THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT GIVES A HOOT ABOUT SEWARD. ALASKA
I VIII. No. 50
SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 16. 1951
Price 10 Cents
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Story of
WARD
By Jay Slauier
XXIV
Developments Elsewhere
?ncod the Growth of
rd
philosopher once said. "Na
abhorrs a vacuum." Ho
h;>\gone one step fur
end said that Nature never
is a vacuum—nor even a
1 vacuum for more than
nicst fraction of a second,
physical phenomena gen
pro\ ide pr.or comparisons
e study of history, it may
cly put down that History,
bhorrs a vacuum Human
; always profoundly inter
:i with those for removed
ic and time. Thus, while
rly growth of Seward was,
ny respects, different from
f other Alaska settlements.
nevertheless the product
'tain things taking place
ationallv, nationally, on
acifie coast, and in the
nry itself.
astounding frontier de
icnt of all parts of the
States and its possessions
imulated by what may be
the American Empire per
sring which the U.S. be
a real competitor of the
ropean-style Colonial Em
We changed rapidly from
d source of raw materials
unprocessed agricultural
•ts. to a manufacturing
with world-wide mar
ind a buyer, rather th.au
a seller—of raw mater
is this period of American
that Secretary Seward
j>reseen when he fought
It for the purchase of Al
I'ven at a time when the
Government s e re e d
Ito suffer military defeat
hands of the Seconding
|of the Confederacy. Sec
'war’d and his colleagues
Ineral, the Fh-piihl.cn
leaders of his day) real
Alaska would provide
Ission of great future stra
in d economic importance.
Inclusion followed a real
ion the part of a few very
m of the 1 SCO’s that the
lie center of gravity was
shifting from the At
I to the Pacific Ocean,
len understood that the
search for new sources
I materials and new mar
manufactured products
soon encompass the en
tific Rim—and that Alas
1he natural Northern
for this vast area of
Imcr.t. No matter that
contained only a few
native inhabitants, and
a thousand white set
ting the time of the
No matter that Alas
Jources were at the time
led to be about exhaust
lough fur production and
were already in a state
|r>e. the U.S. paid the
$7,200,000 for the ter
mrely as a long term
•nt. The figure repre
joughly the replacement
|the Russian settlements,
|he buildings, docks, and
|at Sitka and the seal
in the Aleutians and
ig Sea.
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IENiOR VAUDEVILLE SHOW
o'CIock P.M. - Friday, November 16
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New Excise Tax Adds
Only Ofie Csfit
To Pack ©f Cigs
Juneau — Dealers who raise
the price of cigarettes more than
one cent a package under the
new excise tax law are in viola
tion of Office of Price Stabiliza
tion regulations, George N.
Apostol, enforcement director
for O.P.S., said last week.
The new excise tax added an
other penny to th. retail price
of cigarettes. Commenting on the
tax. Apostol said:
"If has been brought to my at
tention that certain dealers have
raised the price of cigarettes
more than one cent a package.
If they have, they are in viola
tion of OPS and subject to pen
alties.”
Apostol added that if the reg
ulation with respect to the
cigarette tax, or any other OPS
regulation, is not clear to a busi
ness man, he should contact the
Office of Price Stabilization im
mediately.
‘ It is. and will be the policy
of th. enforcement office to
bring appropriate legal action
against all violators of price
regulations," Apostol said.
Churches Announce
Specia!
For The;'!;:
Cj i O • • i *.-■} Ik.' iA ^
Special services for Thanks
giving Day have been arranged
by Seward Churches and Minis
terial Association.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The regular annual Communi
ty Thanksgiving Day Service
will be held in the Seward Me
morial Church at 10 a.m. Father
Russ: 11 Clapp will deliver tiie
address. Special music arranged
by the Methodist choir.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
A service of Holy Communion
will be observed by St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church at 8 a.m.
Lutheran Services
Thanksgiving Day services
will be observed at the Seward
Lutheran Church at 9 a.m., Rev.
Kent Spaulding delivering the
sermon. Special music has be n
prepared.
CONCERT PRONOUNCED
"BEST EVER"
The largest crowd at any con
cert so far attended the second of
the winter cone rt scries at the
Seward Methodist Church last
Sunday evening.
Artists Tomiko Kanafcavva,
lyric soprano, and Cesare Curzi,
baritone, accompanied by Rich
ard Cumming, arrived by taxi
from Anchorage only minutes
before curtain time. They were
enthusiastically received with
claims that this was the best of
all concerts so far heard in Sew
ard since the series began in
1.950.
The artists gave a second per
formance for the school children
Monday morning, which is great
ly appreciated by Seward par
ents.
OUR MISTAKE . . .
We reported in error last
week that rent for the classes
held outside the school building,
in the basements of two Seward
churches, amounted to $400 per
month. The correct amount is
$100 each per month.
This figure amounts to $5.00
per day including heat and util
ities.
Freight Hauler Loses
Truck an F3ro
P. J. Rico, owner and operator
of the Rice Trucking Service,
suffered a severe blow Tuesday
when his truck and load of
freight was d.strayed by fire
in Moose Pass.
Mr. Rice had purchased the
truck line only recently. He
was making what was said to
be Jus first trip, with part of a
load from Seward, and had
stopped overnight in Mouse
Pass to pick up the remainder
of his Ilomer freight. With per
ishables aboard. Mr. Rice set
a kerosene heater in the back
of th ■ truck to guard against
freezing the goods. During the
night, the truck was discovered
to be afire. He drove it to a po
sition when* a hose could be
used to fight the fire.
A cylinder of oxygen in the
truck exploded, scattering the
fire b yo’id control. The truck
and freight load were a total
loss, according to the story
brought in by witnesses. Mr.
Rice himself has mt been con
tacted for a r. port on his loss.
CHINESE ATMOSPHERE TO
HIGHLIGHT DINNER
The chicken chow mein dinner
lay even in f at the M. tlm
dist Church from 5 to 8 p.m.
will be served in complete Chi
nose atmosphere. Th banquet
room is decorated with Chinese
lanterns, fans, parasols and
everything possible to carry out
the illusion of dining in a Chi
nese pagoda. Even the wait
resses will be wearing the cos
tume of the country.
For those who want to ex
periment with the table tools
of etiquette, chop sticks are be
ing served with the meal. Tiny
parasols as favors can be taken
home for souvenirs of the dinner
which costs $2 :'0 per plate for
adults, SI.00 for children from
3 to 10 years.
The Chinese chowmein dinner
is given as part of the annual
bazaar which will op°n in the
church parhir at 2 p.m. A fish
pond, popeem on ! candy will
keep the children happy whil
mothers shop for handmade
Christmas gifts.
S^HosI "*osto Tn *3 2
Under Traffs?: Y'crteh
Pollc- Chief Evans warns all
motorists that a special watch
will be placed on ‘.ho school zone
with the approach of icy wea
ther.
A traffic light is to be placed
on Fourth Avenue at the begin
ning of the zone with a warning
sign announcing a full stop at
the corner. Cars are then to pro
ceed at no more than 12 miles
per hour through the } ' ick
He also suggests that motor
ists would be wise to check tires,
chains, brakes, etc., before -the
streets are iced ver.
FIREFIGHTEPS CALLED TO
MARATHON CAFE
Answering a call to the Mara
thon Cafe Thursday afternoon,
volunteer fir men found a blaze
in the kitchen had been extin
guished before their arrival.
Observers near the fire hall
commented that three volunteer
firemen arrived at the station by
the time the siren had stopped,
all of them having run up the
hill to their posts. Such quick
response deserves credit.
FBI Officers To Hold
Police School
For Local Department
Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion officers from the Anchorage
office will hold police school in
Seward beginning November It),
for the benefit of the Seward
Police D partment patrolmen.
All law enforcement off: ■ rs
on th Kenai Peninsula, anyo ie
empowered with authority to
make an arrest, are invited to
attend this session.
The local department will re
ceive instruction in fingerprint
classification, arrest methods,
crime detection, police photogra
phy and other subjects which
are of interest and necessary to
good police work.
Chief Evans and his patrol
men. anxious to give the city the
best protection possible, are
making preparations to take full
advantage of instruction offered
by trained agents. They feel dis
tinctly honored and grateful for
this opportunity.
OPS Official Here To
Consult With
Local Businessmen
Lauren M. Lucas, a member
of the stall of the* Juneau office
of the Office cf Price Stabiliza
tion, will hold a consultation ses
sion tonight at 3 o'clock in the
Federal Court Room, in the Fed
eral Building.
At 10 p.m. tomorrow, Satur
day, Mr. Lucas will meet again
with Seward people at Harding’s
Cafe.
All businesses whose prices
are affected by price regulations
are urged to be present at one of
these meetings to become ac
quainted with the rules and reg
ulations as set forth by the Of
fice of Price Stabilization.
Ho Cciuse -for Alarm
in PsiiO Scare
Soward physicians say th.re is
no cause for alarm over the case
of suspected polio here this
week.
Although clinical symptoms
indicated a possibility o[ the
disease it is not a true case at
the present time. All tests taken
hav. proved negative to date.
Other tests will be taken until
all danger of a true case devel
oping has been passed.
The patient was reported as
improved Friday morning with
temperature normal. Further de
velopments will be made public.
In the meantime, parents are
urged to remain calm and not
worry.
FIRST VAUDEVILLE SHOW
FRIDAY NIGHT
High school kids have been
working hard on their first
vaudeville production which is
to be presented at the. school
Friday, November 16.
Several skits of songs, patter
and dances with appropriate
costumes arc right up their
alley and every body is keyed
up to the top pitch for the show.
Reports of the matinee perfor
mance for the school children
Thursday are the very best.
Kay Johnson has coached the
dancers, which guarantees first
class performance in that field.
Red Cross Funds To
Aid Volunteer Ladies
In Sanatorium Work
At a meeting held Tuesday
afternoon at the Seward Sana
torium, a plan was agreed upon
whereby local Red Cross funds
will aid the work of the volun
teers who hav. been distribut
ing reading matter to the wards.
New books are to be purchased,
and additional magazine sub
scriptions ordered through this
assistance from the Red Cross
Chapter.
It was pointed out, however,
that the ne d for donations of
recent magazines and suitable
books has not diminished. Volun
teers and patients alike express
their gratitude to the people who
have been systematically making
these donations, and hope that
they may be continued and in
ert ased.
Present at the meeting were
the following volunteer workers:
Mrs. Harold Jacobs, Mrs. Ray
James, Mrs. E. H. Donahue,
Mrs. G. C. Inglis, and Mrs. Vic
tor Mahan. Mrs. Carl Ling rep
resented educational activities of
the Alaska Tuberculosis Associ
ation. Rev. Charles Malin repre
sented the Red Cross, and the
following were present from the
Sanatorium staff: Dr. Phillips,
Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Keturah King,
and Miss Pat Britten.
Plans for appropriate Christ
mas observances at the Sana
torium were also discussed, as
was the need for additional vol
unteer ladies, especially those
who can regularly give time on
Wednesday afternoons.
Reading matter is distributed
on Monday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday afternoons by
the organized group of volun
teer ladies.
Other Seward women who
have given their services regu
larly in this work are Mrs. Ear!
Cass, Mrs. Louis Hasty, Mrs
Rene Skinner, Mrs. Roger Os
bon. Mrs. Russell Norton, Mrs.
Donn Lee, and Mrs. Frank
Woods.
TENTATIVE BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE SET
Praciice Games
Monday, Nov. 19
IIigh School vs. Nobby.
Bear Lake vs. Nazarene.
Tuesday, Nov. 2u—
High School vs. Tony's Bar.
Nobby vs. Sanatorium.
Practice games are open to
the public at no charge.
Cily League Schedule
Monday, Nov. 26—
Bear Lake vs. Nobby.
High School vs. Tony's Bar.
Tuesday, Nov. 27—
Sanatorium vs. Nazarene.
Tuesday, Dec. 4—
High School vs. Bear Lake.
Tony’s Bar vs. Sanatorium.
Friday, Dec. 7—
Tony’s Ear vs. Nazarene.
Nobby vs. Sanatorium.
Friday, Dec. 14—
Tony’s Bar vs. Bear Lake.
High School vs. Sanatorium.
Tuesday, Dec. 18—
Nazarene vs. Bear Lake.
Nobby vs. Tony’s Bar.
Further schedule will be pub
lished later. There will be a total
of 15 sessions (two games per
session). Season tickets for the
entire City League Schedule will
be sold at $3.00 each.
These tickets do not include
the interscholastic games with
Anchorage, Palmer and Fair
banks.