Seward Library
Announces Extended
Country Loan P3an
Upon the request of residents
of Cooper Landing and inter
vening areas, the S ward Com
inanity Library has worked out
an extended loan plan. Tiiis was
announced tiiis week by Mrs.
La\vi\ nee Whitmore, vice presi
dent of the Library Board.
Arrangements h a v e b c e n
made to mail as many as four
books at a time to outside-the
eity subscribers. Borrowers will
be asked to pay a deposit in
addition to the regular library
membership fee of $2.00 per
year and deposit $1.00 for post
age, which will amount to ap
proximately 9 cents per book.
After the postage dollar is us; d
up. another will be paid in ad
vance to keep the books coming.
Miss Sylvia Sexton, librarian,
or Mrs. Whitmore will make
the selections according to the
mail requests of the patrons.
The library is open Monday"
and Thursday from 3 to 5 pan.
Tuesday and Saturday the li
brary hours are from 7 to 9 in
the evening.
"BUTCH" MANN HAS
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Bruce “Butch" Mann celebrat
ed his ninth birthday Thursday
with a party at his home. Twenty
children showered him with gifts
and they played all the Hallow
e'en games. Several gifts were
from Bruce's grandfather, Harry
Mann, who is now living in
North Carolina.
Bruce is the son of Ross and
Sally Mann.
FIRE RESISTANT SOLUTION
FOR RAYON AND COTTON
Dissolve 9 ounces of borax
and 1 ounces of boric acid in
one gallon of water.
Dip curtains, drapes, and slip
covers m it. This solution won't
hurt anything that water won't
hurt. You'll have to use it again
each time you wash the fabric.
"The pe; >le of Sc ward are
friendly without being the
slightly bit inquisitive-, and they
are extremely broad mind-.d for
all that their country is remote'
from the great world." —Rock
well Kent, in Wilderness, pub
lished in 192U.
Fort Kenai was one of four
outlying Russian posts at thu
time of the trensfer of the Ter
ritory to the United States, in
1867.
Russian traders first pene
trated the Kenai Peninsula in
1787.
Tiie Kenai Peninsula is the
only part of Alaska where In
terior Indian tribes penetrated
to the coast and establ’slied per
manent villages.
In former years Kenai was the
site of a large brickyard, the
only establishm nt of the kind
in tiie Russian colony, from
which all stations and settle
ments were supplied with ma
terial for the old-fashioned Rus
sian ovens and heaters.
In the census of 1880. Sel
dovia had a population of 74,
tabulated as 86 Eskimos and 88
half-breeds.
The census of 1880 enumer
ates only three white residents
of the Kenai Peninsula, two liv
ing at Fort Kenai. and one at
Alexandrovsk.
In 1860 the Holy Synod' of
Russia claimed a total of 987
Christians on the Kenai Penin
sula.
Stop ai~—
CLAM
GULCH
CAFE
Clam Gulch, Alaska
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ENTERTAIN AT
BEAR BARBECUE
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Audry on
terlained a group of friends at
1 Ikmi* home last Thursday eve
ning. Alaska Day.
Present were Mr. and Mrs.
Don Vore, Rev7, and Mrs. L. C.
Hopkins, Use Gerald (Jattmans,
the Marvin Epps family with
Marx in Emerie and Birdie Clark
of Hope.
Some of the guests are new
comers to Alaska and had never
lasted bear. Mrs. Audry served
barbecued bear with all the
trimmings, including sourdough
biscuits and mince pie.
FUNERAL RITES FOR
INFANT LAST SUNDAY
Funeral s rvices were held
last Sunday in St. Peters Epis
copal Church for Greggory Lee
Poe. The infant was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hex Poo who live
on Nash Road.
ELKS HOLD ANNUAL
HALLOWE'EN BALL
Seward Elks will celebrate
their annual Halloween Ball
this Saturday at the Eiks Club.
The affair is for Elks and their
ladies, admission by membership
card only.
"TOO MUCH," SAYS RED
“Red'' Stoli). popular waitress
at Harding's, was flabbergasted
at the guts siie received on her
birthday, which was Monday.
October 22.
Officers and men of the En
gineers gave Red luggage and
a turquoise necklace for her
birthday in appreciation of the
farewell parties she has given
them, "it was too much.” Miss
Stolp said. She was overwhelm
tu . y the gifts, apparent1! un
aw; that tiny wei e in recog
nition of h< r own offerv '.scent
good will for everybody.
Red asked us to make public
ac!. . iwicdgmcnt of her thanks.
RECORD ENROLLMENT AT
UNi v LiiSITY <J» ALASKA
Complete i'igur*available at
tin' Rej,is 1 rur s Oiltce at t ie Uni
versity oi Alaska hi uu wist
liiu. today snow d tual tor tiu'
toil i’l.scai y> ar e ieii u ju u Jo,
Idol, tn total i.jmoer m siu
O' ids e ii ini ii 1O1 Cieilll coin's s
toliii.Lvl l-Joi Compared V\ 1111
603 in llu pfciv h m,., ;>i,(r. ill
on. aims e m i,si,:ii ,,, u -e stu
utiils in 8 * > no!. a •• iv i: a ca
ll t-nne el e .a . . 4V i *ui. . .t.noer
ol slue.enis outing i.a j ar was
111. i vei sus i.;.;w tii" vi ,ir t>o
iore.)
Tins gieatly iucreas d total
was in.me up in (i, tAi • i uner
Scnool students. 334 winter ses
sion students and aid in the
ivinitary .branch s al Fort Rich
ardson, Ladd t ield, Fit ison
Field and Kodiak.
JUl'i IOR vVOMENS CLUB
lh. Junior Womens Club held
a business meeting Tuesday, Oct.
23, at the home of Pvlrs. Georgia
Gordon.
The club program for the
coming year was decid d upon.
,phere will be a bake sale Sat
urclay, Novemli r 17, place to
be announced later.
A decision was made to give
support to the Girl Scout Asso
ciation for their campaign this
year. Also in progress is the
addressing of envelopes for the
C: mist mas Seal drive, winch the
Junior Worn, ns Club sponsors.
Any young worn n interested
in joining the club should let
themselves be known by phon
ing Miss Joanne Lind, Adams
31: Mrs. Rene Skinner, Gar: ield
32; or Mrs. Abe l Mi .mm. Main
168.
Tiie next meeting will be a
social November 13 at the home
of Miss Lind.
Rood "ii .ps or L: ,'T F •I’ie.e -
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MAIN ' cr MM 3 75
VISITORS FROM HUB CITY
Among the many Anchorage
visitors in Seward for the first
week end after the highway
nooning, were Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Coffey, who utilized the time
to do some Christmas shopping
at the Alaska Shop here.
SON OF LOCAL MAN
WOUNDED IN KOREA
The father of Pf'C Cr
Ronald of Ketchikan was
find this week of i ie want
of his son in Kor a on Oc
4. Mr. Ronald is : nvv
in Seward.
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CLAM GULCH STOP:
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Gas - 053 - Cold Beer - Groceries
PER OSMAR
FRAN CSMAR Proprietors
Clam Gulcl
Postoffice
\ IKE PLACE FOR —
1 BEm end LIQUOR
One-Fourth Mile West of Moose River
on the Sterling Highway
Step in aid Oct Acquainted
HEART OF KENA!
KENAI JOE'S BAR
Cocktcils
Lunch Rcom
Lj'f.l'Cis i t> " " xi--l \
VALLEY LINES BUS STOP S
JOHN CONSEIL, Pro]
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Phone Main