 bu,,«l
1,0 54 Mercury!
the
vote
is in!
• It’s always straight talk when the top 5 auto editors describe
new cars. It’s all praise when they write about the 161 h.p. Mercury
with ball-joint front suspension!
"HOT AS STRAIGHT TOBASCO ON-THE-ROCKS’’-TOM McCARILL, MECHANIX
ILLUSTRATED-“The guy who buys a ’54 Merc will be getting a really new
car, not a warmed-over old one. Some of Merc’s competitors are still peddling
Alf Landon coupes and are overdue for a change. When these changes come,
the buyers of these competitors will be as out-of-date as an Indian-head penny
-and when he goes to trade in, they'll talk to him in pennies.”
"161-HP PUSH, BUT DRINKS NO MORE GAS THAN BEFORE”-WILBUR SHAW,
POPULAR SCIENCE—"When I drove the car on the evergreen-screened test
track in Dearborn, Mich., and again on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, I was
struck by the smoothness of the power pick-up as the accelerator went down.”
"THIS CAR IS A KNOCKOUT!...AND REALLY EASY TO DRIVE”-WALT WORON,
DON McDonald, MOTOR TREND—“You'll like the 1954 Mercury, particularly if
you like power that’ll make you sit back in your seat when you stomp the throttle.”
"Lincoln-type ball and socket joints on Mercury’s front wheels eliminate
the familiar king pin, reduce much front end vibration, and cut the number of
forward grease fittings from 16 to four.”
“EXCEPT FOR LINCOLN-THERE IS PROBABLY NOT A SINGLE PASSENGER CAR
ENGINE THAT CAN COME UP TO ITS STANDARD FOR RUGGEDNESS”-GRIFF
BERGESON, CARS—"The intake manifold on the new Mercury is definitely one
of 1954’s engineering highlights. No other manufacturer of V-8 engines has
produced such a logically correct version of this key component.”
. “One of the best engineered power plants in the industry, regardless of price.”
Highest re-sale value in its price field according
to nationwide surveys
MERCURY
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Seward, Alaska