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Dutton at her beautiful apart
ments on Hebert Street, I-.os
Angeles a few days ago. Thelma
is happily married to Mr. Dean
Dutton, a motion picture exec
utive. and they gave their guests
a real old time Alaskan lunch,
and a very enjoyable afternoon.
Mrs. Dutton came to Seward the
first year of its existence with
her parents, a child in arms, and
lived there over twenty years
of her life and was one of the
most popular and beloved girls
all that time. She was one of
the first graduates of the Seward
high school, and is a lady of
refinement and education.
Probably the oldest member
of the party, and the oldest resi
dent of Seward, was Judge H. II.
Hildreth, who landed in Resur
rection Bay in 1898 and pros
pected up Resurrection River
that season, later going to Sitka
as editor £* the old Sitka Alas
kan and sull later going to V al
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dcz and starting the Valdez Pros
pector. Then when Seward was
started was sent to Seward as
U.S. Commissioner, which posi
tion he held for several years,
later being sent to Knik as Com-,
missioner when the government
opened up that section as a farm
ing country, taking in the head
of the Knik Arm country now
extending to the Anchorage
country. Judge Hildreth also lo
cated a large area of the coal
country north of Anchorage and
discovered anthracite coal which
is the largest vein of pure an
thracite coal in North America.
Judge Hildreth also discovered
and named Mt. McKinley in
1900 when he had the largest
census district in the U.S.
Probably one of the best
known families in the Cook In
let or Kenai district at the party
was Mrs. Ida M. Mathison, who,
with her husband who has since
passed away, came strolling into
Seward in the early days with
three or four girls and a boy.
Another girl was born in Seward
and now Mrs. Mathison is the
mother or grandmother of 15 or
20 children scattered all over
Alaska and California. Those at
the party with their mother were
Jack, the same old Jack as he
always was: then there was Mat
tie. the sweet songer of Alaska
who sang many times over the
Anchorage radio, and was en
tertainer on the government
railroad one season and was
also a school teacher un above
the "Circle” for a couolc years.
Mattie is now Mrs. Mattie M.
Bailey, a graduated nurse, and
she gave five boys and a girl
to the government service in
the last war.
Then came Nellie, now Mrs.
Nellie Lake, a very prominent
lady in Tu.junga, Calif., and mo
ther of several wonderful chil
People all over the United States are becoming
better acquainted with Alaska through the colorful,
12-page booklet, ’’Welcome to Alaska.” The booklet
was prepared and printed by the Alaska Salmon
Institute as a public service. Nearly 100,000 booklets
have been printed since April, 1951.
Some 10,000 ’Welcome to Alaska” booklets have
been sent at residents’ requests to people all over
the United States. The booklet has been so popular
diat steamship and airline companies have requested
thousands of copies to present to their passengers.
Alaska's residents have requested over 26,000 book
lets for themselves and requests are still being re
ceived every day through Sam Hayes’ radio program,
the Weekly Spectator, and through the Alaska Sal
mon Institute’s newspaper advertisements.
If you would like to have a copy of "Welcome to
Alaska” for yourself or for friends outside the Terri
tory, just address a post card or letter to the Alaska
Salmon Institute, Box 893, Ketchikan. At the same
time, why not write for a copy of Alaska s Salmon
Industry.”
Hear Sam Hayes, noted radio commentator . . ..
every Sunday over your favorite Alaska Station.
Alaska Salmon Institute
KAN
JUNEAU
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dren.
Then came Charlotte, born in
Seward and proud o£ her birth
place. She is the mother of a
son and daughter both of whom
were in government service who
any mother would be proud of.
Charlotte is now Mrs. Charlotte
Zimmerman and is a prominent
musician and church worker in
the town where she lives.
The present Seward residents
would really remember and
know best Mrs. Hawkins and
her charming daughter, Virginia,
the “wife and daughter” of
Brown &. Hawkins. Mrs. Hawk
ins has a beautiful apartment
in a select section of Los Angeles
and her daughter, Mrs. Virginia
Hawkins Darling lives near her
with her splendid husband and
two darling children, a boy and
girl. Both Mrs. Hawkins and her
daughter have many Alaska
guests during the season.
Charles Marlin and his wife
were happy members of the
party. Mr. Martin will be re
membered as the manager of
the clothing department of
Brown & Hawkins for several
years. They are now living out
on the desert on account of his
health.
All tlii' old timers of Seward
will remember Bernice Daykin
of the large and happy Daykin
family. Bernice was one of the
joy makers among the young
people of Seward in the early
days. She is now Mrs. Bernice
Daykin French, mother of a
lovely family living in Long
Beach.
Who wouldn't know Alec H.
McDonald, first steamboat agent
in Seward and later a druggist
and in many other lines of busi
ness in Alaska. He and his wife,
tiie' former Selma Scott, coming
to Seward in the early days from
Nome, were happv guests with
many stories of the early days
in Alaska.
SCHOOL OF THE DANCE
OPEN THIS WEEK
Kay Johnson opened her danc
ing school tliis week. The studio
is in the log cabin, formerly
city hall, on the corner of Fourth
and Adams Streets.
Mothers are glad to have Kay
back in Seward and on the job.
Her pupils of the dance have
provided entertainment for num
erous affairs during the past two
years.
School will start Tuesday,
Nov. 25, for pupils of all ages.
NURSES MOVING INTO
NEW HOME
Seven nurses from Sowar 1
Sanatorium have moved, into
permanent residence at the new
Nurses Home on First Avenue,
which was dedicated Nov. 1.
The furniture is not all in the
building yet, but as soon as it
arrives, more nurses will be
moving. There is a caretaker ia
the building, but the ladies clfr
their own cooking as they want
it, and are apparently having
a good tiaie in their new home.
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