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Vol. VII, No. 74
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1
E>, 1951
Price 10 cents
75 Pet. Of Seward Population
Immunized Against Typhoid
By the time Jesse Lee Home
children and personnel have re
ceived their first typhoid im
munization shots this afternoon,
seventy-five per cent of the pop
ulation of Seward will have re
ceived the first series, which is
considered enough to prevent or
control any epidemic in a given
area, according to Mrs. LaPreal
Bie, public health nurse.
Patients at the Sanatorium
are being immunized by phy
sicians th ro, and residents of
the surrounding area can gel
their protective shuts in Seward
if they have not already done so.
Ninety-six per cent of the
school '•hPdren have received
the first series, and will get the
second “shot” Monday, instead
of today, because so many chil
dren will participate in the
dance recital tonight, that Mrs
Bie postponed tne ordeal.
In reply to the question put
by many persons, who for om
reason or another, were unable
to be at the Health Center for
the mass immunization last
Tuesday, Mrs. Bie stated today
*hat typhoid immunization will
be available to anybody on
Thursdays. The immunization
clinic is always open o.i that
day. The incidence of severe
colds and influenza prevented a
number of adults from attend
ing the clinic this week. This
need not V«pp t'vm from calling
later.
Children in the age group
from 2 to 5 will receive the im
munization later in the spring,
probably in May.
Health authorities expressed
great satisfaction v. ith the splen
did response of Seward people
to the typhoid immunization. "It
practically assures the com
munity of complete safety from
typhoid fever during the com
ing danger months.” one person
stated.
JIMMIE V/EBB ENTERS
BASIC TRAINING
James Edward (Jimmie) Webb
is the latest Seward boy to have
been inducted into the Armed
Forces at Fort Richardson. He
began his new career on March
6, the last of the 20- and 21-year
old group to go from town.
Jimmie was born in Seattle,
February 11, 1030, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Webb, and the
oldest of two sons, but younger
than his sister, Mrs. Russell
Painter,
When Jimmie was five months
old. his parents moved to Sew
ard, where they have lived ever
since. They conduct the real
estate and insurance business of
Webb & Webb, and Mrs. Webb
is postmistress at Bartlett.
Jimmie attended school in j
Seward and is the nearest to be-j
ing a native Sewardite to be i
called into service so far.
METHODIST OFFICIALS TO
VISIT HERE NEXT WEEK
Dr. Gordon Gould and Dr. j
Vernon Middleton, officials ofi
the Methodist Church, will be in1
Seward next Tuesday and!
Wednesday, March 20 and 21.
The public is invited to a car
ry-in dinner Wednesday evc-!
ning at 6:30, to meet the visiting
ministers, after which the fourth 1
quarterly meeting of the Sew-!
ard Methodist Church will be
convened.
Anyone who thought Ross^
was pulling a gag about a bear
leading a dog team, should have;
seen the moving pictures at the!
Moose Bar Tuesday evening.
"Cry the Beloved
Country" Reviewed
At Woman's Club
| Mrs. Luella James and Mrs
Martha Irwin entertained the
> Seward Woman’s Club at the
I regular meeting held Monday
! evening in the Methodist Church
1 parlors.
Mrs. James reviewed the
j booK “Cry the Beloved Coun
i try,” by Alan Patton. She pre
I seated the book in such a way
! that the desire to read it lor
.ones self was not deterred, but
enhanced, 'ihe purpose of the
author, and his suggestion of a
possible solution to the problem
j of racial differences in the gov
: eminent of South Africa, made
- one eager to read and discover
I tor himself.
i Mrs. Irwin carried out the
! theme of the week by playing
j several Irish numbers on the
' piano.
i The club accepted the respon
j sibility for the American Can
; cer Association fund campaign
which runs from April through
1 August. Airs. Wm. Bittner was
appointed chairman by the pres
ident, Miss Frances Clark. Aliss
• Clark also appointed the nom
! inating committee to prepare
for election of officers at the
. ripril meeting.
Coifee and cake were served
by the refreshment committee,
; Airs. Hilda More, Airs. Alargaret
Webb, Mrs. Reba Rose, and Alil
dred Kirkpatrick.
Aviation Safety
Discussions
D. M. Greizer
for
The Office cf A nation Safely
WEATITER
There are not many weather
accidents, hut the fatality rate!
is high. It is amazing to an ex
perienced pilot, how easily a
novice can liy unsuspectingly
into the soup.
Many instructor have had to I
tell their students to turn away i
from a log bank or cloud deck,
or to stop climbing into the!
cloud.
While the action of the stu-!
dent appears stupid, we should !
realize how foreign the air is1
to him. So far as he is concern )
ed, the cloud deck is descending'
upon him, and he feels helpless. |
Foggy Weaiher, or
Foggy Pilot?
We were baffled on one ol
our accident investigations. The
pilot crashed in a creek bottom,
at night, and was badly hurt.
He had left in plenty of time to j
iinis’n a one hour flight before'
dark, but ran out of gas three j
hours after starting.
He said that fog and clouds
closed around him, and he be-,
came lost, lie could barely sec I
the ground, so he stayed over
tiie valley, for fear of the moun
tains, until he rail out of gas.
A common story indeed, but
what baffled us. was that other
pilots who flew the same route,
reported 4000 foot ceilings, clear
of all mountain tops, and com-,
pletely unrestricted visibility.
Comes The Dawn
The pilot said, “Near the sum
mit, clouds and log suddenly
formed around me, and I was t
afraid to drop lower on account
of the hills. ' Ho either climbed
■ iui ri to Page 3t
Anchorage Elks High-pockets
To ?! a*/ Local Hoopsters Thors.
Local Fire Horses
4 tswer the Cal]
hi Whitehorse, Y. T.
Iiussell and Marjorie Painter,
accompanied by Del and Gladys
Zentmire, .who are travelling
leisurely over the Alaska High
way to a vacat cn Outside, stop
ped over in Whitehorse, Y.T.,
one night Iasi week, according
to letters received by the fami
lies here.
While in Whitehorse, the fire
siren, blowing in the night,
awakened the two Seward fire
men with the old familiar call.
They both jumped from their
beds and had their pants on be
fore they realized that the fire
was someone rise's worry Uns
time. How good it must have
felt to snuggle back under the
covers and let the other fellows
freeze for a change.
RED CROSS INSTRUCTOR
DUE HERE MONDAY
Word lias been received that
Mr. Cwolsman, instructor for
instructors in First Aid, will ar
rive here Monday. There is still
time for anyone who holds a
certificate tor advanced first aid,
even if it is out of date, to reg
ister for the class, which will
prepare instructors for future
classes in standard and ad
vanced first aid in town. These
instructors are badly needed, as
at present there are only two
persons qualified'.
I
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I
hat a the I.Q. of a moose?1
(That’s what The Alaska Rail
road wants to know.
Whether the a n i m a 1 s arc
smart enough to take refuge in
45 degree turnouts along the
railroad tracks rather than ar
( gue with two to 3,GUO tons of
| train should soon be deter
mined.
i Plagued by the worst moose
, problem in recent years, the
; railroad is now in the throes of
I hacking out angular turnouts in ;
I snowbanks bordering the main-;
; line. It might work. At least.
| railroaders are hoping it will
j shorten the moose fatality list.
I A similar system proved
; fruitless in previous experiments
I north ol Anchorage. But rail
! roaders reckoned that the path
| ways to safety were usually
| made perpindicular to the road
i way. As a result, Mr. Moose,
| who prefers the snow free
| tracks to bucking deep drifts,
scooted past the sanctuaries. j
With the turnouts at an angle,
the entrance will be more ob-j
vious and Alaska Railroad men
think maybe the moose cab be!
“switched” off the mainline.
A bull dozer is working north!
and south of Montana, Mile |
209.3, blading out the experi- j
mental turnouts. Section crews j
in the critical area, generally
defined as between Houston, |
Mile 174.9, and Curry, Mile
248.5, are also scooping free j
“parking lots” out of the snow-!
banks.
In an effort to explore every
angle, railroad snow fleet
spreading machines are pushing
back banks sufficiently to al
loc. moose spacious sidewalks
between snow embankments and
passmg trains.
But to educate moose? That's
The Alaska Railroad's big prob
lem. Oscillating lights, piercing
whistles, fusees, steam and even
snowballs have failed to budge
the road blocks.
If he feels like it, Mr. Moose
will lope along ahead of a train
lor a dozen miles or more. When
he gets tired, he may just sit
down. Or should it be Monday—
and perchance he doesn't like
Mondays-—he is apt to take a
crack at the locomotive—head
first!
As a result a good many moose
are “expressed’' to the happy
hunting grounds. And an equal
number of trains arrive hours i
late at the next station.
In bygone days bridges were
a sizeable problem. Moose tried
to span the streams and rivers
via the structures. This meant!
certain disaster—a broken leg, a
moose to be killed and a train!
delay. And wrestling half a ton
of moose on a bridge left sec
tion men hanging cn the ropes. j
Now the railroad has placed j
aluminum sheeting on all its!
bridges in the danger area so
that moose can’t step between
bridge ties.
When snow becomes five to
six feet deep, as it is now, the I
problem becomes increasingly
wuis . Faster travelling freight
and passenger trains make quick
stops less likely.
For years now the Fish and
Wildlife Service has worked in
conjunction with The Alaska
Railroad to curb the slaughter.
But a good answer is still need
ed.
"The railroad is spending
thousands of dollars and doing
everything possible to avoid
killing moose," according to
Holger Larsen, FWS enforce
ment agent.
Larsen points out that all
meat from the kills is being put
to good use. The ARK section
crew nearest the kill, butchers
the animal and sends the meat
to t'ne nearest Fish and Wildlife
agent.
"Moose meat has been sent to I
practically every native village
and mission,” Larsen declares. I
"Absolutely none of it is wast
ed.”
Other charitable groups like
the Salvation Army, mission;
homes, orphanages, and needy ;
groups get their share. It has
even been added to the school
lunch program at Anchorage,
Wasilla and Palmer.
Meantime, railroaders are
striving desperately to reduce
tiie kills. Fingers are crossed
that the 45 degree turnouts will
sidetrack moose from destruc
tion and “railroad” the to
safety.
i Anchorage Elks basketball
j team, winners of the Anchorage
j City League, will play a picked
j aggregation of Seward players
t in a game set for Thursday,
j March 22, in the Civic Center.
The Elks will board the SS
Denali after the game lor Cor
; dova to play a ser.es there. This
I is the same Fairs team, coached
j by Dr. Howard Horny, which
! played the Sea Hawks earlier in
the year. At that time members
| oi the tv.<.»m vjs.h-'ci appreci
ation of the line hospitality
| shown them here at Seward and
! said they would like to come
| back. Dr. Johnson, long-shot art
11st and associate of Dr. Romig,
j will return with the team. Oth
ers are Gordon Stang, Bill Mur
ray, Rod Ellison, and Rykovich,
a new member who has been go
ing great guns in Anchorage
1 games. He stands six feet five
inches tall.
Seward’s team will have three
| of the Sea Hawk seniors: Ray
j Anderson, Dick D. igh and Bill
| Erwin. Other players, to be chos
en from city league teams are
Don Steele, well known former
Sea Hawk; Lee Young, a new
comer to Seward who is one of
the best shots to play on the
Seward floor; Watts, also a new
comer who is big and handles
himself well under the basket;
Jesse Hatch, former Sea Hawrk
who has recently returned from
the University of Alaska where
he played basketball; Lyle Cole,
1 ball handler and passer deluxe;
| Warren Bovvers, well known
I city league player, and Bud
Tressler, fast, shifty forward
from Bear Lake. It is requested
that, if at all possible, the above
named ,players report to the
Civic Center gymnasium Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock for prac
tice.
This promises to be one of the
best games of the season with
lots of fast action. Many of these
players have played coliege bas
ketball and this is Seward’s op
portunity to see some top-flight
performers in action. The Sew
ard team feels that it can give
the Eiks a real run for their
money.
Freshman and eight graders
will p a\ the preliminary, which
will start at 7 p.m. These two
teams have played several games
and each one has been action
packed and exciting an the way
throuth.
All receipts over expenses will
be turned over to the Seward
Volunteer Firemen for gymnasi
um expenses.
Coach Dalberg will probably
referee the big game.
WILLIAMS LEAVING
RANGER STATION
Ward Williams, Forest Ranger
at the Lawing Ranger Station,
is lea\ ing Alaska in a few days
to take uo Iris duties at Stevens
Pass, YV ashington, a winter
sports area.
Mr. Williams has been at the
Lawing station for three years,
sen ing first with Max Reger.
His son was born here. Mr. Wil
liams has gone about his work
so quietly that he may not be
well known to many people, but
all visitors at the station found
him friendly and sincere. His
friends will miss Ward Williams
and his wife, but are glad that
he is being transferred to a good
location. Stevens Pass is about
60 miles from Everett, Wash.,
and about the same distance
from Wenatchee, Wash., in a
very beautiful section of the
state. *