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Only newspaper in the
world that gives a hoot
about Seward, Alaska.
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SEWARD MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Wilson Death Held To Be
From Natural Causes
A coroner's jury Thursday af
ternoon gave a verdict of death
from natural causes in the in
quest held on the sudden death
of Harold W. Wilson Tuesday,
October 27, at about 7 p.m. in
the small boat harbor here.
Frank Robinson testified that
at about 7 p.m. he and Wilson
had gone to the harbor to get
some machinery parts oil the
wreck of the Winabob. Robinson
was unable to find the piece,
and Wilson, knowing just where
it was, went aboard with a flash
light while Robinson stayed in
the truck. When Wilson did not
return immediately Robinson
again boarded the boat and
found Wilson lying on his back
with the flashlight still lighted
beside him. Knowing that there
was something wrong with Wil
son, Robinson called for help
from a nearby boat, and Steve
Harcadich helped get Wilson out
■of the boat and into the pickup
truck. They took him immedi
ately to the hospital, where Dr.
J. B. Deisher pronounced the
man dead.
That Wilson had been suffer
ing from heart trouble for some
time was definitely known and
a box of pills with an unfilled
prescription, found in his rooms
indicated a definite condition,
according to Dr. Deisher, who
also stated to the jury that there
was no evidence of violence on
the body, and that it was his
opinion the man had died of a
heart attack.
Harold Wilson was born Au
gust 19, 1911 at Mulvane, Kan
sas. He w^as a veteran of the
U.S. Navy, and received a 33
per cent physical disability al
lotment from the Veterans Bu
reau.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Sadie E. Michael of Phoe
nix, Arizona, a brother and a
daughter, whose whereabouts
are unknown here. Burial will
be in Seward but funeral ar
rangements have not been an
nounced to date.
GIARDINA VS. ROJCEWICZ
ASSAULT TRIAL CONTINUED
A jury trial in the case of
George Giardina versus Pete
Rojcewicz. which began at 2:00
p.m. Friday in Commissioner's
Court was continued until 10:00
a.m. Saturday.
Most of the Friday session was
taken up in acquiring a jury
from the 40 who were called for
jury duty. Testimony for the
plaintiff had not been completed
by late afternoon when court
was adjourned. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Lynn Kirkland
on the part of the plaintiff Gi
ardina is opposed by Steve Mc
Cutcheon and Earl Gregory, the
latter of Seward.
Six Anchorage sponsors con
tributed $6,000.00 to the Uni
versity of Alaska for the 1953-54
Educational Film Circuit. They
are William Stookey, owner of
Stookey Glass Company. Dr.
Calvin Johnson, physician and
surgeon, Walter Hickle. con
trader and owner of Traveler's,
Inn, Barney Gottstein, whole
sale grocer, Larry Carr, owner
of Carr's Food Center, and J. C.
Morris, realtor and insurance
broker.
"These businessmen, in sup
porting the University of Alaska
Educational Film Circuit, be
lieve that every effort should b<
made to encourage the youth o:
Alaska to continue their educa
tion and go on to the Universi
ly." said J. C. Morris, speakinc
for the group.
Save the
Date!
SATURDAY, OCTOBI
Alaska Board Of
Health Adopts
New Regulations
The Alaska Board of Health
took action on a wide variety of
health matters at its annual
meeting this month in Juneau.
Minutes just received were com
piled in Juneau and distributed
for public information.
Among items adopted was the
1953 revision of the U.S. Public
Health Service Milk Ordinance
and Code will) adaptations for
application in the Territory.
With the intent to insure safe
milk for Alaskan consumers,
whether of domestic milk supply
or imported, the regulation ap
plies to: "the production, trans
portation, processing, handling,
sampling, examination, grading,
labeling, regrading and sale of
all milk and milk products sold
for ultimate consumption within
the Territory of Alaska, the in
spection of dairy herds, dairies
and milk plants, the issuing and
revocation of permits to milk
producers and distributors. . .”
Further information regarding
the newly adopted regulation is
available from the office of the
Commissioner of Health, Ju
neau. Dr. Albrecht explained
that this regulation is essentially
the same as that now in force.
It merely modernizes and brings
the code up to date with Al
aska's needs.
School Health
Various phases of the school
health program which was
worked out cooperatively by the
ADH and Dept, of Education,
were reviewed. These included
a new school health record form,
a teacher's preliminary guide
and tuberculosis testing pro
gram. and a draft of a school
health manual.
The Board also reviewed and
approved a health examination
schedule which provides for
physical examination of pupils
upon entrance to the first,
fourth, seventh and eleventh
grades and upon entrance for
the first time- in any Alaskan
school.
The Board approved use of
Federal funds available on a
matching basis for hospital and
health center buildings at Cor
dova, Glenallen and Homer.
They also reviewed fiscal mat
ters of the Alaska Department
of Health and approved an in
crease in daily rates which may
be paid by the Health depart
ment for patients hospitalized
under its programs. Hospitals
in the First Judicial ' Division
were increased from S8.50 to
S9.50 per day. New rates author
ized in the other three divisions
are from $11.90 up to $13.50 and
at Seward Sanatorium from
$8.40 to $10.00.
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Officially Organize
Baptist Church
Seward Baptist Mission or
ganized and became the First
Baptist Church of Seward in an
organization service Saturday
night, October 24.
There are 22 charter mem
bers at present but the charter
will remain open for a short
period of time for others who
expressed a desire to come in as
charter members but who were
hindered from attending the
meeting for some reason.
Visitors from First Church,
Faith Church, Grandview and
Calvary Baptist Churches of
Anchorage attended the service
here as well as several visitors
from other denominations here
in Seward. Rev. B. 1. Carpenter
acted as Moderator protem of
the meeting and was elected as
permanent Moderator and Pas
tor of the new church organiza
tion. Oliver Ogle was chosen as
treasurer and Mrs. Ila Rustad
as church clerk.
After organization Rev. Felton
Griffin, First Baptist Church,
Anchorage, read the Articles of
Faith, and Rev W. S. Haley of
Beaumont, Texas, delivered the
sermon. Rev. John DeFore, Cal
vary Baptist Church of Anchor
age brought the charge to the
newly organized Seward con
gregation.
The Baptist service is being
held in the Dock Union Ilall at
present, but work is progressing
as rapidly as weather permits
on their new building at the
corner of Fourth and Jefferson.
ALASKAN INTEREST GOES
TO THE FAR CORNERS
Interest in Alaska is growing
steadily as indicated by a record
number of inquiries received by
the office of the Alaska Visitors
Association in Juneau during
the past month.
A total of 377 letters were an
swered between September 15
and October 15, according to
Mary B. Barrer, AVA's execu
tive secretary. Responses were
widespread, coming from all
corners of the world. In addi
tion to U S. and Canada, there
were requests far information
on travel and vacations from
Argentina, Spain, Cuba, Eng
land, Netherlands, German y,
Iraq, Indonesia and India.
Accounting for a substantial
number of the inquiries was a
special series of ads telling of
the beauties in Alaska during
September and October. Tiiese
were placed in newspaper travel
sections in Los Angeles, Seattle,
Portland, San Francisco, and the
west coast edition of the Wall
Street Journal. The series was
part of a coordinated Fall cam
paign run in conjunction with
transportation companies serv
ing Alaska.
'All letters asking specific
questions are answered by per
sonal letter, and those asking for
folders or maps are sent the
exact material they desire,” Mrs.
Barrer explained.
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Reporter's
Notebook
Bob and Cathryn Zentmire
returned to Seward on the De
nali this week with their three
little girls, Candy, Carol Ann,
and Christie, age 5, 3 and 2
years. Bob is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Zentmire. They have
moved back to Seward to live.
Mrs. Tom Osbo will spend
the weekend in Anchorage for
the birthday party of her little
grandson.
Mrs. Belli Salit is a patient of
St. Vincent's Hospital in Oregon,
as are both Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Brooks are
exulting in the news received
of the birth of their grand
daughter in Washington D.C.
October 23. The little girl, Rosa
lind Kay, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Martin K. Brooks in the
Naval Hospital at Washington.
Her daddy is attending Navy
school at Indian Head, Mary
land. not far from Washington.
This is the first child for the
young Brooks’ but the fourth
grandchild for Mr. and Mrs.
Art.
Business & Professional Wo
men will meet for their regular
dinner meeting at the Diner
Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. The sec
retary advises that all those who
have dishes from the dinner of
October 20 will bring them tb
this meeting so they can be re
turned to their owners.
Buttered clams will be served
at the Legion Club Sunday from
4 to 8 o'clock. Once again it is
"all you can eat for a dollar!”
Mrs. Katheryn Ling was listed
as a passenger on the Denali
this week. Mrs. Ling has been
Outside for many months for
medical treatment.
Little Kathy Gordon celebrat
ed her third birthday Tuesday
by a party. A large number of
little friends were there, but sev
eral were kept away because of
illness. Kathy was all right and
had a swell time.
Neighborhood children had
fun at a Hallowe’en party Fri
day afternoon at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Viale. All
the traditional games and re
freshments added to the fun.
Mrs. Ruth Cooper was hostess
to the Dorcas Circle of Seward
Lutheran Church Thursday in
her home. The ladies are work
ing on the hemstitching of
towels for baptism. Ten mem
bers were present.
Miss Ruth Murrell is expected
back from the Stateside vaca
tion either Sunday or Monday.
Dale Thomas is a patient in
Seward General Hospital lor a
few days.
Sudden cold weather and
snow' found many Sewardites
unprepared this year. A dozen
or more residents discovered
water condensation in their oil
barrels loft them without fuel
and heat. We also noticed a
number of stalled cars because
of water in the fuel lines. Al
though it got cold early last
wir ter, there was very little
snow- until December 2,'which
fooled us this time.
DANCING CLASSES BEGIN
NEXT TUESDAY
Mrs. Grace Ushler Firth will
begin her classes in tap, classic
and interpretive dancing next
Tuesday, November 3. Classes
will be held in the Seward Re
habilitation Center building at
4:45 p.m.
Mothers are requested to ac
company their children between
the ages of 5 and 12 years at
I that time for classification and
interview.
A.LLO
; Orchestra SEWi
MAYOR APPOINTS
COMMITTEES AT
SPECIAL MEETING
At a special meeting of the
City Council Monday night,
Mayor Russell Painter announc
ed tlie appointment of the six
committees which will officiate
until such time as a city man
ager is obtained.
Neville F. Hudson will head
the committee on streets assist
ed by John Rose.
Perry Stockton will continue
as chairman of the police com
mittee with Gil Anthony as the
other member.
The fire department commit
tee will continue with Gus John
son as chairman with Neville
Hodson as the second member.
John Rose will head the har
bor committee with Perry Stock
ton to assist.
Gil Anthony will serve as
chairman of the committee on
airports with O. T. Blair as sec
ond member.
The new school committee
will be lead by O. T. Blair with
Gus Johnson as second member.
Sgt. Roscoe Harrell was ap
pointed as harbor master in the
place of H. Amend who is now
an elected city official and no
longer eligible for city employ
ment. ^ {
School Carnival
Fun For All
Carol Ann Trevethan
On Friday, October 23. at the
high school gym, the annual
All-School Carnival was held,
proving to have the biggest ar
ray of fun and prizes yet en
joyed.
The gross income was over
$1900, and a large profit is ex
pected, proving the carnival a
financial success also. The pro
ceeds will be used to buy the
new Seahawk uniforms which
are now on display down town,
and an elementary typewriter
for the grade school.
The usual carnival games
were popular through the eve
ning, but the Sports Show
proved to be the main event of
the evening. Wrestling bouts
were Jack Parret vs Joe Hughes:
Jerry Woods vs Jimmy Woods.
Boxing matches were Tracy
McCracken vs Charles Sawyer;
blindfold boxing, Micky Muir,
Mike Stanton and Fredrich
Jones: and a tag team featuring
David Dyer and Art Boshart vs
Teddy Howell and Bob Turner.
Barkers, clowns. “Cigarette
Girls" selling sandwiches, coffee
and candy, and ticket sellers,
all trying to drown each other
out helped make this a noisy but
enjoyable evening. A capacity
crowd attended the gala affair,
making this, the 23rd annual
All-School Carnival a never-to
be-forgotten event.
WILLIAMS INSURANCE IN
NEW LOCATION
The Pat Williams Insurance
Agency office is being moved
from Fourth Avenue to the Ray
Building opposite the post office.
Mrs. Williams announces that
after November 1 the office will
be open at noon for the conven
ience of customers.
HARVEST DINNER AND
BAZAAR
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service will hold their
annual Harvest dinner and ba
zaar Friday, November 6 in the
Methodist Church basement. The
dinner will be cafeteria style
with a wide choice of home
made dishes, pastry and breads.
In addition there will be a
candy booth and home made
cooked goods for sale. There
will also be gifts on display
which will consist of embroider
ed articles as well as other use
ful and beautiful gifts.
Tickets for the dinner may
be purchased from members of
the Woman’s Society or may
be bought at the door. Dinner
will be served from 5:00 to 8:00
in the evening and the public
is invited to attend.
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tRD CIVIC CENTER
Commend Efforts Of
Rescue Workers
Mrs. Leone Cook, wife of the
hunting accident victim, today
expressed her sincere gratitude
to the men of the Army for their
efforts Wednesday night and to
Jim Jensen, Jack Parret, Ray
Anderson, Frank Hooper, Ber
nard Hume, Charles Miller, Ken
neth Shane and Officer Roberts,
all of Seward, who risked their
own lives in recovering the body
of her husband. Anderson and
Hooper are servicemen who live
in Seward and are attached to
the Army Recreation Center
here.
Roberts' commendation of the
Seward and Army men is high.
He had no need to call for vol
unteers, he said today. These
men contacted him upon hearing
of the tragedy, and performed a
very heroic service as a matter
of course, which, Roberts stated,
he has found to be the pattern
of life in Seward as proven so
many times in the past and in
recent months.
A.S.C. Announces
Continued Service
Alaska Steamship Company
weekly passenger sailings to
Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska will continue from Se
attle through the month of De
cember, H. N. Peterson, com
pany general traffic manager,
has announced.
“This is made possible by the
extension of the Military Sea
Transportation Service agree
ment with the company for the
carriage of passengers through
that month,” Peterson said.
MSTS has contracted for The
Alaska Line to transport 470
passengers in December with
the possibility of 100 additional.
The initial contract for October
and November made it possible
for the line to project its regular
weekly passenger vessel sched
ule through those months. Other
wise because of the magnitude
of increases in operating costs
this service would have been in
terrupted for the winter for the
first time in over fifty years.
“It is hoped,” Peterson said,
“that we will be able to work
out an agreement to handle
MSTS passengers through April,
1954. That will give maximum
assurance that there will be no
interruption in passenger serv
ice prior to the inauguration of
next summer's tourist schedule
which will be announced short
ly-’
Radio Essay Contest
Announced This Week
The seventh annual “Voice of
America Contest” t»pen to stu
dents in the 10th, 11th and 12th
grades was anrlounced this week
by Joel Buffington, Territorial
Chairman. Mr. Buffington is sta
tion manager of the Alaska
Broadcasting System station
KIBH in Seward.
This contest is sponsored joint
ly in the United States and its
territories by the U.S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the Na
tional Association of Radio and
Television Broadcasters and the
National Association of Radio
and Television Manufacturers.
The essay is to be prepared
for reading in five minutes. Each
school will judge its own entries
for a winner. ABS stations in
the communities will aid in pre
paring the essaay on tape to be
sent to Station KFRB in Fair
banks for judging by a panel
of judges headed by Dean Hof
ley of the University of Alaska
for Territorial winner.
Four National prizes are
awarded annually of $500 schol
arships to any university or
college in the United States. The
prize for Alaska is a $1000 schol
arship to the University of Alas
ka. Students have one month be
tween November 1 and Decem
ber 1 to prepare and submit
their essays for judging. Several
Seward students are eligible
and expected to enter.
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Proceeds To New /
Marcus A. Cook, former teach
er of shop and general science
in Seward High School, fell to
his death while goat hunting
Wednesday at about 1 p.m. The
story of the accident as related
by Thomas Roberts, Territorial
patrolman in charge of the
rescue is about as follows.
Bernard Hume and Mr. Cook
were hunting on the slopes of
the mountain trail leading to
Lost Lake. They were above the
timber line so that there was no
brush to provide hand holds or
to stop a fall. The ground was
covered with snow and ice mak
ing it very slippery. They were
up about 2200 or 2300 feet when
Cook lost his footing and started
to slide. Unable to stop the
slide he rolled and fell approxi
mately 700 to 1000 feet into c
little draw on the mountain side
over Box Canyon and about
1500 feet above the floor of the
canyon.
Hume reached him with great
difficulty but found it impossi
ble to get the body back to town
alone so came in to Seward for
help, contacting Officer Roberts
immediately upon his arrival.
He felt sure that Cook was
either dead or beyond help be
cause of his battered condition.
Roberts and eight Army men
including an Army Medic at
tempted to get to the difficult
spot, but were forced to turn
back that night. The party had
to cross Clear Creek several
times, in weather that was below
freezing. The extremely rough
terrain and deep dark made the
expedition so hazardous that
they were in danger of losing
some of their own party. “It was
sheer suicide to continue,” one
of the party explained.
By 8 o’clock Thursday morn
ing another attempt was made
by Roberts and seven men from
Seward including Bernie Hume,
who is an experienced mountain
climber. They were forced to
climb to a position above the
ledge and work their way back
to the body of Mr. Cook, which
took them until 11:30. The spot
is actually only 1 1^ miles from
the road, but the going is so
rough that it took 3!£ hours
to reach the draw and 1M> hours
to get up above and down into
the draw where the body lay.
Rescuers were forced to cling
to ropes knowing that if they
ever let go their own bodies
would go hurtling down the
sharp rocks to the canyon below.
After the body was raised it was
carried the mile and a half to the
highway and back to town. Dr.
Joseph Deisher stated that Mr.
Cook had been killed almost
instantly by the fall although
Mr. Hume had thought his friend
might have been breathing faint
ly when he reached him.
Marcus A. Cook was born in
Craig, Missouri, November 7,
1898. He started work on his
A.B. degree in education at
Northwest Nazarene College in
1919, completing the degree at
the University of California in
1920.
Cook was principal of the
high school at Kima, Idaho from
1923 to 1925, after which he
was coach of the Omaha, Ne
braska high school until 19.13.
He then went to Culdesac. Idaho
as principal until in 1937 he
moved to Lapwai, Idaho as pr.n
cipal. From 1942 to 1946 lie v. as
physical education director of
the Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho
schools. In the summer of 1952
Mr. Cook and his family drove
from their home at Nampa, Ida
ho to Alaska, coming to Seward
on a picture taking tour. While
here, he was offered the position
of instructor in shop and general
science, and Mrs. Cook also ac
cepted a position on the teaching
staff of Seward schools. She now
has the sixth grade at Bayvi w
School, although her husba id
had decided not to teach this
year.
Of their three children, Bc’ty
graduated from Seward High
School last May and is now at
tending the University of Alas
ka. Robert is a freshman and
Bradford is in the third grade.
The body will be taken to
Nampa for burial. Memorial
services will be held Sunday at
the Nazarene Church in Seward.
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