Seward Seaport Record
Postoffiee Box 204 - Telephone Main 168
Published on Friday of Each Week at
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman.Editor and Publisher
$5.00 per year by mail. 10 cents per copy.
Editorial
By MEK
One of the disadvantages of
the patronage system as it lias
grown up in (his country may
be seen in Seward shortly. With
a change in political administra
tion personal friends of the suc
cessful party must be rewarded.
It often happens that a good
party worker has the oppor
tunity to clear up an unhappy
situation in his own district,
remove a competitor or a "thorn
in the flesh" by this means.
"Push him upstairs" is a term
often used by the military but
it applies in politics also. Give
him a good job, but. move him
out of town.
A rumor swept over Seward
this week that U.S. Commission
er is slated for replacement and
that the favored son is to be
Talmadge Smith of Kodiak.
Mrs. Southard is a Democrat.
It seems to be in the cards that
a Republican must and should
(according to custom) be made
Commissioner. The local office
is growing so rapidly that it has
been necessary to employ a full
time clerk to assist the Com
missioner. Recordings are now
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order, cheerful assistance is al
ways at hand for the persons
searching records. The largest
title guarantee firm in Alaska
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warrants without question and
issues insurance on her work.
This was not always true of the
local office.
Because of the patronage sys
tem, Seward may be plunged
again into the chaos that once
existed in the Commissioner's
office. It is in the minds of many
that if a change must be made,
there certainly should be a local
resident competent to hold the
position without going outside
the area—to Kodiak or any
other city, for an appointee.
Seward Republicans are also
wondering whether recommen
dations of the local precinct
officers carry no weight, or if
Third Division headquarters will
continue to disregard local wish
es- to repay their own personal
debts of patronage. This area
is no longer insignificant in the
scheme of tilings when it comes
to the ballot. It seems about time
that Anchorage party leaders
should recognize the fact and
stop meddling in Seward affairs.
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Girl
Scout
News
Mr. and Mrs. Budd C. Tressler
are proud parents of a son born
in Seward General Hospital
Thursday, October 22, at 3:10
p.m. This is a first child for
the Tresslers who live at Bear
Lake. Mrs. Tressler is the form
er Iris Smith.
The baby weighed 7 pounds
14 ounces. lie was named Steven
Craig.
CHINESE ARTIST BOOKED
ON ALASKA MUSIC TRAIL
NOVEMBER CONCERT
It can be said that all the ar
tists presented on the Alaska
Music Trail have individual per
sonality appeal, but Yi-Kwci
Sze and Nancy Lee Sze, who
will appear here on November
18 in the Methodist Church arc
perhaps the most colorful and
unusual yet to be booked.
Born of Chinese parents, Yi
Kwei Sze was the youngest of
three children, and was there
fore permitted to choose his own
career instead of following in
the stone cutting trade of his
father. Entering the elementary
school of the Presbyterian mis
sionaries, he learned the rudi
ments of music and soon matric
ulated as a full-fledged pupil of
Benjamin Ing. a graduate of the
University of Michigan School of
Music, and a member of the
staff of the National Conserva
tory in Shanghai. It was there
that Sze met the talented Nancy
Lee and two years later she be
came his official accompanist.
‘Tt was a ten year romance,”
says Mr. Sze, “that weathered
everything from parental oppo
sition, the Japanese invasion and
many separations.” Today, they
live near Columbia University,
New York, and are the proud
parents of Alexander Kipnis
Sze, aged 3 years, named for
the famous basso of the Metro
politan Opera who has become
a warm family friend and god
father for young Alexander.
Handsome, in his early thir
ties. young Sze is sturdily built,
yet slim. He is the quick, ener
getic type and is always ami
able, according to Nancy Lee.
He loves a joke, but in contrast,
his presence on the concert
stage is marked with traditional
Chinese calm and dignity, while
his deep, rich voice comes as
a surprise to his audiences for
its volume and range.
Noel Straus, music critic of
the New York Times wrote in
his review of the Yi-Kwei Sze
Carnegie Hall concert, “Mr. Sze
proved himself a highly accom
plished vocalist, with powerful,
expertly produced voice, mel
low. rich and firmly controlled
throughout its wide, even scale.
. . . He can be commended too
for his velvety legato and ex
cellent diction.”
DIRECTORY
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Mondays . 10 A M. - 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 G., George Kipsgard
Sec., Tom Jones
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I (emotional Longshorcme-i's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 1-30
VI< etings—
First Tuesday Each Month
7:30 p.m. Union Hall
President — H. E. Burke
Secretary — Ralph Ryder
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINEHP
Seward Carpenters' Union 2314
Telephone: Black 216
Meetings at Lutheran Church
Affiliated With A. F of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
AVm. C. Knaack — President
1. M. Bevan - Fin.-Sec. & Bus. Agt.
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Seward Girl Scouts, com
memorating the birthday of their
founder, Juliette Low, will cli
max Girl Scout Week with a
program for all friends and par
ents of Girl Scouts and all those
interested in Scouting. It will be
held in the Episcopal Church
basement on Friday evening,
Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. with all Girl
Scouts and their leaders in at
tendance.
During the evening each troop
will give a demonstration or
skit representing the service day
of the week on which they meet,
one troop will “Fly Up” to ten
derfoot Girl Scouts, and there
will be a Court of Awards. Re
freshments will be served.
Other activities of the week
Oct. 25-31 to be especially noted
will be Girl Scout Sunday, Oct.
25, when each Girl Scout will
go to the church of her choice
in uniform, and if possible take
some part in the church service
on that day.
Mrs. Juliette Low brought the
idea of Scouting from England,
and on March 12. 1912, estab
lished the first troop of Ameri
can girls in her home in Savan
nah. Georgia. In 1928 a World
Association of Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts was formed, and
through membership in this as
sociation. Girl Scouts in the
United States are a link in the
chain of a world-wide move
ment.
The fundamental aim of Girl
Scouts is the development of
girls along physical, mental,
emotional, moral, and spiritual
lines, to the end that there may
result not only personally en
riched individuals but also in
telligently participating citizens
in a democratic social order.
Girl Scouting is well estab
lished in Seward as was demon
strated by the International
Dance Festival held last spring
in the Seward High School gym
nasium. But because of the
changing population there are
always too few leaders for the
number of girls who wish to
enter Scouting. Anyone who is
interested either in working
with girls as a leader or would
enjoy helping the organization
to function is especially invited
to enter into the activities and
attend the program Friday eve
ning to become acquainted.
Troop 3, Mrs. Ruth Cooper
lender, hcis bwn t\n
first aid badges this month. One
patrol is studying Health and
Safety for humans, the other is
learning Health and Safety for
a n i m a 1 s. The girls can now
properly bandage for sprained
ankle, arm or head. They can
treat a dog if it needs pills, and
have learned to bandage the
animal’s legs.
This Troop will demonstrate
some of their learning in the
form of a skit during the Girl
Scout Week celebration Satur
day night at the Episcopal
Church.
RUMMAGE SALE
New merchandise will be dis
played daily by the Catholic
Women's Club in their three-day
rummage sale next week.
The sale will begin at 10 a.m.,
Thursday, October 29, in the gift
shop at the Hotel Renwald. It
will continue Friday and Satur
day, beginning at the same hour
each day.
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READY FOR
WINTER?
DON'T TAKE A CHANCE
ON THE WEATHER!
Bring Your Automobile in
for Winterizing.
All work performed by
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COMMUNITY LIBRARIAN
LISTS NEW BOOKS
Have you been wondering
about that old dish that someone
gave you years ago? Perhaps
you need wonder no longer, for
we have in the library now a
book called Dictionary of Marks,
Pottery and Porcelain, by Kor
vel. It shows the markings you
will find on the back of your
china piece and tells you what
company produced it in what
year.
Then, if you have been having
too much excitement in your
life and want a book that will
calm your nerves but still not
bore you, try Carl Sandburg's
Always the Young Strangers. It
is the autobiography of his
younger life, soothing and inter
esting.
Other new books on our
shelves are Desiree by Selinko;
Keepsake by Ritner; Corner
Store by Idell; Distant Shore by
DeHartog; Courage is Not Given
by Drayton.
The Hour Awaits, Dost; 7’^
Cents, Besnell; Unknown Quan
tity, Everhart; Bridges of Toko
Ri, Michener: Kiss Me Again
Stranger by Du Maurier; King
fishers Catch Fire. Godden.
These titles are all enticing and
the books are good reading.
Among new titles on the chil
dren's shelves are Clue of the
Broken Locket, First Book of
Space Travel, A Hero by Mis
take, School Train, and Girl
Trouble.
A total of 429 books were
loaned during August and 395
during the month of September.
Forty-four cards were issued
during that time.
BROWNIE TROOP NO. 4
Brownie Troop No. 4 met in
the Episcopal Church basement
Thursday, October 22. Twelve
girls and one adult were present.
Plans were made for the Girl
Scout program to be held in the
Episcopal Church basement Fri
day, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m. Mrs.
Clapp's troop will be Brownies
of different countries.
Those of the troop wanting to
help make paper dolls of foreign
countries may meet Monday
after school at the Rectory.
Little Amber Burton, age 11,
is a patient at Seward General
Hospital. Amber is the daughter
of Mrs. B. Burton.
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