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Vol. IX, No. 35
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1953
Price 10 Cents
Seward, Neb. H. S. To Play
Basketball Here
CITY PREPARES FOR VISIT
FROM SEWARD. NEBRASKA
Last year, after the visit of
Harold Davisson, a businessman
from Seward, Nebraska, word
was received here that the busi
nessmen of our namesake city.
Stateside, thought it would be a
good idea to promote a basket
ball tournament between the two
cities.
Some local men passed it off
lightly as a suggestion without
foundaton in possibility. These
folks were startled last week
when they learned that a tele
gram was recieved by the Cham
ber of Commerce here, slating
that the Seward, Nebraska folks
are ready to send a plane load of
basketball players up here for a
tournament. All they were wait
ing for was an official invitation!
Tommy Bie, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, called a
group together and a committee
was set up to take care of hous
ing. transportation, meals, enter
tainment. and financing the pro
ject. Chas. Malin is coordinator
of the group. Businessmen have
gone wholeheartedly into the
planning and the town is
looking forward to welcoming
Seward, Nebraska, to Seward.
Alaska.
It seems that the Nebraskans
are paying all their own ex
penses for the trip. We cannot,
of course, let our guests pay for
anything here. That is contrary
to Seward custom, and rules of
hospitality. Consequently, com
mittees are taking care of the
following items:
Transportation—Gus Johnson.
If the visitors stop off in An
chorage, cars will be needed to
meet them and make the rest of
the trip to Seward. It is possible,
however, that they will charter
a plane that will bring them di
rectly here.
nuusing is uemg arrangi'a oy
Coach Dalberg. The coach has
been in communcation with the
Nebraska coach for some time.
Entertainment will be headed
by Pat Williams. Under enter
tainment, clubs and individuals
wiil be asked to help.
Meals will be arranged for by
Chas. Malin.
Finance and awards—Jacque
Roth.
The publicity committee is un
der chairmanship of Mr. Jack
Werner.
Details of plans as they are
completed and the exact date of
the visit of our Stateside friends
will be published as they are
learned. In the meantime, every
one is alerted to be ready for the
big event. Keep your dates open
and join in the fun.
DAUGHTER OF MRS. BELVA
KING DEAD IN MONTANA
Word was received here this
week of the death of Virginia
Lowney, wife of Walter Lowney
of Ketchikan, last week. Mrs.
Lowney was the daughter of Mrs.
Belva King, former Seward resi
dent.
Mrs. Lowney, aged 33, was re
portedly the first white child
born at Barrow on the Arctic
coast. She left there as a girl of
17 and was married in Butte,
Montana. She was visiting in
Butte at the time of her death.
SEWARD BOWLERS
CHALLENGE
SEWARD BOWLERS
Seward Bowing Association
c o Seward Bowling Alley
Seward, Nebraska
Secretary:
The membes ot the Seward
fowling Association of Seward,
Alaska hereby challenge the
membe rs >f the Seward Bowling
Association of SOvvard, Nebraska
to a telegraphic or air mail bowl
ing match. D ite of match and
details to be arranged by Associ
ation Secretary.?.
Respectfully,
Secretary,
Seward Bowling
Association,
Seward, Alaska
GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL
PRICE UP HERE
G ’ dine and fuel oil will cost
the consumer slightly more this
week and hereafter. Gas took a
jump of 1 tl cents per gallon,
while stove oil was hiked by the
distributor 1.8 cents.
S.H.S To Present
Vaudeville Show
High school students, under
direction of Mrs. Grace Campon
and Mrs. Dixon, music director,
will present a vaudeville show
March 7.
The band and the school glee
club, assisted by talented stu
dents from the entire high school
will present song and dance
skits, rope twirling, a minstrel
show, and other vaudeville spe
cialties. •
Proceeds will go to the Pep
Club and basketball team to help
finance this year’s sports activi
ties, expenses of which have
been unusually heavy.
"Save the date," the kids beg,
and help them out of the hole.
CHUCK COLE YIELDS
TO MOOSE
Chuck Cole decided that flight
was the better part of valor one
night this week. He yielded the
field to a cow moose when she
decided to use his driveway as
her own.
Cole lives at Mile 4 on the
highway. He was shovelling out
his driveway while the car stood
on the highway alongside the
bank thrown up by the snow
plows. His wife screamed "look
out!” from the house. Chuck says
he turned and faced an awful
lot of moose headed right for
him. He threw the shovel and
jumped into the snowbank. Mrs.
Moose barged between his car
and the snowbank, then down
into the woods. It would have
made no difference to her if he
had been standing there—she
was on her way!
About 50 high school kids got
back from Anchorage last Sun
day by snecial train. They had
expected to return by bus, but
snow slides blocked the highway
for two days, marooning the
youngsters and their chaperones
in Anchorage until arrangements
could be made for the train. All
the Pep Club and Seahawks re
turned together.
Ambulance Corps
Starts Training
The first Volunteer Ambu
lance Corps class in first aid
training, conducted under an in
structor authorized by American
Red Cross, will begin next Mon
day, March 2, at 8 p.m., in the
fire hall.
Approximately 18 men and
women have registered for am
bulance and first aid duty. The
membership list is still open for
any man or woman who is will
ing to volunteer for the ambu
lance corps, and is willing to
take training in first aid.
For persons intercsTcd in
maintaining this valuable serv
ice, but who cannot serve as
drivers or uttc ndants, there is
still plenty of work to be done
in other fields, according to Jim
my Kirkpatrick and President
John Walsh.
Walsh, elected president at
the organizational meeting, has
several years t xpcrience in the
ambulance business, and is avail
able for duty at all times. An
availability roster will be drawn
up and changed periodically so
that work will be divided among
members. The group is pushing
first aid training so as to have
the service ready by the time
the road opens up.
It is the aim of the Ambulance
Corps to have a new, fully
equipped and modern vehicle. In
the meantime, however, the pres
ent machine is being repaired
and painted. It will be red and
white with the initials SVAC on
each side.
JANUARY RECORD MONTH
AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
The month of January was the
record month at Seward General
Hospital, with 514 patient days
recorded. This was the largest
number since the hospital has
been in operation. The usual
monthly number of patient days
is between 300 and 400.
It was interesting to note that
October is usually the busiest
month, but several bad accidents
on the highway and icy streets
put a larger number of people
in the hospital last month. The
total yearly figure has been
steadily increasing for the past
three years.
Reporter's Notebook
Billy Evins, Seahawk ace, was
elected All-Star last week. This
is Billy's last year, as he is a
senior.
Bill Simard spent some days in
Seward General Hospital lately
for surgery. He is better now and
expects to be back in school next
week.
Several Sewarditcs are in the
hospital and are now able to
have visitors. Mrs. E. D. Webb
has been in the hosptal since
January 25. She is feeling much
better and her friends may call
on her. Mrs. John Walsh is still
confined to the hospital and can
have vistors. Mr. Reynolds is
now sitting up in a wheel chair.
His daughter Cora Sue is still in
bed, however, but can have visi
tors. Paul Davis will soon be
transferred to a hospital Outside.
Thomas Swansby, who had a
badly lacerated arm, has been
discharged from the hospital and
is now convalescing at the Port
land Hotel.
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Alaska Nurses To
Establish
Scholarship Fund
The Alaska Nurses’ Associa
tion has elected to establish
a nursing scholarship honoring
Magnluild Bogue, PHN. Mrs.
Bogue was the first Public
Health Nurse in Alaska, coming
to the Territory in 1931 and join
ing the Department of Health in
1937. She was one of the original
members appointed to the
Nurses’ Examining Board, serv
ing from 1941 until her death in
1952.
A special meeting of the
board of directors of the Alaska
Nurses' Association was held in
Anchorage February 20 and 21.
Mrs. Kuth Cooper, member of
Seward District No. 2, ANA, and
treasurer of the Association, re
tnrm I from meeting Sunday.
The special meeting was held
to eon: ider legislation regarding
existing laws governing nurses
: I their activities. Resolutions
' .'■vi' dm:'', 1 regarding the Prac
tical Nurse Bill now before the
T< rrilorial Legislature. Mrs.
Catheiine Gair. Public Health
Nurse of Juneau, was selected to
represent the Association and
speak to committee members
and members of Congress regard
ing these resolutions.
Bay City Motors Takes
Over Pat's Garage
Pat's Garage is now under
new management and with a
new name.
Dick Thomas, who formerly
worked as a diesel man at the
city power plant, has taken a
lease on the Friede property with
option to buy. He lias changed
the name to Bay City Motors.
Bay City Motors will continue
as dealer for Chrysler. Plymouth
and Dodge ears and trucks. Two
mechanics are on hand to service
and repair any car, and Thomas
will continue the policy of
trade-ins on new cars.
The business changed hands
February 1 without any stoppage
of work. Thomas is well known
in Seward and his many friends
are wishing him well in the new
venture.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY
SEES "5TH H"
Mrs. Audrey Davies, Home
Demonstration Agent, Dept, of
Agriculture, showed the film
"5th H" last week during a spe
cial assembly at the high school
last Wednesday.
The 4-H program in Alaska is
under the direction of Mrs. Da
vies. It was under this program
that two Seward girls won prizes
this year in sewing. The S100
bond given by Simplicity Pattern
Company was split buy Lura
Peck and Sandra Dangler. The
company also furnishes a silver
medal for girls' sewing competi
tions.
PHONE RATE HEARIN3
MONDAY, MARCH 2
A public hearing on the appli
cation of Alaska Telephone Cor
poration far a raise in telephone
rates will be Held in the council
room March 2, at 8 p.m.
At this time the City Council
will hear arguments presented
by the company and any resi
dents are at liberty to state
opinions on the advisability of
granting the increase.
Girl
Scout
News
By Mrs. Ruth Cooper
WHAT SEWARD GIRL
SCOUTS WORK FOR
“Resolved, that in memory of
Juliette Low, Founder in Ameri
ca of the Girl Scouts, a fund be
raised . . . for the promotion of
Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding
throughout the world, as a con
tribution toward world peace
and good will. . . . This Fund
shall be so framed legally that it
shall never become tied to a dead
issue.”
This resolution was adopted at
the 1927 National Girl' Scout
convention. Since then, voluntary
contributions of more than one
million dollars have been made
to the fund by Girl Scouts of the
United. States. They believe in
tlie value of bringing 'together
youth of all nations for develop
ment of international friendship
and for their cooperation in work
that should result ultimately in
the highest standards of welfare
for the greatest number of peo
ple—in a world of understand
ing, sympathy and peace.
As responsible citizens of their
own communities, of their na
tion, and of the world, United
States Girl Scouts, now nearly
1.999,000 in number, and Guides
join their sisters from pole to
pole in meeting the challenges of
a constantly changing universe.
A Girl Scout is not only a sister
to every other Girl Scout, she is
“a friend to all."
In Seward, the Girl Scout
movement has progressed quiet
ly, under the leadership of a few
hardworking women who have
made no exploitation of their
work. They have studied, and
continue to study to make them
selves fit leaders for the coming
generation of young women un
der their guidance.
Today, there are 96 Girl
Scouts and Brownie Scouts in
Seward. In a town this size, that
is a large number, and it is grow
ing rapidly. A good scout is a
good girl and will make a worth
while citizen. These young ladies
will present the result of the
past year’s studies in an exhibi
tion Saturday, February 28. as
their contribution to Interna
tional Girl Scout Month. Febru
ary.
The evening will begin with a
buffet supper in the high school
gymnasium from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
This is to be followed by the
flag ceremony which opens each
girl Scout meeting, participated
in by all 96 girls. Dancing typi
cal of the foreign countries
studied will be part of the eve
ning's entertainment. Parents
and friends of the scout move
ment have made appropriate
costumes for the girls of all ages.
The entertainment and supper
are the result of a year's work.
It is open to the public, and the
girls will be very disappointed
if there is not a good turnout to
see their work.
TWO MEN HELD FOR
DISTRICT COURT
At a preliminary hearing in
U.S. Commissioner’s Court Feb
ruary 24, William A. Ralston and
Palmer R. Fosse were bound
over to the District Court on a
charge of rape.
VAUDEVILLE SHOW - Sat. March 7 - School Gym
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O'CLOCK P.M. ADMISSION: $1.00