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Seward
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
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VOI. X, No. 21
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1953
Price 10 Cents
Chamber of Commerce Asks
Survey of Freight Charges
Ambulance Corps
Makes Report To
Seward People
That the citizens of Seward
and the Resurrection Bay area
have taken an active interest
in the betterment of the volun
teer ambulance service is evi
denced in the financial report of
the fund raising drive which
culminated with the Hallowe'en
dance at the Civic Center.
The Civic Center is adminis
tered by the Seward Volunteer
Fire Department and although
the dance was to be on a share
the profit basis the Fire Depart
ment members voted to forego
their share and to let all the
money go into the Seward Vol
unteer Ambulance Fund. This
generous offer has been grate
fully accepted.
A big share of the credit for
the success of the dance also
belongs to the Elks Dodge which
is still in the midst of a fund
raising campaign for the Corps,
and to the Seward Girl Scouts
who loaned their piano for the
dance.
Without the help and encour
agement of every person the
half-way point toward a new
ambulance could never have
been reached. We of the Seward
Volunteer Ambulance Corps
would like to thank each and
every person very kindly for
their generous support in help
ing us to accomplish the job
we set out to do, and at this
time we would also like to pub
licly express out gratification to
the Seward Lions Club for their
early help in our fund raising
drive when they permitted us
to participate in their ‘ Days of
Nine’y-Eight" celebration.
Before the dance the Seward
Volunteer Ambulance Corps had
a bank balance of $375.83. On
October 5 we deposited $539
of advance ticket sales and do
nations received by the Seward
Hardware. By November 6 we
had deposited an additional
S1101.90 received also from
ticket sales, refreshment profits
and window donations at the
Seward Hardware, and on No
vember 12, $386 from the Elks
Lodge campaign was added to
our account. Then an additional
$671.34 was added to the ac
count when the Seward Volun
teer Firemen donated their share
of the proceeds of the dance.
After all bills were paid and
all deposits were in, the total
balance was found to be S2248.
64. This is about half the cost
of a new ambulance.
With such wonderful support
from the public it is easy to see
that the new ambulance will
become a reality in the near fu
ture, and we of the Seward Vol
unteer Ambulance Corps would
like once again to say, “Thank
you. Seward, thank you for your
support and your confidence.”
Small Boat Owners
Meet Monday
All small boat owners in the
area are requested to meet at
8'30 p.m. Monday. November 23,
in the city council room to form
a small boat owner's association.
Arrangements have already been
made for affiliation with the
National Boating & Yachting
Association, as soon as an organ
ization is formed here.
It is felt that the promise of
small boat harbor facilities con
struction in the future will be
strengthened by an association
•of boat owners. All owners and
interested persons are invited
to attend the Monday meeting.
Seater Gets Word
Of Brother's Death
Word has been received from
Seattle of the death Nov. 11 of
Capt. Perry W. Seater, only re
maining brother of Roy Seater.
Born in Beatrice, Nebr., Dec. 9.
1890, Capt. Seater went to Se
attle at an early and had made
his home there most of the time
since.
He worked in various capaci
ties on many vessels in Puget
Sound area, Orient, and Europe.
During World War II he was
pilot on several different Army
transports carrying troops to Al
askan ports and the States.
He is survived by his wife,
Alice: a sister, Mrs. Ruby Dobbs
of California; a brother, Roy, of
Seward; four neices and six
nephews.
The claim by local merchants
that commodities cost more laid
dov n on Seward dock than in
Anchorage is to be investigated
by Seward Chamber of Com
merce. Jack Jeffery, Alaska
Steamship Co. agent, volunteer
ed to verify or disprove the
charge.
A gradual decline of peninsula
trade in Seward by peninsula
business houses is becoming in
creasingly evident, it was re
marked. The survey will prove
whether the fault lies in freight
rates and handling or actually
with the merchants themselves.
Secretary Malin reports the
Seward, Nebraska activity, spon
sored by the Chamber, has a
good start and he hopes to be
able to offer a round trip fare
for any who want to accompany
the basketball delegation, for
S175.
Vice-president Roth presided
at the Tuesday Chamber meet
ing in the absence of Mr. Bie.
DIVIDED WORKING TIME
POSES PROBLEM FOR
WAGE AND HOUR LAW
Expansion of firms within the
Territory and division of an em
ployee’s working time among
several firms, all under the own
ership or management of the
same person or persons, may
present an overtime problem un
der the Fair Labor Standards
Act (Federal Wage and Hour
Law) where the employee works
more than 40 hours in any work
week.
L. E. Evans, Territorial Rep
resentative of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor, pointed out to
day at his headquarters in Ju
neau, that the overtime provi
sions of the act apply where an
employee's time is divided
among several enterprises.
"This situation has arisen in
the Territory,” Evans said. "One
man may be the executive head
of a corporation and due to eco
nomic expansion, he may have
expanded the activities of his
firm. Additional business enti
ties may develop, such as sub
sidiary corporations, joint ven
tures, partnerships or perhaps
an individual enterprise, all un
der the ownership or manage
ment of the same person or per
sons.
"When an employee divides
his working time among tiie sev
eral enterprises, the question
may arise as to overtime pay if,
during the process of carrying
out his multiple jobs, he works
more than 40 hours in any work
week.
"In those instances where the
employment is not entirely dis
associated, the employer is con
sidered as acting in the interest
of another employer in relation
to an employee if one company
controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, di
rectly or indirectly, the other
company.
“In such a case, the total num
ber of hours worked by the em
ployee at the several enterprises
will be considered as joint em
ployment and as hours worked
for the employer, and overtime
must be paid if the employee
works more than 40 hours in any
workweek.
Another problem that may
arise is where the employing
company is exempt from the
minimum wage and overtime
sections of the act, such as a re
tail establishment, but another
company under common control
with the employing company is
not exempt.
"The employee works during
the week at both places. In such
a case, the exemption is defeated
because the employee did some
non-exempt work during the
workweek and he must be paid
at least 75 cents an hour and
time and a half for overtime if
he works more than 40 hours in
that week.
"Employers who are faced
with such problems as I have
cited can get more information
about the application of the Fed
eral Wage and Hour Law if they
will contact me at P.O. Box
1030, Juneau.”
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elhard
gave a dinner last Friday in
honor of Mrs. Elhard's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Schomburg. who
were observing their 40th wed
ding anniversary.
H. H. Malcolm, manager of
Alaska Coachways, Seward of
fice, was taken to Seward Gen
eral Hospital at 3:30 Friday af
ternoon by Ambulance Corps
crew.
Suggestions Offered
On Christmas Mailing
The Seward Post Office wishes
to bring to the attention of the
public that early mailing of
Christinas articles will pay dou
ble dividends, first by avoiding
the last-minute rush, and second
by assuring delivery of mail to
the addressee before Christmas.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day are the best days of the
week to mail packages, as there
is less standing in line on those
days. Packages mailed up to 5
p.m. o! Thursdays, however,
will be dispatched on the Thurs
day boat.
There are four Thursday
boats scheduled out of Seward
which will carry mail before
Christmas, Nov. 2ti and Dec. 3,
10 and 17. Mail dispatched on
Dec. 3 should be delivered to the
East Coast before Christmas, ami
mail dispatched on Dec. 10 to
points on the West Coast should
be delivered in time for Christ
mas. It is suggested, however,
that early mailings would be
more advantageous. Mail dis
patched on the boat leaving Sew
ard Dec. 17, should reach Seat
tle about Dec. 23.
Postmaster Larson also gives
a word on mailing of Christmas
greeting cards. Patrons having a
number of greeting cards to de
posit are urged to tie them in
bundles with addresses all faced
one way before mailing so as to
facilitate their handling in the
postoffice.
Greeting cards bearing parti
cles of glass, metal, mica, tinsel
and other similar substances for
decorative purposes which arc
likely to rub off and injure
postal employees or damage can
celing machines must be inclos
ed in tightly sealed envelopes
with postage prepaid at the first
class rate in order that such
cards may be accepted for mail
ing.
Send holiday greetings as
first-class mail to obtain the
many advantages which this
service affords. Such greetings
prepaid at the first class rate
may be sealed and contain writ
ten messages; they are dispatch
ed and delivered first; forward
ed if necessary, without addi
tional charge and if undeliver
able, returned at no further ex
pense to the mailer provided the
sender's return address is shown
on the envelope.
Unsealed Chistmas greetings
sent as third-class mail without
unauthorized writing enclosed
are chargeable with 2 cents post
age (if the weight does not ex
ceed 2 ounces). However, a mini
mum charge of 3 cents is charg
ed for cards which measure less
than 4 inches long or 2:!/4 inches
wide.
Deadline Nears On
Kids' Picture Contest
Time limit for filing of en
tries in the Business & Profes
sional Women's Club art show
and contest for children lias been
extended to noon Wednesday,
November 25.
Prizes in the contest are fine
art supplies in every age group,
and well worth trying for. The
public showing will be held in
the Community Library under
the Bank, Fliday, November 27.
This is a public affair, without
charge. All parents and persons
interested in promoting and en
couraging talent among Seward
children are invited to attend the
showing. The display will be
open from 6 to 10 Friday night.
Young people are urged to
submit their pictures so they
may be properly mounted for
display. Remember! The abso
lute limit is noon of next
Wednesday.
LIFE AT KOTZEBUE STORY
TO APPEAR IN
NOV. 22 SEATTLE TIMES
The story of life at Kotzebue,
Alaska, will be told by a strik
ing pictorial feature in the No
vember 22 edition of the Seattle
Times, according to word re
ceived by the Alaska Visitors
Association in Juneau.
In addition to several black
and white pictures, the cover of
the Sunday Magazine Section
will be graced by a colored
photograph of a young Eskimo
housewife and her baby.
Bob and Ira Spring, noted Se
attle photographer team, pro
duced the graphic feature. The
same issue will carry a story on
Eskimo children b v Norma
Spring, writer - wife of Bob
Spring.
Bob and Norma Spring spent
three months in the Territory
last summer gathering material
and taking pictures. Ira Spring
is presently working in South
eastern Alaska.
Lagoon Road Mishap
Lands Three In
Local Hospital
Three local men were hos
pitalized as result of the crash
of a car and truck on the Lagoon
road at about 1 a.m. Friday.
James W. Perkins, driver of a
power wagon, is suffering minor
injuries and shock. The truck,
struck with great force from the
rear, was hurled completely
around and into the lagoon with
only the front bumper out of
water, according to unofficial
reports. Perkins, an Alaska Rail
road employee, was rendered un
conscious and would probably
have drowned but for the quick
work of Police Officer Bundy
who saw the accident and res
cued the injured man from the
cab of the truck which was rap
idly filling with water.
The crash occurred when a
cab driven by Dwight Meighan
at what is described as an exces
sive rate of speed, plowed into
the rear of the truck. Robert
(Mickey) McManus, another cab
driver, who was riding as
passenger in the front seat
with Meighan. and the driver
were taken to Seward General
Hospital along with Perkins by
Officer Bundy. Both men suf
fered severe injuries about the
face and throat anil are reported
by the hospital as in “critical"
condition today. According to
police, glass from the windshield
severed throat muscles, wind
pipe and trachea to the extent
that only a miracle of surgery
can save Meignan's life. The
other was cut on the face and
may loSe an eye. Both men were
still living, however, at press
time today.
The car. a 1951, model, one of
two recently purchased by Dick
Beissner. owner of Legion Cab.
is the second new ear owned by
Legion Cab to be involved in
an accident in recent weeks. The
first was damaged in a wreck
en route to Anchorage a few
days after it was put into service.
No estimate ccwld be obtained
on the amount of damage to the
truck, but the car is said to be a
total loss.
Uniforms identify
Police Officers
There will no longer be an>
question of the identity of a po
lice officer in Seward. The
whole department came out in
uniform this week after several
years of trying for this project.
The neat, attractive and ade
quate uniform supplied each
man is a combination of airforce
blue and navy. Trousers of the
lighter blue have a stripe of the
dark along the outside seam.
Navy and light Eisenhower jack
et, navy blue military type
blouse, navy blue overcoat and
a black leather jacket are in
cluded in the outfits. Blue shirts,
black ties, black Sam Brown
belts, gunbelts and holster all
carry out the color trend and
not at all showy or flashy, but
very businesslike. The men wear
garrison type hats.
The uniforms were modeled
by patrolmen for members of the
city council and visitors to the
council meeting Monday night.
They received loud applause and
approval from all present.
Unemployment Con.
Asks Cooperation
Of Contractors
In order to prevent illegal or
improper payments of unem
ployment insurance to appli
cants, contractors arc requested
to give special attention to forms
received from the Employment
Security Commission. Employ
ers will receive a cardboard
form No. 1037-1 or 1547 or a
blue half-sheet form 1037 which
is a formal notification that a
former employee has applied for
unemployment insurarice bene
fits. On the forms will be shown
a statement by the former em
ployee as to why he left the em
ployment of the contraetor. If
the statement is not true the em
ployer should fill out the form
and return it immediately to the
address shown on the form.
Failure to act promptly will,
enable an employee not entitled
to unemployment benefits to
draw them without penalty. The
law provides that under certain
conditions such as voluntary
quits, discharge for misconduct,
etc., the employee may be dis
qualified for five weeks. By
showing the actual reason for
employee termination contract
ors will be cooperating with the
Unemployment Commission in
protecting the fund from pay
ment of unnecessary benefits.
George Pfaff Injured
In Highway Accident
George Pfaff received injuries
in an automobile accident at
Mile 20 at about 11 o’clock Fri
day morning.
Members of a Bureau of Pub
lic Roads crew picked up the
man and took him to Moose Pass
where they placed a call for the
Seward ambulance. They then
started for Seward with the in
jured man and were met at Mile
18 by the ambulance.
He was bleeding profusely
when taken over by the ambu
lance crew but later reports
from tile hospital are that he is
“resting easily.”
Nebraska Trip Funds
Coming In Now
By Charles Malin
The first returns for the trip
lo Nebraska have begun to come
in. The unions cleared two hun
dred dollars for the fund on
their Thanksgiving turkey pro
ject. Our thanks to the dispatch
ers. who did such a fine job that
their complete returns came in
a week early. We now have six
hundred and fifty dollars raised
(about one-tenth). Many other
events are scheduled to take
place in the near future. The
next one is a turkey dinner to
be given by the ladies of the
American Legion Auxiliary this
Sunday night, starting at five
o'clock. This is a good chance to
get in some advance training for
your regular Thanksgiving din
ner on Thursday. Take the en
tire family and do a two-way
job. Keep mother out of the
kitchen for a day of rest while
we are helping to send the boys
to Nebraska.
Several new names have been
added to the list of those who
wish to go with us on the trip
and pay their own way. The cost
will be about one hundred and
fifty dollars round trip on the
plane. In order to know exactly
how many are definitely going
we will have to have some cash
on hand in the near future. The
committee suggests that it will
be happy to accept twenty-five
dollars a month from now until
the plane pulls out. Of course,
anyone that would like to put
more on the line will not be
turned down. We are still short
of the required amount for a
DC-4 and a DC 3 will not per
mit any to pay their own way.
So don’t delay your decision.
Let us know right away—and
start getting your money in so
we can tell exactly where we
stand.
$6,000
$5,000
$3,000
$1,000
$4,000
$2,000
$650
ALASKA - NEBRASKA
FUND
TURKEY DINNER
The American Legion Auxil
iary will serve a full-course tur
key dinner, Sunday evening, No
vember 22, starting at 5 o'clock.
The entire proceeds will go to
the Alaska-Nebraska fund. Jack
Werner is furnishing the food at
cost and the Marathon Cafe is
stuffing and cooking the turkeys
free of charge.
The Auxiliary ladies are pay
ing for all of the fcod, so you
see the entire proceeds will go
into the fund.
Tickets are two dollars for
adults and one dollar for chil
dren. See you Sunday evening at
5 o'clock at the Legion Club.
THANKS TO SEWARDITES
FROM COOPER LANDING
The Cooper Landing Parent
Teacher Association and Home
maker's Club sends thanks to the
merchants and other citizens of
Seward who contributed so gen
erously toward their recent
school fund drive. Between the
rummage sale, fish pond and box
social enough money was raised
to purchase a slide and gym set
for the school playground. All
usable clothing left from the
rummage sale was sent to the
Mission at Holy Cross.
Several Resolutions Passed
In Democratic Caucus
Church Services On
Thanksgiving Day
Special Thanksgiving Day
services will be held in St.
Peter’s Episcopal Church at 10
a.m. with Holy Communion and
presentation of the United
Thank Offering. Rev. Russell
Clapp will deliver the sermon.
Father Arnold Custer, S.J.,
will celebrate Mass at 8 a.m. in
the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church.
At 11 a.m. Rev. Dwight L.
Boe will conduct Thanksgiving
Day services in Seward Luther
an Church. There will be spe
cial music and the Thank Offer
ing will be given to the Cordova
Children's Home.
Seward Baptists will meet in
their building which is still
under construction at Fourth
Avenue and Jefferson at 10 a.m.
for the first time on Thanks
giving Day. Every effort is being
made to make the building hab
itable for this special day. Rev.
B. I. Carpenter will conduct the
service.
The traditional community
Thanksgiving service will again
be held this year at the Memorial
Methodist Church.
The service, starting at 10
a.m., will have for a speaker the
Rev. Gene Elliott, pastor at
Moose Pass. There will be spe
cial music presented by the
choir.
An invitation is extended to
all to unite in this program of
thankfulness to Almighty God
for the blessings He has bestow
ed this year.
Reporter's
Notebook
Don Balmat, chief of police,
has announced that the 10:00
o'clock curfew is again in effect.
A bell has been mounted at the
police station which can be
heard all over the business
area. Any child 16 years of age
or under found on the streets
after the bell rings will be
taken to the police station and
detained until his parents arrive
to take custody of him. This ap
plies to girls as well as boys.
Robert (Bob) Baumgartner ar
rived on the Baranof this week.
It was really a return home for
Bob. as he has lived here for so
many years. He will resume his
law practice with an office in.
the Gilfilen building.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovell are leav
ing soon for their new home in
Arkansas. Mrs. Lovell is the for
mer Mabel Lohman whose
daughters, Mrs. Billy Kane and
Mrs. Frank Perry, live in Sew
ard.
George and Juanita Everitt,
the Sourdough Transfer people,
have moved to a new location.
They recently purchased the Joe
Doyle property at the corner of
Third Avenue and Adams street.
The little white house is to be
both home and office for this
popular pair, and we expect to
see it surrounded by lawn and
flower garden by this time next
year.
Friends are congratulating
Solly and his sons, Martin and
Sid, on the first anniversary of
their lounge on Washington
Street. They are celebrating
Saturday, November 21.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of St.
Peter's Episcopal Church will
meet November 24 at 8 p.m. in
the rectory.
A public card party offers a
full evening of pleasure at the
Masonic Hall Saturday, Nov. 21
beginning at 8 p.m. Bridge, ca
nasta, pinochle and hearts will
keep the card fans happy for
several hours. Refreshment com
mittee members promise good
eats. All for $1.00.
Dr. and Mrs. Deisher were
hosts this week to Mr. Clark
Lethin, director of Boy Scouts
in Jthe Territory, and Mr. David
Brown, who is regional execu
tive-officer.
Seward Elks will hold their
Thanksgiving semi-formal dance
Saturday night. Nov. 21. This is
for Elks, their ladies and guests.
George Turnbull and daugh
ter, Marjorie, returned home
from the States last week. Mrs.
Turnbull remained for continued
medical treatment.
Seward Democrats met in
Caucus last Tuesday night and
elected precinct officers. Clar
ence Keating was elected tem
porary chairman with Jack
Werner as vice chairman, to
take over when Keating moves
from Seward as he expects to
do in the near future. Katheryn
Ling was elected secretary.
Fifteen delegates were chosen
to attend the district convention
in Anchorage. They are: Ray C.
Lee, Harry West, Jack Werner,
Foster M. Samburn, Keating,
Nils Hagen, Mrs. Ling, Laura
Keating, C. P. Gilliland, Louise
Larsen, Mrs. Harry West, Esther
Werner, Mary Elizabeth Lee,
Melvin Dec and Margaret Dec.
A committee of four was ap
pointed to work out details for
reorganization of a Seward
Democratic Club. They are Jack
Werner, Harry West, Ray Lee
and Katheryn Ling. This com
mittee will report their findings
at a later meeting.
The Caucus went on record
with several resolutions. The
first complimented Delegate E.
L. (Bob) Bartlett on his work
in Congress on A.R.R. rehabili
tation and Seward dock and on
his support of the Alaska Pub
lic Works program and exten
sion.
A telegram was sent to Harry
Truman “complimenting him on
his defense of the office of the
President,” referring to his radio
address broadcast nationally
that same day.
The group endorsed immedi
ate statehood for Alaska and
the proposed increase in motor
fuels tax. They also went on
record as advocating that the
Territory set aside funds for
construction and maintenance of
at least one arterial highway
through each community, stress
ing their belief that such high
ways are a territorial function
rather than the expense of the
community.
Seward Democrats also called
for a change in dental licensing
procedure which will allow a
license on reciprocal agreement
to any dentist who has been li
censed in any state. This follows
the example of other professions
in the Territory.
They also went on record as
favoring government support of
hydroelectric development in the
Territory including the Grant’s
Lake project on Kenai Penin
sula and a more careful exam
ination of school bus equipment
and drivers in areas outside
city school districts, particularly
the small territorial schools
which are thought to provide
inferior and, at present, unsafe
transportation.
STATEHOOD COMMITTEE TO
MEET NOVEMBER 24
An official call for the Alaska
Statehood Committee to meet in
Anchorage on November 24 has
been issued by Mildred R. Her
mann, secretary of the commit
tee, on authority of the execu
tive committee.
In issuing the call, Mrs. Her
mann explained that the Senate
Committee on Interior and In
sular Affairs has requested tne
Alaska Statehood Committee to
make recoinmedations, pr,or to
December first, for amendments
to the pending legislation on
the basis ot presentations ma le
in the course of statehood hear
ings held here in Alaska last
summer. Any new preseniatio is
that Alaskans may wish to make
to the Alaska Statehood Com
mittee will also be given con
sideration by the committee at
its meeting on November 24.
The committee will hold open
meetings for the benefit of those
who wish to appear before it
and will be glad to receive writ
ten recommendations from a ly
who cannot appear. These co l
munication^should be addressed
to the Alaska Statehood Co: l
mittce, Eox 422. Juner.u, or Box
40. Anchorage.
The committee expects a full
representation of its memb rship
for this very important meeting.
NAVY HOOPSTEHS
LOSE TO SEWARD
Seward Seahawks took the
USS President Jackson bask t
ball team by two points a seco .d
overtime game Wednesday eve
ning. The score was 39-37 in fa
vor of Seward.
The game was arr inged when
the ship was in port last time,
and the sailors put up a good
game. The friendly rivalry is
expected to continue as long as
the President Jackson docks at
this port.