Seward Seaport Record
Postoffice Box 204 - Telephone Main 168
Published on Friday of Each Week a*
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman.Editor and Publisher
$5.00 per year by mail. 10 cents per copy.
Editorial
By MEK
IN MIDSUMMER every year
the people of Seward who have
lived here for more than a year
begin warning newcomers of the
dangers inherent in the waters
round about this area.
The tragic death of a young
serviceman Thursday in First
Lake once again points up the
danger of swimming in the cold
waters of the lake and bay. Chil
dren who have grown up here
become .accustomed to the cold
but strangers are susceptible to
cramp.
Everything possible has been
done to safeguard the swimming
hole at First Lake except to fur
nish a permanent life guard. The
populace rely on adults who may
accompany their own children
to the lake, for safety of others.
This is an imposition in a way,
but one that is accepted by the
faithful men and women who
give what time they can to the
children at the lake.
Hardly a year passes without
one or more drownings in Resur
rection Bay. Beautiful and in
viting as it looks, the bay has
proved a death trap to the un
believing newcomer. Last year
two service men were lost, and
the year before three men
drowned off Caine’s Head. The
bay is subject to sudden wind
squalls that make small boating
dangerous.
Townspeople who fish from
small boats usually stay close to
PASSENGER SERVICE
FROM SEWARD
SS ALASKA. Tues.. July 28
Cordova, Juneau, Wrangell.
Petersburg. Ketchikan, Seattle
SS BARANOF. Thurs., July 30
Valdez, Sitka. Ketchikan
- Seattle
FREIGHT SERVICE^
FROM SEATTLE
SQUARE SINNET, August 4
Seward, Valdez
COASTAL RAMBLER. Aug. 11
Valdez, Seward. Seldovia,
Homer, Kodiak
For Information
Phone MAIN 125
J. W. Jeffrcy
Gen. Agt.
shore unless they are experi
enced on the bay. Strangers, visi
tors and people who have re
cently moved to Seward discount
the advice of old timers and
scoff at the danger of the wind
on the bay and the extreme cold
water below the surface. They
are the ones who venture too far
and too often and lose their
lives.
It seems that only the sad ex
perience of others can bring
about a realization of danger
lying beneath the beauty of
Resurrection Bay and the small
lakes near Seward. It is hoped
that this week’s lesson will end
tragedy of the same sort for this
year, at least.
CHAPLAIN’S CORPS
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
One of the oldest and most
honored eorps in the United
States Army—the Chaplains
Branch—will celebrate its 178th
anniversary on July 29. 1953.
Appropriate ceremonies are be
ing planned throughout the
Service.
Established in 1775. almost a
year before the Declaration of
independence was signed. Army
Chaplains have served the spir
itual needs of our country's sol
diers in war as well as peace.
They rendered their services
and often gave their lives during
the Revolution, the Indian Wars,
and the War Between the States.
They were at San Juan Ilill in
1898. at the Argonne in 1918.
and at Iwo JLma in 1945. Today,
in Korea, they continue to ful
fill their vital role.
Millions of servicemen and
their families, most of whom
have benefited in some way
from the unselfish and untiring
efforts of Chaplains, United
States Army, join in extending
sincerest birthday greetings to
them and to their branch.
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DIRECTORY
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Mondays .. 10 AM. - 12 Noon
Wednesdays . 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
Thursdays—
Well Baby Conference
and Immunization
Clinics . 1:30 - 4:30 P.M.
Other times by appointment.
Call Main 238
Monday thru Friday
8:00 - 8:30 A.M.
Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays
I.O.O.F. Hall • Adams St.
N. G.. Art McKeough
V. C... George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
SEWARD POST
No. 5
Meets
lst-3rd Wed. of Monti
Legion Log Cabin
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OPEN DAILY 5:00 P.M.
International Longshoremen s
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 1-39
Meetings—
First Tuesday Each Month
7:30 p.m. Union Hall
President — H. E. Burke
Secretary — Ralpii Ryder
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTEKS and JOINERS
S”watd Carpenters' Union 2304
Telephone: Black 21G
Me< tings at Lutheran Church
Affiliated With A v of
Mretine 2nd Tuesday of M'-nf
Jam s L. Reed — President
R. M. Be.an - Fin.-Sec. & Bus. Agi
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Oss Sunday, July 26th
at Seward Memorial Methodist Church
We ^Burn the Mortgage"
The Day We’ve Looked Forward To For 7 Years!
Wc Want You To Come . . .
SERVICE AT 11:00 A.M.
REV. PETER GORDON GOULD, Superintendent of the
Alaska Missions of the Methodist Church, will bring the
message.
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