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Seward
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
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Vol. X, No. 25
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1953
Price 10 Cents
Northern Stevedoring Makes
Appeal For Children's Safety
Two little boys narrowly es
caped injury or death while at
tempting to sell papers on the
City Dock, it was learned today.
Authorities request cooperation
of parents of children selling
papers, asking that their chil
dren be warned to keep off the
dock which is forbidden area.
Anchorage papers are picked
up by the children after school
hours, which also means that
they are delivered after dark.
The narrow driveways with jit
neys and trucks working, under
lights make the dark area a
hazardous place for both chil
dren and workmen when they
are compelled to keep on the
watch for youngsters darting
about between vehicles.
Local police and railroad spe
cial agents are alerted to pre
vent accidents, but parents' co
operation is necessary in order
to avoid legal action. Mr. Bio
stated today that it is perfectly
in order for boys and girls to
stand on the street end of the
approach to sell papers, and in
fact, they could probably sell
more from there than on the
dock. Local papers are not issued
to paper boys until Saturday
morning purposely, so as to
avoid putting children on the
streets at night.
LION'S BLIND FUND
TOPS $1000
To date the total amount con
tributed to the Lion's Club Sight
Conservation and Blind Fund or
Agnes Saindon Fund, stands at
$1061.35. Of this S361.25 was
made through the special radio
request program last Saturday
night.
Dollar Day in the bars
brought in $200.10 and the
Club's initial donation of S500
brought up the total.
A special show and dance to
be held tonight (Friday) at tlie
Legion Club is expected to raise
the amount considerably. The
show is being done by profes
sional entertainers in town who
are donating their time and tal
ent.
AMBULANCE CORPS
ELECTS OFFICERS.
New officers were elected by
the Seward Volunteer Ambu
lance Corps at their last meet
ing. They will take office Jan
uary 12, 1954.
John Coleman was elected
president; Vern Hoffman, vice
president; Jean Bogan, secretary
treasurer. A five member board
of trustees was also elected and
will be serving for the first time.
They are Jim Kirkpatrick, Pat
Williams, Babe Kerka, Mickey
Coleman and Stan Kerka. The
new board is responsible for in
corporation signatures of the
group and for property and audit
of funds.
Several makes of vehicles for
a new ambulance were discussed
with manufacturer’s information
on hand. No choice has been
made to date, mainly because of
finance. The car most suitable
for the situation in Seward and
for highway work seems to be
the Cadillac which can carry
four stretcher patients. The cost
of this vehicle, however, may
make it unavailable at this time.
Further study is being made be
fore any decision will be pos
sible.
SEAHAWKS LEAVE FOR
PALMER SERIES
Seward High's Seahawks and
Coach Dal berg left Thursday
morning by train for Palmer
They will meet Palmer High
School Moose at basketball on
Friday and Saturday nights, the
first out-of-town games of the
season.
Several carloads of fans arc
expected to go to Palmer for the
Saturday game and it is thought
the boys will find rides home.
Otherwise it will be necessary to
charter a bus to bring them
back.
WORK CONTINUES ON
SKATING RINKS
Frank Roberts said today that
in spite of the thawing weather,
work is continuing on two plan
ned ice skating rinks.
Ice on Second Lake is said
to be thick and the present rain
will freeze into a good surface
when weather changes. Hockey
goals are to be made and ready
for installation before a freeze
up.
Little can be done on the
Fourth Avenue rink until it
turns cold, but all skaters arc
waiting hopefully.
ASaska-Ncbraska
Fund Progress
By Chas. Malin
Only twenty-five dollars in
cash turned in this week and
that was a donation from the
Odd Fellows for which we are
very thankful. However, there
are several real money makers
on the fire right now. Saturday
evening. Dec. 1!), will see the
grocery orders for Christmas
that Jack Werner made up for
us go to some lucky families.
Also on Saturday evening the
wonderful minstrel show that
was so successful recently in An
chorage. "Plantation Days," will
be presented. Tickets are avail
able from several sources as well
as at the door. For reserve seats,
however, why not call Rev.
Malin.
The Liberty Theater will pre
sent "Encore," by W. Somerset
Maugham on Thursday night,
December 24, as a benefit show
for the fund. We get all proceeds
from the seven and nine o'clock
shows. See one of the high school
students for tickets or get them
at the door.
December 29 and 30 the whole
town bowls—we hope. There is
SI20 worth of prizes, so get your
tickets today. You can be the
poorest bowler in town and still
have a chance of winning.
Christmas cards designed by
the high school art class are
really going over fine and when
that money is all in I am sure
that we will be surprised at
how much is collected. 1 under
stand. too, that a candy sale the
other day by the fifth grade will
help swell our fund. So you see
that even though the thermome
ter seems to go up very slowly
it is on its way. Don’t forget that
there is room for those who want
to pay their own way at SI.10
round trip. So far there are
twenty-six that have definitely
stated that they want to go with
about fifteen good "maybes” on
the list.
We have a "queen" election in
January. There is a big Amateur
Show in February, and of
course, there will be a session of
Alaska's favorite game. The
movies from Seward, Nebraska
tsound film! will be available for
organizational use the latter part
of January. Mr. Pennington will
show his film soon and there are
countless other projects for you
to support or for your organiza
tion to take up as projects.
Jesse Lee News
By Tommy Dillard
Even the gloomy, gray weath
er which has predominated this
week could not dampen the
Christmas spirit which pervades
Jesse Lee, as the closing days of
December turn all thoughts clos
er and closer to the “big day.”
In fact, the spirit of giving has
become so prominent that noth
ing is safe from being wrapped
up, tagged and put under the
tree, from the newest sweater to
the ever-so-slightly used tooth
brush. But, after all, it IS the
thought that counts.
A very beautiful narrated film
strip of the movie, “Holy Night,”'
was presented in our weekly
Chapel service, Wednesday fol
lowing a Christmas carol sing.
It is the same film which was
shown in movie form at the
Methodist Church several weeks
ago, and is the cver-new story
of Isaiah's prophesy of th? com
ing of the Messiah, and the birth
of Jesus.
The Icy Menace which caused
so much inconvenience this week
paid a more lasting visit to Jesse
Lee. When the “smoke of battle”
had cleared away, snow pants
had been dried, and noses count
ed, one casualty was listed. Er
ma Trigg encountered same dif
ficulty in "putting her shoulder
to the wheel” of Mother Earth,
and came out with a cracked
clavical, more widely known as
“collar bone.” Nothing serious,
but, oh, so painful! Especially
for an active Jesse Lee cheer
leader.
Saturday everyone was treat
ed to a movie, courtesy of the
Liberty Theatre, and with the
two exciting basketball games,
it made a full week-end.
rfOTICE
Col. C. E. Johnson. Seward
Civil Defense Director, has an
nounced a test of the air raid
siren for 9:00 o'clock Sunday
night, Dec. 20. NOTE: This is a
TEST only.
Seward C. of C.
Protests Special
Session Call
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce sent a wire to Neil Moore,
Territorial Auditor and Insur
ance Commissioner, this week,
requesting that the fire insur
ance companies make public
their reasons for increase in fire
insurance rates in Seward. Offi
cers feel that residents should be
advised as to whether the com
panies' action is due to any in
adequacy in fire equipment or
whether the general increase is
due to other causes.
Another telegram was sent to
Governor B. Frank Heinizlcman
stating that it is the opinion of
Seward Chamber of Commerce
that there is no adequate reason
to call an emergency session of
the Legislature at this time. This
is the first action taken by a
Western Alaska Chamber in op
position to the demand for a spe
cial session. In discussion it was
brought out that the opinion
here is to the effect that a spe
cial session would cost taxpayers
more than the revenue to be
gained by an increase in gaso
line tax.
BARANOF SAILS FROM
SEATTLE DAY EARLY
Tlie scheduled sailing of the
Alaska Steamship Company
steamer Baranof 3 p in., Decem
ber 25, has been changed to
5 p.m., December 24, R. C. Rose,
company general passenger
agent, announced. This change
was made in order to avoid a
Christmas sailing.
Ports of call this voyage are
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau
and Seward.
Beginning January 8. the Bar
anof will sail for these ports at
3 p.m. every second Friday until
April when weekly sailings will
be resumed with the reactivation
of the steamer Denali. Wrangell
is included as a port of call each
voyage beginning with the Feb
ruary It) Baranof sailing.
Phoning Outside?
Make Reservations!
The cooperation of Alaskans
who are planning Holiday Sea
son telephone calls to the States
was requested this week by Col.
M. R. Kunitz, Commanding Of
ficer of the ACS.
Col. Kunitz states that an ad
vance call reservation is the best
assurance that the call will be
completed during this period
when the tremendous volume of
requests often exceeds the avail
able facilities and may result in
disappointments to those persons
who fail to make reservation in
advance.
Patrons are requested to con
tact the local ACS office in the
Federal Office Building, Seward,
at the earliest possible date for
reservations.
MRS. TROY BOGARD
ELECTED O.E.S. MATRON
Gladys Bogard (Mrs. Troy)
was elected worthy matron of
Seward Chapter, Order of East
ern Star at the meeting held
Monday night. She will follow
Florence Harding in that posi
tion.
To sit with Mrs. Bogard as
Worthy Patron is Pat Hodgkin
son. Other officers elected are:
Marie Green, associate matron;
George Green, associate patron;
Lenore Robbins, conductress and
Frances Clark, associate con
ductress. Barbara Bedford was
re-elected secretary and Flor
ence Harding will serve as treas
urer.
Officers will be installed in a
special meeting December 30 in
the Masonic Temple.
Buy Christmas Seals
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our
many friends and neighbors
for their sympathy and
kindness, and for the many
floral tributes, at the time
of our recent bereavement.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Novak
Scahawks, Malemutes
Each Win One In
Seward's Best Series
By Coach Dalberg
In two of the most exciting
games of basketball to be seen
at the Civic Center in the past
three years, the Seward Higli
School Seahawks split its two
game series with the Fairbanks
High School Malemutes. The
Seahawks lost the Friday night
game in the last fifteen seconds
when Bob Seaborn calmly step
ped to the froe-throw line and
sank two free throws to first
tie up the game, and then after
Pete Wagner had put the Sea
hawks ahead again with a free
throw. Bob again sank two free
throws and later added another
to give Fairbanks its win 4fi-44.
Kenny Baiir made a sensational
shot just as the game ended.
Shooting from well behind the
center line, Kenny’s shot car
omed off the backboard down
into the basket, whirled around
a couple of times, and then spun
out. If this shot had gone in, it
would have taken ten minutes
to get the overtime started, and
definitely would have been the
most spectacular shot ever to
be seen in the Civic Center.’
Both teams played hard and
clean and worked the ball well.
The green, inexperienced Sea
hawks put up a good battle and
perhaps with a little more game
poise would have iced the game
with two minutes to go. Holding
a two point lead at that time,
they controlled the ball for well
over a minute, and during that
time, with a little more game
savvy would have broke through
and scored to ice the game. How
ever, they lost the ball and Fair
banks was able to tie it up and
then go ahead to win. Peter
Wagner, playing a fine game,
led the Seahawks with 13 points,
followed by Eoe with 14.
The Saturday night game was
an almost cxacT-duplicate of
Friday night's game, but this
lime the Seahawks won the
game in the last minute of play
43-41. The game was started
rather slowly with both teams
working the ball well but un
able to hit well on their shots.
Fairbanks led at the end of the
first quarter 9-8. In the second
quarter, the Seahawks started
hitting and led at half time 22
17. The third quarter found the
Malemutes hitting their stride
and forging ahead 31-30. Early
in the last quarter the Seahawks
got rolling again and built up
a seven point lead, only to see
the lead melt and with a minute
to go the score was tied at SO
SO. A free throw by Gene Eoe
put Seward ahead 40-39. but
Butcher promptly put Fairbanks
ahead 41-40 with a basket from
tlie key. The Seahawks took the
ball back up the floor and Boe
hooked in the winning basket
with about 15 seconds to go
with a driving left-handed hook
shot. Fairbanks lost the ball out
of-bounds, and then after Boe
had driven in again for a shot
which he missed but was fouled
by Butcher, there was so much
noise in the gym that none of
the players heard the whistle
and kept right on playing. After
about 5-10 seconds play was
finally stopped ■ by. another foul
being called by the other offi
cial. After much discussion the
matter was straightened out and
Eoe was given two free-shots,
making one of them to put the
game on ice. There was hardly
time to put the ball in play, but
Keturi did try a long-ion-; shot
which went way wild just as
the buzzer sounded to end the
game. A jubilant crowd surged
onto the floor almost mobbing
tlie even happier Seahawks. The
team hoisted Coach Dalberg to
their shoulders and carried him
from the gym. Gene Boe was
high for Seward witli 14 points,
Peter Wagner getting 11 and
again playing a fine board game.
These games proved that the
Seahawks have a hard-playing,
well-working quintet and are
going to give the other bams
in the Railbelt lots of trouble
this year. Although still green
and inexperienced they display
ed a good team spirit and atti
tude that is going to make it an
interesting team to watch. Come
out and support the team in the
rest of the games Ih’s season.
They still have a long way to
go but have already improved
considerably since the beginning
of the year and should contirue
to improve as the season pro
gresses. Coach Dalberg feels that
Fairbanks is the team to beat
this year and he is very well
satisfied with the showing the
boys made against the strong
Fairbanks team.
NOTICE
In order lo have the Decem
ber 25 and January 1 editions
of the Record off the press on
Thursday, it will be necessary
to have all advertising and news
items in the office by Wednes
day noon.
Your cooperation will be ap
preciated.
"Plantation Days"
Minstrel Show
Ready for Curtain
With th®. arrival of the pro
ducer of the Plantation Show,
Thursday Leah, and Mary Fos
ter, musical director, and the
special effects man on Wednes
day from Anchorage to prepare
for the coming of the show, the
old show business saying, “Let's
get this show on the road,” is in
full swing. It was heartening to
see the sister cities working to
gether as a team to bring to Sew
ard a first class show, bubbling
over with top entertainment.
Ready for stage call at the
Seward High School on Dec. 19
at 8:00 p.m., this show is spon
sored by the American Legion
Seward Post No. 5 in conjunc
tion with VFW'Denali Post 1685
of Anchorage. Proceeds will go
to child welfare funds of the two
posts and to the Alaska-Nebras
ka Fund.
The advance party from An
chorage was deeply impressed
by the warm welcome and co
operation shown them by Mr.
Jack Hull, Mrs. Mary Stoeckle,
Mr. Mike Stevens of Legion Post
No. 5, and Mr. Carl R. Carlson,
superintendent, and Mr. Ben
Frampton, principle, of the Sew
ard school and other civic and
business leaders of the city. It
seemed that everyone in Seward
was going all out to make the
show a success and push the
good causes it stands for. In the
cast of 35 people only two are
professional show people. The
cast has put in three months of
constant rehearsal, giving their
time and money, to whip the
Plantation Days show into a
first class minstrel production
which just recently finished a
very successful three-day run in
Anchorage.
When the curtain goes up on
Saturday night, Dec. 19, those
in attendance may expect to wit
ness one of the finest shows to
be seen here in a long time.
Open letter . . .
Rehabilitation Center
Bartlett, Alaska
The fruit bearing from the ef
forts of Dr. Francis Phillips,
Director, Seward Sanatorium,
Bartlett, Alaska has ripened into
a Rehabilitation Cemer compar
able or superior to any in the
states. Here they are developing
projects that will give our cli
ents an opportunity to study
with our staff the type of re
habilitation that is most desir
able as well as the most needed
by the particular person. All
basic requirements for different
projects are checked with each
client before training is given.
Our National American Le
gion Rehabilitation program is
the highest level in rehabilitat
ing our veterans from the great
wars. The National and Terri
torial programs are in complete
accord with our Center, com
mends our Center highly. A
quotation from T. O. Graabal,
Director of the American Le
gion Rehabilitation: “Congratu
lations for your work in the es
tablishing of your own Rehabil
itation Center. It is high lime
Alaska has found a way to care
at least to some extent for their
own veterans.” We as Legion
naires are cognanl of that fact
and are doing our best to give
our veterans that peculiar train
ing most needed in Alaska. Our
Veterans here that are natives
of the Territory need that pe
culiar training.
The Legion is definitely in
terested in the citizenry of the
territory and arc working hand
in hand with Mr. Mack William
son, Director of this work. With
the cooperation of all the civic
organizations and any others
working with people needing the
services, Alaska will really be
come a nlaee of haven for many
peoples both young and old.
Th" Rehabilitation Center is a
non-profit organization. The ac
tivities developed are a result of
contributions from all the or
ganizations and the future ex
pansion of the program will de
pend upon these contributions.
The American Legion has al
ready begun sending in monies
for Rehabilitating the veterans.
Ethel B. Lindley
Rehabilitation Committee
The American Legion
Department of Alaska
Christmas Brings Tide Of
Church, Group Activities
Reporter's
Notebook
The American Legion Christ
mas party for all the children of
Seward will be from 2 to 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon at the
Legion Club. Santa Claus will
be there. Sunday night, Legion
naires, Auxiliary members and
their families will hold their an
nual Christmas party. A gift ex
change will highlight the party.
Saturday night, December 19,
Seward Elks will have their an
nual Christmas party at the Elks
Club, for members, their ladies
and guests. Instead of an ex
change of gifts, members are
asked to place a contribution un
der the tree for the Elks cerebral
palsy fund.
The first fire alarm in several
weeks was sounded shortly after
midnight Thursday. Fire in a
leanto attached to a trailer house
in the Plantation yard caused
slight damage.
Mrs. Ruth Baumgartner arriv*
ed this week from California.
The Baumgartners have moved
back to Seward to stay.
Sgt. Vade Coffman, his wife
and children, left on the Baranof
for a new assignment in the
States.
Mrs. Helen Sellers planned to
leave this week_to get back home
in California for Christmas. She
has been a house guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Adkins.
Mrs. Agnes Saindon returned
this week from Virginia Mason
Hospital in Seattle.
FREE MOVIE IS UNION'S
GIFT TO KIDDIES
All the children in town arc
invited to the Liberty Theatre
on Thursday afternoon. Christ
mas Eve, as guests of I.L.W.U.
Loral 1-39. The show will begin
at 2:00 o'clock with cartoons and
a special showing of "My Blue
Heaven," a picture suitable for
children.
This is the Union's Christmas
gift to the children of Seward.
SCHOOLS PRESENT YULE
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Children from the first grade
through the eighth grade wil]
present their annual Christmas
program in the high school gym
nasium tonight at 8:00 o’clock.
They will be assisted by the
high school chorus and orches
tra. The entire musical program
is under the direction of Mr.
Claude Berg, director of music
in Seward schools.
The orchestra will start off
with three numbers, to be fol
lowed by two musical numbers
by each grade in school. Piano
accompaniment will be by Aud
ney Horton and Carol Ann Trev
ethan. Barbara Cobban and
Patty Bates have the stage de
sign. Jerry Woods and Jack Wil
liams are stage managers. A
Christmas treat will be distribut
ed through efforts of the P-TA
after the program.
ALASKA RAILROAD TO RUN
SPECIAL TRAINS
Special train service to facili
tate travel to McKinley Park
and Curry hotels over the
Christmas and New Year's holi
days is being scheduled by The
Alaska Railroad.
The service will include work
ing several extra trains into the
regular three-times a week ser
vice between Anchorage and
Fairbanks and the hotels.
The first special is to leave
Anchorage for Fairbanks on
Thursday, Dec. 24 and return
on Friday, Dec. 25. Another
special is slated north on Sat.,
Dec. 26, which means, with the
regular schedule, there will be
daily service both ways on these
three days. A southbound train
is to depart Fairbanks on Sun
day, Dec. 27.
The period from Dec. 31
through January 2 will also
have daily service either way
with an extra train scheduled
south on January 3.
Regular service north on Mon
day. Wednesday and Friday
and service south on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday will be
maintained in accordance with
the schedule.
The railroad has special win
ter excursion rates in effect
which will apply over the holi
days.
METHODIST CHURCH
A special Christmas program
will be given at 7 p.m. Sunday
in Seward Memorial Methodist
Church. Sunday School children
will present their Christmas
pageant at this time. The pag
eant this year will be a little
different than usual and will in
clude about 150 children.
The annual Christmas service
presented by the choir will be
gin at 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
The Senior choir will be joined
for part of the service by the
Youth Choir in a two-choir num
ber. There will be other special
instrumental numbers as well as
carol singing by the group. Ev
eryone is invited to attend these
Christmas services as well as the
regular services on Sunday.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Seward Lutheran Church will
celebrate the Christmas service
at 11 a m. Christmas day. There
will be special music by the Ju
nior Choir.
The Sunday School Christmas
program called “O Holy Night,”
will be held Wednesday, Decem
ber 23 at 7:30 p.m. It consists of
music, slides and readings by
the children.
FAITH CHAPEL
Rev. Dean Thimsen announces
the Christmas program at Faith
Chapel for 2 p.m. Sunday. Sun
day School will not meet at the
regular hour, but will be com
bined with a Christmas program
at the afternoon hour.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
schedule for Christmas week is
as follows:
Dec. 22—Women's Auxiliary
Christmas party at 8 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Emil Nelson in
Forest Acres.
Dec. 24, Christmas Eve—Ca
rols and Holy Eucharist at 11:30
a.m.
Dec. 25, Christmas Day—Holy
Eucharist, 9:30 a.m.
Dec. 26, St. Stephen's Day—
Holy Communion at Sanatorium,
9 a.m. ^
Dec. 27, St. John Evangelist—
Holy Eucharist, 8 a.m. Sermon,
11 a.m. Service at Kenai, 8 p.m.
Dec. 28—Service at Homer.
Jan. 1, Feast of Circumcision
—Holy Communion at 9 a.m.
Open House at the Rectory 4 to
6 p.m.
The children's program this
year will be carol service and a
film in sound and color, “Holy
Night," January 3. at 5 p.m., in
the church.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. B. I. Carpenter announces
a service Wednesday night at
7:30 for the children. Santa
Claus will be present with a
treat for the children.
On Christmas Eve at 11
o’clock there will be a Christmas
service. Rev. Carpenter has
hopes that church furniture will
be on hand for the services, but
it has not arrived as yet.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. L. C. Hopkins announces
that a Christmas program will
be held by the young people of
his congregation in the Odd Fel
lows Hall at 6:30 Sunday eve
ning.
On Tuesday night, Dec. 22. the
regular Sunday School a n d
Church Christmas program will
begin at 7:30. At this service
there will be music by the choral
group and pantomimes, recita
tions, and so on, by the children.
There will be treats for every
body.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
There will be Midnight* M iss
at tiie Catholic Church, Father
Kruezer. famous Mission Prit st,
officiating. Masses on Christmas
Day will be held at 8 and 10
a.m., and the same hours on the
following Sunday.
Confessions Christmas Eve
will be from 3 to 5 and 7:30 to
9 p.m. Father Arnold Custer will
spend Christmas in Homer and
at other Cook Inlet villages.