BOOCHEVER APPOINTED
TO DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Robert Boochever, Juneau At
torney, has been appointed by
Governor Ernest Gruening to
the Alaska Development Board,
it was announced yesterday by
the Governor’s office. As a mem
ber-at-large, Mr. Boochever will
replace the Governor on the
Board.
Mr. Boochever has resided in
Juneau since January of 1946,
when lie was appointed Assist
ant United States Attorney for
the First Division. He is a gradu
ate of Cornell Law School and a
veteran of World War II.
The Alaska Devcl o p m e n t
Board was one of the several
Territorial Boards and Commis
sions from which the Governor
was removed, at his request, by
action of the 20th Legislature.
Since there was no emergency
clause in the act, it will not take
effect until May 30.
The board will meet at the
end of the month in Juneau.
Personalized Stationery
Made to Order
BLOOD TYPING PROGRAM
CONSIDERED SUCCESS
Health officials consider that
the blood typing program com
pleted Saturday night was a
moderate success in Seward.
Many residents have been
typed previously and have cards,
but a total of 800 others were
typed during the five day pro
gram. A total of 427 school
children now carry cards, and
of the adult group 92 persons
were entered in the walking
blood bank and donors for Sew
ard Sanatorium and the Hospi
tal.
Mrs. LaPreal Bie, speaking
for Civil Defense, Red Cross and
the Sanatorium, expressed pub
lic thanks for volunteers who
helped put the program across.
Commercial students from the
high school did the clerical
work in the daytime, other vol
unteers took over for the night
sessions. Nurses from the Associ
ation assisted in the typing.
A deficit is what remains
when the bottom falls out of
good intentions.
SCENIC TRAVEL
equal to
SWITZERLAND!
BETWEEN SEWARD AND PORTAGE BY BUS
Connects with Whittier Train for Anchorage
MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY
One Way $4.10 plus tax
Round Trip_$6.15 plus tax
To HOMER . $8.70 plus tax
Round Trip $13.05 plus tax
Mondays and Thursdays
MATANUSKA VALLEY BUS LINES
Information: VAN GILDER HOTEL
Milk from Your Local Dairy—
REGULAR DELIVERIES or AT YOUR GROCER'S
SEWARD DAIRY
Phone GARFIELD 50
Anchorage - Seward |
SUMMER TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Effective June 15
EACH FRIDAY
Depari Seward for Anchorage ..8:30 A.M.
EACH SATURDAY
Depart Anchorage for Seward .
EACH MONDAY
Depart Seward for Anchorage .
Depart Anchorage for Seward .
EACH THURSDAY
Depart Seward 2 hours after passenger boat docks
Depari Anchorage for Seward .3:30 P.M.
For Passenger Train Service Prior to June 15.
Telephone ARR Agent at Main 153
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
"Ml. McKinley Park Paata"
VETERANS GET FIRST
CHECKS FOR 2ND
INSURANCE DIVIDEND
World War II veterans of the
Pacific Northwest have started
to receive second dividend
checks on their National Ser
vice Life Insurance policies, ac
cording to the Veterans .Admin
istration.
Payment of the dividend,
which will take about one year
to complete, will come to $685,
000,000, benefiting some eight
million veteran policy holders.
First dividend checks were plac
ed in the mail the latter part of
April, covering NSLI policies
with anniversary dates falling
during the month of January.
The VA said veterans should
not expect to receive a dividend
check until several months after
the policy anniversary date, be
cause the final calculation of
the amount due cannot be made
until the last premium has been
paid for the dividend policy
year. The anniversary date of a
policy is the anniversary of the
date on which it originally be
came effective.
Dividends will be paid on
those policies which have been
in force three months or longer
during the three-year period
from the anniversary in 1948 to
1951 inclusive. This applies to
both term and permanent plan
policies, including those which
have lapsed or been terminated
by the death of the insured. No
applications are* required, and
payment of the dividend will
be automatic. It is expected to be
completed by this time next
year.
Veterans were urged by the
VA not to make inquiries about
the dividend before they receive
their checks: however, after a
policy holder received his check
and has a question about the
payment he should write to th ■
VA district office handling his
account. Information accompany
ing his dividend check will tell
the veteran where to write.
One check will be mailed for
each policy. Policy holders with
more than one policy eligible
for the dividend will receive one
check for each eligible policy
based on the anniversary date
of that policy.
The amount of dividend earn
ed by each NSLI policy will
vary according to the following
formula: Number of months in
force, plan of insurance, face
value of the policy, and the age
of the insured.
SEWARD NURSES TO
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Three nurses from the Sew
ard Registered Nurses Associa
tion will attend the First Annu
al Conference of the Territorial
Nurses Association, in Anchor
age, Thursday and Friday of
this week.
Mrs. Melba Torvanger, Miss
Ann Duncan and Mrs. Bie will
represent the local group.
Specials ! !
LADIES' BLOUSES
reduced
20%
THROUGH SATURDAY
MAY 19
All Children's Wear
at
CLOSE-OUT PRICES
Blouses. Slacks, Skirts,
Sweaters, Pedal-Pushers
atifte A
Adams 74 Arcade Bldg.
Hours 10 a.m to 6 p.m.
SS DENALI PASSENGERS
The following Seward passen
gers were booked northbound
on the SS Denali, sailing from
Pier 42, Seattle, at 4:00 p.m.,
May 11:
L. C. German and wife, Mrs.
Mary Kester, Mrs. Helen Wolfe,
J. E. Johnson and wife, O. H.
Brown and wife, John E. Mayer,
Peter J. Ostcrman and wife,
Mrs. Lillian Collins, Miss Shir
lev Thoren, Henry C. Jones,
C. D. Gunter and wife, Wayne
Thompson and wife, Russell
Asey and wife.
Mrs. M. A. Olson, Mrs Mary
Morgan. Cpl. Paul R. Jones and
wife, Mrs. Marie Kittle, Marion
Adams, Wm. W. Patton Jr. and
wife, H. G. Thorsncss, Gene E.
Tolbert, Robert H. Morris, Dr.
Kelly and wife, Mrs. Geo. J.
Hulbert, J. C. Morris and wife,
Edna May Johnson, Mary Ellen
Doyle.
Huston Anderson, Robert N.
Earll, Osborn Stevenson, Floyd
Cockran, Charles G. Bitner, R.
L. Caine, E. Knight, Miss J. V.
Tyrrel, Otto St. Clair. Frank
MeGarvey, Mrs. Margaret Mead,
Miss Hertha Froehlich.
Thos. Lippert, Nicholas Ches
ser, Mrs. Nellie Babbit, Miss
Syble Lyles, Mrs. R. W. Robin
son. Mrs. Thruston, Mrs. Claude
Campbell, Mrs. William Gellert,
Campbell, Mrs. William Gellert
and two children, Irving Fore
man. John Warne, Richard Ol
son,. Oswald Dana and wife,
Mrs. Emilee Abrams, and Linda
Abrams.
HARBOR NOTES
Seward harbor has been a
busy place this past week, with
six freighters in over the week
end. four at the docks and two
standing by. One huge barge of
bulk cement, carrying nearly
18.000 barrels of cement, finish
ed unloading early in the week,
and another due Saturday.
Halibut boats unloaded more
fish in the first two days at the
Seward Fish and Cold Storage
Company plant, than in the en
tire season last year. Two-hun
dred and forty thousand against
181.000 in 1050. Other halibut
ers are due this week.
Some excitement was caused
this morning by a report that
whales are in the Bay. but the
rumor -has not been varified.
Longshoremen are in great
demand, both shipside and dock
side to get cargo unloaded be
fore another shin arrives. There
Is ample work for several more
men.
Construction men are arriving
with their families in trailer
houses. Several are now estab
lished on the Park Reserve,
with sewer, water, garbage
racks, and electricity installed.
There is no way to estimate the
final number that may ask for
space in the city.
A politician’s toughest job is
to find a way to correct a mis
take without admitting he made
one.
SECOND GRADERS ON
"EXCURSION" TODAY
Mrs. Blanche Miller and her
second graders boarded tin
train today for an “excursior
trip” to Woodrow. The greal
distance of 7 miles, but the firs
time on a train for many of tht
little fellows.
Picnic lunches and plenty oi
excitement characterized the ex
pedition. Parents with cars wil
meet the youngsters at the sid
ing for the return trip.
IS A CHURCH SAFE SAFE?
What amazes us about thr
story from Portland, Oregon
yesterday, in which a boy was
locked into the walk-in safe a1
the Rose City Park Methodist
Church, is the fact that an>
church has the need for such £
facility in its plant.
From this point it is doubt
ful whether any Alaskan church
es would need anything larger
than a cigar box in which to
store its material assets. Appar
ently Alaska still has a lot tc
learn.
Anyone living on a budget
these days has to be content
to let the world go buy.
PASSENGER SERVICE
from Seward
SS DENALI
Thursday
May 17*
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
5S BARANOF
Thursday
May 24
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
from Seattle
MV COASTAL MONARCH
May 13
Cordova. Valdez, Seward
S3 VICTORIA
May 16
Seward
MV SQUARE SINNET
May 23
Seward, Seldovia. Homer
For Information
PHONE MAIN 125
W. W. Sipprell, Gen. Agt,
OASTUUISe Line
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OFFERING FREQUENT FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA—OREGON—WASHINGTON—ALASKA
SS NORTH BEACON
Ar. Seward .May 12
SS JOHN W. BURGESS
Lv. Portland .
Lv. Seattle .
Ar. Seward .
SS SEAFAIR
Lv. Portland .
Lv. Seattle .
Ar. Seward .
May 8
May 14
May 21
May 15
May 21
May 26
LOS ANGELES
LONG BEACH
Pier A
ANCHORAGE
223 Central Bldg.
P.O. Box 592
Ph. 3-4401
George Hutton
District Mgr.
SAN FRANCISCO 4
150 Sansome St.
Pier 40
SEATTLE 6
Pier, Ames Ter.
3200 26th Ave.. S.W.
FAIRBANKS
M. J. (Bill) Wilcox
Dist. Freight Agt.
Jameson Eng. Bldg.
PORTLAND 5
Pier, Columbia
Basin Terminals
Broadway-Oak Bldg.
Beacon 7301
SEWARD
ARR Freight Depot
Main 164
Captain T. Bie
Operating Mgr.
Modern Coastwise Steamship Transportation
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