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Seward
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
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Seward’s All-lVeather Port is Alaska’s Greatest Asset.
Only newspaper in the
world that gives a hoot
about Seward, Alaska.
Vol. IX. No. 49
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1933
Price 10 Cents
NEBRASKANS
AV
FOR HOME
Army Recreation Center
Opened For Season
Washington
News-Letter
By Mary Lee Council
RIVERS AND HARBORS
In passing the appropriation
bill for the Corps of Engineers,
the House applied a 48 per cent
cut against the Truman budget
far construction funds for river
and harbor and flood control
projects and a 24 per cent re
duction of the Eisenhower re
vised budget.
Funds were allowed for con
tinuation of projects under way,
and no money was recommended
for starting any new projects
authorized over the years.
Three locations were earmark
ed for maintenance funds in the
Truman and Eisenhower bud
gets, $27,500 for the harbor of
refuge at Seward, $30,000 for
Nome harbor and $145,700 for
V/rangell Narrows. The effect
of cuts applied against the gen
eral operation and maintenance
funds requested in both the Tru
man and Eisenhower budgets for
this item by the House, however,
is not yet estimated. The Tru
man budget had sought $90 mil
lion for operation and mainte
nance work throughout the
country and the Eisenhower
budget contained $81 million.
The House allowed $80,730,000.
RADIO DEBATE
Senator Smaihers of Florida
and Dele "=te Bartlett will take
opposite sides on the Alaska
statehood :ssue when the sub
ject is debated in New York
on June 9.
The debate will be heard on
"Town Meeting of the Air"
which is broadcast throughout
the nation.
STATEHOOD
“If the claims of Hawaii and
Alaska for statehood are to be
considered at this time," Sena
tor Malone declared last week,
“I believe it is only fair to con
sider both of them
The Nevada Senator's state
ment was made in the Senate in
connection with his introduction
of a bill calling for an elective
governor and secretary for the
Territory of Hawaii.
"I am familiar with the 1952
Republican platform insofar as
statehood for Hawaii and Alaska
is concerned,” the Senator said
. . . Since first elected to the
United States SJenate, 1 have
consistently voted against Ha
waiian, Alaskan and Puerto Ri
can statehood, mainly because
this nation never has granted
statehood to any non-con liguous
territory; and it is not conceiv
able at this time that we could
ever have a homogeneous peo
ple through the acceptance of
areas widely separated from the
mainland. . .
“If, however, the claims of
Hawaii and Alaska for statehood
are to be considered at this time,
I believe it is only fair to con
sider both of them, in view of
the fact that Alaska is just as
eager for statehood as her sister
Territory, Hawaii. Alaska has
been in territorial status for a
long time; the population there
is increasing faster than in any
other area under the flag, and
the general development, noted
on my visit there, is amazing.
Alaska, at least, is on the North
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Welfare Off tee
Open Part Time
Mrs. Pauline Owens and two
children Dennis and Alice May
are in the States enjoying Mrs.
Owen's vacation. They will visit
in Pueblo, Colorado; Santa Fe
and Kansas City before return
ing to Seward.
Because of her absence, the
Public Welfare office, where she
is assistant to Mrs. Hafemeister,
will be open only part time for
the month of June.
Mrs. Hafemeister will be in
the office daily from 10 to 11
a m. and 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday
from 9 to 12 unless she is called
out on business. In that case,
hours will be posted on the door.
An interview with Mrs. Hafe
meister can be had by appoint
ment. Call Main 289.
Col. Carl F. Duffner, Com
manding Officer Fort Richard
son, raised the American Flag
in a ceremony that officially
opened the U.S. Army Recrea
tion Center at Seward Monday,
June 1.
The short ceremony was wit
nessed by the Mayor of Seward,
Russell Painter, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, Tom
Bie, and other dignitaries. The
Seward contingent under com
mand of Capt. V. P. Rizzo pre
sented the flag to Col. Dufi'ner,
who raised it to the top of the
staff in front of the Recreation
building, while the bugler play
ed "Salute to the Colors.”
Townspeople then were taken
on a tour of the Center which
has been greatly improved both
inside and out. All buildings
are now painted glistening white
with green trim, and the inside
is slick from end to end witii
new paint and decorations.
A new building has been add
ed to the group for a cluo room,
lounging and movies. The large
Post Exchange is in front of this
building.
Sleeping rooms for families
contain two and four beds. They
are roomy and comfortable.
Guests at the Recreation Center
will include all branches of the
Alaskan command who will
have the chance to fish, either
deep sea or stream fishing. Cam
era fans have the entire Penin
sula to revel in, or just visit
with civilians in town.
This is the third year for the
Recreation Center which enter
tains approximately 150 service
men, wives and children each
week during the season. The
young ladies of town are invited
to attend the weekly dance for
which transportation will be
provided.
First Meet of
Investigating
Committee
The Legislative Examination
and Investigating Committee has
announced the completion of a
three-day policy meeting in Ju
neau.
Herald E. Stringer, Anchor
age, chairman of the Committee,
said that policies to be followed
by the Committee were discuss
ed and agreed upon. The Com
mittee while in Juneau met with
the Governor, Treasurer, and
Auditor.
Governor B. Frank Heintzle
man congratulated the Commit
tee for its work thus far and
said, 'T hope that ail the people
of Alaska wiil cooperate whole
heartedly with the Committee.”
Stringer stated that the Com
mittee has selected Jack B. Wil
cox, a lormer special agent of
the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation, as a consultant to assist
in the work. Wilcox, who for
merly was in charge of tne Se
attle office of the FBI, is now
associated with a Seattle firm
of certified public accountants.
The Legislative Examination
and Investigating Committee
was formed by the last Legisla
ture to inquire into the official
conduct, administrative acts and
operations of all Territorial
boards, commissions and depart
ments. Stringer said that the
Committee is particularly inter
ested in bringing to light any
waste, extravagant practices, or
duplications of effort on the part
of any Territorial office or de
partment. He said the Commit
tee will welcome assistance and
suggestions in its efforts to re
duce the cost and increase the
efficiency of Territorial govern
ment. Several persons furnished
information to the Committee
during its meeting. Stringer said
that information can be supplied
to him or to any member of
the Committee.
Committee members in attend
ance at the meeting in addition
to Stringer were Mike Stepovich
and Alden L. Wilbur of Fair
banks, William K. Boardman of
Ketchikan, James Nolan of
Wrangell, and Howard Lyng of
Nome.
Bie Attends Meet of
Alaska C. of C.
Tommy Bio, president of the
local Chamber of Commerce and
member of the All Alaska
Chamber of Commerce, is at
tending the Territorial meeting
of that body in Cordova this
week end.
Business before the All Alas
ka Chamber is ratification of the
constitution and conferences
with Governor B. Frank Heint
zleman, Bob DeArmand and
Territorial officials.
Mr. Bie is expected back in
Seward before the next meeting
of the Chamber next Tuesday
noon.
Reporter's
Notebook
Seeing a big pile of dirt on
Sixth Avenue this week, we
went down to investigate. We
found the street torn up from
Jefferson to A Street with the
new water line. With such a
good beginning, maybe we can
look forward to fewer water
troubles next winter. Relaying
of pipe will be done in most
parts of the city. The plan also
includes new intake tanks.
JoAnn Milroy is home from
college in Colorado. Working in
the post office? At least we saw
her behind the window giving
every appearance of working
hard.
Robin Sanders is also down
from Anchorage visiting with
her friend, Judy Gerwer. Came
down to visit with the Nebraska
boys maybe.
The excitement in town this
week was divided between
watching the basketball games
and sidewalk superintending
Gils new building. Starting
Monday morning, there was a
big hole in the lot by night, and
Bill Muir’s big steamshovel was
still going strong at 9:30 p.m.
Gil says it will be a two story
building with another story on
top of Gil's Lounge building.
Quite an improvement for the
street!
Llewellyn Shuster is back
home visiting in Seward. She
sang for the Nebraska folks
Monday night.
Mrs. Bob Freeman got home
Thursday niight after driving
all the way from California. Lil
and the boys, George and Roy,
have spent the past six weeks
in the sunny State—only she
says it rained most of the time.
They arrived in California in
cherry season. The boys didn’t
pay much attention to whether
cherries were black or red—but
no stomachaches.
Gail Jacobs arrived home
from Honoiulu last Monday
morning looking brown as a
berry and fit as a fiddle. Don’t
know who was happier, Gail
or her folks.
Among Anchorage guests in
Seward last weekend were Rus
sell Milligan and Mr. and Mrs.
Don Jacobs.
Rev. Kent E. Spaulding left
June 1 for the Pacific District
Convention of the Lutheran
Church. The convention is being
held June 8 to 11 at Pacific
Lutheran College at Parkland,
Washington. Before the conven
tion he was to visit his parents
in Port Townsend, Washington,
lie will return by plane imme
diately after the meetings.
Jeff Potter, son of the “Bara
bara” Potters, was operated on
for appendicitis this week. Miss
ed all the fun.
Anita Barr is down from An
chorage for a visit. Her brother
Chuck lives here and played in
the scrimmage game Wednesday.
Bob and Bill Erwin are back
for summer vacation. Looks
good to see these young folks
back in town.
The Mart is getting a face
lifting. Can't tell yet what they
are doing because the scafolding
is still up.
Vern Coumbe went to Juneau
for the Alaska district conven
tion of the Lions Club. Be back
next week.
Forest Service Supervisor to
Have Headquarters in Seward
Special Notice to
Boy Scouts Going to
King's Lake Camp
Instructions were issued to all
Seward Boy Scouts who plan
to go to King’s Lake Camp
Sunday.
1. Leave all baggage at Sew
ard Plumbing & Heating Co.
store not later than Saturday,
June 6.
2. Tag your baggage with
name.
3. Be PROMPT.
Transportation to King’s Lake
will leave from the store at 8
o’clock Sunday morning.
Seward’s contingent of 19
boys is the largest in the Chu
gach Council scout district to
attend the camp. They are be
ing transported by parents and
interested parties who have gen
erously donated cars for the trip.
The boys will be accompanied
by A1 Neely, Troop Committee
Chairman who will stay at camp
throughout the week with the
boys. King's Lake lies about 10
miles northwest of Palmer near
Wasilla. It is maintained by the
Chugach Council for Scouts in
the 3rd Division, and provides
all camping facilities including
swimming.
Local boys going to camp this
week are James Griffen, Neil
Hollenlbedk, Jay Clapp, Nick
Clapp, Peter Wagner, Harvey
Mueller. Robert Mueller, Mike
Muir, Tony Murkowski.
Peter Devine, Larsie Mathie
sen, Ralph Sheldon. Tom Hiek
lin, Lincoln Trigg, Marshall Ma
hurin, Tony White, Divid Rose,
Ray Bickford, and Bill O'Brien.
U. of Alaska
Pays Fare of
Ter. Students
The recent decision of Alaska
Steamship Company to discon
tinue issuance of roundtrip tick
ets for the price of one way to
University students will not
change the situation prevailing
in the past for Alaskan High
School graduates, President Ter
ris Moore announced this week.
Under the University's new pro
gram announced earlier this
spring, the University is provid
ing one half of commercial
transportation (except charter)
for graduates of Alaska's high
schools who come as bona fide
students to the University.
To qualify the student must
purchase a one way ticket and
ask for a receipt, and retain the
receipt. This receipt when de
posited with the University
Comptroller may be used to de
fray expenses in the amount of
the ticket purchase, toward the
payment of University bills dur
ing the last month of the school
year.
In case of transportation by
The Alaska Railroad, students
will also get a free return trip
upon presentation of this same
receipt duly stamped by the
Registrar of the University as
evidence of having been in resi
dence at the University.
A.C.S. Under New
Commander
Colonel M. R. Kunitz has been
assigned as Commanding Officer
of the vast Alaska Communica
tion System according to news
received this week. He relieves
Lt. Colonel George F. Rogers
who temporarily commanded the
System in the interim period
subsequent to the retirement of
Colonel Fred P. Andrews on
Dec. 31, 1932. Colonel Rogers
will remain with the System in
the capacity of Executive Of
ficer.
Col. Kunitz comes to the Sys
tem direct from , an assignment
as Assistant Chief, Army Com
munications Service Division,
Office of the Chief Signal Of
ficer.
The Colonel is well known in
Alaskan Circles as he formerly
served a tour of duty as Deputy
Commander with the same or
ganization from 1947 to 1949
with Headquarters in Fort Rich
ardson, Alaska.
Wayne Sword, assistant super
visor of the Superior National
Forest in Minnesota, has been
named supervisor of the Kenai
Division with headquarters at
Seward, according to an an
nouncement by Regional For
ester A. W. Greeley. He succeeds
R. A. Schwartz who resigned
late in 1052.
Sword is a 1031 graduate of
the University of Minnesota
School of Forestry. His first
regular assignment with the For
est Service was in 1033 on the
Chippewa National Forest in
Minnesota. He served success
ively as foreman, camp super
intendent. district ranger, and
in 1938 he went to the Clark
National Forest in Missouri
where he was in charge of tim
ber management for four years.
In 1943 he was promoted to the
position of assistant forest sup
ervisor. He served in this capa
city on the Manistee and Lower
Michigan National Forests. Since
1949 Sword has been assistant
forest supervisor of the Superior
National Forest, with headquar
ters at Duluth, Minnesota.
Sword planned to leave Du
luth about June 1 and drive to
his new assignment. He will be
accompanied by Mrs. Sword and
their three children, Mary Lou
age 16, Ruth Ann age 12, and
Gerald age 9.
The new Forestry Service
house is under construction on
Fourth Avenue. It will be ready
for occupancy later in the sum
mer.
Window Prise to
Seward Hdwe.
The Chamber of Commerce
prize of $25 went to Gus John
son for the best window in the
Seward Hardware store. Rev.
Malin, in awarding the prize at
tiie Chamber of Commerce din
ner, remarked that the judges
had found the choice a most dif
ficult one to make.
His window contained carica
tures of tne players of both
teams, done in hardware. Peter
Wagner, made ot electrical fix
tures, and Uale JLmdsey .made of
iron pipe were readiiy recogniz
able. The big hands and red
head of two Bluebirds could not
be mistaken. Other figures were
aiso well portrayed.
Werner's Furniture Store had
a fine display of the spirit ot
tne occasion in the clasped hands
extended from .>cbraska and
Aiasna across athletic displays.
The Fashion Cache had an
interesting miniature of the bay
ana Seward, firown & Hawkins’
fascinating electrical figures
urtw much attention from the
small fry. Alaskan figures cur
ried out the letters WELCOM
with the final E on a uog sled.
Basketball personified rolled his
eyes in never ending enjoyment.
Basketball was king in the
Alaska Shop window which also
displayed the trophy.
A great deal of work went
into the Beta Sigma Phi display
in McMullen’s window. Tiny
pipe-stem figures played basket
ball on a perfectly aligned court
while blue and white and green
and yellow papers played the
aurora behind them.
Other attractive displays in
the Mart Variety, O’Brien’s and
New Seward Hotel.
Air L^crce Recruiting
Team Dae This Month
A recruiting team from El
mendorf Air Force Base will
visit Seward on June 2d.
The team will interview young
men interested in enlistment in
the U.S. Air Force. The team
will be available from 9 a.m.
till 3 p.m. in the lobby of the
New Seward Hotel.
MT. MARATHON RACE
PLANS UNDER WAV
Looks like there will be a
Marathon race after all. Some
of the townspeople are getting
their heads together on the cele
bration.
Fred Johnson suffered a bro
ken leg in a fall on Fourth
Avenue last Saturday.
Bluebirds Presented
Key to Seward
'Mid Dust and Heat
The story of the three-day
visit from Seward, Nebraska is
necessarily a long one, but for
the benefit of those who eould
not attend every event, and for
those in Nebraska, we shall try
to cover the highlights here.
When the big “Capitol Stage
Line” bus pulled into Seward
at about 2:30 Monday afternoon
amid a cloud of dust, towns
people streamed by the hundred
to the downtown parking lot
to greet the visitors. Standing
in swelfering sun, Mayor Russell
Painter, Tommy Bie, Rev. Malin,
Coach Dalberg and Coach Bow
master were photographed from
every angle. A two-foot gold key
to the city was presented by
the Mayor to Coach Bowmaster.
Tiie Chief of Police was on
hand to serve a “warrant” re
ceived by airmail from the po
lice chief back home "to take
into custody and safe keeping”
the entire party.
Within an hour the visitors
were hiking and riding around
town, taking pictures by the
dozen of the mountains and the
bay.
Removing Shirts
Startles Visitors
At 6 p.m. about a hundred at
tended the Chamber of Com
merce dinner in the Methodist
Church. This was a turkey din
ner, prepared by the Methodist
ladies and served by the pep
squad from the high school. The
girls had a chance to look over
the visiting boys and make dates
for the evening—which was ap
parently a successful deal.
After dinner, Mr. Malin, chair
man of the week for the Cham
ber of Commerce, stood and in
vited the visitors to remove their
coats. He started the ball roll
ing by removing his own, the
Mayor and Tommy Bie follow
ing suit. “Now, just to be really
Alaskan and comfortable,” Ma
lin said, “let’s take off the tie,
and unbutton our shirts.” He
and the local men proceeded to
unbutton.
When the next step was to
remove their shirts entirely, the
Nebraskans began to look a little
startled. Because of the heat of
the day, several were not wear
ing undershirts, but they were
good sports and took off their
shirts. At this point, each one
was presented with a real “sour
dough" shirt. They came in red,
blue and green, with Alaska fig
ures stamped in white. After
donring the new shirts, tension
was eased slightly until the boys
were instructed to remove their
belts These were replaced by
souvenir beaded belts which
pleased the boys greatly. The
players were also given Billikin
wa*?’a charms which, according
to tradition, ore effective only
if given—to purchase one for
yourself does not bring luck.
The floor was then given to
Harold Davisson from Nebraska
who presented four “commis
sions,” regularly signed by the
Governor of Nebraska. One
went to Mayor Painter, Tom
Bie, Rev. Malin and Coach Dal
bnrg. The commission is to the
2osif;on of Admiral in the Navy
of the great state of Nebraska.
This has become an honor con
ferred by the State on selected
and deserving people and is
greatly prized. One other Sew
ardite, Don Wilson, received the
honor a few years ago. Among
famous people who are Admir
als of Nebraska is Bing Crosby.
The two coaches presented
their teams individually, each
apologizing for the possibly poor
game his team might put up.
Because of a strict ruling of
ihe Nebraska Athletic Associa
tion, the regular school team
which has just finished a win
ning year, was not allowed to
play outside the state and after
the school term. Consequently,
the hoopsters are all graduates,
although they did play this year.
One boy, Willis Harder, is not
from Seward, but from the
neighboring town of York. He
lives in the Mother Jewel Home,
similar to and operated by the
same organization as the Jesse
Lee Home here. Willis was the
guest of Jesse Lee Home, but
the other boys were taken into
the homes of Seahawks, whifiti
made for immediate friendship
on both sides.
Entertainment for the eve
nmg was furnished by Doris
Smith, who gave one of her
inimitable imitations, songs and
community singing. Llewellyn
Shuster sang a solo.
LOCAL KEGLERS TAKE
BOWLING MATCHES
After dinner, the crowd ad
journed to Dreamland Bowl,
where the visiting fathers and
local girls vied for the bowling
score. Seward versus Seward
boys also bowled. In both games,
local keglers got the best score.
Friends Meet at
Nebraska Reunion
People who have lived in Sew
ard fpr several years were sur
prised' and delighted to find that
several of their acquaintances
in this city are also from the
state of Nebraska. The Nebras
kans met in a reunion in the
Methodist Church Tuesday after
noon as guests of Mrs. Francis
J. Phillips, a Nebraskan.
Among those present were
Hazel Muir, Mary Gilbert, Mrs.
Neville Hodson, George Green,
Mildred Fleming, John and Bob
Eads, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. V. Zentmire, and
Mrs. Gladys Zentmire.
Publicity given in Anchorage
brought three families down to
seek old friends. Lt. Col. Francis
Dunphy, on the executive staff
at Elmendorf AFB is from Sew
ard, Nebraska. His mother, Alta
Dunphy, is an editor of the Blue
Valley Blade, a Seward news
paper. Mrs. Dunphy visited this
city in 1951 with the National
Editorial Association. Col. Dun
phy found a schoolmate, Mr.
Rachdashel, and enjoyed old
home week with others in the
Nebraska group.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kettle and
their three children, also from_....
Seward, Nebraska, made a spe
cial trip from Elmendorf AFB,
where Mr. Kettle is a civilian
employe, to meet old friends
here.
Another Anchorage couple
from Nebraska who arrived for
the celebration were Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Eubank. Mr. Eubank
is now with the firm of Leo A.
Daly, architects and engineers
in Anchorage.
Mrs. Wolfe, mother of several
brothers living in Moose Pass,
was happy to visit with friends
from Nebraska. She could not
stay for the basketball games
but attended the reunion.
^opacity crowds
Cheer Hoopsters
The 600 seats in the Civic
Center gym were taken and
every inch of standing room fill
ed for the three basketball
games. Both teams played hard,
each wanting the other to win,
but still fighting to prevent it.
This was an example of the most
perfect sportsmanship ever wit
nessed in Seward.
The games were broadcast by
the local station KIBH and by
Red Murray for KENI in An
chorage.
Seward’s favorite basketball
announcer, ‘'Chuck" Malin, gave
a most entertaining play by play
description of the games. Many
would rather hear him describe
a game than to see it.
".Look at that boy dribble,”
he shouts. "My word! I never
saw anything like it! Lookit!
Lookit! Loolyt!” he yells, then
a peal of contagious laughter
as he tells of some funny inci
dent, like the ball hitting some
Nebraska father "right in the
stomach.” People sat at home,
laughing with him and wishing
they were on the court seeing
it, too.
At one time he said that some
one asked him how in the world
he could talk for half an hour
before the game began with no
thing to say. “I told him,” Chuck
said, “You must never have
been to church to hear a Metho
dist preacher talk.” He was real
ly wound up.
Between halves of the first
game the Nebraska state flag
was presented to Seward, Alas
ka. It was especially made for
the occasion by order of the
Nebraska Legislature. It is a
deep blue with the State seal
embroidered in colors in the
center. The Alaska flag was pre
sented to the Nebraskans in re
turn.
Half-time music was provided
by Kathryn Baker’s accordian
band. Mike Muir and Gary Davis
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