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Vol. IX, No. 9
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952
Price 10 Cents
C. of C. To Hear
Report On
McKinley Meet
Members and visitors to the
Chamber of Commerce Lunch
eon Tuesday, Sept. 2, will hear
a report from the McKinley Park
meeting' of Alaskan Chambers
oi Commerce.
President Tormod Bie. W. W.
Sipprell and Hal Gilfilen attend
ed the McKinley meeting as rep
resentatives of t h e Seward
group. Preliminary conversa
tions with these men have
proved most interesting and
jm mbers hope that there will be
time to hear a more lengthy ac
count. Some members are urging
immediate action against the im
migration law as it was announc
ed at the McKinley meeting.
The public is invited to attend
the Tuesday luncheon at Hard
ing's Cafe.
Goal Reached By
Salvation Army
In Three Days
Major C. C. Clitheroe. An
chorage Department, Salvation
Army, who was in town last
week, said that the goal of S500
set for Seward had been reached
(topped by SI.60) by Thursday
morning.
Major Clitheroe, Fred Van
Horst and Virgil Chancelor, who
conducted the quiet campaign in
Seward, express appreciation
for all the courtesies and the
kindly reception they received
while here.
The role of the Salvaton Army
in Alaska has been an important
one in the history of the Terri
tory. It is the only agency offer
;ng public assistance which is not
hedged in by limitations on the
amount and kind of service giv
en. It serves without regard to
color, race or creed, and whether
a human being has been in the
Territory 12 months or 12 hours
makes no difference. The evi
dence of immediate need is the
paramount issue.
In Alaska, the Army works
out of 12 different citi« • and vil
lages. There are units in Juneau,
Ketchikan. Angoon, Sitka, Hoo
nah. Petersburg. Wrangell, Cla
wok, Kake, and Mctlakatla. The
Anchorage and Fairbanks head
quarters take care of the entire
Interior. He has been asked sev
eral times. Van Horst said, why
the Salvation Army does not
come to Seward. They would
consider such a proposition if
the Lions Club, Chamber of
Commerce or some other service
organization indicates the need
for the work here and asks for it.
People claiming to be from
Seward have been given assist
ance in Anchorage during the
past year, Van Horst stated, but
whether the need for cash as
sistance, housing, food, clothing,
etc., is great enough in Seward
and there is no other agency to
handle it. is something that must
be determined by Seward itself.
No Damage Reported
From Monday Quake
No damage was reported from
the earthquake last Monday,
Aug. 25, at 10:27 p.m. This was
the second fairly sharp quake in
two weeks.
Theatre patrons at the time re
port that there happened to be a
moment of quiet in the picture
and the sound of the quake was
very evident just before the
tremor. People in two-story
buildings and on the street also1
commented on the loud roar
which accompanied the shock.
$695 SLIP ON DISPLAY
AT THE BLUE SHOP
For a limited time only, there
is on display in The Blue Shop
window a gold slip, heavily in
sured and closely guarded. The
slip is part of a $2000 exhibition
put out by the Holeproof Hosiery
Company.
It is sprayed with real gold,
worth $695, and brought here to
highlight the promotion of the
Luxite “million dollar slips." It
is for display only—not for sale.
Too bad, girls! No gold digging
in order!
City Bowlers Meet,
Elect Officers
Seward bowlers met Thursday
night to elect officers for the
League and to plan for the com
ing season.
Jim Harrow was elected pres
ident, with Sheets Whitmore as
vice-president. Frank Markov is
secretary-treasurer for the next
year.
Plans were not completed,
pending meetings of the various
team captains. Several top score
men are leaving town or have
left, so teams are faced with the
job of building up again to their
for High place among bowlers of
t!ie Territory.
New Furniture Store
Has Rest Room
For The Ladies
Women, especially those from
out of town, with children on a.
shopping trip should have access
to conveniently located rest
room facilities, is the belief
of J. H. and Henry A. Werner,
better known as Jack and llinie.
and when they opened Werner’s
Furniture & Appliance early in
July it included a beautifully ap
pointed lounge and rest room for
the ladies.
They (the ladies) don’t seem to
know about it. according to
Hinie, so the invitation is ex
tendi d to tlie laclii s to come into
the furniture store and rest. The
lounge is done in pink fixtures
and contains comfortable facili
ties.
Jack and llinie have been in
business in Seward for 13 years
and inclusion of the rest room in
their new store is the result of
their desire to make the estab
lishment the most modern and
up-to-date in Seward. Most large
city stores provide this con
venience for shoppers, but it has
not been the general practice in
Alaska. This is one more sign of
the growth of modern merchan
dising practice in Seward.
Services September 2
For Mrs. Ferguson
Fuperal services for Mrs. Fred
Clark Ferguson will be held on
Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m. in the
Seward Lutheran Church. Rev.
Kent E. Spaulding will be in
charge.
Lorraine Agnes Ferguson, age
32 years, died in Seward General
Hospital August 28. She was
born in Lake Preston, S.D., on
January 6. 1920. She came to
Alaska with her husband, Fred
Clark Ferguson, in 1947, and
had lived at Mile 18 on the high
way for the past three years.
Mrs. Ferguson is survived by
her husband; her mother, Mrs.
Cora Johnson of De Smet, S.D.;
a sister. Mrs. David Thompson of
Seattle, Wash; and two brothers,
Floyd Johnson of De Smet, S.D.,
and Leslie Johnson of Lone
Rock, Iowa.
Interment will be in Seward
Cemetery.
Traffic Lights
Installed
In School Block
When school opens next week
Seward's school children will be
protected from traffic on Third
and Fourth Avenues by four stop
lights just installed.
Stop lights on the corners of
Til i rd and Fourth at Madison
and at Monroe streets box in the
school grounds with an island of
safety. During the hours when
children are on the streets, that
is between 8 and 9 a m., 12 noon
and 1 pan., and 3:20 to 4:30 p.m.,
no traffic at all will be allowed
to pass the school grounds. At
other times motorists will pro
ceed as usual at a 12-mile per
hour speed limit.
During the prescribed hours
all north-south traffic will be
required to detour to Second and
Fifth Avenues. These regulations
will be strictly enforced, accord
ing to Police Commissioner C. E.
Johnson and Police Department
officers.
Reporter's Notebook
Perry and Edona Stockton and
rheit two little girls returned
from their two-months vacation
Thursday. They came back over
the highway driving a new car.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blanchard
took a ride to Hope last Sunday
where they had lunch, then went
on to Anchorage. It has been
several years, Mrs. Blanchard
said, since she had seen the
changes around Anchorage, par
ticularly the Spenarcl area.
Mrs. Margaret Hafemeister,
Public Weilare Agent, has re
turned from a tour of the Kenai
Peninsula. She used the new De
partment automobile lor the first
time on the trip, She is now [ire
paring for a trip to Kodiak—by
plane.
Mary Ann Balm;: and her son,
Don, i>peni the weekend m An
chorage. Mrs. Balrnat came back
with a new car.
Mrs. Marie Abrahamsen left
Friday for hei return trip to Se
attle. Mrs. Abrahamsen is the
mother of Mrs. Fran DuBeau. at
whose home she has been visit
ing for the past several weeks.
Faith Chape! To
Show Film
This sound film in color with
a cast of over 200 high school
students, presents a fearless ex
amination of youth's problems
today. Out of a confusion that
plagues a distressed world, mod
ern high school students find the
teen-age answer to the teen-age
problem. "Counter Attack,” the
most dynamic youth document
ever filmed, comes from Youth
for Christ International, and will
be shown at Faith Chapel Tues
day, September 2, at 3 pan.
There will be no admission
charge to set1 tliis film, but an
offering will be taken to help
defray expenses.
AlasEia Calendar
Editor Visits
Alice Stuart, editor and pub
lisher of The Alaska Calendar,
popular Alaskan pictorial calen
dar. was in town this weekend
and announced that the 1953 edi
tion, with all new, high caliber
photos, will be on the stands in
plenty of time for Christmas
mailing.
The 1953 edition of The Alas
ka Calendar contains a picture
of Seward by land, by sea, by air.
Miss Stuart said.
GILBERT KINDERGARTEN
TO START NOVEMBER 3
Mrs. Mary Gilbert announces
that her kindergarten will start
November 3 in the basement of
the Lutheran Church. Hours will
be from 1 to 3 p.m.
This is the third year for the
popular Gilbert Kindergarten,
which has prepared a large num
ber of children for association
with others in public school life.
BscSy of Soldier
Found Sis Bay
A body found floating near
the northeast shore of Resurrec
tion Bay Tuesday, Aug. 2(1, was
identified as that of Harlan 1.
Chase, Cpl., U.S. Army, whose
home was in California. Chase
was one of two men reported
missing and presumed drowned
when their dory was found
awash early July 3. An intensive
search at the time failed to re
veal any trace of the missing
men.
The body of Chris Ben Jack
son of Sitka was found and iden
tified July 28 in approximately
the same location as that of
Chase.
A coroner's jury Tuesday pro
nounced death by drowning,
with no evidence of foul play or
other causes. Chase’s body has
been turned over to Army au
thorities.
Anchorage Freight
Distributors Told
To Change Name
In a Third District Court deci
sion handed down by Judge
George W. Folta this week. Wil
liam A. Lund was enjoined from
use of the name Anchorage
Freight Distributors to identify
his Lrm which hauls freight
lrom Seward to Anchorage.
Suit was brought by Ralph
Capehart. who .established the
name Anchorage Freight Lines
at an earlier date, and the words
Anchorage Freight in the two
names is causing confusion
which is di trimental to his firm,
he said.
Anchorage Freight Distribu
tors. whose trucks are now a fa
miliar sight in Seward, are lo
cated at Fourth Avenue and
Washington Street. The firm
will be compelled to use a dif
ferent name in the future if its
owners accept the decision of
the court.
Howells Celebrate
25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Howell
will celebrate their 25th wed
ding anniversary Monday. Sept.
1, with open house from 3 to 9
p.m. All their friends are invited
to drop in between those hours.
Tom and Arreta Howell were
married in St. Louis, Missouri,
September 1, 1927. St. Louis was
Tom’s home. They continued to
live there for three years, then
moved to Seattle where they
stayed six and a half years. They
came to Seward to take charge
of the Jesse Lee Home, which
position they kept until the
Home was moved out of Seward
during the war.
Mr. Howell is assistant post
master here, and treasurer of
the School Board. Mrs. Howell,
is recorder for the U.S. Weather
Bureau. Seward Station, which
is located in their home on.
Fourth Avenue. The Howells
have two sons, Harold and Ted.
REA Meeting
Scheduled
For September 3
Mr. Karl J. Smith, loan repre
sentative of Rural Electrification
Association, will be in Seward
September .‘1 to meet property
owners living between Seward
taud Mease Pass.
In a letter from Mr. Smith, he
says that lire meetings in Moose
Pass and Cooper Landing were
eminently successful, and that
people in that area are eager for
powc r.
Persons living or owning prop
erty between the city limits and
Mile 4 on the highway should
contact Mrs. Mary Ann Balmat
to obtain applications or inform
ation on the proposed project.
This should be done befre next
Wednesday, Sept. 3. so a com
prehensive report can be ready
for Mr. Smith.
Introducing Seward's
New School Teachers
Mr. Claude Berg comes tc>
Seward from Salt Lake City.
Utah, where he spent a year at
school. He taught in Seward
from 1938 to 1941 and again in
1943-44.
Miss Betty Boyd is also a for
mer Seward teacher. She taught,
third grade here in 1949-50 and
music in 1950-51. During the last
year she has been a matron at
the Jesse Lee Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Cook
came to Alaska to look around
and decided to stay. Mr. Cook
came to Seward to inquire about
openings in the Seward schools
At the time there was an open
ing for him. Later an opening in
the grades provided It position
for Mrs. Cook. The Coo.1** cnrm
from Xampa, Idaho.
Mrs. Ruth Connelly lias taught
at Kcnai for a number of years.
Mr. Connelly is principal at the
Bay view school.
Mb s Margaret Do Wild taught,
in the school of Syracuse, Kan
sas. before coming to Seward.
She is a graduate of Ottawa Uni
versity.
Mrs. Marie Elbe taught in the
Seward schools until 1950. She
will be back teaching first grade
again.
Miss Lillie Stephens comes
from Manson, Wash., where she
taught vocational home econom
ics the last two years. Her train
ing is mostly at the University
of Tennessee, although she also
attended Scarritt College and
the University of Washington.
Miss Stephens spent some time
in China on missionary work.
Mrs. Nancy L. Tousley is re
turning to teaching after a num
ber of years away from the pro
fession. She had her training at
the Plateville, Wisconsin, State
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Scientists To Hear
Lecture Sept. 3
The spiritual basis of safety
will be thi‘ topic of a public lec
ture it was announced today by
the Christian Science Group of
Seward.
Frank C. Ayres, Indianapolis,
Ind., will speak in the Seward
Public Library on September 4,
at 8 p.m., the group said. Title
Title of his lecture is "Christian
Science: The Revelation of True
Safety.”
Formerly an attorney in the
Midwest, Mr. Ayres gave up his
work to enter the full time prac
tice of Christian Science healing
in. 1928. Since that time he has
had wide experience in this field.
He is a member of The Christian,
Science Board of Lectureship.