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Only newspaper In the
world that gives a hoot
about Seward, Alaska.
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
Seward’s All-IV eather Port is Alaskcts Greatest Asset.
Vol. X, No. 48.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1954
Price 10 Cents
A. C. S. Increases
Telephone Rates
The spiraling cost of commidi
ties and services which has pre
vailed in recent years has neces
sitated an increase in rates for
telephone calls between Alaska
and the United Spates, Col. M. R. i
Kunitz, commanding officer of!
the Alaska Communication Sys-|
tern, announced this week. The |
new rates, which will be effec-|
tive July 1, will reflect the first i
increase since 1945.
Four civilian employee wage
increases since World War II,
increased shipping and transpor
tation costs to and within the1
Territory, and the high cost of
maintaining a communications
system under adverse weather
conditions and in rugged terrain,
were indicated as factors which
contributed to the necessity for
a rate increase at this time. The
telephone user in Alaska is also
obtaining better quality and
faster long distance telephone
service as a result of recent ex
pansion of facilities and modern
ization of telephone plant by
A.C.S. at a considerable cost.
The rate adjustment will
amount to a 25 cent per minute
increase in the rates for long
distance calls between Alaska
and the United States, however,
the present maximum rate of
$9.00 for a three minute call
will not be changed. For exam
ple, a person to person three
minute day rate call from Ju
neau or Ketchikan to Seattle
will cost $5.25 plus Federal tax,
as compared with $4.50 plus
tax under the old rate schedule.
The same type call from Anchor
age or Fairbanks to Seattle will
cost $6.75 plus tax. as compared
with S6.00 plus tax. It was point
ed out that the reduction in the
Federal tax from 25 percent to
10 percent, effective April 1,
practically negated the impact
of the rate increase.
Col. Kunitz further stated that
since 1945 the price of most
everything people buy in Alaska
has gone up over 33 percent,
whereas this telephone rate in
crease will amount to an average
of about 11 percent to the using
customer—far lower than the
increased cost of most other pro
ducts and services Alaska resi
dents buy.
LUTHERAN BIBLE SCHOOL
Vacation Bible School at the
Seward Lutheran Church will
be held beginning June 21 and
continuing for two weeks, with
the theme. Je9us Teaches Me
to Pray. Classes will be from
9 to 11:30 in the mornings, in
the church basement. Children
from the age. of 5 to 8th grade
level will attend.
Many activities are- planned,
such as Bible stories and studies,
drawing, map making, manual
work, and handcraft all taught
on a level according to age.
A series of visual studies on
the Ten Commandments will
be shown, and the showing of
a movie is planned.
MEMORIAL SERVICES AT
SEWARD CEMETERY
Sunday, May 30, is Memorial
Day and Seward Post 3836 of
the V.F.W. will hold graveside
services at the cemetery at 2:00
p.m. This service is open to the
public and all interested are
cordially invited.
Anyone having friends buried
in the Seward Cemetery that
were members of the armed
forces during either the First
or Second World War, who
would like to have the grave
honored by a wreath, should
contact Jack Kuenster at Adams
112 before noon Sunday.
RONALD LEWIS DUE HOME
Ronald Lewis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Lewis, is to arrive in
Anchorage Monday, May 31.
They plan to drive to Anchor
age to meet him. Ronnie will
spend the summer with his fam
ily and return to the Colorado
School of Mines in the fall.
MILE 68 SKI AREA PERMIT
TO BE ISSUED BY
FOREST SERVICE
The Forest Service is inviting
applications for a permit to op
erate a ski area at approximately
Mile 68 on the Seward-Anchor
age Highway, according to Divi
sion Supervisor Wayne Sword
of Seward.
The installation will consist of
a lodge of rustic design and a
minimum of two rope tows. Fa
cilities in the lodge include
warming lounge for skiers, ham
burger hut and cafeteria, dormi
tory for skiers and sleeping
rooms, ski shop, room for ski
patrol, and sanitary facilities.
Two rope tows and an adequate
shelter house should be ready
for use during the winter of
1954-55.
The proposed area is known
locally as Taylor Creek. It is
approximately 68 miles from
Seward and 60 miles from An
chorage.
Interested applicants can ob
tain a prospectus of this proposal
from Division Supervisor Wayne
Sword, Box 123, Seward, Alaska.
The applicants, in order to quali
fy, will need to show that they
have sufficient financial re
sources plus the experience and
qualifications needed to conduct
such an enterprise. Applications
will be received through June
15, 1954.
POPPY POSTER CONTEST
WINNERS CHOSEN
Dennis Dee, 7th grade, and
Alex Giacometti, 5th grade,
were winers of the American
Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster
contest. Each boy won a $25
savings bond.
Mrs. Grace Merrill awarded
the prizes at the school last Mon
day.
The school was divided into j
three groups: 4th, 5th and 6th
grades; 7th, 8th and 9th grades:
and upper classmen. There were
no entrants in the oldest group.
Mary Vincent, Linda Wats
jold, Patty Muir, Pamela Broak
ig, Janice Jeffrey, Billy Lind
strom and Margaret Bern en
tered posters, also, which made
selecting winers a real task for
i the judges.
The winning posters will be
] sent to the American Legion
, Convention in Palmer next
1 month for judging with winners
! from other sections of Alaska.
EPISCOPAL BIBLE SCHOOL
j Saint Peters Episcopal Church
! will have its summer Bible
; School June 7th to 18th, from
i 9 to 12 a m. Classes will con
I sist of Bible stories, songs,
I games, and adventure stories,
j =nd will include children of
j *11 ages.
JACK IVES FAMILY LEAVES
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ives and
their daughter Thelma Emerson
and grandson Lance are driving
Outside Wednesday. The Ives
have sold their home at mile 7
and plan to make their future
home in the States. They do
not know where they will settle,
but plan to winter in Florida.
Mr. Ives has been with the
Bureau of Public Roads, in
Seward, for over 10 years. He
has been Worshipful Master of
Seward Lodge A & F M, and
Worthy Patron of Seward Chap
ter Eastern Star. Both Mr .and
Mrs. Ives have been very active
in church work. He has been
Lay Leader and Vestryman of
St. Peters Episcopal Church,
and they both have sung in the
choir for many years. Thelma
Emerson has been a Sunday i
school teacher at St. Peters,
and Lance has been candle.
bearer and cross bearer.
The Ives have lived in Seward!
for over twenty years.
JOANN MILROY GRADUATES
Miss JoAnn Milroy will be
flying home to Seward Tuesday,
June 1. She graduated from'
Colorado Women’s College this
week. JoAnn will spend the
nimmer with her family, then
fo to college again next fall.
VETERINARIAN
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SPRING CLEAN-UP
Several business houses are
getting their fronts brightened
with a coat of paint in the spring
clean-up.
Residences undergoing a big
improvement are too numerous
to mention, but the painters at
Jesse Lee home have got around
to the south side of the buflding
so the work is noticeable from
town.
Mrs. Donn Lee said the work
on the exterior of the building
started the end of April, but
it was on the north side. Rainy
weather has slowed production
some, too.
Soon the light gray will be
set off with a dark gray trim
on the windows and doors. This
is a nice change after so many
years of seeing the home cam
ouflaged, a hangover from the
war.
Mrs. Lee said the dormitories
are being painted, also, with oc
cupants doing the work. This
project was started last summer.
CEMETERY CLEANUP
Members of the Masonic
Lodge have been carrying on
a Cemetery Cleanup Campaign
for the past week. They worked
last Saturday evening and plan
to do so again this Saturday.
They are raking up the dead
grass and leaves, and are making
whatever improvements that
they can. About ten Masons
took part in last weeks cleanup.
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Rev. Charles Malin returned
this week from the annual
Methodist Conference held in
Juneau. He was re-assigned to
the Seward Church at this time.
He reports that Rev. Fred
McGinnis was newly appointed
to the Anchorage church, and
that Rev. Quincy Murphey was
assigned to the Kenai area.
Kenai, Homer, and Moose Pass
have a “Mobile Ministry’’, that
is to say a minister travels from
community to community and
gives services, although he is
assigned to one locale.
Seward Methodist Church will
be host to the conference next
year, which will be held the
third week in June.
GIRL SCOUT CABIN BURNS
A cabin owned by Mr. and
Mrs. James Hawkins, and known
as the Girl Scout Cabin, burned
to the ground around 4 o’clock
Thursday afternoon. The cabin
had been used for the last three
or four years by the Girl Scout;
for meetings and activities. The
cause of the fire is not knowr
at this time.
—
JACK HOOGLAND RETURNS
Jack Hoogland, son of Mr
and Mrs. Garrett Hoogland, is
returning to Seward Tuesday on
the Aleutian.
Jack has been in the Navy
for the past four years. He spent
the first two years of Naval serv
ice on an LST ferrying Com
munist prisoners of war to Jap
an. He was then transferred and
has 9pent the last two years as
a Chaplain's assistant in Japan.
Jack graduated from Seward
High School in 1949. He will
pend the summer visiting his
family and plans to attend col
lege this fall.
MRS. CAMPEN OUTSIDE
Mrs. Grace C a m p e n, prin
cipal of Seward High School,
left for the States Wednesday,
May 26. She plans to visit her
mother in Milwaukee, and then
visit her son Harold and new
daughter-in-law in Boston. Mrs.
Campen plans to return in about
five weeks.
ARMY DISCHARGE;
Betty Larson, the former Bet
ty Hoogland, went to Anchorage
to meet her husband, Don, who
is receiving his Army discharge
at Fort Richardson this week.
They plan to make their home
here in Seward, now that Don
is no longer la the service.
LYNDS LEAVE
Alice and Herb Lynd flew
Outside Tuesday with their chil
dren ,Toni and Steve. They plan
on vacationing for about a
month.
A refined chromium metal, malle
able enough to be forged at low
temperatures, has been produced
by metallurgists at the Albaiv.
Oregon, station of the Bureau of
Mines.
FORMER FBKS. ATTORNEY
TAKEN BY DEATH
Fred Caldwell, who was a
patient at Seward Sanatorium,
died May 25 after a long illness.
Mr. Caldwell was very well
known among the patients and
staff at the San and will be
missed greatly. His legal train
ing and teaching background
made him a counselor to all.
Mr. Caldwell was born in Mis
sissippi in 1910. His high school
education was received in Mon
tana and Seattle, and was grad
uated from the University of
Washington in 1935 with a de
gree in law.
During the years he was at
tending the University, Mr. Cald
well taught intermittently in
Territorial schools at Sanak,
Aniak, and other villages. He
was admitted to the Alaska bar
in 1944, at which time he went
into practice in Fairbanks. In
the 1944-45 term Mr. Caldwell
was assistant U.S. Attorney in
Fairbanks.
In 1945 he was hospitalized for
arthritis, which developed into
tuberculosis. He had been a pa
tient at the Seward Sanatorium
for five years at the time of his
death.
Mr. Caldwell’s sister, Mrs.
Ralph Rivers, and family of
Fairbanks, are the only sur
vivors
Graveside services were held
Thursday afternoon at Seward
Cemetery, Rev. Charles Malin
officiating.
CONCERT JUNE 6
The Anchorage Community
Chorus will give a concert June
6, 3:00 p.m., in the high school
auditorium. The program is be
ing sponsored by the Lions Club
of Seward.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES
Graveside services for Ruth
Carol Edwards, four year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An
drew J. Edwards of Fairbanks,
were held Sunday, May 23, in
i Seward Cemetery. Rev. Dwight
' J. Boe officiated at the service.
The little girl died May 20 at
Seward Sanatorium.
RETURNS FROM JUNEAU
Miss Edna Sexton, Jesse Lee
representative to the Alaska
Methodist Mission Conference in
Juneau, returned the first of the
; week. Miss Sexton represented
the Home in the absence of Donn
Lee, who was unable to attend.
i ANCHORAGE GUEST
i Mr. A. C. Romick of Anchor
I age was an overnight guest at
' the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
V Andrews Tuesday. Mr. Romick
j is owner of several stores in
Anchorage.
—
| RAINBOW GIRLS
The Order of Rainbow for
Girls will meet Thursday, June
3, at 7:30 at the Masonic Hall.
CARD PARTY
The Order of Eastern Star
announces a card party which
will include hridge, pinochle and
canasta, will be held Friday,
June 4, at the Masonic Temple.
Play will begin at 8:00 p.m.
BARRETTS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barrett
of Anchorage were Sunday
guests of the Jack Werners at
their cabin at Cooper Landing.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adkins
joined them for Sunday dinner.
SON VISITS
Jack Webb arrived from Fair
banks Wednesday. He plans to
spend a few days with his moth
er, Mrs. E. D. Webb, and brother
Jimmy, then fly Outside.
RETURNS TO MAKE HOME
Mrs. Myrtle Evans is a pas
senger on the Aleutian, due in
Seward next week. Mrs. Evans
left Seward about a year ago
to live in Mount Vernon, Wash
ington. She plans to make her
home here.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Corene Lambert celebrated
her fourth birthday Saturday,
May 22.
A party was held in her honor
at the Lambert home on Fifth
Avenue. Th* little folks played
several games and helped open
the many presents.
, Ice cream and the traditional
birthday cake, decorated with
cow girl candles, brought the
afternoon to a climax.
Each child had a coloring
book to take home. *
TRAVEL FOLDERS
The Seward Chamber of
Commerce has received ten
thousand travel folders featuring
the Kenai Peninsula and
“Seward, Queen City of the
Kenai Peninsula.”
The folders were printed un
der the Alaska Visitors Asso
ciation Program. There are eight
pictures of Seward and the
Peninsula, with a brief outline
of lodging facilities, cafes, roads,
terrain, hunting, fishing, and
places of interest to see.
These folders are aavilable
to the public.
MATINEE SCHEDULE
Manager Dick Henriksen
announces a special summer
schedule at the Liberty Theatre.
A 2:00 matinee will be held
each Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday, starting June 1. This
means an early showing of each
picture for the benifit of the
children and will allow night
workers a chance to see the
shows also.
FAIRBANKS MAYOR
SEWARD VISITOR
Ralph J. Rivers, mayor of
Fairbanks and practicing attor
ney in that city, was in Seward
Thursday of this week. He was
called to Seward on the death
of his brother-in-law, Fred Cald
well.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
Rev. Gunter Hutson states
that Daily Vacation Bible School
will begin at the Assembly of
God Church Monday, May 31, at
6:30 p.m.
The course which has been
chosen for this year follows the
theme of the early American
Pioneer and is entitled, “Pio
neers for Christ.” It is colorful
and will prove to be interesting
to all who attend, according to
Rev. Hutson. There will be class
es for beginners, primaries, jun
ior boys, junior girls, and teen
age young people.
Activities will include Bible
stories, games, handicraft, and
refreshments. “There will not be
a dull moment in the entire r>ro
gram,” Rev. Hutson states. “Par
ents are reminded that one sure
way of combating the increas
ing rate of juvenile delinquency
is to install within the children
the principles of Christ. This
Vacation Bible School will en
deavor to do that.”
VISITS NORTHWEST
Mrs. Mary Ann Balmat re
turned Tuesday from a 'brief
visit in the States. Mrs. Balmat
was out on a business and pleas
ure trip, going to Portland, Se
attle, Tacoma and Spokane.
Father L. Russell Clapp is
expected to return today from
the Clergy Conference he atten
ded in Fairbanks. Services will
be as usual at St. Peters this
Sunday. The Clapps will leave
Sunday afternoon for their
monthly services in Kenai and
Hamer.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, old
time Alaskan residents, left on
the Denali Wednesday evening.
Mr. McDonald was the Alaska
Steamship Agent in Seward at
one time.
—
There will be a dance at
Moose Pass Saturday evening,
June 5.
Mrs. O. C. Connelly left for
Outside Wednesday to visit rel
atives in Chicago. She plans to
pick up a new car in Detroit.
Mrs. Connelly teaches seventh
grade and art at the Seward
school.
Dr. Robert Staff of Valdez
will toe taking Dr. Deisher’s
place at the clinic and hospital,
until Dr. Deisher returns in
July. Dr. Staff’s wife and four
children will accompany him
here and will occupy the Deisher
home.
Mr. Vic Mahan is home re
covering from a hand injury,
which he received while using
a skill saw.
Mrs. Vic Mahan had a few
friends in for coffee this morn
ing to meet her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Russell Mahan.
Tommy Roberts, highway
patrolman, came home from the
hospital today after a serious
illness. Tommy reports that he
is “feeling like a million bucks.’’
W. S. C. S. MEETING
AT CHESNUT HOME
The regular meeting of the
W.S.C.S. was Thursday evening
at the home otf Mrs. Charles
Chesnut.
Devotions were led by Mrs.
Alice Suroski. Her subject was
“Mother”, on which she spoke
in a very beautiful manner.
The program was under Mrs.
Troy Bogard, assisted by other
members.
Mrs. Mae Metcalf, lay dele
gate for the church and society,
gave a report on the Methodist
Mission Conference in Juneau.
Other reports on the conference
were made by Mrs. George
Green, Miss Edna Sexton, Miss
Delia Gabriel, and Mrs. Charles
Malin. Mrs. Malin also played
a recording of Methodist work
in Africa, which she obtained
at the conference. The recording
will be sent throughout the
Territory.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Chesnut and Mrs. Hilda
Moore.
SANATORIUM SCHOOL
CLOSED FOR SUMMER
Seward Sanatorium School
closed Wednesday, May 26.
There was a total of 61 pupils
taught by the two teachers,
ranging in age from 6 to 52. The
most popular subjects among
the adults were English and
arithmetic with spelling a close
second.
Miss Helen Case left Wednes
day with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
Wright, driving down the Alas
ka Highway as far as Dawson
Creek. From there she will go
to Entwistle, Alberta, where she
will spend the summer with her
aunt.
Mrs. Myra McDonald will at
tend summer school at Boulder,
Colorado, after visiting with
friends and relatives in Minne
sota and Wisconsin.
Both teachers expect to re
turn to the Sanatorium in the
fall.
FOREST SERVICE REQUESTS
LAND WITHDRAWAL ON
KENAI PENINSULA SITES
The Forest Service has made
application for withdrawal of
three areas in the Chugach Na
tional Forest, it was announced
by the Bureau of Land Manage
ment this week.
One of the areas, embracing
74.3 acres, is located at the junc
tion of the Seward-Anchorage
Highway and the Hope Highway.
This is considered a suitable lo
cation for a service station and
related improvements. When suf
ficient need develops, the Forest
Service plans to make this site
available for a private business
installation under a special use
permit.
A second tract of 58.5 acres
will be called the Ingram Creek
Recreation Area. It is located
along the S e w a r d-Anchorage
Highway where it crosses In
gram Creek and provides an ex
celelnt view of Turnagain Arm.
The Forest Service plans to in
stall simple public picnic facili
ties. A small parking area is also
planned to serve as an overlook
for people using the highway.
The Portaige Glacier Recrea
tion Area, covering 1790.4 acres,
represents the third and largest
of the areas requested. The For
est Service plans to improve
the road leading from Portage
to the Portage Glacier. After
this road is completed the public
traveling the Seward-Anchorage
Highway will be able to drive
to within sight of the Portage
Glacier. The icebergs in the lake
in front of the glacier are spec
tacularly beautiful. A few simple
rustic improvements are plan
ned on the area such as picnic
tables and sanitary facilities.
These will be located so that
they will interfere with the nat
ural beauty of the area as little
as possible. After the road and
other improvements are install
ed, this area will be similar to
the popular Mendenhall Glacier
Recreation Area near Juneau,
according to Forest Service of
ficials.
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